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Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1985. The projected share of the vote was Labour 39%, Conservative 32%, Liberal-SDP Alliance 26%. Labour had the largest share of the vote in local council elections for the first time since 1981. Both Conservatives and Labour lost some seats to the Liberal-SDP Alliance, who were rebuilding under the leadership of David Owen and enjoying strong showings (including a brief lead) in the opinion polls. The overall results were as follows; Conservative losses: 202Number of Conservative councillors: 10,191

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  • Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1985. The projected share of the vote was Labour 39%, Conservative 32%, Liberal-SDP Alliance 26%. Labour had the largest share of the vote in local council elections for the first time since 1981. Both Conservatives and Labour lost some seats to the Liberal-SDP Alliance, who were rebuilding under the leadership of David Owen and enjoying strong showings (including a brief lead) in the opinion polls. The overall results were as follows; Conservative losses: 202Number of Conservative councillors: 10,191 Labour losses: 124Number of Labour councillors: 8,746 Liberal-SDP Alliance gains: 302Number of Liberal-SDP Alliance councillors: 2,633 (en)
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  • 1985-05-02 (xsd:date)
  • 1985-05-15 (xsd:date)
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  • 1985 United Kingdom local elections (en)
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  • Councils (en)
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  • Councils +/- (en)
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  • Councillors (en)
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  • 2633 (xsd:integer)
  • 8746 (xsd:integer)
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  • Councillors +/- (en)
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  • 124 (xsd:integer)
  • 202 (xsd:integer)
  • 302 (xsd:integer)
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  • United Kingdom (en)
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  • 1985-05-02 (xsd:date)
  • 1985-05-15 (xsd:date)
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  • 1985 (xsd:integer)
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  • 0001-06-21 (xsd:gMonthDay)
  • 1975-02-11 (xsd:date)
  • 1976-07-07 (xsd:date)
  • 1983-10-02 (xsd:date)
  • (en)
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  • Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. (en)
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  • United Kingdom local elections, 1985.svg (en)
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  • 300 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1986 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1986 (xsd:integer)
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  • Conservative Party (en)
  • Labour Party (en)
  • SDP–Liberal Alliance (en)
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  • 26.0
  • 32.0
  • 39.0
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  • 1984 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1984 (xsd:integer)
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  • all 26 Northern Irish districts and all 8 Welsh counties (en)
  • All 39 non-metropolitan counties, 1 sui generis authority, (en)
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  • legislative (en)
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  • Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1985. The projected share of the vote was Labour 39%, Conservative 32%, Liberal-SDP Alliance 26%. Labour had the largest share of the vote in local council elections for the first time since 1981. Both Conservatives and Labour lost some seats to the Liberal-SDP Alliance, who were rebuilding under the leadership of David Owen and enjoying strong showings (including a brief lead) in the opinion polls. The overall results were as follows; Conservative losses: 202Number of Conservative councillors: 10,191 (en)
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  • 1985 United Kingdom local elections (en)
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