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1986 United Kingdom local elections

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123 out of 296 English districts, 1 local education authority and all 12 Scottish regions
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123 out of 296 English districts, 1 local education authority and all 12 Scottish regions

and David Owen and 21 June 1983

The 1986 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 8 May 1986. There was a 3% reduction in the number of councillors, owing to the abolition of the Greater London Council and the Metropolitan County Councils.

The national projected share of the vote was Labour 37%, Conservative 34%, Liberal-SDP Alliance 26%. The Conservatives lost 975 seats, Labour gained 13 seats and the Liberal-SDP Alliance gained 338 seats.

Two parliamentary by-elections were also held on the same day in the West Derbyshire and Ryedale constituencies. The Conservatives held West Derbyshire, though only by 100 votes. The Alliance gained Ryedale from the Conservatives.

The elections were delayed a week from the usual date of the first Thursday in May, due to 1 May 1986 falling within Passover.

Results

England

London boroughs

Main article: 1986 London local elections

In all 32 London boroughs the whole council was up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsBarking and DagenhamBarnetBexleyBrentBromleyCamdenCroydonEalingEnfieldGreenwichHackneyHammersmith and FulhamHaringeyHarrowHaveringHillingdonHounslowIslingtonKensington and ChelseaKingston upon ThamesLambethLewishamMertonNewhamRedbridgeRichmond upon ThamesSouthwarkSuttonTower HamletsWaltham ForestWandsworthWestminster
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Metropolitan boroughs

All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsBarnsleyBirminghamBoltonBradfordBuryCalderdaleCoventryDoncasterDudleyGatesheadKirkleesKnowsleyLeedsLiverpoolManchesterNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideOldhamRochdaleRotherhamSalfordSandwellSeftonSheffieldSolihullSouth TynesideSt HelensStockportSunderlandTamesideTraffordWakefieldWalsallWiganWirralWolverhampton
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District councils

Whole council

In 2 districts the whole council was up for election.

In 2 districts there were new ward boundaries, following further electoral boundary reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsHalton ‡Thamesdown ‡
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‡ New ward boundaries

Third of council

In 121 districts one third of the council was up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAdurAmber ValleyBarrow-in-FurnessBasildonBasingstoke and DeaneBassetlawBathBlackburnBrentwoodBrightonBristolBroadlandBroxbourneBurnleyCambridgeCannock ChaseCarlisleCheltenhamCherwellChesterChorleyColchesterCongletonCravenCrawleyCrewe and NantwichDaventryDerbyEast DevonEastbourneEastleighEllesmere Port and NestonElmbridgeEpping ForestExeterFarehamGillinghamGloucesterGosportGreat GrimsbyGreat YarmouthHarlowHarrogateHartHartlepoolHastingsHavantHerefordHertsmereHinckley and BosworthHuntingdonshireHyndburnIpswichKingston upon HullLeicesterLeominsterLincolnMacclesfieldMaidstoneMid SussexMilton KeynesMole ValleyNewcastle-under-LymeNorth BedfordshireNorth HertfordshireNorwichNuneaton and BedworthOadby and WigstonOxfordPendlePenwithPeterboroughPortsmouthPrestonPurbeckReadingRedditchReigate and BansteadRochfordRossendaleRugbyRunnymedeRushmoorScunthorpeShrewsbury and AtchamSloughSouth BedfordshireSouth CambridgeshireSouth HerefordshireSouth LakelandSouthamptonSouthend-on-SeaSt AlbansStevenageStoke-on-TrentStratford-on-AvonStroudSwaleTamworthTandridgeThree RiversThurrockTonbridge and MallingTorbayTunbridge WellsWatfordWaveneyWelwyn HatfieldWest DorsetWest LancashireWest LindseyWest OxfordshireWeymouth and PortlandWinchesterWokingWokinghamWoodspringWorcesterWorthingWyre ForestYork
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Local education authority

This was the first and only election to the directly elected local education authority established by the Local Government Act 1985. However, it was short-lived, being abolished four years later by the Education Reform Act 1988.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsInner London Education Authority
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Scotland

Regional councils

Main article: 1986 Scottish regional elections

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsBordersCentralDumfries and GallowayFifeGrampianHighlandLothianOrkneyShetlandStrathclydeTaysideWestern Isles
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References

References

  1. "Local Elections Handbook 1986, Volume 1". The Elections Centre.
  2. "Local Elections Handbook 1986, Volume 2". The Elections Centre.
  3. "Council compositions".
  4. "Local Elections: 1986 Date - Hansard - UK Parliament".
  5. "Representation of the People Act 1985".
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