1986 United Kingdom local elections
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13Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1986.[1][2][3] There was a 3% reduction in the number of councillors, owing to the abolition of the Greater London Council and the Metropolitan County Councils.
The national projected share of the vote was Labour 37%, Conservative 34%, Liberal-SDP Alliance 26%. The Conservatives lost 975 seats, Labour gained 13 seats and the Liberal-SDP Alliance gained 338 seats.
Contents
Summary of results
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England
London boroughs
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In all 32 London boroughs the whole council was up for election.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Barnet | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Bexley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Brent | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Bromley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Camden | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Croydon | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Ealing | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Enfield | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Greenwich | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Hackney | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Haringey | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Harrow | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Havering | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Hillingdon | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Hounslow | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Islington | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Kensington and Chelsea | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Kingston upon Thames | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Lambeth | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Lewisham | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Merton | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Newham | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Redbridge | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Richmond upon Thames | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="SDP–Liberal Alliance" | | SDP–Liberal Alliance gain | Details |
| Southwark | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Sutton | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="SDP–Liberal Alliance" | | SDP–Liberal Alliance gain | Details |
| Tower Hamlets | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="SDP–Liberal Alliance" | | SDP–Liberal Alliance gain | Details |
| Waltham Forest | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Wandsworth | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Westminster | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
Metropolitan boroughs
All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Birmingham | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Bolton | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Bradford | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Bury | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Calderdale | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Coventry | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Doncaster | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Dudley | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Gateshead | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Kirklees | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Knowsley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Leeds | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Liverpool | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Manchester | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| North Tyneside | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Oldham | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Rochdale | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Rotherham | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Salford | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Sandwell | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Sefton | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Sheffield | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Solihull | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| South Tyneside | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| St Helens | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Stockport | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Sunderland | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Tameside | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Trafford | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Wakefield | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Walsall | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Wigan | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Wirral | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Wolverhampton | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
District councils
Whole council
In 2 districts the whole council was up for election.
In 2 districts there were new ward boundaries, following further electoral boundary reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halton ‡ | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Thamesdown ‡ | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
‡ New ward boundaries
Third of council
In 121 districts one third of the council was up for election.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adur | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="SDP–Liberal Alliance" | | SDP–Liberal Alliance gain | Details |
| Amber Valley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Barrow-in-Furness | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Basildon | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Basingstoke and Deane | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative gain | Details |
| Bassetlaw | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Bath | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Blackburn | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Brentwood | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Brighton | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Bristol | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Broadland | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Broxbourne | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Burnley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Cambridge | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Cannock Chase | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Carlisle | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Cheltenham | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Cherwell | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Chester | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Chorley | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Colchester | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Congleton | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Craven | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Crawley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Crewe and Nantwich | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Daventry | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Derby | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| East Devon | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Eastbourne | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="SDP–Liberal Alliance" | | SDP–Liberal Alliance gain | Details |
| Eastleigh | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Elmbridge | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Epping Forest | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Exeter | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Fareham | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Gillingham | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Gloucester | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Gosport | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Great Grimsby | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Great Yarmouth | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Harlow | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Harrogate | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Hart | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Hartlepool | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Hastings | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Havant | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Hereford | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="SDP–Liberal Alliance" | | SDP–Liberal Alliance | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="SDP–Liberal Alliance" | | SDP–Liberal Alliance hold | Details |
| Hertsmere | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Huntingdonshire | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Hyndburn | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Ipswich | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Kingston upon Hull | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Leicester | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Leominster | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent hold | Details |
| Lincoln | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Macclesfield | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Maidstone | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Mid Sussex | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Milton Keynes | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Mole Valley | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| North Bedfordshire | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| North Hertfordshire | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Norwich | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Oadby and Wigston | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Oxford | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Pendle | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Penwith | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Peterborough | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Portsmouth | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Preston | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Purbeck | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Reading | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Redditch | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Reigate and Banstead | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Rochford | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Rossendale | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Rugby | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Runnymede | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Rushmoor | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Scunthorpe | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Slough | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| South Bedfordshire | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| South Cambridgeshire | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent hold | Details |
| South Herefordshire | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent hold | Details |
| South Lakeland | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Southampton | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Southend-on-Sea | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| St Albans | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Stevenage | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Stoke-on-Trent | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Stratford-on-Avon | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Stroud | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Swale | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Tamworth | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Tandridge | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Three Rivers | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Thurrock | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Tonbridge and Malling | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Torbay | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Tunbridge Wells | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Watford | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Waveney | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Welwyn Hatfield | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour hold | Details |
| West Dorset | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent hold | Details |
| West Lancashire | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| West Lindsey | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| West Oxfordshire | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Weymouth and Portland | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| Winchester | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Woking | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Wokingham | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Woodspring | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Worcester | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Worthing | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative hold | Details |
| Wyre Forest | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control hold | Details |
| York | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour gain | Details |
Local education authority
This was the first and only election to the directly elected local education authority established by the Local Government Act 1985. However, it was short-lived, being abolished four years later by the Education Reform Act 1988.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner London Education Authority | New Council | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Details | |
Scotland
Regional councils
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| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borders | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent hold | Details |
| Central | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241F;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241F;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Dumfries and Galloway | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent hold | Details |
| Fife | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241F;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241F;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Grampian | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Highland | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent hold | Details |
| Lothian | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241F;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | | Labour gain | Details |
| Orkney | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent hold | Details |
| Shetland | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent hold | Details |
| Strathclyde | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241F;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | | Labour | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241F;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | | Labour hold | Details |
| Tayside | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" | | Conservative | style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | | No overall control gain | Details |
| Western Isles | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent hold | Details |
References
- Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26.
- Vote 1999 BBC News
- Vote 2000 BBC News
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