1986 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

1986 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

←  1984 8 May 1986 (1986-05-08) 1987 →
21 of 63 seats to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader John Lloyd John Ashworth Alan Mobbs Party Conservative Alliance Labour Leader's seat Heaton Moor Edgeley South Reddish Last election 9 seats, 38.5% 5 seats, 32.3% 6 seats, 26.1% Seats before 28 15 15 Seats won 7 7 6 Seats after 24 18 16 Seat change 4 3 1 Popular vote 32,052 37,476 27,186 Percentage 31.6% 37.0% 26.8% Swing 6.9% 4.7% 0.7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Ron Stenson Arthur Bradbury Party Heald Green Ratepayers Independent Labour Leader's seat Heald Green South Reddish Last election 1 seat, 3.0% did not contest Seats before 3 2 Seats won 1 0 Seats after 3 2 Seat change Popular vote 2,834 0 Percentage 2.8% 0.0% Swing 0.2% N/A
Map of results of 1986 election
Leader of the Council before election No leader No overall control Leader of the Council after election No leader No overall control

Elections to Stockport Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1986, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1990. The council remained under no overall control. ^{[1] [2]}

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party		32,052 (31.6%)		6.9	7 (33.3%)	7 / 21	4	24 (38.1%)	24 / 63
Alliance		37,476 (37.0%)		4.7	7 (33.3%)	7 / 21	3	18 (28.6%)	18 / 63
Labour Party		27,186 (26.8%)		0.7	6 (28.6%)	6 / 21	1	16 (25.4%)	16 / 63
Heald Green Ratepayers		2,834 (2.8%)		0.2	1 (4.5%)	1 / 21		3 (4.8%)	3 / 63
Independent Labour		0 (0.0%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21		2 (3.2%)	2 / 63
Green Party		1,764 (1.7%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
Revolutionary Communist		59 (0.1%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 63

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Ward results

Bredbury

Bredbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Humphries*	2,672	57.5	+9.2
	Labour	J. Woodrow	1,072	23.1	−3.3
	Conservative	T. Stones	906	19.5	−5.7
Majority			1,600	34.4	+12.5
Turnout			4,650	41.5	−9.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Brinnington

Brinnington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Gallacher	2,635	82.7	+6.8
	SDP	H. Griffiths	550	17.3	−3.7
Majority			2,085	65.6	+10.7
Turnout			3,185	37.7	−5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Cale Green

Cale Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Boyd*	2,073	53.8	−2.4
	SDP	A. Shaw	1,041	27.0	+8.9
	Conservative	L. Jones	672	17.4	−8.3
	Green	S. Jackson	69	1.8	N/A
Majority			1,032	26.8	−3.7
Turnout			3,855	41.2	−0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheadle

Cheadle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Needham*	2,270	51.9	−10.7
	Liberal	J. Wolfe	1,635	37.4	+7.9
	Labour	C. Goodrich	382	8.7	+0.9
	Green	I. Boyd	86	2.0	N/A
Majority			635	14.5	−18.6
Turnout			4,373	43.9	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	K. Anstis*	2,589	53.0	−1.4
	Conservative	V. Brooks	1,556	31.9	−3.0
	Labour	S. Bennett	678	13.9	+3.1
	Green	D. Dick	58	1.2	N/A
Majority			1,033	21.1	+1.6
Turnout			4,881	41.3	−3.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

Cheadle Hulme South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	B. Leah*	3,627	60.1	+11.6
	Conservative	E. Minshull	1,939	32.1	−13.6
	Labour	R. Brown	359	5.9	+0.1
	Green	J. Armstrong	110	1.8	N/A
Majority			1,688	28.0	+25.2
Turnout			6,035	53.1	−3.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Davenport

Davenport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Downs	1,603	38.6	−9.8
	Labour	D. Harris	1,480	35.6	+5.4
	SDP	J. Grimshaw	922	22.2	+1.0
	Green	C. Wharf	150	3.6	N/A
Majority			123	3.0	−15.2
Turnout			4,155	43.9	−2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Bramhall

East Bramhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Doherty*	3,158	51.8	−1.6
	Liberal	G. Livesey	2,489	40.8	−1.1
	Labour	W. Greaves	447	7.3	+2.6
Majority			669	11.0	−0.5
Turnout			6,049	46.8	−3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edgeley

