1987 Reading Borough Council election

none April 2022 April 2022 1987 Reading Borough Council election Berkshire parliamentary 1986 Reading Borough Council election 1986 1987 5 7 y 1988 Reading Borough Council election 1988 15 seats of 45 on council 23 Lab Mike Orton Labour Party (UK) 22 24 2 14,358 31.0% 5.4% Con Geoff Canning Conservative Party (UK) 17 16 1 18,993 41.0% 8.2% Lib Jim Day Liberal Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 5 1 12,343 26.7% 1.8% The 1987 Reading Borough Council election was held on 7 May 1987, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. One third of Reading Borough Council's 45 seats were up for election. Before the election, the council was under no overall control with Labour running a minority administration, being one seat short of an overall majority. The election saw Labour gain two extra seats, giving it a majority. After the election, Labour had 24 seats, the Conservatives had 16 seats, and the SDP-Liberal Alliance had 5 seats, all of whom were Liberals.Labour grabs overall power in Reading https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 11 April 2022 Evening Post 8 May 1987 Reading 8 Results Reading Borough Council Election, 1987 Labour Party (UK) 7 2 0 +2 46.7 31.0 14,358 -5.4 Conservative Party (UK) 6 1 2 -1 40.0 41.0 18,993 +8.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 1 2 -1 13.3 26.7 12,343 -1.8 Green Party (UK) 0 0.0 1.3 615 +1.0 Ward results The results in each ward were as follows (candidates with an asterisk* were the previous incumbent standing for re-election:Line-ups for ballot box battles https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 11 April 2022 Evening Post 8 April 1987 Reading 5 Abbey Ward Labour Party (UK) Antony William Page*(Tony Page) 1,258 46.4 -8.4 Conservative Party (UK) Subhash Vasant Nirgude 855 33.2 +12.4 Social Democratic Party (UK) Jeremy B.C. Lazenby 432 16.8 -0.9 Green Party (UK) Elizabeth Maria Callies(Maria Callies) 95 3.7 -3.1 2,578 Labour Party (UK) -10.4 Battle Ward Labour Party (UK) Kevin Joseph P. MacDevitt 1,147 47.0 -4.4 Conservative Party (UK) Susan E. White(Sue White) 762 31.2 +10.8 Social Democratic Party (UK) Angela S. Peirson 463 19.0 -4.8 Green Party (UK) Lorraine M. Munn 70 2.9 -1.7 2,442 Labour Party (UK) -7.6 Caversham Ward Conservative Party (UK) Ronald William Jewitt*(Ron Jewitt) 2,513 67.2 +12.5 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Robert Mander(Geoff Mander) 711 19.0 -8.0 Social Democratic Party (UK) Mary E. Hargreaves 514 13.8 -4.5 3,738 Conservative Party (UK) +10.25 Church Ward Labour Party (UK) Kathleen Margaret Everett*(Kay Everett) 1,093 46.4 -5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Heather M. Oliver 799 33.9 +6.8 Liberal Party (UK) Diarmuid T. O'Rourke 465 19.7 -1.8 2,357 Labour Party (UK) -5.9 Katesgrove Ward Labour Party (UK) Margaret Stella Singh* 1,073 46.9 -9.6 Conservative Party (UK) Shirley M. Mills 884 38.6 +9.0 Social Democratic Party (UK) Nikola Sergt 332 14.5 +0.6 2,289 Labour Party (UK) -9.3 Kentwood Ward Liberal Party (UK) Francis John William Mahon-Daly(Frank Mahon-Daly) 1,309 42.4 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas J. Dicker*(Tom Dicker) 1,253 40.6 +9.7 Labour Party (UK) Ronald W. Corbin 528 17.1 -8.4 3,090 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -9.05 Minster Ward Conservative Party (UK) Derek Gordon E. Browne 1,573 49.8 +7.7 Labour Party (UK) Martin Bryan Statter(Bryan Statter) 883 27.9 -7.1 Social Democratic Party (UK) Stephen R. Hanson(Steve Hanson) 661 20.9 +1.4 Green Party (UK) Edmund P. Wilson(Ed Wilson) 43 1.4 -2.0 3,160 Conservative Party (UK) +7.4 Norcot Ward Labour Party (UK) Rhodri Hughes 1,392 43.7 -0.2 Liberal Party (UK) Leslie Basil Dunning*(Basil Dunning) 1,067 33.5 -3.8 Conservative Party (UK) Garry Cooper 668 21.0 +4.4 Green Party (UK) Maureen P. Gray 58 1.8 -0.4 3,185 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) +1.8 Park Ward Labour Party (UK) Michael Derek Price(Mike Price) 1,585 47.7 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) Amanda A. Vigar 1,096 33.0 +2.1 Liberal Party (UK) Stephen H. Begg(Steve Begg) 522 15.7 +3.7 Green Party (UK) Philip J. Unsworth 117 3.5 -2.1 3,320 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -2.9 Peppard Ward Conservative Party (UK) Frank Heyes 2,014 47.6 +5.6 Liberal Party (UK) Ian M. Fenwick* 1,885 44.5 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) Louise M. Izzard 335 7.9 -3.6 4,234 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) +3.85 Redlands Ward Conservative Party (UK) John Michael Oliver* 1,212 34.2 +6.1 Labour Party (UK) David Christopher Sutton 1,187 33.5 -0.6 Social Democratic Party (UK) David J. Cornes 1,033 29.2 -3.0 Green Party (UK) Daverick C. Leggett 107 3.0 -2.6 3,539 Conservative Party (UK) +3.35 Southcote Ward Conservative Party (UK) Peter W. Wells 1,556 47.0 +10.5 Labour Party (UK) Katharine Neville(Kathy Neville) 1,362 41.1 -2.9 Social Democratic Party (UK) Andrew H. McLuskey 392 11.8 -7.6 3,310 Conservative Party (UK) +6.7 Thames Ward Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth A. Putt(Ken Putt) 2,122 57.2 +5.9 Liberal Party (UK) Annette Hendry 1,187 32.0 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) Alan E. Lockey 275 7.4 -1.2 Green Party (UK) Louise A. Barnes 125 3.4 -1.4 3,709 Conservative Party (UK) +4.6 Tilehurst Ward Liberal Party (UK) Florence Teresa Day*(Paddy Day) 1,751 55.9 -3.6 Conservative Party (UK) David F. Henderson 985 31.4 +7.3 Labour Party (UK) Richard J. O'Brien(Dick O'Brien) 397 12.7 -3.7 3,133 Liberal Party (UK) -5.45 Whitley Ward Labour Party (UK) Doris Ellen Lawrence* 1,194 53.7 -11.5 Conservative Party (UK) Walter Eric Winter(Eric Winter) 701 31.5 +13.1 Social Democratic Party (UK) John W. Wood 330 14.8 -1.6 2,225 Labour Party (UK) -12.3 References Reading 1987 Reading Borough Council election, 1987