The 1986 Inner London Education Authority election was held on 8 May in order to elect members to the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA).

Before 1986, members of the ILEA had been co-opted mainly from the Greater London Council (GLC), but also co-opted from the boroughs and the City of London. The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986 at the time of the 1986 ILEA election. This was the only direct election to the ILEA, which was abolished in 1990.

Context

The ILEA had been established in 1965 to assume educational responsibilities for the area of the 12 boroughs and the City of London which formed the former London County Council.

Originally, the ILEA was a special committee of the GLC. In this iteration, it was made up of co-opted members of the GLC who represented Inner London areas, together with one representative co-opted from each of the 13 individual Inner London authorities.

The abolition of the Greater London Council under the Local Government Act 1985 led to the re-establishment of the ILEA as an elected body in its own right with 58 members. Collectively, the individual Inner London authorities were deemed not to be ready to manage educational responsibilities. Transferring its powers to the boroughs and the City of London or re-establishing it as a joint board of the boroughs were also considered.

Constituents of each of the 29 parliamentary seats of Inner London (at the time) elected two members - in total there were 58 members. There were two by-elections to the ILEA, in 1987 in Streatham, and in 1988 in Southwark and Bermondsey.

The Education Reform Act 1988 abolished the re-established ILEA, transferring its powers to the boroughs and the City of London. Initially the government had intended to establish a system where individual boroughs or the City of London could opt out of the ILEA, but eventually decided against this due to pressure from Conservative backbenchers.

Results

+Party Votes SeatsNumber % Seats % 664,52047.24577.6 427,82630.41119.0 300,68021.423.4 7,1550.50 2,3060.20 1,7140.10 1,6540.10 Reform London Schools7100.10 4250.00 3220.00Total1,407,312100.058

Electorate: 1,728,604. Turnout: 44.2%.

Members Name Constituency Party TermLondon Residuary Body, "Inner London Education Authority Direct Elections 8 May 1986" David Avery City 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 City 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

Constituency results Camden

Greenwich

Hackney

Hammersmith and Fulham

Islington

Kensington and Chelsea

Lambeth

Lewisham

Southwark

Tower Hamlets

Wandsworth

Cities of London and Westminster

Subsequent by-elections

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