- Manchester Council election, 1987
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Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1991. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council. [1]
Election result
Manchester Council Election Result 1987 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Labour 19 0 9 -9 57.6 42.0 62,473 -16.1% Conservative 9 6 0 +6 27.3 29.0 43,168 +8.7% SDP–Liberal Alliance 5 3 0 +3 15.1 27.1 40,343 +7.8% Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 1,775 +0.4% Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 840 -0.6% After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
Party Seats +/- Labour 77 -9 Conservative 13 +6 Alliance 9 +3 Labour hold Ward results
Ardwick Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Norman Finley* 1,825 67.0 -9.5 SDP–Liberal Alliance Ronald Axtell 460 16.9 +9.3 Conservative Steven Johnson 438 16.1 +0.2 Majority 1,365 50.1 -10.4 Turnout 2,723 Labour hold Swing -9.4 Baguley Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Winifred Smith* 1,923 42.1 -31.2 Conservative Simon Lawley 1,582 34.6 +7.9 SDP–Liberal Alliance Desmond Cooke 1,065 23.3 +23.3 Majority 341 7.5 -39.2 Turnout 4,570 Labour hold Swing -19.5 Barlow Moor Party Candidate Votes % ±% SDP–Liberal Alliance Simon Gluck 2,305 42.5 +10.6 Labour Christopher Tucker* 1,886 34.8 -11.9 Conservative Nicholas Brook 1,110 20.5 +2.4 Green Brian Candeland 126 2.3 -1.0 Majority 419 7.7 -7.1 Turnout 5,427 SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Labour Swing +11.2 Benchill Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Neil Warren* 2,022 62.6 -9.8 SDP–Liberal Alliance Ann Bradshaw 1,207 37.4 +37.4 Majority 815 25.2 -28.2 Turnout 3,229 Labour hold Swing -23.6 Beswick and Clayton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Sidney Silverman* 1,867 56.2 -17.8 Conservative Leonard Hockey 885 26.6 +12.4 SDP–Liberal Alliance Valerie Cahill 572 17.2 +11.9 Majority 982 29.5 -30.4 Turnout 3,324 Labour hold Swing -15.1 Blackley Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Eileen Kelly* 1,879 45.2 -20.4 Conservative Kevin Potter 1,366 32.9 +12.4 SDP–Liberal Alliance John Cookson 910 21.9 +9.4 Majority 513 12.3 -32.8 Turnout 4,155 Labour hold Swing -16.4 Bradford Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Margaret Smith 2,048 61.9 -16.9 SDP–Liberal Alliance Simon Lewis 650 19.6 +10.5 Conservative Margaret Payne 610 18.4 +6.3 Majority 1,398 42.3 -24.4 Turnout 3,308 Labour hold Swing -13.7 Brooklands Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Arthur O'Connor 2,646 50.0 +13.7 Labour Paul Clarke* 1,714 32.4 -16.2 SDP–Liberal Alliance David Wraxall 935 17.7 +2.6 Majority 932 17.6 +5.4 Turnout 5,295 Conservative gain from Labour Swing +14.9 Burnage Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jeffrey Leach 2,231 40.2 +15.3 Labour Marilyn Taylor* 1,992 35.9 -12.9 SDP–Liberal Alliance Robert Harrison 1,231 22.2 +7.0 Green Edwin Howard 90 1.6 +0.1 Majority 239 4.3 -19.6 Turnout 5,544 Conservative gain from Labour Swing +14.1 Central Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Patricia Conquest* 1,511 67.9 -11.7 Conservative Alan Hudson 364 16.4 +5.0 SDP–Liberal Alliance Graeme Muir 351 15.8 +6.8 Majority 1,147 51.5 -16.6 Turnout 2,226 Labour hold Swing -8.3 Charlestown Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Valerie Edwards 1,933 41.2 -22.3 Conservative Michael Jones 1,766 37.7 +14.4 SDP–Liberal Alliance Eric Watts 990 21.1 +8.0 Majority 167 3.6 -36.6 Turnout 4,689 Labour hold Swing -18.3 Cheetham Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Nicholas Harris* 1,452 52.3 -27.6 Independent Sydney Laserson 727 26.2 +26.2 SDP–Liberal Alliance Barry McColgan 596 21.5 +1.4 Majority 725 26.1 -33.7 Turnout 2,775 Labour hold Swing -26.9 Chorlton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Daniel Kielthy 2,887 44.4 +6.4 Labour Philip Openshaw 2,132 32.8 -15.4 SDP–Liberal Alliance Margaret Boyle 1,287 19.8 +6.7 Green Marian Daltrop 200 3.1 +3.1 Majority 755 11.6 +1.4 Turnout 6,506 Conservative hold Swing +10.9 Crumpsall Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Roger Bullock 2,178 45.1 +14.1 Labour Basil Curley* 1,764 36.5 -13.2 SDP–Liberal Alliance Harry Blease 776 16.1 -3.2 Independent Robert Lomas 113 2.3 +2.3 Majority 414 8.6 -10.0 Turnout 4,831 Conservative gain from Labour Swing +13.6 Didsbury Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Muriel Crawford* 3,635 54.3 +10.9 Labour Geoffrey Bridson 1,495 22.3 -9.7 SDP–Liberal Alliance Ann Muir 1,346 20.1 -2.6 Green Michael Abberton 223 3.3 +1.3 Majority 2,140 31.9 +20.5 Turnout 6,699 Conservative hold Swing +10.3 Fallowfield Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael Harrison 1,720 41.9 -12.7 Conservative Stephen Keegin 1,434 35.0 +13.8 SDP–Liberal Alliance Kevin Read 789 19.2 -0.7 Green Jonathan Booty 158 3.9 -0.4 Majority 286 7.0 -26.3 Turnout 4,101 Labour hold Swing -13.2 Gorton North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Anne Unwin 2,078 45.4 -22.9 SDP–Liberal Alliance Paul Allanson 1,294 28.3 +14.2 Conservative Noel Dentith 1,203 26.3 +9.8 Majority 784 17.1 -34.7 Turnout 4,575 Labour hold Swing -18.5 Gorton South Party Candidate Votes % ±% SDP–Liberal Alliance James Ashley 2,291 49.1 +17.8 Labour Bernard Stone 1,814 38.9 -18.7 Conservative Terence Grimshaw 557 11.9 +0.9 Majority 477 10.2 -16.1 Turnout 4,662 SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Labour Swing +18.2 Harpurhey Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Nilofar Siddiqi* 1,648 47.0 -23.4 Conservative Reginald Chadwick 1,060 30.2 +15.9 SDP–Liberal Alliance Morris Lockwood 797 22.7 +7.4 Majority 588 16.8 -38.3 Turnout 3,505 Labour hold Swing -19.6 Hulme Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Mary Kelly 1,859 72.8 -8.8 SDP–Liberal Alliance Simon Jones 694 27.2 +17.5 Majority 1,165 45.6 -27.3 Turnout 2,553 Labour hold Swing -13.1 Levenshulme Party Candidate Votes % ±% SDP–Liberal Alliance Audrey Greaves* 2,974 55.4 +2.1 Labour Vincent Young 1,474 27.5 -4.3 Conservative Victoria Colledge 741 13.8 +1.3 Green Beryl Clarke 178 3.3 +1.0 Majority 1,500 27.9 +6.5 Turnout 5,367 SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing +3.2 Lightbowne Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Gerry Carey 2,035 38.6 +15.5 Labour Derek Shaw* 1,855 35.2 -27.9 SDP–Liberal Alliance David Porter 1,385 26.3 +12.5 Majority 180 3.4 -36.6 Turnout 5,275 Conservative gain from Labour Swing +21.7 Longsight Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Kenneth Strath* 2,837 60.1 -3.3 SDP–Liberal Alliance Rosalind Moss 905 19.2 -2.5 Conservative Ian Ferguson 830 17.6 +6.3 Green Robert Waters 151 3.2 -0.4 Majority 1,932 40.9 -0.9 Turnout 4,723 Labour hold Swing -0.4 Moss Side Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Sam Darby* 2,653 70.1 -10.5 Conservative Mary Barnes 605 16.0 +5.7 SDP–Liberal Alliance Graham Shaw 527 13.9 +4.8 Majority 2,048 54.1 -16.2 Turnout 3,785 Labour hold Swing -8.1 Moston Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Clough 2,223 43.2 +17.8 Labour W. Risby* 1,906 37.1 -19.0 SDP–Liberal Alliance David Gordon 1,013 19.7 +9.5 Majority 317 6.2 -24.4 Turnout 5,142 Conservative gain from Labour Swing +18.4 Newton Heath Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Alan Wood 1,977 56.2 -17.5 Conservative Jacqueline Hughes 854 24.3 +6.4 SDP–Liberal Alliance Vera Towers 685 19.5 +12.8 Majority 1,123 31.9 -24.0 Turnout 3,516 Labour hold Swing -11.9 Northenden Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Anne Carroll 2,027 37.0 +10.3 Labour Gabrielle Cox 1,714 31.3 -28.0 SDP–Liberal Alliance Michael Otterwell 1,679 30.6 +16.6 Green Sylvia Buchan 61 1.1 +1.1 Majority 313 5.7 -26.9 Turnout 5,481 Conservative gain from Labour Swing +19.1 Old Moat Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Keith Bradley* 2,309 38.0 -13.0 SDP–Liberal Alliance Anne Monkhouse 2,120 34.9 +11.6 Conservative Maura Logan 1,523 25.1 +2.8 Green Joyce Foster 127 2.1 -1.2 Majority 189 3.1 -24.6 Turnout 6,079 Labour hold Swing -12.3 Rusholme Party Candidate Votes % ±% SDP–Liberal Alliance Marc Ramsbottom 2,310 46.0 +5.5 Labour Yomi Mambu 1,969 39.2 -7.9 Conservative Nigel Barnes 594 11.8 +1.4 Green Alison Hunt 149 3.0 +3.0 Majority 341 6.8 +0.2 Turnout 5,022 SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Labour Swing +6.7 Sharston Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour George Mann 1,801 38.5 -26.0 SDP–Liberal Alliance Robert Bowers 1,585 33.9 -1.6 Conservative Alan Williams 1,292 27.6 +27.6 Majority 216 4.6 -24.5 Turnout 4,678 Labour hold Swing -12.2 Whalley Range Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Kershaw 2,294 42.7 +9.1 Labour Yousouf Gooljary 2,075 38.6 -11.1 SDP–Liberal Alliance Kenneth McKeon 856 15.9 -0.8 Green Colin Kirby 149 2.8 +2.8 Majority 219 4.1 -12.0 Turnout 5,374 Conservative hold Swing +10.1 Withington Party Candidate Votes % ±% SDP–Liberal Alliance David Sandiford* 2,631 44.9 +2.3 Labour David Silkin 1,614 27.5 -7.4 Conservative Anthony Elleray 1,457 24.8 +5.3 Green Guy Otten 163 2.8 -0.2 Majority 1,017 17.3 +9.6 Turnout 5,865 SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing +4.8 Woodhouse Park Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour May Bullows 1,727 48.0 -7.8 SDP–Liberal Alliance Eileen Dawes 1,127 31.3 +16.0 Conservative Dorothy Hurst 741 20.6 +12.3 Majority 600 16.7 -18.5 Turnout 3,595 Labour hold Swing -11.9 References
- ^ "Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
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