1986 City of Lincoln Council election

1986 City of Lincoln Council election^[1]^[2]
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council ; 17 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results the 1986 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats.
Council control before election; Labour ;	Council control after election; Labour ;

Last updated July 19, 2023

The 1986 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 8 May 1986. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of which were last contested in 1982. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Overall results

1986 City of Lincoln Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	11	1	0	1	91.7	58.0	13,625
	Conservative	1	0	1	1	8.3	35.4	8,311
	Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	5.0	1,169
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	1.6	378
Total		12						23,483

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1982 election.

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Gibbons	1,549	75.3%
	Conservative	H. Nicholson	509	24.7%
Turnout				38.3%
	Labour hold

Birchwood

Boultham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Freeborough	1,245	54.7%
	Conservative	J. Calland	1,032	45.3%
Turnout				33.2%
	Labour hold

Boultham

Boultham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Archer	1,307	64.7%
	Conservative	M. Mellows	713	35.3%
Turnout				39.7%
	Labour hold

Bracebridge

Bracebridge^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bud Robinson^[4]	1,169	51.7%
	Conservative	R. Bracey	1,090	48.3%
Turnout				37.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Carholme

Carholme^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Vaisey	834	40.8%
	Conservative	J. Fawcett	626	30.6%
	Alliance	K. Harrison	474	23.2%
	Green	P. Boizot	111	5.4%
Turnout				37.6%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Castle (2 seats)

Castle (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Bunnage	1,402
	Labour	Loraine Woolley^[5]	1,310
	Conservative	P. Adams	650
	Conservative	J. Fawcett	632
	Green	B. Alford	157
Turnout				40.9%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Longdales

Longdales^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. McDonald	1,150	44.2%
	Labour	B. Watson	1,143	43.9%
	Alliance	B. Smith	311	11.9%
Turnout				52.4%
	Conservative hold

Minster

Minster^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Metcalfe^[6]	1,720	61.7%
	Conservative	F. Horn	1,069	38.3%
Turnout				43.0%
	Labour hold

Moorland

Moorland^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoffrey Ellis^[7]	1,173	64.0%
	Conservative	M. Campbell	661	36.0%
Turnout				37.3%
	Labour hold

Park

Park^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Drinkall	1,035	66.5%
	Conservative	J. Howitt	411	26.4%
	Green	K. Yates	110	7.1%
Turnout				31.3%
	Labour hold

Tritton

Tritton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Meanwell	1,048	57.2%
	Conservative	R. Hills	400	21.8%
	Alliance	G. Lines	384	21.0%
Turnout				42.1%
	Labour hold

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References

↑ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
↑ "Local Election Summaries 1986". The Elections Centre.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
↑ "Councillors - Bracebridge ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
↑ "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
↑ "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
↑ "Councillors - Moorland ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

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[1] "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.

[2] "Local Election Summaries 1986". The Elections Centre.

[results-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[bracebridge-4] "Councillors - Bracebridge ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[castle-5] "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[glebe-6] "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[moorland-7] "Councillors - Moorland ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

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