Lothian Regional Council election, 1986

Map showing results by Lothian Regional Electoral District.

The fourth election to Lothian Regional Council was held on 8 May 1986 as part of the wider 1986 Scottish regional elections. The Lothian result was little different to the wider Scottish results, which saw Labour making strong gains across Scotland. In Lothian this allowed Labour to secure their majority on the 49 seat council.

Turnout was 47.33%; the highest in Scotland.^[1]

Aggregate results

Lothian Regional election, 1986[1][2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	30			7		46.35		17.4
	Conservative	13			8		22.04		11.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	3					16.10		10.8
	SNP	2			1		10.52		0.2
	Independent	1					4.99

References

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