1986_Camden_London_Borough_Council_election
1986 Camden London Borough Council election
1986 local election in England
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.
Quick Facts All 59 seats to Camden Borough Council 30 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Map of the results of the 1986 election to Camden London Borough Council. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 44 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 74.6 | 50.0 | 30,337 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | 13 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 22.0 | 26.9 | 16,357 | -6.4 | |
Alliance | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3.4 | 19.8 | 12,040 | -5.1 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 857 | +1.1 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 178 | -0.1 | |
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 958 | +1.2 |
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Adelaide
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Tobin | 1,217 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Moon | 1,158 | |||
Conservative | Ian Pasley-Tyler | 1,155 | |||
Labour | Brian Bell | 939 | |||
Labour | Bryan Blatch | 929 | |||
Labour | Anna Wernher | 797 | |||
Alliance | Vera Miles | 487 | |||
Alliance | Aubrey Sandman | 421 | |||
Alliance | Erich Wagner | 400 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Belsize
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Colin Glover | 1,055 | |||
Conservative | Huntly Spence | 1,039 | |||
Conservative | Judith Barnes | 1,005 | |||
Labour | Margaret McPhee | 888 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Bull | 875 | |||
Labour | Ramendra Bhattacharyya | 841 | |||
Alliance | David Davies | 818 | |||
Alliance | Pauline Marriott | 788 | |||
Alliance | Dudley Miles | 756 | |||
Green | Philippa Draper | 236 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Bloomsbury
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Kirk | 1,307 | |||
Labour | Nicola Kutapan | 1,302 | |||
Labour | William Budd | 1,263 | |||
Conservative | William Trite | 1,158 | |||
Conservative | Martine Moon | 1,069 | |||
Conservative | Mark Whitfield | 1,033 | |||
Alliance | James Morris | 447 | |||
Alliance | Geoffrey Sell | 413 | |||
Alliance | Felicity Watkin | 387 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Brunswick
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Skolar | 757 | |||
Labour | Karen Newbury | 675 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Avery | 672 | |||
Labour | John White | 652 | |||
Alliance | Douglas Medhurst | 383 | |||
Alliance | Kevin Cahill | 367 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Camden
Castlehaven
Caversham
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gareth Smyth | 1,458 | |||
Labour | Mary Cane | 1,441 | |||
Conservative | Mark Hapgood | 348 | |||
Conservative | Mark Stuart-Smith | 315 | |||
Alliance | Jennifer Kavanagh | 313 | |||
Alliance | Richard Thompson | 265 | |||
Humanist | Stephen McConnell | 84 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Chalk Farm
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Julie Fitzgerald | 1,124 | |||
Labour | Janet Pope | 1,048 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Kemp | 584 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Blackburn | 582 | |||
Alliance | David Casey | 431 | |||
Alliance | Stephen White | 391 | |||
Green | Elizabeth Noyes | 129 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Fitzjohns
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald King | 735 | |||
Conservative | Cathleen Mainds | 697 | |||
Labour | Ian Swain | 451 | |||
Labour | Sambhu Banik | 445 | |||
Alliance | David Radford | 332 | |||
Alliance | John Howson | 324 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Fortune Green
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Flick Rea | 677 | |||
Alliance | Roger Billins | 627 | |||
Conservative | Paul Crossman | 578 | |||
Labour | Catherine Joseph | 577 | |||
Conservative | Ian Tomisson | 567 | |||
Labour | Eric Kaill | 551 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Frognal
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Greengross | 930 | |||
Conservative | Gwyneth Williams | 905 | |||
Labour | Amber Dobson | 479 | |||
Labour | David Richter | 446 | |||
Alliance | Nicola-Jane Taylor | 401 | |||
Alliance | Hilary Billins | 383 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Gospel Oak
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rose Head | 1,455 | |||
Labour | Graham Shurety | 1,429 | |||
Conservative | John Livingston | 410 | |||
Conservative | Peter Somerville | 372 | |||
Alliance | David Birkett | 283 | |||
Alliance | Patricia Gros | 279 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Grafton
Hampstead Town
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jacqueline Jones | 788 | |||
Conservative | Selina Gee | 787 | |||
