1986_Sheffield_City_Council_election
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 8 May 1986. One third of the council was up for election. Since the 1984 election, the Conservatives had successfully defended two seats in Broomhill and Labour had held one of their Park seats in by-elections the following year.[1]
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Quick Facts 30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council 44 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Map showing the results of the 1986 Sheffield City Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 22 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 73.3 | 53.7 | 75,901 | -0.9 | |
Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 25.3 | 35,810 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | 5 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 16.6 | 20.0 | 28,267 | -4.6 | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 700 | N/A | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 279 | N/A | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 224 | +0.1 | |
Revolutionary Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 128 | New | |
Christian Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 84 | New | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 64 | -0.2 | |
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This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
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Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Labour | 61 | 63 | |||
Conservatives | 17 | 15 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | 9 | 9 | |||
Total | 87 | 87 | |||
Working majority | 35 | 39 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Seaton | 2,466 | 39.6 | -14.7 | |
Labour | George Munn** | 2,319 | 37.2 | +11.0 | |
Alliance (SDP) | John White | 1,440 | 23.1 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 147 | 2.4 | -25.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,225 | 40.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.8 | |||
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George Munn was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Donald Gow | 3,622 | 65.5 | +1.6 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Cyril Skipworth | 1,152 | 20.8 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | George Salter | 750 | 13.6 | -8.3 | |
Majority | 2,470 | 44.7 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,524 | 34.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.5 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rae Whitfield* | 2,940 | 76.0 | +5.7 | |
Alliance (SDP) | George Wilson | 604 | 15.6 | -2.8 | |
Conservative | Simon Braggs | 325 | 8.4 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 2,336 | 60.4 | +8.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,869 | 29.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Woodcock | 2,222 | 39.8 | +4.1 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Jane Padget | 1,763 | 31.6 | +10.7 | |
Conservative | Giles Orton | 1,595 | 28.6 | -14.8 | |
Majority | 459 | 8.2 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,580 | 41.8 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -3.3 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Flanagan | 3,237 | 79.6 | +26.4 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Khalid Mahmood | 831 | 20.4 | -21.4 | |
Majority | 2,406 | 59.2 | +47.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,068 | 32.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +23.9 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Horton* | 3,179 | 83.9 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Joan Graham | 377 | 9.9 | -2.9 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Muhammad Zahur | 234 | 6.2 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 2,802 | 74.0 | +8.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,790 | 29.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance (Liberal) | Susan Ward | 3,103 | 47.8 | -8.3 | |
Labour | Peter Duff | 2,970 | 45.7 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Mary Hyatt | 418 | 6.4 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 132 | 2.1 | -17.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,491 | 38.9 | |||
Alliance hold | Swing | -8.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Choudry Walayat | 1,899 | 42.1 | -23.1 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Dennis Boothroyd | 1,219 | 27.0 | +13.2 | |
Independent Labour | Sheila Rehman | 700 | 15.5 | +15.5 | |
Conservative | Colin Cavill | 686 | 15.2 | -5.8 | |
Majority | 680 | 15.1 | -29.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,504 | 31.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -18.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jack Thompson* | 3,271 | 49.4 | -9.0 | |
Labour | Maureen Whitebrook | 1,853 | 28.0 | +2.6 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Edith Fawcett | 1,498 | 22.6 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 1,418 | 21.4 | -11.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,622 | 40.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.8 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stuart Dawson | 3,156 | 47.7 | -8.6 | |
Conservative | Jeremy Richardson | 3,021 | |||
Alliance (Liberal) | Arthur Fawthrop | 2,117 | 32.0 | +7.6 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Christine Freeman | 1,975 | |||
Labour | Roy Darke | 1,343 | 20.3 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Jeane Cromar | 1,335 | |||
Majority | 1,039 | 15.7 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,616 | 42.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan Barton* | 3,470 | 80.6 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Angela Knight | 517 | 12.0 | +1.2 | |
Independent | Nisar Qureshi | 279 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
