1987 Stevenage Borough Council election

1987 Stevenage Borough Council election^[1]^[2]

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7 May 1987

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13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Alliance	Conservative
Seats before	29	9	1
Seats won	6	6	1
Seats after	26	12	1
Seat change	3	3
Popular vote	10,506	9,356	6,064
Percentage	40.5%	36.1%	23.4%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1987 Stevenage Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

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.

Overall results

1987 Stevenage Borough Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	6	0	3	3	46.2	40.5	10,506	0.8
	Alliance	6	3	0	3	46.2	36.1	9,356	5.8
	Conservative	1	0	0		7.7	23.4	6,064	5.0
Total		13						25,926

	Labour hold

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1983 election.

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bandley Hill^[3]
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

Bedwell Plash^[3]
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

Longmeadow^[3]
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

Martins Wood^[3]
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

Mobbsbury^[3]
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

Monkswood^[3]
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

Old Stevenage^[3]
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

Pin Green^[3]
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

Roebuck^[3]
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

St Nicholas^[3]
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

Shephall^[3]
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

Symonds Green^[3]
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

Wellfield^[3]
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

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1987". The Elections Centre.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Stevenage Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2019.

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