1986 local election in England
The 1986 Camden Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election.
Labour made big gains from the Conservatives across the borough: gaining Bloomsbury and one seat in Brunswick in the south, South End and the two remaining Highgate seats in the north-east, and Swiss Cottage in the north-west. The SDP–Liberal Alliance also won Fortune Green from the Conservatives.
Election result
Camden local election results 1986[1] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 44 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 74.6 | 50.0 | 30,337 | +9.3 |
| Conservative | 13 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 22.0 | 26.9 | 16,357 | -6.4 |
| Alliance | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3.4 | 19.8 | 12,040 | -5.1 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 857 | +1.1 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 178 | -0.1 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 958 | +1.2 |
Ward results
Adelaide
Adelaide (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Julian Tobin | 1,217 | | |
| Conservative | Stephen Moon | 1,158 | | |
| Conservative | Ian Pasley-Tyler | 1,155 | | |
| Labour | Brian Bell | 939 | | |
| Labour | Bryan Blatch | 929 | | |
| Labour | Anna Wernher | 797 | | |
| Alliance | Vera Miles | 487 | | |
| Alliance | Aubrey Sandman | 421 | | |
| Alliance | Erich Wagner | 400 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Belsize
Belsize (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Colin Glover | 1,055 | | |
| Conservative | Huntly Spence | 1,039 | | |
| Conservative | Judith Barnes | 1,005 | | |
| Labour | Margaret McPhee | 888 | | |
| Labour | Malcolm Bull | 875 | | |
| Labour | Ramendra Bhattacharyya | 841 | | |
| Alliance | David Davies | 818 | | |
| Alliance | Pauline Marriott | 788 | | |
| Alliance | Dudley Miles | 756 | | |
| Green | Philippa Draper | 236 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Michael Kirk | 1,307 | | |
| Labour | Nicola Kutapan | 1,302 | | |
| Labour | William Budd | 1,263 | | |
| Conservative | William Trite | 1,158 | | |
| Conservative | Martine Moon | 1,069 | | |
| Conservative | Mark Whitfield | 1,033 | | |
| Alliance | James Morris | 447 | | |
| Alliance | Geoffrey Sell | 413 | | |
| Alliance | Felicity Watkin | 387 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Brunswick
Brunswick (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Peter Skolar | 757 | | |
| Labour | Karen Newbury | 675 | | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Avery | 672 | | |
| Labour | John White | 652 | | |
| Alliance | Douglas Medhurst | 383 | | |
| Alliance | Kevin Cahill | 367 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Camden
Camden (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Sheila Field | 1,258 | | |
| Labour | Satnam Gill | 1,173 | | |
| Alliance | Jonathon Owen | 765 | | |
| Alliance | David Simmons | 753 | | |
| Conservative | Doris Davis | 269 | | |
| Conservative | Toby Corder | 253 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Castlehaven
Castlehaven (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Graham Good | 1,485 | | |
| Labour | Jasper Williams | 1,238 | | |
| Alliance | Jennifer Horne | 274 | | |
| Alliance | Keith Roberts | 262 | | |
| Conservative | Shirley Soskin | 221 | | |
| Conservative | Carl Teper | 187 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Caversham
Caversham (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Gareth Smyth | 1,458 | | |
| Labour | Mary Cane | 1,441 | | |
| Conservative | Mark Hapgood | 348 | | |
| Conservative | Mark Stuart-Smith | 315 | | |
| Alliance | Jennifer Kavanagh | 313 | | |
| Alliance | Richard Thompson | 265 | | |
| Humanist | Stephen McConnell | 84 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Chalk Farm
Chalk Farm (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Julie Fitzgerald | 1,124 | | |
| Labour | Janet Pope | 1,048 | | |
| Conservative | Anthony Kemp | 584 | | |
| Conservative | Anthony Blackburn | 582 | | |
| Alliance | David Casey | 431 | | |
| Alliance | Stephen White | 391 | | |
| Green | Elizabeth Noyes | 129 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Fitzjohns
Fitzjohns (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Ronald King | 735 | | |
| Conservative | Cathleen Mainds | 697 | | |
| Labour | Ian Swain | 451 | | |
| Labour | Sambhu Banik | 445 | | |
| Alliance | David Radford | 332 | | |
| Alliance | John Howson | 324 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Fortune Green
Fortune Green (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Alliance | Flick Rea | 677 | | |
| Alliance | Roger Billins | 627 | | |
| Conservative | Paul Crossman | 578 | | |
| Labour | Catherine Joseph | 577 | | |
| Conservative | Ian Tomisson | 567 | | |
| Labour | Eric Kaill | 551 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Frognal
Frognal (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Alan Greengross | 930 | | |
| Conservative | Gwyneth Williams | 905 | | |
| Labour | Amber Dobson | 479 | | |
| Labour | David Richter | 446 | | |
| Alliance | Nicola-Jane Taylor | 401 | | |
| Alliance | Hilary Billins | 383 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Gospel Oak
Gospel Oak (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Rose Head | 1,455 | | |
| Labour | Graham Shurety | 1,429 | | |
| Conservative | John Livingston | 410 | | |
| Conservative | Peter Somerville | 372 | | |
| Alliance | David Birkett | 283 | | |
| Alliance | Patricia Gros | 279 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Grafton
Grafton (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Roy Shaw | 1,313 | | |
