Next Year: | 1990 |
Previous Year: | 1982 |
Previous Election: | 1982 Grampian Regional Council election |
Next Election: | 1990 Grampian Regional Council election |
Party1: | Scottish Labour |
Party2: | Scottish Conservatives |
Party3: | SDP-Liberal Alliance |
Party4: | Scottish National Party |
Party5: | Independent politician |
Seats1: | 17 |
Percentage1: | 25.3% |
Type: | parliamentary |
Seats For Election: | All 57 seats to Grampian Regional Council |
Majority Seats: | 29 |
Seats2: | 15 |
Percentage2: | 27.2% |
Seats3: | 13 |
Percentage3: | 25.5% |
Seats4: | 8 |
Percentage4: | 16.0% |
Seats5: | 4 |
Percentage5: | 5.6% |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Seat Change2: | 13 |
Seat Change3: | 7 |
Seat Change4: | 5 |
Seat Change5: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 32,712 |
Popular Vote2: | 35,144 |
Popular Vote3: | 32,980 |
Popular Vote4: | 20,682 |
Popular Vote5: | 7,208 |
Swing1: | 2.0% |
Swing2: | 13.2% |
Swing3: | 8.5% |
Swing4: | 4.6% |
Swing5: | 1.7% |
Map4 Image: | File:Grampian Regional Council election, 1986.svg |
Map4 Caption: | The 57 single member wards |
Turnout: | 35.7% |
The fourth election to Grampian Regional Council was held on 8 May 1986 as part of the wider 1986 Scottish regional elections. The election saw the Conservatives suffering heavy losses, which were in turn picked up by the various other parties. The Labour Party emerged as the single largest force on the 57 seat council, although all parties fell well short of the 29
seats needed for a majority. The election was particularly devastating for the Conservatives in the region given that they had controlled the council since its creation in 1974.
Following the election control of the council was undertaken by a minority administration composed of Independent, SNP, and SDP-Liberal Alliance councillors. The councils new convenor was the Independent councillor Geoffrey Hadley.[1]