1986 Liverpool City Council election

1986 Liverpool City Council election
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34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 33 wards, plus 1 by-election; 50 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 May 1986. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.^[1]

Quick facts 34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 33 wards, plus 1 by-election 50 seats needed for a majority ...

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

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	Seats	±
Labour	54	-3
SDP-Liberal Alliance	37	+9
Conservative Party (UK)	7	-6

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	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	17	50%	40%	71,131
Alliance	16	48%	43%	76,578
Conservative	1	3%	12%	21,901
Communist
Others

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Hood	1,947	70%
	Alliance	B. Aston	477	17%
	Conservative	H. V. Tracey Forster	151	5%
	Communist	S. Carroll	107	4%
		N. Everard	97	3%
Majority			1,470
Turnout			2,779

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Douglas McKittrick	3,521	56%
	Labour	K. Taft	1,615	26%
	Conservative	J. Mass	886	14%
		K. Prescott	266	4%
Majority			1,906
Turnout			6,288

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Flo Clucas	3,264	50%
	Conservative	T. Morrison	1,922	29%
	Labour	Dot Gavin	1,244	19%
		R. Cantwell	121	2%
Majority			1,342
Turnout			6,551

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Vera Best	3,184	51%
	Labour	C. Williams	2,514	40%
	Conservative	J. Brash	553	9%
Majority			670
Turnout			6,251

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Mary Johnson	2,560	51%
	Labour	K. Feintuck	1,814	36%
	Conservative	S. Fitzsimmons	450	9%
		G. Thompson	166	3%
		J. Kay	60	1%
Majority			746
Turnout			5,050

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Brazier	2,538	56%
	Labour	P. Skinley	2,434	53%
	Alliance	J. Kendrick	1,967	43%
	Alliance	J. Diamond	1,820	40%
	Conservative	E. Bayley	227	5%
	Conservative	J. Atkinson	207	5%
Majority			571
Turnout			4,732

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Geoffrey B Smith	3,337	53%
	Labour	A. Dean	2,442	39%
	Conservative	M. Kingston	527	8%
Majority			895
Turnout			6,306

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Doreen Jones	4,416	59%
	Conservative	S. Airey	1,788	24%
	Labour	R. Griffiths	1,241	17%
Majority			3,175
Turnout			7,445

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Len Tyrer	4,749	60%
	Conservative	S. Atherton	1,769	22%
	Labour	J. Murray	1,195	15%
		J. Hulton	235	3%
Majority			3,554
Turnout			7,948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Gladden	3,300	58%
	Alliance	F. Roderick	1,752	31%
	Conservative	J. Greaves	685	12%
Majority			1,548
Turnout			5,737

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Sybil Brookes	3,340	53%
	Labour	R. Quinn	2,605	41%
	Conservative	R. Kaney	352	6%
Majority			735
Turnout			6,297

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Gillian Bundred	3,155	46%
	Conservative	E. Fitzpatrick	1,903	28%
	Labour	C. Guy	1,731	25%
Majority			1,424
Turnout			6,789

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	R. Isaacson	2,589	48%
	Labour	T. Prout	2,558	47%
	Conservative	D. Patmore	238	4%
		J. Cook	44	1%
Majority			31
Turnout			5,429

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Westbury	2,497	61%
	Alliance	T. Jones	1,160	28%
	Conservative	W. Connolly	443	11%
Majority			1,337
Turnout			4,100

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Allen	2,028	82%
	Alliance	T. Geary	314	13%
	Conservative	R. Fairclough	130	5%
Majority			1,714
Turnout			2,472

Gillmoss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Jennings	2,748	72%
	Alliance	E. Boult	741	19%
	Conservative	A. Hinks	375	10%
Majority			2,007
Turnout			3,864

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Leach	2,287	54%
	Alliance	C. Laidlaw	1,351	32%
		S. Burris	427	10%
	Conservative	G. Tann	148	3%
		E. Caddick	60	1%
Majority			936
Turnout			4,273

Melrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dawn Booth	2,832	56%
	Alliance	Neil Cardwell	1,930	38%
	Conservative	M. Fitzsimmons	233	5%
		Carol Taggart	28	1%
Majority			902
Turnout			5,023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Linden	2,667	57%
	Alliance	D. Stephenson	1,327	29%
	Conservative	J. Quincy	660	14%
Majority			1,340
Turnout			4,654

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Beatrice Fraenkel	5,014	70%
	Conservative	M. Wood	1,292	18%
	Labour	E. Turnbull	850	12%
Majority			4,164
Turnout			7,156

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Frank Doran	2,976	56%
	Labour	J. Spencer	2,171	41%
	Conservative	D. Dougherty	212	4%
Majority			805
Turnout			5,359

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Adams	2,001	62%
	Alliance	H. Williams	958	30%
	Conservative	A. McTigue	248	8%
Majority			1,043
Turnout			3,207

