1987 Stevenage Borough Council election

1987 Stevenage Borough Council election^[1]^[2]
← 1986 7 May 1987 1988 →
13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1987 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1987 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987, the same day as other local elections. One-third of the council seats last contested in 1983 were up for election. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.

Quick facts 13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	6	0	3	3	46.2	40.5	10,506	0.8
	Alliance	6	3	0	3	46.2	36.1	9,356	5.8
	Conservative	1	0	0		7.7	23.4	6,064	5.0
Total		13						25,926

	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Lloyd	1,161	52.3%
	Alliance	D. Cleary	593	26.7%
	Conservative	F. Warner	468	21.1%
Turnout				38.7%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Lawrence	1,030	56.0%
	Alliance	P. Herbert	441	24.0%
	Conservative	D. Franks	368	20.0%
Turnout				45.7%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	P. Akhurst	1,207	46.0%
	Labour	J. Tye	788	30.1%
	Conservative	S. Ashby	627	23.9%
Turnout				50.7%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	B. Clarke	1,073	47.5%
	Labour	B. Clark	691	30.6%
	Conservative	M. Mason	494	21.9%
Turnout				51.8%
	Alliance gain from Labour

1987 Stevenage Borough Council election

Overall results

Ward results

Bandley Hill

Bedwell Plash

Longmeadow

Martins Wood

Mobbsbury

Monkswood

Old Stevenage

Pin Green

Roebuck

St Nicholas

Shephall

Symonds Green

Wellfield

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	B. Clark	932	47.5%
	Labour	J. Gotobed	682	34.7%
	Conservative	T. Ffinch	350	17.8%
Turnout				55.2%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Underwood	680	57.8%
	Alliance	P. Younger	264	22.4%
	Conservative	F. Haine	232	19.7%
Turnout				48.1%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Carter	1,120	41.9%
	Labour	M. Cherney	900	33.7%
	Alliance	D. Christy	652	24.4%
Turnout				50.2%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Weston	815	46.1%
	Alliance	T. Osborne	502	28.4%
	Conservative	C. Aylin	451	25.5%
Turnout				44.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	P. Perry	1,012	42.8%
	Labour	J. Cockerton	849	35.9%
	Conservative	S. McPartland	504	21.3%
Turnout				56.3%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	P. Gallagher	852	45.8%
	Labour	P. Alexander	610	32.8%
	Conservative	S. Woods	397	21.4%
Turnout				49.8%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Hall	873	57.6%
	Alliance	A. Wells	395	26.1%
	Conservative	S. Doolan	248	16.4%
Turnout				43.3%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Cotter	1,187	43.1%
	Alliance	J. Blundell	932	33.8%
	Conservative	J. Halling	636	23.1%
Turnout				51.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	D. Hills	501	55.1%
	Labour	T. Alderton	240	26.4%
	Conservative	M. Wyatt	169	18.6%
Turnout				53.8%
	Alliance hold