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1986 Haringey London Borough Council election

The 1986 Haringey Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Haringey London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party retained overall control of the council.

The 1986 Haringey Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Haringey London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party retained overall control of the council.

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Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss
42	13	4	+9
16	3	13	-10
1	1	0	+1
0	0	0	±0
0	0	0	±0
0	0	0	±0
0	0	0	±0
0	0	0	±0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Labour	1,480	34.2	+6.5
	Labour	1,431	33.1	+5.9
	Labour	1,383	32.0	+5.2
	Alliance (Liberal)	1,307	30.2	+4.0
	Conservative	1,298	30.0	−12.0
	Conservative	1,282	29.6	−12.3
	Alliance (SDP)	1,253	29.0	+2.9
	Conservative	1,252	28.9	−12.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	1,221	28.2	+2.3
	Green	292	6.7	N/A
4,327	59.1	+7.3
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,045	37.2	+10.1
	Conservative	986	35.1	−8.4
	Labour	972	34.6	+8.4
	Conservative	951	33.8	−8.9
	Alliance (SDP)	595	21.2	−4.1
	Alliance (Liberal)	592	21.1	−2.9
	Green	167	5.9	+2.8
2,810	52.3	−1.4
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,811	39.5	+5.0
	Labour	1,738	37.9	+3.0
	Conservative	1,645	35.9	−5.4
	Conservative	1,634	35.6	−5.4
	Conservative	1,632	35.6	−4.6
	Labour	1,612	35.1	+1.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	839	18.3	−1.4
	Alliance (SDP)	796	17.4	−1.6
	Alliance (SDP)	743	16.2	−1.9
	Green	181	3.9	N/A
	United Independent Group	67	1.5	N/A
4,587	52.1	+5.8
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,748	43.7	−8.3
	Labour	1,728	43.2	−7.4
	Labour	1,673	41.8	−8.6
	Conservative	1,066	26.6	+6.7
	Conservative	1,017	25.4	+5.5
	Conservative	877	21.9	+2.5
	Alliance (Liberal)	788	19.7	−2.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	774	19.3	−1.6
	Alliance (SDP)	739	18.5	−2.4
	Green	252	6.3	N/A
	United Independent Group	96	2.4	N/A
4,003	48.1	+12.6
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bryan Morris was a sitting councillor for Highgate ward.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	1,656	38.4	+19.8
	Labour	1,587	36.8	−4.7
	Labour	1,566	36.3	−1.1
	Labour	1,510	35.0	−1.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	1,398	32.4	+13.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	1,383	32.1	+14.1
	Conservative	695	16.1	−17.3
	Conservative	689	16.0	−16.8
	Independent	472	11.0	N/A
	Green	106	2.5	N/A
4,309	52.1	+13.2
	Liberal gain from Labour
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,385	34.9	+4.1
	Labour	1,345	33.9	+3.1
	Labour	1,329	33.5	+3.3
	Conservative	1,307	32.9	−6.5
	Conservative	1,256	31.6	−6.8
	Conservative	1,222	30.8	−7.1
	Alliance (SDP)	880	22.2	−0.9
	Alliance (SDP)	878	22.1	+0.1
	Alliance (SDP)	848	21.3	±0.0
	Green	407	10.2	+5.1
	Humanist	76	1.9	N/A
3,972	55.8	+4.1
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Paul Loach was a sitting councillor for Seven Sisters ward.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,680	43.1	−3.6
	Conservative	1,680	43.1	−1.6
	Conservative	1,588	40.7	−3.4
	Labour	1,061	27.2	+2.8
	Labour	1,058	27.1	+3.4
	Labour	1,055	27.0	+4.5
	Alliance (SDP)	897	23.0	−1.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	874	22.4	−1.8
	Alliance (SDP)	850	21.8	−1.1
	Green	293	7.5	N/A
3,901	52.2	−2.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,488	57.9	+2.4
	Labour	1,462	56.9	+1.3
	Conservative	633	24.6	−0.2
	Conservative	629	24.5	+2.6
	Alliance (SDP)	270	10.5	−5.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	256	10.0	−4.2
	United Independent Group	51	2.0	N/A
2,569	43.2	+7.2
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,827	54.7	+0.3
