1986 Bromley London Borough Council election

The 1986 Bromley Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Bromley London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Background

Election result

Ward results

Beckenham

Anerley (2)

Party		test	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Paul H Brown*	1,591	45.8	+4.9
	SDP	Christopher Richard Gaster*	1,580
	Labour	Michael J D'Arcy	1,282	36.9	+5.0
	Labour	Wendy C Palace
	Conservative	Nicholas M Grove	603	17.3	−9.9
	Conservative	Benjamin W C Waterhouse	579
Majority				8.9	−0.5
Turnout				44.7
	Social Democratic hold		Swing	-0.0

Clock House (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David J Harding*	1,644	40.6	−4.0
	Conservative	Roderick A Reed	1,507
	SDP	Anne Wendy Chaplin	1,369	33.8	−0.9
	Liberal	Stephen R Walls	1,318
	Labour	Mark C Mason	1,038	25.6	+4.9
	Labour	Andrew S Berry	1,033
Majority				6.8	−3.1
Turnout				50.6	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.5

Copers Cope (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher John Elgar*		66.3	+8.5
	Conservative	Charles George Priest*
	Liberal	Julie D King		20.6	−0.7
	SDP	Peter Townsend
	Labour	Malcolm R Newbury		13.1	+4.9
	Labour	Eric H Turner
Majority				45.7	+9.2
Turnout				41.7	−3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Eden Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis J D Cooke*		56.0	−2.5
	Conservative	Albert George Miles
	SDP	Richard Evans		28.9	−3.5
	Liberal	Bernice Nieto
	Labour	Maureen T Laurence		15.1	+6.1
	Labour	Ciaran J Tyndall
Majority				27.1	+1.0
Turnout				44.9	−5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

Kelsey Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice J Mason*		70.9	−3.2
	Conservative	Michael John B Tickner*
	SDP	John P S Hordern		20.8	+0.5
	Liberal	George L Whitehorn
	Labour	Janice M Cooke		8.3	+2.7
	Labour	Bryan Edwin Freake
Majority				50.1	−3.7
Turnout				46.7	−4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.8

Lawrie Park & Kent House (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard D. Foister*		46.6	−4.7
	Conservative	John Arthur M. Lewis*
	Labour	Michael J Curran		32.9	+9.2
	Labour	Derek K Robbins
	Liberal	Paul David Nash		20.5	−4.6
	SDP	Richard Holbech Boultbee
Majority				13.7	−13.9
Turnout				46.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.9

Penge (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur J Mansfield*	1,369	43.4	+8.5
	Labour	Laurence R Pocock	1,199
	Liberal	Heather Isabel Donovan*	963	30.5	−5.5
	Liberal	Jonathan R Coninx	908
	Conservative	Penelope J Hunter	824	26.1	−3.0
	Conservative	Geoffrey J Winnard	802
Majority				12.9	14.0
Turnout				43.1	+4.2
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.0

Shortlands (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Charnley		66.9	−8.1
	Conservative	Brian R Reading*
	SDP	Stuart Philip Bayliss		23.9	+4.4
	Liberal	John S Oakenfull
	Labour	Pauline M Jones		9.2	+3.8
	Labour	Philip Cooke
Majority				43.0	−12.5
Turnout				46.5	−5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.2

Chislehurst

Bickley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Malcolm Dear		50.5	−26.4
	Conservative	Margaret Doreen Moir
	Conservative	Simon J C Randall*	2,894
	Liberal	Ervin G Muller*	2,512	43.1	+17.3
	SDP	Gillian L Collins
	Liberal	Maureen T Brodie
	Labour	Herbert J Gentry
	Labour	Gwendoline I Mansfield		6.4	−0.9
	Labour	Howard E Kniveton
Majority				54.1	+12.9
Turnout				50.9	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.4

Chislehurst (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Bryant*		60.4	−11.7
	Conservative	Charles Christopher Seward Reeves*
	Conservative	Joan Kathleen Wykes
	Labour	Charles Phillips		21.2	+11.3
	Labour	Ronald D Deadman
	Labour	Peter G Warner
	SDP	Muriel A Letman		18.4	+0.3
	SDP	Robert Turgoose
	Liberal	Robert R V Woollett
Majority				39.1	−14.9
Turnout				45.5	−4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mottingham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alistair Huistean Macdonald*		45.7	+3.2
	Labour	Patricia A Waitman
	Conservative	Michael John Hennessey		26.2	−4.0
	SDP	Peter H Anderson		26.0	+1.9
	Liberal	Brian Harry Taylor
	Conservative	Julian Patrick Greville Grainger
Majority				21.5	+6.0
Turnout				48.9	+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

Plaistow & Sundridge (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard B Jackson*		52.5	−7.0
	Conservative	Dorothy Joan Laird*
	Conservative	Arthur J Wilkinson*
	Liberal	Michael F Deves		28.6	+2.2
	SDP	William A Scally
	Liberal	Lennard Douglas Woods
	Labour	Madeline A Borland		18.9	+4.8
	Labour	Rex V Barnes
	Labour	Nicholas Anthony Wright
Majority				33.1	−9.2
Turnout				45.5	−1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.6

St Paul's Cray (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Kenneth Mansfield*		40.1	+10.3
	Labour	Selwyn H Ward*
	Labour	Ira G Walters	J
	Conservative	Gladys P Hobbs*		28.6	−7.4
	Conservative	Bernard J Cobley
	Conservative	Albert E Stayte
	Liberal	George H Watson		20.9	−3.0
	SDP	Stephen J Wilson
	SDP	Terence E Simpson
Majority				21.8	−8.1
Turnout				40.6	+2.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Orpington

