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1986 London local elections information


1986 London local elections
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All 1,914 on all 32 London boroughs
Turnout45.5%
  First party Second party Third party
  Neil Kinnock Margaret Thatcher
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 Increase7.2% Decrease6.8% Decrease0.6%
Councils 15 11 3
Councils +/– Increase3 Decrease6 Increase3
Councillors 957 685 249
Councillors +/– Increase176 Decrease300 Increase125

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.

  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.

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