Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1986

Last updated

The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 1 May 1986 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

Due to a vacancy in Wednesfield North two members were elected.

The Labour Party gained the following wards from the Conservatives:

Bilston North, Fallings Park, Oxley, Wednesfield North (1 seat).


The SDP/Liberal Alliance gained Spring Vale from Labour.

Prior to the election the constitution of the Council was:

Following the election the constitution of the Council was:

Election result

Bilston East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour N Davies 1868
SDP–Liberal Alliance R Gray 597
Conservative Mrs F Rixon 319
Majority 1271
Bilston North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mrs T Bowen 2065
Conservative C Barber 956
SDP–Liberal Alliance T Perkins 745
Majority 1109
Blakenhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour J Rowley 2475
Conservative 1174
SDP–Liberal Alliance J O'Brien 497
Majority 1301
Bushbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative G Patten 1663
Labour T Barratt 1546
SDP–Liberal Alliance T Whitehouse 606
Majority 117
East Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour G Howells 1584
SDP–Liberal Alliance J Steatham 1342
Conservative Mrs J Shore 326
Majority 242
Ettingshall
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour E Bold 2058
Conservative A Mills 452
SDP–Liberal Alliance J White 289
Majority 1606
Fallings Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mrs J Hill 1838
Conservative Mrs J Lenoir 1360
SDP–Liberal Alliance E George 493
Majority 478
Graiseley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour F Ledsam 2426
Conservative J Mellor 1844
SDP–Liberal Alliance E Rawlinson 537
Majority 582
Heath Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour K Purchase 1773
Conservative B Ingram 719
SDP–Liberal Alliance C Hallmark 572
Majority 1054
Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Peter Bilson 2171
Conservative K Gliwitzki 636
SDP–Liberal Alliance Mrs S Thompson 327
Majority 1535
Merry Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative W Clarke 2158
SDP–Liberal Alliance B Lamb 1115
Labour D McKatrick 911
Majority 1043
Oxley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mrs K Clifford 1881
Conservative F Haley 1363
SDP–Liberal Alliance M Turley 472
Majority 518
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative M Griffiths 2333
Labour J Botteley 1744
SDP–Liberal Alliance P McGloin 758
Majority 589
Penn
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative J Carpenter 2674
SDP–Liberal Alliance R Jones 1190
Labour G S Rai 584
Majority 1484
St Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour A M Powell 3209
Conservative R Ward 517
SDP–Liberal Alliance B Lewis 374
Majority 2696
Spring Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance A Pye 2196
Labour B Burden 2061
Conservative D Darley 447
Majority 135
Tettenhall Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance L McLean 2357
Conservative W Moffat 1801
Labour L Turner 570
Majority 558
Tettenhall Wightwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative R Watson 2375
SDP–Liberal Alliance D Pottle 1196
Labour Mrs B Hill 606
Majority 1179
Wednesfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Miss J Walton 1799
Labour J Woodward 1780
Conservative G Jones 1399
Conservative Mrs H Phillips 1225
SDP–Liberal Alliance M Pearson 857
SDP–Liberal Alliance Mrs J Lamb 743
Wednesfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mrs L Leader 2012
Conservative Mrs R Ball 1046
SDP–Liberal Alliance J Speakman 639
Majority 966

Related Research Articles

2003 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 1 May 2003 with one-third of the council was up for election. Prior to the election, there had been two vacancies in Leigh Central, with Labour winning a by-election in June and the seat being fought in this election filled unopposed by Barbara Jarvis.

2007 Wolverhampton City Council election

Elections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 3 May 2007 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

2006 Wolverhampton City Council election

Elections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 3 May 2006 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

Elections in 1975 were held on 1 May.

Elections in 1978 were held on Thursday 4 May.

The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 6 May 1982 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 5 May 1983 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 3 May 1984 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 7 May 1987 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 2 May 1991 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 5 May 1994 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 4 May 1995 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

1988 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1988, with one third of the seats up for election as well as an extra vacancy in Beech Hill. Following the previous election, two by-elections had taken place, with the Labour Party successfully defending their seats in Ince and Newtown. This year's election seen an improvement in participation, with all wards fought and five parties contesting in some form, by way of the Greens fielding their first ever slate of four candidates and the return of long-time Communist contender H. Kedward in Leigh Central. Despite this, the number of candidates contesting actually fell by five from the previous year's 64, as the turbulent new merger of the old SDP-Liberal Alliance, Social and Liberal Democrats, fielded just half the number of candidates they'd managed in 1987 and, at 11, the lowest since 1980.

1990 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 3 May 1990, with one third of the seats up for election with an additional vacancy in Bryn. Previous to the election there had also been a by-election in Abram, which the Labour Party successfully defended. Despite a wider array of parties - mainly a product from the fractious SLD merger - contesting the election, in several ways it beat 1986's lows in participation. A record of six seats went uncontested as one quarter of the council's wards held no elections, with the Conservatives contesting one half of the wards and the SLD one quarter. The Greens repeated their last year's total of four candidates, but with only two in the same wards as previous. Elsewhere, Independent John Vickers fought his first of many elections in Hindley Green and the respective Social Democrat and Liberal sides opposed to Alliance merging into the SLD fielded a sole candidate each - the latter of which having previously came within a straw of winning Langtree for the SLD.

Elections to Leeds City Council were held on the same day as the general election, with one third of the council up for election and an additional vacancy in Garforth North and Barwick. There had also been a by-election in Horsforth for the seat up in this election, with the Conservatives successfully defending it.

1982 Leeds City Council election

Elections to Leeds City Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1982, with one-third of the council to be elected. As well as that, there was a vacancy to fill after the defection of Whinmoor incumbent Edward Hewitt to the newly formed Alliance between the Liberal Party and the Labour-breakaway Social Democratic Party in February, following his colleague and Headingley councillor, Ernest Millet, who had also defected to the SDP two months prior.

1986 Leeds City Council election

The Leeds City Council elections were held on Thursday, 8 May 1986, with one third of the council and a vacancy in Halton to be elected, following the resignation by Conservative incumbent Martin Dodgson in March. Prior to that, there had been a defection by the former-Alliance councillor in Armley, Sandy Melville, to Independent in January and a sacking and de-selection as Labour candidate for Wortley for Pat Fathers after he was found to be leaking information the previous December.

1987 Leeds City Council election

The Leeds City Council elections were held on Thursday, 7 May 1987, with one third of the council and a vacancy in Wetherby to be elected. Prior to the election, the Alliance had gained the Aireborough seat from the Conservatives in a by-election.

1991 Leeds City Council election

The Leeds City Council elections were held on Thursday, 2 May 1991, with one third of the council and a vacancy in Horsforth to be elected.

The 2015 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as the 2015 general election as well as other local elections.