1986 Inner London Education Authority election

The Inner London Education Authority election, 1986 was held on 8 May in order to elect 58 members to the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA). Constituents of the 29 seats of inner London (at the time) elected two members each.

1986 Inner London Education Authority election

8 May 1986
58 members of the Inner London Education Authority 29 seats needed for a majority
Party Labour Conservative Alliance Seats won 45 11 2 Popular vote 331,732 213,913 150,340 Percentage 46.8% 30.2% 21.2%
Results by parliamentary constituency.
ILEA control before election New body Elected ILEA control Labour Party (UK)

This was the first and last direct election to the ILEA, which was abolished in 1990 following the Education Reform Act 1988. Previously, members had been co-opted from the Greater London Council (GLC).

Background

The ILEA had been established in 1965 to assume the educational responsibilities of the former London County Council. It was originally made up of the members of the GLC who represented Inner London areas, together with one representative from each of the inner London boroughs.

The abolition of the GLC led to an attempt to abolish the ILEA and devolve its powers to the inner London boroughs. The boroughs were judged not ready to handle education services, so the ILEA was retained. An initial proposal was to replace it with a joint board nominated by the boroughs. Ultimately, it was decided to hold direct elections.

Results

Party		Votes		Seats
		Number	%	Seats	%
	Labour||331,732||46.8||45||77.6
	Conservative||213,913||30.2||11||19.0
	Alliance	150,340	21.2	2	3.4
	Green||6,202||0.9||0||
	Independent||2,041||0.3||0||
	Independent Labour||1,714||0.2||0||
	Communist||1,654||0.2||0||
	Fellowship||620||0.1||0||
	National Front||425||0.1||0||
	Humanist||322||0.0||0||
Total		708,963	100.0	58

Electorate: 1,727,139. Turnout: 44.0%.

Members

Name	Constituency	Party	Term[1][2]
David Avery	Cities of London and Westminster South	Conservative	1986-1990
Peter Aylmer	Bethnal Green and Stepney	Labour	1986-1990
Hilary Barnard	Lewisham East	Labour	1986-1990
Stephen Benn	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	1986-1990
Ann Bernadt	Dulwich	Labour	1986-1990
Gwendoline Bernard	Bethnal Green and Stepney	Labour	1986-1990
Doreen Bigwood	Greenwich	Labour	1986-1990
Lorna Boreland	Norwood	Labour	1986-1990
Dominic Brennan	Southwark and Bermondsey	Social Democratic	1986-1990
Clive Brown	Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal	1986-1988
Steve Bundred	Islington North	Labour	1986-1990
John M. Bynner	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	1986-1990
Margaret Calcott-James	Putney	Conservative	1986-1990
John Carr	Lewisham West	Labour	1986-1990
R. E. Colley	Southwark and Bermondsey	Social and Liberal Democrat	1988-1990
Steven Cowan	Westminster North	Labour	1986-1990
Lincoln Crawford	Tooting	Labour	1986-1990
Irma Critchlow	Vauxhall	Labour	1986-1990
Paul Flather	Tooting	Labour	1986-1990
Neil Fletcher	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	1986-1990
Dudley Fox	Chelsea	Conservative	1986-1990
Ashrath Francis	Eltham	Labour	1986-1990
Martin Garman	Lewisham Deptford	Labour	1986-1990
Barbara Garnett	Putney	Conservative	1986-1990
Barbara Grahame	Westminster North	Labour	1986-1990
Muriel Gumbel	Streatham	Conservative	1986-1987
Lesley Hammond	Norwood	Labour	1986-1990
Belle Harris	Bow and Poplar	Labour	1986-1990
Muriel Hooker	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	1986-1990
Elsie Horstead	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Labour	1986-1990
Daphne Johnson	Lewisham West	Conservative	1986-1990
Margaret Jones	Battersea	Labour	1986-1990
M. D. Leigh	Streatham	Conservative	1987-1990
Bryan Levitt	Kensington	Conservative	1986-1990
Jennifer Litherland	Hammersmith	Labour	1986-1990
John Lucas	Battersea	Labour	1986-1990
John Mann	Peckham	Labour	1986-1990
Hilda McCafferty	Hammersmith	Labour	1986-1990
Elizabeth Monck	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	1986-1990
Frances Morrell	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	1986-1990
Jameson Mthethwa	Peckham	Labour	1986-1990
Rosemary Nicholson	Islington North	Labour	1986-1990
Eric Ollerenshaw	Kensington	Conservative	1986-1990
John O'Malley	Vauxhall	Labour	1986-1990
Myra Polya	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	1986-1990
Anthony Powell	Fulham	Labour	1986-1990
Anstey Rice	Lewisham East	Labour	1986-1990
Margaret Ridell	Streatham	Conservative	1986-1990
Kathryn Riley	Woolwich	Labour	1986-1990
Martin Rogers	Eltham	Labour	1986-1990
Charles Rossi	Lewisham Deptford	Labour	1986-1990
Herbert Sandford	Chelsea	Conservative	1986-1990
Barrington Stead	Fulham	Labour	1986-1990
Katherine Tracey	Cities of London and Westminster South	Conservative	1986-1990
Lloyd Trott	Dulwich	Labour	1986-1990
Dennis Twomey	Bow and Poplar	Labour	1986-1990
June Ward	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Labour	1986-1990
Peter Willsman	Woolwich	Labour	1986-1990
Bernard Wiltshire	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	1986-1990
Deirdre Wood	Greenwich	Labour	1986-1990

References

1. "Inner London Education Authority Results - 1986-1990", United Kingdom Election Results
2. London Residuary Body, "Inner London Education Authority Direct Elections 8 May 1986"