Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1987

Map of the results for the 1987 Solihull council election.

The Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on Thursday, 7 May 1987, with one third of the council to be elected. The Conservatives retained control of the council. Voter turnout was 43.2%^[1]^[2]

Election result

Solihull Local Election Result 1987
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	1	1	0	64.7	51.0	34,504	+10.8%
	Labour	4	0	0	0	23.5	17.9	12,130	-10.1%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	1	1	0	+1	5.9	22.8	15,412	-0.6%
	Independent Ratepayers & Residents	1	0	1	-1	5.9	8.1	5,499	-0.2%
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	60	-0.0%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservatives	29	29
	Labour	14	14
	Independent Ratepayers & Residents	6	5
	Alliance	2	3
Total		51	51
Working majority		7	7

Ward results

Bickenhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Dingley	2,605	55.1	+10.7
	Labour	Peter McLoughlin	1,342	28.4	-9.3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	David Moore	784	16.6	-1.4
Majority			1,263	26.7	+20.1
Turnout			4,731	47.1	+7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.0

Castle Bromwich^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Rees	2,886	64.5	+15.2
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	John Walker	827	18.5	-4.3
	Labour	Robert Overton	763	17.0	-10.9
Majority			2,059	46.0	+24.7
Turnout			4,476	46.4	+7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.8

Chelmsley Wood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Stephens	1,461	51.5	-12.0
	Conservative	Robin Draycott	789	27.8	+8.7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	Thomas Wrenn	529	18.6	+1.1
	National Front	Norman Tomkinson	60	2.1	+2.1
Majority			672	23.7	-20.7
Turnout			2,839	31.3	+5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.3

Elmdon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Wood	2,107	48.8	+14.0
	Labour	Rona Miller	1,371	31.8	-11.7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	Richard Blight	837	19.4	-2.3
Majority			736	17.1	+8.5
Turnout			4,315	48.4	+7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+12.8

Fordbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Reid	1,150	52.7	-28.8
	Conservative	Elizabeth Plaister	643	29.4	+10.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	Bernadette Pruden	390	17.9	+17.9
Majority			507	23.2	-39.7
Turnout			2,183	28.9	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.9

Kingshurst^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Threlkeld	1,362	52.5	-17.6
	Conservative	Daphne Cleghorn	843	32.5	+2.7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	Mark Akhurst	387	14.9	+14.9
Majority			519	20.0	-20.3
Turnout			2,592	41.6	+6.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.1

Knowle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Morrison	2,726	66.6	+8.4
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Jennifer Wright	1,182	28.9	-5.2
	Labour	Maurice Livingstone	183	4.5	-3.2
Majority			1,544	37.7	+13.6
Turnout			4,091	46.1	+9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.8

Lyndon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	Ian Gillett	1,648	43.5	-2.6
	Conservative	David Wilkes	1,584	41.8	+12.0
	Labour	Walter Kinder	559	14.7	-9.3
Majority			64	1.7	-14.6
Turnout			3,791	44.6	+8.0
	SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	-7.3

Meriden^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Meacham	2,411	56.8	+10.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	John Johnson	1,655	39.0	-2.7
	Labour	Eveline Benton	176	4.1	-7.4
Majority			756	17.8	+12.7
Turnout			4,242	50.1	+8.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.4

Olton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Eyre	2,614	54.3	+12.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	Timothy Farazmand	1,910	39.7	-7.0
	Labour	Sean McWhinne	291	6.0	-5.9
Majority			704	14.6	+9.4
Turnout			4,815	50.0	+13.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.9

Packwood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Vernon	2,281	47.8	+4.3
	Independent Residents	David van Rest	2,270	47.6	-2.3
	Labour	Sheila Brookes	217	4.5	-2.0
Majority			11	0.2	-6.1
Turnout			4,768	50.9	+10.4
	Conservative gain from Independent Residents		Swing	+3.3

Shirley East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Davies	1,967	49.5	+10.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	Ernest Garwood	854	21.5	-3.1
	Independent Residents & Ratepayers	Richard Jackson	810	20.4	-1.4
	Labour	Margaret Brittin	346	8.7	-5.5
Majority			1,113	28.0	+13.3
Turnout			3,977	40.1	+7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.6

Shirley South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Ratepayers	James Eames	2,419	47.9	-3.7
	Conservative	Peter Hogarth	2,223	44.0	+8.0
	Labour	Maurice Jones	408	8.1	-4.3
Majority			196	3.9	-11.7
Turnout			5,050	42.4	+9.3
	Independent Ratepayers hold		Swing	-5.8

Shirley West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Powell	2,071	54.2	+15.3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	John Reeve	1,303	34.1	-3.1
	Labour	Christine Horton	449	11.7	-10.3
Majority			768	20.1	+18.4
Turnout			3,823	39.1	+9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.2

Silhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Gibbons	2,647	60.4	+12.0
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	Peter Congdon	1,363	31.1	-6.0
	Labour	Colin Smith	372	8.5	-6.0
Majority			1,284	29.3	+18.0
Turnout			4,382	42.2	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.0

Smith's Wood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Cornock	1,529	51.5	-28.0
	Conservative	Mark Saunders	818	27.5	+7.0
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	Ann Clements	623	21.0	+21.0
Majority			711	23.9	-35.0
Turnout			2,970	32.3	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-17.5

St. Alphege^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Herd	3,289	72.1	+12.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	Gomer Thomas	1,120	24.6	-10.7
	Labour	Graham Craig	151	3.3	-2.3
Majority			2,169	47.6	+23.6
Turnout			4,560	47.6	+13.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.8

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Solihull M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 7 May 1987", Solihull M.B.C.(1987).
↑ "Vote 2012: Solihull". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2013-01-26.

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