1987 Adur District Council election

1987 Adur District Council election
One third of seats (15 of 39) to Adur District Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1987 Adur council elections.
Majority party before election; SDP-Liberal Alliance;	Majority party after election ; SDP-Liberal Alliance;

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 7 May 1987, with one third of the council up for election. There were additional vacancies in the Churchill and Widewater wards and no elections for the two-member Marine ward. Overall turnout climbed to 48.3%.^[1]

The election resulted in the Alliance retaining control of the council.^[2]^[3]

Election result[]

Adur District Council Election Result 1987^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Alliance	8	1	1	53.3	44.1	9,522	+1.3
Conservative	7	1	1	46.7	46.6	10,068	+11.4
Labour	0	0	0	0.0	9.3	2,003	-4.9

This resulted in the following composition of the council:^[2]

Party		Previous council	New council
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	22	22
	Conservative	15	15
	Independent Residents	2	2
Total		39	39
Working majority		5	5

Ward results[]

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.

Buckingham (4013)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Merrick A.	1,317	65.9	+8.6
	Alliance	Hammond G. Ms.	682	34.1	+1.9
Majority			635	31.8	+6.8
Turnout			1,999	49.8	+6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

Churchill (3792)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Sherwood R.	897	47.7	-3.5
	Alliance	Ford A.	886
	Conservative	Wood J.	836	44.5	+4.9
	Conservative	Gray W. Ms.	834
	Labour	Aldrich S. Ms.	146	7.8	-1.4
Majority			61	3.2	-8.5
Turnout			1,879	49.6	+4.8
	Alliance hold		Swing
	Alliance hold		Swing	-4.2

Cokeham (3586)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Purdie D.	711	46.5	-8.8
	Conservative	Kemp C.	617	40.4	+9.2
	Labour	Mear B.	201	13.1
Majority			94	6.1	-18.0
Turnout			1,529	42.6	+5.1
	Alliance hold		Swing	-9.0

Eastbrook (3644)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dunn R.	975	47.3	+12.1
	Alliance	Taylor S.	780	37.8	-1.9
	Labour	Morris C.	306	14.8	-10.2
Majority			195	9.5	+4.9
Turnout			2,061	56.5	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.0

Hillside (3716)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barber R.	1,006	57.8	+16.0
	Alliance	Whitmore L.	431	24.8	+5.2
	Labour	Sweet G. Ms.	303	17.4	-21.2
Majority			575	33.0	+29.8
Turnout			1,740	46.8	-0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.4

Manor (3489)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Robinson C.	952	55.3	+0.6
	Conservative	Chad R.	769	44.7	+6.6
Majority			183	10.6	-6.0
Turnout			1,721	49.3	-2.0
	Alliance hold		Swing	-3.0

Mash Barn (3081)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Robinson J. Ms.	818	82.9	+25.1
	Labour	Atkins B.	169	17.1	+5.0
Majority			649	65.8	+38.1
Turnout			987	32.0	-5.6
	Alliance hold		Swing	+10.0

Peverel (3316)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Spruce P.	732	48.6	-14.2
	Conservative	Harris F.	617	41.0	+15.4
	Labour	Atkins H. Ms.	156	10.4	-1.1
Majority			115	7.6	-29.6
Turnout			1,505	45.4	+4.6
	Alliance hold		Swing	-9.8

Southlands (3427)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Little S.	917	51.3	+0.2
	Conservative	Hermans G. Ms.	587	32.8	-0.6
	Labour	Sweet N.	283	15.8	+0.3
Majority			330	18.5	+0.8
Turnout			1,787	52.0	+1.7
	Alliance hold		Swing	+0.4

Southwick Green (3922)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Bucknall S. Ms.	1,162	57.8	+7.9
	Conservative	Maltby C.	848	42.2	+42.2
Majority			314	15.6	+7.0
Turnout			2,010	51.3	+6.0
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	-17.1

St. Marys (878)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marchant R.	256	60.1	N/A
	Alliance	Bienati C. Ms.	116	27.2	N/A
	Labour	Gibbs L.	54	12.7	N/A
Majority			140	32.9	N/A
Turnout			426	48.5	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

St. Nicolas (3781)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lucraft J. Ms.	1,201	64.1	+15.1
	Alliance	Gough R.	481	25.7	-5.9
	Labour	Barnes S.	192	10.2	-1.4
Majority			720	38.4	+21.0
Turnout			1,874	49.5	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.5

Widewater (4213)2^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Floyd J.	1,039	50.1	+5.5
	Conservative	Forshaw G.	1,016
	Alliance	Barrow R.	843	40.6	-5.4
	Alliance	Cooper M. Ms.	822
	Labour	Allwright R.	193	9.3	-0.1
Majority			196	9.4	+7.9
Turnout			2,075	48.4	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Alliance		Swing	+5.4

References[]

^ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
^ "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[1] Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003

[results-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

[3] "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

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