1986 United Kingdom local elections

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1986 United Kingdom local elections

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All 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs,
123 out of 296 English districts, 1 local education authority and all 12 Scottish regions
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
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Leader Margaret Thatcher Neil Kinnock David Steel
and David Owen
Party Conservative Labour SDP–Liberal Alliance
Leader since 11 February 1975 2 October 1983 7 July 1976
and 21 June 1983
Percentage 34% 37% 26%
Councillors +/- Decrease 975 Increase 13 Increase 338

Local 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.

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

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