Bristol City Council Elections 1986
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One third of seats were up for election. The election in Brislington West was a by-election. There was a general but small swing away from the Conservatives. Labour regained their majority on the Council, which they would not lose until 2003.
The party standings following the election:
| Party | Cllrs | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 35 | +2 | |
| Conservative Party | 26 | -3 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | 7 | +1 | |
| Total | 68 | ||
[edit] Ward Results
The change is calculated using the 1983 election results.
| Ashley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | M. Shotter | 2,035 | 60.4 | +8.6 | |
| Conservative | R. Hodges | 546 | 16.2 | -11.2 | |
| Liberal | P. Davies | 493 | 14.6 | +2.6 | |
| Green | D. Bowering | 200 | 5.9 | +1.2 | |
| Revolutionary Communist | J. Walker | 62 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Communist | D. Samson | 33 | 1.0 | -3.1 | |
| Majority | 1,489 | 44.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +9.9 | |||
| Avonmouth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | V. Pople | 2,060 | 54.7 | +4.2 | |
| Conservative | D. Pullin | 1,124 | 29.9 | -5.0 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | M. Brown | 525 | 13.9 | -0.7 | |
| Green | R. Stanleigh | 56 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 936 | 24.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
| Bedminster | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | C. Warren | 1,765 | 42.1 | -0.1 | |
| Conservative | W. Biggs | 1,192 | 28.4 | -17.5 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | J. Osborne | 1,181 | 28.1 | +16.2 | |
| Green | M. Wood | 59 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 573 | 13.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
| Bishopston | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | H. Bashforth | 1,799 | 32.8 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | D. Topham | 1,763 | 32.1 | -10.5 | |
| Liberal | P. Nagle | 1,755 | 32.0 | +9.4 | |
| Green | M. Pitt | 174 | 3.2 | -0.5 | |
| Majority | 36 | 0.7 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.1 | |||
| Brislington West by-election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | M. Langley | 1,801 | 38.0 | +11.5 | |
| Labour | J. Hillier | 1,496 | 31.6 | +3.8 | |
| Conservative | M. Weeks | 1,380 | 29.1 | -16.6 | |
| Green | B. Hussain | 61 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 305 | 6.4 | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.1 | |||
| Cabot | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | C. Boney | 1,523 | 43.0 | -0.1 | |
| Labour | J. Williams | 954 | 26.9 | +7.2 | |
| Conservative | R. Hay | 880 | 24.8 | -8.2 | |
| Green | G. Nicholas | 187 | 5.3 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 569 | 16.1 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -3.7 | |||
| Clifton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | D. Rollings | 1,751 | 37.5 | -7.1 | |
| Liberal | P. Goggin | 1,741 | 37.3 | +1.8 | |
| Labour | A. Robinson | 958 | 20.5 | +3.0 | |
| Green | A. Grant | 214 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
| Majority | 10 | 0.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -4.5 | |||
| Cotham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | G. Hebblethwaite | 1,480 | 38.4 | -5.1 | |
| Liberal | G. Box | 1,325 | 34.4 | +1.1 | |
| Labour | C. Hackett | 857 | 22.2 | +4.1 | |
| Green | J. Wingfield | 195 | 5.1 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 155 | 4.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -3.1 | |||
| Easton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | J. Kiely | 2,032 | 48.4 | -2.1 | |
| Labour | K. Mahoney | 1,721 | 41.0 | +7.4 | |
| Conservative | J. Short | 385 | 9.2 | -4.5 | |
| Green | H. Patrick-Smith | 58 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 311 | 7.4 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.8 | |||
| Eastville | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | D. Fey | 1,628 | 41.1 | -1.2 | |
| Labour | M. Georghiou | 1,492 | 37.6 | +5.6 | |
| Liberal | E. Beaty | 693 | 17.5 | -6.2 | |
| Green | P. Tonkin | 151 | 3.8 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 136 | 3.4 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
| Filwood | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | A. Hillman | 1,595 | 74.0 | +3.1 | |
| Conservative | T. Wade | 332 | 15.4 | -2.3 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | D. Usher | 188 | 8.7 | -0.1 | |
| Green | S. Price | 41 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 1,263 | 58.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
| Frome Vale | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | B. Kantor | 2,144 | 45.7 | +6.8 | |
