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Elections to Trafford Council were held on 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 Conservative Party lost overall control of the council, to no overall control.[1]
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23 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of results of 1986 election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Because the Conservative Candidate for Priory ward, G. V. Burrows, (presumably inadvertently) wrote his occupation in the description box of his nomination paper, his party allegiance is listed on all official records and press coverage of this election as "Taxi Driver". However, as he was, in fact, the official Conservative Candidate, and therefore would doubtless have taken the Conservative whip had he been elected, he is listed on this page as a Conservative, rather than an Independent.
Election result edit
Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Labour Party | 31,703 (39.6%) | 3.9 | 14 (60.9%) | 14 / 23
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9 | 30 (47.6%) | 30 / 63
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Conservative Party | 30,087 (37.6%) | 4.6 | 6 (26.1%) | 6 / 23
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10 | 24 (38.1%) | 24 / 63
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Alliance | 17,808 (22.3%) | 2.0 | 3 (13.0%) | 3 / 23
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1 | 9 (14.3%) | 9 / 63
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Green Party | 358 (0.4%) | 0.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 23
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63
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Independent | 13 (0.0%) | 1.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 23
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63
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30 | 9 | 24 |
Ward results edit
Altrincham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. M. Evans | 1,523 | 41.1 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | B. L. Slater* | 1,352 | 36.4 | -7.2 | |
SDP | B. M. Keeley-Huggett | 725 | 19.5 | +19.5 | |
Green | N. J. Eadie | 110 | 3.0 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 171 | 4.6 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,710 | 46.1 | +3.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Bowdon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. B. Gill* | 2,449 | 60.2 | -12.9 | |
SDP | V. G. O'Hara | 1,026 | 25.2 | +25.2 | |
Labour | M. J. Hendrickson | 434 | 10.7 | -6.2 | |
Green | M. R. Rowtham | 160 | 3.9 | -6.1 | |
Majority | 1,423 | 35.0 | -21.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,069 | 44.9 | -11.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Broadheath edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. J. Hyland | 1,387 | 38.9 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | M. J. Barltrop | 1,334 | 37.4 | -8.8 | |
Conservative | M. G. Currie* | 1,308 | 36.7 | -9.5 | |
Labour | J. B. Morton | 1,300 | 36.5 | -0.2 | |
SDP | D. E. Armstrong | 948 | 26.6 | +9.5 | |
SDP | R. C. Tweed | 858 | 24.1 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 26 | 0.7 | -8.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,565 | 45.9 | +4.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brooklands edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. A. E. Waterfall* | 1,881 | 50.3 | -1.2 | |
Alliance | C. S. Fink | 1,354 | 36.2 | -1.0 | |
Labour | E. D. Shaw | 507 | 13.5 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 527 | 14.1 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,742 | 46.0 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bucklow edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | F. Holland* | 1,747 | 80.0 | +24.4 | |
Conservative | M. E. Hindley | 438 | 20.0 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 1,309 | 59.9 | +20.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,185 | 31.7 | -6.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Clifford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | B. M. Sheehan | 2,285 | 77.1 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | M. Howard | 680 | 22.9 | -6.1 | |
Majority | 1,605 | 54.1 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,965 | 33.5 | -4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Davyhulme East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. G. Haigh* | 1,812 | 50.2 | +4.5 | |
Labour | J. B. Roberts | 1,320 | 36.6 | +1.8 | |
SDP | R. J. Thompson | 474 | 13.1 | +13.1 | |
Majority | 492 | 13.6 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,606 | 46.6 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Davyhulme West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. G. Hodson | 1,683 | 42.5 | -4.9 | |
Conservative | P. Bates | 1,421 | 35.9 | -8.2 | |
Liberal | M. E. Clarke | 856 | 21.6 | +21.6 | |
Majority | 262 | 6.6 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,960 | 47.2 | -1.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Flixton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | B. J. Hughes | 1,477 | 35.1 | +11.0 | |
Conservative | C. A. Lord* | 1,432 | 34.1 | -3.4 | |
Liberal | P. I. M. Crompton | 1,293 | 30.8 | -7.6 | |
Majority | 45 | 1.1 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,202 | 52.4 | +0.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Hale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. A. Roberts | 2,317 | 57.2 | -5.7 | |
