1987 Stevenage Borough Council election

1987 Stevenage Borough Council election^[1]^[2]
13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1987 Stevenage Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1987 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1983. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.

Overall results[]

1987 Stevenage Borough Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	6	0	3	3	46.2	40.5	10,506	0.8
	Alliance	6	3	0	3	46.2	36.1	9,356	5.8
	Conservative	1	0	0		7.7	23.4	6,064	5.0
Total		13						25,926

	Labour hold

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1983 election.

Ward results[]

Bandley Hill[]

Location of Bandley Hill

Bandley Hill^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Lloyd	1,161	52.3%
	Alliance	D. Cleary	593	26.7%
	Conservative	F. Warner	468	21.1%
Turnout				38.7%
	Labour hold

Bedwell Plash[]

Location of Bedwell Plash ward

Bedwell Plash^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Lawrence	1,030	56.0%
	Alliance	P. Herbert	441	24.0%
	Conservative	D. Franks	368	20.0%
Turnout				45.7%
	Labour hold

Longmeadow[]

Location of Longmeadow ward

Longmeadow^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	P. Akhurst	1,207	46.0%
	Labour	J. Tye	788	30.1%
	Conservative	S. Ashby	627	23.9%
Turnout				50.7%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Martins Wood[]

Location of Martins Wood ward

Martins Wood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	B. Clarke	1,073	47.5%
	Labour	B. Clark	691	30.6%
	Conservative	M. Mason	494	21.9%
Turnout				51.8%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Mobbsbury[]

Location of Mobbsbury ward

Mobbsbury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	B. Clark	932	47.5%
	Labour	J. Gotobed	682	34.7%
	Conservative	T. Ffinch	350	17.8%
Turnout				55.2%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Monkswood[]

Location of Monkswood ward

Monkswood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Underwood	680	57.8%
	Alliance	P. Younger	264	22.4%
	Conservative	F. Haine	232	19.7%
Turnout				48.1%
	Labour hold

Old Stevenage[]

Location of Old Stevenage ward

Old Stevenage^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Carter	1,120	41.9%
	Labour	M. Cherney	900	33.7%
	Alliance	D. Christy	652	24.4%
Turnout				50.2%
	Conservative hold

Pin Green[]

Location of Pin Green ward

Pin Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Weston	815	46.1%
	Alliance	T. Osborne	502	28.4%
	Conservative	C. Aylin	451	25.5%
Turnout				44.5%
	Labour hold

Roebuck[]

Location of Roebuck ward

Roebuck^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	P. Perry	1,012	42.8%
	Labour	J. Cockerton	849	35.9%
	Conservative	S. McPartland	504	21.3%
Turnout				56.3%
	Alliance gain from Labour

St Nicholas[]

Location of St Nicholas ward

St Nicholas^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	P. Gallagher	852	45.8%
	Labour	P. Alexander	610	32.8%
	Conservative	S. Woods	397	21.4%
Turnout				49.8%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Shephall[]

Location of Shephall ward

Shephall^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Hall	873	57.6%
	Alliance	A. Wells	395	26.1%
	Conservative	S. Doolan	248	16.4%
Turnout				43.3%
	Labour hold

Symonds Green[]

Location of Symonds Green ward

Symonds Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Cotter	1,187	43.1%
	Alliance	J. Blundell	932	33.8%
	Conservative	J. Halling	636	23.1%
Turnout				51.5%
	Labour hold

Wellfield[]

Location of Wellfield ward

Wellfield^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	D. Hills	501	55.1%
	Labour	T. Alderton	240	26.4%
	Conservative	M. Wyatt	169	18.6%
Turnout				53.8%
	Alliance hold

References[]

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1987". The Elections Centre.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Stevenage Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[1] "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.

[2] "Local Election Summaries 1987". The Elections Centre.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Stevenage Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2019.

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