1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
8 May 1986 (1986-05-08)
24 of 66 seats (One Third and two by-elections)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout46.6% (3.3%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
SDP–Lib
Leader George Clark John Hale Roy Perkins
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Leader's seat Ran in Prenton (lost) Liscard Claughton
Last election 8 seats,
38.0%		 12 seats,
42.9%		 2 seats,
18.9%
Seats before 24 34 8
Seats won 10 9 5
Seats after 26 30 10
Seat change 2 4 2
Popular vote 44,991 41,772 29,813
Percentage 37.3% 34.6% 24.7%
Swing 0.7% 8.3% 5.8%
Map of results of 1986 election
Leader of the Council before election

John Hale
Conservative

 Leader of the Council after election

John Hale (Conservative)
No Overall Control

The 1986 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats±
Conservative304
Labour262
Alliance102

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