Manchester City Council election, 1987

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. ^[1]

Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 1987
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	19	0	9	-9	57.6	42.0	62,473	-16.1%
	Conservative	9	6	0	+6	27.3	29.0	43,168	+8.7%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	5	3	0	+3	15.1	27.1	40,343	+7.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	1,775	+0.4%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	840	-0.6%

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

	Seats	+/-
Labour	77	-9
Conservative	13	+6
Alliance	9	+3
Labour hold

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Finley*	1,825	67.0	-9.5
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	+11.2

Benchill

Benchill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Warren*	2,022	62.6	-9.8
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	+6.7

Sharston

Sharston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Mann	1,801	38.5	-26.0
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal 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	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal 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
	SDP–Liberal Alliance hold		Swing	+4.8

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	May Bullows	1,727	48.0	-7.8
	SDP–Liberal 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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