1987 Manchester City Council election

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1987 Manchester City Council election
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←  1986 7 May 1987 (1987-05-07) 1988  →
33 of 99 seats
to Manchester City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Graham Stringer Joyce HillAudrey Jones
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Leader's seat Harpurhey Didsbury Withington
Last election31 seats,
58.1%		1 seats,
20.3%		2 seats,
19.3%
Seats before8676
Seats won1995
Seats after77139
Seat changeDecrease2.svg9Increase2.svg9Increase2.svg5
Popular vote62,47343,16840,343
Percentage42.0%29.0%27.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg16.1%Increase2.svg8.7%Increase2.svg7.8%
Manchester 1987.png
Map of results of 1987 election
Leader of the Council before election

Graham Stringer
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Graham Stringer
Labour

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]

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Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Labour Party 62,473 (42.0%)
Decrease2.svg 16.119 (57.6%)
19 / 33
Decrease2.svg 977 (77.7%)
77 / 99
Conservative Party 43,168 (29.0%)
Increase2.svg 8.79 (27.3%)
9 / 33
Increase2.svg 628 (13.1%)
13 / 99
Alliance 40,343 (27.1%)
Increase2.svg 7.85 (15.1%)
5 / 33
Increase2.svg 39 (9.1%)
9 / 99
Green Party 1,775 (1.2%)
Increase2.svg 0.40 (0.0%)
0 / 33
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Independent 840 (0.5%)
Decrease2.svg 0.60 (0.0%)
0 / 33
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 99


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Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Finley*1,82567.0−9.5
Alliance Ronald Axtell46016.9+9.3
Conservative Steven Johnson43816.1+0.2
Majority1,36550.1−10.4
Turnout 2,723
Labour hold Swing -9.4

Baguley

Baguley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Winifred Smith*1,92342.1−31.2
Conservative Simon Lawley1,58234.6+7.9
Alliance Desmond Cooke1,06523.3+23.3
Majority3417.5−39.2
Turnout 4,570
Labour hold Swing -19.5

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Simon Gluck2,30542.5+10.6
Labour Christopher Tucker*1,88634.8−11.9
Conservative Nicholas Brook1,11020.5+2.4
Green Brian Candeland1262.3−1.0
Majority4197.7−7.1
Turnout 5,427
Alliance gain from Labour Swing +11.2

Benchill

Benchill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Warren*2,02262.6−9.8
Alliance Ann Bradshaw1,20737.4+37.4
Majority81525.2−28.2
Turnout 3,229
Labour hold Swing -23.6

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sidney Silverman*1,86756.2−17.8
Conservative Leonard Hockey88526.6+12.4
Alliance Valerie Cahill57217.2+11.9
Majority98229.5−30.4
Turnout 3,324
Labour hold Swing -15.1

Blackley

Blackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eileen Kelly*1,87945.2−20.4
Conservative Kevin Potter1,36632.9+12.4
Alliance John Cookson91021.9+9.4
Majority51312.3−32.8
Turnout 4,155
Labour hold Swing -16.4

Bradford

Bradford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Smith2,04861.9−16.9
Alliance Simon Lewis65019.6+10.5
Conservative Margaret Payne61018.4+6.3
Majority1,39842.3−24.4
Turnout 3,308
Labour hold Swing -13.7

Brooklands

Brooklands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur O'Connor2,64650.0+13.7
Labour Paul Clarke*1,71432.4−16.2
Alliance David Wraxall93517.7+2.6
Majority93217.6+5.4
Turnout 5,295
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +14.9

Burnage

Burnage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeffrey Leach2,23140.2+15.3
Labour Marilyn Taylor*1,99235.9−12.9
Alliance Robert Harrison1,23122.2+7.0
Green Edwin Howard901.6+0.1
Majority2394.3−19.6
Turnout 5,544
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +14.1

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Conquest*1,51167.9−11.7
Conservative Alan Hudson36416.4+5.0
Alliance Graeme Muir35115.8+6.8
Majority1,14751.5−16.6
Turnout 2,226
Labour hold Swing -8.3

Charlestown

Charlestown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Edwards1,93341.2−22.3
Conservative Michael Jones1,76637.7+14.4
Alliance Eric Watts99021.1+8.0
Majority1673.6−36.6
Turnout 4,689
Labour hold Swing -18.3

Cheetham

Cheetham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nicholas Harris*1,45252.3−27.6
Independent Sydney Laserson72726.2+26.2
Alliance Barry McColgan59621.5+1.4
Majority72526.1−33.7
Turnout 2,775
Labour hold Swing -26.9

Chorlton

Chorlton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Kielthy2,88744.4+6.4
Labour Philip Openshaw2,13232.8−15.4
Alliance Margaret Boyle1,28719.8+6.7
Green Marian Daltrop2003.1+3.1
Majority75511.6+1.4
Turnout 6,506
Conservative hold Swing +10.9

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Bullock2,17845.1+14.1
Labour Basil Curley*1,76436.5−13.2
Alliance Harry Blease77616.1−3.2
Independent Robert Lomas1132.3+2.3
Majority4148.6−10.0
Turnout 4,831
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +13.6

