1986 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held in May 1986. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 35.0%.

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Election result

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1986 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Alliance 2642.7
  Labour 2444.1
  Conservative 07.2

Results

[2]

Blackwall (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Shawcroft 834
SDP Jonathan Mathews788
Labour Sunahwar Ali661
SDP Russell Neale657
Conservative Robert Hughes 129
Majority
Turnout 4,13942.3
Labour hold Swing
SDP gain from Labour Swing
Bow (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Patricia Catchpole1,198
Liberal Ronald Lebar1,165
Liberal Anthony Wilcock1,071
Labour Edward Caunter795
Labour Wendy Allman777
Labour Thomas Redmond737
Conservative Bernard Jenkin 172
Majority
Turnout 6,27834.6
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
Bromley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Downes1,458
Labour Anne Delargy1,450
Labour Neil McAree1,403
Liberal Beryl Day1,292
Liberal Peter Hughes1,139
Liberal Zofia Hart1,112
Conservative Ralph Harrison166
Majority
Turnout 7,38341.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
East India (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Connolly906
Labour Patrick Little800
Liberal Maurice Caplan541
Liberal Anthony Peter464
Independent Labour David Canning318
Conservative Peter Sayer95
Majority
Turnout 4,92536.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Grove (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eric Flounders1,049
Liberal Janet Ludlow1,011
Labour John Griffin701
Labour Julia Mainwaring685
Conservative Barbara Perrott104
Conservative Linda Ransom81
Majority
Turnout 4,07947.5
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
Holy Trinity (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stephen Charters1,526
Liberal Belinda Knowles1,445
Liberal John Nudds1,351
Labour Michael Chalkley1,225
Labour Geoffrey Cade1,167
Labour Salim Ullah1,025
BNP David Ettridge212
Conservative Anthony Norton138
Conservative Anne-Marie Pedlingham105
Majority
Turnout 6,83644.7
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
Lansbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Barry Blandford1,119
Liberal Gwyneth Deakins1,108
Liberal Pauline Fletcher1,093
Labour Stephen Bowen956
Labour Paul Collins883
Labour Mary Hawkins871
Independent Labour Reginald Beer407
Independent Labour Paul Beasley385
Independent Labour George Desmond376
Conservative Christopher Kingsley-Smith77
Majority
Turnout 6,85338.7
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Limehouse (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Lewis1,223
Liberal Stewart Rayment1,153
Liberal Carolyn Manser1,147
Labour Dennis Twomey1,142
Labour Michael Tyrrell1,105
Labour Oona Hickson1,055
Conservative David Hughes147
Conservative Geoffrey Lenox-Smith137
Majority
Turnout 7,06438.2
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Millwall (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Porter1,119
Labour Maria Shanahan1,114
Labour Timothy Staten1,013
SDP John Moore822
SDP Brian Kettell738
Island Independent Peter Wade702
Island Independent George Pye701
Island Independent William Kilgour687
SDP Arthur Praag664
Conservative Peter Holland204
Majority
Turnout 8,48033.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Terence Cowley1,154
Liberal Brian Williams1,153
Labour Belle Harris781
Labour Sean Gardiner766
Conservative David Ranson86
Conservative John Livingstone73
Majority
Turnout 4,85444.1
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
Redcoat (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Christopher Birt1,184
Liberal Ludlow Smith1,158
Labour Stephen Joseph920
Labour Walter Leary907
Conservative Paul Ingham159
Conservative Peter Ainsworth126
Majority
Turnout 5,26945.5
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
St. Dunstan's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Carlyle1,227
Labour Terence Sullivan1,191
Labour Jahangir Alam1,142
Liberal Julian Brett-Freeman1,058
Liberal Lesley Morpurgo924
Liberal Philip Truscott911
National Front Roger Evans256
Conservative Maureen Bashford241
Conservative Kevin Collins214
Majority
Turnout 6,74240.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St. James' (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Barrie Duffey833
Labour Albert Jacob800
Labour Eileen Short782
Liberal Mark Hook757
Conservative Hugh Hunter134
Conservative Hugh Smith127
Majority
Turnout 5,22235.5
Liberal hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
St. Katharine's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Rowe1,651
Labour Ashek Ali1,562
Labour Mohammed Ahmed1,513
SDP Konor Ali714
SDP George Clark695
SDP Moshahid Hussain640
Conservative Adrian George461
Conservative Andrew Smith410
Conservative Sheila Folan371
Independent Stephen Smith84
Majority
Turnout 8,66834.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St. Mary's (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Ashkettle948
Labour Barnett Saunders861
SDP Abdul Barik316
SDP Paul Mathurin253
Conservative Mohammad Ali218
Conservative Robert Ingram147
Majority
Turnout 4,84831.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St. Peter's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brenda Collins1,324
Liberal Patrick Streeter1,316
Liberal Andrew Goodchild1,291
Labour Maureen Caldon904
Labour Rosemary Maher871
Labour Joseph Ramanoop838
Conservative Amanda Drury171
Conservative Nicholas Greenfield143
Majority
Turnout 7,52533.9
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
Shadwell (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Lilley1,121
Labour Charles Mudd1,101
Labour John Riley1,057
SDP David Webb881
SDP John Minch868
SDP Geoffrey White810
Conservative Ronald Mitchell198
Majority
Turnout 6,26535.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Spitalfields (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abbas Uddin1,246
Labour Ghulam Mortuza1,019
Labour Philip Maxwell988
Independent Muhammed Huque837
SDP Akikur Rahman590
SDP William Kelly444
Independent Labour Syed Islam402
SDP Muhammed Mustafa387
Conservative Jane Emmerson215
Independent Betty Wright199
Conservative Andrew Chapman189
Majority
Turnout 5,64845.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Weavers (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jeremy Shaw1,645
Liberal Jeanette Welsh1,530
Liberal Kofi Appiah1,496
Labour Susan Hurley1,336
Labour Mohammed Ludi1,227
Labour John Onslow1,201
Conservative Lillian Ingram184
Conservative Linda O'Connell146
Majority
Turnout 7,50542.5
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
  2. ↑ London Borough Council Elections, 8 May 1986. London: Research and Intelligence Unit, London Residuary Body. 1990.
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