1986 Camden London Borough Council election

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1986 Camden Council election
  1982 8 May 1986 1990  

All 59 seats to Camden Borough Council
30 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Phil Turner Stephen Moon
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Leader since19821985
Leader's seatRepresented St Pancras
Stood in Priory
Adelaide
Last election33 seats, 40.7%26 seats, 33.3%0 seats, 24.9%
Seats won44132
Seat changeIncrease2.svg11Decrease2.svg13Increase2.svg2
Popular vote30,33716,35712,040
Percentage50.0%26.9%19.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg9.3%Decrease2.svg6.4%Decrease2.svg5.1%

Camden UK local election 1986 map.svg
Map of the results of the 1986 election to Camden London Borough Council. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Leader before election

Phil Turner
Labour

Leader

Tony Dykes
Labour

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.

Contents

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.

Phil Turner announced before the election that he was stepping down as Leader of the Council to focus on fighting Hampstead and Highgate at the general election. Turner also moved wards from St Pancras to Kilburn Priory which was one of the safest Labour parts of the Hampstead and Highgate Parliamentary Constituency.

Election result

Camden local election results 1986 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 44110+1174.650.030,337+9.3
  Conservative 13013−1322.026.916,357-6.4
  Alliance 220+23.419.812,040-5.1
  Green 00000.01.4857+1.1
  Independent 00000.00.3178-0.1
 Others00000.01.6958+1.2

Ward results

Adelaide

Adelaide (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Tobin 1,217
Conservative Stephen Moon 1,158
Conservative Ian Pasley-Tyler 1,155
Labour Brian Bell939
Labour Bryan Blatch929
Labour Anna Wernher797
Alliance Vera Miles487
Alliance Aubrey Sandman421
Alliance Erich Wagner400
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Belsize

Belsize (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Glover 1,055
Conservative Huntly Spence 1,039
Conservative Judith Barnes 1,005
Labour Margaret McPhee888
Labour Malcolm Bull875
Labour Ramendra Bhattacharyya841
Alliance David Davies818
Alliance Pauline Marriott788
Alliance Dudley Miles756
Green Philippa Draper236
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Kirk 1,307
Labour Nicola Kutapan 1,302
Labour William Budd 1,263
Conservative William Trite1,158
Conservative Martine Moon1,069
Conservative Mark Whitfield1,033
Alliance James Morris447
Alliance Geoffrey Sell413
Alliance Felicity Watkin387
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Skolar 757
Labour Karen Newbury 675
Conservative Kenneth Avery672
Labour John White652
Alliance Douglas Medhurst383
Alliance Kevin Cahill367
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Camden

Camden (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheila Field 1,258
Labour Satnam Gill 1,173
Alliance Jonathon Owen765
Alliance David Simmons753
Conservative Doris Davis269
Conservative Toby Corder253
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Castlehaven

Castlehaven (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Good 1,485
Labour Jasper Williams 1,238
Alliance Jennifer Horne274
Alliance Keith Roberts262
Conservative Shirley Soskin221
Conservative Carl Teper187
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Caversham

Caversham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gareth Smyth 1,458
Labour Mary Cane 1,441
Conservative Mark Hapgood348
Conservative Mark Stuart-Smith315
Alliance Jennifer Kavanagh313
Alliance Richard Thompson265
HumanistStephen McConnell84
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Fitzgerald 1,124
Labour Janet Pope 1,048
Conservative Anthony Kemp584
Conservative Anthony Blackburn582
Alliance David Casey431
Alliance Stephen White391
Green Elizabeth Noyes129
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Fitzjohns

Fitzjohns (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald King 735
Conservative Cathleen Mainds 697
Labour Ian Swain451
Labour Sambhu Banik445
Alliance David Radford332
Alliance John Howson324
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Fortune Green

Fortune Green (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Flick Rea 677
Alliance Roger Billins 627
Conservative Paul Crossman578
Labour Catherine Joseph577
Conservative Ian Tomisson567
Labour Eric Kaill551
Turnout
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing

Frognal

Frognal (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Greengross 930
Conservative Gwyneth Williams 905
Labour Amber Dobson479
Labour David Richter446
Alliance Nicola-Jane Taylor401
Alliance Hilary Billins383
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rose Head 1,455
Labour Graham Shurety 1,429
Conservative John Livingston410
Conservative Peter Somerville372
Alliance David Birkett283
Alliance Patricia Gros279
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Grafton

Grafton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Shaw 1,313
Labour Patrick Denny 1,190
Conservative Catherine Dilnott-Cooper245
Alliance Jane Atkinson228
Conservative Peter Golds223
Alliance Mary Gillie212
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacqueline Jones 788
Conservative Selina Gee 787
Alliance David Brierley695
Alliance David Aarons672
Labour David Bookless564
Labour Heather Kenmure517
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Highgate

Highgate (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Beck 1,966
Labour Margaret Cosin 1,844
Labour John Wakeham 1,739
Conservative Martin Morton1,185
Conservative Lesley Fields1,129
Conservative Peter Horne1,109
Alliance James McKinley901
Alliance Christina Schopflin896
Alliance Margaret Jackson-Roberts890
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Holborn

Holborn (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Benjamin Griffith 1,013
Labour Kenneth Hulme 951
Tenants' RepresentativeRalph Barrett548
Conservative Peter Smaill533
Conservative Piers Wauchope 458
Alliance Trevor Davis271
Alliance Robert Forrest210
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kilburn

Kilburn (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Birtill 1,925
Labour Katherine Allen 1,866
Labour Alan Wood 1,788
Conservative William Smith578
Conservative Alexandra Lawrie565
Conservative Jonathan Shapland558
Alliance Jeremy Allen518
Alliance James Allman515
Alliance Heather Thompson432
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

King's Cross

King's Cross (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Hughes 1,113
Labour Tony Dykes 1,094
Conservative George Glossop402
Conservative James Turner382
Alliance Thomas Hibbert282
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Priory

Priory (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacqueline Peacock 1,621
Labour Phil Turner 1,600
Conservative Andrew Lavy648
Conservative Marilyn Halberstam600
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Latham 1,554
Labour David Horan 1,489
Labour Gillian Green 1,442
Alliance William Jones1,293
Alliance Lee Barr1,257
Alliance Kenneth Rolph1,197
Conservative Stephen Robin658
Conservative Noel Moncaster635
Conservative Peter Slade617
Tenants' RepresentativeTerence Hargrave326
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St John's

St John's (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hilary Lowe 1,469
Labour Richard Sumray 1,462
Alliance Heather Hullah311
Alliance Soren Agerholm295
Conservative George Emsden271
Conservative Sinclair Webster254
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Pancras

St Pancras (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Bevington 1,078
Labour Sandra Plummer 917
Conservative Esther Bateman241
Conservative June Moncaster241
Alliance John Davidson212
Alliance Catherine Meehan197
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Somers Town

Somers Town (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Devine 1,195
Labour Alfred Saunders 1,130
Alliance Betty Wilson288
Alliance Elizabeth Blundell278
Conservative David Harris214
Conservative Esther Mundlak212
Independent Keith Armstrong178
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

South End

South End (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Orrett 1,115
Labour Nirmal Roy 1,064
Conservative Inge Reed635
Conservative Michael Farrer633
Alliance Jennifer Hall347
Alliance Sandra Lawman342
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gloria Lazenby 1,326
Labour Alan Rippington 1,307
Labour Adrian Van States 1,155
Conservative Robert Graham1,140
Conservative David Stone1,136
Conservative Roberta Robson1,103
Alliance Ian Bond637
Alliance Roderick Atkin613
Alliance Clive Pembridge569
Green Janet Crawford280
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

West End

West End (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin McDonnell 1,089
Labour Julia Devot 1,087
Conservative Michael Flynn557
Conservative Harry Whitcut513
Alliance Peter Hatton446
Alliance Brian Sugden430
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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