Didsbury

Didsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Muriel Crawford*3,63554.3+10.9
Labour Geoffrey Bridson1,49522.3−9.7
Alliance Ann Muir1,34620.1−2.6
Green Michael Abberton2233.3+1.3
Majority2,14031.9+20.5
Turnout 6,699
Conservative hold Swing +10.3

Fallowfield

Fallowfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Harrison1,72041.9−12.7
Conservative Stephen Keegin1,43435.0+13.8
Alliance Kevin Read78919.2−0.7
Green Jonathan Booty1583.9−0.4
Majority2867.0−26.3
Turnout 4,101
Labour hold Swing -13.2

Gorton North

Gorton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Unwin2,07845.4−22.9
Alliance Paul Allanson1,29428.3+14.2
Conservative Noel Dentith1,20326.3+9.8
Majority78417.1−34.7
Turnout 4,575
Labour hold Swing -18.5

Gorton South

Gorton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance James Ashley 2,29149.1+17.8
Labour Bernard Stone1,81438.9−18.7
Conservative Terence Grimshaw55711.9+0.9
Majority47710.2−16.1
Turnout 4,662
Alliance gain from Labour Swing +18.2

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nilofar Siddiqi*1,64847.0−23.4
Conservative Reginald Chadwick1,06030.2+15.9
Alliance Morris Lockwood79722.7+7.4
Majority58816.8−38.3
Turnout 3,505
Labour hold Swing -19.6

Hulme

Hulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Kelly1,85972.8−8.8
Alliance Simon Jones69427.2+17.5
Majority1,16545.6−27.3
Turnout 2,553
Labour hold Swing -13.1

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Audrey Greaves*2,97455.4+2.1
Labour Vincent Young1,47427.5−4.3
Conservative Victoria Colledge74113.8+1.3
Green Beryl Clarke1783.3+1.0
Majority1,50027.9+6.5
Turnout 5,367
Alliance hold Swing +3.2

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerry Carey2,03538.6+15.5
Labour Derek Shaw*1,85535.2−27.9
Alliance David Porter1,38526.3+12.5
Majority1803.4−36.6
Turnout 5,275
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +21.7

Longsight

Longsight
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Strath*2,83760.1−3.3
Alliance Rosalind Moss90519.2−2.5
Conservative Ian Ferguson83017.6+6.3
Green Robert Waters1513.2−0.4
Majority1,93240.9−0.9
Turnout 4,723
Labour hold Swing -0.4

Moss Side

Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sam Darby*2,65370.1−10.5
Conservative Mary Barnes60516.0+5.7
Alliance Graham Shaw52713.9+4.8
Majority2,04854.1−16.2
Turnout 3,785
Labour hold Swing -8.1

Moston

Moston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Clough2,22343.2+17.8
Labour W. Risby*1,90637.1−19.0
Alliance David Gordon1,01319.7+9.5
Majority3176.2−24.4
Turnout 5,142
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +18.4

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Wood1,97756.2−17.5
Conservative Jacqueline Hughes85424.3+6.4
Alliance Vera Towers68519.5+12.8
Majority1,12331.9−24.0
Turnout 3,516
Labour hold Swing -11.9

Northenden

Northenden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Carroll2,02737.0+10.3
Labour Gabrielle Cox1,71431.3−28.0
Alliance Michael Otterwell1,67930.6+16.6
Green Sylvia Buchan611.1+1.1
Majority3135.7−26.9
Turnout 5,481
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +19.1

Old Moat

Old Moat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Bradley* 2,30938.0−13.0
Alliance Anne Monkhouse2,12034.9+11.6
Conservative Maura Logan1,52325.1+2.8
Green Joyce Foster1272.1−1.2
Majority1893.1−24.6
Turnout 6,079
Labour hold Swing -12.3

Rusholme

Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Marc Ramsbottom2,31046.0+5.5
Labour Yomi Mambu1,96939.2−7.9
Conservative Nigel Barnes59411.8+1.4
Green Alison Hunt1493.0+3.0
Majority3416.8+0.2
Turnout 5,022
Alliance gain from Labour Swing +6.7

Sharston

Sharston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Mann1,80138.5−26.0
Alliance Robert Bowers1,58533.9−1.6
Conservative Alan Williams1,29227.6+27.6
Majority2164.6−24.5
Turnout 4,678
Labour hold Swing -12.2

Whalley Range

Whalley Range
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Kershaw2,29442.7+9.1
Labour Yousouf Gooljary2,07538.6−11.1
Alliance Kenneth McKeon85615.9−0.8
Green Colin Kirby1492.8+2.8
Majority2194.1−12.0
Turnout 5,374
Conservative hold Swing +10.1

Withington

Withington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance David Sandiford*2,63144.9+2.3
Labour David Silkin1,61427.5−7.4
Conservative Anthony Elleray1,45724.8+5.3
Green Guy Otten1632.8−0.2
Majority1,01717.3+9.6
Turnout 5,865
Alliance hold Swing +4.8

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour May Bullows1,72748.0−7.8
Alliance Eileen Dawes1,12731.3+16.0
Conservative Dorothy Hurst74120.6+12.3
Majority60016.7−18.5
Turnout 3,595
Labour hold Swing -11.9

References

  1. ↑ Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
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