1986 Fife Regional Council election

1986 Fife Regional Council election

8 May 1986 (1986-05-08)
All 46 seats to Fife Regional Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Alliance Conservative Last election 27 4 10 Seats won 30 8 4 Seat change 3 4 6 Popular vote 56,383 22,075 15,063 Percentage 46.4% 18.2% 12.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party SNP Communist Independent Last election 1 1 2 Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 22,369 2,210 2,003 Percentage 18.4% 1.8% 1.6%
Results by electoral division.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 1986 Fife Regional Council election, the fourth election to Fife Regional Council, was held on 8 May 1986 as part of the wider 1986 Scottish regional elections. The election saw Labour maintaining their control of the regions 46 seat council.

Aggregate results

Fife Regional election, 1986
Turnout: 46.9%

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	30			3	65.2	46.4	56,383
	Alliance	8			4	17.4	18.2	22,075
	Conservative	4			6	8.7	12.4	15,063
	SNP	2			1	4.3	18.4	22,369
	Communist	1	0	0	0	2.2	1.8	2,210
	Independent	1	0	0	0	2.2	1.6	2,003
	Independent Labour	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.4	719
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	671	New