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8.9

22

6.6

1

0.7

0.2

Political Party		Votes	Share of Vote (%)	% Change	Seats Won	Seats Change
939,457	41.8
50
894,234	39.7
41
323,856	14.4
1
21,582	1.0
0	0
	Social Democratic Alliance Social Democratic Alliance (UK) -Foundation:The group was founded in June 1975 by councillors and other individuals on the right wing of the Labour Party. Peter Stephenson, the editor of Socialist Commentary, became its chairman. The group claimed to stand in the tradition of Hugh Gaitskell's Campaign for Democratic Socialism,...	21,582	1.0	N/A	0	0
17,515	0.8
0	0
7,763	0.3
0	0
5,877	0.3	N/A	0	0
5,275	0.2
0	0
4,857	0.2	N/A	0	0
2,753	0.1	N/A	0	0
	Save London Action Group	1,727	0.1	N/A	0	0
	Abolish the GLC	1,158	0.1	N/A	0	0
	Irish National Party	793	0.0	N/A	0	0
637	0.0	0.0	0	0
362	0.0	0.0	0	0
346	0.0	0.0	0	0
	Workers (Leninist)	145	0.0	N/A	0	0
116	N/A	0.0	0	0
83	N/A	0.0	0	0

Turnout: 2,250,118 people voted. All parties shown.

This was the last election to the GLC. The Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher

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 took the decision to abolish the council in the mid-1980s. For more information on this see the article, Greater London Council

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. Following the abolition of the GLC, there was a direct election

Inner London Education Authority election, 1986

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 to the Inner London Education Authority

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in 1986.