Edgeley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Ashworth*	2,813	49.8	+7.4
	Labour	P. Scott	2,235	39.6	−3.3
	Conservative	G. Coales	508	9.0	−5.7
	Green	S. Filmore	87	1.5	N/A
Majority			578	10.2
Turnout			5,643	55.7	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great Moor

Great Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Wharton	1,931	35.4	+4.4
	SDP	T. E. Pyle	1,782	32.7	+4.0
	Conservative	I. Roberts*	1,670	30.6	−9.6
	Green	K. Darwin	73	1.3	N/A
Majority			149	2.7
Turnout			5,456	49.3	−1.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Law*	2,548	44.0	−0.5
	Liberal	C. Beaver	2,510	43.4	−2.4
	Labour	K. Stapleford	601	10.4	+0.6
	Green	S. Ledger	129	2.2	N/A
Majority			38	0.6
Turnout			5,788	46.9	−4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heald Green

Heald Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Heald Green Ratepayers	P. Burns*	2,834	67.2	−4.1
	Conservative	K. A. Edis	597	14.2	−0.3
	Labour	K. Parker	431	10.2	+1.2
	Liberal	F. Ridley	301	7.1	+1.9
	Green	F. Ridley	55	1.3	N/A
Majority			2,237	53.0	−3.8
Turnout			4,218	39.7	−2.4
	Heald Green Ratepayers hold		Swing

Heaton Mersey

Heaton Mersey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Whitney*	2,540	45.2	−7.2
	Labour	S. Broadhurst	1,830	32.6	−1.0
	SDP	S. Oldham	1,141	20.3	+6.3
	Green	G. Leatherbarrow	107	1.9	N/A
Majority			710	12.6	−6.3
Turnout			5,618	48.2	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heaton Moor

Heaton Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. A. MacCarron*	2,183	50.3	−9.3
	Labour	H. Nance	1,134	26.1	+0.5
	SDP	D. Owen	917	21.1	+6.3
	Green	F. Chapman	104	2.4	N/A
Majority			1,049	24.2	−9.8
Turnout			4,338	43.5	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Jackson	1,852	43.7	−5.6
	Liberal	A. Corris	1,378	32.5	+18.0
	Conservative	K. Coups	917	21.6	−14.6
	Green	G. Johnson	95	2.2	N/A
Majority			474	11.2	−2.0
Turnout			4,242	43.6	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing

North Marple

North Marple

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Bradley	2,343	50.0	+3.4
	Conservative	B. Sharkey	1,747	37.3	−7.8
	Labour	M. Jones	486	10.4	+1.8
	Green	R. Bamforth	113	2.4	N/A
Majority			596	12.7	+11.5
Turnout			4,689	51.2	−0.1
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

North Reddish

North Reddish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Halliday*	3,031	70.3	+8.2
	SDP	P. O'Connell	1,106	25.7	+14.6
	Green	D. Raikes	114	2.6	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist	K. Lavin	59	1.4	N/A
Majority			1,925	44.6	+9.3
Turnout			4,310	36.7	−5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Romiley

Romiley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. Wilson	2,216	41.2	+2.6
	Conservative	P. Gilleney*	1,996	37.1	−5.7
	Labour	J. Nelson	1,161	21.6	+3.0
Majority			220	4.1
Turnout			5,373	46.2	−3.9
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

South Marple

South Marple

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M. Jackson	2,577	49.7	+6.6
	Conservative	S. Windle	2,158	41.6	−9.4
	Labour	G. B. Slack	320	6.2	+0.3
	Green	N. Watson	128	2.5	N/A
Majority			419	8.1
Turnout			5,183	51.4	−2.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

South Reddish

South Reddish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Mobbs*	2,635	65.7	+0.3
	SDP	A. McClean	1,185	29.6	−5.0
	Green	M. Ledger	190	4.7	N/A
Majority			1,450	36.2	+5.4
Turnout			4,010	36.8	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

West Bramhall

West Bramhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. B. Leck*	3,084	58.6	−6.0
	SDP	P. C. O. Vittoz	1,673	31.8	+4.6
	Labour	B. Farebrother	413	7.8	−0.4
	Green	N. Bamber	96	1.8	N/A
Majority			1,411	26.8	−10.6
Turnout			5,266	43.6	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 1 and 2)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
2. Stockport, Manchester Evening News, May 9, 1986, p.37
3. "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 November 2023.