Revolutionary Communist | Carolyn Pryce | 39 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 2,953 | 68.6 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,305 | 30.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Fey | 2,885 | 40.5 | -14.4 | |
Alliance (SDP) | John Knight | 2,489 | 34.9 | +10.4 | |
Labour | Christopher Walker | 1,749 | 24.5 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 396 | 5.6 | -24.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,123 | 48.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.4 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kenneth Hartley | 3,582 | 69.2 | +3.3 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Marguerite Crangle | 803 | 15.5 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 707 | 13.6 | -7.2 | |
Christian Ecology | Roger Dunn | 84 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 2,779 | 53.7 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,176 | 34.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mukesh Savani* | 3,117 | 58.6 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Asiam | 1,091 | 20.5 | -5.9 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Raymond Mellor | 1,058 | 19.9 | +7.4 | |
Revolutionary Communist | Steven Brown | 47 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 2,026 | 38.1 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,313 | 35.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Penelope Peysner | 3,235 | 50.2 | -1.6 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Francis Butler | 1,996 | 31.0 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Michael Warner | 1,213 | 18.8 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 1,239 | 19.2 | -8.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,444 | 42.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Deborah Matthews | 3,188 | 61.2 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Bradbury | 1,153 | 22.1 | -4.4 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Francis Pierce | 866 | 16.6 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 2,035 | 39.1 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,207 | 32.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Howard Capelin* | Unopposed | N/A | -82.0 | |
Majority | N/A | N/A | |||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | |||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ian Saunders | 3,758 | 65.1 | -1.9 | |
Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 1,022 | 17.7 | -3.9 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Hilary Gooch | 995 | 17.2 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 2,736 | 47.4 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,775 | 28.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Qurban Hussain | 2,386 | 39.1 | -4.0 | |
Conservative | Christine Smith* | 1,854 | 30.4 | -9.2 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | George Manley | 1,628 | 26.7 | +11.4 | |
Green | Jane Beharrell | 224 | 3.7 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 532 | 8.7 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,092 | 43.9 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan Wigfield* | 3,453 | 78.4 | +7.8 | |
Alliance (SDP) | George Clayton | 585 | 13.3 | -4.9 | |
Conservative | John Harrington | 366 | 8.3 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 2,868 | 65.1 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,404 | 33.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Steinke | 2,986 | 73.6 | +3.0 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Peter McNutt | 1,072 | 26.4 | +8.2 | |
Majority | 1,914 | 47.2 | -5.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,058 | 32.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Moore* | 3,406 | 63.7 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Nigel Ball | 971 | 18.1 | -6.6 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Anita Norris | 967 | 18.1 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 2,435 | 45.6 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,344 | 39.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Mathews* | 2,918 | 74.0 | -0.7 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Philip Taylor | 583 | 14.8 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Lorna Banham | 440 | 11.1 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 2,335 | 59.2 | -2.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,941 | 29.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.9 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Doris Mulhearn* | 2,901 | 82.8 | -0.2 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | Donald Smith | 332 | 9.5 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Cissie Reynolds | 269 | 7.7 | -2.9 | |
Majority | 2,569 | 73.3 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,502 | 24.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ruth Midgley | 2,440 | 64.7 | -4.3 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Mohammed Malik | 648 | 17.2 | -10.8 | |
Conservative | Anne Smith | 577 | 15.3 | +15.3 | |
Communist | Walter Hartley | 64 | 1.7 | -1.2 | |
Revolutionary Communist | Edmund Price | 42 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 1,792 | 47.5 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,771 | 31.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance (Liberal) | Philip Howson* | 3,601 | 47.7 | +8.1 | |
Labour | John Buckley | 2,730 | 36.1 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Conboy | 1,223 | 16.2 | -9.2 | |
Majority | 871 | 11.6 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,554 | 41.7 | |||
Alliance hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patricia Nelson | Unopposed | N/A | -85.4 | |
Majority | N/A | N/A | |||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | |||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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