1986 Harlow District Council election

1986 Harlow District Council election^[1]^[2]

8 May 1986

14 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Alliance	Conservative
Last election	33	5	4
Seats before	34	5	3
Seats won	13	1	0
Seats after	36	4	2
Seat change	2	1	1
Popular vote	12,987	4,819	3,224
Percentage	61.8%	22.9%	15.3%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1986 Harlow District Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 1986 Harlow District Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Election result

1986 Harlow local election result^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	13	2	0	2	92.9	61.8	12,987	11.5
Alliance	1	0	1	1	7.1	22.9	4,819	14.1
Conservative	0	0	1	1	0.0	15.3	3,224	2.8

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

Ward results

Brays Grove

Location of Brays Grove ward

Brays Grove^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Howard	838	72.8%
	Conservative	T. Owen	166	14.4%
	Alliance	S. Rigden	147	12.8%
Turnout				34.3%
	Labour hold

Hare Street and Town Centre

Location of Hare Street and Town Centre ward

Hare Street and Town Centre^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Larkin	818	68.5%
	Alliance	N. Lincoln	223	18.7%
	Conservative	N. Dean	154	12.9%
Turnout				39.9%
	Labour hold

Katherines With Sumner

Location of Katherines with Sumner ward

Katherines With Sumner^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Bryant	871	53.2%
	Alliance	K. Clark	508	31.1%
	Conservative	L. Atkins	257	15.7%
Turnout				37.5%
	Labour gain from Alliance

Kingsmoor

Location of Kingsmoor ward

Kingsmoor^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Lynch	923	49.8%
	Conservative	R. Cross	665	35.9%
	Alliance	L. Swanton	265	14.3%
Turnout				38.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Latton Bush

Location of Latton Bush ward

Latton Bush^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bill Rammell	1,080	64.9%
	Alliance	R. Langham	352	21.2%
	Conservative	M. Tombs	231	13.9%
Turnout				39.4%
	Labour hold

Little Parndon

Location of Little Parndon ward

Little Parndon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Carter	1,083	66.2%
	Alliance	R. Winkie	311	19.0%
	Conservative	E. Atkins	242	14.8%
Turnout				39.2%
	Labour hold

Mark Hall North

Location of Mark Hall North ward

Mark Hall North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Morris	678	61.7%
	Conservative	C. Starr	230	20.9%
	Alliance	M. Seddon	190	17.3%
Turnout				47.7%
	Labour hold

Mark Hall South

Location of Mark Hall South ward

Mark Hall South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Anderson	1,092	69.4%
	Conservative	K. Smart	247	15.7%
	Alliance	S. Ward	235	14.9%
Turnout				38.8%
	Labour hold

Netteswell West

Location of Netteswell West ward

Netteswell^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Nash	635	71.3%
	Alliance	M. Rigden	138	15.5%
	Conservative	E. Scammell	117	13.1%
Turnout				36.2%
	Labour hold

Old Harlow

Location of Old Harlow ward

Old Harlow^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Firth	1,359	60.0%
	Conservative	F. Lawman	610	26.9%
	Alliance	H. Dutton	295	13.0%
Turnout				49.9%
	Labour hold

Passmores

Location of Passmores ward

Passmores^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Collyer	920	66.5%
	Alliance	D. Harris	249	18.0%
	Conservative	D. Groves	215	15.5%
Turnout				33.1%
	Labour hold

Potter Street

Location of Potter Street ward

Passmores^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Cave	848	59.3%
	Alliance	A. Lee	461	32.3%
	Conservative	C. Dean	120	8.4%
Turnout				44.1%
	Labour hold

Stewards

Location of Stewards ward

Stewards^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	D. Collins	941	53.7%
	Labour	D. Dickson	703	40.1%
	Conservative	T. McArdle	108	6.2%
Turnout				43.8%
	Alliance hold

Tye Green

Location of Tye Green ward

Tye Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Hanley	1,139	75.7%
	Alliance	S. James	191	12.7%
	Conservative	S. McArdle	175	11.6%
Turnout				39.0%
	Labour hold

References

↑ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
1 2 "Local Election Summaries 1986". The Elections Centre.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Harlow District Council Election Results 1976-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

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