1986 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

1986 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
21 of 63 seats ; to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council; 32 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1986 election
Leader of the Council before election; No leader; No overall control	Leader of the Council after election ; No leader; No overall control

Elections to Stockport Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1986. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1990. The council remained under no overall control.^[1]^[2]

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	32,052 (31.6%)	6.9	7 (33.3%)	7 / 21	4	24 (38.1%)	24 / 63
Alliance	37,476 (37.0%)	4.7	7 (33.3%)	7 / 21	3	18 (28.6%)	18 / 63
Labour Party	27,186 (26.8%)	0.7	6 (28.6%)	6 / 21	1	16 (25.4%)	16 / 63
Heald Green Ratepayers	2,834 (2.8%)	0.2	1 (4.8%)	1 / 21		3 (4.8%)	3 / 63
Independent Labour	0 (0.0%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21		2 (3.2%)	2 / 63
Green Party	1,764 (1.7%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
Revolutionary Communist	59 (0.1%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 63

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Humphries*	2,672	57.5	+9.2
	Labour	J. Woodrow	1,072	23.1	−3.3
	Conservative	T. Stones	906	19.5	−5.7
Majority			1,600	34.4	+12.5
Turnout			4,650	41.5	−9.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Gallacher	2,635	82.7	+6.8
	SDP	H. Griffiths	550	17.3	−3.7
Majority			2,085	65.6	+10.7
Turnout			3,185	37.7	−5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Boyd*	2,073	53.8	−2.4
	SDP	A. Shaw	1,041	27.0	+8.9
	Conservative	L. Jones	672	17.4	−8.3
	Green	S. Jackson	69	1.8	N/A
Majority			1,032	26.8	−3.7
Turnout			3,855	41.2	−0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Needham*	2,270	51.9	−10.7
	Liberal	J. Wolfe	1,635	37.4	+7.9
	Labour	C. Goodrich	382	8.7	+0.9
	Green	I. Boyd	86	2.0	N/A
Majority			635	14.5	−18.6
Turnout			4,373	43.9	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

1986 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

Ward results

Bredbury

Brinnington

Cale Green

Cheadle

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme South

Davenport

East Bramhall

Edgeley

Great Moor

Hazel Grove

Heald Green

Heaton Mersey

Heaton Moor

Manor

North Marple

North Reddish

Romiley

South Marple

South Reddish

West Bramhall

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	K. Anstis*	2,589	53.0	−1.4
	Conservative	V. Brooks	1,556	31.9	−3.0
	Labour	S. Bennett	678	13.9	+3.1
	Green	D. Dick	58	1.2	N/A
Majority			1,033	21.1	+1.6
Turnout			4,881	41.3	−3.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	B. Leah*	3,627	60.1	+11.6
	Conservative	E. Minshull	1,939	32.1	−13.6
	Labour	R. Brown	359	5.9	+0.1
	Green	J. Armstrong	110	1.8	N/A
Majority			1,688	28.0	+25.2
Turnout			6,035	53.1	−3.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Downs	1,603	38.6	−9.8
	Labour	D. Harris	1,480	35.6	+5.4
	SDP	J. Grimshaw	922	22.2	+1.0
	Green	C. Wharf	150	3.6	N/A
Majority			123	3.0	−15.2
Turnout			4,155	43.9	−2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Doherty*	3,158	51.8	−1.6
	Liberal	G. Livesey	2,489	40.8	−1.1
	Labour	W. Greaves	447	7.3	+2.6
Majority			669	11.0	−0.5
Turnout			6,049	46.8	−3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Ashworth*	2,813	49.8	+7.4
	Labour	P. Scott	2,235	39.6	−3.3
	Conservative	G. Coales	508	9.0	−5.7
	Green	S. Filmore	87	1.5	N/A
Majority			578	10.2
Turnout			5,643	55.7	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Wharton	1,931	35.4	+4.4
	SDP	T. E. Pyle	1,782	32.7	+4.0
	Conservative	I. Roberts*	1,670	30.6	−9.6
	Green	K. Darwin	73	1.3	N/A
Majority			149	2.7
Turnout			5,456	49.3	−1.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Law*	2,548	44.0	−0.5
	Liberal	C. Beaver	2,510	43.4	−2.4
	Labour	K. Stapleford	601	10.4	+0.6
	Green	S. Ledger	129	2.2	N/A
Majority			38	0.6
Turnout			5,788	46.9	−4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Heald Green Ratepayers	P. Burns*	2,834	67.2	−4.1
	Conservative	K. A. Edis	597	14.2	−0.3
	Labour	K. Parker	431	10.2	+1.2
	Liberal	F. Ridley	301	7.1	+1.9
	Green	E. Hawthorne	55	1.3	N/A
Majority			2,237	53.0	−3.8
Turnout			4,218	39.7	−2.4
	Heald Green Ratepayers hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Whitney*	2,540	45.2	−7.2
	Labour	S. Broadhurst	1,830	32.6	−1.0
	SDP	S. Oldham	1,141	20.3	+6.3
	Green	G. Leatherbarrow	107	1.9	N/A
Majority			710	12.6	−6.3
Turnout			5,618	48.2	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. A. MacCarron*	2,183	50.3	−9.3
	Labour	H. Nance	1,134	26.1	+0.5
	SDP	D. Owen	917	21.1	+6.3
	Green	F. Chapman	104	2.4	N/A
Majority			1,049	24.2	−9.8
Turnout			4,338	43.5	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Jackson	1,852	43.7	−5.6
	Liberal	A. Corris	1,378	32.5	+18.0
	Conservative	K. Coups	917	21.6	−14.6
	Green	G. Johnson	95	2.2	N/A
Majority			474	11.2	−2.0
Turnout			4,242	43.6	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing

North Marple
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Bradley	2,343	50.0	+3.4
	Conservative	B. Sharkey	1,747	37.3	−7.8
	Labour	M. Jones	486	10.4	+1.8
	Green	R. Bamforth	113	2.4	N/A
Majority			596	12.7	+11.5
Turnout			4,689	51.2	−0.1
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

North Reddish
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Halliday*	3,031	70.3	+8.2
	SDP	P. O'Connell	1,106	25.7	+14.6
	Green	D. Raikes	114	2.6	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist	K. Lavin	59	1.4	N/A
Majority			1,925	44.6	+9.3
Turnout			4,310	36.7	−5.9
	Labour hold		Swing

South Marple
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M. Jackson	2,577	49.7	+6.6
	Conservative	S. Windle	2,158	41.6	−9.4
	Labour	G. B. Slack	320	6.2	+0.3
	Green	N. Watson	128	2.5	N/A
Majority			419	8.1
Turnout			5,183	51.4	−2.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. Wilson	2,216	41.2	+2.6
	Conservative	P. Gilleney*	1,996	37.1	−5.7
	Labour	J. Nelson	1,161	21.6	+3.0
Majority			220	4.1
Turnout			5,373	46.2	−3.9
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Mobbs*	2,635	65.7	+0.3
	SDP	A. McClean	1,185	29.6	−5.0
	Green	M. Ledger	190	4.7	N/A
Majority			1,450	36.2	+5.4
Turnout			4,010	36.8	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. B. Leck*	3,084	58.6	−6.0
	SDP	P. C. O. Vittoz	1,673	31.8	+4.6
	Labour	B. Farebrother	413	7.8	−0.4
	Green	N. Bamber	96	1.8	N/A
Majority			1,411	26.8	−10.6
Turnout			5,266	43.6	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

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