| Election Name: | 1986 Inner London Education Authority election |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Greater London.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Seats For Election: | 58 members of the Inner London Education Authority |
| Majority Seats: | 29 |
| Election Date: | 8 May 1986 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 45 |
| Popular Vote1: | 331,732 |
| Percentage1: | 46.8% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 11 |
| Popular Vote2: | 213,913 |
| Percentage2: | 30.2% |
| Party3: | SDP-Liberal Alliance |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 150,340 |
| Percentage3: | 21.2% |
| ILEA control | |
| Before Election: | New body |
| After Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
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.
This was the only 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).
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 It was originally made up of the members of the GLC who represented Inner London areas, together with one representative from each of the inner London boroughs.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.
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Seats | % | |||
| 331,732 | 46.8 | 45 | 77.6 | |||
| 213,913 | 30.2 | 11 | 19.0 | |||
| 150,340 | 21.2 | 2 | 3.4 | |||
| 6,202 | 0.9 | 0 | ||||
| 2,041 | 0.3 | 0 | ||||
| 1,714 | 0.2 | 0 | ||||
| 1,654 | 0.2 | 0 | ||||
| 620 | 0.1 | 0 | ||||
| 425 | 0.1 | 0 | ||||
| 322 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 708,963 | 100.0 | 58 | |||
Electorate: 1,727,139. Turnout: 44.0%.
| Name | Constituency | Party | Term[1] [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Avery | Conservative | 1986-1990 | ||
| Peter Aylmer | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Hilary Barnard | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Labour | 1986-1990 | |||
| Ann Bernadt | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Gwendoline Bernard | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Doreen Bigwood | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Lorna Boreland | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Dominic Brennan | Social Democratic | 1986-1990 | ||
| Clive Brown | Liberal | 1986-1988 | ||
| Labour | 1986-1990 | |||
| John M. Bynner | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Margaret Calcott-James | Conservative | 1986-1990 | ||
| John Carr | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| R. E. Colley | Social and Liberal Democrat | 1988-1990 | ||
| Steven Cowan | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Lincoln Crawford | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Irma Critchlow | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Paul Flather | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Labour | 1986-1990 | |||
| Dudley Fox | Conservative | 1986-1990 | ||
| Ashrath Francis | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Martin Garman | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Barbara Garnett | Conservative | 1986-1990 | ||
| Barbara Grahame | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Muriel Gumbel | Conservative | 1986-1987 | ||
| Lesley Hammond | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Belle Harris | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Muriel Hooker | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Elsie Horstead | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Daphne Johnson | Conservative | 1986-1990 | ||
| Margaret Jones | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| M. D. Leigh | Conservative | 1987-1990 | ||
| Bryan Levitt | Conservative | 1986-1990 | ||
| Jennifer Litherland | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| John Lucas | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| John Mann | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Hilda McCafferty | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Elizabeth Monck | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Labour | 1986-1990 | |||
| Jameson Mthethwa | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Rosemary Nicholson | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Conservative | 1986-1990 | |||
| John O'Malley | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Myra Polya | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Anthony Powell | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Anstey Rice | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Margaret Ridell | Conservative | 1986-1990 | ||
| Kathryn Riley | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Martin Rogers | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Charles Rossi | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Herbert Sandford | Conservative | 1986-1990 | ||
| Barrington Stead | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Katherine Tracey | Conservative | 1986-1990 | ||
| Lloyd Trott | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Dennis Twomey | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| June Ward | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Labour | 1986-1990 | |||
| Bernard Wiltshire | Labour | 1986-1990 | ||
| Deirdre Wood | Labour | 1986-1990 |