# 1986 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election

The 1986 Kingston upon Thames Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went into no overall control.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Conservative Party | 49,308 (39.44%) | 12.47 | 24 (48.0%) | 24 / 50 | 16 |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | 47,863 (38.28%) | 8.09 | 22 (44.0%) | 22 / 50 | 15 |
| Labour Party | 26,583 (21.26%) | 3.67 | 4 (8.0%) | 4 / 50 | 1 |
| Green Party | 1,016 (0.81%) | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 50 | |
| Ind. Conservative | 148 (0.12%) | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 50 | |
| Ind. Labour | 84 (0.07%) | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 50 | |
| Independent | 26 (0.02%) | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 50 | |
| 4 | 22 | 24 |
| Labour | SDP-Liberal Alliance | Conservative |

## Ward results

Berrylands (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Peter C Gray* | |
| | Conservative | Paul N H Clokie* | |
| | Conservative | Edna E Gray* | |
| | SDP | | |
| | SDP | | |
| | Liberal | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Burlington (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Derek R Osborne | 1,153 | 60.1 |
| | Liberal | Robert W Eyre-Brook | 1,183 | |
| | Conservative | Francis J Steptoe* | 761 | 27.7 |
| | Conservative | | 676 | |
| | Labour | | | 12.2 |
| | Labour | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 32.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Cambridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Ian Manders* | 1,702 |
| | SDP | Julia A Haines | 1,653 |
| | Liberal | Claire V Jackson | 1,609 |
| | Conservative | | 1,273 |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | David V Weston* | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Green | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
Canbury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Barbara Lilian Janke | 1,368 | 43.5 |
| | Liberal | Steven J Harris* | 1,355 | |
| | Liberal | John Tilley* | 1,319 | |
| | Labour | | 924 | 29.4 |
| | Labour | | | |
| | Labour | | | |
| | Conservative | | | 18.8 |
| | Conservative | | | |
| | Conservative | | | |
| | Green | | | 5.7 |
| | Independent Labour | | | 2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 14.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
Chessington North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Ian F Osborne | 1,292 | 57.7 |
| | Liberal | Brian M Bennett | 1,274 | |
| | Conservative | | 518 | 23.1 |
| | Conservative | | | |
| | Labour | | | 19.2 |
| | Labour | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Chessington South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Valerie Rice* | |
| | Conservative | Leonard Bazin* | |
| | Conservative | Trevor F Thorpe* | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Liberal | | |
| | Liberal | | |
| | Liberal | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Coombe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | * | |
| | Liberal | | |
| | Liberal | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Grove (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Christopher A Nicholson* | 1,534 |
| | Liberal | Christine J Tilley* | 1,512 |
| | Liberal | Mark R Welling | 1,414 |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Green | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |
Hill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Albert L O Gardner* | 1,043 |
| | Conservative | Melissa J Rowe* | 1,035 |
| | Liberal | | 498 |
| | Liberal | | 446 |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Green | | |
| | Independent | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Hook (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | SDP | David B Campanale | 989 |
| | SDP | William M B Young | 935 |
| | Conservative | Peter F Groves* | 695 |
| | Conservative | | 666 |
| | Labour | | 563 |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | SDP gain from Conservative | SDP gain from Conservative | Swing |
Malden Manor (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Adrian J Clare* | |
| | Conservative | Alan G Kessell* | |
| | SDP | | |
| | SDP | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Norbiton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Neil A Calvert* | 1,152 |
| | Liberal | Roger Mark Hayes* | 1,090 |
| | Labour | Steven Mama | 1,049 |
| | Liberal | Louise Anne Harris | 1,046 |
| | Liberal | Roberto A Anghileri | 1,030 |
| | Labour | Julie A Reay | 1,016 |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Green | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Norbiton Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Frank Hartfree | |
| | Conservative | Melanie A Walsh | |
| | Liberal | | |
| | Liberal | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
St James (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | David H Fraser | 1,666 |
| | Liberal | Jean Godden* | 1,423 |
| | Conservative | Gavin N French | 1,419 |
| | Conservative | Fiona Burkeman | 1,375 |
| | Liberal | Gerald M Harman | 1,233 |
| | Liberal | Frederick C Clifton | 1,192 |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
St Marks (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Dennis F Doe | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | * | |
| | Liberal | | |
| | Liberal | | |
| | Liberal | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Green | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Surbiton Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | * | |
| | Conservative | * | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | SDP | | |
| | SDP | | |
| | Liberal | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Green | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Tolworth East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Anthony J Davis* | 1,032 |
| | Liberal | Jeffrey P Hanna | 989 |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Tolworth South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Liberal | | |
| | SDP | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Tolworth West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | SDP | | |
| | SDP | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Tudor (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Jennifer R Philpott | |
| | Liberal | John A Savill | |
| | SDP | Charles Neil Bloom | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |