# 1986 Barnet London Borough Council election

The 1986 Barnet Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 42.0%.
Barnet Local Election Result 1986 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Votes % |
| Conservative | 39 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 43.4 |
| Labour | 18 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 30.5 |
| Alliance | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 22.6 |

## Ward results
### Arkley

Arkley (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Ian Balcombe | 2,090 |
| | Conservative | Wilfred Lipman | 2,071 |
| | Conservative | Leah Hertz | 1,949 |
| | Alliance | David Keech | 1,836 |
| | Labour | Anita Campbell | 1,655 |
| | Labour | Keith Livingston | 1,638 |
| | Labour | Pauline Green | 1,631 |
| | Alliance | Robert Eccles | 1,622 |
| | Alliance | David Raff | 1,445 |
| | Ratepayers and Residents | Erich Herrmann | 710 |
| | Greens | Stephen Syme | 265 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Donald Goodman | 2,355 |
| | Conservative | John Rawles | 2,226 |
| | Conservative | Irene Palmer | 2,223 |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Leifer | 957 |
| | Labour | Bridget Wilkinson | 893 |
| | Alliance | Leslie Kealey | 876 |
| | Labour | Peter Wilkinson | 865 |
| | Alliance | Peter Watkins | 833 |
| | Alliance | John Woods | 812 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Peter Ellis | 2,043 |
| | Labour | Alan Williams | 1,963 |
| | Labour | Gerald Shamash | 1,849 |
| | Ind Lab | James Brophy | 1,082 |
| | Conservative | Peter Edwards | 774 |
| | Conservative | Oliver Stone | 705 |
| | Conservative | Julian Czarny | 649 |
| | Ind Lab | John Heritage | 516 |
| | Ind Lab | Richards Hankins | 476 |
| | Alliance | Albert Dean | 356 |
| | Alliance | Hilda Munden | 354 |
| | Alliance | Ian Albert | 347 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Childs Hill

Childs Hill (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Alliance | Monroe Palmer | 1,740 |
| | Alliance | Brian Stone | 1,517 |
| | Alliance | Jack Cohen | 1,491 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Cohen | 1,431 |
| | Conservative | Leonard Isaac | 1,350 |
| | Conservative | Michele Moulin | 1,347 |
| | Labour | Christopher Brennan | 1,125 |
| | Labour | Peter Grimes | 1,143 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Stuffling-Holland | 1,042 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |

### Colindale

Colindale (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Thomas McKendry | 1,773 |
| | Labour | Ellis Hillman | 1,736 |
| | Labour | Jenny Manson | 1,679 |
| | Conservative | Maxton Brooker | 1,138 |
| | Conservative | William Nicholson | 1,055 |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Da Costa | 1,022 |
| | Alliance | Ruth Cohen | 940 |
| | Alliance | Elisabeth Bristow | 830 |
| | Alliance | Vivien Topping | 724 |
| | Ind Lab | Eyo Nkune | 371 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### East Barnet

East Barnet (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Perry | 2,023 |
| | Conservative | Olwen Evans | 1,981 |
| | Conservative | Mary Perry | 1,933 |
| | Alliance | Colin Shaw | 1,172 |
| | Labour | Carmel Bedford | 1,151 |
| | Alliance | George Gomez | 1,133 |
| | Alliance | Elizabeth Nesbitt | 1,102 |
| | Labour | Michael Larcey | 1,064 |
| | Labour | Usha Chopra | 994 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### East Finchley

East Finchley (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Laurence Spigel | 3,063 |
| | Labour | John Davies | 3,019 |
| | Labour | Frances Crook | 2,963 |
| | Conservative | Michael Buck | 1,618 |
| | Conservative | Kathryn Evans | 1,531 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Khamisa | 1,473 |
| | Alliance | Michael Cole | 683 |
| | Alliance | Bernard Cragg | 671 |
| | Alliance | Jonathan Summers | 621 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Edgware

