1986 Barnet London Borough Council election

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1986 Barnet London Borough Council election
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All 60 seats to Barnet London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout42.0%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Labour Alliance
Seats won39183
Seat changeDecrease2.svg9Increase2.svg6Increase2.svg3
Percentage44.0%30.9%22.9%
Barnet UK local election 1986 map.svg
Map of the results of the 1986 Barnet London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Alliance in yellow
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 1986 Barnet Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

Background

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 42.0%.

Barnet Local Election Result 1986 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3909-943.4
  Labour 1860+630.5
  Alliance 330+322.6

Ward results

Arkley

Arkley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Balcombe 2,090
Conservative Wilfred Lipman 2,071
Conservative Leah Hertz 1,949
Alliance David Keech1,836
Labour Anita Campbell1,655
Labour Keith Livingston1,638
Labour Pauline Green1,631
Alliance Robert Eccles1,622
Alliance David Raff1,445
Ratepayers and ResidentsErich Herrmann710
Greens Stephen Syme265
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Goodman 2,355
Conservative John Rawles 2,226
Conservative Irene Palmer 2,223
Labour Jeffrey Leifer957
Labour Bridget Wilkinson893
Alliance Leslie Kealey876
Labour Peter Wilkinson865
Alliance Peter Watkins833
Alliance John Woods812
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Ellis 2,043
Labour Alan Williams 1,963
Labour Gerald Shamash 1,849
Ind LabJames Brophy1,082
Conservative Peter Edwards774
Conservative Oliver Stone705
Conservative Julian Czarny649
Ind LabJohn Heritage516
Ind LabRichards Hankins476
Alliance Albert Dean356
Alliance Hilda Munden354
Alliance Ian Albert347
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Childs Hill

Childs Hill (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Monroe Palmer 1,740
Alliance Brian Stone 1,517
Alliance Jack Cohen 1,491
Conservative Daniel Cohen1,431
Conservative Leonard Isaac1,350
Conservative Michele Moulin1,347
Labour Christopher Brennan1,125
Labour Peter Grimes1,143
Labour Jacqueline Stuffling-Holland1,042
Turnout
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing

Colindale

Colindale (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas McKendry 1,773
Labour Ellis Hillman 1,736
Labour Jenny Manson 1,679
Conservative Maxton Brooker1,138
Conservative William Nicholson1,055
Conservative Sylvia Da Costa1,022
Alliance Ruth Cohen940
Alliance Elisabeth Bristow830
Alliance Vivien Topping724
Ind LabEyo Nkune371
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

East Barnet

East Barnet (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Perry 2,023
Conservative Olwen Evans 1,981
Conservative Mary Perry 1,933
Alliance Colin Shaw1,172
Labour Carmel Bedford1,151
Alliance George Gomez1,133
Alliance Elizabeth Nesbitt1,102
Labour Michael Larcey1,064
Labour Usha Chopra994
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

East Finchley

East Finchley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Laurence Spigel 3,063
Labour John Davies 3,019
Labour Frances Crook 2,963
Conservative Michael Buck1,618
Conservative Kathryn Evans1,531
Conservative Mohammed Khamisa1,473
Alliance Michael Cole683
Alliance Bernard Cragg671
Alliance Jonathan Summers621
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Edgware

Edgware (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Hammond 2,126
Conservative Malcolm Lester 2,073
Conservative Archibald Smith 2,044
Labour Geoffrey Paull765
Labour Keith Hurcombe762
Labour Robert Vaughan742
Alliance Barbara Farbey646
Alliance Jonathan Mulberg635
Alliance Dennis Schulster630
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Finchley

Finchley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Sussman 2,284
Conservative Miles Golding 2,224
Conservative Barbara Langstone 2,203
Labour Kenneth Little1,195
Labour Brian Watkins1,170
Labour Jeffrey McCracken-Hewson1,162
Alliance Anne Cragg701
Alliance Malcolm Davis687
Alliance Willi Kenton650
Greens Roy Bowden187
Greens Ian Vickers151
Greens Christopher Tasker140
HumanistJudith Earley43
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Friern Barnet

Friern Barnet (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Tiplady 2,318
Conservative Brian Salinger 2,309
Conservative Christopher Platford 2,272
Labour Hilary Delyon1,208
Labour Mary Nutkins1,202
Labour Roger Matthews1,193
Alliance Nicholas Harvey1,129
Alliance Andrew Wade1,090
Alliance David Litherland1,053
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clement Halfon 2,348
Conservative Malcolm Davis 2,320
Conservative Roy Schutz 2,388
Alliance Viola Haire1,493
Alliance Peter Lusher1,470
Alliance Joan Beales1,438
Labour Rita Brent623
Labour Andrew Redpath606
Labour Adam Gaines558
Greens Janet Strangeways287
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Golders Green

