1986 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

1986 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
8 May 1986 (1986-05-08)
21 of 63 seats
to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John Lloyd John Ashworth Alan Mobbs
Party Conservative Alliance Labour
Leader's seat Heaton Moor Edgeley South Reddish
Last election 9 seats,
38.5% 		5 seats,
32.3% 		6 seats,
26.1%
Seats before 28 15 15
Seats won 7 7 6
Seats after 24 18 16
Seat change 4 3 1
Popular vote 32,052 37,476 27,186
Percentage 31.6% 37.0% 26.8%
Swing 6.9% 4.7% 0.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Ron Stenson Arthur Bradbury
Party Heald Green Ratepayers Independent Labour
Leader's seat Heald Green South Reddish
Last election 1 seat,
3.0% 		did not contest
Seats before 3 2
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 3 2
Seat change
Popular vote 2,834 0
Percentage 2.8% 0.0%
Swing 0.2% N/A
Map of results of 1986 election
Leader of the Council before election

No leader
No overall control

Leader of the Council after election

No leader
No overall control

Elections to Stockport Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1986. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1990. The council remained under no overall control.[1][2]

Election result

Party Votes Seats Full Council
Conservative Party 32,052 (31.6%)
6.9 7 (33.3%)
7 / 21
 4 24 (38.1%)
24 / 63
Alliance 37,476 (37.0%)
4.7 7 (33.3%)
7 / 21
 3 18 (28.6%)
18 / 63
Labour Party 27,186 (26.8%)
0.7 6 (28.6%)
6 / 21
 1 16 (25.4%)
16 / 63
Heald Green Ratepayers 2,834 (2.8%)
0.2 1 (4.8%)
1 / 21
 3 (4.8%)
3 / 63
Independent Labour 0 (0.0%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 21
 2 (3.2%)
2 / 63
Green Party 1,764 (1.7%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 21
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
Revolutionary Communist 59 (0.1%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 21
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
↓
2 16 18 3 24

[3]

Ward results

Bredbury

Bredbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal D. Humphries* 2,672 57.5 +9.2
Labour J. Woodrow 1,072 23.1 −3.3
Conservative T. Stones 906 19.5 −5.7
Majority 1,600 34.4 +12.5
Turnout 4,650 41.5 −9.4
Liberal hold Swing

Brinnington

Brinnington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Gallacher 2,635 82.7 +6.8
SDP H. Griffiths 550 17.3 −3.7
Majority 2,085 65.6 +10.7
Turnout 3,185 37.7 −5.9
Labour hold Swing

Cale Green

Cale Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Boyd* 2,073 53.8 −2.4
SDP A. Shaw 1,041 27.0 +8.9
Conservative L. Jones 672 17.4 −8.3
Green S. Jackson 69 1.8 N/A
Majority 1,032 26.8 −3.7
Turnout 3,855 41.2 −0.8
Labour hold Swing

Cheadle

Cheadle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Needham* 2,270 51.9 −10.7
Liberal J. Wolfe 1,635 37.4 +7.9
Labour C. Goodrich 382 8.7 +0.9
Green I. Boyd 86 2.0 N/A
Majority 635 14.5 −18.6
Turnout 4,373 43.9 +1.4
Conservative hold Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal K. Anstis* 2,589 53.0 −1.4
Conservative V. Brooks 1,556 31.9 −3.0
Labour S. Bennett 678 13.9 +3.1
Green D. Dick 58 1.2 N/A
Majority 1,033 21.1 +1.6
Turnout 4,881 41.3 −3.9
Liberal hold Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

Cheadle Hulme South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal B. Leah* 3,627 60.1 +11.6
Conservative E. Minshull 1,939 32.1 −13.6
Labour R. Brown 359 5.9 +0.1
Green J. Armstrong 110 1.8 N/A
Majority 1,688 28.0 +25.2
Turnout 6,035 53.1 −3.7
Liberal hold Swing

Davenport

Davenport
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative B. Downs 1,603 38.6 −9.8
Labour D. Harris 1,480 35.6 +5.4
SDP J. Grimshaw 922 22.2 +1.0
Green C. Wharf 150 3.6 N/A
Majority 123 3.0 −15.2
Turnout 4,155 43.9 −2.5
Conservative hold Swing

East Bramhall

East Bramhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Doherty* 3,158 51.8 −1.6
Liberal G. Livesey 2,489 40.8 −1.1
Labour W. Greaves 447 7.3 +2.6
Majority 669 11.0 −0.5
Turnout 6,049 46.8 −3.8
Conservative hold Swing

Edgeley

Edgeley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. Ashworth* 2,813 49.8 +7.4
Labour P. Scott 2,235 39.6 −3.3
Conservative G. Coales 508 9.0 −5.7
Green S. Filmore 87 1.5 N/A
Majority 578 10.2
Turnout 5,643 55.7 +1.4
Liberal hold Swing

Great Moor

Great Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Wharton 1,931 35.4 +4.4
SDP T. E. Pyle 1,782 32.7 +4.0
Conservative I. Roberts* 1,670 30.6 −9.6
Green K. Darwin 73 1.3 N/A
Majority 149 2.7
Turnout 5,456 49.3 −1.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Law* 2,548 44.0 −0.5
Liberal C. Beaver 2,510 43.4 −2.4
Labour K. Stapleford 601 10.4 +0.6
Green S. Ledger 129 2.2 N/A
Majority 38 0.6
Turnout 5,788 46.9 −4.1
Conservative hold Swing

Heald Green

Heald Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Heald Green Ratepayers P. Burns* 2,834 67.2 −4.1
Conservative K. A. Edis 597 14.2 −0.3
Labour K. Parker 431 10.2 +1.2
Liberal F. Ridley 301 7.1 +1.9
Green E. Hawthorne 55 1.3 N/A
Majority 2,237 53.0 −3.8
Turnout 4,218 39.7 −2.4
Heald Green Ratepayers hold Swing

Heaton Mersey

Heaton Mersey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Whitney* 2,540 45.2 −7.2
Labour S. Broadhurst 1,830 32.6 −1.0
SDP S. Oldham 1,141 20.3 +6.3
Green G. Leatherbarrow 107 1.9 N/A
Majority 710 12.6 −6.3
Turnout 5,618 48.2 +0.1
Conservative hold Swing

Heaton Moor

Heaton Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. A. MacCarron* 2,183 50.3 −9.3
Labour H. Nance 1,134 26.1 +0.5
SDP D. Owen 917 21.1 +6.3
Green F. Chapman 104 2.4 N/A
Majority 1,049 24.2 −9.8
Turnout 4,338 43.5 −0.8
Conservative hold Swing

Manor

Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour I. Jackson 1,852 43.7 −5.6
Liberal A. Corris 1,378 32.5 +18.0
Conservative K. Coups 917 21.6 −14.6
Green G. Johnson 95 2.2 N/A
Majority 474 11.2 −2.0
Turnout 4,242 43.6 −0.6
Labour hold Swing

North Marple

North Marple
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal D. Bradley 2,343 50.0 +3.4
Conservative B. Sharkey 1,747 37.3 −7.8
Labour M. Jones 486 10.4 +1.8
Green R. Bamforth 113 2.4 N/A
Majority 596 12.7 +11.5
Turnout 4,689 51.2 −0.1
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

North Reddish

North Reddish
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Halliday* 3,031 70.3 +8.2
SDP P. O'Connell 1,106 25.7 +14.6
Green D. Raikes 114 2.6 N/A
Revolutionary Communist K. Lavin 59 1.4 N/A
Majority 1,925 44.6 +9.3
Turnout 4,310 36.7 −5.9
Labour hold Swing

Romiley

Romiley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal E. Wilson 2,216 41.2 +2.6
Conservative P. Gilleney* 1,996 37.1 −5.7
Labour J. Nelson 1,161 21.6 +3.0
Majority 220 4.1
Turnout 5,373 46.2 −3.9
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

South Marple

South Marple
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal M. Jackson 2,577 49.7 +6.6
Conservative S. Windle 2,158 41.6 −9.4
Labour G. B. Slack 320 6.2 +0.3
Green N. Watson 128 2.5 N/A
Majority 419 8.1
Turnout 5,183 51.4 −2.0
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

South Reddish

South Reddish
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Mobbs* 2,635 65.7 +0.3
SDP A. McClean 1,185 29.6 −5.0
Green M. Ledger 190 4.7 N/A
Majority 1,450 36.2 +5.4
Turnout 4,010 36.8 −2.1
Labour hold Swing

West Bramhall

West Bramhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. B. Leck* 3,084 58.6 −6.0
SDP P. C. O. Vittoz 1,673 31.8 +4.6
Labour B. Farebrother 413 7.8 −0.4
Green N. Bamber 96 1.8 N/A
Majority 1,411 26.8 −10.6
Turnout 5,266 43.6 −0.8
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 1 and 2)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ Stockport, Manchester Evening News, May 9, 1986, p.37
  3. ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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