1986 London local elections

1986 London local elections

8 May 1986
All 1,914 on all 32 London boroughs
Turnout	45.5%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Neil Kinnock Margaret Thatcher David Steel (Lib.) David Owen (SDP) Party Labour Conservative SDP–Liberal Alliance Leader since 2 October 1983 11 February 1975 1976 (Steel), 1983 (Owen) Popular vote 842,489 798,398 539,848 Percentage 37.4% 35.4% 24.0% Swing 7.2% 6.8% 0.6% Councils 15 11 3 Councils +/– 3 6 3 Councillors 957 685 249 Councillors +/– 176 300 125
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 won 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
	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

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Barking and Dagenham		Labour		Labour	Details
Barnet		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Bexley		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Brent		Labour		Labour	Details
Bromley		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Camden		Labour		Labour	Details
Croydon		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Ealing		Conservative		Labour	Details
Enfield		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Greenwich		Labour		Labour	Details
Hackney		Labour		Labour	Details
Hammersmith and Fulham		No overall control		Labour	Details
Haringey		Labour		Labour	Details
Harrow		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Havering		Conservative		No overall control	Details
Hillingdon		Conservative		No overall control	Details
Hounslow		Labour		Labour	Details
Islington		Labour		Labour	Details
Kensington and Chelsea		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Kingston upon Thames		Conservative		No overall control	Details
Lambeth		No overall control		Labour	Details
Lewisham		Labour		Labour	Details
Merton		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Newham		Labour		Labour	Details
Redbridge		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Richmond upon Thames		Conservative		Liberal	Details
Southwark		Labour		Labour	Details
Sutton		Conservative		Liberal	Details
Tower Hamlets		Labour		Liberal	Details
Waltham Forest		No overall control		Labour	Details
Wandsworth		Conservative		Conservative	Details
Westminster		Conservative		Conservative	Details

Overall councillor numbers

London local elections 1986 Councillor statistics
Party		Seats	Gain/loss
	Labour	957	+176
	Conservative	684	-300
	Alliance	249	+125
	Others	24	-1

Borough result maps

• 
  Barnet 1986 results map
• 
  Camden 1986 results map
• 
  Hammersmith and Fulham 1986 results map

References

1. 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.
2. "Year Tables". 19 December 2015.
3. "LONDON BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTIONS" (PDF). londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com. 8 May 1986. Retrieved 29 July 2019.