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Anthony Loftus	3,114	53%
	Labour	J. Hollinshead	2,307	39%
	Conservative	A. Wilson	471	8%
Majority			807
Turnout			5,892

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Herbert Herrity	2,811	56%
	Labour	K. Hackett	1,907	38%
	Conservative	A. Scadding	247	5%
		G. Quayle	97	2%
Majority			904
Turnout			5,062

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Owens	3,182	68%
	Alliance	W. Burke	1,094	23%
	Conservative	F. Stevens Jnr.	424	9%
Majority			2,088
Turnout			4,700

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Keiden	2,773	50%
	Alliance	Peter Millea	2,363	43%
	Conservative	R. Parkes	394	7%
Majority			410
Turnout			5,530

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Gamble	2,152	50%
	Alliance	E. Stephenson	2,003	47%
	Conservative	F. Sellers	108	3%
Majority			149
Turnout			4,263

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Dowling	2,527	71%
	Alliance	R. Gould	662	19%
	Conservative	A. Fayer	386	19%
Majority			1,865
Turnout			3,575

Abercromby

Aigburth

Allerton

Anfield

Arundel

Breckfield

Broadgreen

Childwall

Church

Clubmoor

County

Croxteth

Dingle

Dovecot

Everton

Fazakerley

Gillmoss

Granby

Grassendale

Kensington

Melrose

Netherley

Old Swan

Picton

Pirrie

St. Mary's

Smithdown

Speke

Tuebrook

Valley

Vauxhall

Warbreck

Woolton

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	John Jones	3,383	59%
	Labour	F. Vaudrey Jnr.	1,890	33%
	Conservative	J. McMillan	456	8%
Majority			1,493
Turnout			5,729

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Astbury	2,228	57%
	Alliance	I. Phillips	1,285	33%
	Conservative	M. Murphy	389	10%
Majority			943
Turnout			3,902

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Morgan	2,034	90%
	Alliance	M. Alman	232	10%
Majority			1,802
Turnout			2,266

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Richard Roberts	2,968	46%
	Labour	J. Williams	2,532	39%
	Conservative	I. Brown	855	13%
		B. Barr	61	1%
		I. Sloan	55	1%
Majority			436
Turnout			6,471

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Hallows	2,989	45%
	Alliance	E. Jones	2,654	40%
	Labour	G. Casey	826	13%
Majority			335
Turnout			6,600

Name	Ward	Elected
Heather Adams	Netherley	8 May 1986
Paul Astbury	Valley	8 May 1986
Mike Black	Pirrie	5 May 1983
Dominic Brady	Everton	5 May 1983
Tony Byrne	Valley	5 May 1983
Eddie Burke	Dovecot	3 May 1984
Jackie Crowley	Anfield	3 May 1984
Hugh Dalton	Pirrie	3 May 1984
Joe Devaney	Abercromby	3 May 1984
Jimmy Dillon	Broadgreen	5 May 1983
Alex Doswell	Granby	3 May 1984
Felicity Dowling	Speke	8 May 1986
Steve Ellison	Breckfield	3 May 1984
Peter Ferguson	Dingle	3 May 1984
Alan Fogg	Kensington	3 May 1984
Alex Gamble	Smithdown	8 May 1986
Roy Gladden	Clubmoor	8 May 1986
Jimmy Hackett	Warbreck	5 May 1983
John Hamilton	Granby	5 May 1983
Willy Harper	Netherley	3 May 1984
Derek Hatton	Netherley	5 May 1983
John Humphries	St. Mary's	5 May 1983
Tony Hood	Abercromby	6 May 1982
Steve Jenkins	Smithdown	5 May 1983
Paul Lafferty	Clubmoor	5 May 1983
Bob Lancaster	Melrose	5 May 1983
Dave Leach	Granby	8 May 1986
John Linden	Fazakerley	8 May 1986
Dave Lloyd	Fazakerley	3 May 1984
George Lloyd	Old Swan	5 May 1983
Pauline Lowes	Melrose	5 May 1983
Paul Luckock	Vauxhall	5 May 1983
John Mackintosh	Breckfield	5 May 1983
Dorothy Mathews	Smithdown	3 May 1984
Frank Mills	County	5 May 1983
Tony Mulhearn	St. Mary's	3 May 1984
John Nelson	Fazakerley	5 May 1983
John Ord	Speke	3 May 1984
Peter Owens	Pirrie	8 May 1986
Jimmy Parry	Everton	3 May 1984
Terry Prout	Dingle	By election
Tony Rimmer	Gillmoss	3 May 1984
Jimmy Rutledge	Abercromby	5 May 1983
Harry Smith	Valley	3 May 1984
Vinny Wagner	Melrose	3 May 1984
Bill Westbury	Dovecot	1 May 1986
Franny Wiles	Everton	6 May 1982