	Labour	1,799	53.9	−3.9
	Labour	1,651	49.4	−4.8
	Conservative	766	22.9	+1.8
	Conservative	696	20.8	−0.1
	Conservative	688	20.6	−0.1
	Alliance (SDP)	384	11.5	−4.1
	Alliance (SDP)	377	11.3	−2.9
	Alliance (SDP)	329	9.9	−3.3
	Green	199	6.0	N/A
	Communist	193	5.8	−0.2
	United Independent Group	105	3.1	N/A
	Humanist	47	1.4	N/A
3,340	41.3	−1.1
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Sharon Lawrence was a sitting councillor for Alexandra ward.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,138	47.0	−3.4
	Labour	1,081	44.6	−1.1
	Conservative	626	25.8	+2.4
	Conservative	558	23.0	+0.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	543	22.4	+0.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	520	21.5	+3.0
2,422	47.5	+8.6
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Robert Harris was a sitting councillor for Bruce Grove ward.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,429	58.2	+2.0
	Conservative	1,380	56.2	+1.2
	Labour	488	19.9	+8.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	438	17.8	−8.1
	Alliance (SDP)	423	17.2	−7.6
	Labour	422	17.2	+6.2
	Green	115	4.7	N/A
2,454	48.9	−5.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,178	39.5	−2.2
	Labour	1,086	36.4	−8.5
	Conservative	854	28.6	−5.3
	Conservative	836	28.0	−4.2
	Alliance (SDP)	519	17.4	+1.0
	Alliance (SDP)	513	17.2	+1.3
	Green	241	8.1	+5.4
	Independent	221	7.4	−37.5
	United Independent Group	90	3.0	N/A
2,981	55.4	+1.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Pearl Hurry was a sitting councillor for the Bowes Park ward. She was originally elected as a Conservative. Brian Bullard was originally elected for the Labour Party.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,319	51.4	+12.2
	Labour	1,284	50.0	+6.4
	Conservative	686	26.7	−7.0
	Conservative	655	25.5	−7.9
	Alliance (SDP)	298	11.6	−4.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	289	11.3	−3.7
	Green	196	7.6	N/A
2,567	52.6	+5.8
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,876	41.1	−5.9
	Conservative	1,827	40.0	−5.8
	Conservative	1,807	39.5	−6.4
	Labour	1,404	30.7	+6.7
	Labour	1,271	27.8	+4.1
	Labour	1,230	26.9	+3.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	1,019	22.3	−4.0
	Alliance (SDP)	987	21.6	−4.0
	Alliance (SDP)	982	21.5	−3.4
	Green	472	10.3	N/A
	Humanist	65	1.4	N/A
4,570	54.4	−1.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,760	39.2	−3.3
	Labour	1,747	38.9	−1.6
	Labour	1,650	36.7	−3.0
	Conservative	1,641	36.5	−0.5
	Conservative	1,542	34.3	−2.5
	Conservative	1,521	33.9	−2.2
	Alliance (SDP)	760	16.9	+1.7
	Alliance (SDP)	758	16.9	+1.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	681	15.2	+1.2
	Green	147	3.3	N/A
	United Independent Group	77	1.7	N/A
4,492	53.3	+8.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,128	47.5	−2.4
	Labour	1,031	43.4	−2.1
	Conservative	854	35.9	+3.4
	Conservative	817	34.4	+2.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	296	12.5	−1.8
	Alliance (SDP)	270	11.4	−2.6
2,377	44.9	+6.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,145	57.0	−4.3
	Labour	1,030	51.2	−3.3
	Conservative	506	25.2	+4.8
	Conservative	424	21.1	+2.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	267	13.3	−4.0
	Alliance (SDP)	247	12.3	−3.9
2,010	41.3	+6.1
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,404	53.9	+8.0
	Labour	1,317	50.6	+8.5
	Conservative	666	25.6	−7.3
	Conservative	586	22.5	−9.4
	Alliance (SDP)	313	12.0	−3.0
	Alliance (Liberal)	249	9.6	−5.3
	Green	166	6.4	N/A
2,604	52.1	−0.1
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,379	48.2	+9.5
	Labour	1,354	47.3	+9.1
	Conservative	1,156	40.4	−4.7
	Conservative	1,015	35.5	−2.5
	Alliance (Liberal)	197	6.9	−5.4
	Alliance (SDP)	165	5.8	−5.8
	Green	100	3.5	N/A
2,863	51.3	+4.0
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

