1987 Manchester City Council election

1987 UK local government election

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7 May 1987 (1987-05-07)

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33 of 99 seats
to Manchester City Council
50 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Graham Stringer	Joyce Hill	Keith Whitmore
Party	Labour	Conservative	Alliance
Leader's seat	Harpurhey	Didsbury	Levenshulme
Last election	31 seats, 58.1%	1 seats, 20.3%	2 seats, 19.3%
Seats before	86	7	6
Seats won	19	9	5
Seats after	77	13	9
Seat change	9	9	5
Popular vote	62,473	43,168	40,343
Percentage	42.0%	29.0%	27.1%
Swing	16.1%	8.7%	7.8%

Map of results of 1987 election

Leader of the Council before election

Graham Stringer
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Graham Stringer
Labour

Elections to Manchester 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 Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Labour Party	62,473 (42.0%)	16.1	19 (57.6%)	19 / 33	9	77 (77.7%)	77 / 99
Conservative Party	43,168 (29.0%)	8.7	9 (27.3%)	9 / 33	6	28 (13.1%)	13 / 99
Alliance	40,343 (27.1%)	7.8	5 (15.1%)	5 / 33	3	9 (9.1%)	9 / 99
Green Party	1,775 (1.2%)	0.4	0 (0.0%)	0 / 33		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Independent	840 (0.5%)	0.6	0 (0.0%)	0 / 33		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99

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77	7	13

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Finley*	1,825	67.0	−9.5
	Alliance	Ronald Axtell	460	16.9	+9.3
	Conservative	Steven Johnson	438	16.1	+0.2
Majority			1,365	50.1	−10.4
Turnout			2,723
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.4

Baguley

Baguley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Winifred Smith*	1,923	42.1	−31.2
	Conservative	Simon Lawley	1,582	34.6	+7.9
	Alliance	Desmond Cooke	1,065	23.3	+23.3
Majority			341	7.5	−39.2
Turnout			4,570
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.5

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Simon Gluck	2,305	42.5	+10.6
	Labour	Christopher Tucker*	1,886	34.8	−11.9
	Conservative	Nicholas Brook	1,110	20.5	+2.4
	Green	Brian Candeland	126	2.3	−1.0
Majority			419	7.7	−7.1
Turnout			5,427
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	+11.2

Benchill

Benchill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Warren*	2,022	62.6	−9.8
	Alliance	Ann Bradshaw	1,207	37.4	+37.4
Majority			815	25.2	−28.2
Turnout			3,229
	Labour hold		Swing	-23.6

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sidney Silverman*	1,867	56.2	−17.8
	Conservative	Leonard Hockey	885	26.6	+12.4
	Alliance	Valerie Cahill	572	17.2	+11.9
Majority			982	29.5	−30.4
Turnout			3,324
	Labour hold		Swing	-15.1

Blackley

Blackley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eileen Kelly*	1,879	45.2	−20.4
	Conservative	Kevin Potter	1,366	32.9	+12.4
	Alliance	John Cookson	910	21.9	+9.4
Majority			513	12.3	−32.8
Turnout			4,155
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.4

Bradford

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Smith	2,048	61.9	−16.9
	Alliance	Simon Lewis	650	19.6	+10.5
	Conservative	Margaret Payne	610	18.4	+6.3
Majority			1,398	42.3	−24.4
Turnout			3,308
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.7

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur O'Connor	2,646	50.0	+13.7
	Labour	Paul Clarke*	1,714	32.4	−16.2
	Alliance	David Wraxall	935	17.7	+2.6
Majority			932	17.6	+5.4
Turnout			5,295
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+14.9

Burnage

Burnage
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Leach	2,231	40.2	+15.3
	Labour	Marilyn Taylor*	1,992	35.9	−12.9
	Alliance	Robert Harrison	1,231	22.2	+7.0
	Green	Edwin Howard	90	1.6	+0.1
Majority			239	4.3	−19.6
Turnout			5,544
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+14.1

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Conquest*	1,511	67.9	−11.7
	Conservative	Alan Hudson	364	16.4	+5.0
	Alliance	Graeme Muir	351	15.8	+6.8
Majority			1,147	51.5	−16.6
Turnout			2,226
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.3

Charlestown

Charlestown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Edwards	1,933	41.2	−22.3
	Conservative	Michael Jones	1,766	37.7	+14.4
	Alliance	Eric Watts	990	21.1	+8.0
Majority			167	3.6	−36.6
Turnout			4,689
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.3

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Harris*	1,452	52.3	−27.6
	Independent	Sydney Laserson	727	26.2	+26.2
	Alliance	Barry McColgan	596	21.5	+1.4
Majority			725	26.1	−33.7
Turnout			2,775
	Labour hold		Swing	-26.9

Chorlton

Chorlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Kielthy	2,887	44.4	+6.4
	Labour	Philip Openshaw	2,132	32.8	−15.4
	Alliance	Margaret Boyle	1,287	19.8	+6.7
	Green	Marian Daltrop	200	3.1	+3.1
Majority			755	11.6	+1.4
Turnout			6,506
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.9

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Bullock	2,178	45.1	+14.1
	Labour	Basil Curley*	1,764	36.5	−13.2
	Alliance	Harry Blease	776	16.1	−3.2
	Independent	Robert Lomas	113	2.3	+2.3
Majority			414	8.6	−10.0
Turnout			4,831
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+13.6

Didsbury

Didsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Muriel Crawford*	3,635	54.3	+10.9
	Labour	Geoffrey Bridson	1,495	22.3	−9.7
	Alliance	Ann Muir	1,346	20.1	−2.6
	Green	Michael Abberton	223	3.3	+1.3
Majority			2,140	31.9	+20.5
Turnout			6,699
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.3

