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1986 West Dorset District Council election

The 1986 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 8 May 1986 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. One third of seats were up for election.

The 1986 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 8 May 1986 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. One third of seats were up for election.

The 1986 election saw the Independent councillors maintain their majority control on the Council.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Independent	474	36.4	N/A
	Independent	428	32.8	N/A
	Alliance	401	30.8	N/A
46	3.5	N/A
	46.6	N/A
2,794
	Independent gain from Independent

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	440	56.1	N/A
	Alliance	344	43.9	N/A
96	12.2	N/A
	52.2	N/A
1,502

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	500	84.9	N/A
	Labour	89	15.1	N/A
411	69.8	N/A
	43.9	N/A
1,342

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	542	39.2	+6.2
	Conservative	498	36.1	–10.2
	Alliance	341	24.7	+4.0
44	3.2	N/A
	43.1	–6.0
3,204
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	508	91.2	N/A
	Labour	49	8.8	N/A
459	82.4	N/A
	51.8	N/A
1,075
	Independent gain from Independent

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	299	31.7	N/A
	Conservative	265	28.1	–21.4
	Independent	241	25.6	N/A
	Labour	137	14.5	N/A
34	3.6	N/A
	31.6	+2.0
2,980
	Alliance gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	466	50.2	+11.4
	Conservative	326	35.1	+2.2
	Labour	137	14.7	+6.6
140	15.1	N/A
	40.9	+9.3
2,269
	Alliance gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	441	46.9	+15.3
	Alliance	318	33.8	+17.2
	Labour	181	19.3	+10.4
123	13.1	N/A
	41.6	–28.4
2,258
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	875	48.6	+13.3
	Conservative	751	41.7	–11.6
	Labour	173	9.6	–1.8
124	6.9	N/A
	47.9	–4.7
3,759
	Alliance hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	688	40.5	+13.9
	Conservative	520	30.6	–5.0
	Labour	491	28.9	–9.0
168	9.9	N/A
	62.5	+14.6
2,718
	Alliance gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	377	89.8	N/A
	Labour	43	10.2	N/A
334	79.6	N/A
	35.9	N/A
1,169

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	unopposed	N/A	N/A
3,005

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	451	74.9	+12.6
	Labour	151	25.1	N/A
300	49.8	+25.1
	45.1	–4.0
1,335
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	unopposed	N/A	N/A
2,235

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	447	82.5	N/A
	Labour	95	17.5	N/A
175	65.0	N/A
	47.6	N/A
1,139

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	566	44.6	N/A
	Alliance	444	35.0	N/A
	Labour	258	20.3	N/A
122	9.6	N/A
	48.1	N/A
2,634

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	776	43.7	+5.1
	Alliance	574	32.3	–1.3
	Labour	425	23.9	–3.8
202	11.4	+6.4
	46.7	+0.8
3,798
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	unopposed	N/A	N/A
1,771

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	437	58.3	N/A
	Alliance	277	37.0	N/A
	Labour	35	4.7	N/A
160	21.3	N/A
	62.2	N/A
1,204
	Independent gain from Conservative

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