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1986 West Lancashire District Council election

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The 1986 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 1 May 1986 to elect members of West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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Conservative27-3
Labour21+2
Social Democrat3+1
Liberal10
Independent30
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Ward results

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Aughton Town Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raymond Wardle 1,041
SDP Grace Wyatt 345
Labour Judith Pickthall 290
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Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
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Birch Green (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Danny Bassey 1,637
SDP Robert Jones 865
Conservative Ronald Brown 465
Conservative Florence Smith 420
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Labour hold Swing
SDP gain from Labour Swing
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Burscough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Maguire 806
Conservative Ronald Barker 721
SDP Margaret McCain 161
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Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SDP Robert Jermyn 1,108
Conservative William Rigby 984
Labour Maurice George 647
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SDP gain from Conservative Swing
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Downholland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Chadwick 294
SDP Andrew Johnson 91
Labour Christopher Sawyer 53
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Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
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Knowsley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Val Hopley 902
SDP Matthew Cochrane 753
Labour Bernard Brown 323
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Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
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Lathom
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Gibbons 877
Labour John Draper 450
SDP Carol Jermyn 100
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Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
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Moorside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Francis Riley 665
SDP Stephen Gaskill 93
Conservative James Hignett 93
Communist Terence Aldridge 80
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Turnout
Labour hold Swing
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Newburgh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Vincent 559
Labour Cynthia Dereli 154
SDP Louise Randall 146
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Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
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North Meols (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Ryding 515
Conservative David Bintcliffe 500
Labour Peter Wynn 281
Labour Joan Draper 280
SDP Andrew Cowley 90
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Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
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Parbold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Turner 968
SDP David Pryer 423
Labour Patricia Carson 208
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Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
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Scarisbrick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Edwards 561
Labour Victor Coman 125
SDP Mark Winstanley 110
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Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
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Scott
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ash Martin 1,045
Conservative Anthony Toal 885
SDP Jill Cochrane 291
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Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Skelmersdale North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean White 1,111
Conservative George Alty 233
SDP Rosamond Bull 177
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
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Skelmersdale South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Harrison 1,124
SDP Joan Critchley 239
Conservative Ronald Harrison 145
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Turnout
Labour hold Swing
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Tanhouse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley Sent 999
SDP Thomas Sweeney 228
Conservative Sylvia Winters 134
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Turnout
Labour hold Swing
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Tarleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Gannaway-Jones 803
SDP Roy Hiscock 314
Labour Wayne Marland 182
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
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Upholland South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Burke 735
Conservative Peter Edwards 593
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Labour gain from SDP Swing
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