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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]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 19 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 57.6 | 42.0 | 62,473 | -16.1% | |
Conservative | 9 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 27.3 | 29.0 | 43,168 | +8.7% | |
Alliance | 5 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 15.1 | 27.1 | 40,343 | +7.8% | |
Green (UK) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1,775 | +0.4% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 840 | -0.6% |
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
Party | Seats | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 77 | -9 | |
Conservative | 13 | +6 | |
Alliance | 9 | +3 | |
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Finley* | 1,825 | 67.0 | -9.5 | |
Alliance | Ronald Axtell | 460 | 16.9 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Steven Johnson | 438 | 16.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 1,365 | 50.1 | -10.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,723 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Winifred Smith* | 1,923 | 42.1 | -31.2 | |
Conservative | Simon Lawley | 1,582 | 34.6 | +7.9 | |
Alliance | Desmond Cooke | 1,065 | 23.3 | +23.3 | |
Majority | 341 | 7.5 | -39.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,570 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -19.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Simon Gluck | 2,305 | 42.5 | +10.6 | |
Labour | Christopher Tucker* | 1,886 | 34.8 | -11.9 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Brook | 1,110 | 20.5 | +2.4 | |
Green (UK) | Brian Candeland | 126 | 2.3 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 419 | 7.7 | -7.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,427 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | +11.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Warren* | 2,022 | 62.6 | -9.8 | |
Alliance | Ann Bradshaw | 1,207 | 37.4 | +37.4 | |
Majority | 815 | 25.2 | -28.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,229 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -23.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sidney Silverman* | 1,867 | 56.2 | -17.8 | |
Conservative | Leonard Hockey | 885 | 26.6 | +12.4 | |
Alliance | Valerie Cahill | 572 | 17.2 | +11.9 | |
Majority | 982 | 29.5 | -30.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,324 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -15.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eileen Kelly* | 1,879 | 45.2 | -20.4 | |
Conservative | Kevin Potter | 1,366 | 32.9 | +12.4 | |
Alliance | John Cookson | 910 | 21.9 | +9.4 | |
Majority | 513 | 12.3 | -32.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,155 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -16.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Smith | 2,048 | 61.9 | -16.9 | |
Alliance | Simon Lewis | 650 | 19.6 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Margaret Payne | 610 | 18.4 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 1,398 | 42.3 | -24.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,308 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -13.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur O'Connor | 2,646 | 50.0 | +13.7 | |
Labour | Paul Clarke* | 1,714 | 32.4 | -16.2 | |
Alliance | David Wraxall | 935 | 17.7 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 932 | 17.6 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,295 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +14.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeffrey Leach | 2,231 | 40.2 | +15.3 | |
Labour | Marilyn Taylor* | 1,992 | 35.9 | -12.9 | |
Alliance | Robert Harrison | 1,231 | 22.2 | +7.0 | |
Green (UK) | Edwin Howard | 90 | 1.6 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 239 | 4.3 | -19.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,544 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +14.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Conquest* | 1,511 | 67.9 | -11.7 | |
Conservative | Alan Hudson | 364 | 16.4 | +5.0 | |
Alliance | Graeme Muir | 351 | 15.8 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 1,147 | 51.5 | -16.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,226 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Valerie Edwards | 1,933 | 41.2 | -22.3 | |
Conservative | Michael Jones | 1,766 | 37.7 | +14.4 | |
Alliance | Eric Watts | 990 | 21.1 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 167 | 3.6 | -36.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,689 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -18.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nicholas Harris* | 1,452 | 52.3 | -27.6 | |
Independent | Sydney Laserson | 727 | 26.2 | +26.2 | |
Alliance | Barry McColgan | 596 | 21.5 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 725 | 26.1 | -33.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,775 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -26.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Kielthy | 2,887 | 44.4 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Philip Openshaw | 2,132 | 32.8 | -15.4 | |
Alliance | Margaret Boyle | 1,287 | 19.8 | +6.7 | |
Green (UK) | Marian Daltrop | 200 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 755 | 11.6 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,506 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Bullock | 2,178 | 45.1 | +14.1 | |
Labour | Basil Curley* | 1,764 | 36.5 | -13.2 | |
Alliance | Harry Blease | 776 | 16.1 | -3.2 | |
Independent | Robert Lomas | 113 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 414 | 8.6 | -10.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,831 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +13.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Muriel Crawford* | 3,635 | 54.3 | +10.9 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Bridson | 1,495 | 22.3 | -9.7 | |
Alliance | Ann Muir | 1,346 | 20.1 | -2.6 | |
Green (UK) | Michael Abberton | 223 | 3.3 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 2,140 | 31.9 | +20.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,699 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Harrison | 1,720 | 41.9 | -12.7 | |
Conservative | Stephen Keegin | 1,434 | 35.0 | +13.8 | |
