1987 Manchester City Council election

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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]

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Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 1987
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1909-957.642.062,473-16.1%
  Conservative 960+627.329.043,168+8.7%
  Alliance 530+315.127.140,343+7.8%
  Green (UK) 00000.01.21,775+0.4%
  Independent 00000.00.5840-0.6%

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

PartySeats  +/-  
Labour 77-9
Conservative 13+6
Alliance 9+3
Labour hold

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 (UK) 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 (UK) 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 (UK) 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 (UK) 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 (UK) 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 (UK) 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 (UK) 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 (UK) 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 (UK) 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 (UK) 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 (UK) 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 (UK) 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

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References

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