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1986 Southwark London Borough Council election

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1986 Southwark Council election
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All council seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Alliance Conservative
Seats won 43 15 6
Seat change Decrease10 Increase15 Decrease2
Popular vote 32,906 18,696 11,726
Percentage 50.68% 28.8% 18.06%
Swing Increase7.93 Increase4.46 Decrease9.89

Council Control before election


Labour

Council Control


Labour

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1986. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 36.7%.

Election result

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Southwark Local Election Result 1986[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 43 2 12 Decrease10 67.2 50.68 32,906 Increase7.93
  Alliance 15 15 0 Increase15 23.4 28.8 18,696 Increase4.46
  Conservative 6 0 2 Decrease2 9.4 18.06 11,726 Decrease9.89
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0 2.06 1,336 New
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.18 116 Decrease0.57
  National Front 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.12 77 Decrease0.32
  Revolutionary Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.11 70 New
  Independent Labour 0 0 3 Decrease3 0 0 0 Decrease1.93
Southwark Council voting history

Ward results

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Abbey

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Abbey (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (SDP) James Hughes 1,018 53.4 +29.9
Labour Kenneth Carlisle 799 41.9 −9.4
Alliance (Liberal) Phoebe Whiffing 744 39.1 +14.7
Labour Chetan Patel 706 37.1 −7.7
Turnout 1,905 39.7 +9.3
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Alleyn

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Alleyn (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Bogle 1,188 43.6 +7.9
Labour Margaret Pedler 1,133 41.6 +7.2
Conservative Pamela Cooper* 781 28.7 −6.2
Conservative Maureen Tomison 718 26.4 −7.2
Alliance (Liberal) Jean Halden 521 19.1 −3.4
Alliance (Liberal) James Morrey 496 18.2 −4.2
Turnout 2,722 46.8 +7.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Barset

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Barset (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nicholas Snow* 1,184 58.4 +10.8
Labour Dorothy Winters 1,070 52.8 +4.5
Alliance (Liberal) Roy Nightingale 537 26.5 −4.1
Alliance (Liberal) David Banks 534 26.3 −2.3
Conservative Barbara Ellams 210 10.4 −5.1
Conservative Archibald Norman 202 10.0 −5.4
Turnout 2,027 41.5 +5.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bellenden

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Bellenden (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graeme Geddes** 1,953 54.1 +13.7
Labour John McTernan 1,942 53.8 +15.0
Labour Jessica Wanamaker** 1,849 51.2 +13.1
Conservative Alfred Shaughnessy 821 22.7 −9.3
Conservative Pamela Entwhistle 809 22.4 −8.6
Conservative David Bradbury 797 22.1 −8.1
Alliance (SDP) Paul Eden 545 15.1 −3.8
Alliance (SDP) Kathryn Kyle 513 14.2 −3.4
Alliance (SDP) Leaford Patrick 451 12.5 −4.7
Green David Brunsdon 231 6.4 N/A
Turnout 3,610 40.8 +2.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Graeme Geddes was a sitting councillor for Browning ward

Jessica Wanamaker was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward

Bricklayers

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Bricklayers (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Andrew Canning 1,576 53.0 +21.3
Alliance (Liberal) Helen Kemp 1,521 51.2 +21.6
Labour John Bryan* 1,199 40.3 −0.3
Labour Robert Law 1,136 38.2 ±0.0
Communist Peter Power 33 1.1 N/A
Turnout 2,973 50.1 +16.1
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

Browning

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Browning (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Fryer* 1,446 45.7 −6.1
Labour Ann Goss** 1,373 43.4 −9.8
Alliance (Liberal) Peter Pritchard 1,373 43.4 +24.7
Alliance (Liberal) Joyce Hales 1,361 43.0 +25.1
Labour Laurence Hemming 1,354 42.8 −8.0
Alliance (SDP) Mary Wenner 1,228 38.8 +21.9
Conservative Malcolm Trott 212 6.7 −13.1
Conservative Terence Driscoll 204 6.4 −13.2
Turnout 3,163 42.9 +13.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

Ann Goss was a sitting councillor for The Lane ward

Brunswick

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Brunswick (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jessie Cannon* 1,556 57.4 +14.8
Labour John Maurice 1,543 57.0 +20.3
Labour John Lauder* 1,522 56.2 +10.1
Alliance (SDP) Richard Cotton 671 24.8 +0.4
Alliance (SDP) Simon Gamble 651 24.0 +1.1
Alliance (Liberal) Warren Ingham-Barrow 617 22.8 +0.3
Conservative John McMahon 337 12.4 −8.1
Conservative Carolyn Freeman 316 11.7 −7.4
Conservative Douglas Mitchell 304 11.2 −8.9
Communist Eric Hodson 83 3.1 −0.7
Turnout 2,709 35.6 +8.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Burgess

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Burgess (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Rose Colley* 943 51.8 +32.6
Labour Piers Corbyn 835 45.8 −4.9
Alliance (Liberal) Anne Scovell 816 44.8 +27.0
Labour Reginald Gyasi 736 40.4 −7.6
Turnout 1,822 41.8 +15.2
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cathedral

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Cathedral (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Hilary Wines 905 41.4 +21.0
Labour Geoffrey Williams* 899 41.1 −6.4
Labour Alan Davis* 883 40.4 −6.8
Alliance (Liberal) Leroy Arscott 850 38.9 +19.8
Conservative Richard Skelton 231 10.6 −15.7
Turnout 2,185 39.7 +11.2
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chaucer

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Chaucer (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Matthews* 1,478 47.8 +8.6
Labour Rita Sergeant 1,431 46.3 +3.1
Labour Linda Oram 1,400 45.3 +6.7
Alliance (SDP) Richard Malins 1,328 43.0 +14.7
Alliance (SDP) Anna McGettigan 1,274 41.2 +13.6
Alliance (SDP) Loraine Watson 1,228 39.7 +13.5
Conservative Beatrice North 195 6.3 −10.3
Conservative Caroline Sayer 177 5.7 −11.7
Turnout 3,090 37.2 +1.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

College

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College (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eileen Doran 1,486 47.6 −5.7
Conservative Percy Gray 1,410 45.2 −5.9
Labour Peter Bowyer 909 29.1 +6.4
Labour Iris Ritchie 871 27.9 +7.9
Alliance (Liberal) Patricia Mynott 597 19.1 −1.9
Alliance (SDP) Olga Kenyon 583 18.7 −2.7
Turnout 3,120 51.4 +1.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Consort

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Consort (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Brennan 1,077 64.3 +9.4
Labour Sally Keeble 1,019 60.8 +6.5
Alliance (Liberal) Mark Allen 293 17.5 +0.6
Alliance (Liberal) Martin Horwood 277 16.5 +2.3
Conservative Leslie Brown 229 13.7 −4.5
Conservative Christine Alderton 192 11.5 −6.3
Turnout 1,676 33.2 +2.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Dockyard

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Dockyard (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Ronald Kendrick 1,236 45.9 +25.9
Alliance (Liberal) Patricia Matheson 1,226 45.5 +27.0
Alliance (Liberal) George Walker 1,195 44.3 +26.9
Labour Thomas Sullivan* 1,178 43.7 −12.3
Labour John Burke 1,119 41.5 −18.3
Labour Rupert Doyle** 1,095 40.6 −12.6
Conservative Mary Corps 173 6.4 −7.7
Conservative Alan Corps 169 6.3 −6.4
Turnout 2,695 41.3 +7.9
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

Rupert Doyle was a sitting councillor for Friary ward

Faraday

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Faraday (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maurice Elley 1,939 64.9 +11.2
Labour Patrick Morgan 1,928 64.5 +17.0
Labour David Payne* 1,897 63.5 +13.7
Alliance (Liberal) Peter Duff 440 14.7 −8.0
Conservative Gladys Cobley 414 13.9 −6.8
Alliance (Liberal) Veronica Hunt 414 13.9 N/A
Alliance (Liberal) Jonathan Hunt 413 13.8 N/A
Conservative Peter Grady 398 13.3 −10.8
Conservative Harold Welch 371 12.4 −4.9
Green Sylvia Brasier 149 5.0 N/A
Turnout 2,988 31.6 +9.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Friary

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Friary (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Main* 1,453 70.3 +21.8
Labour Marjorie Henriquez 1,444 69.9 +18.6
Labour Tony Goss** 1,423 68.8 +22.4
Conservative Christopher Mead 285 13.8 −6.4
Alliance (SDP) Paul Cheesman 267 12.9 −7.8
Conservative Joe Mortimer 261 12.6 −5.2
Alliance (SDP) Roy Ashworth 253 12.2 −7.6
Conservative Robert Myers 238 11.5 −5.9
Alliance (Liberal) Frances Sheehan 235 11.4 −7.5
Turnout 2,067 32.9 +4.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Tony Goss was a sitting councillor for Newington ward

Liddle

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Liddle (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Ellery* 1,603 79.3 +20.9
Labour Daniel McCarthy* 1,476 73.0 +14.4
Labour Ali Balli 1,405 69.5 +18.0
Alliance (SDP) Irene Barton 206 10.2 −5.6
Alliance (SDP) Peter Ward 187 9.2 −4.4
Alliance (SDP) Iain Johncock 153 7.6 −4.5
Conservative Norman Bascombe 149 7.4 −6.2
Conservative Victoria Holliday 132 6.5 −5.6
Conservative Mary Welch 108 5.3 −6.5
Turnout 2,022 24.6 +4.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Lyndhurst

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Lyndhurst (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Crane* 2,164 52.3 +14.3
Labour Andrew Troke* 2,145 51.8 +18.1
Labour Aubyn Graham* 2,116 51.1 +15.6
Conservative Elizabeth Betts 1,218 29.4 −1.7
Conservative Tobias Eckersley** 1,193 28.8 −0.9
Conservative Doris Pearce 1,167 28.2 −2.9
Alliance (SDP) Rowland Sheard 531 12.8 −11.1
Alliance (SDP) Margaret Hanton 526 12.7 −9.7
Alliance (SDP) Joan Wheeler 497 12.0 −9.7
Turnout 4,139 45.0 +5.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Tobias Eckersley was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward

Newington

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Newington (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Kennedy 1,960 60.1 +15.6
Labour Mark Howarth 1,946 59.6 +17.3
Labour Jeremy Fraser 1,919 58.8 +17.2
Alliance (Liberal) John Clemens 476 14.6 −4.0
Conservative Stephen Payne 473 14.5 −4.6
Conservative Clive Jones 459 14.1 −3.9
Alliance (Liberal) Diana Jenkins 438 13.4 −0.4
Alliance (Liberal) Gillian Clemens 433 13.3 −4.4
Conservative Miranda Picarda 385 11.8 −4.7
Turnout 3,263 37.2 +4.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Riverside

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Riverside (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Michael Hannon* 1,492 54.3 +31.6
Alliance (Liberal) Michael Heaney 1,429 52.0 +29.4
Alliance (Liberal) Joan Price 1,393 50.7 +29.5
Labour Thomas Gregory 995 36.2 +13.9
Labour Melvyn Brookstone 977 35.6 +14.0
Labour David Brockman 905 33.0 +12.0
Conservative Andrew Clayton 175 6.4 −3.0
Conservative Bertram Williams 99 3.6 −5.6
Turnout 2,746 42.6 −2.4
Alliance gain from Independent Labour Swing
Alliance gain from Independent Labour Swing
Alliance gain from Independent Labour Swing

Rotherhithe

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Rotherhithe (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Frank Pemberton* 1,526 56.0 +29.3
Alliance (Liberal) Victor Jones 1,353 49.6 +22.9
Alliance (Liberal) Richard Shearman 1,283 47.0 +24.0
Labour William Carter 1,006 36.9 −9.7
Labour David Brasier* 992 36.4 −9.1
Labour William Griffiths 963 35.3 −9.4
National Front Raymond Barker 77 2.8 N/A
National Front Anthony Grant 76 2.8 N/A
Turnout 2,727 44.4 +14.1
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

Ruskin

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Ruskin (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Mitchell 1,963 45.1 −5.4
Conservative Gerald Hartup 1,924 44.2 −5.9
Conservative John Edwards 1,885 43.3 −6.4
Labour Valerie Stagg 1,190 27.3 +12.6
Labour John Thomas 1,165 26.8 +12.2
Labour Kevin Williamson 1,062 24.4 +9.9
Alliance (SDP) Jonathan Mitchell 941 21.6 −7.0
Alliance (SDP) Deborah Sillett 899 20.6 −8.7
Alliance (SDP) John Weedy 849 19.5 −9.3
Green David Smart 412 9.5 N/A
Turnout 4,355 54.8 +2.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rye

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Rye (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elsie Headley** 1,246 38.9 +8.5
Conservative Irene Kimm 1,212 37.9 −5.1
Conservative Jasper Perry 1,190 37.2 −4.0
Labour Christopher Hughes 1,186 37.1 +9.0
Alliance (SDP) Adam Norton 460 14.4 −7.9
Alliance (SDP) Robert Skelly 431 13.5 −8.7
Green Alex Goldie 147 4.6 N/A
Turnout 3,199 46.8 +2.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Elsie Headley was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward

St Giles

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St Giles (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Ritchie* 1,956 56.4 +10.4
Labour Winston Stafford 1,867 53.8 +3.5
Labour Michael Geater* 1,725 49.7 +4.9
Alliance (Liberal) John Bennett 955 27.5 +0.4
Alliance (SDP) John Egan 874 25.2 +3.4
Alliance (SDP) Andrew Sawdon 860 24.8 +5.1
Conservative Trevor Pitman 364 10.5 −7.2
Conservative Richard Turnbull 342 9.9 −7.2
Conservative Alfred Wood 322 9.3 −7.7
Green Stephen Barbe 180 5.2 N/A
Revolutionary Communist Kim Pepper 70 2.0 N/A
Turnout 3,470 37.4 +6.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

The Lane

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The Lane (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leslie Alden** 1,253 46.7 +6.0
Labour Pamela Smith 1,225 45.6 +8.0
Alliance (Liberal) Andrew Harris 737 27.4 −1.9
Alliance (Liberal) David Salmon 735 27.4 −0.2
Conservative Richard Clough** 421 15.7 −4.7
Conservative Robert Chamber 409 15.2 −5.0
Turnout 2,685 44.3 +8.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Leslie Alden was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward

Richard Clough was a sitting councillor for Rye ward

Waverley

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Waverley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Kelly* 1,419 55.7 +15.4
Labour Brian McKeon 1,261 49.5 +13.3
Conservative Lilian Dawson 766 30.1 −6.0
Conservative Khalid Sharif 734 28.8 −3.8
Green Doreen Robinson 217 8.5 N/A
Turnout 2,549 44.1 +5.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

By-Elections

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Dockyard by-election, 24 July 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Sullivan 1,168 50.1 +6.4
Alliance (Liberal) Hyman Silverston 1,041 44.7 +0.4
Conservative Andrew Clayton 72 3.1 −3.3
National Front John Norris 50 2.1 N/A
Turnout 35.84 −5.5
Labour gain from Alliance Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. George Walker

Liddle by-election, 9 April 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Deborah Welch 951 69.8 +0.3
Alliance (SDP) Ann Harris 292 21.4 +11.2
Conservative Trevor Atman 120 8.8 +1.4
Turnout 17.19 +7.4
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ali Balli

Rye by-election, 24 September 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Pitman 1,495 54.8 +17.6
Labour Christopher Hughes 811 29.8 −9.1
Alliance (SDP) Robert Skelly 261 9.6 −3.9
Green Alex Goldie 145 5.3 +0.7
Communist Linda Osborn 14 0.5 N/A
Turnout 39.45 −7.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Elsie Headley

Chaucer by-election, 25 February 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (SDP) Anna McGettigan 1,365 48.3 +7.1
Labour Alexander Moore 1,146 40.5 −4.8
Conservative Nicholas Eriksen 266 9.4 +3.1
Communist Peter Power 51 1.8 N/A
Turnout 35.47 −1.7
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Linda Oram

Riverside by-election, 21 April 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Coral Newell 1,348 47.0 +10.8
Alliance (Liberal) George Dunk 1,345 46.8 −3.9
Conservative Andrew Clayton 129 4.5 −1.9
National Front Stephen Evans 49 1.7 N/A
Turnout 43.73 +1.1
Labour gain from Alliance Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joan Price

Abbey by-election, 27 October 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Alan Blake 1,240 65.6 +26.5
Labour John Johnson 514 27.2 −14.7
Conservative Thomas Pheby 137 7.2 N/A
Turnout 39.79 +0.1
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kenneth Carlisle

Lyndhurst by-election, 17 November 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Hoey 1,778 57.7 +5.4
Conservative Heather Kirby 880 28.5 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Alex Goldie 327 10.6 −2.2
SDP Doreen Payne 98 3.2 N/A
Turnout 34.24 −10.8
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan Crane

Friary by-election, 12 October 1989
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Wingfield 810 48.0 −22.3
Independent Labour Gregory Staunton 567 33.6 N/A
Conservative Michael Lawson 202 12.0 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Leroy Arscott 110 6.5 −6.4
Turnout 27.05 −5.8
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David Main

References

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  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.