1986 Adur District Council election

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1986 Adur District Council election
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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 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+/−
  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
Alliance Miller A.53632.3+0.7
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%±%
Alliance Sherwood J. Ms.86151.3+4.0
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
Alliance hold Swing
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing +3.8
Cokeham (3584) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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
Alliance hold Swing -6.0
Eastbrook (3681) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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
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
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%±%
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
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
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%±%
Alliance Beresford P.66057.8+1.0
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
Alliance hold Swing
Alliance hold Swing +1.6
Peverel (3240) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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
Alliance hold Swing +5.9
Southlands (3398) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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
Alliance hold Swing +9.6
Southwick Green (3821) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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
Alliance gain from Independent Swing -19.3
St. Nicolas (3724) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Huber J.86749.0-10.3
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%±%
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
Alliance hold Swing -1.7

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References

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  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 25 July 2017.
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