1986 Stevenage Borough Council election

1986 Stevenage Borough Council election^[1]^[2]
← 1984 8 May 1986 1987 →
13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1986 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1986 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 8 May 1986. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1982. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.

Quick facts 13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	3	0	1	69.2	46.9	11,497	8.6
	Alliance	4	0	2	2	30.8	34.7	8,512	1.3
	Conservative	0	0	1	1	0.0	18.2	4,472	7.6
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	54	New
Total		13						24,535

	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Luhman	1,226	59.9%
	Alliance	A. Wells-Collins	508	24.8%
	Conservative	J. Bostock	313	15.3%
Turnout				36.8%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Lawrence	1,072	62.2%
	Alliance	P. Herbert	377	21.9%
	Conservative	D. Franks	274	15.9%
Turnout				42.2%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Clark	767	55.0%
	Alliance	S. Gordon-Walker	404	29.0%
	Conservative	T. Finch	224	16.1%
Turnout				41.6%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	S. Booth	1,301	50.0%
	Labour	B. Underwood	916	35.2%
	Conservative	P. Gonzalez	383	14.7%
Turnout				51.7%
	Alliance hold

1986 Stevenage Borough Council election

Overall results

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bedwell Plash

Chells

Longmeadow

Martins Wood

Mobbsbury

Monkswood

Old Stevenage

Pin Green

Roebuck

St Nicholas

Shephall

Symonds Green

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	D. Kelleher	907	45.8%
	Labour	J. Naduald	747	37.7%
	Conservative	M. Mason	325	16.4%
Turnout				46.7%
	Alliance hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	R. Parker	910	47.9%
	Labour	J. Watts	762	40.1%
	Conservative	B. Potter	229	12.0%
Turnout				53.1%
	Alliance hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Webb	687	62.9%
	Alliance	T. Younger	227	20.8%
	Conservative	F. Haine	178	16.3%
Turnout				44.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Green	1,016	41.4%
	Conservative	J. Carter	861	35.1%
	Alliance	D. Christy	578	23.5%
Turnout				46.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Smith	915	53.3%
	Alliance	B. Clarke	471	27.4%
	Conservative	M. Wyatt	331	19.3%
Turnout				43.4%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Dunnel	818	41.2%
	Alliance	J. Lewis	762	38.3%
	Conservative	P. McPartland	353	17.8%
	Green	D. Paice	54	2.7%
Turnout				47.3%
	Labour gain from Alliance

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	I. Hargreaves	709	43.2%
	Labour	P. Alexander	655	39.9%
	Conservative	T. Woods	276	16.8%
Turnout				44.6%
	Alliance hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Greenfield	827	59.1%
	Alliance	Shaw G.	382	27.3%
	Conservative	F. Warner	191	13.6%
Turnout				40.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Kissane	1,089	41.9%
	Alliance	P. Gallagher	976	37.6%
	Conservative	J. Halling	534	20.5%
Turnout				48.6%
	Labour gain from Alliance