1987 Sheffield City Council election

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1987 Sheffield City Council election
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31 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council
44 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Seats won2353
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg2Steady2.svg0
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Map showing the results of the 1987 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election.

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Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1987
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2320+274.251.187,584-2.6
  Alliance 30009.727.747,444+2.4
  Conservative 502-216.121.035,927+1.0
  Green 00000.00.1239-0.1
  Communist 00000.00.190+0.1

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour6365
Conservatives1513
SDP–Liberal Alliance99
Total8787
Working majority 39  43 

Ward results

Beauchief [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clifford Godber* 2,972 36.7 -2.9
Alliance Peter Moore2,66532.9+9.8
Labour Roy Munn2,46730.4-6.8
Majority3073.8+1.4
Turnout 8,10453.1+12.5
Conservative hold Swing -6.3
Birley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Ramsbottom 3,790 59.8 -5.7
Alliance Cyril Skipworth1,40922.2+1.4
Conservative Shirley Clayton1,13918.0+4.4
Majority2,38137.6-7.1
Turnout 6,33839.2+5.2
Labour hold Swing -3.5
Brightside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Heath* 2,912 71.1 -4.9
Alliance Francis Pierce70217.1+1.5
Conservative Simon Briggs47911.7+3.3
Majority2,21054.0-6.4
Turnout 4,09331.7+2.2
Labour hold Swing -3.2
Broomhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacqueline Mosley 2,295 38.3 -1.5
Alliance Jane Padget1,86831.2-0.4
Conservative Richard Foster1,82530.5+1.9
Majority4277.1-1.1
Turnout 5,98845.6+3.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -0.5
Burngreave [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Jamison* 3,009 66.5 -13.1
Alliance Sheila Rehman97121.5+1.1
Conservative Isobel Watson54212.0+12.0
Majority2,03845.0-14.2
Turnout 4,52236.5+4.0
Labour hold Swing -7.1
Castle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Skinner* 3,061 77.5 -6.4
Alliance Peter Horsfield46311.7+1.8
Conservative Joan Graham42410.7+4.5
Majority2,59865.8-8.2
Turnout 3,94830.9+1.8
Labour hold Swing -4.1
Chapel Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Geoffrey Griffiths* 4,508 54.2 +6.4
Labour Peter Duff3,24539.0-6.7
Conservative Kathryn Robinson5596.7+0.3
Majority1,26315.2+13.1
Turnout 8,31246.9+8.0
Alliance hold Swing +6.5
Darnall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Hattersley 3,278 63.3 +21.2
Alliance Dennis Boothroyd1,05620.4-6.6
Conservative Colin Cavill84416.3+1.1
Majority2,22242.9+27.8
Turnout 5,17835.1+4.0
Labour hold Swing +13.9
Dore [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Davey* 4,114 51.5 +2.1
Labour Edward Lamb2,05325.7-2.3
Alliance Janice Sidebottom1,82022.8+0.2
Majority2,06125.8+4.4
Turnout 7,98748.0+7.9
Conservative hold Swing +2.2
Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Old 4,019 52.0 +4.3
Alliance Christine Freeman2,21228.6-3.4
Labour Roy Darke1,49719.4-0.9
Majority1,80723.4+7.7
Turnout 7,72848.9+6.6
Conservative hold Swing +3.8
Firth Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Howard Knight** 3,601 74.8 -5.8
Alliance Glyn Evans1,21525.2+25.2
Majority1,48649.6-19.0
Turnout 4,81635.7+4.9
Labour hold Swing -15.5

