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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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- 2633 (xsd:integer)
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- 124 (xsd:integer)
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- 302 (xsd:integer)
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- 1985-05-02 (xsd:date)
- 1985-05-15 (xsd:date)
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- 0001-06-21 (xsd:gMonthDay)
- 1975-02-11 (xsd:date)
- 1976-07-07 (xsd:date)
- 1983-10-02 (xsd:date)
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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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- Conservative Party (en)
- Labour Party (en)
- SDP–Liberal Alliance (en)
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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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- 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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