1986 Southwark London Borough Council election

1986 Southwark Council election

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All council seats
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Alliance Conservative Seats won 43 15 6 Seat change 10 15 2 Popular vote 32,906 18,696 11,726 Percentage 50.68% 28.8% 18.06% Swing 7.93 4.46 9.89
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%.

Election result

Southwark Local Election Result 1986 ^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	43	2	12	10	67.2	50.68	32,906	7.93
	Alliance	15	15	0	15	23.4	28.8	18,696	4.46
	Conservative	6	0	2	2	9.4	18.06	11,726	9.89
	Green	0	0	0		0	2.06	1,336	New
	Communist	0	0	0		0	0.18	116	0.57
	National Front	0	0	0		0	0.12	77	0.32
	Revolutionary Communist	0	0	0		0	0.11	70	New
	Independent Labour	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1.93

Southwark Council voting history

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (SDP)	James Hughes	1,018	53.4	+29.9
	Labour	Kenneth Carlisle	799	41.9	-9.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	Phoebe Whiffing	744	39.1	+14.7
	Labour	Chetan Patel	706	37.1	-7.7
Turnout			1,905	39.7	+9.3
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Alleyn

Alleyn (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Bogle	1,188	43.6	+7.9
	Labour	Margaret Pedler	1,133	41.6	+7.2
	Conservative	Pamela Cooper*	781	28.7	-6.2
	Conservative	Maureen Tomison	718	26.4	-7.2
	Alliance (Liberal)	Jean Halden	521	19.1	-3.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	James Morrey	496	18.2	-4.2
Turnout			2,722	46.8	+7.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Barset

Barset (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Snow*	1,184	58.4	+10.8
	Labour	Dorothy Winters	1,070	52.8	+4.5
	Alliance (Liberal)	Roy Nightingale	537	26.5	-4.1
	Alliance (Liberal)	David Banks	534	26.3	-2.3
	Conservative	Barbara Ellams	210	10.4	-5.1
	Conservative	Archibald Norman	202	10.0	-5.4
Turnout			2,027	41.5	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bellenden

Bellenden (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Shaughnessy	821	22.7	-9.3
	Conservative	Pamela Entwhistle	809	22.4	-8.6
	Conservative	David Bradbury	797	22.1	-8.1
	Alliance (SDP)	Paul Eden	545	15.1	-3.8
	Alliance (SDP)	Kathryn Kyle	513	14.2	-3.4
	Alliance (SDP)	Leaford Patrick	451	12.5	-4.7
	Green	David Brunsdon	231	6.4	N/A
Turnout			3,610	40.8	+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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Andrew Canning	1,576	53.0	+21.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	Helen Kemp	1,521	51.2	+21.6
	Labour	John Bryan*	1,199	40.3	-0.3
	Labour	Robert Law	1,136	38.2	±0.0
	Communist	Peter Power	33	1.1	N/A
Turnout			2,973	50.1	+16.1
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Browning

Browning (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Fryer*	1,446	45.7	-6.1
	Labour	Ann Goss**	1,373	43.4	-9.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	Peter Pritchard	1,373	43.4	+24.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	Joyce Hales	1,361	43.0	+25.1
	Labour	Laurence Hemming	1,354	42.8	-8.0
	Alliance (SDP)	Mary Wenner	1,228	38.8	+21.9
	Conservative	Malcolm Trott	212	6.7	-13.1
	Conservative	Terence Driscoll	204	6.4	-13.2
Turnout			3,163	42.9	+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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Cotton	671	24.8	+0.4
	Alliance (SDP)	Simon Gamble	651	24.0	+1.1
	Alliance (Liberal)	Warren Ingham-Barrow	617	22.8	+0.3
	Conservative	John McMahon	337	12.4	-8.1
	Conservative	Carolyn Freeman	316	11.7	-7.4
	Conservative	Douglas Mitchell	304	11.2	-8.9
	Communist	Eric Hodson	83	3.1	-0.7
Turnout			2,709	35.6	+8.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Burgess

Burgess (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Rose Colley*	943	51.8	+32.6
	Labour	Piers Corbyn	835	45.8	-4.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	Anne Scovell	816	44.8	+27.0
	Labour	Reginald Gyasi	736	40.4	-7.6
Turnout			1,822	41.8	+15.2
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cathedral

Cathedral (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Hilary Wines	905	41.4	+21.0
	Labour	Geoffrey Williams*	899	41.1	-6.4
	Labour	Alan Davis*	883	40.4	-6.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	Leroy Arscott	850	38.9	+19.8
	Conservative	Richard Skelton	231	10.6	-15.7
Turnout			2,185	39.7	+11.2
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Chaucer