Howard Knight was a sitting councillor for Sharrow ward

Hallam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Knight 3,810 49.5 +9.0
Conservative Nicholas Aslam 3,799
Alliance John Knight2,38831.0-3.9
Alliance Andrew Milton2,308
Labour Kevin Mahoney1,49519.4-5.1
Labour James Prosser1,341
Majority1,41118.5+12.9
Turnout 7,69344.8-4.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing +6.4
Handsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elsie Smith* 3,462 51.6 -17.6
Alliance Alice Smith2,60238.8+23.3
Conservative Marjorie Kirby6209.2-4.4
Green Roger Dunn230.3-1.3
Majority86012.8-40.9
Turnout 6,70744.2+10.0
Labour hold Swing -20.4
Heeley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Crowder 3,359 57.9 -0.7
Alliance Douglas Oldfield1,22021.0+1.1
Conservative John Webster1,21721.0+0.5
Majority2,13936.9-1.2
Turnout 5,79638.8+3.8
Labour hold Swing -0.9
Hillsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Buckley 3,334 46.8 -3.4
Alliance Francis Butler2,37033.3+2.3
Conservative Michael Warner1,41319.8+1.0
Majority96413.5-5.7
Turnout 7,11746.9+4.4
Labour hold Swing -2.8
Intake [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Bower* 3,499 59.0 -2.2
Conservative Elizabeth Bradbury1,25321.1-1.0
Alliance Sheila Hughes1,17819.8+3.2
Majority2,24637.9-1.2
Turnout 5,93037.5+4.6
Labour hold Swing -0.6
Manor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Colk* 2,921 79.2 +79.2
Alliance Pamela Brown42911.6N/A
Conservative Robert Usher3389.1N/A
Majority2,49267.6N/A
Turnout 3,688N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Mosborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Sellars 4,425 59.3 -5.8
Conservative Gordon Millward1,60221.5+3.8
Alliance Louise Truman1,43019.2+2.0
Majority2,82337.8-9.6
Turnout 7,45735.6+6.7
Labour hold Swing -4.8
Nether Edge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Midgley 2,508 38.5 -0.6
Alliance George Manley1,91929.4+2.7
Conservative Paul Verhaert*1,87328.7-1.7
Green Jane Beharrell2163.3-0.4
Majority5899.1+0.4
Turnout 6,51646.3+2.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -1.6
Nether Shire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Jones* 3,350 72.6 -5.8
Alliance George Clayton1,26627.4+14.1
Majority2,08445.2-19.9
Turnout 4,61635.3+2.1
Labour hold Swing -9.9
Netherthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Walker 3,372 69.3 -4.3
Alliance Peter McNutt76815.8-10.6
Conservative Henry Cornford72314.8+14.8
Majority2,60453.5+6.3
Turnout 4,86338.3+6.0
Labour hold Swing +3.1
Norton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank White** 3,617 59.4 -4.3
Conservative Albert Marsden1,37122.5+4.4
Alliance Ian Auckland1,10418.1+0.0
Majority2,24636.9-8.7
Turnout 6,09244.9+5.8
Labour hold Swing -4.3

Frank White was a sitting councillor for Birley ward

Owlerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Jackson* 3,251 68.6 -5.4
Alliance John Brocklebank88318.6+3.8
Conservative Lorna Banham60212.7+1.6
Majority2,36850.0-9.2
Turnout 4,73636.2+6.3
Labour hold Swing -4.6
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vivienne Nicholson* 3,449 78.5 -4.3
Alliance Donald Smith49211.2+1.7
Conservative Jeremy Richardson**45410.3+2.6
Majority2,95767.3-6.0
Turnout 4,39531.2+6.5
Labour hold Swing -3.0

Jeremy Richardson was a sitting councillor for Ecclesall ward

Sharrow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doris Askham 2,619 63.3 -1.4
Conservative Anne Smith78018.8+3.5
Alliance Muhammad Zahur64915.7-1.5
Communist Brian Turley902.2+0.5
Majority1,83944.5-3.0
Turnout 4,13833.9+2.7
Labour hold Swing -2.4
South Wortley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance David Baker* 4,191 48.7 +1.0
Labour Eldon Hanson2,66731.0-5.1
Conservative Lynn Wilson1,73820.2+4.0
Majority52417.7+6.1
Turnout 8,59646.9+5.2
Alliance hold Swing +3.0
Southey Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Damms 3,632 81.3 +81.3
Alliance Raymond Mellor83418.7N/A
Majority2,79862.6N/A
Turnout 4,46635.9N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Stocksbridge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Malcolm Johnson* 2,590 53.0 +5.4
Labour Judith Chandler1,75135.9-5.9
Conservative Beryl Fleming54011.0+0.5
Majority83917.1+11.3
Turnout 4,88146.3+8.1
Alliance hold Swing +5.6
Walkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Owen* 3,665 55.7 +1.8
Labour Jean Cromar 3,474
Alliance David Brown**2,24234.0-3.7
Alliance Margaret Ritchie2,002
Conservative Giles Orton67610.2+1.9
Conservative Christine Smith635
Majority1,23221.7+5.5
Turnout 6,58343.7+0.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +2.7

David Brown was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward, and was previously elected as a Labour councillor

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