1986 Camden London Borough Council election

1986 Camden Council election

8 May 1986
All 59 seats to Camden Borough Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Phil Turner Stephen Moon Party Labour Conservative Alliance Leader since 1982 1985 Leader's seat Represented St Pancras Stood in Priory Adelaide Last election 33 seats, 40.7% 26 seats, 33.3% 0 seats, 24.9% Seats won 44 13 2 Seat change 11 13 2 Popular vote 30,337 16,357 12,040 Percentage 50.0% 26.9% 19.8% Swing 9.3% 6.4% 5.1%
Map of the results of the 1986 election to Camden London Borough Council. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Leader before election Phil Turner Labour Leader Tony Dykes Labour

The 1986 Camden Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election.

Labour made big gains from the Conservatives across the borough: gaining Bloomsbury and one seat in Brunswick in the south, South End and the two remaining Highgate seats in the north-east, and Swiss Cottage in the north-west. The SDP–Liberal Alliance also won Fortune Green from the Conservatives.

Phil Turner announced before the election that he was stepping down as Leader of the Council to focus on fighting Hampstead and Highgate at the general election. Turner also moved wards from St Pancras to Kilburn Priory which was one of the safest Labour parts of the Hampstead and Highgate Parliamentary Constituency.

Election result

Camden local election results 1986

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	44	11	0	+11	74.6	50.0	30,337	+9.3
	Conservative	13	0	13	−13	22.0	26.9	16,357	-6.4
	Alliance	2	2	0	+2	3.4	19.8	12,040	-5.1
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	857	+1.1
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	178	-0.1
	Others	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.6	958	+1.2

Ward results

Adelaide

Adelaide (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Tobin	1,217
	Conservative	Stephen Moon	1,158
	Conservative	Ian Pasley-Tyler	1,155
	Labour	Brian Bell	939
	Labour	Bryan Blatch	929
	Labour	Anna Wernher	797
	Alliance	Vera Miles	487
	Alliance	Aubrey Sandman	421
	Alliance	Erich Wagner	400
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belsize

Belsize (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Glover	1,055
	Conservative	Huntly Spence	1,039
	Conservative	Judith Barnes	1,005
	Labour	Margaret McPhee	888
	Labour	Malcolm Bull	875
	Labour	Ramendra Bhattacharyya	841
	Alliance	David Davies	818
	Alliance	Pauline Marriott	788
	Alliance	Dudley Miles	756
	Green	Philippa Draper	236
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Kirk	1,307
	Labour	Nicola Kutapan	1,302
	Labour	William Budd	1,263
	Conservative	William Trite	1,158
	Conservative	Martine Moon	1,069
	Conservative	Mark Whitfield	1,033
	Alliance	James Morris	447
	Alliance	Geoffrey Sell	413
	Alliance	Felicity Watkin	387
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Skolar	757
	Labour	Karen Newbury	675
	Conservative	Kenneth Avery	672
	Labour	John White	652
	Alliance	Douglas Medhurst	383
	Alliance	Kevin Cahill	367
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Camden

Camden (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Field	1,258
	Labour	Satnam Gill	1,173
	Alliance	Jonathon Owen	765
	Alliance	David Simmons	753
	Conservative	Doris Davis	269
	Conservative	Toby Corder	253
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Castlehaven

Castlehaven (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Good	1,485
	Labour	Jasper Williams	1,238
	Alliance	Jennifer Horne	274
	Alliance	Keith Roberts	262
	Conservative	Shirley Soskin	221
	Conservative	Carl Teper	187
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Caversham

Caversham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Smyth	1,458
	Labour	Mary Cane	1,441
	Conservative	Mark Hapgood	348
	Conservative	Mark Stuart-Smith	315
	Alliance	Jennifer Kavanagh	313
	Alliance	Richard Thompson	265
	Humanist	Stephen McConnell	84
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Fitzgerald	1,124
	Labour	Janet Pope	1,048
	Conservative	Anthony Kemp	584
	Conservative	Anthony Blackburn	582
	Alliance	David Casey	431
	Alliance	Stephen White	391
	Green	Elizabeth Noyes	129
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fitzjohns

Fitzjohns (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald King	735
	Conservative	Cathleen Mainds	697
	Labour	Ian Swain	451
	Labour	Sambhu Banik	445
	Alliance	David Radford	332
	Alliance	John Howson	324
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fortune Green

Fortune Green (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Flick Rea	677
	Alliance	Roger Billins	627
	Conservative	Paul Crossman	578
	Labour	Catherine Joseph	577
	Conservative	Ian Tomisson	567
	Labour	Eric Kaill	551
Turnout
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Frognal

