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1986 Manchester City Council election
← 1984 8 May 1986 (1986-05-08) 1987 →
34 of 99 seats
to Manchester City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Graham Stringer Harold Tucker David Sandiford
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Leader's seat Harpurhey Barlow Moor
stood down 		Withington
Last election 29 seats,
57.0% 		4 seats,
27.2% 		2 seats,
15.4%
Seats before 79 14 6
Seats won 31 1 2
Seats after 86 7 6
Seat change Increase7 Decrease7 Steady
Popular vote 74,943 26,226 24,942
Percentage 58.1% 20.3% 19.3%
Swing Increase1.1% Decrease6.9% Increase3.9%
Map of results of 1986 election
Leader of the Council before election

Graham Stringer
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Graham Stringer
Labour

Elections to Manchester City 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 Labour Party retained overall control of the Council. [1]

The Independent candidates for the Benchill and Woodhouse Park wards, A. Bradshaw and D. Wraxall respectively, were backed by the SDP/Liberal Alliance.

Election result

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Party Votes Seats Full Council
Labour Party 74,943 (58.1%)
Increase 1.1 31 (91.2%)
31 / 34
 Increase 7 86 (86.8%)
86 / 99
Conservative Party 26,226 (20.3%)
Decrease 6.9 1 (2.9%)
1 / 34
 Decrease 7 7 (7.1%)
7 / 99
Alliance 24,942 (19.3%)
Increase 3.9 2 (5.9%)
2 / 34
 Steady 6 (6.1%)
6 / 99
Independent 1,410 (1.1%)
Increase 1.0 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Green Party 1,091 (0.8%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Communist 167 (0.1%)
Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
National Front 165 (0.1%)
Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
↓
86 6 7

Ward results

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Ardwick

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Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Barrett* 2,040 79.4 +2.9
Conservative J. Clough 276 10.7 −5.2
Liberal R. Axtell 252 9.8 +2.2
Majority 1,764 68.7 +8.2
Turnout 2,568
Labour hold Swing +4.0

Baguley

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Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Done* 2,666 73.3 +6.7
Conservative S. Lawley 969 26.7 +1.6
Majority 1,697 46.7 +5.3
Turnout 3,635
Labour hold Swing +2.5

Barlow Moor

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Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Wilner 1,955 46.7 +0.2
SDP S. Gluck 1,334 31.9 +13.3
Conservative C. Dewsbury 758 18.1 −16.8
Green B. Candeland 140 3.3 +3.3
Majority 621 14.8 +3.2
Turnout 4,187
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -6.5

Benchill

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Benchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Home* 2,157 72.4 −3.3
Independent A. Bradshaw 567 19.0 +19.0
Conservative D. Hurst 256 16.1 +1.1
Majority 1,590 53.4 −7.3
Turnout 2,980
Labour hold Swing -11.1

Beswick and Clayton

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Beswick and Clayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Egerton* 2,046 74.0 −2.2
Conservative D. Eager 392 14.2 −2.8
SDP V. Cahill 146 5.3 +0.7
Independent F. Wolstencroft 115 4.2 +4.2
National Front J. Hulse 64 2.3 +0.2
Majority 1,654 59.9 +0.7
Turnout 2,763
Labour hold Swing +0.3

Blackley

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Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Chadwick* 2,379 65.6 −0.6
Conservative K. Potter 744 20.5 −3.2
Liberal J. Cookson 455 12.5 +2.4
National Front C. Ballantyne 49 1.4 +1.4
Majority 1,635 45.1 +2.7
Turnout 3,627
Labour hold Swing +1.3

Bradford

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Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Gilmore* 2,175 78.8 −0.5
Conservative M. Payne 334 12.1 −0.9
Liberal S. Lewis 250 9.1 +1.4
Majority 1,841 66.7 +0.3
Turnout 2,759
Labour hold Swing +0.2

