1986 Borders Regional Council election

The 1986 Borders Regional Council election for the Borders Regional Council took place on Thursday 8 May 1986, alongside elections to the various regional councils across Scotland.

Independents won 14 of the council's 23 seats.

Aggregate results

Scottish Borders Regional Council election, 1986^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %
Independent	13					56.69
Conservative	6					19.40
Alliance	2					5.23
SNP	1					18.69
Borders Independent	1					(incl under Ind)
Labour	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00

References

^ "The Results". The Glasgow Herald. 10 May 1986. pp. 6–7.

[1] "The Results". The Glasgow Herald. 10 May 1986. pp. 6–7.

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