1986 Sheffield City Council election

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1986 Sheffield City Council election
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30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council
44 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Seats won2253
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg2Steady2.svg0
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Map showing the results of the 1986 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

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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Election result

Sheffield local election result 1986
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2220+273.353.775,901-0.9
  Alliance 300010.025.335,810+4.8
  Conservative 502-216.620.028,267-4.6
  Independent Labour 00000.00.5700N/A
  Independent 00000.00.2279N/A
  Green 00000.00.2224+0.1
  Revolutionary Communist 00000.00.1128New
Christian Ecology00000.00.184New
  Communist 00000.00.064-0.2

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour6163
Conservatives1715
SDP–Liberal Alliance99
Total8787
Working majority 35  39 

Ward results

Beauchief [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Seaton 2,466 39.6 −14.7
Labour George Munn**2,31937.2+11.0
Alliance (SDP)John White1,44023.1+3.7
Majority 1472.4−25.7
Turnout 6,22540.6
Conservative hold Swing -12.8

George Munn was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward

Birley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Gow 3,622 65.5 +1.6
Alliance (SDP)Cyril Skipworth1,15220.8+6.6
Conservative George Salter75013.6−8.3
Majority 2,47044.7+2.7
Turnout 5,52434.0
Labour hold Swing -2.5
Brightside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rae Whitfield* 2,940 76.0 +5.7
Alliance (SDP)George Wilson60415.6−2.8
Conservative Simon Braggs3258.4−2.8
Majority 2,33660.4+8.5
Turnout 3,86929.5
Labour hold Swing +4.2
Broomhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Woodcock 2,222 39.8 +4.1
Alliance (SDP)Jane Padget1,76331.6+10.7
Conservative Giles Orton1,59528.6−14.8
Majority 4598.2+0.5
Turnout 5,58041.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -3.3
Burngreave [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Flanagan 3,237 79.6 +26.4
Alliance (Liberal)Khalid Mahmood83120.4−21.4
Majority 2,40659.2+47.8
Turnout 4,06832.5
Labour hold Swing +23.9
Castle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Horton* 3,179 83.9 +6.0
Conservative Joan Graham3779.9−2.9
Alliance (SDP)Muhammad Zahur2346.2−2.0
Majority 2,80274.0+8.9
Turnout 3,79029.1
Labour hold Swing +4.4
Chapel Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)Susan Ward 3,103 47.8 -8.3
Labour Peter Duff2,97045.7+9.0
Conservative Mary Hyatt4186.4−0.7
Majority 1322.1−17.3
Turnout 6,49138.9
Alliance hold Swing -8.6
Darnall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Choudry Walayat 1,899 42.1 −23.1
Alliance (Liberal)Dennis Boothroyd1,21927.0+13.2
Independent Labour Sheila Rehman70015.5+15.5
Conservative Colin Cavill68615.2−5.8
Majority 68015.1−29.1
Turnout 4,50431.1
Labour hold Swing -18.1
Dore [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Thompson* 3,271 49.4 −9.0
Labour Maureen Whitebrook1,85328.0+2.6
Alliance (Liberal)Edith Fawcett1,49822.6+6.5
Majority 1,41821.4−11.6
Turnout 6,62240.1
Conservative hold Swing -5.8
Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Dawson 3,156 47.7 −8.6
Conservative Jeremy Richardson 3,021
Alliance (Liberal)Arthur Fawthrop2,11732.0+7.6
Alliance (Liberal)Christine Freeman1,975
Labour Roy Darke1,34320.3+1.1
Labour Jeane Cromar1,335
Majority 1,03915.7+10.4
Turnout 6,61642.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -8.1
Firth Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Barton* 3,470 80.6 +3.4
Conservative Angela Knight51712.0+1.2
Independent Nisar Qureshi2796.5+6.5
Revolutionary Communist Carolyn Pryce390.9+0.9
Majority 2,95368.6+3.3
Turnout 4,30530.8
Labour hold Swing +1.1
Hallam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Fey 2,885 40.5 −14.4
Alliance (SDP)John Knight2,48934.9+10.4
Labour Christopher Walker1,74924.5+4.0
Majority 3965.6−24.8
Turnout 7,12348.9
