1986 Camden London Borough Council election information
1986 local election in England
1986 Camden Council election
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8 May 1986
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All 59 seats to Camden Borough Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Phil Turner
Stephen Moon
Party
Labour
Conservative
Alliance
Leader since
1982
1985
Leader's seat
Did not stand for re-election
Adelaide
Last election
33 seats, 40.7%
26 seats, 33.3%
0 seats, 24.9%
Seats won
44
13
2
Seat change
11
13
2
Popular vote
30,337
16,357
12,040
Percentage
50.0%
26.9%
19.8%
Swing
9.3%
6.4%
5.1%
Map of the results of the 1986 election to Camden London Borough Council. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Leader before election
Phil Turner
Labour
Leader
Tony Dykes
Labour
The 1986 Camden Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election.
Labour made big gains from the Conservatives across the borough: gaining Bloomsbury and one seat in Brunswick in the south, South End and the two remaining Highgate seats in the north-east, and Swiss Cottage in the north-west. The SDP–Liberal Alliance also won Fortune Green from the Conservatives.
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