Alliance | Kevin Read | 789 | 19.2 | -0.7 | |
Green (UK) | Jonathan Booty | 158 | 3.9 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 286 | 7.0 | -26.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,101 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -13.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anne Unwin | 2,078 | 45.4 | -22.9 | |
Alliance | Paul Allanson | 1,294 | 28.3 | +14.2 | |
Conservative | Noel Dentith | 1,203 | 26.3 | +9.8 | |
Majority | 784 | 17.1 | -34.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,575 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -18.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | James Ashley | 2,291 | 49.1 | +17.8 | |
Labour | Bernard Stone | 1,814 | 38.9 | -18.7 | |
Conservative | Terence Grimshaw | 557 | 11.9 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 477 | 10.2 | -16.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,662 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | +18.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nilofar Siddiqi* | 1,648 | 47.0 | -23.4 | |
Conservative | Reginald Chadwick | 1,060 | 30.2 | +15.9 | |
Alliance | Morris Lockwood | 797 | 22.7 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 588 | 16.8 | -38.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,505 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -19.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Kelly | 1,859 | 72.8 | -8.8 | |
Alliance | Simon Jones | 694 | 27.2 | +17.5 | |
Majority | 1,165 | 45.6 | -27.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,553 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -13.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Audrey Greaves* | 2,974 | 55.4 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Vincent Young | 1,474 | 27.5 | -4.3 | |
Conservative | Victoria Colledge | 741 | 13.8 | +1.3 | |
Green (UK) | Beryl Clarke | 178 | 3.3 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,500 | 27.9 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,367 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerry Carey | 2,035 | 38.6 | +15.5 | |
Labour | Derek Shaw* | 1,855 | 35.2 | -27.9 | |
Alliance | David Porter | 1,385 | 26.3 | +12.5 | |
Majority | 180 | 3.4 | -36.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,275 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +21.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Strath* | 2,837 | 60.1 | -3.3 | |
Alliance | Rosalind Moss | 905 | 19.2 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | Ian Ferguson | 830 | 17.6 | +6.3 | |
Green (UK) | Robert Waters | 151 | 3.2 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 1,932 | 40.9 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,723 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sam Darby* | 2,653 | 70.1 | -10.5 | |
Conservative | Mary Barnes | 605 | 16.0 | +5.7 | |
Alliance | Graham Shaw | 527 | 13.9 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 2,048 | 54.1 | -16.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,785 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Clough | 2,223 | 43.2 | +17.8 | |
Labour | W. Risby* | 1,906 | 37.1 | -19.0 | |
Alliance | David Gordon | 1,013 | 19.7 | +9.5 | |
Majority | 317 | 6.2 | -24.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,142 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +18.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Wood | 1,977 | 56.2 | -17.5 | |
Conservative | Jacqueline Hughes | 854 | 24.3 | +6.4 | |
Alliance | Vera Towers | 685 | 19.5 | +12.8 | |
Majority | 1,123 | 31.9 | -24.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,516 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -11.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anne Carroll | 2,027 | 37.0 | +10.3 | |
Labour | Gabrielle Cox | 1,714 | 31.3 | -28.0 | |
Alliance | Michael Otterwell | 1,679 | 30.6 | +16.6 | |
Green (UK) | Sylvia Buchan | 61 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 313 | 5.7 | -26.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,481 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +19.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Bradley* | 2,309 | 38.0 | -13.0 | |
Alliance | Anne Monkhouse | 2,120 | 34.9 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Maura Logan | 1,523 | 25.1 | +2.8 | |
Green (UK) | Joyce Foster | 127 | 2.1 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 189 | 3.1 | -24.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,079 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Marc Ramsbottom | 2,310 | 46.0 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Yomi Mambu | 1,969 | 39.2 | -7.9 | |
Conservative | Nigel Barnes | 594 | 11.8 | +1.4 | |
Green (UK) | Alison Hunt | 149 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 341 | 6.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,022 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | +6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Mann | 1,801 | 38.5 | -26.0 | |
Alliance | Robert Bowers | 1,585 | 33.9 | -1.6 | |
Conservative | Alan Williams | 1,292 | 27.6 | +27.6 | |
Majority | 216 | 4.6 | -24.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,678 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Kershaw | 2,294 | 42.7 | +9.1 | |
Labour | Yousouf Gooljary | 2,075 | 38.6 | -11.1 | |
Alliance | Kenneth McKeon | 856 | 15.9 | -0.8 | |
Green (UK) | Colin Kirby | 149 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 219 | 4.1 | -12.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,374 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | David Sandiford* | 2,631 | 44.9 | +2.3 | |
Labour | David Silkin | 1,614 | 27.5 | -7.4 | |
Conservative | Anthony Elleray | 1,457 | 24.8 | +5.3 | |
Green (UK) | Guy Otten | 163 | 2.8 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 1,017 | 17.3 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,865 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | +4.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | May Bullows | 1,727 | 48.0 | -7.8 | |
Alliance | Eileen Dawes | 1,127 | 31.3 | +16.0 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Hurst | 741 | 20.6 | +12.3 | |
Majority | 600 | 16.7 | -18.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,595 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -11.9 | |||
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