1987 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

1987 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election
21 of 63 seats ; to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council; 32 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1987 election
Leader of the Council before election; No leader; No overall control	Leader of the Council after election ; No leader; No overall control

Elections to Stockport 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 council remained under no overall control.^[1]^[2]

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	45,021 (38.3%)	6.7	6 (28.6%)	6 / 21	2	22 (34.9%)	22 / 63
Alliance	43,708 (37.1%)	0.1	10 (47.6%)	10 / 21	4	22 (34.9%)	22 / 63
Labour Party	24,484 (20.8%)	6.0	4 (19.0%)	4 / 21	2	15 (23.8%)	15 / 63
Heald Green Ratepayers	3,556 (3.0%)	0.2	1 (4.8%)	1 / 21		3 (4.8%)	3 / 63
Independent Labour	0 (0.0%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 21		1 (1.6%)	1 / 63
Green Party	884 (0.8%)	0.9	0 (0.0%)	0 / 21		0 (0.0%)	0 / 63

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. Stafford	3,005	52.9	−4.6
	Conservative	S. Frost	1,567	27.6	+8.1
	Labour	J. Woodrow	1,109	19.5	−3.6
Majority			1,438	25.3	−9.1
Turnout			5,681	50.7	+9.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. MacAlister*	2,546	73.8	−8.9
	SDP	H. Griffiths	479	13.9	−3.4
	Conservative	A. Leeke	425	12.3	N/A
Majority			2,067	59.9	−5.7
Turnout			3,450	40.8	+3.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Bradbury*	1,723	40.1	−13.7
	SDP	A. Shaw	1,704	39.7	+12.7
	Conservative	L. Jones	865	20.2	+2.8
Majority			19	0.4	−26.4
Turnout			4,292	45.9	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Roberts	2,856	52.9	+1.0
	Liberal	J. Wolfe	2,212	40.9	+3.5
	Labour	A. Kellett	335	6.2	−1.5
Majority			644	12.0	−2.5
Turnout			5,403	54.2	+10.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

1987 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

Ward results

Bredbury

Brinnington

Cale Green

Cheadle

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme South

Davenport

East Bramhall

Edgeley

Great Moor

Hazel Grove

Heald Green

Heaton Mersey

Heaton Moor

Manor

North Marple

North Reddish

Romiley

South Marple

South Reddish

West Bramhall

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Pantall*	3,122	52.1	−0.9
	Conservative	V. Brooks	2,222	37.1	+5.2
	Labour	D. Bennett	589	9.8	−4.1
	Green	I. Boyd	62	1.0	−0.2
Majority			900	15.0	−6.1
Turnout			5,995	50.7	+9.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	F. Ridley	3,555	54.1	−6.0
	Conservative	S. Furnival	2,636	40.1	+8.0
	Labour	I. Hamilton	289	4.4	−1.5
	Green	I. McFadden	88	1.3	−0.5
Majority			919	14.0	−14.0
Turnout			6,568	57.7	+4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Haley*	2,259	45.9	+7.3
	Labour	M. Jones	1,504	30.5	−5.1
	SDP	J. Grimshaw	1,031	20.9	−1.3
	Green	C. Wharf	130	2.6	−1.0
Majority			755	15.4	+12.4
Turnout			4,924	52.0	+8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Holt*	4,320	59.6	+7.8
	SDP	J. Pruce	2,552	35.2	−5.6
	Labour	W. Greaves	372	5.1	−2.2
Majority			1,768	24.4	+13.4
Turnout			7,244	55.7	+8.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	F. Davenport	3,336	59.6	+9.8
	Labour	W. Prince	1,584	28.3	−11.3
	Conservative	S. Speakman	624	11.1	+2.1
	Green	S. Filmore	55	1.0	−0.5
Majority			1,752	31.3	+21.1
Turnout			5,599	55.3	−0.4
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	T. E. Pyle	2,554	41.8	+9.1
	Conservative	K. Ashworth*	1,805	29.6	−1.0
	Labour	W. Barrett	1,708	28.0	−7.4
	Green	S. Boyd	37	0.6	−0.7
Majority			749	12.2
Turnout			6,104	55.1	+5.8
	SDP gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Robinson*	3,340	47.2	+3.8
	Conservative	T. Dunstan	3,095	43.7	−0.3
	Labour	M. Wallis	553	7.8	−2.6
	Green	S. Ledger	93	1.3	−0.9
Majority			245	3.5
Turnout			7,081	57.3	+10.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Heald Green Ratepayers	N. Fields*	3,556	70.2	+3.0
	Conservative	K. A. Edis	812	16.0	+1.8
	Labour	J. Becker	357	7.0	−3.2
	Liberal	I. Kirk	340	6.7	−0.4
Majority			2,744	54.2	+1.2
Turnout			5,065	47.7	+8.0
	Heald Green Ratepayers hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. Burgon*	3,367	53.5	+8.3
	Labour	S. Bailey	1,613	25.6	−7.0
	SDP	S. Oldham	1,318	20.9	+0.6
Majority			1,754	27.9	+15.3
Turnout			6,298	54.0	+5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Crook*	2,955	59.1	+8.8
	SDP	I. Lomas	987	19.7	−1.4
	Labour	H. Nance	964	19.3	−6.8
	Green	F. Chapman	98	2.0	−0.4
Majority			1,968	39.3	+15.1
Turnout			5,004	50.2	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Marple
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	B. Harrison*	2,608	49.3	−0.7
	Conservative	M. Taylor	2,129	40.2	+2.9
	Labour	T. Lodge	468	8.8	−1.6
	Green	J. Armstrong	88	1.7	−0.7
Majority			479	9.1	−3.6
Turnout			5,293	57.8	+6.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

North Reddish
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Scott	3,209	63.2	−7.1
	Conservative	J. Camblin	1,865	36.8	N/A
Majority			1,344	26.4	−18.2
Turnout			5,074	43.2	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Romiley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	J. Ingham	2,811	45.4	+4.2
	Conservative	B. Sadowski	2,446	39.5	+2.4
	Labour	J. Nelson	941	15.2	−6.4
Majority			365	5.9	+1.8
Turnout			6,198	53.3	+7.1
	SDP gain from Conservative		Swing

South Marple
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. Kime*	3,082	51.3	+1.6
	Conservative	H. Coase	2,522	42.0	+0.4
	Labour	S. Humphries	290	4.8	−1.4
	Green	N. Watson	117	1.9	−0.6
Majority			560	9.3	+1.2
Turnout			6,011	59.6	+8.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. Corris	2,590	49.3	+16.8
	Labour	W. McCann*	1,669	31.8	−11.9
	Conservative	K. Coups	948	18.0	−3.6
	Green	G. Johnson	47	0.9	−1.3
Majority			921	17.5
Turnout			5,254	54.0	+10.4
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Broadhurst	2,341	48.8	−16.9
	Conservative	R. Camblin	1,528	31.9	N/A
	SDP	A. McClean	856	17.9	−11.7
	Green	M. Ledger	69	1.4	−3.3
Majority			813	16.9	−19.3
Turnout			4,794	43.9	+7.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Green*	3,775	59.7	+1.1
	Liberal	M. Walker	2,226	35.2	+3.4
	Labour	F. Cooper	320	5.1	−2.7
Majority			1,549	24.5	−2.3
Turnout			6,321	52.4	+8.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

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