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1987 Sheffield City Council election England Parliamentary no yes 1986 Sheffield City Council election 1986 1988 Sheffield City Council election 1988 31 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council 44 7 May 1987 Labour Party (UK) 23 2 Conservative Party (UK) 5 2 SDP–Liberal Alliance 3 0 Sheffield UK local election 1987 map.png 400px Map showing the results of the 1987 Sheffield City Council elections. Majority party Majority party after election Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election.
Election result
Sheffield local election result 1987
Labour Party (UK)
23
2
0
+2
74.2
51.1
87,584
-2.6
SDP–Liberal Alliance
3
0
0
0
9.7
27.7
47,444
+2.4
Conservative Party (UK)
5
0
2
-2
16.1
21.0
35,927
+1.0
Green Party (UK)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
239
-0.1
Communist Party of Great Britain
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
90
+0.1
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 63 65 Conservatives 15 13 SDP–Liberal Alliance 9 9 Total 87 87 Working majority #FFBF00 39 darkgray #FFBF00 43 darkgray
Ward results
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Conservative Party (UK)
Clifford Godber*
2,972
36.7
-2.9
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Peter Moore
2,665
32.9
+9.8
Labour Party (UK)
Roy Munn
2,467
30.4
-6.8
307
3.8
+1.4
8,104
53.1
+12.5
Conservative Party (UK)
-6.3
Birley
Labour Party (UK)
Joan Ramsbottom
3,790
59.8
-5.7
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Cyril Skipworth
1,409
22.2
+1.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Shirley Clayton
1,139
18.0
+4.4
2,381
37.6
-7.1
6,338
39.2
+5.2
Labour Party (UK)
-3.5
Brightside
Labour Party (UK)
Patrick Heath*
2,912
71.1
-4.9
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Francis Pierce
702
17.1
+1.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Simon Briggs
479
11.7
+3.3
2,210
54.0
-6.4
4,093
31.7
+2.2
Labour Party (UK)
-3.2
Broomhill
Labour Party (UK)
Jacqueline Mosley
2,295
38.3
-1.5
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Jane Padget
1,868
31.2
-0.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard Foster
1,825
30.5
+1.9
427
7.1
-1.1
5,988
45.6
+3.8
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
-0.5
Burngreave
Labour Party (UK)
James Jamison*
3,009
66.5
-13.1
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Sheila Rehman
971
21.5
+1.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Isobel Watson
542
12.0
+12.0
2,038
45.0
-14.2
4,522
36.5
+4.0
Labour Party (UK)
-7.1
Castle
Labour Party (UK)
David Skinner*
3,061
77.5
-6.4
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Peter Horsfield
463
11.7
+1.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Joan Graham
424
10.7
+4.5
2,598
65.8
-8.2
3,948
30.9
+1.8
Labour Party (UK)
-4.1
Chapel Green
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Geoffrey Griffiths*
4,508
54.2
+6.4
Labour Party (UK)
Peter Duff
3,245
39.0
-6.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Kathryn Robinson
559
6.7
+0.3
1,263
15.2
+13.1
8,312
46.9
+8.0
SDP-Liberal Alliance
+6.5
Darnall
Labour Party (UK)
Roy Hattersley
3,278
63.3
+21.2
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Dennis Boothroyd
1,056
20.4
-6.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Colin Cavill
844
16.3
+1.1
2,222
42.9
+27.8
5,178
35.1
+4.0
Labour Party (UK)
+13.9
Dore
Conservative Party (UK)
Patricia Davey*
4,114
51.5
+2.1
Labour Party (UK)
Edward Lamb
2,053
25.7
-2.3
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Janice Sidebottom
1,820
22.8
+0.2
2,061
25.8
+4.4
7,987
48.0
+7.9
Conservative Party (UK)
+2.2
Ecclesall
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard Old
4,019
52.0
+4.3
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Christine Freeman
2,212
28.6
-3.4
Labour Party (UK)
Roy Darke
1,497
19.4
-0.9
1,807
23.4
+7.7
7,728
48.9
+6.6
Conservative Party (UK)
+3.8
Firth Park
Labour Party (UK)
Howard Knight**
3,601
74.8
-5.8
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Glyn Evans
1,215
25.2
+25.2
1,486
49.6
-19.0
4,816
35.7
+4.9
Labour Party (UK)
-15.5
Howard Knight was a sitting councillor for Sharrow ward
Hallam
Conservative Party (UK)
Angela Knight
3,810
49.5
+9.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Nicholas Aslam
3,799
SDP-Liberal Alliance
John Knight
2,388
31.0
-3.9
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Andrew Milton
2,308
Labour Party (UK)
Kevin Mahoney
1,495
19.4
-5.1
Labour Party (UK)
James Prosser
1,341
1,411
18.5
+12.9
7,693
44.8
-4.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
+6.4
Handsworth
Labour Party (UK)
Elsie Smith*
3,462
51.6
-17.6
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Alice Smith
2,602
38.8
+23.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Marjorie Kirby
