The 1986 Croydon Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Croydon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
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All 70 seats, in 27 wards in the London Borough of Croydon 36 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the results of the 1986 Croydon Council election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
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Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 44 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 62.86 | 44.5 | |||
Labour | 26 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 37.14 | 29.2 | |||
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.4 | ||||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
44 | 26 |
Con | Labour |
Ward results
editAddiscombe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Jeremy P. Fitzpatrick | 1,680 | |||
Labour Co-op | Martin D. Walker | 1,630 | |||
Labour Co-op | Nancy T. Irwin | 1,627 | |||
Conservative | Megan Holt-Thomas | 1,608 | |||
Conservative | Peter G. Holt-Thomas | 1,581 | |||
Conservative | Christopher A. Fink | 1,517 | |||
Liberal | Paul D. Wiggin | 1,277 | |||
Liberal | Leslie A. Rowe | 1,242 | |||
Liberal | Susan E. Wiggin | 1,215 | |||
Majority | 19 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |
Ashburton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edwin S. Arram | 1,471 | |||
Conservative | George A. Holmes | 1,338 | |||
Labour | Rodney G. D. Matlock | 860 | |||
Labour | Peter L. Spalding | 814 | |||
SDP | Richard J. Edwards | 805 | |||
SDP | Paul F. West | 728 | |||
Majority | 478 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bensham Manor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham A. Dean | 2,252 | |||
Labour | Paul R. Mee | 2,058 | |||
Labour | Hilary A. Key | 2,045 | |||
Conservative | Steven L. V. Hollands | 1,544 | |||
Conservative | Ronald J. Bowker | 1,517 | |||
Conservative | Julia A. Wood | 1,342 | |||
Liberal | Valerie F. S. Lehec | 740 | |||
Alliance | Philip V. Pavey | 650 | |||
Alliance | Nicholas P. Willis | 648 | |||
Green | Timothy A. J. Rowe | 172 | |||
Majority | 501 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Beulah
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philomena M. Brown | 1,510 | |||
Conservative | Klemens E. Zdanowicz | 1,447 | |||
Labour | Martin R. Kender | 787 | |||
Labour | Joy M. Laing | 720 | |||
SDP | Julie Armitage | 516 | |||
Liberal | Trevor J. Barker | 508 | |||
Majority | 660 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Broad Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christine M. Jarrold | 1,913 | |||
Labour | Kevin D. Jarrold | 1,895 | |||
Labour | Hugh P. Atkinson | 1,887 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey N. de Bois | 870 | |||
Conservative | Douglas A. H. Sharman | 801 | |||
Conservative | Stephen G. Ghero | 792 | |||
Alliance | Christopher M. Pocock | 524 | |||
Alliance | Christopher D. Hunt | 513 | |||
Alliance | Stephen A. Hall | 500 | |||
Majority | 1,017 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Coulsdon East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael S. Barber | 2,446 | |||
Conservative | Stanley E. Littlechild | 2,382 | |||
Conservative | Andrew J. Pelling | 2,264 | |||
Liberal | Peter Hasler Billenness | 2,022 | |||
Liberal | Ian R. Atkins | 2,021 | |||
Alliance | Hugh Pierce | 1,912 | |||
Labour | Catherine T. Evans | 345 | |||
Labour | John F. Treffry | 338 | |||
Labour | Nuala C. O'Neill | 334 | |||
Majority | 242 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Croham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Croft | 2,315 | |||
Conservative | Peter S. Bowness | 2,225 | |||
Conservative | John P. B. Hecks | 2,189 | |||
Liberal | James S. Forrest | 2,117 | |||
SDP | Christopher G. Peacock | 1,928 | |||
Alliance | Stephen P. J. Maloney | 1,905 | |||
Labour | David J. White | 401 | |||
Labour | Pauline H. Scharp | 399 | |||
Labour | Claire E. M. Bailey Newton | 372 | |||
Green | Michael Spencer-Bowdage | 255 | |||
Majority | 72 | ||||
Turnout | 48.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,479 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fairfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John L. Aston | 2,521 | |||
Conservative | Robert W. Coatman | 2,483 | |||
Conservative | Michael D. Wunn | 2,324 | |||