Alliance | David Brierley | 695 | |||
Alliance | David Aarons | 672 | |||
Labour | David Bookless | 564 | |||
Labour | Heather Kenmure | 517 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Highgate
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barbara Beck | 1,966 | |||
Labour | Margaret Cosin | 1,844 | |||
Labour | John Wakeham | 1,739 | |||
Conservative | Martin Morton | 1,185 | |||
Conservative | Lesley Fields | 1,129 | |||
Conservative | Peter Horne | 1,109 | |||
Alliance | James McKinley | 901 | |||
Alliance | Christina Schopflin | 896 | |||
Alliance | Margaret Jackson-Roberts | 890 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Holborn
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Benjamin Griffith | 1,013 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Hulme | 951 | |||
Tenants' Representative | Ralph Barrett | 548 | |||
Conservative | Peter Smaill | 533 | |||
Conservative | Piers Wauchope | 458 | |||
Alliance | Trevor Davis | 271 | |||
Alliance | Robert Forrest | 210 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Kilburn
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela Birtill | 1,925 | |||
Labour | Katherine Allen | 1,866 | |||
Labour | Alan Wood | 1,788 | |||
Conservative | William Smith | 578 | |||
Conservative | Alexandra Lawrie | 565 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Shapland | 558 | |||
Alliance | Jeremy Allen | 518 | |||
Alliance | James Allman | 515 | |||
Alliance | Heather Thompson | 432 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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King's Cross
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barbara Hughes | 1,113 | |||
Labour | Anthony Dykes | 1,094 | |||
Conservative | George Glossop | 402 | |||
Conservative | James Turner | 382 | |||
Alliance | Thomas Hibbert | 282 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Priory
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jacqueline Peacock | 1,621 | |||
Labour | Phil Turner | 1,600 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Lavy | 648 | |||
Conservative | Marilyn Halberstam | 600 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Regent's Park
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Latham | 1,554 | |||
Labour | David Horan | 1,489 | |||
Labour | Gillian Green | 1,442 | |||
Alliance | William Jones | 1,293 | |||
Alliance | Lee Barr | 1,257 | |||
Alliance | Kenneth Rolph | 1,197 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Robin | 658 | |||
Conservative | Noel Moncaster | 635 | |||
Conservative | Peter Slade | 617 | |||
Tenants' Representative | Terence Hargrave | 326 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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St John's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hilary Lowe | 1,469 | |||
Labour | Richard Sumray | 1,462 | |||
Alliance | Heather Hullah | 311 | |||
Alliance | Soren Agerholm | 295 | |||
Conservative | George Emsden | 271 | |||
Conservative | Sinclair Webster | 254 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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St Pancras
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Bevington | 1,078 | |||
Labour | Sandra Plummer | 917 | |||
Conservative | Esther Bateman | 241 | |||
Conservative | June Moncaster | 241 | |||
Alliance | John Davidson | 212 | |||
Alliance | Catherine Meehan | 197 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Somers Town
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Devine | 1,195 | |||
Labour | Alfred Saunders | 1,130 | |||
Alliance | Betty Wilson | 288 | |||
Alliance | Elizabeth Blundell | 278 | |||
Conservative | David Harris | 214 | |||
Conservative | Esther Mundlak | 212 | |||
Independent | Keith Armstrong | 178 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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South End
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Orrett | 1,115 | |||
Labour | Nirmal Roy | 1,064 | |||
Conservative | Inge Reed | 635 | |||
Conservative | Michael Farrer | 633 | |||
Alliance | Jennifer Hall | 347 | |||
Alliance | Sandra Lawman | 342 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Swiss Cottage
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gloria Lazenby | 1,326 | |||
Labour | Alan Rippington | 1,307 | |||
Labour | Adrian Van States | 1,155 | |||
Conservative | Robert Graham | 1,140 | |||
Conservative | David Stone | 1,136 | |||
Conservative | Roberta Robson | 1,103 | |||
Alliance | Ian Bond | 637 | |||
Alliance | Roderick Atkin | 613 | |||
Alliance | Clive Pembridge | 569 | |||
Green | Janet Crawford | 280 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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West End
- "Year Tables". 19 December 2015.
- London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986 (PDF). London: London Residuary Body. August 1986. ISBN 1-85261-003-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.