1986 Southwark London Borough Council election

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1986 Southwark Council election
  1982 8 May 1986 1990  

All council seats
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Alliance Conservative
Seats won43156
Seat changeDecrease2.svg10Increase2.svg15Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote32,90618,69611,726
Percentage50.68%28.8%18.06%
SwingIncrease2.svg7.93Increase2.svg4.46Decrease2.svg9.89

Council Control before election


Labour

Council Control


Labour

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1986. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 36.7%.

Contents

Election result

1986 Southwark London Borough Council election seat result.svg
Southwark Local Election Result 1986 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 43212Decrease2.svg1067.250.6832,906Increase2.svg7.93
  Alliance 15150Increase2.svg1523.428.818,696Increase2.svg4.46
  Conservative 602Decrease2.svg29.418.0611,726Decrease2.svg9.89
  Green 000Steady2.svg02.061,336New
  Communist 000Steady2.svg00.18116Decrease2.svg0.57
  National Front 000Steady2.svg00.1277Decrease2.svg0.32
  Revolutionary Communist 000Steady2.svg00.1170New
  Independent Labour 003Decrease2.svg3000Decrease2.svg1.93
Southwark Council voting history 1986 Southwark Council voting history slope chart.png
Southwark Council voting history

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (SDP)James Hughes1,01853.4+29.9
Labour Kenneth Carlisle79941.9−9.4
Alliance (Liberal)Phoebe Whiffing74439.1+14.7
Labour Chetan Patel70637.1−7.7
Turnout 1,90539.7+9.3
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Alleyn

Alleyn (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Bogle 1,188 43.6 +7.9
Labour Margaret Pedler 1,133 41.6 +7.2
Conservative Pamela Cooper*78128.7−6.2
Conservative Maureen Tomison71826.4−7.2
Alliance (Liberal)Jean Halden52119.1−3.4
Alliance (Liberal)James Morrey49618.2−4.2
Turnout 2,72246.8+7.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Barset

Barset (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nicholas Snow* 1,184 58.4 +10.8
Labour Dorothy Winters 1,070 52.8 +4.5
Alliance (Liberal)Roy Nightingale53726.5−4.1
Alliance (Liberal)David Banks53426.3−2.3
Conservative Barbara Ellams21010.4−5.1
Conservative Archibald Norman20210.0−5.4
Turnout 2,02741.5+5.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bellenden

Bellenden (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graeme Geddes** 1,953 54.1 +13.7
Labour John McTernan 1,942 53.8 +15.0
Labour Jessica Wanamaker** 1,849 51.2 +13.1
Conservative Alfred Shaughnessy82122.7−9.3
Conservative Pamela Entwhistle80922.4−8.6
Conservative David Bradbury79722.1−8.1
Alliance (SDP)Paul Eden54515.1−3.8
Alliance (SDP)Kathryn Kyle51314.2−3.4
Alliance (SDP)Leaford Patrick45112.5−4.7
Green David Brunsdon2316.4N/A
Turnout 3,61040.8+2.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Graeme Geddes was a sitting councillor for Browning ward

Jessica Wanamaker was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward

Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)Andrew Canning1,57653.0+21.3
Alliance (Liberal)Helen Kemp1,52151.2+21.6
Labour John Bryan*1,19940.3−0.3
Labour Robert Law1,13638.2±0.0
Communist Peter Power331.1N/A
Turnout 2,97350.1+16.1
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

Browning

Browning (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Fryer*1,44645.7−6.1
Labour Ann Goss**1,37343.4−9.8
Alliance (Liberal)Peter Pritchard1,37343.4+24.7
Alliance (Liberal)Joyce Hales1,36143.0+25.1
Labour Laurence Hemming1,35442.8−8.0
Alliance (SDP)Mary Wenner1,22838.8+21.9
Conservative Malcolm Trott2126.7−13.1
Conservative Terence Driscoll2046.4−13.2
Turnout 3,16342.9+13.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

