1986 Sutton London Borough Council election

Last updated March 17, 2024

The 1986 Sutton Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Sutton London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went into no overall control.^[1]

Ward results

Beddington North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joan Dutton	1,194	46.7	+3.6
	Liberal	Sylvia Doubell	1,138
	Conservative	Francis McNamara*	989	38.7	-9.3
	Conservative	Roy Whitehair**	878
	Labour	J Bray	372	14.6
	Labour	R Moore	349
Majority				8.0	12.9
Turnout				51.3	-3.1
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.4

Beddington South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Colleen Saunders	1406	41.2	+7.2
	SDP	Kenneth Bishop	1,325
	SDP	Frances Wurm	1,248
	Labour	P Bassett	1,057	31.0	+5.7
	Labour	Ms D Richards	973
	Labour	Ms V Scotter	959
	Conservative	Henry Sawyers*	946	27.8	-12.9
	Conservative	J Belcher	943
	Conservative	P Roffe	932
Majority				10.2	16.8
Turnout				48.8	+2.2
	SDP gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.4

Belmont (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Barber	1,402	61.1	-4.8
	Conservative	Joyce K M Bowley*	1,395
	Liberal	Barry Reed	693	30.2	+2.8
	SDP	Glyn Saunders	683
	Labour	B Brennan	201	8.8
	Labour	Ms J Lawler	193
Majority				30.9	-7.6
Turnout				44.5	-5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.8

Carshalton Beeches (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward J Crowley*	2,108	57.9
	Conservative	Keith J Martin*	2,044
	Conservative	Mavis Peart*	2,037
	SDP	Richard Exact	906	24.9	-1.7
	Liberal	John Phillimore	882
	SDP	Gary Miles	854
	Labour	J Bloom	353	9.7
	Labour	R Taylor	341
	Labour		314
	Green	W Holt	274	7.5
Majority				33.0
Turnout				50.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carshalton Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SDP	John Jukes	1,165
	Conservative	Peter Baggott*	1,123
	Liberal	Robert Landeryou	1,119
	Conservative	John Stapley	967
	Labour
	Labour
	Green
Majority
Turnout
	SDP gain from Conservative		Swing

Carshalton North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Edward Dutton
	Liberal	Michael A Cooper*	1,356
	Conservative	Denis Kerslake	991
	Conservative	Margaret Paull
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Cheam South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Lynette Ranson
	Conservative	Edward Trevor*	1,659
	Liberal	Frank Sharp	449
	SDP	Agatha Myers
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheam West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Kenneth Cole*
	Conservative	Deborah Mangnall*	1,279
	Liberal	Judith Franklin	935
	Liberal	Simon Wales
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clockhouse (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Malcolm Garner	421
	SDP	Robert Irving	393
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Cheam (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Anthony Brett Young
	SDP	Valerie Price	1,526
	Conservative	Clifford Carter*	993
	Conservative	John Sharvill*	990
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Alliance hold		Swing

Rosehill (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Stephen Penneck
SDP	Paul Burstow	1,425
Conservative	Anne Rawlinson	778
Conservative	Lorna Rayne
Labour
Labour

St Helier North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Patrick Kane*
	Labour	Albert Dyson*
	Labour	Donald Hopkins
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	SDP
	Liberal
	SDP
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St Helier South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Charles Mansell
	Labour	John Weir
	SDP
	SDP
	Conservative
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Graham Norman Tope*	1,591
	Liberal	Rev. John Aubrey Mullin*	1,521
	Conservative		508
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sutton Common (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Elizabeth Sharp
	Liberal	Lesley O'Connell	1,437
	Conservative	Pauline Kavanagh*	936
	Conservative	Alan Deards
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Sutton East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Neil Frater
	Liberal	John Brennan
	SDP	Terence Woods	1,326
	Conservative	David Hogg	846
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Independent
Majority
Turnout
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Sutton South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Geiringer*
	Conservative	Paul Mangnall*
	Conservative	Richard Barber*	1,753
	SDP	Carol Campbell	926
	SDP	Dora Flew
	Liberal	Cicely Willis
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Green
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Christopher Caswill
	Liberal	Lynette Gleeson	1,442
	Conservative	Simon McIlwaine	902
	Conservative	Linda Verner
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Wallington North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jack Izard*
	Conservative	Joan Quattrucci
	Conservative	Michael Pike	1,626
	Liberal	Joseph Farrelly	1,254
	SDP	Kishore Gumaste
	Liberal	Robert Landeryou
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Green
	Green
	Green
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wallington South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frederick Townsend*
	Conservative	Lynda Burrows
	Conservative	David Waterman	1,093
	SDP	Richard Sammons	1,049
	Liberal	Alison Rogers
	SDP	John Drage
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Green
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wandle Valley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Michael Woolley*
	Labour	Malcolm Smith*	883
	SDP	June Crow	638
	SDP	John Barlow
	Conservative
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodcote (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Graham Witham*	957
	Liberal	Graham Sharp	248
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Worcester Park North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ruth Mary Shaw
	Liberal	Keith Pitkin
	SDP	Gareth Campbell	1,788
	Conservative	Peter Woolley*	1,376
	Conservative	Janet Woolley*
	Conservative	Ann Tims*
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Worcester Park South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roger Roberts
	SDP	Michael Shaw	1,422
	Conservative	Richard Anthony Kerslake*	1,163
	Conservative	David Trafford*
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Wrythe Green (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SDP	Teresa Munro
	Liberal	Duncan R Ponikwer	1,385
	Conservative	John Howard	739
	Conservative	Bruce Newman
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

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References

↑ "London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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