1986 Derby City Council election

1986 Derby City Council election^[1]^[2]
← 1984 8 May 1986 1987 →
15 of the 44 seats in the Derby City Council; 23 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1986 Derby City Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1986 Derby City Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1986.^[3] This was on the same day as other local elections. 15 of the council's 44 seats were up for election. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	9	0	0	60.0	42.7	21,215
	Conservative	6	0	0	40.0	36.2	18,012
	Alliance	0	0	0	0.0	21.1	10,514
Total		15					49,741

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Walker	1,842	60.9%
	Conservative	C. Base	746	24.7%
	Alliance	L. Wilson	436	14.4%
Turnout				30.6%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Thorpe	2,563	62.3%
	Alliance	H. Jones	957	23.3%
	Labour	R. Turner	596	14.5%
Turnout				49.9%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Matthews	1,284	42.7%
	Alliance	D. Adams	943	31.4%
	Conservative	M. Bertalan	780	25.9%
Turnout				37.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Schofield	1,663	57.0%
	Alliance	M. Burgess	763	26.2%
	Conservative	P. Fullarton	489	16.8%
Turnout				35.2%
	Labour hold

1986 Derby City Council election

Ward results

Abbey

Allestree

Alvaston

Babington

Blagreaves

Boulton

Breadsall

Darley

Littleover

Mackworth

Mickleover

Normanton

Osmaston

Sinfin

Spondon

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Keith	1,599	42.0%
	Labour	M. Ainsley	1,518	39.9%
	Alliance	D. George	692	18.2%
Turnout				47.3%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Kennedy	1,680	43.3%
	Conservative	B. Thompson	1,140	29.4%
	Alliance	P. Harlow	1,056	27.2%
Turnout				40.6%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Ward	1,988	54.8%
	Conservative	G. Andrews	1,051	28.9%
	Alliance	H. Holbrook	592	16.3%
Turnout				33.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Tillett	2,142	46.9%
	Labour	M. Repton	1,487	32.6%
	Alliance	S. King	935	20.5%
Turnout				48.4%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Shepley	1,498	45.6%
	Alliance	A. Cooper	903	27.5%
	Labour	J. Broughton	887	27.0%
Turnout				45.9%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Baxter	1,675	60.0%
	Conservative	A. Mayell	743	26.6%
	Alliance	R. Jackson	374	13.4%
Turnout				38.1%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. Keene	1,783	49.1%
	Alliance	A. Wilbraham	999	27.5%
	Labour	M. McReynolds	849	23.4%
Turnout				43.3%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Shillingford	1,584	58.6%
	Conservative	K. Lester	743	27.5%
	Alliance	W. Drew	375	13.9%
Turnout				35.1%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Laxton	1,226	71.2%
	Conservative	D. Brown	289	16.8%
	Alliance	P. Elsbury	208	12.1%
Turnout				22.7%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. Dhindsa	1,517	60.4%
	Conservative	B. Larimore	595	23.7%
	Alliance	P. James	401	16.0%
Turnout				33.5%
	Labour hold

Spondon^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Du Sautoy	1,851	44.6%
	Labour	M. Tanvir	1,419	34.2%
	Alliance	R. Guilford	880	21.2%
Turnout				40.7%
	Conservative hold

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