1986 Strathclyde Regional Council election

Map showing results in Strathclyde Regional Council.

The 1986 Strathclyde Regional Council election to the Strathclyde Regional Council was held on Thursday 8 May 1986, alongside regional elections across Scotland. All 103 of the council's seats were up for election.

Aggregate results

Strathclyde Regional Council election, 1986

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	87			8	85.4	52.6	429,046	6.8
	Conservative	6			9	5.8	13.1	106,983	9.4
	Alliance	5			1	4.9	14.2	116,182	2.9
	Independent	3			1	2.9	1.9	15,890	0.2
	SNP	2			1	1.9	17.5	143,033	5.0
	Independent Labour	0				0.0	0.3	2,211	0.2
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	1,810	0.1
	Communist	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	975	0.2
	Scottish Independence Party	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	169
	Revolutionary Communist	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	74