1987 Uttlesford District Council election

1987 Uttlesford District Council election

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All 42 seats to Uttlesford District Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Alliance Seats won 24 10 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 13,628 12,196 Percentage 43.9% 39.3% Swing 2.9% 16.4%   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Labour Seats won 7 1 Seat change Popular vote 2,109 2,928 Percentage 6.8% 9.4% Swing 7.4% 6.7%
Winner of each seat at the 1987 Uttlesford District Council election.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 1987 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in Essex, England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1987 Uttlesford District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	32	24	1	5	4	57.1	43.9	13,628	–2.9
	Alliance	25	10	5	1	4	23.8	39.3	12,196	+16.4
	Independent	8	7	1	1		16.7	6.8	2,109	–7.4
	Labour	11	1	0	0		2.4	9.4	2,928	–6.7
	Green	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	199	N/A

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Ashdon

Ashdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Tyler	Unopposed
Registered electors			839
	Independent hold

Birchanger

Birchanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Haggerwood*	424	83.5	N/A
	Alliance	C. Rowley	84	16.5	N/A
Majority			340	66.8	N/A
Turnout			508	61.0	N/A
Registered electors			842
	Conservative hold

Clavering

Clavering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Abrahams*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,245
	Independent hold

Elsenham

Elsenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hurwitz*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,528
	Conservative hold

Felsted

Felsted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	R. Hawkins*	874	76.1	+14.8
	Alliance	A. Harding	602	52.4	+15.4
	Independent	J. Guthrie-Dow	545	47.5	+2.3
Turnout			~1,148	51.9	–1.5
Registered electors			2,212
	Alliance hold
	Alliance gain from Conservative

Great Dunmow North

Great Dunmow North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	R. Aldous*	718	58.3	+3.7
	Conservative	M. Davey	571	46.3	+0.8
	Alliance	P. Taylor	435	35.3	–17.5
	Conservative	E. Hicks	386	31.3	N/A
Turnout			~1,232	54.8	+3.3
Registered electors			2,249
	Alliance hold
	Conservative gain from Alliance

Great Dunmow South

Great Dunmow South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Westcott*	932	61.9	N/A
	Alliance	N. Prowse*	769	51.0	N/A
	Alliance	D. Briggs	579	38.4	N/A
Turnout			~1,507	55.9	N/A
Registered electors			2,695
	Conservative hold
	Alliance hold

Great Hallingbury

Great Hallingbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Streeter*	Unopposed
Registered electors			765
	Independent hold

Hatfield Broad Oak

Hatfield Broad Oak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Wood	309	57.8	N/A
	Alliance	W. Bree	226	42.2	N/A
Majority			83	15.4	N/A
Turnout			535	58.8	N/A
Registered electors			910
	Conservative hold

Hatfield Heath

Hatfield Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Delderfield*	474	78.5	+13.3
	Labour	W. McCarthy	130	21.5	–13.3
Majority			344	56.9	+26.6
Turnout			604	50.1	+0.4
Registered electors			1,205
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.3

Henham

Henham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Glover*	342	61.6	+1.1
	Alliance	J. Gibb	213	38.4	+6.3
Majority			129	23.1	–5.2
Turnout			555	45.6	–4.8
Registered electors			1,224
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.6

Little Hallingbury

Little Hallingbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Row*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,118
	Conservative hold

Littlebury

Littlebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Menell*	Unopposed
Registered electors			913
	Conservative hold

Newport

Newport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Pugh*	450	58.8	–8.0
	Green	G. Hannah	199	26.0	N/A
	Alliance	L. Blount	116	15.2	–18.0
Majority			251	32.7	–0.8
Turnout			765	47.7	–3.5
Registered electors			1,603
	Conservative hold

Rickling

Rickling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	S. Collins*	292	54.1	–5.1
	Conservative	J. Rich	248	45.9	+5.1
Majority			44	8.2	–10.2
Turnout			540	67.1	+4.9
Registered electors			808
	Alliance hold		Swing	5.1

Saffron Walden Audley

Saffron Walden Audley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Miller*	668	49.7	–4.0
	Conservative	A. Walters*	618	46.0	+4.1
	Alliance	S. Jones	461	34.3	+7.0
	Alliance	A. Barnes	446	33.2	N/A
	Labour	D. Baker	232	17.3	–1.6
	Labour	V. Carter	195	14.5	–0.9
Turnout			~1,345	61.2	–5.9
Registered electors			2,197
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Saffron Walden Castle