Chelsfield & Goddington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald G Adams*	2,827	45.6	−10.1
	Liberal	Jonathan Harold Fryer	2,775	44.7	+6.3
	Conservative	Joseph T Heath*	2,752
	Conservative	Bruce G Panes	2,714
	Liberal	Kathleen A Jolly	2,576
	Liberal	Sidney C O Langford	2,561
	Labour	Ronald G D'Olley		9.7	+3.7
	Labour	Trevor E Phillips
	Labour	David N Humphreys
Majority				0.8	−16.5
Turnout				51.9	−3.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.2

Crofton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Martin Bonter*		51.5	−9.5
	Conservative	Peter Sturdy*
	Liberal	Phillip F Dearle		36.9	+3.4
	Liberal	Harry Anthony Silvester
	Labour	Geoffrey H Ball		11.6	+6.1
	Labour	Graham E Kom
Majority				14.6	−18.9
Turnout				48.6	−6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-9.4

Farnborough (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Norman Goodman*		63.7	−13.2
	Conservative	Jennifer Mary Hillier*
	Liberal	Terence Frank Clark		27.3	+3.9
	Liberal	Paul D Solloway
	Labour	Alfred C Morgan		8.9	+4.1
	Labour	Kei'h Warren
Majority				36.4	−12.0
Turnout				47.9	−2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.0

Orpington Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Christopher Stewart Maines	1,617	43.3	+4.2
	Liberal	Michael John Norris	1,535
	Conservative	Anthony M Owen	1,242	33.3	−16.7
	Conservative	Robert G Straker	1,123
	Labour	Gillian A Collins		21.5	+8.7
	Labour	Keith A Galley
	Independent	Elridge Griffiths		1.8
Majority				10.0	18.9
Turnout				49.7	+0.1
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.4

Petts Wood & Knoll (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Hatcher*		58.0	−10.6
	Conservative	Michael J Edwards*
	Conservative	Brian V Atkinson*
	Liberal	Aubrey James Curry		32.8	+13.5
	SDP	Beatrice W Hedley
	Liberal	John A Martin
	Labour	Rosalie Huzzard		9.2	+5.1
	Labour	Lynn Ann Sellwood
	Labour	Susan Ann Polydorou
Majority				25.2	+9.4
Turnout				51.4	−2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

St Mary Cray (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Richard Holbrook	1,896	37.6	+4.3
	Labour	Ronald William Huzzard	1,878
	Labour	Mark J Smith	1,774
	Liberal	Richard J Gardner	1,617	32.1	+4.5
	Conservative	Norman F Mingay*	1,527	30.3	−8.7
	Liberal	Martin Alan Curry	1,475
	Conservative	Harry R Stranger*	1,463
	Liberal	Duncan Keith Borrowman	1,453
	Conservative	Martin R Reef	1,413
Majority				5.5
Turnout				44.5	+2.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Ravensbourne

Biggin Hill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Robert Haslam*	1,881
	Conservative	Arthur Ronald Edgington	1,837
	Liberal	Robert F Hatch	1,468
	SDP	Joan E Welfare	1,340
	Labour	Stuart N Copping	361
	Labour	Joyce E Galley	333
Majority
Turnout				47.1	−5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bromley Common & Keston (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert H Smith*	2,475	42.6	+
	Conservative	Raymond L Ainsby*	2,442	42.0	−11.2
	Conservative	John Hawes	2,361
	Liberal	Paul Jeremy Hudson Booth	2,351
	SDP	Catherine Mary Boston	2,298
	Conservative	Andrew D Clift	2,264
	Labour	David R Blackman		15.4	−6.3
	Labour	Geoffrey D Williams
	Labour	Pamela C Remon
Majority				28.1	28.7
Turnout				45.9	+4.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.3

Darwin (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter John Bloomfield*		69.7	+2.1
	Liberal	Derek J Goldsmith		22.1	−3.7
	Labour	Martin E Synan		8.2	+1.5
Majority				47.6	+5.8
Turnout				50.3	−6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.95

Hayes (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Dennis Barkway*		53.0	−11.9
	Conservative	Philip Geoffrey Jones*
	Conservative	Nigel G Kelsh
	Liberal	William Ivor Shipley		36.3	+8.3
	SDP	Richard J McKeogh
	SDP	Graham Frederick Keith Radford
	Labour	Peter W Rance		10.8	+3.7
	Labour	Marcus R Shellard
	Labour	Peter R Adamczyk-Haswell
Majority				16.7	−20.2
Turnout				46.5	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.1

Martins Hill & Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William F D Walker*		48.6	−4.9
	Conservative	Anthony Millar Wilkinson*
	Liberal	Jennifer M Hawke		35.9	+1.5
	SDP	Roger Wakefield
	Labour	Alton S Kelly		15.6	+3.5
	Labour	Gordon Thomas Yates
Majority				12.7	−6.3
Turnout				38.6	−4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.1

West Wickham North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Montague I Blasey*		56.9	−10.9
	Conservative	Brian Charles Humphrys
	SDP	Richard J Cox		35.0	+10.7
	Liberal	Peter N F Ward
	Labour	Frank P Atkinson		8.1	+0.2
	Labour	Leslie G Druce
Majority				21.9	−21.6
Turnout				47.6	−0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.8

West Wickham South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth V Crask*		56.9	−10.5
	Conservative	John Frederick Ivan Gray
	SDP	Richard Henry Redden		300.8	+7.0
	Liberal	Irene B Jenkins
	Labour	Richard Richards		8.1	+2.3
	Labour	Gordon D Wright
Majority				21.9	−24.7
Turnout				47.3	−1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12.3

References

1. "London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 29 March 2015.