SDP | Tyrrell Burgess | 1,004 | |||
Labour | Stanley L. Eaton | 967 | |||
Alliance | Philip H. Barron | 952 | |||
Labour | Richard A. Frost | 933 | |||
Labour | Vanessa C. Fry | 932 | |||
Alliance | Norman Harris | 930 | |||
Majority | 1,320 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fieldway
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | James L. Walker | 1,450 | |||
Labour Co-op | Mary M. Walker | 1,296 | |||
Conservative | John R. Miller | 416 | |||
Conservative | Roy T. Miller | 390 | |||
Alliance | Philip J. Harvey | 222 | |||
Alliance | Clare V. Boyle | 213 | |||
Majority | 880 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Heathfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mary M. H. Horden | 2,416 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas E. V. Perry | 2,416 | |||
Conservative | Richard F. Pannett | 2,406 | |||
Alliance | David A. Partridge | 866 | |||
Alliance | Ian Dixie | 827 | |||
Alliance | Frances M. Williams | 806 | |||
Labour | Thomas F. H. King | 595 | |||
Labour | Mark Chapman | 574 | |||
Labour | Owen H. Williams | 537 | |||
Majority | 1,540 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kenley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan K. Carey | 1,478 | |||
Conservative | Brian G. Smith | 1,363 | |||
Alliance | Sidney R. H. King | 752 | |||
Alliance | Robert D. Riddett | 723 | |||
Labour | Andrew J. Cridford | 289 | |||
Labour | Lillian L. Scott | 254 | |||
Majority | 611 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Monks Orchard
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Albert W. Elliott | 1,936 | |||
Conservative | Derek R. Loughborough | 1,884 | |||
Labour | David L. Davies | 685 | |||
Alliance | Anne M. Brown | 665 | |||
SDP | Julian D. Goldie | 635 | |||
Labour | Marie E. Henderson | 625 | |||
Majority | 1,199 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
New Addington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roger M. Burgess | 1,786 | |||
Labour | Brenda P. Kirby | 1,756 | |||
Labour | Geraint R. Davies | 1,678 | |||
Conservative | Alfred J. Doherty | 789 | |||
Conservative | Brian D. J. O'Shea | 680 | |||
Conservative | Catherine M. C. Wunn | 650 | |||
Alliance | Anthony E. W. Gooch | 379 | |||
Alliance | Katharine A. Finney | 336 | |||
Alliance | Mahmood I. Bhamji | 284 | |||
Majority | 889 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Norbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lindsay R. Hodges | 2,044 | |||
Conservative | Colin Johnston | 2,037 | |||
Conservative | Bryan J. Kendall | 2,033 | |||
Liberal | Pamela E. Freeman | 1,162 | |||
Liberal | John Fraser | 1,160 | |||
Labour | Paul J. Murray | 1,134 | |||
SDP | George M. T. Pirintji | 1,122 | |||
Labour | Douglas I. Stuart | 1,103 | |||
Labour | Mary S. Stuart | 1,055 | |||
Majority | 871 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Purley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter J. F. Macdonald | 2,423 | |||
Conservative | George A. Smith | 2,404 | |||
Conservative | David L. Congdon | 2,392 | |||
Alliance | Sheila Buckle | 1,266 | |||
Liberal | John Hatherley | 1,118 | |||
Liberal | Jonathan M. Cardy | 1,084 | |||
Labour | Geoffrey Bish | 498 | |||
Labour | Stephen Baister | 493 | |||
Majority | 1,126 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rylands
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Guy L. Harding | 1,175 | |||
Conservative | Keith Wilson | 1,105 | |||
Labour | Patrick T. Ryan | 926 | |||
Labour | Michael J. Anteney | 914 | |||
SDP | Robin Taylor | 752 | |||
SDP | Charles L. Bailey | 650 | |||
Majority | 179 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sanderstead
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Colin J. Hood | 2,178 | |||
Conservative | Bruce T. H. Marshall | 2,042 | |||
Alliance | Angela C. Mills | 896 | |||
Alliance | Raymond W. Bustin | 883 | |||
Labour | Anthony J. Lear | 352 | |||
Labour | Rose I. White | 294 | |||
Green | Edmond M. Rosenthal | 149 | |||
Majority | 1,146 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Selsdon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dudley S. Mead | 2,154 | |||
Conservative | Ian L. Aarons | 2,126 | |||
SDP | Patricia A. Charman | 752 | |||
Alliance | Philip Ashley | 719 | |||
Labour | Michael P. J. Phelan | 386 | |||
Labour | John H. Robinson | 359 | |||