Brooklands

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Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Hatton 2,059 48.6 −0.7
Conservative A. O'Connor 1,540 36.3 −2.9
SDP C. Duffy 641 15.1 +3.7
Majority 519 12.2 +2.1
Turnout 4,240
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +1.1

Burnage

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Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Whyte 2,412 48.8 −0.1
Conservative L. Houston 1,231 24.9 −12.5
SDP A. Muir 749 15.2 +1.5
Green J. Foster 74 1.5 +1.5
Majority 1,181 23.9 +12.3
Turnout 4,943
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.2

Central

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Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Findlow 1,545 79.6 −2.5
Conservative A. Hudson 222 11.4 −1.8
SDP M. Lockwood 175 9.0 +4.3
Majority 1,323 68.1 −0.9
Turnout 1,942
Labour hold Swing -0.3

Charlestown

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Charlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. McCardell 2,541 63.5 +4.1
Conservative M. Jones 934 23.3 −6.0
SDP E. Watts 526 13.1 +1.9
Majority 1,607 40.2 +10.1
Turnout 4,001
Labour hold Swing +5.0

Cheetham

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Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Shaw* 2,674 79.9 +11.9
SDP R. Harrison 673 20.1 −2.8
Majority 2,001 59.8 +14.8
Turnout 3,347
Labour hold Swing +7.3

Chorlton

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Chorlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Black 2,848 48.2 +7.1
Conservative J. Kershaw 2,244 38.0 −4.3
Liberal W. Paver 776 13.1 −1.6
Communist M. Waterfield 35 0.6 −1.2
Majority 604 10.2 +9.0
Turnout 5,903
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.7

Crumpsall

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Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Hackett 1,997 49.7 +0.3
Conservative G. Fildes 1,248 31.0 −7.8
SDP H. Showman 775 19.3 +7.5
Majority 749 18.6 +8.0
Turnout 4,020
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.0

Didsbury

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Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Hill* 2,575 43.4 −5.1
Labour G. Bridson 1,896 32.0 +3.0
SDP A. Bateman 1,345 22.7 +0.2
Green R. Riesco 116 2.0 +2.0
Majority 679 11.4 −8.1
Turnout 5,932
Conservative hold Swing -4.0

Fallowfield

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Fallowfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Morrison* 2,180 54.6 +0.6
Conservative S. Keegin 848 21.2 −13.6
SDP G. Nevins 794 19.9 +8.7
Green R. Waters 173 4.3 +4.3
Majority 1,332 33.3 +14.1
Turnout 3,995
Labour hold Swing +7.1

Gorton North

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Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Brierley* 2,759 68.3 −0.6
Conservative N. Dentith 666 16.5 −6.5
SDP S. Wheale 570 14.1 +6.0
Communist M. Molloy 46 1.1 +1.1
Majority 2,093 51.8 +5.9
Turnout 4,041
Labour hold Swing +2.9

Gorton South

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Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Barker* 2,142 57.6 −6.5
Liberal J. Ashley 1,165 31.3 +10.4
Conservative T. Grimshaw 410 11.0 −4.4
Majority 977 26.3 −16.6
Turnout 3,717
Labour hold Swing -8.4

Harpurhey

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Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Karney* 2,002 70.4 +2.1
SDP G. Landsman 435 15.3 +1.2
Conservative E. Dimmock 407 14.3 −3.3
Majority 1,567 55.1 +4.4
Turnout 2,844
Labour hold Swing +0.4

Hulme

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Hulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Lunts 2,080 81.6 +1.0
Liberal H. Feazey 246 9.7 +2.4
Conservative R. Lamptey 223 8.7 −3.4
Majority 1,857 72.9 +4.4
Turnout 2,549
Labour hold Swing -0.7

Levenshulme

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Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Keith Whitmore* 2,637 53.3 +7.2
Labour G. Sharpe 1,576 31.8 −4.5
Conservative V. Colledge 621 12.5 −5.1
Green C. Shearman 116 2.3 +2.3
Majority 1,061 21.4 +11.7
Turnout 4,950
Liberal hold Swing +5.8

