Scottish local Regional elections, 1986

Scottish local Regional elections, 1986

8 May 1986 (1986-05-08)

First party Second party   Leader Neil Kinnock Margaret Thatcher Party Labour Conservative Leader since 2 October 1983 11 February 1975 Seats won 223 65 Seat change 37 54 Percentage 43.9 16.9 Swing 6.3 8.2   Third party Fourth party   Leader David Steel Gordon Wilson Party SDP–Liberal Alliance SNP Leader since 1976 15 September 1979 Seats won 40 36 Seat change 15 13 Percentage 15.1 18.2 Swing 3.0 4.8

Colours denote the winning party with outright control

The regional Local elections were held in Scotland on Thursday 8 May 1986, as part of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, The previous elections had been held in 1982. The elections took place a year before Conservative government 3rd election victory for Margaret Thatcher and elections also took place in England and Wales.

National results

Summary of the 1986 Scottish regional council election results^[1]

Party performance

labour continued with its gain, who increase its councillor in most of the areas contested. Conservative suffered heavy losses, which lost control of Lothian council to labour, Lost Control of Grampian and Tayside to NOC and Lost all conservative Councillors in Dumfries and Galloway. The SNP vote failed to recover from its collapsed since 1980.

Results by council area

Information come for maps held on http://www.alba.org.uk/maps/localmaps.html

Notes and references

See also

• Elections in Scotland

Elections and referendums in Scotland Parliamentary elections 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 Local elections 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1977 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 Referendums 1979 1997 2014 Local referendums Strathclyde (water), 1994 Edinburgh (congestion charge), 2005 Politics of Scotland

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