1987 Langbaurgh Borough Council election

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Elections to Langbaurgh Borough Council took place in 1987. The whole council was up for election. The Labour Party won the most seats but there was no overall control of the council. [1]

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Election result

Langbaurgh Borough Council local election result 1987
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 27-445.7%37.748,514-2,802
  Conservative 24-540.7%33.7%43,318-2,439
  Alliance 7+711.9%24.9%32,110+18,472
  Independent 2+23.4%3.6%4,647-2,097
  Green 00.1%130+130

Ward Results

Bankside

Bankside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent K Cook 610 36.3% +12.2%
Independent J Readman 492
Labour R Haining48228.7%-23.1%
Labour C Christie387
Alliance D Robinson35120.9%-3.2%
Alliance M Paskin348
Conservative Y Gwenlan23614.1%+14.1%

Belmont

Belmont
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative B Lythgoe 1,331 42.9% -2.5%
Conservative P Hopwood 1,305
Alliance P Bosworth1,18038.1%+4.9%
Alliance S Kidd981
Labour J Catron58119%-2.3%
Labour B Punshon574

Brotton

Brotton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M Smith 676 30.5% -4.2%
Alliance C Watts 651 29.4% +29.4%
Labour T Beswick62628.3%-7.6%
Labour A Cook545
Conservative G Brown513
Alliance E Pinkney440
Independent V Miller26111.8%-17.6%

Church Lane

Church Lane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W Herlingshaw 949 84% -3.3%
Labour W Martin 944
Alliance S Wilson1089.6%-3.1%
Alliance P Cockroft105
Conservative R Binns736.5%+6.5%

Coatham

Coatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R Hall 555 41.2% -2.9%
Conservative W Wright 474
Alliance S Davison43232.1%+18.6%
Alliance D Best430
Labour L Stenson36026.7%+5.5%
Labour C Hall350

Dormanstown

Dormanstown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T Collins 1,508 50.6% -12.2%
Labour A Taylor 1,450
Labour M Pearson 1,418
Conservative K Thompson86529%+8.6%
Alliance G Abbott60720.4%+3.6%
Alliance Ian Swales 562
Alliance J Todd540

Eston

Eston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour I Cole 1,231 61.1% -7.6%
Labour R Cooney 1,141
Labour A Harvison 1,051
Alliance R Harrison45822.7%-8.6%
Alliance P Todd330
Alliance A Pierre328
Conservative C Haith32516.1%+16.1%

Grangetown

Grangetown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S Tombe 688 64.4% -4.5%
Labour J Walsh 683
Alliance T Phoenix32730.6%+17.5%
Alliance S Heanan312
Conservative 545.1%+5.1%

Guisborough

Guisborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W Richardson 1,016 31.9% -23.7%
Labour K Drew 992 31.2% -13.2%
Conservative M Hopwood 948
Labour R Lewis899
Conservative D Davies843
Labour G Smith759
Independent J Clarke62119.5%+19.5%
Alliance L Wilkinson55217.4%+17.4%
Alliance A Carter476
Alliance C Medlock357

Hutton

Hutton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative B Bradley 979 61.4% -9.8%
Alliance A Brocklebank48930.7%+10.1%
Labour H Tout1267.9%-0.3%

Kirkleatham

Kirkleatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R Roberts 1,161 37.9% -2%
Labour K Nilan 1,144
Labour N Davies 1,122
Conservative A Wordsworth98132%-1%
Conservative K Kime964
Conservative R Puffrey937
Alliance T Wilson59019.3%+5.2%
Alliance J Angus542
Alliance J Matthewman525
Independent P Brown32910.7%-2.3%

Lockwood

Lockwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S Kay 1,119 62.5% -5%
Labour N Loughran 957
Conservative S Winspear57131.9%+0.4%
Conservative M Wood524
Alliance P Wilson995.5%+5.5%
Alliance N Richardson94

Loftus

Loftus
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B Scott 1,430 48.1% -0.5%
Labour N Lantsberry 1,368
Labour A Mason 1,066
Conservative V Haynes1,02034.3%+6.3%
Conservative T Barry954
Conservative R Wilson855
Alliance A Shepherd52317.6%-5.8%
Alliance N Harrison259
Alliance R Harrison231

