1986 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election

The 1986 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of North Bedfordshire Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1986 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	6	8	31.6	17	23	43.4	11,791	33.8	–3.1
	Alliance	7	5	36.8	8	15	28.3	11,459	32.9	+12.2
	Labour	6	3	31.6	8	14	26.4	11,556	33.2	+2.5
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.9	N/A	N/A	–3.4
	Communist	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	52	0.1	–0.1

Ward Results

Brickhill

Brickhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	C. Green	1,468	50.1	+18.1
	Alliance	T. Hill	1,419	48.4	+19.5
	Conservative	R. Gwynne Jones*	1,080	36.9	-12.4
	Conservative	M. Humphrys	985	33.6	-13.9
	Labour	S. Gordge	382	13.0	-1.5
	Labour	H. Mitchell	362	12.4	-1.0
Turnout			2,930	48.4
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Rigby*	898	43.0	-0.2
	Labour	C. Colins	855	39.8	+10.3
	Alliance	N. Hills	317	17.3	-6.1
Turnout			2,070	52.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cauldwell

Cauldwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Storrow*	1,360	56.8	-4.2
	Conservative	R. Pal	672	28.1	+7.5
	Alliance	M. Sawyer	310	12.9	±0.0
	Communist	P. Waite	52	2.2	+0.1
Turnout			2,394	42.3
	Labour hold		Swing

De Parys

De Parys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	M. Fitzpatrick	1,300	48.7	+22.2
	Conservative	D. Lennox-Lamb*	922	34.5	-21.1
	Labour	D. Lee	448	16.8	+0.3
Turnout			2,670	47.8
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Felmersham

Felmersham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Groves	482	48.5	-15.7
	Alliance	A. Nicholson	434	43.7	+31.0
	Labour	J. Yoell	77	7.8	-2.8
Turnout			993	56.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goldington

Goldington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	S. Marsh*	1,218	45.0	-1.2
	Labour	D. Grugeon	1,157	42.7	+11.9
	Conservative	V. Fulford	334	12.3	-8.9
Turnout			2,709	48.6
	Alliance hold		Swing

Harpur

Harpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Anderson	1,177	51.5	+23.8
	Conservative	C. Ellis	851	37.3	-13.8
	Alliance	J. Lotan	256	11.2	+0.5
Turnout			2,284	44.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Harrold

Harrold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Cameron	538	49.4	-4.4
	Alliance	N. Treverton	301	27.7	-2.0
	Labour	E. Falkner	249	22.9	+6.4
Turnout			1,088	52.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kempston East

Kempston East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Oliver	1,290	45.7	+10.8
	Conservative	C. Attenborough*	1,178	41.7	-4.7
	Alliance	J. Ceiriog-Jones	355	12.6	+2.8
Turnout			2,823	43.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kempston West

Kempston West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Hunt	1,209	51.4	+15.8
	Conservative	R. Hyde*	833	35.4	-5.4
	Alliance	K. Culbert	312	13.3	-1.6
Turnout			2,354	42.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kingsbrook

Kingsbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Luder	1,307	61.7	+20.0
	Alliance	M. Whiteford	468	22.1	-3.4
	Conservative	P. Phillips	343	16.2	-3.3
Turnout			2,118	39.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	M. Evans	866	44.3	+5.4
	Conservative	R. Norbury	650	33.3	-8.0
	Labour	R. Crane	437	22.4	+3.2
Turnout			1,953	50.4
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Oakley

Oakley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	P. Olney	490	49.4	+19.9
	Conservative	E. Gough*	431	43.4	-13.8
	Labour	T. Carroll	71	7.2	-6.1
Turnout			992	59.0
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Putnoe

Putnoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	J. Marsh	1,458	53.7	+9.5
	Conservative	K. Arger	1,023	37.7	-5.1
	Labour	H. Wrack	234	8.6	+0.8
Turnout			2,715	48.8
	Alliance hold		Swing

Queen's Park

Queen's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Jones*	1,505	71.5	+14.9
	Conservative	M. Williams	373	17.7	-11.4
	Alliance	J. Cunningham	226	10.7	+4.0
Turnout			2,104	39.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Renhold

Renhold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Bone*	513	63.1	-9.7
	Alliance	J. Codd	200	24.6	+8.1
	Labour	Y. Anderson	100	12.3	+1.6
Turnout			813	45.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Riseley

Riseley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Cocksedge*	669	66.3	-10.0
	Labour	J. Jarman	186	18.4	+6.9
	Alliance	A. Brown	154	15.3	+3.1
Turnout			1,009	49.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilshamstead

Wilshamstead (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. Wisson*	579	55.2	-18.5
	Labour	C. Sayer	291	27.8	+10.8
	Alliance	A. Sewell	178	17.0	+7.7
Turnout			1,048	45.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

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