The 1986 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 1 May 1986 to elect members of West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]
West Lancashire is a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Ormskirk. The other town in the borough is Skelmersdale. The population of the District taken at the 2011 census was 110,685. The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Ormskirk and Skelmersdale and Holland urban districts along with part of West Lancashire Rural District and part of the former Wigan Rural District.
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a two-tier arrangement.
Lancashire is a ceremonial county in North West England. The administrative centre is Preston. The county has a population of 1,449,300 and an area of 1,189 square miles (3,080 km2). People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 27 | -3 | |
Labour | 21 | +2 | |
Social Democrat | 3 | +1 | |
Liberal | 1 | +0 | |
Independent | 3 | +0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Raymond Wardle | 1041 | |||
Social Democratic | Grace Wyatt | 345 | |||
Labour | Judith Pickthall | 290 | |||
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Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Danny Bassey | 1637 | |||
Social Democratic | Robert Jones | 865 | |||
Conservative | Ronald Brown | 465 | |||
Conservative | Florence Smith | 420 | |||
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Social Democratic gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Anne Maguire | 806 | |||
Conservative | Ronald Barker | 721 | |||
Social Democratic | Margaret McCain | 161 | |||
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Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Social Democratic | Robert Jermyn | 1108 | |||
Conservative | William Rigby | 984 | |||
Labour | Maurice George | 647 | |||
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Social Democratic gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Alexander Chadwick | 294 | |||
Social Democratic | Andrew Johnson | 91 | |||
Labour | Christopher Sawyer | 53 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Val Hopley | 902 | |||
Social Democratic | Matthew Cochrane | 753 | |||
Labour | Bernard Brown | 323 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Malcolm Gibbons | 877 | |||
Labour | John Draper | 450 | |||
Social Democratic | Carol Jermyn | 100 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Francis Riley | 665 | |||
Social Democratic | Stephen Gaskill | 93 | |||
Conservative | James Hignett | 93 | |||
Communist | Terence Aldridge | 80 | |||
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Kenneth Vincent | 559 | |||
Labour | Cynthia Dereli | 154 | |||
Social Democratic | Louise Randall | 146 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Ryding | 515 | |||
Conservative | David Bintcliffe | 500 | |||
Labour | Peter Wynn | 281 | |||
Labour | Joan Draper | 280 | |||
Social Democratic | Andrew Cowley | 90 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Peter Turner | 968 | |||
Social Democratic | David Pryer | 423 | |||
Labour | Patricia Carson | 208 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Margaret Edwards | 561 | |||
Labour | Victor Coman | 125 | |||
Social Democratic | Mark Winstanley | 110 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ash Martin | 1045 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Toal | 885 | |||
Social Democratic | Jill Cochrane | 291 | |||
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Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean White | 1111 | |||
Conservative | George Alty | 233 | |||
Social Democratic | Rosamond Bull | 177 | |||
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Harrison | 1124 | |||
Social Democratic | Joan Critchley | 239 | |||
Conservative | Ronald Harrison | 145 | |||
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Sent | 999 | |||
Social Democratic | Thomas Sweeney | 228 | |||
Conservative | Sylvia Winters | 134 | |||
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Gannaway-Jones | 803 | |||
Social Democratic | Roy Hiscock | 314 | |||
Labour | Wayne Marland | 182 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Burke | 735 | |||
Conservative | Peter Edwards | 593 | |||
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Labour gain from Social Democratic | Swing | ||||
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