Lothian Regional Council election, 1986
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File:Lothian Regional Council election, 1986.svg
Map showing results by Lothian Regional Electoral District.
The fourth election to Lothian Regional Council was held on 8 May 1986 as part of the wider 1986 Scottish regional elections. The Lothian result was little different to the wider Scottish results, which saw Labour making strong gains across Scotland. In Lothian this allowed Labour to secure their majority on the 49 seat council.
Turnout was 47.33%; the highest in Scotland.[1]
Aggregate results
| Lothian Regional election, 1986[1][2] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Labour | 30 |  7 |
46.35 | 17.4 |
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| Conservative | 13 |  8 |
22.04 | 11.8 |
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| SDP–Liberal Alliance | 3 |  |
16.10 | 10.8 |
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| SNP | 2 | 1 |
10.52 | 0.2 |
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| Independent | 1 | |
4.99 | |||||||
Ward results
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References
 Elections in Edinburgh |
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| Edinburgh Corporation |
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| City of Edinburgh District Council | |
| Lothian Regional Council | |
| City of Edinburgh Council | |
| General Elections | |
| Referendums | |
