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1986 West Lancashire District Council election

The 1986 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 1 May 1986 to elect members of West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council.

The 1986 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 1 May 1986 to elect members of West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Seats	±
Conservative	27	-3
Labour	21	+2
Social Democrat	3	+1
Liberal	1	0
Independent	3	0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Conservative	1,041
	SDP	345
	Labour	290


	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,637
	SDP	865
	Conservative	465
	Conservative	420



	Labour hold
	SDP gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	806
	Conservative	721
	SDP	161


	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	1,108
	Conservative	984
	Labour	647


	SDP gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	294
	SDP	91
	Labour	53


	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	902
	SDP	753
	Labour	323


	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	877
	Labour	450
	SDP	100


	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	665
	SDP	93
	Conservative	93
	Communist	80


	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	559
	Labour	154
	SDP	146


	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	515
	Conservative	500
	Labour	281
	Labour	280
	SDP	90


	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	968
	SDP	423
	Labour	208


	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	561
	Labour	125
	SDP	110


	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,045
	Conservative	885
	SDP	291


	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,111
	Conservative	233
	SDP	177


	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,124
	SDP	239
	Conservative	145


	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	999
	SDP	228
	Conservative	134


	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	803
	SDP	314
	Labour	182


	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	735
	Conservative	593


	Labour gain from SDP

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