1986 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election

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The 1986 Kingston upon Thames Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went into no overall control.^[1]

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats
Conservative Party	49,308 (39.44%)	12.47	24 (48.0%)	24 / 50	16
SDP-Liberal Alliance	47,863 (38.28%)	8.09	22 (44.0%)	22 / 50	15
Labour Party	26,583 (21.26%)	3.67	4 (8.0%)	4 / 50	1
Green Party	1,016 (0.81%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 50
Ind. Conservative	148 (0.12%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 50
Ind. Labour	84 (0.07%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 50
Independent	26 (0.02%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 50

↓
4	22	24
Labour	SDP-Liberal Alliance	Conservative

Ward results

Berrylands (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter C Gray*
	Conservative	Paul N H Clokie*
	Conservative	Edna E Gray*
	SDP
	SDP
	Liberal
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burlington (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Derek R Osborne	1,153	60.1
	Liberal	Robert W Eyre-Brook	1,183
	Conservative	Francis J Steptoe*	761	27.7
	Conservative		676
	Labour			12.2
	Labour
Majority				32.4
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Cambridge (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ian Manders*	1,702
	SDP	Julia A Haines	1,653
	Liberal	Claire V Jackson	1,609
	Conservative		1,273
	Conservative
	Conservative	David V Weston*
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Green
Majority
Turnout
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Canbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Barbara Lilian Janke	1,368	43.5
	Liberal	Steven J Harris*	1,355
	Liberal	John Tilley*	1,319
	Labour		924	29.4
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative			18.8
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Green			5.7
	Independent Labour			2.7
Majority				14.1
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Chessington North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ian F Osborne	1,292	57.7
	Liberal	Brian M Bennett	1,274
	Conservative		518	23.1
	Conservative
	Labour			19.2
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Chessington South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Valerie Rice*
	Conservative	Leonard Bazin*
	Conservative	Trevor F Thorpe*
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Liberal
	Liberal
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coombe (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative
	Conservative	*
	Liberal
	Liberal
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grove (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Christopher A Nicholson*	1,534
	Liberal	Christine J Tilley*	1,512
	Liberal	Mark R Welling	1,414
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Green
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Hill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Albert L O Gardner*	1,043
	Conservative	Melissa J Rowe*	1,035
	Liberal		498
	Liberal		446
	Labour
	Labour
	Green
	Independent
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hook (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SDP	David B Campanale	989
	SDP	William M B Young	935
	Conservative	Peter F Groves*	695
	Conservative		666
	Labour		563
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	SDP gain from Conservative		Swing

Malden Manor (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Adrian J Clare*
	Conservative	Alan G Kessell*
	SDP
	SDP
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Norbiton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Neil A Calvert*	1,152
	Liberal	Roger Mark Hayes*	1,090
	Labour	Steven Mama	1,049
	Liberal	Louise Anne Harris	1,046
	Liberal	Roberto A Anghileri	1,030
	Labour	Julie A Reay	1,016
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Green
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Norbiton Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frank Hartfree
	Conservative	Melanie A Walsh
	Liberal
	Liberal
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

St James (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David H Fraser	1,666
	Liberal	Jean Godden*	1,423
	Conservative	Gavin N French	1,419
	Conservative	Fiona Burkeman	1,375
	Liberal	Gerald M Harman	1,233
	Liberal	Frederick C Clifton	1,192
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St Marks (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dennis F Doe
	Conservative
	Conservative	*
	Liberal
	Liberal
	Liberal
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Green
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Surbiton Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	*
	Conservative	*
	Conservative
	SDP
	SDP
	Liberal
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Green
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tolworth East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Anthony J Davis*	1,032
	Liberal	Jeffrey P Hanna	989
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Tolworth South (2)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
	Liberal
	SDP
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold	Swing

Tolworth West (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
	SDP
	SDP
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold	Swing

Tudor (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jennifer R Philpott
	Liberal	John A Savill
	SDP	Charles Neil Bloom
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

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References

↑ "London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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1986 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election

Contents

Election result

Ward results

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References