Golders Green (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Melvin Cohen 1,797
Conservative Leslie Foster 1,727
Conservative Joseph Hunter 1,611
Labour Montague Miller1,194
Labour John Pearson1,121
Labour Edward Pointon1,104
Alliance Linda Craig757
Alliance Mira Levy737
Alliance Louis Lawrence688
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hadley

Hadley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Herbert Hoyle 2,735
Conservative Carol Cender 2,709
Conservative Beverley Lane 2,676
Alliance Rosemary Watkins1,737
Alliance Stuart Brown1,705
Alliance Geoffrey Fallows1,697
Labour John Bacon1,028
Labour Michael Campbell1,021
Labour John Holloway976
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hale

Hale (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Pym 2,119
Conservative Dorothy Benson 2,084
Conservative Jack Clarfelt 1,998
Alliance Diana Pattison1,192
Alliance John Kay1,154
Alliance Quintin Iwi1,100
Labour Elaine Runswick803
Labour David Suiter742
Labour Jeanie Tait740
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hendon

Hendon (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Hirshfield 1,932
Conservative Peter Grosz 1,804
Conservative Frederick Poole 1,749
Labour Barbara Condon1,172
Labour Martin Earl1,151
Alliance Douglas Baron1,140
Alliance Alan Magnus1,127
Labour Bryan Reith1,065
Alliance David Warner1,024
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Mill Hill

Mill Hill (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hart 2,389
Conservative Denis Dippel 2,377
Conservative Anthony Antoniou 2,248
Alliance Terry Rollinson1,058
Alliance Alan Wilkinson1,040
Labour Adrienne Van Loen934
Alliance Philip Tobin922
Labour Ian Parker905
Labour Malcolm Perez839
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Paul's

St Paul’s (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Freeman 2,053
Labour Narendrakumar Dave 1,985
Labour Catherine Lyons 1,914
Conservative Gordon Bettis1,828
Conservative Edna James1,626
Conservative Mary Phillips1,611
Ind ConJohn Fitzgibbon722
Alliance Stephen Landau712
Alliance Robert Stone687
Alliance Leonard Watkins675
Greens Anne Fealdman230
Greens Maureen Colmans210
Greens John Colmans203
Ind ConThomas Quinn167
Ind ConMaria Pavlides146
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Totteridge

Totteridge (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victor Usher 2,526
Conservative Victor Lyon 2,501
Conservative Cecile Levinson 2,479
Alliance Richard Bevan991
Alliance Edith Gardner968
Alliance Alan Brown938
Labour Joel Hirsch877
Labour Pete Sutton850
Labour Yanna Manolas843
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

West Hendon

West Hendon (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Timothy Sims 1,965
Labour Doreen Neall 1,964
Labour Agnes Slocombe 1,835
Conservative Anthony Finn1,677
Conservative Jayendra Patel1,622
Conservative Carole Ovenden1,539
Alliance Harry Levy639
Alliance Daniel Finkelstein 617
Alliance George Allen562
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Woodhouse

Woodhouse (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Harris 2,170
Labour Dennis Reed 2,056
Labour Rudolf Vis 1,973
Conservative Gillian Bull1,939
Conservative Graham Halliday1,877
Conservative Philip Williams1,851
Alliance Gerard Fitzgerald1,110
Alliance Dagmar Saxl1,062
Alliance Albert Wright984
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

By-elections between 1986 and 1990

Hadley

Hadley by-election, 20 November 1986 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gillian M. Bull 2,006
Alliance Rosemary M. Watkins1,224
Labour Keith E. Livingstone662
Ind. Conservative John P. Fitzgibbon97
Turnout 30.07
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Beverley G. Lane.

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb by-election, 27 November 1986 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Coral Sebag-Montefiore 1,415
Alliance Peter D. Falk1,243
Labour Rita Brent327
Turnout 27.97
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Clement Halfon.

Arkley

Arkley by-election, 10 November 1988 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur A. Beck 1,462
Labour Kevin W. Smith1,075
Liberal Democrats Michael A. Cleal833
Independent Philip W. Groves214
Green Simon A. Clarke166
Turnout 29.66
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Leah Hertz.

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb by-election, 10 November 1988 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Veronica C. Soskin 1,503
Liberal Democrats Michael S. Pickering1,258
Labour Penelope Grant306
Turnout 28.94
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Coral Sebag-Montefiore.

Arkley

Arkley by-election, 9 March 1989 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip H. Williams 1,468
Labour Keith E. Livingstone1,094
Lib Dem Focus Team Michael A. CIeal809
Independent Philip W. Groves207
Turnout 29.12
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Wilfred Lipman.

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