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1986 Southwark London Borough Council election

1986 local election in England

Field	Value
election_date	8 May 1986
election_name	1986 Southwark Council election
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	Labour Party (UK)
previous_year	1982
previous_election	1982 Southwark London Borough Council election
next_election	1990 Southwark London Borough Council election
next_year	1990
seats_for_election	All council seats
party1	Labour Party (UK)
seats1	43
seat_change1	10
popular_vote1	32,906
percentage1	50.68%
party2	SDP-Liberal Alliance
seats2	15
seat_change2	15
popular_vote2	18,696
percentage2	28.8%
title	Council Control
before_party	Labour Party (UK)
posttitle	Council Control
after_party	Labour Party (UK)
party3	Conservative Party (UK)
seats3	6
seat_change3	2
popular_vote3	11,726
percentage3	18.06%
swing1	7.93
swing2	4.46
swing3	9.89

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1986. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 36.7%.

Election result

|seats % = 67.2 |votes % = 50.68 |plus/minus =7.93 |seats % = 23.4 |votes % = 28.8 |plus/minus =4.46 |seats % = 9.4 |votes % = 18.06 |plus/minus =9.89 |seats % =0 |votes % =2.06 |plus/minus =New |}

Ward results

Abbey

Alleyn

Barset

Bellenden

Graeme Geddes was a sitting councillor for Browning ward

Jessica Wanamaker was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward

Bricklayers

Browning

Ann Goss was a sitting councillor for The Lane ward

Brunswick

Burgess

Cathedral

Chaucer

College

Consort

Dockyard

Rupert Doyle was a sitting councillor for Friary ward

Faraday

Friary

Tony Goss was a sitting councillor for Newington ward

Liddle

Lyndhurst

Tobias Eckersley was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward

Newington

Riverside

Rotherhithe

Ruskin

Rye

Elsie Headley was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward

St Giles

The Lane

Leslie Alden was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward

Richard Clough was a sitting councillor for Rye ward

Waverley

By-Elections

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. George Walker

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ali Balli

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Elsie Headley

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Linda Oram

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joan Price

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kenneth Carlisle

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan Crane

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David Main

References

"Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest". Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. (1993)

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