Lightbowne

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Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Franklin 2,842 63.1 +7.1
Conservative J. Bailey 1,040 23.1 −10.7
Liberal D. Porter 620 13.8 +3.6
Majority 1,802 40.0 +17.8
Turnout 4,502
Labour hold Swing +8.9

Longsight

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Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Moghal 2,406 63.4 −0.8
SDP D. Cox 822 21.7 +1.8
Conservative M. Khan 430 11.3 −2.9
Green J. McCahon 135 3.6 +3.6
Majority 1,584 41.8 −2.5
Turnout 3,793
Labour hold Swing -1.3

Moss Side

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Moss Side
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Ballance 2,675 80.6 +2.2
Conservative M. Barnes 342 10.3 −3.7
Liberal S. Jones 302 9.1 +1.6
Majority 2,333 70.3 +5.9
Turnout 3,319
Labour hold Swing +2.9

Moston

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Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. McLaren* 2,584 56.1 +2.5
Conservative F. Taylor 1,172 25.4 −10.6
Liberal D. Gordon 471 10.2 +0.2
Majority 1,412 30.6 +13.0
Turnout 4,608
Labour hold Swing +6.5

Newton Heath

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Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Tomlinson* 2,249 73.7 +0.3
Conservative G. Heathcote 545 17.9 +0.8
Liberal D. Rea 204 6.7 +0.2
National Front A. Coles 52 1.7 −1.3
Majority 1,704 55.9 −0.3
Turnout 3,050
Labour hold Swing -0.2

Northenden

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Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Barnes* 2,716 59.3 +4.7
Conservative M. Logan 1,223 26.7 −9.2
Liberal J. Hargreaves 641 14.0 +4.4
Majority 1,493 32.6 +13.9
Turnout 4,580
Labour hold Swing +6.9

Old Moat

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Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Fender 2,790 51.0 −1.6
Liberal A. Monkhouse 1,276 23.3 +10.5
Conservative W. Aikman* 1,222 22.3 −12.3
Green C. Kirby 181 3.3 +3.3
Majority 1,514 27.7 +9.7
Turnout 5,469
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -6.0

Rusholme

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Rusholme (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Byrne 2,137 47.1 −1.0
Labour S. Mambu 1,946
Liberal Z. Gazdecki 1,840 40.5 +6.0
Liberal M. Ramsbottom 1,815
Conservative N. Barnes 474 10.4 −5.1
Conservative G. Taylor 419
Communist P. Singh 86 1.9 +1.9
Majority 106 6.6 −7.0
Turnout 4,537
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -3.5

Sharston

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Sharston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Collis* 2,298 64.5 +11.5
SDP R. Bowers 1,263 35.5 +21.2
Majority 1,035 29.1 +8.7
Turnout 3,561
Labour hold Swing -4.8

Whalley Range

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Whalley Range
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Morris 2,310 49.7 +7.9
Conservative L. Whetton 1,563 33.6 −8.8
SDP K. McKeon 779 16.7 +0.9
Majority 747 16.1 +15.4
Turnout 4,652
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +8.3

Withington

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Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. Jones* 2,240 42.6 +6.3
Labour K. Matthews 1,834 34.9 +0.4
Conservative J. Jacobs 1,024 19.5 −9.8
Green G. Otten 156 3.0 +3.0
Majority 406 7.7 +5.9
Turnout 5,254
Liberal hold Swing +2.9

Woodhouse Park

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Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Bullows 1,973 55.8 −16.9
Independent D. Wraxall 728 20.6 +20.6
SDP E. Bowers 540 15.3 +5.5
Conservative P. Champion 293 8.3 −9.3
Majority 1,245 35.2 −19.9
Turnout 3,534
Labour hold Swing -18.7

References

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  1. ^ Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
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