620
9.2
-4.4
Green Party (UK)
Roger Dunn
23
0.3
-1.3
860
12.8
-40.9
6,707
44.2
+10.0
Labour Party (UK)
-20.4
Heeley
Labour Party (UK)
John Crowder
3,359
57.9
-0.7
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Douglas Oldfield
1,220
21.0
+1.1
Conservative Party (UK)
John Webster
1,217
21.0
+0.5
2,139
36.9
-1.2
5,796
38.8
+3.8
Labour Party (UK)
-0.9
Hillsborough
Labour Party (UK)
John Buckley
3,334
46.8
-3.4
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Francis Butler
2,370
33.3
+2.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Warner
1,413
19.8
+1.0
964
13.5
-5.7
7,117
46.9
+4.4
Labour Party (UK)
-2.8
Intake
Labour Party (UK)
Michael Bower*
3,499
59.0
-2.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Elizabeth Bradbury
1,253
21.1
-1.0
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Sheila Hughes
1,178
19.8
+3.2
2,246
37.9
-1.2
5,930
37.5
+4.6
Labour Party (UK)
-0.6
Manor
Labour Party (UK)
Paul Colk*
2,921
79.2
+79.2
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Pamela Brown
429
11.6
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Usher
338
9.1
N/A
2,492
67.6
N/A
3,688
N/A
Labour Party (UK)
N/A
Mosborough
Labour Party (UK)
Norman Sellars
4,425
59.3
-5.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Gordon Millward
1,602
21.5
+3.8
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Louise Truman
1,430
19.2
+2.0
2,823
37.8
-9.6
7,457
35.6
+6.7
Labour Party (UK)
-4.8
Nether Edge
Labour Party (UK)
Patricia Midgley
2,508
38.5
-0.6
SDP-Liberal Alliance
George Manley
1,919
29.4
+2.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul Verhaert*
1,873
28.7
-1.7
Green Party (UK)
Jane Beharrell
216
3.3
-0.4
589
9.1
+0.4
6,516
46.3
+2.4
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
-1.6
Nether Shire
Labour Party (UK)
Stephen Jones*
3,350
72.6
-5.8
SDP-Liberal Alliance
George Clayton
1,266
27.4
+14.1
2,084
45.2
-19.9
4,616
35.3
+2.1
Labour Party (UK)
-9.9
Netherthorpe
Labour Party (UK)
Christopher Walker
3,372
69.3
-4.3
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Peter McNutt
768
15.8
-10.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Henry Cornford
723
14.8
+14.8
2,604
53.5
+6.3
4,863
38.3
+6.0
Labour Party (UK)
+3.1
Norton
Labour Party (UK)
Frank White**
3,617
59.4
-4.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Albert Marsden
1,371
22.5
+4.4
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Ian Auckland
1,104
18.1
+0.0
2,246
36.9
-8.7
6,092
44.9
+5.8
Labour Party (UK)
-4.3
Frank White was a sitting councillor for Birley ward
Owlerton
Labour Party (UK)
Helen Jackson*
3,251
68.6
-5.4
SDP-Liberal Alliance
John Brocklebank
883
18.6
+3.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Lorna Banham
602
12.7
+1.6
2,368
50.0
-9.2
4,736
36.2
+6.3
Labour Party (UK)
-4.6
Park
Labour Party (UK)
Vivienne Nicholson*
3,449
78.5
-4.3
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Donald Smith
492
11.2
+1.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Jeremy Richardson**
454
10.3
+2.6
2,957
67.3
-6.0
4,395
31.2
+6.5
Labour Party (UK)
-3.0
Jeremy Richardson was a sitting councillor for Ecclesall ward
Sharrow
Labour Party (UK)
Doris Askham
2,619
63.3
-1.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Anne Smith
780
18.8
+3.5
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Muhammad Zahur
649
15.7
-1.5
Communist Party of Great Britain
Brian Turley
90
2.2
+0.5
1,839
44.5
-3.0
4,138
33.9
+2.7
Labour Party (UK)
-2.4
South Wortley
SDP-Liberal Alliance
David Baker*
4,191
48.7
+1.0
Labour Party (UK)
Eldon Hanson
2,667
31.0
-5.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Lynn Wilson
1,738
20.2
+4.0
524
17.7
+6.1
8,596
46.9
+5.2
SDP-Liberal Alliance
+3.0
Southey Green
Labour Party (UK)
Anthony Damms
3,632
81.3
+81.3
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Raymond Mellor
834
18.7
N/A
2,798
62.6
N/A
4,466
35.9
N/A
Labour Party (UK)
N/A
Stocksbridge
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Malcolm Johnson*
2,590
53.0
+5.4
Labour Party (UK)
Judith Chandler
1,751
35.9
-5.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Beryl Fleming
540
11.0
+0.5
839
17.1
+11.3
4,881
46.3
+8.1
SDP-Liberal Alliance
+5.6
Walkley
Labour Party (UK)
Bill Owen*
3,665
55.7
+1.8
Labour Party (UK)
Jean Cromar
3,474
SDP-Liberal Alliance
David Brown**
2,242
34.0
-3.7
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Margaret Ritchie
2,002
Conservative Party (UK)
Giles Orton
676
10.2
+1.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Christine Smith
635
1,232
21.7
+5.5
6,583
43.7
+0.8
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
+2.7
David Brown was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward, and was previously elected as a Labour councillor
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