Sheffield Council election, 1986
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Elections to Sheffield
Council were held on 8th May 1986. One third of the council was up for election. Since the 1984 election
, the Conservatives had successfully defended two seats in Broomhill and Labour had held one of their Park seats in by-elections the following year.
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
Council were held on 8th May 1986. One third of the council was up for election. Since the 1984 election
Sheffield Council election, 1984
Elections to Sheffield Council were held on 3rd May 1984. One third of the council was up for election.-Election result:This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:-Ward results:...
, the Conservatives had successfully defended two seats in Broomhill and Labour had held one of their Park seats in by-elections the following year.
Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:| Party | Previous council | New council | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 61 | 63 | |||
| Conservatives | 17 | 15 | |||
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | 9 | 9 | |||
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | |||
| Greens | 0 | 0 | |||
| Revolutionary Communist | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christian Ecology | 0 | 0 | |||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 87 | 87 | |||
| Working majority | |||||