1987 Stevenage Borough Council election
The 1987 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1983. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.
![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1987 Stevenage Borough Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Overall results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 6 | 0 | 3 | ![]() |
46.2 | 40.5 | 10,506 | ![]() | ||
Alliance | 6 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
46.2 | 36.1 | 9,356 | ![]() | ||
Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
7.7 | 23.4 | 6,064 | ![]() | ||
Total | 13 | 25,926 | ||||||||
Labour hold |
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1983 election.
Ward results
Bandley Hill

Location of Bandley Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Lloyd | 1,161 | 52.3% | |
Alliance | D. Cleary | 593 | 26.7% | |
Conservative | F. Warner | 468 | 21.1% | |
Turnout | 38.7% | |||
Labour hold |
Bedwell Plash

Location of Bedwell Plash ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Lawrence | 1,030 | 56.0% | |
Alliance | P. Herbert | 441 | 24.0% | |
Conservative | D. Franks | 368 | 20.0% | |
Turnout | 45.7% | |||
Labour hold |
Longmeadow

Location of Longmeadow ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | P. Akhurst | 1,207 | 46.0% | |
Labour | J. Tye | 788 | 30.1% | |
Conservative | S. Ashby | 627 | 23.9% | |
Turnout | 50.7% | |||
Alliance gain from Labour | ||||
Martins Wood

Location of Martins Wood ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | B. Clarke | 1,073 | 47.5% | |
Labour | B. Clark | 691 | 30.6% | |
Conservative | M. Mason | 494 | 21.9% | |
Turnout | 51.8% | |||
Alliance gain from Labour | ||||
Mobbsbury

Location of Mobbsbury ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | B. Clark | 932 | 47.5% | |
Labour | J. Gotobed | 682 | 34.7% | |
Conservative | T. Ffinch | 350 | 17.8% | |
Turnout | 55.2% | |||
Alliance gain from Labour | ||||
Monkswood

Location of Monkswood ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Underwood | 680 | 57.8% | |
Alliance | P. Younger | 264 | 22.4% | |
Conservative | F. Haine | 232 | 19.7% | |
Turnout | 48.1% | |||
Labour hold |
Old Stevenage

Location of Old Stevenage ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Carter | 1,120 | 41.9% | |
Labour | M. Cherney | 900 | 33.7% | |
Alliance | D. Christy | 652 | 24.4% | |
Turnout | 50.2% | |||
Conservative hold |
Pin Green

Location of Pin Green ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Weston | 815 | 46.1% | |
Alliance | T. Osborne | 502 | 28.4% | |
Conservative | C. Aylin | 451 | 25.5% | |
Turnout | 44.5% | |||
Labour hold |
Roebuck

Location of Roebuck ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | P. Perry | 1,012 | 42.8% | |
Labour | J. Cockerton | 849 | 35.9% | |
Conservative | S. McPartland | 504 | 21.3% | |
Turnout | 56.3% | |||
Alliance gain from Labour | ||||
St Nicholas

Location of St Nicholas ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | P. Gallagher | 852 | 45.8% | |
Labour | P. Alexander | 610 | 32.8% | |
Conservative | S. Woods | 397 | 21.4% | |
Turnout | 49.8% | |||
Alliance gain from Labour | ||||
Shephall

Location of Shephall ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Hall | 873 | 57.6% | |
Alliance | A. Wells | 395 | 26.1% | |
Conservative | S. Doolan | 248 | 16.4% | |
Turnout | 43.3% | |||
Labour hold |
Symonds Green

Location of Symonds Green ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Cotter | 1,187 | 43.1% | |
Alliance | J. Blundell | 932 | 33.8% | |
Conservative | J. Halling | 636 | 23.1% | |
Turnout | 51.5% | |||
Labour hold |
Wellfield

Location of Wellfield ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | D. Hills | 501 | 55.1% | |
Labour | T. Alderton | 240 | 26.4% | |
Conservative | M. Wyatt | 169 | 18.6% | |
Turnout | 53.8% | |||
Alliance hold |
gollark: I don't like them.
gollark: No. I don't want to.
gollark: What would enhance the user experience?
gollark: "Hints"?
gollark: Basically, CraftOS-PC makes you able to mount arbitrary files on the host filesystem by default, so PotatOS reads off `/proc/cpuinfo`.
References
- "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
- "Local Election Summaries 1987". The Elections Centre.
- "Stevenage Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.