1986 West Lancashire District Council election

The 1986 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 1 May 1986 to elect members of West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Conservative	27	-3
Labour	21	+2
Social Democrat	3	+1
Liberal	1	0
Independent	3	0

Election results

Aughton Town Green
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Raymond Wardle	1,041
	SDP	Grace Wyatt	345
	Labour	Judith Pickthall	290
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Birch Green (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Danny Bassey	1,637
	SDP	Robert Jones	865
	Conservative	Ronald Brown	465
	Conservative	Florence Smith	420
Majority
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	SDP gain from Labour		Swing

Burscough
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Anne Maguire	806
	Conservative	Ronald Barker	721
	SDP	Margaret McCain	161
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SDP	Robert Jermyn	1,108
	Conservative	William Rigby	984
	Labour	Maurice George	647
Majority
Turnout
	SDP gain from Conservative		Swing

Downholland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alexander Chadwick	294
	SDP	Andrew Johnson	91
	Labour	Christopher Sawyer	53
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knowsley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Val Hopley	902
	SDP	Matthew Cochrane	753
	Labour	Bernard Brown	323
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lathom
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Malcolm Gibbons	877
	Labour	John Draper	450
	SDP	Carol Jermyn	100
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moorside
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Francis Riley	665
	SDP	Stephen Gaskill	93
	Conservative	James Hignett	93
	Communist	Terence Aldridge	80
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Newburgh
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Kenneth Vincent	559
	Labour	Cynthia Dereli	154
	SDP	Louise Randall	146
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Meols (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Ryding	515
	Conservative	David Bintcliffe	500
	Labour	Peter Wynn	281
	Labour	Joan Draper	280
	SDP	Andrew Cowley	90
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parbold
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Turner	968
	SDP	David Pryer	423
	Labour	Patricia Carson	208
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scarisbrick
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Margaret Edwards	561
	Labour	Victor Coman	125
	SDP	Mark Winstanley	110
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ash Martin	1,045
	Conservative	Anthony Toal	885
	SDP	Jill Cochrane	291
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Skelmersdale North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jean White	1,111
	Conservative	George Alty	233
	SDP	Rosamond Bull	177
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Skelmersdale South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Peter Harrison	1,124
	SDP	Joan Critchley	239
	Conservative	Ronald Harrison	145
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Tanhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Stanley Sent	999
	SDP	Thomas Sweeney	228
	Conservative	Sylvia Winters	134
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Tarleton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Barry Gannaway-Jones	803
	SDP	Roy Hiscock	314
	Labour	Wayne Marland	182
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upholland South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Burke	735
	Conservative	Peter Edwards	593
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from SDP		Swing

References

^ "Local Elections results". Ormskirk Advertiser. 8 May 1986. p. ?.

[results-1] "Local Elections results". Ormskirk Advertiser. 8 May 1986. p. ?.

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v t e (1985 ←) 1986 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1987)
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