Frognal (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Greengross	930
	Conservative	Gwyneth Williams	905
	Labour	Amber Dobson	479
	Labour	David Richter	446
	Alliance	Nicola-Jane Taylor	401
	Alliance	Hilary Billins	383
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gospel Oak

Gospel Oak (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rose Head	1,455
	Labour	Graham Shurety	1,429
	Conservative	John Livingston	410
	Conservative	Peter Somerville	372
	Alliance	David Birkett	283
	Alliance	Patricia Gros	279
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Grafton

Grafton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Shaw	1,313
	Labour	Patrick Denny	1,190
	Conservative	Catherine Dilnott-Cooper	245
	Alliance	Jane Atkinson	228
	Conservative	Peter Golds	223
	Alliance	Mary Gillie	212
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hampstead Town

Hampstead Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Jones	788
	Conservative	Selina Gee	787
	Alliance	David Brierley	695
	Alliance	David Aarons	672
	Labour	David Bookless	564
	Labour	Heather Kenmure	517
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highgate

Highgate (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Beck	1,966
	Labour	Margaret Cosin	1,844
	Labour	John Wakeham	1,739
	Conservative	Martin Morton	1,185
	Conservative	Lesley Fields	1,129
	Conservative	Peter Horne	1,109
	Alliance	James McKinley	901
	Alliance	Christina Schopflin	896
	Alliance	Margaret Jackson-Roberts	890
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Holborn

Holborn (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Benjamin Griffith	1,013
	Labour	Kenneth Hulme	951
	Tenants' Representative	Ralph Barrett	548
	Conservative	Peter Smaill	533
	Conservative	Piers Wauchope	458
	Alliance	Trevor Davis	271
	Alliance	Robert Forrest	210
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kilburn

Kilburn (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Birtill	1,925
	Labour	Katherine Allen	1,866
	Labour	Alan Wood	1,788
	Conservative	William Smith	578
	Conservative	Alexandra Lawrie	565
	Conservative	Jonathan Shapland	558
	Alliance	Jeremy Allen	518
	Alliance	James Allman	515
	Alliance	Heather Thompson	432
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

King's Cross

King's Cross (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Hughes	1,113
	Labour	Tony Dykes	1,094
	Conservative	George Glossop	402
	Conservative	James Turner	382
	Alliance	Thomas Hibbert	282
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory

Priory (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Peacock	1,621
	Labour	Phil Turner	1,600
	Conservative	Andrew Lavy	648
	Conservative	Marilyn Halberstam	600
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Latham	1,554
	Labour	David Horan	1,489
	Labour	Gillian Green	1,442
	Alliance	William Jones	1,293
	Alliance	Lee Barr	1,257
	Alliance	Kenneth Rolph	1,197
	Conservative	Stephen Robin	658
	Conservative	Noel Moncaster	635
	Conservative	Peter Slade	617
	Tenants' Representative	Terence Hargrave	326
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St John's

St John's (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Lowe	1,469
	Labour	Richard Sumray	1,462
	Alliance	Heather Hullah	311
	Alliance	Soren Agerholm	295
	Conservative	George Emsden	271
	Conservative	Sinclair Webster	254
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Pancras

St Pancras (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Bevington	1,078
	Labour	Sandra Plummer	917
	Conservative	Esther Bateman	241
	Conservative	June Moncaster	241
	Alliance	John Davidson	212
	Alliance	Catherine Meehan	197
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Somers Town

Somers Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Devine	1,195
	Labour	Alfred Saunders	1,130
	Alliance	Betty Wilson	288
	Alliance	Elizabeth Blundell	278
	Conservative	David Harris	214
	Conservative	Esther Mundlak	212
	Independent	Keith Armstrong	178
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

South End

South End (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Orrett	1,115
	Labour	Nirmal Roy	1,064
	Conservative	Inge Reed	635
	Conservative	Michael Farrer	633
	Alliance	Jennifer Hall	347
	Alliance	Sandra Lawman	342
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gloria Lazenby	1,326
	Labour	Alan Rippington	1,307
	Labour	Adrian Van States	1,155
	Conservative	Robert Graham	1,140
	Conservative	David Stone	1,136
	Conservative	Roberta Robson	1,103
	Alliance	Ian Bond	637
	Alliance	Roderick Atkin	613
	Alliance	Clive Pembridge	569
	Green	Janet Crawford	280
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

West End

West End (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin McDonnell	1,089
	Labour	Julia Devot	1,087
	Conservative	Michael Flynn	557
	Conservative	Harry Whitcut	513
	Alliance	Peter Hatton	446
	Alliance	Brian Sugden	430
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986 (PDF). London: London Residuary Body. August 1986. ISBN 1-85261-003-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.