1986 Camden Council election

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All 59 seats to Camden Borough Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Phil Turner Stephen Moon Party Labour Conservative Alliance Leader since 1982 1985 Leader's seat Represented St Pancras Stood in Priory Adelaide Last election 33 seats, 40.7% 26 seats, 33.3% 0 seats, 24.9% Seats won 44 13 2 Seat change 11 13 2 Popular vote 30,337 16,357 12,040 Percentage 50.0% 26.9% 19.8% Swing 9.3% 6.4% 5.1%
Map of the results of the 1986 election to Camden London Borough Council. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Leader before election Phil Turner Labour Leader Tony Dykes Labour

The 1986 Camden Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election.

Labour made big gains from the Conservatives across the borough: gaining Bloomsbury and one seat in Brunswick in the south, South End and the two remaining Highgate seats in the north-east, and Swiss Cottage in the north-west. The SDP–Liberal Alliance also won Fortune Green from the Conservatives.

Phil Turner announced before the election that he was stepping down as Leader of the Council to focus on fighting Hampstead and Highgate at the general election. Turner also moved wards from St Pancras to Kilburn Priory which was one of the safest Labour parts of the Hampstead and Highgate Parliamentary Constituency.

• London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986 (PDF). London: London Residuary Body. August 1986. ISBN 1-85261-003-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.