# 1986 Sutton London Borough Council election

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

## Ward results

Beddington North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Joan Dutton | 1,194 | 46.7 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal | Sylvia Doubell | 1,138 | | |
| | Conservative | Francis McNamara* | 989 | 38.7 | −9.3 |
| | Conservative | Roy Whitehair** | 878 | | |
| | Labour | J Bray | 372 | 14.6 | |
| | Labour | R Moore | 349 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 8.0 | 12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.3 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.4 | |
Beddington South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SDP | Colleen Saunders | 1406 | 41.2 | +7.2 |
| | SDP | Kenneth Bishop | 1,325 | | |
| | SDP | Frances Wurm | 1,248 | | |
| | Labour | P Bassett | 1,057 | 31.0 | +5.7 |
| | Labour | Ms D Richards | 973 | | |
| | Labour | Ms V Scotter | 959 | | |
| | Conservative | Henry Sawyers* | 946 | 27.8 | −12.9 |
| | Conservative | J Belcher | 943 | | |
| | Conservative | P Roffe | 932 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 10.2 | 16.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.8 | +2.2 |
| | SDP gain from Conservative | SDP gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.4 | |
Belmont (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lesley Barber | 1,402 | 61.1 | −4.8 |
| | Conservative | Joyce K M Bowley* | 1,395 | | |
| | Liberal | Barry Reed | 693 | 30.2 | +2.8 |
| | SDP | Glyn Saunders | 683 | | |
| | Labour | B Brennan | 201 | 8.8 | |
| | Labour | Ms J Lawler | 193 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 30.9 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.5 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.8 | |
Carshalton Beeches (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Edward J Crowley* | 2,108 | 57.9 | |
| | Conservative | Keith J Martin* | 2,044 | | |
| | Conservative | Mavis Peart* | 2,037 | | |
| | SDP | Richard Exact | 906 | 24.9 | −1.7 |
| | Liberal | John Phillimore | 882 | | |
| | SDP | Gary Miles | 854 | | |
| | Labour | J Bloom | 353 | 9.7 | |
| | Labour | R Taylor | 341 | | |
| | Labour | | 314 | | |
| | Green | W Holt | 274 | 7.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 33.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Carshalton Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | SDP | John Jukes | 1,165 |
| | Conservative | Peter Baggott* | 1,123 |
| | Liberal | Robert Landeryou | 1,119 |
| | Conservative | John Stapley | 967 |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Green | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | SDP gain from Conservative | SDP gain from Conservative | Swing |
Carshalton North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Thomas Edward Dutton | |
| | Liberal | Michael A Cooper* | 1,356 |
| | Conservative | Denis Kerslake | 991 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Paull | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Cheam South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Lynette Ranson | |
| | Conservative | Edward Trevor* | 1,659 |
| | Liberal | Frank Sharp | 449 |
| | SDP | Agatha Myers | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Cheam West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Cole* | |
| | Conservative | Deborah Mangnall* | 1,279 |
| | Liberal | Judith Franklin | 935 |
| | Liberal | Simon Wales | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Clockhouse (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Garner | 421 |
| | SDP | Robert Irving | 393 |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
North Cheam (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Anthony Brett Young | |
| | SDP | Valerie Price | 1,526 |
| | Conservative | Clifford Carter* | 993 |
| | Conservative | John Sharvill* | 990 |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing |
Rosehill (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Stephen Penneck | |
| SDP | Paul Burstow | 1,425 |
| Conservative | Anne Rawlinson | 778 |
| Conservative | Lorna Rayne | |
| Labour | | |
| Labour | | |
St Helier North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Patrick Kane* | |
| | Labour | Albert Dyson* | |
| | Labour | Donald Hopkins | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | SDP | | |
| | Liberal | | |
| | SDP | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
St Helier South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Charles Mansell | |
| | Labour | John Weir | |
| | SDP | | |
| | SDP | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Sutton Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Graham Norman Tope* | 1,591 |
| | Liberal | Rev. John Aubrey Mullin* | 1,521 |
| | Conservative | | 508 |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |
Sutton Common (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Elizabeth Sharp | |
| | Liberal | Lesley O'Connell | 1,437 |
| | Conservative | Pauline Kavanagh* | 936 |
| | Conservative | Alan Deards | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sutton East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Neil Frater | |
| | Liberal | John Brennan | |
| | SDP | Terence Woods | 1,326 |
| | Conservative | David Hogg | 846 |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Independent | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sutton South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Peter Geiringer* | |
| | Conservative | Paul Mangnall* | |
| | Conservative | Richard Barber* | 1,753 |
| | SDP | Carol Campbell | 926 |
| | SDP | Dora Flew | |
| | Liberal | Cicely Willis | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Green | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Sutton West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Christopher Caswill | |
| | Liberal | Lynette Gleeson | 1,442 |
| | Conservative | Simon McIlwaine | 902 |
| | Conservative | Linda Verner | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Wallington North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Jack Izard* | |
| | Conservative | Joan Quattrucci | |
| | Conservative | Michael Pike | 1,626 |
| | Liberal | Joseph Farrelly | 1,254 |
| | SDP | Kishore Gumaste | |
| | Liberal | Robert Landeryou | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Green | | |
| | Green | | |
| | Green | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Wallington South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Frederick Townsend* | |
| | Conservative | Lynda Burrows | |
| | Conservative | David Waterman | 1,093 |
| | SDP | Richard Sammons | 1,049 |
| | Liberal | Alison Rogers | |
| | SDP | John Drage | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Green | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Wandle Valley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Michael Woolley* | |
| | Labour | Malcolm Smith* | 883 |
| | SDP | June Crow | 638 |
| | SDP | John Barlow | |
| | Conservative | | |
| | Conservative | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Woodcote (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Graham Witham* | 957 |
| | Liberal | Graham Sharp | 248 |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Worcester Park North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Ruth Mary Shaw | |
| | Liberal | Keith Pitkin | |
| | SDP | Gareth Campbell | 1,788 |
| | Conservative | Peter Woolley* | 1,376 |
| | Conservative | Janet Woolley* | |
| | Conservative | Ann Tims* | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Worcester Park South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Roger Roberts | |
| | SDP | Michael Shaw | 1,422 |
| | Conservative | Richard Anthony Kerslake* | 1,163 |
| | Conservative | David Trafford* | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
Wrythe Green (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | SDP | Teresa Munro | |
| | Liberal | Duncan R Ponikwer | 1,385 |
| | Conservative | John Howard | 739 |
| | Conservative | Bruce Newman | |
| | Labour | | |
| | Labour | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |