Adur District Council election, 1987

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Adur District Council election, 1987

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One third of seats (15 of 39) to Adur District Council
20 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party SDP–Liberal Alliance Conservative Labour
Seats won870
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Map showing the results of the 1987 Adur council elections.
Majority party before election

SDP-Liberal Alliance

Majority party after election

SDP-Liberal Alliance

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 7 May 1987, with one third of the council up for election. There were additional vacancies in the Churchill and Widewater wards and no elections for the two-member Marine ward. Overall turnout climbed to 48.3%. [1]

Non-metropolitan district Type of local government district in England

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a two-tier arrangement.

Contents

The election resulted in the Alliance retaining control of the council. [2] [3]

Election result

Adur District Council Election Result 1987 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SDP–Liberal Alliance 811053.344.19,522+1.3
  Conservative 711046.746.610,068+11.4
  Labour 00000.09.32,003-4.9

This resulted in the following composition of the council [2] :

PartyPrevious councilNew council
SDP-Liberal Alliance2222
Conservative1515
Independent Residents22
Total3939
Working majority 5  5 

Ward results

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.

Buckingham (4013) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Merrick A.1,31765.9+8.6
SDP–Liberal Alliance Hammond G. Ms.68234.1+1.9
Majority63531.8+6.8
Turnout 1,99949.8+6.6
Conservative hold Swing +3.3
Churchill (3792) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Sherwood R.89747.7-3.5
SDP–Liberal Alliance Ford A.886
Conservative Wood J.83644.5+4.9
Conservative Gray W. Ms.834
Labour Aldrich S. Ms.1467.8-1.4
Majority613.2-8.5
Turnout 1,87949.6+4.8
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing -4.2
Cokeham (3586) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Purdie D.71146.5-8.8
Conservative Kemp C.61740.4+9.2
Labour Mear B.20113.1
Majority946.1-18.0
Turnout 1,52942.6+5.1
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing -9.0
Eastbrook (3644) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Dunn R.97547.3+12.1
SDP–Liberal Alliance Taylor S.78037.8-1.9
Labour Morris C.30614.8-10.2
Majority1959.5+4.9
Turnout 2,06156.5+4.1
Conservative hold Swing +7.0
Hillside (3716) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Barber R.1,00657.8+16.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance Whitmore L.43124.8+5.2
Labour Sweet G. Ms.30317.4-21.2
Majority57533.0+29.8
Turnout 1,74046.8-0.4
Conservative hold Swing +5.4
Manor (3489) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Robinson C.95255.3+0.6
Conservative Chad R.76944.7+6.6
Majority18310.6-6.0
Turnout 1,72149.3-2.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing -3.0
Mash Barn (3081) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Robinson J. Ms.81882.9+25.1
Labour Atkins B.16917.1+5.0
Majority64965.8+38.1
Turnout 98732.0-5.6
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing +10.0
Peverel (3316) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Spruce P.73248.6-14.2
Conservative Harris F.61741.0+15.4
Labour Atkins H. Ms.15610.4-1.1
Majority1157.6-29.6
Turnout 1,50545.4+4.6
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing -9.8
Southlands (3427) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Little S.91751.3+0.2
Conservative Hermans G. Ms.58732.8-0.6
Labour Sweet N.28315.8+0.3
Majority33018.5+0.8
Turnout 1,78752.0+1.7
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing +0.4
Southwick Green (3922) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Bucknall S. Ms.1,16257.8+7.9
Conservative Maltby C.84842.2+42.2
Majority31415.6+7.0
Turnout 2,01051.3+6.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Conservative Swing -17.1
St. Marys (878) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Marchant R.25660.1N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance Bienati C. Ms.11627.2N/A
Labour Gibbs L.5412.7N/A
Majority14032.9N/A
Turnout 42648.5N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
St. Nicolas (3781) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Lucraft J. Ms.1,20164.1+15.1
SDP–Liberal Alliance Gough R.48125.7-5.9
Labour Barnes S.19210.2-1.4
Majority72038.4+21.0
Turnout 1,87449.5+2.0
Conservative hold Swing +10.5
Widewater (4213)2 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Floyd J.1,03950.1+5.5
Conservative Forshaw G.1,016
SDP–Liberal Alliance Barrow R.84340.6-5.4
SDP–Liberal Alliance Cooper M. Ms.822
Labour Allwright R.1939.3-0.1
Majority1969.4+7.9
Turnout 2,07548.4+2.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from SDP–Liberal Alliance Swing +5.4

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References

  1. ↑ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  3. ↑ "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
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