London local elections, 1986
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 1,914 on all 32 London boroughs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Turnout | 45.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results by Borough in 1986. |
Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 8 May 1986.
All London borough council seats were up for election. The previous Borough elections in London were in 1982.[1] The Labour Party won the most votes and seats in London for the first time since 1974. The party would go on to win the most seats in London in 7 out of the next 8 elections.
Results summary
Party[2] | Votes won | % votes | Change | Seats | % seats | Change | Councils | Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 842,489 | 37.4 | +7.2 | 957 | 50.0 | +176 | 15 | +3 | |
Conservative | 798,398 | 35.4 | -6.8 | 684 | 35.7 | -300 | 11 | -6 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance | 539,848 | 24.0 | -0.6 | 249 | 13.0 | +125 | 3 | +3 | |
Others | 72,269 | 3.2 | +0.2 | 24 | 1.3 | -1 | 0 | ±0 | |
No overall control | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3 | ±0 | |
- Turnout: 2,312,939 voters cast ballots (45.5%).[3]
Council results
Overall councillor numbers
London local elections 1986
Councillor statistics | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Seats | Gain/loss | |
Labour | 957 | +176 | |
Conservative | 684 | -300 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance | 249 | +125 | |
Others | 24 | -1 |
References
- ↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). Demographic and Statistical Studies. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ↑ http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3755
- ↑ http://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1986-5-8.pdf
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.