1987 Uttlesford District Council election

1987 English local election 1987 Uttlesford District Council election Essex parliamentary 1983 Uttlesford District Council election 1983 1987 5 7 y 1991 Uttlesford District Council election 1991 All 42 seats to Uttlesford District Council 22 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 24 4 13,628 43.9% 2.9% 95x50px|Blank SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 4 12,196 39.3% 16.4% 95x50px|Blank Independent politician 7 2,109 6.8% 7.4% 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 1 2,928 9.4% 6.7% Uttlesford UK ward map with seats 1987.svg Winner of each seat at the 1987 Uttlesford District Council election. Council control Council control after election Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) The 1987 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in Essex, England.https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Uttlesford-1973-2011.pdf Uttlesford District Council Elections 1973-2011 31 December 2025 Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher The Elections Centre, Plymouth University This was on the same day as other local elections. Summary Election result 1987 Uttlesford District Council election Conservative Party (UK) 32 24 1 5 4 57.1 13,628 43.9 –2.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance 25 10 5 1 4 23.8 12,196 39.3 +16.4 Independent politician 8 7 1 1 16.7 2,109 6.8 –7.4 Labour Party (UK) 11 1 0 0 2.4 2,928 9.4 –6.7 Green Party (UK) 1 0 0 0 0.0 199 0.6 N/A |- Ward results Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections. Ashdon Ashdon Independent politician R. Tyler 839 Independent politician Birchanger Birchanger Conservative Party (UK) D. Haggerwood* 424 83.5 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance C. Rowley 84 16.5 N/A 340 66.8 N/A 508 61.0 N/A 842 Conservative Party (UK) Clavering Clavering Independent politician E. Abrahams* 1,245 Independent politician Elsenham Elsenham Conservative Party (UK) J. Hurwitz* 1,528 Conservative Party (UK) Felsted Felsted (2 seats) SDP-Liberal Alliance R. Hawkins* 874 76.1 +14.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance A. Harding 602 52.4 +15.4 Independent politician J. Guthrie-Dow 545 47.5 +2.3 ~1,148 51.9 –1.5 2,212 SDP-Liberal Alliance SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) Great Dunmow North Great Dunmow North (2 seats) SDP-Liberal Alliance R. Aldous* 718 58.3 +3.7 Conservative Party (UK) M. Davey 571 46.3 +0.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Taylor 435 35.3 –17.5 Conservative Party (UK) E. Hicks 386 31.3 N/A ~1,232 54.8 +3.3 2,249 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance Great Dunmow South Great Dunmow South (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) D. Westcott* 932 61.9 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance N. Prowse* 769 51.0 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Briggs 579 38.4 N/A ~1,507 55.9 N/A 2,695 Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance Great Hallingbury Great Hallingbury Independent politician A. Streeter* 765 Independent politician Hatfield Broad Oak Hatfield Broad Oak Conservative Party (UK) R. Wood 309 57.8 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance W. Bree 226 42.2 N/A 83 15.4 N/A 535 58.8 N/A 910 Conservative Party (UK) Hatfield Heath Hatfield Heath Conservative Party (UK) I. Delderfield* 474 78.5 +13.3 Labour Party (UK) W. McCarthy 130 21.5 –13.3 344 56.9 +26.6 604 50.1 +0.4 1,205 Conservative Party (UK) 13.3 Henham Henham Conservative Party (UK) R. Glover* 342 61.6 +1.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Gibb 213 38.4 +6.3 129 23.1 –5.2 555 45.6 –4.8 1,224 Conservative Party (UK) 2.6 Little Hallingbury Little Hallingbury Conservative Party (UK) A. Row* 1,118 Conservative Party (UK) Littlebury Littlebury Conservative Party (UK) J. Menell* 913 Conservative Party (UK) Newport Newport Conservative Party (UK) H. Pugh* 450 58.8 –8.0 Green Party (UK) G. Hannah 199 26.0 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance L. Blount 116 15.2 –18.0 251 32.7 –0.8 765 47.7 –3.5 1,603 Conservative Party (UK) Rickling Rickling SDP-Liberal Alliance S. Collins* 292 54.1 –5.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Rich 248 45.9 +5.1 44 8.2 –10.2 540 67.1 +4.9 808 SDP-Liberal Alliance 5.1 Saffron Walden Audley Saffron Walden Audley (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) D. Miller* 668 49.7 –4.0 Conservative Party (UK) A. Walters* 618 46.0 +4.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance S. Jones 461 34.3 +7.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance A. Barnes 446 33.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) D. Baker 232 17.3 –1.6 Labour Party (UK) V. Carter 195 14.5 –0.9 ~1,345 61.2 –5.9 2,197 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Saffron Walden Castle Saffron Walden Castle (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) R. Eastham* 708 44.1 +1.