Fallowfield

Fallowfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Harrison	1,720	41.9	−12.7
	Conservative	Stephen Keegin	1,434	35.0	+13.8
	Alliance	Kevin Read	789	19.2	−0.7
	Green	Jonathan Booty	158	3.9	−0.4
Majority			286	7.0	−26.3
Turnout			4,101
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.2

Gorton North

Gorton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Unwin	2,078	45.4	−22.9
	Alliance	Paul Allanson	1,294	28.3	+14.2
	Conservative	Noel Dentith	1,203	26.3	+9.8
Majority			784	17.1	−34.7
Turnout			4,575
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.5

Gorton South

Gorton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	James Ashley	2,291	49.1	+17.8
	Labour	Bernard Stone	1,814	38.9	−18.7
	Conservative	Terence Grimshaw	557	11.9	+0.9
Majority			477	10.2	−16.1
Turnout			4,662
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	+18.2

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nilofar Siddiqi*	1,648	47.0	−23.4
	Conservative	Reginald Chadwick	1,060	30.2	+15.9
	Alliance	Morris Lockwood	797	22.7	+7.4
Majority			588	16.8	−38.3
Turnout			3,505
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.6

Hulme

Hulme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Kelly	1,859	72.8	−8.8
	Alliance	Simon Jones	694	27.2	+17.5
Majority			1,165	45.6	−27.3
Turnout			2,553
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.1

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Audrey Greaves*	2,974	55.4	+2.1
	Labour	Vincent Young	1,474	27.5	−4.3
	Conservative	Victoria Colledge	741	13.8	+1.3
	Green	Beryl Clarke	178	3.3	+1.0
Majority			1,500	27.9	+6.5
Turnout			5,367
	Alliance hold		Swing	+3.2

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerry Carey	2,035	38.6	+15.5
	Labour	Derek Shaw*	1,855	35.2	−27.9
	Alliance	David Porter	1,385	26.3	+12.5
Majority			180	3.4	−36.6
Turnout			5,275
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+21.7

Longsight

Longsight
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Strath*	2,837	60.1	−3.3
	Alliance	Rosalind Moss	905	19.2	−2.5
	Conservative	Ian Ferguson	830	17.6	+6.3
	Green	Robert Waters	151	3.2	−0.4
Majority			1,932	40.9	−0.9
Turnout			4,723
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.4

Moss Side

Moss Side
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Darby*	2,653	70.1	−10.5
	Conservative	Mary Barnes	605	16.0	+5.7
	Alliance	Graham Shaw	527	13.9	+4.8
Majority			2,048	54.1	−16.2
Turnout			3,785
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.1

Moston

Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Clough	2,223	43.2	+17.8
	Labour	W. Risby*	1,906	37.1	−19.0
	Alliance	David Gordon	1,013	19.7	+9.5
Majority			317	6.2	−24.4
Turnout			5,142
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+18.4

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Wood	1,977	56.2	−17.5
	Conservative	Jacqueline Hughes	854	24.3	+6.4
	Alliance	Vera Towers	685	19.5	+12.8
Majority			1,123	31.9	−24.0
Turnout			3,516
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.9

Northenden

Northenden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Carroll	2,027	37.0	+10.3
	Labour	Gabrielle Cox	1,714	31.3	−28.0
	Alliance	Michael Otterwell	1,679	30.6	+16.6
	Green	Sylvia Buchan	61	1.1	+1.1
Majority			313	5.7	−26.9
Turnout			5,481
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+19.1

Old Moat

Old Moat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Bradley*	2,309	38.0	−13.0
	Alliance	Anne Monkhouse	2,120	34.9	+11.6
	Conservative	Maura Logan	1,523	25.1	+2.8
	Green	Joyce Foster	127	2.1	−1.2
Majority			189	3.1	−24.6
Turnout			6,079
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.3

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Marc Ramsbottom	2,310	46.0	+5.5
	Labour	Yomi Mambu	1,969	39.2	−7.9
	Conservative	Nigel Barnes	594	11.8	+1.4
	Green	Alison Hunt	149	3.0	+3.0
Majority			341	6.8	+0.2
Turnout			5,022
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	+6.7

Sharston

Sharston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Mann	1,801	38.5	−26.0
	Alliance	Robert Bowers	1,585	33.9	−1.6
	Conservative	Alan Williams	1,292	27.6	+27.6
Majority			216	4.6	−24.5
Turnout			4,678
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.2

Whalley Range

Whalley Range
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Kershaw	2,294	42.7	+9.1
	Labour	Yousouf Gooljary	2,075	38.6	−11.1
	Alliance	Kenneth McKeon	856	15.9	−0.8
	Green	Colin Kirby	149	2.8	+2.8
Majority			219	4.1	−12.0
Turnout			5,374
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.1

Withington

Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	David Sandiford*	2,631	44.9	+2.3
	Labour	David Silkin	1,614	27.5	−7.4
	Conservative	Anthony Elleray	1,457	24.8	+5.3
	Green	Guy Otten	163	2.8	−0.2
Majority			1,017	17.3	+9.6
Turnout			5,865
	Alliance hold		Swing	+4.8

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	May Bullows	1,727	48.0	−7.8
	Alliance	Eileen Dawes	1,127	31.3	+16.0
	Conservative	Dorothy Hurst	741	20.6	+12.3
Majority			600	16.7	−18.5
Turnout			3,595
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.9

References

Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).

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