| Conservative | J. Bosdet | 1,732 | 36.9 | -5.0 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | B. Matthews | 737 | 15.7 | -3.5 | |
| Green | C. Kempton | 76 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 412 | 8.8 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.9 | |||
| Henbury | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | J. Fisk | 2,160 | 47.5 | +2.4 | |
| Conservative | P. Gollop | 1,620 | 35.6 | -6.4 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | P. Barnard | 686 | 15.1 | +2.2 | |
| Green | T. De Teissier-Prevost | 82 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 540 | 11.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
| Henleaze | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | G. Browne | 2,565 | 56.9 | -8.9 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | K. Griew | 1,126 | 25.0 | +2.2 | |
| Labour | M. Vokins | 610 | 13.5 | +2.1 | |
| Green | R. Winfield | 207 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
| Majority | 1,439 | 31.9 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
| Hillfields | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | D. Naysmith | 1,885 | 57.8 | +10.1 | |
| Conservative | J. Seville | 794 | 24.4 | -9.9 | |
| Liberal | E. Fletcher | 511 | 15.7 | -2.3 | |
| Green | S. Campbell | 70 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 1,091 | 33.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +10.0 | |||
| Horfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | B. Topham | 2,139 | 49.0 | +4.5 | |
| Labour | J. McLaren | 1,360 | 31.1 | +9.0 | |
| Liberal | S. Young | 768 | 17.6 | -14.4 | |
| Green | C. Lloyd | 100 | 2.3 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 779 | 17.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
| Kingsweston | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | T.R. Thomas | 1,964 | 44.4 | -1.8 | |
| Conservative | R. Mellor | 1,856 | 42.0 | +2.0 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | P. Cole | 547 | 12.4 | -1.4 | |
| Green | J. Oakes | 55 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 108 | 2.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.9 | |||
| Lawrence Hill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | D. Tedder | 2,305 | 71.6 | +5.2 | |
| Conservative | I. Millard | 505 | 15.7 | -1.9 | |
| Liberal | J. Exon | 358 | 11.1 | -4.8 | |
| Green | S. Porter | 53 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 1,800 | 55.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
| Lockleaze | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | J. Hynes | 1,909 | 55.1 | +6.1 | |
| Conservative | S. Chaplin | 962 | 27.8 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal | F. Young | 534 | 15.4 | -9.4 | |
| Green | K. Woodhouse | 61 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 947 | 27.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
| Redland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | T. Allen | 1,843 | 42.3 | -10.5 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | S. Emmett | 1,267 | 29.1 | +7.5 | |
| Labour | B. Begley | 1,020 | 23.4 | +5.0 | |
| Green | T. Leegwater | 230 | 5.3 | -1.9 | |
| Majority | 576 | 13.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -9.0 | |||
| Southmead | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | L. Bromham | 1,819 | 54.5 | +4.5 | |
| Conservative | I. Roberts | 889 | 26.6 | -10.0 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | A. Barnard | 582 | 17.4 | +4.0 | |
| Green | J. Jameson | 48 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 930 | 27.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +7.3 | |||
| Southville | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | R. Walton | 2,151 | 56.5 | +10.6 | |
| Conservative | T. Skipp | 1,012 | 26.6 | -7.8 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | G. Wright | 506 | 13.3 | -3.9 | |
| Green | R. Martin | 138 | 3.6 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 1,139 | 29.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +9.2 | |||
| Stoke Bishop | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | P. Abraham | 2,721 | 54.3 | -13.2 | |
| Liberal | D. Jones | 1,587 | 31.7 | +16.3 | |
| Labour | M. Riley | 580 | 11.6 | -1.7 | |
| Green | C. Rose | 123 | 2.5 | -1.4 | |
| Majority | 1,134 | 22.6 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -14.8 | |||
| Westbury-on-Trym | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | D. Poole | 3,149 | 66.9 | -6.4 | |
| Liberal | A. West | 919 | 19.5 | +4.8 | |
| Labour | W. Payne | 528 | 11.2 | +0.8 | |
| Green | J. Kempton | 112 | 2.4 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 2,230 | 47.4 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
Source: Bristol Evening Post 9th May 1986
| Preceded by: Bristol City Council Elections 1984 |
Bristol local elections | Succeeded by: Bristol City Council Elections 1987 |
