1986 Barnet London Borough Council election

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8 May 1986

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All 60 seats to Barnet London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

42.0%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Alliance
Seats won	39	18	3
Seat change	9	6	3
Percentage	44.0%	30.9%	22.9%

Map of the results of the 1986 Barnet London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 1986 Barnet Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

Background

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Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 42.0%.

Barnet Local Election Result 1986^[1]
	Seats	Votes %
Conservative	39	43.4
Labour	18	30.5
Liberal	3	22.6

Ward results

Arkley

Arkley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Childs Hill

Childs Hill (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Colindale

Colindale (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

East Barnet

East Barnet (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

East Finchley

East Finchley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Edgware

Edgware (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Finchley

Finchley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Friern Barnet

Friern Barnet (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Golders Green

Golders Green (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Hadley

Hadley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Hale

Hale (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Hendon

Hendon (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Mill Hill

Mill Hill (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

St Paul’s

St Paul’s (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Totteridge

Totteridge (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

West Hendon

West Hendon (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Woodhouse

Woodhouse (3 seats)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Harris, Michael W	2,170
Labour	Reed, Dennis P.	2,056
Labour	Vis, Rudolf J.	1,973
Conservative	Bull, Gillian M	1939
Conservative	Halliday, Graham P	1877
Conservative	Williams, Philip H.	1851
Alliance	Fitzgerald, Gerard E	1,110
Alliance	Saxl, Dagmar M	1,062
Alliance	Wright, Albert S.	984

By-elections between 1986 and 1990

Hadley

Hadley by-election, 20 November 1986^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gillian M. Bull	2,006
	Alliance	Rosemary M. Watkins	1,224
	Labour	Keith E. Livingstone	662
	Ind. Conservative	John P. Fitzgibbon	97
Turnout				30.07
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Beverley G. Lane.

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb by-election, 27 November 1986^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Coral Sebag-Montefiore	1,415
	Alliance	Peter D. Falk	1,243
	Labour	Rita Brent	327
Turnout				27.97
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Clement Halfon.

Arkley

Arkley by-election, 10 November 1988^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur A. Beck	1,462
	Labour	Kevin W. Smith	1,075
	Liberal Democrats	Michael A. Cleal	833
	Independent	Philip W. Groves	214
	Green	Simon A. Clarke	166
Turnout				29.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Leah Hertz.

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb by-election, 10 November 1988^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Veronica C. Soskin	1,503
	Liberal Democrats	Michael S. Pickering	1,258
	Labour	Penelope Grant	306
Turnout				28.94
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Coral Sebag-Montefiore.

Arkley

Arkley by-election, 9 March 1989^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip H. Williams	1,468
	Labour	Keith E. Livingstone	1,094
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Michael A. CIeal	809
	Independent	Philip W. Groves	207
Turnout				29.12
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Wilfred Lipman.

References

^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). Demographic and Statistical Studies. London Research Centre. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

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