Croydon London Borough Council election, 1986

Croydon Council Election, 1986

8 May 1986

All 70 seats, in 27 wards in the London Borough of Croydon
36 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Peter Bowness	Unknown	Unknown
Party	Conservative	Labour	Independent
Leader since	1976	N/A	N/A
Leader's seat	Spring Park	N/A	N/A
Last election	62 councillors	5 councillors	3 councillors
Seats before	62	5	3
Seats won	44	26	0
Seat change	18	21	3
Percentage	44.5%	29.2%

Leader of the Council before election

Peter Bowness
Conservative

Elected Leader

Peter Bowness
Conservative

The 1986 Croydon Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Croydon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Election result

Croydon Council election result 1986
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %
Conservative	44	0	18	18	62.86	44.5
Labour	26	21	0	21	37.14	29.2
SDP–Liberal Alliance	0	0	0		0	24.4
Independent	0	0	3	3	0

↓
44	26
Con	Labour

Ward results

Addiscombe

Addiscombe (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Ashburton

Ashburton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Bensham Manor

Bensham Manor (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Beulah

Beulah (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Broad Green

Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Coulsdon East

Coulsdon East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Croham

Croham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Croft	2,315
	Conservative	Peter S. Bowness	2,225
	Conservative	John P.B. Hecks	2,189
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	James S. Forrest	2,117
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Christopher G. Peacock	1,928
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Stephen P.J. Maloney	1,905
	Labour	David J. White	401
	Labour	Pauline H. Scharp	399
	Labour	Claire E.M. Bailey Newton	372
	Green	Michael Spencer-Bowdage	255
Turnout				48.3
Registered electors			10,479
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Fieldway

Fieldway (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Heathfield

Heathfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Kenley

Kenley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Monks Orchard

Monks Orchard (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

New Addington

New Addington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Norbury

Norbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Purley

Purley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Rylands

Rylands (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Sanderstead

Sanderstead (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Selsdon

Selsdon (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

South Norwood

South Norwood (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Spring Park

Spring Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Thornton Heath

Thornton Heath (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Upper Norwood

Upper Norwood (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Waddon

Waddon (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James J. Nea	1994
	Conservative	Reginald H. Kent	1941
	Labour	Christopher R. Allen	1876
	Conservative	Beverley S. Winborn	1808
	Labour	Anthony J. Slatcher	1776
	Labour	Andrew C. Theobald	1730
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Charles E. Burling	908
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Joy I.D. Prince	874
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	William N. Tucker	852
	National Front	Paul Ballard	144
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

West Thornton

West Thornton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Whitehorse Manor

Whitehorse Manor (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Woodcote & Coulsdon West

Woodcote & Coulsdon West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Woodside

Woodside (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

References

↑ "London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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