Chaucer (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Malins	1,328	43.0	+14.7
	Alliance (SDP)	Anna McGettigan	1,274	41.2	+13.6
	Alliance (SDP)	Loraine Watson	1,228	39.7	+13.5
	Conservative	Beatrice North	195	6.3	-10.3
	Conservative	Caroline Sayer	177	5.7	-11.7
Turnout			3,090	37.2	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

College

College (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eileen Doran	1,486	47.6	-5.7
	Conservative	Percy Gray	1,410	45.2	-5.9
	Labour	Peter Bowyer	909	29.1	+6.4
	Labour	Iris Ritchie	871	27.9	+7.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	Patricia Mynott	597	19.1	-1.9
	Alliance (SDP)	Olga Kenyon	583	18.7	-2.7
Turnout			3,120	51.4	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Consort

Consort (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Brennan	1,077	64.3	+9.4
	Labour	Sally Keeble	1,019	60.8	+6.5
	Alliance (Liberal)	Mark Allen	293	17.5	+0.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	Martin Horwood	277	16.5	+2.3
	Conservative	Leslie Brown	229	13.7	-4.5
	Conservative	Christine Alderton	192	11.5	-6.3
Turnout			1,676	33.2	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dockyard

Dockyard (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Ronald Kendrick	1,236	45.9	+25.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	Patricia Matheson	1,226	45.5	+27.0
	Alliance (Liberal)	George Walker	1,195	44.3	+26.9
	Labour	Thomas Sullivan*	1,178	43.7	-12.3
	Labour	John Burke	1,119	41.5	-18.3
	Labour	Rupert Doyle**	1,095	40.6	-12.6
	Conservative	Mary Corps	173	6.4	-7.7
	Conservative	Alan Corps	169	6.3	-6.4
Turnout			2,695	41.3	+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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Duff	440	14.7	-8.0
	Conservative	Gladys Cobley	414	13.9	-6.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	Veronica Hunt	414	13.9	N/A
	Alliance (Liberal)	Jonathan Hunt	413	13.8	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Grady	398	13.3	-10.8
	Conservative	Harold Welch	371	12.4	-4.9
	Green	Sylvia Brasier	149	5.0	N/A
Turnout			2,988	31.6	+9.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Friary

Friary (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Mead	285	13.8	-6.4
	Alliance (SDP)	Paul Cheesman	267	12.9	-7.8
	Conservative	Joe Mortimer	261	12.6	-5.2
	Alliance (SDP)	Roy Ashworth	253	12.2	-7.6
	Conservative	Robert Myers	238	11.5	-5.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	Frances Sheehan	235	11.4	-7.5
Turnout			2,067	32.9	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Tony Goss was a sitting councillor for Newington ward

Liddle

Liddle (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Barton	206	10.2	-5.6
	Alliance (SDP)	Peter Ward	187	9.2	-4.4
	Alliance (SDP)	Iain Johncock	153	7.6	-4.5
	Conservative	Norman Bascombe	149	7.4	-6.2
	Conservative	Victoria Holliday	132	6.5	-5.6
	Conservative	Mary Welch	108	5.3	-6.5
Turnout			2,022	24.6	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Betts	1,218	29.4	-1.7
	Conservative	Tobias Eckersley**	1,193	28.8	-0.9
	Conservative	Doris Pearce	1,167	28.2	-2.9
	Alliance (SDP)	Rowland Sheard	531	12.8	-11.1
	Alliance (SDP)	Margaret Hanton	526	12.7	-9.7
	Alliance (SDP)	Joan Wheeler	497	12.0	-9.7
Turnout			4,139	45.0	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Tobias Eckersley was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward

Newington

Newington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Clemens	476	14.6	-4.0
	Conservative	Stephen Payne	473	14.5	-4.6
	Conservative	Clive Jones	459	14.1	-3.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	Diana Jenkins	438	13.4	-0.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	Gillian Clemens	433	13.3	-4.4
	Conservative	Miranda Picarda	385	11.8	-4.7
Turnout			3,263	37.2	+4.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Riverside

Riverside (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Michael Hannon*	1,492	54.3	+31.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	Michael Heaney	1,429	52.0	+29.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	Joan Price	1,393	50.7	+29.5
	Labour	Thomas Gregory	995	36.2	+13.9
	Labour	Melvyn Brookstone	977	35.6	+14.0
	Labour	David Brockman	905	33.0	+12.0
	Conservative	Andrew Clayton	175	6.4	-3.0
	Conservative	Bertram Williams	99	3.6	-5.6
Turnout			2,746	42.6	-2.4
	Alliance gain from Independent Labour		Swing
	Alliance gain from Independent Labour		Swing
	Alliance gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Frank Pemberton*	1,526	56.0	+29.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	Victor Jones	1,353	49.6	+22.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	Richard Shearman	1,283	47.0	+24.0
	Labour	William Carter	1,006	36.9	-9.7
	Labour	David Brasier*	992	36.4	-9.1
	Labour	William Griffiths	963	35.3	-9.4
	National Front	Raymond Barker	77	2.8	N/A
	National Front	Anthony Grant	76	2.8	N/A
Turnout			2,727	44.4	+14.1
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Ruskin