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance H. Free 626 39.0 +6.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Dean 597 37.2 +7.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance S. McDermott 563 35.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) D. Cornell 326 20.3 –4.6 Labour Party (UK) D. Barrs 269 16.8 –4.4 ~1,604 58.4 –8.7 2,746 Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance Saffron Walden Plantation Saffron Walden Plantation (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) A. Ketteridge* 750 49.6 –3.6 Conservative Party (UK) S. Neville* 654 43.2 –2.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Benson 577 38.1 +20.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance V. Lelliott 520 34.4 +17.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Evans 239 15.8 –13.6 Labour Party (UK) D. O'Sullivan 221 14.6 –18.0 ~1,513 50.4 –7.1 3,002 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Saffron Walden Shire Saffron Walden Shire (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Stevens* 569 43.9 +5.3 Labour Party (UK) R. Green* 548 42.3 +5.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Hughes 459 35.4 +2.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance H. Baker 322 24.8 –0.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance F. Whittington 300 23.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) K. Pipe 273 21.1 +7.5 ~1,297 53.8 –11.2 2,410 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Stansted Mountfitchet Stansted Mountfitchet (3 seats) SDP-Liberal Alliance A. Dean 1,014 48.7 +18.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. Caton 992 47.6 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance R. Clifford 930 44.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Brown 884 42.5 –4.6 Conservative Party (UK) B. Gott* 882 42.4 –2.9 Conservative Party (UK) D. Butterfield 789 37.9 N/A ~2,082 53.0 –5.4 3,929 SDP-Liberal Alliance Independent politician SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) Stebbing Stebbing Independent politician E. Kiddle* 495 77.6 –1.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance R. Head 143 22.4 +1.9 352 55.1 –3.8 638 57.7 +0.8 1,114 Independent politician 1.9 Stort Valley Stort Valley Conservative Party (UK) D. Collins* 1,018 Conservative Party (UK) Takeley Takeley (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) P. MacPhail* 543 59.0 –2.1 Conservative Party (UK) E. Whitehead* 523 56.8 –3.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Oliveira 355 38.5 –0.4 ~921 42.0 +6.8 2,193 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Thaxted Thaxted (2 seats) Independent politician P. Leeder* 621 54.9 +19.6 Independent politician E. Walsh 448 39.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Q. Mould 439 38.8 –44.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance S. Corke 394 34.8 N/A ~1,132 56.2 –0.2 2,014 Independent politician Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) The Canfields The Canfields Conservative Party (UK) J. Wright* 1,384 Conservative Party (UK) The Chesterfords The Chesterfords SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Chater 1,132 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) The Eastons The Eastons Conservative Party (UK) P. Thornburn 1,069 Conservative Party (UK) The Rodings The Rodings Conservative Party (UK) K. Tivendale* 971 Conservative Party (UK) The Sampfords The Sampfords Independent politician H. Hughes* 1,315 Independent politician Wenden Lofts Wenden Lofts Conservative Party (UK) R. Chambers 1,100 Conservative Party (UK) Wimbish & Debden Wimbish & Debden Conservative Party (UK) N. Belcher 429 75.4 +23.1 Labour Party (UK) B. Lock 140 24.5 N/A 289 50.7 +46.2 569 50.2 –12.7 1,146 Conservative Party (UK) By-elections The Chesterfords The Chesterfords by-election: 29 March 1990https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3933 By-elections 18 January 2026 Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher The Elections Centre, Plymouth University https://web.archive.org/web/20260118204355/https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3933 18 January 2026 Conservative Party (UK) 471 72.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) 178 27.4 293 45.2 649 55.5 1,169 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Felsted Felsted by-election: 26 April 1990 Liberal Democrats (UK) 700 60.9 Conservative Party (UK) 450 39.1 250 21.8 1,150 52.6 2,186 Liberal Democrats (UK) Saffron Walden Castle Saffron Walden Castle by-election: 9 May 1990 Liberal Democrats (UK) 597 37.3 Labour Party (UK) 510 31.9 Conservative Party (UK) 494 30.9 87 5.4 1,601 57.8 2,770 Liberal Democrats (UK) References Category:Uttlesford District Council elections Uttlesford Category:May 1987 in the United Kingdom Category:1980s in Essex