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1986 Colchester Borough Council election

Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on 8 May 1986 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

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Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on 8 May 1986 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

At the election, the Conservative Party lost control of the council to no overall control after having held an overall majority since the 1976 election.

1986 Colchester Borough Council election
Conservative	6	6	28.6	22	28	46.7	13,873	33.3	–9.6
Alliance	8	6	38.1	8	16	26.7	14,988	36.0	+10.9
Labour	5		23.8	7	12	20.0	11,185	26.9	–1.3
Residents	1		4.8	2	3	5.0	1,110	2.7	+0.4
Independent	1		4.8	0	1	1.7	459	1.1	–0.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Alliance	1,235	43.6	+6.2
	Labour	1,115	39.4	+2.4
	Conservative	483	17.0	−8.6
120	4.2	+3.9
2,833	47.0	+8.4
6,029
	Alliance gain from Labour	1.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	422	63.9	−12.2
	Alliance	187	28.3	+11.2
	Labour	51	7.7	−0.9
235	35.6	−23.3
660	48.5	−2.3
1,361
	Independent hold	11.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	600	63.0	−0.1
	Alliance	261	27.4	−1.8
	Labour	91	9.6	+1.9
339	35.6	+1.8
952	50.3	−4.3
1,894
	Conservative hold	0.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,090	39.8	+4.8
	Alliance	865	31.6	+15.4
	Conservative	784	28.6	−19.2
225	8.2	N/A
2,739	53.2	+5.9
5,150
	Labour hold	5.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,076	44.0	−12.1
	Alliance	845	34.6	+14.1
	Conservative	485	19.9	−3.6
	Independent	37	1.5	N/A
231	9.4	−23.2
2,443	45.2	+5.7
5,470
	Labour hold	13.1

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	1,218	53.7	+4.2
	Conservative	921	40.6	−5.1
	Labour	129	5.7	+0.8
297	13.1	+9.3
2,268	53.6	−3.6
4,235
	Alliance gain from Conservative	4.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	797	48.1	−8.1
	Alliance	513	31.0	+16.9
	Labour	347	20.9	−8.5
284	17.1	−10.0
1,657	41.7	−0.2
3,971
	Conservative hold	12.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	1,100	60.4	−11.4
	Labour	450	24.7	+8.5
	Conservative	270	14.8	+2.8
650	35.7	−19.9
1,820	39.3	−9.1
4,630
	Alliance hold	10.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	1,445	55.0	+4.0
	Conservative	827	31.5	−5.2
	Labour	353	13.4	+1.1
618	23.5	+9.2
2,625	51.7	+1.0
5,082
	Alliance gain from Conservative	4.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	1,299	57.3	+13.4
	Labour	734	32.4	−11.2
	Conservative	235	10.4	−2.1
565	24.9	+24.6
2,268	36.8	−1.4
6,159
	Alliance hold	12.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,310	59.4	−3.1
	Conservative	485	22.0	−2.6
	Alliance	410	18.6	+5.7
825	37.4	−0.5
2,205	25.4	−6.0
8,690
	Labour hold	0.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	890	39.4	+22.3
	Labour	716	31.7	−13.7
	Conservative	653	28.9	−8.7
174	7.7	N/A
2,259	46.3	−4.0
4,876
	Alliance gain from Labour	18.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	928	45.5	+10.3
	Conservative	885	43.4	−8.5
	Labour	226	11.1	−1.8
43	2.1	N/A
2,039	46.3	+1.6
4,560
	Alliance gain from Conservative	9.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	964	47.6	−15.1
	Alliance	603	29.8	+11.6
	Labour	459	22.7	+3.6
361	17.8	−25.8
2,026	40.2	−1.4
5,042
	Conservative hold	13.4

Vote share changes are compared to the top candidate result from the 1984 election.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	893	44.0	+13.7
	Conservative	831	40.9	−11.0
	Labour	306	15.1	−2.7
62	3.1	N/A
1,724	40.7	+4.9
4,989
	Alliance gain from Conservative	12.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	1,110	60.5	+9.2
	Conservative	472	25.7	−7.7
	Labour	254	13.8	−1.5
638	34.8	+16.9
1,836	30.5	−0.5
6,010
	Residents hold	8.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	562	52.4	−10.8
	Alliance	393	36.7	+10.8
	Labour	117	10.9	±0.0
169	15.7	−21.5
1,072	45.9	+2.6
2,334
	Conservative hold	10.8

Vote share changes are compared to the top candidate result from the 1984 election.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,183	62.0	+6.9
	Alliance	566	29.7	+18.5
	Labour	159	8.3	+0.1
617	32.3	N/A
1,908	37.4	−12.2
5,105
	Conservative hold	5.8

No Independent candidate as previous (-25.5).

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	685	58.5	−14.0
	Alliance	378	32.3	+11.2
	Labour	108	9.2	+4.0
307	26.2	−25.2
1,171	54.6	+0.2
2,146
	Conservative hold	12.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,060	42.4	−8.2
	Labour	1,034	41.3	−9.3
	Conservative	943	37.7	−1.0
	Conservative	808	32.3	−6.4
	Alliance	499	20.0	+9.3
	Alliance	460	18.4	+7.7
2,501	40.9	−0.6
6,116
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

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