Conservative hold Swing -12.4
Handsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Hartley 3,582 69.2 +3.3
Alliance (SDP)Marguerite Crangle80315.5+2.3
Conservative Shirley Clayton70713.6−7.2
Christian EcologyRoger Dunn841.6+1.6
Majority 2,77953.7+8.6
Turnout 5,17634.2
Labour hold Swing +0.5
Heeley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mukesh Savani* 3,117 58.6 −2.4
Conservative Nicholas Asiam1,09120.5−5.9
Alliance (SDP)Raymond Mellor1,05819.9+7.4
Revolutionary Communist Steven Brown470.9+0.9
Majority 2,02638.1+3.5
Turnout 5,31335.0
Labour hold Swing +1.7
Hillsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Penelope Peysner 3,235 50.2 −1.6
Alliance (Liberal)Francis Butler1,99631.0+6.4
Conservative Michael Warner1,21318.8−4.7
Majority 1,23919.2−8.0
Turnout 6,44442.5
Labour hold Swing -4.0
Intake [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Deborah Matthews 3,188 61.2 +2.2
Conservative Elizabeth Bradbury1,15322.1−4.4
Alliance (SDP)Francis Pierce86616.6+2.1
Majority 2,03539.1+6.6
Turnout 5,20732.9
Labour hold Swing +3.3
Manor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Howard Capelin* Unopposed N/A−82.0
Majority N/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Mosborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Saunders 3,758 65.1 −1.9
Conservative Evelyn Millward1,02217.7−3.9
Alliance (SDP)Hilary Gooch99517.2+5.9
Majority 2,73647.4+2.0
Turnout 5,77528.9
Labour hold Swing +1.0
Nether Edge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Qurban Hussain 2,386 39.1 −4.0
Conservative Christine Smith*1,85430.4−9.2
Alliance (Liberal)George Manley1,62826.7+11.4
Green Jane Beharrell2243.7+1.9
Majority 5328.7+5.2
Turnout 6,09243.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.6
Nether Shire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Wigfield* 3,453 78.4 +7.8
Alliance (SDP)George Clayton58513.3−4.9
Conservative John Harrington3668.3−2.8
Majority 2,86865.1+12.7
Turnout 4,40433.2
Labour hold Swing +6.3
Netherthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Steinke 2,986 73.6 +3.0
Alliance (Liberal)Peter McNutt1,07226.4+8.2
Majority 1,91447.2−5.2
Turnout 4,05832.3
Labour hold Swing -2.6
Norton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Moore* 3,406 63.7 +0.9
Conservative Nigel Ball97118.1−6.6
Alliance (Liberal)Anita Norris96718.1+5.7
Majority 2,43545.6+7.5
Turnout 5,34439.1
Labour hold Swing +3.7
Owlerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Mathews* 2,918 74.0 −0.7
Alliance (Liberal)Philip Taylor58314.8+3.1
Conservative Lorna Banham44011.1−2.5
Majority 2,33559.2−2.1
Turnout 3,94129.9
Labour hold Swing -1.9
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doris Mulhearn* 2,901 82.8 −0.2
Alliance (Liberal)Donald Smith3329.5+3.2
Conservative Cissie Reynolds2697.7−2.9
Majority 2,56973.3+0.9
Turnout 3,50224.7
Labour hold Swing -1.7
Sharrow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Midgley 2,440 64.7 −4.3
Alliance (SDP)Mohammed Malik64817.2−10.8
Conservative Anne Smith57715.3+15.3
Communist Walter Hartley641.7−1.2
Revolutionary Communist Edmund Price421.1+1.1
Majority 1,79247.5+6.5
Turnout 3,77131.2
Labour hold Swing +3.2
South Wortley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)Philip Howson* 3,601 47.7 +8.1
Labour John Buckley2,73036.1+1.1
Conservative Elizabeth Conboy1,22316.2−9.2
Majority 87111.6+7.0
Turnout 7,55441.7
Alliance hold Swing +3.5
Southey Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Nelson Unopposed N/A−85.4
Majority N/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Stocksbridge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)Malcolm Brelsford* 1,896 47.6 -0.7
Labour John Johnston1,66441.8−0.0
Conservative Beryl Fleming42010.5+0.7
Majority 2325.8−0.7
Turnout 3,98038.2
Alliance hold Swing -0.3
Walkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carol Bullement 3,334 53.9 −8.4
Alliance (SDP)David Brown2,33037.7+15.3
Conservative Paul Makin5158.3−7.0
Majority 1,00416.2−23.7
Turnout 6,17942.9
Labour hold Swing -11.8

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 "Sheffield Local Elections 1973-1995 scans" . Retrieved 20 June 2011.
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