1987 South Ribble Borough Council election

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Elections to South Ribble Borough Council were held on 7 May 1987. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party retained its majority. [1] The elections were the first to be held under the new boundaries laid out in March 1987. [2]

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Composition of the Borough Council after the 1987 election UK South Ribble Borough Council 1987.svg
Composition of the Borough Council after the 1987 election

Election result

South Ribble Local Election Result 1987
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 37Decrease2.svg 268.548.841789
  Labour 11Steady2.svg20.436.030891
  Alliance 6Increase2.svg 211.114.512405
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.00.7612

Ward Results

All Saints
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Greenland 1,198 18.3
Conservative M. Rhodes 1,145 17.5
Conservative P. Young 1,104 16.9
Labour B. Yates107016.4
Conservative B. Gadd105416.1
Labour J. Swain96914.8
Bamber Bridge Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Cooper 1,177 20.6
Conservative G. Woods 1,145 20.0
Conservative T. Dixon 1,079 18.9
Labour D. Watson79313.9
Labour E. Calvert75413.2
Labour A. Nicholson75413.2
Bamber Bridge South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. Barrersby 871 18.0
Labour T. Hanson 833 17.3
Conservative E. Smith 808 16.7
Labour W. Harrison78116.2
Conservative D. Titterington77015.9
Labour J. Owen76515.8
Charnock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Dowdall 314 42.3
Conservative J. Byme29239.3
Alliance B. Ward13718.4
Farington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. Cross 1,100 18.7
Conservative G. Thorpe 1,074 18.2
Conservative E. Chadwick 1,040 17.6
Labour N. Berry82113.9
Labour G. Baehren79613.5
Labour G. Durham71712.2
Alliance J.Healy3465.9
Howick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. Stewart 807 33.0
Conservative H. Smith 780 31.9
Alliance J. Thomason2209.0
Labour J. Crookes2168.8
Alliance C. Miller2128.7
Labour K. Shaw2088.5
Hutton & New Longton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Hesketh 1,122 25.2
Conservative M. Jenkinson 1,015 22.8
Conservative A. Underwood 948 21.3
Independent P. Wearden61213.7
Labour R. Parkinson3988.9
Labour I. Chewter3668.2
Kingsfold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Bannister 1,027 19.5
Conservative E. Carson 946 18.0
Conservative J. Jenkinson 879 16.7
Labour S. Crozier70213.3
Labour D. Wooldridge69513.2
Labour R. Millar68213.0
Alliance G. Owen3356.4
Leyland Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance J. Jenkinson 879 28.8
Alliance M. Gardner 676 22.2
Labour A. Dawson48515.9
Labour J. Kelly69515.6
Conservative S. Kelley3039.9
Conservative R.Harwood2337.6
Leyland St. Ambrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance N. Orrell 1,130 35.2
Alliance M. Kirkham 1,046 32.6
Labour D. Golden38612.0
Labour F. Stringfellow37211.6
Conservative N. Dean2788.7
Leyland St. Johns
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Hocking 1,272 26.2
Labour M. Beardsworth 1,142 23.5
Labour J. Ryan 998 20.5
Conservative S. Postance4178.6
Alliance K. Walmsley3647.5
Alliance E. Marshall3437.1
Alliance J. Ritchie3246.7
Leyland St. Marys
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance J. Edwin 925 13.6
Conservative J. Treacher 905 13.3
Alliance J. Knowles 900 13.2
Conservative H. Parr87612.8
Alliance M. Simmonds81111.9
Conservative M. Creer79711.7
Labour C. Lamb5698.3
Labour G. Lewis5227.7
Labour C. Bass5137.5
Little Hoole & Much Hoole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. Webster 740 36.0
Conservative J. Knowles 736 35.8
Labour J. Haddock30414.8
Labour M. Graham27713.5
Longton Central & West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Colton 993 26.9
Conservative J. Breakell 908 24.6
Conservative E. Nicholls 903 24.4
Alliance T. Yates3258.8
Labour S. Breakell3098.4
Labour N. Hall2577.0
Lostock Hall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative N. Crossley 1,253 20.6
Conservative K. Beattie 1,250 20.5
Conservative J. Hughes 1,243 20.4
Labour B. Cox82413.5
Labour D. Smith76912.6
Labour P. Farrell75612.4
Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M. Barker 721 22.9
Alliance J. Holleran 698 22.1
Conservative B. Thompson 680 21.6
Alliance M. Thomason59819.0
Labour W. Crozier2297.3
Labour A. Needham2287.2
Middleforth Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative K. Dickinson 989 32.5
Conservative J. Richardson 775 25.5
Labour J. Stoker45214.8
Labour D. Pownall44314.5
Alliance J. Holleran38612.7
Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Quinn 805 18.6
Labour A. Brown 742 17.2
Labour M. Evenson 685 15.9
Conservative N. Greenwood62414.4
Conservative R. Smith57913.4
Conservative M. Postance57713.3
Alliance R. Prescott5777.1
Priory
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative B. Moulding 820 29.9
Conservative R. Haworth 813 29.7
Alliance P. Farrer41015.0
Alliance J. Farmer36813.4
Labour J. Clarkson1716.2
Labour R. Prescott1575.7
Samlesbury & Cuerdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Barton 306 73.4
Labour R. Ashburner11126.6
Seven Stars
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Croft 809 39.9
Labour J. McDonald 797 39.3
Alliance H. Prescott42020.7


Walton Le Dale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Lawson 997 23.0
Conservative H. Clarkson 950 21.9
Conservative K. Palmer 941 21.7
Labour G. Davies44210.2
Labour A. Calder3828.8
Labour K. Jones3768.7
Alliance B. Moore2455.7

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References

  1. "South Ribble". BBC News Online . Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of South Ribble (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1987. Retrieved on 16 December 2022.