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1986 Sheffield City Council election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1986 Sheffield City Council election |
| country | England |
| type | Parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| party_colour | yes |
| previous_election | 1984 Sheffield City Council election |
| previous_year | 1984 |
| next_election | 1987 Sheffield City Council election |
| next_year | 1987 |
| seats_for_election | 30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council |
| majority_seats | 44 |
| election_date | 8 May 1986 |
| party1 | Labour Party (UK) |
| seats1 | 22 |
| seat_change1 | 2 |
| party2 | Conservative Party (UK) |
| seats2 | 5 |
| seat_change2 | 2 |
| party3 | SDP–Liberal Alliance |
| seats3 | 3 |
| seat_change3 | 0 |
| map_image | Sheffield UK local election 1986 map.png |
| map_size | 400px |
| map_caption | Map showing the results of the 1986 Sheffield City Council elections. |
| title | Majority party |
| posttitle | Majority party after election |
| before_election | Labour Party (UK) |
| after_election | Labour Party (UK) |
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 8 May 1986. One third of the council was up for election. Since the 1984 election, the Conservatives had successfully defended two seats in Broomhill and Labour had held one of their Park seats in by-elections the following year.
Election result
|seats % = 73.3 |votes % = 53.7 |plus/minus = -0.9 |seats % = 10.0 |votes % = 25.3 |plus/minus = +4.8 |seats % = 16.6 |votes % = 20.0 |plus/minus = -4.6 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.5 |plus/minus = N/A |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.2 |plus/minus = N/A |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.2 |plus/minus = +0.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = New |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " |
| Christian Ecology |
|---|
| seats % = 0.0 |
| votes % = 0.0 |
| plus/minus = -0.2 |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| Party | Previous council | New council | Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | SDP–Liberal Alliance}}; width: 3px;" | Total | 87 | 87 | Working majority | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 61 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Conservatives | 17 | 15 | ||||||||||
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | 9 | 9 |
Ward results
George Munn was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " | | Christian Ecology
| Roger Dunn |
|---|
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