1987 Chester City Council election

1987 Chester City Council election
21 out of 60 seats to Chester City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 1987 Chester City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

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

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1987 Chester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10		47.6	20	30	50.0	15,287	37.3	+2.8
	Labour	5	1	23.8	13	18	30.0	12,728	31.1	–6.4
	Alliance	5	1	23.8	6	11	18.3	11,958	29.2	+1.7
	Independent	1		4.8	0	1	1.7	903	2.2	+2.1
	Residents	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	113	0.3	±0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Mapes*	952	58.4	+4.2
	Alliance	R. Hesketh	483	29.6	–2.2
	Labour	R. Barlow	196	12.0	–2.0
Majority			469	28.8	+6.4
Turnout			1,631	50.7	+5.7
Registered electors			3,234
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Price*	1,130	68.2	–17.4
	Conservative	F. Cresswell	312	18.8	+4.4
	Alliance	W. Pashley	215	13.0	N/A
Majority			818	49.4	N/A
Turnout			1,657	37.7	+12.5
Registered electors			4,417
	Labour hold		Swing	10.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	A. Farrell*	1,086	43.3	+9.6
	Conservative	G. Reece	940	37.5	+0.9
	Labour	D. Halley	480	19.2	–8.1
Majority			146	5.8	N/A
Turnout			2,506	62.0	+6.7
Registered electors			4,098
	Alliance hold		Swing	8.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Storrar	1,261	59.3	–6.5
	Alliance	W. Carlen	508	23.9	+6.9
	Labour	S. Murphy	359	16.9	–0.4
Majority			753	35.4	–13.1
Turnout			2,128	57.1	+15.0
Registered electors			3,738
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.7

1987 Chester City Council election

Election result

Ward results

Barrow

Blacon Hall

Boughton Heath

Christieton

College

Dee Point

Dodleston

Elton

Grosvenor

Hoole

Malpas

Newton

Plas Newton

Saughall

Sealand

Tarvin

Tattenhall

Upton Heath

Vicars Cross

Westminster

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Cooper	1,124	51.8	–5.7
	Conservative	A. Hodgson	632	29.1	+5.1
	Alliance	J. Handley	301	13.9	+0.7
	Residents	D. Taylor	113	5.2	–0.2
Majority			492	22.7	–10.8
Turnout			2,170	48.4	+3.2
Registered electors			4,498
	Labour hold		Swing	5.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Atkinson	1,229	64.8	–2.3
	Labour	D. Southall*	1,146	60.4	–6.7
	Conservative	P. Harris	387	20.4	–1.1
	Alliance	D. Hooper	337	17.8	+6.4
	Alliance	J. Indemaur	245	12.9	+1.5
Turnout			1,898	40.9	+6.1
Registered electors			4,640
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Fair*	607	60.1	–18.4
	Alliance	H. Fearnall	343	34.0	+22.0
	Labour	K. Stephenson	60	5.9	–3.6
Majority			264	26.1	–40.4
Turnout			1,010	62.0	+4.9
Registered electors			1,631
	Conservative hold		Swing	20.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Peate*	1,139	59.1	+2.2
	Labour	B. Cowper	427	22.2	–2.6
	Alliance	L. Mitchell	360	18.7	+0.3
Majority			712	36.9	+4.8
Turnout			1,926	45.0	+9.9
Registered electors			4,304
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Byatt*	1,150	46.3	+6.5
	Labour	D. Dowswell	825	33.2	+0.9
	Alliance	T. Veitch	507	20.4	–7.5
Majority			325	13.1	+5.6
Turnout			2,482	55.6	+3.6
Registered electors			4,492
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	J. Smith*	1,059	45.6	–0.1
	Labour	W. Crampton	860	37.1	–4.7
	Conservative	V. Holding	401	17.3	+4.7
Majority			199	8.5	+4.6
Turnout			2,320	53.1	+4.5
Registered electors			4,372
	Alliance hold		Swing	2.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Bamforth	760	52.7	–8.1
	Alliance	C. Higgle	601	41.6	+20.5
	Labour	D. Owen	82	5.7	–12.4
Majority			159	11.1	–28.5
Turnout			1,443	51.6	–0.1
Registered electors			2,828
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hibbert*	988	43.3	–8.2
	Alliance	M. Garrod	915	40.1	+12.2
	Labour	G. Cross	381	16.7	–3.9
Majority			73	3.2	–20.4
Turnout			2,284	55.1	+11.9
Registered electors			4,156
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	R. Hale	949	39.0	+3.6
	Labour	J. Arrowsmith*	884	36.3	+0.3
	Conservative	G. Llewellyn-Jones	602	24.7	–3.9
Majority			65	2.7	N/A
Turnout			2,435	63.6	+13.5
Registered electors			3,831
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	D. Whitton*	621	44.9	–24.1
	Conservative	A. Coughlan	585	42.3	+18.8
	Labour	J. Scanlan	176	12.7	+5.2
Majority			36	2.6	–42.8
Turnout			1,382	46.9	+1.1
Registered electors			2,962
	Alliance hold		Swing	21.5

Sealand
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Neild*	1,150	61.9	–0.4
	Conservative	E. Astill	489	26.3	+3.7
	Alliance	H. Carlen	218	11.7	–3.4
Majority			661	35.6	–4.2
Turnout			1,857	49.9	+6.9
Registered electors			3,732
	Labour hold		Swing	2.1

Tarvin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Plenderleath	892	55.3	+7.9
	Alliance	J. Trowell	537	33.3	–4.5
	Labour	A. Pegrum	184	11.4	–3.3
Majority			355	22.0	+12.4
Turnout			1,613	51.1	+10.4
Registered electors			3,166
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.2

Tattenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Haynes*	903	83.8	*N/A*
	Alliance	N. Bates	174	16.2	N/A
Majority			729	67.6	N/A
Turnout			1,077	43.1	+16.0
Registered electors			2,511
	Independent hold

Upton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Houlbrook*	1,087	41.3	+4.1
	Labour	S. Grant	897	34.1	–2.0
	Alliance	C. Bain	647	24.6	–2.1
Majority			190	7.2	+6.2
Turnout			2,631	61.9	+9.9
Registered electors			4,255
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	S. Proctor*	1,341	55.2	–7.0
	Conservative	B. Anderson	727	29.9	+9.1
	Labour	S. Jenkins	362	14.9	–2.1
Majority			614	25.3	–16.1
Turnout			2,430	56.5	+6.1
Registered electors			4,305
	Alliance hold		Swing	8.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. White*	1,376	51.7	+0.3
	Labour	S. Hesketh	776	29.1	+3.4
	Alliance	D. Simpson	511	19.2	–3.7
Majority			600	22.6	–3.1
Turnout			2,663	55.7	+11.9
Registered electors			4,796
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.6

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