Ann Goss was a sitting councillor for The Lane ward

Brunswick

Brunswick (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jessie Cannon* 1,556 57.4 +14.8
Labour John Maurice 1,543 57.0 +20.3
Labour John Lauder* 1,522 56.2 +10.1
Alliance (SDP)Richard Cotton67124.8+0.4
Alliance (SDP)Simon Gamble65124.0+1.1
Alliance (Liberal)Warren Ingham-Barrow61722.8+0.3
Conservative John McMahon33712.4−8.1
Conservative Carolyn Freeman31611.7−7.4
Conservative Douglas Mitchell30411.2−8.9
Communist Eric Hodson833.1−0.7
Turnout 2,70935.6+8.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Burgess

Burgess (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)Rose Colley*94351.8+32.6
Labour Piers Corbyn 83545.8−4.9
Alliance (Liberal)Anne Scovell81644.8+27.0
Labour Reginald Gyasi73640.4−7.6
Turnout 1,82241.8+15.2
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cathedral

Cathedral (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)Hilary Wines90541.4+21.0
Labour Geoffrey Williams*89941.1−6.4
Labour Alan Davis*88340.4−6.8
Alliance (Liberal)Leroy Arscott85038.9+19.8
Conservative Richard Skelton23110.6−15.7
Turnout 2,18539.7+11.2
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chaucer

Chaucer (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Matthews* 1,478 47.8 +8.6
Labour Rita Sergeant 1,431 46.3 +3.1
Labour Linda Oram 1,400 45.3 +6.7
Alliance (SDP)Richard Malins1,32843.0+14.7
Alliance (SDP)Anna McGettigan1,27441.2+13.6
Alliance (SDP)Loraine Watson1,22839.7+13.5
Conservative Beatrice North1956.3−10.3
Conservative Caroline Sayer1775.7−11.7
Turnout 3,09037.2+1.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

College

College (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eileen Doran 1,486 47.6 −5.7
Conservative Percy Gray 1,410 45.2 −5.9
Labour Peter Bowyer90929.1+6.4
Labour Iris Ritchie87127.9+7.9
Alliance (Liberal)Patricia Mynott59719.1−1.9
Alliance (SDP)Olga Kenyon58318.7−2.7
Turnout 3,12051.4+1.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Consort

Consort (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Brennan 1,077 64.3 +9.4
Labour Sally Keeble 1,019 60.8 +6.5
Alliance (Liberal)Mark Allen29317.5+0.6
Alliance (Liberal) Martin Horwood 27716.5+2.3
Conservative Leslie Brown22913.7−4.5
Conservative Christine Alderton19211.5−6.3
Turnout 1,67633.2+2.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Dockyard

Dockyard (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)Ronald Kendrick1,23645.9+25.9
Alliance (Liberal)Patricia Matheson1,22645.5+27.0
Alliance (Liberal)George Walker1,19544.3+26.9
Labour Thomas Sullivan*1,17843.7−12.3
Labour John Burke1,11941.5−18.3
Labour Rupert Doyle**1,09540.6−12.6
Conservative Mary Corps1736.4−7.7
Conservative Alan Corps1696.3−6.4
Turnout 2,69541.3+7.9
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

Rupert Doyle was a sitting councillor for Friary ward

Faraday

Faraday (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Elley 1,939 64.9 +11.2
Labour Patrick Morgan 1,928 64.5 +17.0
Labour David Payne* 1,897 63.5 +13.7
Alliance (Liberal)Peter Duff44014.7−8.0
Conservative Gladys Cobley41413.9−6.8
Alliance (Liberal)Veronica Hunt41413.9N/A
Alliance (Liberal)Jonathan Hunt41313.8N/A
Conservative Peter Grady39813.3−10.8
Conservative Harold Welch37112.4−4.9
Green Sylvia Brasier1495.0N/A
Turnout 2,98831.6+9.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Friary

Friary (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Main* 1,453 70.3 +21.8
Labour Marjorie Henriquez 1,444 69.9 +18.6
Labour Tony Goss** 1,423 68.8 +22.4
Conservative Christopher Mead28513.8−6.4
Alliance (SDP)Paul Cheesman26712.9−7.8
Conservative Joe Mortimer26112.6−5.2
Alliance (SDP)Roy Ashworth25312.2−7.6
Conservative Robert Myers23811.5−5.9
Alliance (Liberal)Frances Sheehan23511.4−7.5
Turnout 2,06732.9+4.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Tony Goss was a sitting councillor for Newington ward