Ruskin (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Stagg	1,190	27.3	+12.6
	Labour	John Thomas	1,165	26.8	+12.2
	Labour	Kevin Williamson	1,062	24.4	+9.9
	Alliance (SDP)	Jonathan Mitchell	941	21.6	-7.0
	Alliance (SDP)	Deborah Sillett	899	20.6	-8.7
	Alliance (SDP)	John Weedy	849	19.5	-9.3
	Green	David Smart	412	9.5	N/A
Turnout			4,355	54.8	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rye

Rye (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elsie Headley**	1,246	38.9	+8.5
	Conservative	Irene Kimm	1,212	37.9	-5.1
	Conservative	Jasper Perry	1,190	37.2	-4.0
	Labour	Christopher Hughes	1,186	37.1	+9.0
	Alliance (SDP)	Adam Norton	460	14.4	-7.9
	Alliance (SDP)	Robert Skelly	431	13.5	-8.7
	Green	Alex Goldie	147	4.6	N/A
Turnout			3,199	46.8	+2.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elsie Headley was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward

St Giles

St Giles (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Bennett	955	27.5	+0.4
	Alliance (SDP)	John Egan	874	25.2	+3.4
	Alliance (SDP)	Andrew Sawdon	860	24.8	+5.1
	Conservative	Trevor Pitman	364	10.5	-7.2
	Conservative	Richard Turnbull	342	9.9	-7.2
	Conservative	Alfred Wood	322	9.3	-7.7
	Green	Stephen Barbe	180	5.2	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist	Kim Pepper	70	2.0	N/A
Turnout			3,470	37.4	+6.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

The Lane

The Lane (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Alden**	1,253	46.7	+6.0
	Labour	Pamela Smith	1,225	45.6	+8.0
	Alliance (Liberal)	Andrew Harris	737	27.4	-1.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	David Salmon	735	27.4	-0.2
	Conservative	Richard Clough**	421	15.7	-4.7
	Conservative	Robert Chamber	409	15.2	-5.0
Turnout			2,685	44.3	+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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Kelly*	1,419	55.7	+15.4
	Labour	Brian McKeon	1,261	49.5	+13.3
	Conservative	Lilian Dawson	766	30.1	-6.0
	Conservative	Khalid Sharif	734	28.8	-3.8
	Green	Doreen Robinson	217	8.5	N/A
Turnout			2,549	44.1	+5.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-Elections

Dockyard by-election, 24 July 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Sullivan	1,168	50.1	+6.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	Hyman Silverston	1,041	44.7	+0.4
	Conservative	Andrew Clayton	72	3.1	-3.3
	National Front	John Norris	50	2.1	N/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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deborah Welch	951	69.8	+0.3
	Alliance (SDP)	Ann Harris	292	21.4	+11.2
	Conservative	Trevor Atman	120	8.8	+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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Pitman	1,495	54.8	+17.6
	Labour	Christopher Hughes	811	29.8	-9.1
	Alliance (SDP)	Robert Skelly	261	9.6	-3.9
	Green	Alex Goldie	145	5.3	+0.7
	Communist	Linda Osborn	14	0.5	N/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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (SDP)	Anna McGettigan	1,365	48.3	+7.1
	Labour	Alexander Moore	1,146	40.5	-4.8
	Conservative	Nicholas Eriksen	266	9.4	+3.1
	Communist	Peter Power	51	1.8	N/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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Coral Newell	1,348	47.0	+10.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	George Dunk	1,345	46.8	-3.9
	Conservative	Andrew Clayton	129	4.5	-1.9
	National Front	Stephen Evans	49	1.7	N/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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Alan Blake	1,240	65.6	+26.5
	Labour	John Johnson	514	27.2	-14.7
	Conservative	Thomas Pheby	137	7.2	N/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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Hoey	1,778	57.7	+5.4
	Conservative	Heather Kirby	880	28.5	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Goldie	327	10.6	-2.2
	SDP	Doreen Payne	98	3.2	N/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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Wingfield	810	48.0	-22.3
	Independent Labour	Gregory Staunton	567	33.6	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Lawson	202	12.0	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Leroy Arscott	110	6.5	-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.