The 1986 Barking and Dagenham Borough Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Background

108 candidates nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate and was the only party to do so. By contrast the Conservative Party ran only 21 candidates whilst the combined SDP-Liberal Alliance and the Liberal Democratic Focus Team ran 24.

Election result

Labour continued to win a large majority of seats - 35 out of 48. The Conservatives and the Residents Association each held their 3 seats. The SDP–Liberal Alliance/Liberal Focus Team won 5 seats and 2 Independents were also elected.

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence M. Bird	1,330	54.9	+2.7
	Labour	Graham J. Bramley	1,329
	Labour	Abdul M. Khokhar	1,155
	Alliance	Brian B. Beadle	488	20.1	-4.2
	Alliance	Martin F. Taylor	421
	Conservative	Reginald D. Knowles	399	16.5	-7.0
	Alliance	Charlotte R. Winters	368
	Independent	Derek C. Newcombe	207	8.5	N/A
	Independent	Barbara E. C. Newcombe	204
Turnout				37.1	-2.4
Registered electors			6,661
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Alibon

Alibon (2 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cooper	1,061	71.9	+19.7
	Labour	Ernest J. White	1,013
	Alliance	John Carter	236	16.0	-13.8
	Conservative	Doris M. Taylor	179	12.1	-5.9
	Conservative	John R. Taylor	177
Turnout				31.9	-0.3
Registered electors			4,714
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cambell

Cambell (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph A. Butler	1,559	80.2	+11.8
	Labour	Marjorie A. Creasy	1,422
	Labour	Mabel R. Arnold	1,352
	Conservative	Charles W. Bond	385	19.8	-11.8
	Conservative	Trevor T. W. Wade	336
Turnout				31.6	-0.3
Registered electors			7,120
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadwell Heath

Chadwell Heath (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Albert Gibbs	1,643	70.5	-9.8
	Residents	Raymond Gowland	1,585
	Residents	Robert J. E. Jeyes	1,585
	Labour	Terence H. Collins	689	29.5	+12.0
	Labour	Charles A. A. Chown	684
	Labour	Michael J O'Shea	625
Turnout				37.6	-1.1
Registered electors			6,843
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

Eastbrook

Eastbrook (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Blackburn	1,347	58.9	+18.5
	Labour	Frederick G. Tibble	1,314
	Labour	Lawrence E. Bunn	1,232
	Conservative	Royston B. Oliver	514	22.5	-12.8
	Conservative	Kenneth M. Coombs	513
	Conservative	William C. Preston	450
	Alliance	David J. Kingaby	424	18.6	-5.7
Turnout				32.6	-1.2
Registered electors			7,196
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Eastbury

Eastbury (2 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Stephen W. Churchman	1,366	58.7	+35.2
	Lib Dem Focus Team	David C. Smith	1,301
	Labour	Edith E. Bradley	963	41.3	-8.7
	Labour	Patrick J. Manley	937
Turnout				52.0	+14.1
Registered electors			4,735
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour		Swing
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour		Swing

Fanshawe

Fanshawe (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick C. Jones	1,498	71.0	-19.8
	Labour	John S. Thomas	1,326
	Labour	Ernest A. Turner	1,287
	Alliance	Susan A. Watson	514	24.4	N/A
	Communist	Jeffrey W. Porter	97	4.6	-4.6
Turnout				29.3	+5.0
Registered electors			6,811
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Gascoigne

Gascoigne (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Alan R. Beadle	1,570	67.5	+13.5
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Ronwen R. Beadle	1,565
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Alan H. J. Cooper	1,416
	Labour	Wendola N. Bomberg	756	32.5	-2.9
	Labour	David E. Geary	716
	Labour	Nirmal S. S. Gill	631
Turnout				40.1	-1.3
Registered electors			6,244
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold		Swing
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold		Swing
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold		Swing

Goresbrook

Goresbrook (2 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan G. Thomas	1,295	77.5	+13.3
	Labour	Peter C. Robinson	1,235
	Alliance	Catherine Gavin	281	16.8	N/A
	National Front	Jeannie Pearce	94	5.6	+1.1
	National Front	Stephen G. Woodward	72
Turnout				33.3	+5.1
Registered electors			5,018
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heath

Heath (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles J. Fairbrass	1,581	63.9	+4.2
	Labour	Harry Tindell	1,438
	Labour	John H. Lawrence	1,397
	Conservative	Iris L. Johnson	459	18.6	+18.9
	Conservative	Joan E. Preston	410
	Alliance	Mercy Bonner	385	15.6	N/A
	Conservative	William H. F Preston	375
	Communist	Helena Ott	49	2.0	-0.8
Turnout				32.2	-0.8
Registered electors			7,472
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Longbridge

