1986 Havering London Borough Council election

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1986 Havering London Borough Council election
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All 63 seats to the Havering London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
CON
LAB
Party Conservative Labour
Seats won2820
Seat changeDecrease2.svg9Increase2.svg8
 Third partyFourth party
 
RES
LIB
Party Residents Alliance
Seats won10 [lower-alpha 1] 5
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg

The 1986 Havering Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went in no overall control.

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Electoral arrangements

The 1986 election used the ward boundaries established in 1978 for the third time. 63 councillors were elected from 25 wards. Each ward returned two or three councillors.

Polling took place on 8 May 1986. [1]

Results

The Conservative Party lost nine seats and their majority on the council. [1] [2] [3] Eight seats went from Conservative to Labour in Brooklands, Elm Park, Hylands, Mawney and Oldchurch wards. Residents gained two seats from the Conservatives in South Hornchurch and one seat went the other way in Upminster. This gave the Conservative Party 28 councillors, the Labour Party 20, and the Residents Association 10 councillors, with an increase of one seat. The SDP–Liberal Alliance candidates held their five seats in Chase Cross and Rainham wards.

Ward results

Airfield

Airfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raymond Emmett 1,459
Labour Rosina Purnell 1,456
Labour Jack Hoepelman 1,454
Conservative Charles Morris897
Conservative Margaret Munday815
Conservative Pauline Orrin800
Alliance Alan Hudson702
Alliance Ralph Gordon684
Alliance Harry Rivers668
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ardleigh Green

Ardleigh Green (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Brooklands

Brooklands (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Chase Cross

Chase Cross (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alliance FT Eric Freeman 1,115
Liberal Alliance FT Leonard Parmenter 1,017
Labour Robert Kilbey768
Labour Pauline Koseda759
Conservative Roger Farrow567
Conservative George Rusz469
Turnout
Liberal Alliance FT hold
Liberal Alliance FT hold

Collier Row

Collier Row (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robin Adaire 984
Conservative Patrick Curtin 904
Labour Anthony Gordon728
Labour Eileen Gordon669
Liberal Alliance FT Edmund Longhorn596
Liberal Alliance FT Angela Thompson503
Green Andrew Smith40
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cranham East

Cranham East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Ind. Ratepayers hold Swing
Ind. Ratepayers hold Swing

Cranham West

Cranham West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Ratepayers Ron Ower 1,763
Ind. Ratepayers Louisa Sinclair 1,763
Conservative Bernard Boakes790
Conservative David Perreira681
Labour Marjorie Ville253
Labour Jennifer Hague249
Alliance Martin Flower197
Alliance Joan Holt158
Turnout
Ind. Ratepayers hold Swing
Ind. Ratepayers hold Swing

Elm Park

Elm Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Emerson Park

Emerson Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Gidea Park

Gidea Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Gooshays

Gooshays (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hacton

Hacton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Residents hold Swing
Residents hold Swing
Residents hold Swing

Harold Wood

Harold Wood (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Heath Park

Heath Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Heaton

Heaton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denis O'Flynn 1,768
Labour Geoffrey Otter 1,678
Labour Ruby Latham 1,471
Conservative Gareth Fox760
Conservative Garry Hillier707
Conservative Paul Piddington622
Alliance Harold Offen506
Alliance Lesley Durso452
Alliance Henry Blackborow403
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hilldene

Hilldene (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dennis Cook 1,586
Labour Dereck Smith 1,430
Labour Bessie Whitworth 1,405
Conservative David Ratcliffe1,026
Conservative Martin Davis1,025
Conservative Mark Melvin985
Alliance Graham Bridgeman-Clarke355
Alliance Rodney Dorken326
Alliance William Barrett309
National Front Christopher Dowsett108
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hylands

Hylands (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Mawney

Mawney (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Oldchurch

Oldchurch (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rainham

Rainham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Alliance hold Swing
Alliance hold Swing
Alliance hold Swing

Rise Park

Rise Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Andrew's

St Andrew's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Cotier 1,421
Conservative Albert James 1,376
Conservative Thomas Orrin 1,368
Residents Barbara Farrant968
Residents Graham Watkins930
Residents Stephen Whittaker865
Labour Keith Dutton762
Labour Margaret Hoepelman721
Alliance Adrienne McCarthy700
Labour Robert Kirchner691
Alliance Brian McCarthy672
Alliance Trevor Wood613
Green Teresa Price71
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Edward's

St Edward's (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

South Hornchurch

South Hornchurch (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout
Residents hold Swing
Residents gain from Conservative Swing
Residents gain from Conservative Swing

Upminster

Upminster (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bruce Gordon-Picking 1,835
Conservative Jean Frost 1,821
Conservative Norman Kemble 1,807
Ratepayers Geoffrey Lewis1,784
Ratepayers Joan Lewis1,700
Ratepayers Owen Ware1,639
Labour Tom Horlock401
Labour Margaret Pickford393
Labour James Abrey392
Alliance Margery Ford366
Alliance Colin McArdle350
Alliance Douglas Peters333
Turnout
Conservative gain from Ratepayers Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections

The following by-elections took place between the 1986 and 1990 elections:

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes all candidates elected as (Independent) Residents or Ratepayers

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References

  1. 1 2 "London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Havering Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "1986 London Borough of Havering local election results". Havering Council. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
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