Majority | 1,374 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
South Norwood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Beryl Saunders | 1,407 | |||
Conservative | David Lipman | 1,400 | |||
Conservative | Paul A. Saunders | 1,379 | |||
Liberal | Jeremy E. Cope | 1,189 | |||
Liberal | Pamela M. Whirrity | 1,169 | |||
Liberal | Anthony R. Phillips | 1,148 | |||
Labour | Iain K. Forbes | 972 | |||
Labour | Elaine A. Gibbon | 939 | |||
Labour | Margaret H. Hardley | 907 | |||
Majority | 190 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Spring Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Denis E. Perry | 2,275 | |||
Conservative | Janet A. Marshall | 2,265 | |||
Labour | Peter J. Champion | 693 | |||
Alliance | Christine T. Martin | 651 | |||
Labour | Stephen C. Moyse | 646 | |||
Alliance | Robert J. Williams | 622 | |||
Majority | 1,572 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Thornton Heath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Adrian S. Dennis | 1,871 | |||
Labour | Wallace W. Garratt | 1,860 | |||
Labour | Leni Gillman | 1,726 | |||
Residents | John G. Davies | 1,378 | |||
Residents | John C. Morgan | 1,332 | |||
Residents | Phyllis A. Stelling | 1,252 | |||
Liberal | Peter C. Davies | 644 | |||
Alliance | Meem Y. Sheen | 534 | |||
Alliance | Katherine M. Chadderton | 524 | |||
Majority | 348 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour gain from Residents | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Residents | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Residents | Swing |
Upper Norwood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret C. V. Parfitt | 1,497 | |||
Conservative | Ernest G. Noad | 1,468 | |||
Labour | Andrew M. S. Ward | 985 | |||
Labour | Michael D. Petrou | 953 | |||
Alliance | David A. Sawyer | 464 | |||
Alliance | Lawrence West | 453 | |||
Majority | 483 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waddon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James J. Nea | 1,994 | |||
Conservative | Reginald H. Kent | 1,941 | |||
Labour | Christopher R. Allen | 1,876 | |||
Conservative | Beverley S. Winborn | 1,808 | |||
Labour | Anthony J. Slatcher | 1,776 | |||
Labour | Andrew C. Theobald | 1,730 | |||
Liberal | Charles E. Burling | 908 | |||
Liberal | Joy I.D. Prince | 874 | |||
Alliance | William N. Tucker | 852 | |||
National Front | Paul Ballard | 144 | |||
Majority | 68 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
West Thornton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret R. Mansell | 1,954 | |||
Labour | David R. Evans | 1,932 | |||
Labour | Gwendolyn E. Bernard | 1,834 | |||
Conservative | Stephen J. Stewart | 1,386 | |||
Conservative | Eric W. Howell | 1,357 | |||
Conservative | Yvonne A. L. Stewart | 1,320 | |||
Liberal | Janet R. Pitt | 922 | |||
Alliance | Alan J. Holder | 823 | |||
Alliance | Graham F. Williams | 763 | |||
Majority | 448 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Whitehorse Manor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert C. E. Brooks | 1,501 | |||
Labour | Alison J. Roberts | 1,372 | |||
Labour | Ian Smedley | 1,285 | |||
Liberal | William H. Pitt | 1,117 | |||
Conservative | Denis V. Read | 932 | |||
Conservative | Arthur S. Dwan | 926 | |||
Conservative | Kathleen M. Brickwood | 920 | |||
SDP | Geoffrey Morley | 890 | |||
Liberal | Robert B. Russell | 870 | |||
National Front | Keith D. Handy | 85 | |||
Majority | 168 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Woodcote & Coulsdon West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Maurice A. Fowler | 2,778 | |||
Conservative | Samuel J. Moore | 2,750 | |||
Conservative | Jenefer G. A. Riley | 2,693 | |||
Alliance | John P. Callen | 1,210 | |||
Alliance | Keith C. Jacobs | 1,136 | |||
Alliance | Michael E. Rosenbloom | 1,054 | |||
Labour | David Denver | 500 | |||
Labour | Georgina C. Page | 490 | |||
Labour | Judah L. Scharp | 424 | |||
Majority | 1,483 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Woodside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Toni E. Letts | 1,221 | |||
Labour | Robert P. Trory | 1,142 | |||
Conservative | Dennis F. Todd | 1,060 | |||
Conservative | Jack Westbury | 975 | |||
SDP | Diana M. Landon | 415 | |||
Liberal | Graem Peters | 367 | |||
Majority | 82 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 29 March 2015.