| Labour | Patrick Denny | 1,190 | | |
| Conservative | Catherine Dilnott-Cooper | 245 | | |
| Alliance | Jane Atkinson | 228 | | |
| Conservative | Peter Golds | 223 | | |
| Alliance | Mary Gillie | 212 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Hampstead Town
Hampstead Town (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jacqueline Jones | 788 | | |
| Conservative | Selina Gee | 787 | | |
| Alliance | David Brierley | 695 | | |
| Alliance | David Aarons | 672 | | |
| Labour | David Bookless | 564 | | |
| Labour | Heather Kenmure | 517 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Highgate
Highgate (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Barbara Beck | 1,966 | | |
| Labour | Margaret Cosin | 1,844 | | |
| Labour | John Wakeham | 1,739 | | |
| Conservative | Martin Morton | 1,185 | | |
| Conservative | Lesley Fields | 1,129 | | |
| Conservative | Peter Horne | 1,109 | | |
| Alliance | James McKinley | 901 | | |
| Alliance | Christina Schopflin | 896 | | |
| Alliance | Margaret Jackson-Roberts | 890 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Holborn
Holborn (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Benjamin Griffith | 1,013 | | |
| Labour | Kenneth Hulme | 951 | | |
| Tenants' Representative | Ralph Barrett | 548 | | |
| Conservative | Peter Smaill | 533 | | |
| Conservative | Piers Wauchope | 458 | | |
| Alliance | Trevor Davis | 271 | | |
| Alliance | Robert Forrest | 210 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Kilburn
Kilburn (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Angela Birtill | 1,925 | | |
| Labour | Katherine Allen | 1,866 | | |
| Labour | Alan Wood | 1,788 | | |
| Conservative | William Smith | 578 | | |
| Conservative | Alexandra Lawrie | 565 | | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Shapland | 558 | | |
| Alliance | Jeremy Allen | 518 | | |
| Alliance | James Allman | 515 | | |
| Alliance | Heather Thompson | 432 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
King's Cross
King's Cross (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Barbara Hughes | 1,113 | | |
| Labour | Anthony Dykes | 1,094 | | |
| Conservative | George Glossop | 402 | | |
| Conservative | James Turner | 382 | | |
| Alliance | Thomas Hibbert | 282 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Priory
Priory (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jacqueline Peacock | 1,621 | | |
| Labour | Phil Turner | 1,600 | | |
| Conservative | Andrew Lavy | 648 | | |
| Conservative | Marilyn Halberstam | 600 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Regent's Park
Regent's Park (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Robert Latham | 1,554 | | |
| Labour | David Horan | 1,489 | | |
| Labour | Gillian Green | 1,442 | | |
| Alliance | William Jones | 1,293 | | |
| Alliance | Lee Barr | 1,257 | | |
| Alliance | Kenneth Rolph | 1,197 | | |
| Conservative | Stephen Robin | 658 | | |
| Conservative | Noel Moncaster | 635 | | |
| Conservative | Peter Slade | 617 | | |
| Tenants' Representative | Terence Hargrave | 326 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
St John's
St John's (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Hilary Lowe | 1,469 | | |
| Labour | Richard Sumray | 1,462 | | |
| Alliance | Heather Hullah | 311 | | |
| Alliance | Soren Agerholm | 295 | | |
| Conservative | George Emsden | 271 | | |
| Conservative | Sinclair Webster | 254 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
St Pancras
St Pancras (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stephen Bevington | 1,078 | | |
| Labour | Sandra Plummer | 917 | | |
| Conservative | Esther Bateman | 241 | | |
| Conservative | June Moncaster | 241 | | |
| Alliance | John Davidson | 212 | | |
| Alliance | Catherine Meehan | 197 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Somers Town
Somers Town (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Thomas Devine | 1,195 | | |
| Labour | Alfred Saunders | 1,130 | | |
| Alliance | Betty Wilson | 288 | | |
| Alliance | Elizabeth Blundell | 278 | | |
| Conservative | David Harris | 214 | | |
| Conservative | Esther Mundlak | 212 | | |
| Independent | Keith Armstrong | 178 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
South End
South End (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Paul Orrett | 1,115 | | |
| Labour | Nirmal Roy | 1,064 | | |
| Conservative | Inge Reed | 635 | | |
| Conservative | Michael Farrer | 633 | | |
| Alliance | Jennifer Hall | 347 | | |
| Alliance | Sandra Lawman | 342 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Swiss Cottage
Swiss Cottage (3) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Gloria Lazenby | 1,326 | | |
| Labour | Alan Rippington | 1,307 | | |
| Labour | Adrian Van States | 1,155 | | |
| Conservative | Robert Graham | 1,140 | | |
| Conservative | David Stone | 1,136 | | |
| Conservative | Roberta Robson | 1,103 | | |
| Alliance | Ian Bond | 637 | | |
| Alliance | Roderick Atkin | 613 | | |
| Alliance | Clive Pembridge | 569 | | |
| Green | Janet Crawford | 280 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
West End
West End (2) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Kevin McDonnell | 1,089 | | |
| Labour | Julia Devot | 1,087 | | |
| Conservative | Michael Flynn | 557 | | |
| Conservative | Harry Whitcut | 513 | | |
| Alliance | Peter Hatton | 446 | | |
| Alliance | Brian Sugden | 430 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "Year Tables". 19 December 2015.
- London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986 (PDF). London: London Residuary Body. August 1986. ISBN 1-85261-003-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.