Longbridge (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Cook	1,087	37.1	-16.8
	Conservative	Janice E. Izzard	1,058
	Conservative	John W. Seaman	1,038
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Daniel J. Felton	989	33.8	+9.1
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Susan P. Vickers	968
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Shirley Felton	962
	Labour	Frederick Jones	850	29.0	+7.5
	Labour	Maureen E. Fitz-Henry	814
	Labour	Robin C Dixon	805
Turnout				42.7	+1.2
Registered electors			7,158
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor

Manor (2 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James A. Mannering	1,184	70.7	+3.5
	Labour	Alastair J. Hannah-Rogers	1,064
	Alliance	David P. Reed	260	15.5	N/A
	Conservative	Richard P. Hall	231	13.8	-14.5
	Conservative	Maureen E. Hall	221
Turnout				33.7	+0.4
Registered electors			4,834
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Marks Gate

Marks Gate (1 seat)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Donald J. Pepper	457	52.2	-11.9
	Labour	Margaret M. West	418	47.8	+11.9
Turnout				40.2	+3.7
Registered electors			2,178
	Independent hold		Swing

Parsloes

Parsloes (2 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian P. Walker	1,227	69.7	+21.4
	Labour	John W. Dias-Broughton	1,225
	Alliance	Wendy M. Churchman	280	15.9	-5.7
	Alliance	Mary M. Smith	258
	Conservative	Frederick C. Maloney	254	14.4	-15.7
Turnout				35.3	-0.6
Registered electors			5,201
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

River

River (2 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John P. Wainwright	859	43.3	+1.2
	Independent Resident	Patricia A. Twomey	640	32.2	-7.0
	Labour	Inder S. Jamu	621
	Alliance	Jean Key	247	12.4	N/A
	Conservative	John M. Kinnie	240	12.1	-6.6
Turnout				31.4	-1.8
Registered electors			5,155
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent Resident hold		Swing

Thames

Thames (2 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George H. Shaw	1,522	83.2	+21.8
	Labour	Royston A. J. Patient	1,457
	Alliance	Robert F. Porter	307	16.8	-3.4
	Alliance	Dennis J. Keenan	300
Turnout				39.6	-4.1
Registered electors			4,757
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Triptons

Triptons (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George A. Brooker	1,421	71.1	+8.6
	Labour	John Davis	1,417
	Labour	Cameron Geddes	1,144
	Alliance	Mark Kingswood	577	28.9	-5.0
Turnout				30.6	+4.6
Registered electors			7,046
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Valence

Valence (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard A. Collins	1,418	68.1	-22.5
	Labour	Jean E. M. Bruce	1,413
	Labour	Bryan M. Osborn	1,274
	Alliance	Raymond D. Langley	599	28.8	N/A
	Communist	Alfred F. Ott	66	3.2	-6.2
Turnout				29.9	+6.3
Registered electors			7,079
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Village

Village (3 seats)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bradley	1,498	72.7	+30.5
	Labour	Alfred V. Rusha	1,414
	Labour	Ronald J. Whitbread	1,371
	Conservative	Leonard A. Johnson	563	27.3	-3.7
	Conservative	Michael W. Ross	522
	Conservative	Terence A. Mallindine	500
Turnout				30.8	-0.4
Registered electors			7,649
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 1986 and 1990

Gascoigne

Gascoigne by-election, 18 September 1986^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Susan P. Vickers	1,450	73.8	+6.3
	Labour	David E. Geary	466	23.7	-8.8
	Conservative	Richard P. Hall	49	2.5	+2.5
Majority			984	50.1	N/A
Turnout				31.5	-8.6
Registered electors			6,264
	Liberal hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Alan R. Beadle.

Fanshawe

Fanshawe by-election, 10 March 1988^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond B. Parkin	910	77.3	+6.3
	Conservative	William C. Preston	247	21.0	+21.0
	Communist	Alfred F. Ott	20	1.7	-2.9
Majority			663	56.3	N/A
Turnout				17.7	-11.6
Registered electors			6,666
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ernest A. Turner.

Marks Gate

Marks Gate by-election, 10 March 1988^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen M. Worby	477	64.0	+16.2
	Conservative	Terence A. Malladine	268	36.0	+36.0
Majority			209	28.0	N/A
Turnout				35.5	-4.7
Registered electors			2,098
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Donald I. Pepper.

River

River by-election, 3 November 1988^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Inder S. Jamu	542	49.2	+5.9
	Conservative	Marcus G. S. Needham	294	26.7	+14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Susan J. Bertram	266	24.1	+11.7
Majority			248	22.5	N/A
Turnout				21.7	-9.7
Registered electors			5,073
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Patricia A. Twomey.

Abbey

Abbey by-election, 8 June 1989^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad A. R. Fani	1,158	59.8	+4.9
	Conservative	Nicholas L. T. Smith	524	27.1	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin F. Taylor	253	13.1	-7.0
Majority			634	32.7	N/A
Turnout				28.6	-8.5
Registered electors			6,793
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Abdul M. Khokhar.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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