Longbeck

Longbeck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative P Gains-Burril 1,520 46.1% -2.4%
Conservative V Moody 1,486
Conservative L Russell 1,460
Labour P Harford1,08532.9%+2.4%
Labour J Fitzgerald1,064
Labour A Taylor997
Alliance N Herrell69221%-
Alliance J Terry566
Alliance T Wilkinson514

Newcomen

Newcomen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance C Abbott 1,528 46.1% +21.5%
Alliance S Wilson 1,409
Labour L Morgan63827.1%-11.1%
Labour B Forster602
Conservative M Battye1928.1%-18%
Conservative Y Mountain175

Normanby

Normanby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D Moore 930 45.7% -6.9%
Conservative I Priestman 713
Labour J Pallister66832.8%+5.3%
Labour J Simms584
Alliance P Davison43621.4%+1.5%
Alliance A Golden400

Ormesby

Ormesby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance G Nightingale 879 49.7% +36.6%
Alliance J Kay 744
Conservative J Fagan64636.6%-19.3%
Conservative P Zoryk609
Labour R Duffy24213.7%-9.5%
Labour J Jarvis223

Overfields

Overfields
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W Towers 790 41.7% -14.6%
Labour J Seago 690
Independent J Docherty61624.1%+24.1%
Alliance H Monks36419.2%-2.3%
Alliance S Marshall359
Conservative P Milner28515%-7.3%
Conservative P Pickering283

Redcar

Redcar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T Hoyle 915 36.7% -3.9%
Conservative J Dyball 891
Independent J White61624.7%+2.4%
Alliance D Raine49119.7%-0.4%
Labour J Coombe47319%+1.9%
Labour J Pearson408
Alliance S Green371

Saltburn

Saltburn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative B Cobb 1,620 52.9% +0.3%
Conservative M Hibbert 1,487
Conservative K Muir 1,453
Alliance K Daws85227.8%+11.9%
Alliance A Wilson758
Labour C Hammond58919.2%+3.5%
Labour T Lewis558
Labour M Cooper555
Alliance T Goddard533

Skelton

Skelton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative L Douglass 1,808 60.4% -2.0%
Conservative P Jeffels 1,379
Conservative P Wilkinson 1,254
Labour E Wesson94031.4%-6.2%
Labour J Stephen836
Labour A Deans776
Alliance J Richardson2458.2%+8.2%
Alliance C Watts236
Alliance C Terry219

Skinningrove

Skinningrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour V Teasdale 318 47.8% -20.7%
Green D Tuffery13019.5%+19.5%
Conservative A Watts10115.2%-16.3%
Independent M Hughlock7811.7%+11.7%
Alliance N Russell385.7%+5.7%

South Bank

South Bank
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S Jeffrey 990 46.1% -28.2%
Labour S Szintai 823
Independent A Seed79837.2%+11.5%
Independent E Powell385
Alliance I Hesletine2029.4%+9.4%
Alliance J Plummer182
Conservative P Chisholm1587.4%+7.4%

St. Germains

St. Germains
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance B Williams 1,190 46.1% +25.7%
Alliance J Cawthorne 888
Labour G Houchen86530.3%+13.0%
Conservative A Gaskin79627.9%-8.3%
Labour D Jones700
Conservative J Green682

Teesville

Teesville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour K McBride 1,174 47.2% -14.8%
Labour P O'Neill 1,151
Labour A Brooke 1,123
Alliance K Giles76930.9%+30.9%
Alliance J Plummer709
Alliance D Howells693
Conservative L Richardson54521.9%-16.1%
Conservative G Peacock525
Conservative S Crane519

West Dyke

West Dyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A Gwenlan 1,344 47.2% -14.8%
Conservative D Lane 1,311
Conservative K Haith 1,231
Alliance J Benbow95333.6%+11.3%
Alliance S Blake845
Alliance T Gare821
Labour C Davis53718.9%+3.9%
Labour J Organ499
Labour K Hall498

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