1986 London local elections

1986 London local elections
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 won the most seats in London in 7 out of the next 8 elections.

Results summary

	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			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

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

[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.

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