1987 Lancaster City Council election

1987 Lancaster City Council election
← 1983 7 May 1983 1991 →
All 60 seats to Lancaster City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
Leader before election; Conservative;	Leader after election ; Conservative; No overall control

The 1987 Lancaster City Council election took place on 7 May 1987. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. The election resulted in no overall control of the council.

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1987 Lancaster City Council
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative		28	1	10	9			39,975
	Labour		21	7	1	6			37,877
	Liberal		9	7	4	3			23,292
	Independent		2	2	1	1			6,868

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Masheder	904	47.7
	Conservative	R. Cunningham	763	40.2
	Labour	D. Beckingham	719
	Labour	S. Hurst	701
	Conservative	B. Pearson	676
	Conservative	K. Warren	620
	Liberal	R. Birch	230	12.1
	Liberal	S. Priestnall	206
	Liberal	M. Mellor Ms.	206
Turnout			4,025	44.8
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	V. Fidler Ms.	553	80.3
	Liberal	M. Hartley Ms.	136	19.7
Turnout			689	55.1
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Briggs	1,168	60.6
	Conservative	G. Parkes	986
	Liberal	P. Mellor	526	27.3
	Liberal	J. Kirkman Ms.	385
	Labour	B. Swarbrick Ms.	233	12.1
Turnout			3,298	53.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Bryning	1,483	57.3
	Labour	J. Yates Ms.	1,425
	Labour	I. Barker	1,407
	Liberal	A. Gee	467	18.0
	Conservative	D. Cowherd	435	16.8
	Liberal	C. Hellawell	402
	Independent	M. Varey	205	7.9
Turnout			5,824	46.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

1987 Lancaster City Council election

Election result

Ward Results

Alexandra

Arkholme

Bolton-Le-Sands

Bulk

Carnforth

Castle

Caton

Ellel

Halton-With-Aughton

Harbour

Heysham Central

Heysham North

Heysham South

Hornby

John O'Gaunt

Kellet

Overton

Parks

Poulton

Scotforth East

Scotforth West

Silverdale

Skerton Central

Skerton East

Skerton West

Slyne-With-Hest

Torrisholme

Victoria

Warton

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Watson	817	45.6
	Labour	E. Jones Ms.	798	44.6
	Labour	E. Jackson Ms.	681
	Conservative	C. Oswald	556
	Liberal	W. Greenwell	176	9.8
	Liberal	C. Pollitt	164
Turnout			3,192	43.7
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Sutton	1,451	47.1
	Labour	S. Henig	1,428
	Labour	P. Rye	1,402
	Liberal	A. Chester Ms.	871	28.3
	Liberal	J. Cope Ms.	844
	Conservative	C. Macmillan	760	24.7
	Liberal	A. Shortland Ms.	678
Turnout			7,434	54.4
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	S. Mews	1,205	61.1
	Liberal	P. Quinton Ms.	830
	Conservative	P. Swaczyn Ms.	630	31.9
	Labour	K. Hodges	138	7.0
	Labour	R. Poole	123
Turnout			2,926	56.9
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Carr	1,063	61.9
	Conservative	L. Sixsmith	912
	Labour	D. Glaister Ms.	351	20.5
	Liberal	H. Tedcastle Ms.	302	17.6
Turnout			2,628	46.9
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Towers	490	44.9
	Liberal	A. Kay Ms.	259	23.7
	Independent	P. Woodruff	250	22.9
	Labour	K. Harrison	93	8.5
Turnout			1,092	57.6
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Jackson	991	45.6
	Labour	D. Stanley	805	37.0
	Conservative	D. Cox	740
	Labour	M. Smith Ms.	692
	Independent	T. Bown	378	17.4
	Independent	P. Turner	356
Turnout			3,962	53.8
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Taylor Ms.	1,017	50.6
	Conservative	B. Ford Ms.	703	35.0
	Conservative	K. Brook	601
	Independent	M. Woodhouse Ms.	395
	Labour	J. Mackenzie	288	14.3
Turnout			3,004	54.9
	Independent gain from Residents
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	M. Clarke Ms.	678	44.0
	Liberal	R. Clarke	599
	Conservative	R. Pettigrew	450	29.2
	Conservative	N. Morley	445
	Labour	A. Robertson	412	26.8
Turnout			2,584	45.9
	Liberal gain from Conservative
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M. Turner	1,152	31.1
	Conservative	J. Rawnsley	997	27.0
	Conservative	F. Weller	926
	Labour	J. Johnstone	897	24.2
	Labour	D. Slater	889
	Conservative	N. Pym	879
	Labour	S. McCubbin Ms.	778
	Liberal	R. Jopson	653	17.7
	Liberal	M. Pangbourne	487
Turnout			6,658	52.9
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Hannah	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Conservative hold