Liberal | J. H. Mulholland | 1,383 | 34.1 | +5.6 | |
Labour | C. E. Donegan | 263 | 6.5 | +0.4 | |
Green | J. S. Menzies | 88 | 2.2 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 934 | 23.1 | -11.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,051 | 45.7 | +1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Longford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. P. Hagan | 1,824 | 53.2 | -1.1 | |
Labour | P. J. Morgan | 1,711 | 49.9 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | K. G. Summerfield* | 1,292 | 37.7 | -8.0 | |
Conservative | E. J. Kelson | 1,235 | 36.0 | -9.7 | |
SDP | M. L. Kugler | 313 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 419 | 12.2 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,426 | 45.7 | +1.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Mersey-St. Mary's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. I. Carter | 2,155 | 51.7 | -7.2 | |
Liberal | A. Kelly | 1,202 | 28.8 | +4.5 | |
Labour | P. J. English | 815 | 19.5 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 953 | 22.8 | -11.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,172 | 43.4 | +4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Park edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. R. Haydock* | 1,551 | 64.4 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | D. Meadowcroft | 859 | 35.6 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 692 | 28.7 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,410 | 38.3 | -1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Priory edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | E. Mitchell | 1,351 | 39.3 | -0.4 | |
Labour | B. K. Lund | 1,161 | 33.8 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | G. V. Burrows | 926 | 26.9 | -7.7 | |
Majority | 190 | 5.5 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,438 | 42.4 | +1.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sale Moor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Mee* | 1,509 | 48.9 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | E. A. Robinson | 905 | 29.3 | -5.7 | |
Liberal | H. M. Hughes | 671 | 21.8 | +21.8 | |
Majority | 604 | 19.6 | +12.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,085 | 39.9 | -2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Martin's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | L. T. Murkin | 2,243 | 52.1 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | M. E. King* | 1,411 | 32.8 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | T. J. P. Corbett | 654 | 15.2 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 832 | 19.3 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,308 | 45.2 | +2.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Stretford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. A. Adshead | 1,772 | 48.0 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | M. Hindley* | 1,483 | 40.2 | -5.6 | |
SDP | L. L. Sumner | 437 | 11.8 | 0 | |
Majority | 289 | 7.8 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,692 | 45.2 | +1.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Talbot edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Marland* | 1,775 | 67.2 | -0.4 | |
Conservative | C. J. Levenston | 600 | 22.7 | -6.2 | |
SDP | K. Clarke | 252 | 9.5 | +9.5 | |
Independent | K. J. Martin | 13 | 0.5 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 1,175 | 44.5 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,640 | 36.2 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Timperley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | M. R. Farnsworth | 1,628 | 41.2 | -3.9 | |
Conservative | A. K. Davies* | 1,534 | 38.8 | +3.3 | |
Labour | A. D. McNee | 792 | 20.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 94 | 2.4 | -7.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,954 | 44.2 | +5.1 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Urmston edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. G. Hanrahan | 1,572 | 43.2 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | A. R. Coupe* | 1,467 | 40.3 | -3.7 | |
SDP | P. J. Carlon | 603 | 16.6 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 105 | 2.9 | -1.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,642 | 45.7 | +1.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Village edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | M. D. Cragg | 1,780 | 44.1 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | M. J. Booth | 1,207 | 29.9 | -1.5 | |
Labour | M. C. Jenkinson | 1,052 | 26.0 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 573 | 14.2 | -2.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,039 | 47.5 | -2.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
By-elections between 1986 and 1987 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. A. Lane | 1,209 | 68.3 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | C. J. Levenston | 562 | 31.7 | +9.0 | |
Majority | 647 | 36.5 | -8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,771 | 24.3 | -11.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. G. Brownhill | 1,610 | 56.7 | +5.0 | |
SDP | R. J. Thompson | 683 | 24.0 | +24.0 | |
Labour | P. Miller | 550 | 19.3 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 927 | 32.6 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,843 | 29.6 | -13.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 9 May 1986", Trafford M.B.C.(1986).