1986 City of Lincoln Council election

1986 City of Lincoln Council election^[1]^[2]
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council; 17 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results the 1986 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1986 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 8 May 1986. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of which were last contested in 1982. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Overall results[edit]

1986 City of Lincoln Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	11	1	0	1	91.7	58.0	13,625
	Conservative	1	0	1	1	8.3	35.4	8,311
	Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	5.0	1,169
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	1.6	378
Total		12						23,483

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1982 election.

Ward results[edit]

Abbey[edit]

Abbey^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Gibbons	1,549	75.3%
	Conservative	H. Nicholson	509	24.7%
Turnout				38.3%
	Labour hold

Birchwood[edit]

Boultham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Freeborough	1,245	54.7%
	Conservative	J. Calland	1,032	45.3%
Turnout				33.2%
	Labour hold

Boultham[edit]

Boultham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Archer	1,307	64.7%
	Conservative	M. Mellows	713	35.3%
Turnout				39.7%
	Labour hold

Bracebridge[edit]

Bracebridge^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bud Robinson^[4]	1,169	51.7%
	Conservative	R. Bracey	1,090	48.3%
Turnout				37.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Carholme[edit]

Carholme^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Vaisey	834	40.8%
	Conservative	J. Fawcett	626	30.6%
	Alliance	K. Harrison	474	23.2%
	Green	P. Boizot	111	5.4%
Turnout				37.6%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Castle (2 seats)[edit]

Castle (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Bunnage	1,402
	Labour	Loraine Woolley^[5]	1,310
	Conservative	P. Adams	650
	Conservative	J. Fawcett	632
	Green	B. Alford	157
Turnout				40.9%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Longdales[edit]

Longdales^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. McDonald	1,150	44.2%
	Labour	B. Watson	1,143	43.9%
	Alliance	B. Smith	311	11.9%
Turnout				52.4%
	Conservative hold

Minster[edit]

Minster^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Metcalfe^[6]	1,720	61.7%
	Conservative	F. Horn	1,069	38.3%
Turnout				43.0%
	Labour hold

Moorland[edit]

Moorland^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoffrey Ellis^[7]	1,173	64.0%
	Conservative	M. Campbell	661	36.0%
Turnout				37.3%
	Labour hold

Park[edit]

Park^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Drinkall	1,035	66.5%
	Conservative	J. Howitt	411	26.4%
	Green	K. Yates	110	7.1%
Turnout				31.3%
	Labour hold

Tritton[edit]

Tritton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Meanwell	1,048	57.2%
	Conservative	R. Hills	400	21.8%
	Alliance	G. Lines	384	21.0%
Turnout				42.1%
	Labour hold

References[edit]

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1986". The Elections Centre.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ "Councillors - Bracebridge ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Councillors - Moorland ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[1] "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.

[2] "Local Election Summaries 1986". The Elections Centre.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[bracebridge-4] "Councillors - Bracebridge ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[castle-5] "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[glebe-6] "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[moorland-7] "Councillors - Moorland ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

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