Saffron Walden Castle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Eastham*	708	44.1	+1.8
	Alliance	H. Free	626	39.0	+6.2
	Conservative	R. Dean	597	37.2	+7.9
	Alliance	S. McDermott	563	35.1	N/A
	Labour	D. Cornell	326	20.3	–4.6
	Labour	D. Barrs	269	16.8	–4.4
Turnout			~1,604	58.4	–8.7
Registered electors			2,746
	Conservative hold
	Alliance hold

Saffron Walden Plantation

Saffron Walden Plantation (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Ketteridge*	750	49.6	–3.6
	Conservative	S. Neville*	654	43.2	–2.0
	Alliance	J. Benson	577	38.1	+20.7
	Alliance	V. Lelliott	520	34.4	+17.0
	Labour	J. Evans	239	15.8	–13.6
	Labour	D. O'Sullivan	221	14.6	–18.0
Turnout			~1,513	50.4	–7.1
Registered electors			3,002
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Saffron Walden Shire

Saffron Walden Shire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Stevens*	569	43.9	+5.3
	Labour	R. Green*	548	42.3	+5.8
	Conservative	J. Hughes	459	35.4	+2.0
	Alliance	H. Baker	322	24.8	–0.1
	Alliance	F. Whittington	300	23.1	N/A
	Labour	K. Pipe	273	21.1	+7.5
Turnout			~1,297	53.8	–11.2
Registered electors			2,410
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Stansted Mountfitchet

Stansted Mountfitchet (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	A. Dean	1,014	48.7	+18.9
	Alliance	M. Caton	992	47.6	N/A
	Alliance	R. Clifford	930	44.7	N/A
	Conservative	J. Brown	884	42.5	–4.6
	Conservative	B. Gott*	882	42.4	–2.9
	Conservative	D. Butterfield	789	37.9	N/A
Turnout			~2,082	53.0	–5.4
Registered electors			3,929
	Alliance gain from Independent
	Alliance gain from Conservative
	Alliance gain from Conservative

Stebbing

Stebbing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Kiddle*	495	77.6	–1.9
	Alliance	R. Head	143	22.4	+1.9
Majority			352	55.1	–3.8
Turnout			638	57.7	+0.8
Registered electors			1,114
	Independent hold		Swing	1.9

Stort Valley

Stort Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Collins*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,018
	Conservative hold

Takeley

Takeley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. MacPhail*	543	59.0	–2.1
	Conservative	E. Whitehead*	523	56.8	–3.5
	Labour	J. Oliveira	355	38.5	–0.4
Turnout			~921	42.0	+6.8
Registered electors			2,193
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Thaxted

Thaxted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Leeder*	621	54.9	+19.6
	Independent	E. Walsh	448	39.6	N/A
	Conservative	Q. Mould	439	38.8	–44.3
	Alliance	S. Corke	394	34.8	N/A
Turnout			~1,132	56.2	–0.2
Registered electors			2,014
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

The Canfields

The Canfields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Wright*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,384
	Conservative hold

The Chesterfords

The Chesterfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	P. Chater	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,132
	Alliance gain from Conservative

The Eastons

The Eastons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Thornburn	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,069
	Conservative hold

The Rodings

The Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Tivendale*	Unopposed
Registered electors			971
	Conservative hold

The Sampfords

The Sampfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Hughes*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,315
	Independent hold

Wenden Lofts

Wenden Lofts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Chambers	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,100
	Conservative hold

Wimbish & Debden

Wimbish & Debden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Belcher	429	75.4	+23.1
	Labour	B. Lock	140	24.5	N/A
Majority			289	50.7	+46.2
Turnout			569	50.2	–12.7
Registered electors			1,146
	Conservative hold

By-elections

The Chesterfords

The Chesterfords by-election: 29 March 1990 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		471	72.6
	Liberal Democrats		178	27.4
Majority			293	45.2
Turnout			649	55.5
Registered electors			1,169
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Felsted

Felsted by-election: 26 April 1990 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		700	60.9
	Conservative		450	39.1
Majority			250	21.8
Turnout			1,150	52.6
Registered electors			2,186
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Saffron Walden Castle

Saffron Walden Castle by-election: 9 May 1990 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		597	37.3
	Labour		510	31.9
	Conservative		494	30.9
Majority			87	5.4
Turnout			1,601	57.8
Registered electors			2,770
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Uttlesford District Council Elections 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 31 December 2025.
2. "By-elections". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.