1986 Chester City Council election

Election result

1986 Chester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10	4	47.6	20	30	50.0	11,635	34.5	–5.6
	Labour	8	3	38.1	11	19	31.7	12,625	37.5	+0.3
	Alliance	3	1	14.3	7	10	16.7	9,266	27.5	+5.1
	Independent	0	0	0.0	1	1	1.7	50	0.1	–0.2
	Residents	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	105	0.3	New

Barrow

Barrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Hasall	779	54.2	–8.4
	Alliance	R. Hesketh	457	31.8	+6.4
	Labour	R. Barlow	202	14.0	+2.0
Majority			322	22.4	–14.8
Turnout			1,438	45.0	±0.0
Registered electors			3,198
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.4

Blacon Hall

Boughton

Boughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Fortune	812	53.7	+7.4
	Conservative	K. Doran	455	30.1	–9.0
	Alliance	P. Atkinson	245	16.2	+1.5
Majority			357	23.6	+16.4
Turnout			1,512	60.8	+1.9
Registered electors			2,488
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.2

Boughton Heath

Boughton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Elloy	785	36.6	–3.9
	Alliance	B. Neale	723	33.7	–16.1
	Labour	D. Halley	585	27.3	+17.6
	Independent	C. Sadler	50	2.3	N/A
Majority			62	2.9	N/A
Turnout			2,143	55.3	–2.4
Registered electors			3,877
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.1

College

College

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Tasker	1,125	57.5	+2.0
	Conservative	J. Snell	469	24.0	–6.1
	Alliance	J. Handley	259	13.2	+4.5
	Residents	D. Taylor	105	5.4	–0.4
Majority			656	33.5	+8.1
Turnout			1,958	45.2	+2.3
Registered electors			4,328
	Labour hold		Swing	4.1

Curzon

Curzon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Murphy	733	42.7	+9.7
	Conservative	W. Johnstone*	602	35.1	–17.7
	Alliance	S. Fraser	381	22.2	+8.0
Majority			131	7.6	N/A
Turnout			1,716	56.1	+7.5
Registered electors			3,060
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	13.7

Dee Point

Dee Point

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Nelson	1,099	67.1	+3.4
	Conservative	B. Andreson	353	21.5	–0.4
	Alliance	E. Owen	187	11.4	–3.0
Majority			746	45.5	N/A
Turnout			1,639	34.8	+3.5
Registered electors			4,705
	Labour hold		Swing	1.9

Elton

Elton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Rowlands*	863	56.9	+0.2
	Labour	D. Cowper	376	24.8	+13.6
	Alliance	D. Howells	279	18.4	–13.7
Majority			487	32.1	+7.5
Turnout			1,518	35.1	–9.2
Registered electors			4,321
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.7

Grosvenor

Grosvenor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Cain*	923	39.8	–7.9
	Labour	D. Dowswell	750	32.3	+3.0
	Alliance	R. Playford	648	27.9	+4.9
Majority			173	7.5	–10.9
Turnout			2,321	52.0	–0.4
Registered electors			4,464
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.5

Hoole

Hoole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	E. Ward*	990	45.7	–5.4
	Labour	D. Owen	905	41.8	+8.4
	Conservative	A. Edwards	272	12.6	–2.8
Majority			85	3.9	–13.8
Turnout			2,167	48.6	–1.4
Registered electors			4,458
	Alliance hold		Swing	6.9

Mollington

Mollington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Jones*	634	79.4	+3.0
	Labour	S. Morris	164	20.6	+12.1
Majority			470	58.9	–2.5
Turnout			798	42.7	–2.5
Registered electors			1,869
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.5

Newton

Newton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Garston*	913	51.5	–8.6
	Alliance	L. Irvine	495	27.9	+8.1
	Labour	R. Hampson	365	20.6	+0.5
Majority			418	23.6	–16.4
Turnout			1,773	43.2	+3.0
Registered electors			4,148
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.4

Plas Newton

Plas Newton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Simpson	693	36.0	–9.3
	Alliance	R. Hale	682	35.4	+20.3
	Conservative	J. Owens-Kay*	551	28.6	–11.0
Majority			11	0.6	–5.0
Turnout			1,926	50.1	+2.0
Registered electors			3,843
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	14.8

Sealand

Sealand

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Pickering	1,005	62.3	+16.2
	Conservative	E. Astill	364	22.6	–6.7
	Alliance	P. Hollins	243	15.1	–9.5
Majority			641	39.8	N/A
Turnout			1,612	43.0	–5.5
Registered electors			3,748
	Labour hold		Swing	11.5

Tarvin

Tarvin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Walker	602	47.4	–25.2
	Alliance	J. Trowell	480	37.8	+21.2
	Labour	A. Pegrum	187	14.7	+3.9
Majority			122	9.6	–46.4
Turnout			1,269	40.7	–4.2
Registered electors			3,115
	Conservative hold		Swing	23.2

Tilston

Upton Grange

Upton Grange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	D. Evans	787	52.3	+14.6
	Conservative	G. Llewellyn-Jones	565	37.6	–12.8
	Labour	I. Longdin	152	10.1	–1.8
Majority			222	14.8	N/A
Turnout			1,504	51.9	+4.6
Registered electors			2,897
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	13.7

Upton Heath

Upton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Gerrard*	823	37.2	–2.6
	Labour	S. Grant	800	36.1	–10.0
	Alliance	C. Bain	591	26.7	+12.6
Majority			23	1.0	N/A
Turnout			2,214	52.0	+2.3
Registered electors			4,257
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.7

Vicars Cross

Vicars Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	G. Proctor*	1,340	62.2	+10.7
	Conservative	J. Boughton	448	20.8	–12.1
	Labour	S. Jenkins	366	17.0	+1.4
Majority			892	41.4	–4.6
Turnout			2,154	50.4	+4.4
Registered electors			4,278
	Alliance hold		Swing	11.4

Westminster

Westminster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Ellis	1,075	51.4	–11.4
	Labour	G. Booth	537	25.7	+1.9
	Alliance	S. Mole	479	22.9	+9.6
Majority			538	25.7	–13.3
Turnout			2,091	43.8	+6.2
Registered electors			4,769
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.7