Edgware (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | David Hammond | 2,126 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Lester | 2,073 |
| | Conservative | Archibald Smith | 2,044 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Paull | 765 |
| | Labour | Keith Hurcombe | 762 |
| | Labour | Robert Vaughan | 742 |
| | Alliance | Barbara Farbey | 646 |
| | Alliance | Jonathan Mulberg | 635 |
| | Alliance | Dennis Schulster | 630 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Finchley

Finchley (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Leslie Sussman | 2,284 |
| | Conservative | Miles Golding | 2,224 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Langstone | 2,203 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Little | 1,195 |
| | Labour | Brian Watkins | 1,170 |
| | Labour | Jeffrey McCracken-Hewson | 1,162 |
| | Alliance | Anne Cragg | 701 |
| | Alliance | Malcolm Davis | 687 |
| | Alliance | Willi Kenton | 650 |
| | Greens | Roy Bowden | 187 |
| | Greens | Ian Vickers | 151 |
| | Greens | Christopher Tasker | 140 |
| | Humanist | Judith Earley | 43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Friern Barnet

Friern Barnet (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Tiplady | 2,318 |
| | Conservative | Brian Salinger | 2,309 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Platford | 2,272 |
| | Labour | Hilary Delyon | 1,208 |
| | Labour | Mary Nutkins | 1,202 |
| | Labour | Roger Matthews | 1,193 |
| | Alliance | Nicholas Harvey | 1,129 |
| | Alliance | Andrew Wade | 1,090 |
| | Alliance | David Litherland | 1,053 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Clement Halfon | 2,348 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Davis | 2,320 |
| | Conservative | Roy Schutz | 2,388 |
| | Alliance | Viola Haire | 1,493 |
| | Alliance | Peter Lusher | 1,470 |
| | Alliance | Joan Beales | 1,438 |
| | Labour | Rita Brent | 623 |
| | Labour | Andrew Redpath | 606 |
| | Labour | Adam Gaines | 558 |
| | Greens | Janet Strangeways | 287 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Golders Green

Golders Green (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Melvin Cohen | 1,797 |
| | Conservative | Leslie Foster | 1,727 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Hunter | 1,611 |
| | Labour | Montague Miller | 1,194 |
| | Labour | John Pearson | 1,121 |
| | Labour | Edward Pointon | 1,104 |
| | Alliance | Linda Craig | 757 |
| | Alliance | Mira Levy | 737 |
| | Alliance | Louis Lawrence | 688 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Hadley

Hadley (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Herbert Hoyle | 2,735 |
| | Conservative | Carol Cender | 2,709 |
| | Conservative | Beverley Lane | 2,676 |
| | Alliance | Rosemary Watkins | 1,737 |
| | Alliance | Stuart Brown | 1,705 |
| | Alliance | Geoffrey Fallows | 1,697 |
| | Labour | John Bacon | 1,028 |
| | Labour | Michael Campbell | 1,021 |
| | Labour | John Holloway | 976 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Hale

Hale (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Leslie Pym | 2,119 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Benson | 2,084 |
| | Conservative | Jack Clarfelt | 1,998 |
| | Alliance | Diana Pattison | 1,192 |
| | Alliance | John Kay | 1,154 |
| | Alliance | Quintin Iwi | 1,100 |
| | Labour | Elaine Runswick | 803 |
| | Labour | David Suiter | 742 |
| | Labour | Jeanie Tait | 740 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Hendon

Hendon (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Norman Hirshfield | 1,932 |
| | Conservative | Peter Grosz | 1,804 |
| | Conservative | Frederick Poole | 1,749 |
| | Labour | Barbara Condon | 1,172 |
| | Labour | Martin Earl | 1,151 |
| | Alliance | Douglas Baron | 1,140 |
| | Alliance | Alan Magnus | 1,127 |
| | Labour | Bryan Reith | 1,065 |
| | Alliance | David Warner | 1,024 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Mill Hill

Mill Hill (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Hart | 2,389 |
| | Conservative | Denis Dippel | 2,377 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Antoniou | 2,248 |
| | Alliance | Terry Rollinson | 1,058 |
| | Alliance | Alan Wilkinson | 1,040 |
| | Labour | Adrienne Van Loen | 934 |
| | Alliance | Philip Tobin | 922 |
| | Labour | Ian Parker | 905 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Perez | 839 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### St Paul's

St Paul’s (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Michael Freeman | 2,053 |
| | Labour | Narendrakumar Dave | 1,985 |
| | Labour | Catherine Lyons | 1,914 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Bettis | 1,828 |
| | Conservative | Edna James | 1,626 |
| | Conservative | Mary Phillips | 1,611 |
| | Ind Con | John Fitzgibbon | 722 |
| | Alliance | Stephen Landau | 712 |
| | Alliance | Robert Stone | 687 |
| | Alliance | Leonard Watkins | 675 |
| | Greens | Anne Fealdman | 230 |
| | Greens | Maureen Colmans | 210 |
| | Greens | John Colmans | 203 |
| | Ind Con | Thomas Quinn | 167 |
| | Ind Con | Maria Pavlides | 146 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |

### Totteridge

Totteridge (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Victor Usher | 2,526 |
| | Conservative | Victor Lyon | 2,501 |
| | Conservative | Cecile Levinson | 2,479 |
| | Alliance | Richard Bevan | 991 |
| | Alliance | Edith Gardner | 968 |
| | Alliance | Alan Brown | 938 |
| | Labour | Joel Hirsch | 877 |
| | Labour | Pete Sutton | 850 |
| | Labour | Yanna Manolas | 843 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### West Hendon

West Hendon (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Timothy Sims | 1,965 |
| | Labour | Doreen Neall | 1,964 |
| | Labour | Agnes Slocombe | 1,835 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Finn | 1,677 |
| | Conservative | Jayendra Patel | 1,622 |
| | Conservative | Carole Ovenden | 1,539 |
| | Alliance | Harry Levy | 639 |
| | Alliance | Daniel Finkelstein | 617 |
| | Alliance | George Allen | 562 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Woodhouse

Woodhouse (3 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Michael Harris | 2,170 |
| Labour | Dennis Reed | 2,056 |
| Labour | Rudolf Vis | 1,973 |
| Conservative | Gillian Bull | 1,939 |
| Conservative | Graham Halliday | 1,877 |
| Conservative | Philip Williams | 1,851 |
| Alliance | Gerard Fitzgerald | 1,110 |
| Alliance | Dagmar Saxl | 1,062 |
| Alliance | Albert Wright | 984 |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |

## By-elections between 1986 and 1990
### Hadley

Hadley by-election, 20 November 1986 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Gillian M. Bull | 2,006 | |
| | Alliance | Rosemary M. Watkins | 1,224 | |
| | Labour | Keith E. Livingstone | 662 | |
| | Ind. Conservative | John P. Fitzgibbon | 97 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.07 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Beverley G. Lane.

### Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb by-election, 27 November 1986 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Coral Sebag-Montefiore | 1,415 | |
| | Alliance | Peter D. Falk | 1,243 | |
| | Labour | Rita Brent | 327 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 27.97 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Clement Halfon.

### Arkley

Arkley by-election, 10 November 1988 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Arthur A. Beck | 1,462 | |
| | Labour | Kevin W. Smith | 1,075 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael A. Cleal | 833 | |
| | Independent | Philip W. Groves | 214 | |
| | Green | Simon A. Clarke | 166 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.66 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Leah Hertz.

### Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb by-election, 10 November 1988 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Veronica C. Soskin | 1,503 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael S. Pickering | 1,258 | |
| | Labour | Penelope Grant | 306 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.94 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Coral Sebag-Montefiore.

### Arkley

Arkley by-election, 9 March 1989 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Philip H. Williams | 1,468 | |
| | Labour | Keith E. Livingstone | 1,094 | |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team | Michael A. CIeal | 809 | |
| | Independent | Philip W. Groves | 207 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.12 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Wilfred Lipman.