Liddle

Liddle (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Ellery* 1,603 79.3 +20.9
Labour Daniel McCarthy* 1,476 73.0 +14.4
Labour Ali Balli 1,405 69.5 +18.0
Alliance (SDP)Irene Barton20610.2−5.6
Alliance (SDP)Peter Ward1879.2−4.4
Alliance (SDP)Iain Johncock1537.6−4.5
Conservative Norman Bascombe1497.4−6.2
Conservative Victoria Holliday1326.5−5.6
Conservative Mary Welch1085.3−6.5
Turnout 2,02224.6+4.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Crane* 2,164 52.3 +14.3
Labour Andrew Troke* 2,145 51.8 +18.1
Labour Aubyn Graham* 2,116 51.1 +15.6
Conservative Elizabeth Betts1,21829.4−1.7
Conservative Tobias Eckersley**1,19328.8−0.9
Conservative Doris Pearce1,16728.2−2.9
Alliance (SDP)Rowland Sheard53112.8−11.1
Alliance (SDP)Margaret Hanton52612.7−9.7
Alliance (SDP)Joan Wheeler49712.0−9.7
Turnout 4,13945.0+5.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Tobias Eckersley was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward

Newington

Newington (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Kennedy 1,960 60.1 +15.6
Labour Mark Howarth 1,946 59.6 +17.3
Labour Jeremy Fraser 1,919 58.8 +17.2
Alliance (Liberal)John Clemens47614.6−4.0
Conservative Stephen Payne47314.5−4.6
Conservative Clive Jones45914.1−3.9
Alliance (Liberal)Diana Jenkins43813.4−0.4
Alliance (Liberal)Gillian Clemens43313.3−4.4
Conservative Miranda Picarda38511.8−4.7
Turnout 3,26337.2+4.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Riverside

Riverside (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)Michael Hannon*1,49254.3+31.6
Alliance (Liberal)Michael Heaney1,42952.0+29.4
Alliance (Liberal)Joan Price1,39350.7+29.5
Labour Thomas Gregory99536.2+13.9
Labour Melvyn Brookstone97735.6+14.0
Labour David Brockman90533.0+12.0
Conservative Andrew Clayton1756.4−3.0
Conservative Bertram Williams993.6−5.6
Turnout 2,74642.6−2.4
Alliance gain from Independent Labour Swing
Alliance gain from Independent Labour Swing
Alliance gain from Independent Labour Swing

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)Frank Pemberton*1,52656.0+29.3
Alliance (Liberal)Victor Jones1,35349.6+22.9
Alliance (Liberal)Richard Shearman1,28347.0+24.0
Labour William Carter1,00636.9−9.7
Labour David Brasier*99236.4−9.1
Labour William Griffiths96335.3−9.4
National Front Raymond Barker772.8N/A
National Front Anthony Grant762.8N/A
Turnout 2,72744.4+14.1
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

Ruskin

Ruskin (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Mitchell 1,963 45.1 −5.4
Conservative Gerald Hartup 1,924 44.2 −5.9
Conservative John Edwards 1,885 43.3 −6.4
Labour Valerie Stagg1,19027.3+12.6
Labour John Thomas1,16526.8+12.2
Labour Kevin Williamson1,06224.4+9.9
Alliance (SDP)Jonathan Mitchell94121.6−7.0
Alliance (SDP)Deborah Sillett89920.6−8.7
Alliance (SDP)John Weedy84919.5−9.3
Green David Smart4129.5N/A
Turnout 4,35554.8+2.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rye

Rye (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elsie Headley** 1,246 38.9 +8.5
Conservative Irene Kimm 1,212 37.9 −5.1
Conservative Jasper Perry1,19037.2−4.0
Labour Christopher Hughes1,18637.1+9.0
Alliance (SDP)Adam Norton46014.4−7.9
Alliance (SDP)Robert Skelly43113.5−8.7
Green Alex Goldie1474.6N/A
Turnout 3,19946.8+2.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Elsie Headley was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward

St Giles

St Giles (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Ritchie* 1,956 56.4 +10.4
Labour Winston Stafford 1,867 53.8 +3.5
Labour Michael Geater* 1,725 49.7 +4.9
Alliance (Liberal)John Bennett95527.5+0.4
Alliance (SDP)John Egan87425.2+3.4
Alliance (SDP)Andrew Sawdon86024.8+5.1
Conservative Trevor Pitman36410.5−7.2
Conservative Richard Turnbull3429.9−7.2
Conservative Alfred Wood3229.3−7.7
Green Stephen Barbe1805.2N/A
Revolutionary Communist Kim Pepper702.0N/A
Turnout 3,47037.4+6.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

The Lane

The Lane (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leslie Alden** 1,253 46.7 +6.0
Labour Pamela Smith 1,225 45.6 +8.0
Alliance (Liberal)Andrew Harris73727.4−1.9
Alliance (Liberal)David Salmon73527.4−0.2
Conservative Richard Clough**42115.7−4.7
Conservative Robert Chamber40915.2−5.0
Turnout 2,68544.3+8.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Leslie Alden was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward

Richard Clough was a sitting councillor for Rye ward

Waverley

Waverley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Kelly* 1,419 55.7 +15.4
Labour Brian McKeon 1,261 49.5 +13.3
Conservative Lilian Dawson76630.1−6.0
Conservative Khalid Sharif73428.8−3.8
Green Doreen Robinson2178.5N/A
Turnout 2,54944.1+5.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

By-Elections

Dockyard by-election, 24 July 1986
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Sullivan 1,168 50.1 +6.4
Alliance (Liberal)Hyman Silverston1,04144.7+0.4
Conservative Andrew Clayton723.1−3.3
National Front John Norris502.1N/A
Turnout 35.84−5.5
Labour gain from Alliance Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. George Walker

Liddle by-election, 9 April 1987
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Deborah Welch 951 69.8 +0.3
Alliance (SDP)Ann Harris29221.4+11.2
Conservative Trevor Atman1208.8+1.4
Turnout 17.19+7.4
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ali Balli

Rye by-election, 24 September 1987
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Pitman 1,495 54.8 +17.6
Labour Christopher Hughes81129.8−9.1
Alliance (SDP)Robert Skelly2619.6−3.9
Green Alex Goldie1455.3+0.7
Communist Linda Osborn140.5N/A
Turnout 39.45−7.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Elsie Headley

Chaucer by-election, 25 February 1988
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (SDP)Anna McGettigan1,36548.3+7.1
Labour Alexander Moore1,14640.5−4.8
Conservative Nicholas Eriksen2669.4+3.1
Communist Peter Power511.8N/A
Turnout 35.47−1.7
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Linda Oram

Riverside by-election, 21 April 1988
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Coral Newell 1,348 47.0 +10.8
Alliance (Liberal)George Dunk1,34546.8−3.9
Conservative Andrew Clayton1294.5−1.9
National Front Stephen Evans491.7N/A
Turnout 43.73+1.1
Labour gain from Alliance Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joan Price

Abbey by-election, 27 October 1988
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)Alan Blake1,24065.6+26.5
Labour John Johnson51427.2−14.7
Conservative Thomas Pheby1377.2N/A
Turnout 39.79+0.1
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kenneth Carlisle

Lyndhurst by-election, 17 November 1988
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kate Hoey 1,778 57.7 +5.4
Conservative Heather Kirby88028.5−0.9
Liberal Democrats Alex Goldie32710.6−2.2
SDP Doreen Payne983.2N/A
Turnout 34.24−10.8
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan Crane

Friary by-election, 12 October 1989
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Wingfield 810 48.0 −22.3
Independent Labour Gregory Staunton56733.6N/A
Conservative Michael Lawson20212.0−1.8
Liberal Democrats Leroy Arscott1106.5−6.4
Turnout 27.05−5.8
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David Main

References

  1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.