Viv Fenwick was a sitting councillor for Hornsey Vale ward. Walter Taylor was a sitting councillor for West Green ward.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,685	45.1	−7.8
	Labour	1,675	44.9	−7.6
	Labour	1,577	42.2	−9.2
	Conservative	890	23.8	−1.7
	Alliance (SDP)	857	23.0	+8.8
	Conservative	851	22.8	−2.2
	Alliance (SDP)	758	20.3	+7.5
	Alliance (SDP)	742	19.9	+12.0
	Conservative	703	18.8	−5.9
	Green	162	4.3	N/A
3,733	46.6	+10.8
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,854	43.3	+2.4
	Labour	1,786	41.7	+4.3
	Conservative	1,786	41.7	+1.4
	Labour	1,740	40.7	+5.9
	Conservative	1,735	40.5	−0.3
	Labour	1,701	39.7	+6.4
	Alliance (SDP)	440	10.3	−8.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	404	9.4	−7.2
	Alliance (SDP)	332	7.8	−8.3
	Green	200	4.7	N/A
4,280	50.3	+5.8
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,827	47.6	+13.1
	Conservative	1,783	46.4	+12.3
	Conservative	1,764	45.9	+13.2
	Labour	1,300	33.8	−10.3
	Labour	1,178	30.7	−12.0
	Labour	1,142	29.7	−11.1
	Alliance (SDP)	523	13.6	−1.7
	Alliance (SDP)	441	11.5	−2.9
	Alliance (SDP)	431	11.2	−3.1
3,842	51.7	+12.1
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,758	41.9	−1.1
	Labour	1,739	41.4	+4.9
	Labour	1,670	39.8	+4.5
	Labour	1,617	38.5	+3.3
	Conservative	1,546	36.8	−4.9
	Conservative	1,537	36.6	−4.9
	Alliance (SDP)	532	12.7	−4.4
	Alliance (SDP)	468	11.1	−4.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	355	8.5	−6.0
	United Independent Group	84	2.0	N/A
4,198	55.1	+11.9
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	2,008	53.6	+17.1
Labour	1,479	39.5	+0.6
Alliance	211	5.6	−11.3
Green	46	1.2	−2.1
44.21
Conservative gain from Labour

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Nigel Knowles.

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	1,109	40.6	+4.3
Alliance	842	30.9	−1.2
Conservative	724	26.5	+10.4
Green	54	2.0	−0.5
32.24
Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Beth Simons.

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	695	46.1	−11.8
Conservative	662	43.9	+19.3
Alliance	96	6.4	−4.1
Green	55	3.6	N/A
25.38
Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Anne Douglas.

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	1,375	61.8	+18.7
Labour	538	24.2	−2.8
Alliance	214	9.6	−13.4
Green	97	4.4	−3.1
29.43
Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Jeffrey Lotery.

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	1,209	48.9	+5.2
Conservative	887	35.9	+10.5
Liberal Democrats	230	9.3	−10.4
Green	133	5.4	−0.9
Independent	14	0.6	N/A
29.25
Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Bernie Grant.

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	1,265	48.8	+13.2
Labour	947	36.5	−3.0
Liberal Democrats	233	9.0	−9.3
Green	147	5.7	+1.8
29.52
Conservative gain from Labour

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Pat Craig-Jones.

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	1,269	52.6	+19.7
Labour	839	34.8	−0.1
Green	162	6.7	−3.5
Liberal Democrats	143	5.9	−16.3
34.89
Conservative gain from Labour

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Paul Loach.

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	1,419	53.5	+11.6
Labour	1,126	42.4	+3.9
Liberal Democrats	109	4.1	−4.4
35.48
Conservative hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Bernard Dehnel.

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