Adur District Council election, 1986

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Adur District Council election, 1986

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One third of seats (13 of 39) to Adur District Council
20 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party SDP–Liberal Alliance Conservative Residents
Seats won1141
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Decrease2.svg4Steady2.svg

Adur UK local election 1986 map.png

Map showing the results of the 1986 Adur council elections.
Majority party before election

No Overall Control

Majority party after election

SDP-Liberal Alliance

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 8 May 1986, with minor boundary changes taking effect, impacting the Peverel ward. One third of the council was due for re-election, with additional vacancies in Buckingham, Churchill and Mash Barn wards. No elections were to be held for the single-member St Mary's ward. The formerly Conservative councillor for Southwick Green was defending the seat as an Independent, with no Conservative contesting that ward. Overall turnout was down slightly to 45.3%. [1]

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The election resulted in the Alliance regaining control of the council. [2] [3]

Election result

Adur District Council Election Result 1986 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SDP–Liberal Alliance 1140+468.842.88,951+3.9
  Conservative 403-325.035.27,361-9.1
  Residents 10006.33.4717-0.6
  Labour 00000.014.22,973+1.5
  Independent 001-10.03.4710+3.4
  Green 00000.01.0217+1.0

This resulted in the following composition of the council [2] :

PartyPrevious councilNew council
SDP-Liberal Alliance1822
Conservative1815
Independent Residents22
Independent10
Total3939
Working majority -3  5 

Ward results

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.

Buckingham (3847) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Morris H. Ms.95257.3-11.1
Conservative Pelling C.934
SDP–Liberal Alliance Miller A.53632.3+0.7
SDP–Liberal Alliance Connor C.487
Labour Sweet G. Ms.17410.5+10.5
Labour Barnes S.173
Majority41625.0-11.8
Turnout 1,66243.2+5.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -5.9
Churchill (3750) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Sherwood J. Ms.86151.3+4.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance Mitchell C.825
Conservative Gray W. Ms.66539.6-3.6
Conservative Kemp C.663
Labour Aldrich S. Ms.1549.2-0.4
Majority19611.7+7.6
Turnout 1,68044.8-0.2
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing
SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Conservative Swing +3.8
Cokeham (3584) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Brooks J.74355.3-7.5
Conservative Boggis B.41931.2+4.5
Labour Atkins B.18213.5+3.0
Majority32424.1-12.0
Turnout 1,34437.5-1.5
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing -6.0
Eastbrook (3681) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Tullett K.76739.8+23.7
Conservative Dunn R.67935.2-10.9
Labour Vinter C.48325.0-12.8
Majority884.6-3.7
Turnout 1,92952.4+4.4
SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Conservative Swing +17.3
Hillside (3788) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Callar W.74841.8-10.9
Labour Langridge J.69038.6+7.5
SDP–Liberal Alliance Durrant J.35019.6+3.4
Majority583.2-18.5
Turnout 1,78847.2+2.2
Conservative hold Swing -9.2
Manor (3396) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Deedman D.95354.7+3.2
Conservative Lewis J.66338.1-5.5
Labour Boon C. Ms.1267.2+2.3
Majority29016.6+8.6
Turnout 1,74251.3-1.7
SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Conservative Swing +4.3
Marine (2633) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Residents Hancock D.71762.5+1.2
Conservative Lloyd M.24020.9-7.0
Green Martin M. Ms.807.0+7.0
Labour Morris C.615.3+1.2
SDP–Liberal Alliance Parsons E. Ms.504.4-2.4
Majority47741.6+8.2
Turnout 1,14843.6-9.4
Residents hold Swing +4.1
Mash Barn (3037) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Beresford P.66057.8+1.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance Robinson J. Ms.635
Conservative Barnard D.34430.1-2.3
Labour Aldrich G.13812.1+1.3
Majority31627.7+3.3
Turnout 1,14237.6-0.4
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing +1.6
Peverel (3240) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Meeten J.83162.9+4.8
Conservative Wood J.33925.6-7.1
Labour Atkins H. Ms.15211.5+2.3
Majority49237.2+11.9
Turnout 1,32240.8-1.2
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing +5.9
Southlands (3398) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Edwards A.87351.1+9.7
Conservative Hermans G. Ms.57133.4-9.5
Labour Sweet N.26515.5-0.1
Majority30217.7+16.2
Turnout 1,70950.3+4.3
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing +9.6
Southwick Green (3821) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Biggs A.86449.9+2.3
Independent Ferrers-Guy B. Ms.71041.0+41.0
Labour Lansley J.1579.1+3.0
Majority1548.9+7.6
Turnout 1,73145.3-8.7
SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Independent Swing -19.3
St. Nicolas (3724) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Huber J.86749.0-10.3
SDP–Liberal Alliance Macfarlane D.55931.6+5.6
Labour Matthews K. Ms.20611.6-3.0
Green Hartland R.1377.7+7.7
Majority30817.4-16.0
Turnout 1,76947.5+0.5
Conservative hold Swing -7.9
Widewater (4314) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Osborne S.90446.1-2.7
Conservative Hillier L. Ms.87444.5+0.8
Labour Pettiford K.1859.4+1.9
Majority301.5-3.5
Turnout 1,96345.5-0.5
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing -1.7

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References

  1. ↑ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  3. ↑ "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
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