Overton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Mashiter	549	61.5
	Labour	D. Beesley	206	23.1
	Liberal	P. Kerwin	137	15.4
Turnout			892	48.0
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Kavanagh	1,126	40.4
	Labour	M. Blamire Ms.	1,084
	Labour	J. Fearnley	1,045
	Conservative	W. Thompson Ms.	787	28.2
	Conservative	K. Huntington Ms.	786
	Conservative	W. Webster	768
	Liberal	L. Boyle Ms.	748	26.8
	Liberal	H. Davies	735
	Liberal	P. Phizackerley	653
	Green	F. Stevenson Ms.	126	4.5
	Green	D. Harrison	96
	Green	P. Jones	91
Turnout			6,955	51.4
	Labour gain from Liberal
	Labour gain from Liberal
	Labour gain from Liberal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Shuttleworth Ms.	566	66.7
	Liberal	H. Crawshaw	146	17.2
	Labour	J. Pratt	136	16.0
Turnout			848	55.8
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Race Ms.	1,031	59.3
	Conservative	P. Lewis	982
	Independent	T. Hughes	529	30.4
	Independent	M. Billam	451
	Labour	A. Smith Ms.	179	10.3
	Labour	J. Richmond	162
Turnout			3,334	50.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Burns Ms.	882	43.5
	Conservative	J. Unsworth	789
	Conservative	W. Thornton	732
	Independent	P. Heath Ms.	611	30.2
	Labour	D. Ashley	533	26.3
	Independent	N. Midgley	521
	Labour	A. Kay	495
	Independent	L. Pickford Ms.	491
	Labour	T. Tattersall	484
Turnout			5,538	44.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	J. Gilbert	1,293	40.3
	Liberal	E. Huddleston Ms.	1,129
	Liberal	J. Salter	1,077
	Conservative	F. Allison	959	29.9
	Labour	P. Elliott	955	29.8
	Labour	C. Rogers	918
	Conservative	R. Kenyon	910
	Labour	W. Glaister	889
	Conservative	J. Pacula	873
Turnout			8,003	54.5
	Liberal gain from Conservative
	Liberal gain from Conservative
	Liberal gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Simpson	910	41.8
	Conservative	D. Sykes	900
	Conservative	J. Ball	896
	Labour	A. Biddulph	750	34.4
	Labour	B. Carre Ms.	736
	Labour	M. Wright	709
	Liberal	R. Taylor	519	23.8
	Liberal	P. Smith	453
	Liberal	D. Towers	434
Turnout			5,507	48.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Butterworth Ms.	502	51.7
	Liberal	J. Greenwell Ms.	469	48.3
Turnout			971	51.4
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Henderson Ms.	1,107	70.9
	Labour	J. Horner Ms.	1,000
	Liberal	J. Acres	455	29.1
Turnout			2,562	45.9
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Lodge	743	51.8
	Labour	L. Orriss	724
	Liberal	I. Acres Ms.	377	26.3
	Conservative	J. Calvert	314	21.9
	Liberal	C. Livesley Ms.	312
Turnout			2,470	46.2
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Taylor Ms.	989	50.1
	Labour	T. Dawson	985	49.9
	Labour	N. Penney Ms.	954
	Conservative	J. Stephenson	887
Turnout			3,815	52.6
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Rostron Ms.	980	65.4
	Conservative	F. Wilcox	876
	Liberal	M. Jackson	400	26.7
	Liberal	L. Saville Ms.	393
	Labour	M. Swarbrick	119	7.9
Turnout			2,768	54.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	B. Deighton	1,160	50.1
	Liberal	A. Saville	1,031
	Conservative	P. Whitworth	981	42.4
	Conservative	J. Downey	975
	Labour	I. Waterhouse	174	7.5
	Labour	T. Penney	168
Turnout			4,489	62.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Barr	1,118	39.1
	Labour	S. Booth	1,085
	Labour	K. Dixon	1,072
	Conservative	P. Fell Ms.	889	31.1
	Conservative	T. Shingler	879
	Conservative	J. Howlett	787
	Independent	K. Wilson	502	17.6
	Liberal	E. Hills Ms.	349	12.2
	Liberal	B. Jephcott	306
Turnout			6,987	50.3
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Wood	435	44.8
	Liberal	C. Peacock	412	42.5
	Labour	C. Robinson	123	12.7
Turnout			970	50.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal