8 May 1986 (1986-05-08) 1988 → 223 65 43.9 16.9 Start date May 8, 1986 | 2 October 1983 11 February 1975 37 54 6.3 8.2 | |
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Regional elections were held in Scotland on Thursday 8 May 1986, under the terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The previous elections had been held in 1982. The elections took place a year before the Conservative's third general election victory. Elections took place in England and Wales on the same day.
Party performance
Labour continued to make gains, increasing their number of councillors in most of the areas contested. The Conservatives suffered heavy losses, losing control of Lothian council to labour and Grampian and Tayside councils to no overall control. They lost all their Councillors in Dumfries and Galloway. The SNP vote failed to recover from its decline since 1980.
References
Scottish regional elections, 1986 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA