1986_London_local_elections

1986 London local elections

1986 London local elections

Add article description

Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 8 May 1986.

Quick Facts All 1,914 on all 32 London boroughs, Turnout ...

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

More information Party, Votes won ...
  • Turnout: 2,312,939 voters cast ballots (45.5%).[3]

Council results

More information Council, Previous control ...

Overall councillor numbers

More information London local elections 1986 Councillor statistics, Party ...

Borough result maps

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

References

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

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 1986_London_local_elections, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.