1986 Derby City Council election^[1]^[2]

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8 May 1986

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15 of the 44 seats in the Derby City Council
23 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Alliance
Last election	24	18	2
Seats won	9	6	0
Seats after	25	17	2
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	21,215	18,012	10,514
Percentage	42.7%	36.2%	21.1%

Map showing the results of the 1986 Derby City Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 1986 Derby City Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1986.^[3] This was on the same day as other local elections. 15 of the council's 44 seats were up for election. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Overall results

1986 Derby City Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	9	0	0	60.0	42.7	21,215
	Conservative	6	0	0	40.0	36.2	18,012
	Alliance	0	0	0	0.0	21.1	10,514
Total		15					49,741

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Walker	1,842	60.9%
	Conservative	C. Base	746	24.7%
	Alliance	L. Wilson	436	14.4%
Turnout				30.6%
	Labour hold

Allestree

Allestree^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Thorpe	2,563	62.3%
	Alliance	H. Jones	957	23.3%
	Labour	R. Turner	596	14.5%
Turnout				49.9%
	Conservative hold

Alvaston

Alvaston^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Matthews	1,284	42.7%
	Alliance	D. Adams	943	31.4%
	Conservative	M. Bertalan	780	25.9%
Turnout				37.5%
	Labour hold

Babington

Babington^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Schofield	1,663	57.0%
	Alliance	M. Burgess	763	26.2%
	Conservative	P. Fullarton	489	16.8%
Turnout				35.2%
	Labour hold

Blagreaves

Blagreaves^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Keith	1,599	42.0%
	Labour	M. Ainsley	1,518	39.9%
	Alliance	D. George	692	18.2%
Turnout				47.3%
	Conservative hold

Boulton

Boulton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Kennedy	1,680	43.3%
	Conservative	B. Thompson	1,140	29.4%
	Alliance	P. Harlow	1,056	27.2%
Turnout				40.6%
	Labour hold

Breadsall

Breadsall^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Ward	1,988	54.8%
	Conservative	G. Andrews	1,051	28.9%
	Alliance	H. Holbrook	592	16.3%
Turnout				33.5%
	Labour hold

Darley

Darley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Tillett	2,142	46.9%
	Labour	M. Repton	1,487	32.6%
	Alliance	S. King	935	20.5%
Turnout				48.4%
	Conservative hold

Littleover

Littleover^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Shepley	1,498	45.6%
	Alliance	A. Cooper	903	27.5%
	Labour	J. Broughton	887	27.0%
Turnout				45.9%
	Conservative hold

Mackworth

Mackworth^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Baxter	1,675	60.0%
	Conservative	A. Mayell	743	26.6%
	Alliance	R. Jackson	374	13.4%
Turnout				38.1%
	Labour hold

Mickleover

Mickleover^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. Keene	1,783	49.1%
	Alliance	A. Wilbraham	999	27.5%
	Labour	M. McReynolds	849	23.4%
Turnout				43.3%
	Conservative hold

Normanton

Normanton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Shillingford	1,584	58.6%
	Conservative	K. Lester	743	27.5%
	Alliance	W. Drew	375	13.9%
Turnout				35.1%
	Labour hold

Osmanton

Osmanton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Laxton	1,226	71.2%
	Conservative	D. Brown	289	16.8%
	Alliance	P. Elsbury	208	12.1%
Turnout				22.7%
	Labour hold

Sinfin

Sinfin^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. Dhindsa	1,517	60.4%
	Conservative	B. Larimore	595	23.7%
	Alliance	P. James	401	16.0%
Turnout				33.5%
	Labour hold

Spondon

Spondon^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Du Sautoy	1,851	44.6%
	Labour	M. Tanvir	1,419	34.2%
	Alliance	R. Guilford	880	21.2%
Turnout				40.7%
	Conservative hold

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1986". The Elections Centre.
^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1986. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Derby City Council Election Results 1979-1995" (PDF). Elections Centre.

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