1987 Harlow District Council election

1987 Harlow District Council election^[1]^[2]
← 1986 7 May 1987 1988 →
14 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1987 Harlow District Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1987 Harlow District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections held across the United Kingdom. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Quick facts 14 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council 22 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	1	0	1	78.6	49.6	12,082	1.8
Conservative	2	0	0		14.3	26.5	6,469	2.9
Alliance	1	0	1	1	7.1	23.6	5,755	5.8
Ind. Conservative	1	0	0		0.0	0.3	74	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Talbot	835	59.0%
	Conservative	V. Petch	293	20.7%
	Alliance	E. Scammell	287	20.3%
Turnout				43.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. McClarnon	876	46.4%
	Labour	P. Brown	689	36.5%
	Alliance	D. Harris	324	17.2%
Turnout				56.6%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. Clark	800	46.2%
	Conservative	M. Rigden	498	28.7%
	Alliance	P. Barton	435	25.1%
Turnout				39.2%
	Labour gain from Alliance

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Cross	852	41.1%
	Labour	D. Law	812	39.2%
	Alliance	D. Collins	408	19.7%
Turnout				43.5%
	Conservative hold

1987 Harlow District Council election

Election result

Ward results

Brays Grove

Great Parndon

Katherines With Sumner

Kingsmoor

Latton Bush

Little Parndon

Mark Hall North

Mark Hall South

Netteswell East

Old Harlow

Passmores

Potter Street

Stewards

Tye Green

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Bruce	1,018	57.0%
	Conservative	M. Tombs	446	25.0%
	Alliance	R. Langham	321	18.0%
Turnout				42.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Warner	913	54.3%
	Alliance	E. Atkins	365	21.7%
	Conservative	E. Atkins	328	19.5%
	Ind. Conservative	T. Hodge	74	4.4%
Turnout				40.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. McAlpine	686	56.5%
	Conservative	S. Rigden	332	27.3%
	Alliance	B. Hanks	196	16.1%
Turnout				53.6%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Smith	1,062	60.4%
	Alliance	S. Nixon	362	20.6%
	Conservative	B. Hill	334	19.0%
Turnout				44.3%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Garner	753	54.6%
	Conservative	I. Crame	328	23.8%
	Alliance	V. Scott	298	21.6%
Turnout				47.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Cochrane	1,110	40.9%
	Conservative	N. Hitch	966	35.6%
	Alliance	R. Winkie	636	23.5%
Turnout				60.2%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Rowland	860	51.5%
	Conservative	L. Atkins	443	26.5%
	Alliance	S. Curran	366	21.9%
Turnout				41.1%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Gibson	928	61.0%
	Alliance	S. Ward	352	23.1%
	Conservative	D. Fleming	241	15.8%
Turnout				47.4%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	K. Clarke	958	54.3%
	Labour	D. Dickson	578	32.8%
	Conservative	K. Eaton	227	12.9%
Turnout				44.9%
	Alliance hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Danvers	1,038	58.0%
	Conservative	S. James	484	27.0%
	Alliance	S. Keeys	268	15.0%
Turnout				47.6%
	Labour hold