- Source: 1986 Southwark London Borough Council election
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- 1986 Southwark London Borough Council election
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Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1986. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 36.7%.
Election result
Ward results
= Abbey
== Alleyn
== Barset
== Bellenden
=Graeme Geddes was a sitting councillor for Browning ward
Jessica Wanamaker was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward
= Bricklayers
== Browning
=Ann Goss was a sitting councillor for The Lane ward
= Brunswick
== Burgess
== Cathedral
== Chaucer
== College
== Consort
== Dockyard
=Rupert Doyle was a sitting councillor for Friary ward
= Faraday
== Friary
=Tony Goss was a sitting councillor for Newington ward
= Liddle
== Lyndhurst
=Tobias Eckersley was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward
= Newington
== Riverside
== Rotherhithe
== Ruskin
== Rye
=Elsie Headley was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward
= St Giles
== The Lane
=Leslie Alden was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward
Richard Clough was a sitting councillor for Rye ward
= Waverley
=By-Elections
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. George Walker
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ali Balli
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Elsie Headley
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Linda Oram
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joan Price
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kenneth Carlisle
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan Crane
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David Main