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1987 Warwick District Council election
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1987 UK local government election
May 2026
The 1987 Warwick District Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 1987 to elect all 45 members of Warwick District Council to a four-year term, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. It was preceded by the 1983 election and followed by the 1991 election. The Conservative Party held control of the council.
Results summary
1987 Warwick District Council electionWarwick District Council Elections 1987 https://estates8.warwickdc.gov.uk/cmis/Electionresults/tabid/63/ctl/ViewWards/mid/386/ID/29/Default.aspx Warwick District Council 19 May 2026Warwick District Council Election Results 1973-2011 https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Warwick-1973-2011.pdf Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael The Elections Centre 19 May 2026
Conservative Party (UK)
29
2
64.4
Labour Party (UK)
7
15.6
SDP-Liberal Alliance
6
2
13.3
Ratepayers' Association
3
6.7
Green Party (UK)
0
New
0.0
New
People's Independent Party (Warwick)
0
New
0.0
New
Ward results
Bishop's Tachbrook
Bishop's Tachbrook (1 seat)
Conservative Party (UK)
Leonard Leggett
808
61.1
38.9
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Clifford Harris
280
21.2
New
Labour Party (UK)
Marjorie Kruszenicki
234
17.7
New
528
39.9
N/A
1,322
Conservative Party (UK)
30.0
Budbrooke
Budbrooke (1 seat)
Conservative Party (UK)
Gordon Low
648
60.9
0.4
SDP-Liberal Alliance
John Haselgrove
269
25.3
0.9
Labour Party (UK)
David Griffin
147
13.8
1.3
379
35.6
0.5
1,064
99.2
9
0.8
1,073
Conservative Party (UK)
0.2
Cubbington
Cubbington (2 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Clifford Cleaver*
1,295
Conservative Party (UK)
John Hammon*
1,103
Ratepayers' Association
David Saul
907
New
Ratepayers' Association
Theresa Saul
602
New
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Godfrey Carr
314
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Jennifer Mitchell-Black
278
Labour Party (UK)
Roger Beckett
214
Labour Party (UK)
Margaret Stacey
175
12
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Kenilworth Abbey
Kenilworth Abbey (3 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Kenneth Rawnsley*
2,027
Conservative Party (UK)
John Cooke*
2,025
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Coker*
1,989
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Jack Bastock
1,887
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Haydn Thomas
1,586
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Mary Harrison
1,470
Labour Party (UK)
Teresa Blackwell
400
Labour Party (UK)
Garry Lucas
302
Labour Party (UK)
Leonora Everitt
260
29
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Kenilworth Park Hill
Kenilworth Park Hill (2 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Spencer Harrison*
1,189
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas Dalton
1,116
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Kenneth Griffiths
689
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Robert Butler*
649
Labour Party (UK)
Lesley Bowen
242
Labour Party (UK)
Anthony Bowen
240
10
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Kenilworth St. John's
Kenilworth St. John's (3 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Wooller*
2,348
Conservative Party (UK)
John Wilson*
2,334
Conservative Party (UK)
James Whitby*
2,214
SDP-Liberal Alliance
William Wozencroft
1,581
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Dennis Royston
1,206
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Vera Royston
1,187
Labour Party (UK)
John Bennett
415
Labour Party (UK)
John Payne
393
Labour Party (UK)
Geoffrey Cleave
378
9
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Lapworth
Lapworth (1 seat)
Conservative Party (UK)
Elizabeth Schofield
823
77.4
22.6
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Ronald Page
159
15.0
New
Labour Party (UK)
Patricia Ludgate
81
7.6
New
664
62.5
N/A
1,063
99.9
1
0.1
1,064
Conservative Party (UK)
18.8
Leamington Brunswick
Leamington Brunswick (3 seats)
Labour Party (UK)
Estelle Morris*
1,438
Labour Party (UK)
David Nash
1,387
Labour Party (UK)
Anthony Pickering
1,368
Conservative Party (UK)
Jasbir Lall
560
Conservative Party (UK)
Paula Goerres
508
Conservative Party (UK)
Ian Lynch
505
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Christopher Davis
439
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Susan Elworthy
417
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Philip Hodgkinson
390
People's Independent Party
Geoffrey Wright
282
New
16
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Leamington Clarendon
Leamington Clarendon (3 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Coombes*
1,236
Conservative Party (UK)
Sydney Ward*
1,129
Conservative Party (UK)
Martin Harrison
1,124
Labour Party (UK)
Robert Crowther
747
Labour Party (UK)
Timothy Naylor
679
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Schuller
621
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Sheila Grainger
484
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Carolyn Voss
418
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Andrew Patrick
416
Green Party (UK)
Corrine Hurley
130
New
3
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Leamington Crown
Leamington Crown (3 seats)
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Alan Boad
920
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Sarah Mullins
858
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Patricia Wreford-Bush
857
Labour Party (UK)
Humphrey Griffiths
841
Labour Party (UK)
Cynthia Beckett
823
Conservative Party (UK)
Patricia Robinson*
805
Conservative Party (UK)
Brian Hales
784
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Kemp*
762
Labour Party (UK)
David Steed
734
6
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Conservative Party (UK)
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Conservative Party (UK)
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Conservative Party (UK)
Leamington Manor
Leamington Manor (3 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Barton*
1,882
Conservative Party (UK)
Stanley Birch*
1,844
Conservative Party (UK)
John Higgins*
1,752
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Roger Copping
1,225
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Mary Moss
1,121
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Susan Sell
1,052
Labour Party (UK)
Richard Bicknell
294
Labour Party (UK)
Susan Burt
259
Labour Party (UK)
Kirsty Healey
256
Green Party (UK)
Christopher Philpott
206
New
2
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Leamington Milverton
Leamington Milverton (3 seats)
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Valerie Davis*
1,742
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Margaret Begg
1,709
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Philip Emm*
1,612
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard Bolton
1,079
Conservative Party (UK)
John Isherwood
990
Conservative Party (UK)
Clive Nelson
973
Labour Party (UK)
Ian Henderson
424
Labour Party (UK)
Roger Duclaud-Williams
405
Labour Party (UK)
Paul Tallett
400
9
SDP-Liberal Alliance
SDP-Liberal Alliance
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Leamington Willes
Leamington Willes (3 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Balraj Dhesi*
1,560
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Doyle
1,048
Labour Party (UK)
Peter Byrd*
1,024
Labour Party (UK)
Richard Chessum*
1,024
Conservative Party (UK)
Gladys Cleland
973
Labour Party (UK)
Constance Naylor
941
SDP-Liberal Alliance
David Alexander
372
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Freda Hawkins
329
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Muhammad Khan
283
Green Party (UK)
Janet Alty
209
New
Green Party (UK)
Thomas Taylor
176
New
Green Party (UK)
Alan Geary
175
New
4
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Leek Wootton
Leek Wootton (1 seat)
Conservative Party (UK)
Josephine Compton*
868
81.6
18.4
Labour Party (UK)
Susan Byrd
196
18.4
New
672
63.2
N/A
1,064
99.1
10
0.9
1,074
Conservative Party (UK)
18.4
Radford Semele
Radford Semele (1 seat)
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael DoodyMichael Doody unsuccessfully contested Radford Semele in the 1983 election as an independent candidate. The change in vote share, however, is calculated from the previous Conservative candidate.
539
56.6
6.2
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Nichola Lomas
234
24.6
4.3
Labour Party (UK)
Stanley Sabin
179
18.8
7.5
305
32.0
1.9
952
99.5
5
0.5
957
Conservative Party (UK)
0.9
Stoneleigh
Stoneleigh (1 seat)
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Simpson*
689
51.3
6.2
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Eric Deal
379
28.2
14.2
Labour Party (UK)
Timothy Robson
274
20.4
New
310
23.1
8.0
1,342
99.9
2
0.1
1,344
Conservative Party (UK)
4.0
Warwick North
Warwick North (3 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Alfred Boxley*
1,717
Conservative Party (UK)
John Morley*
1,603
Conservative Party (UK)
Margaret Walker
1,579
Labour Party (UK)
Elaine Griffin
771
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Ann Boyland
759
Labour Party (UK)
Leslie Kent
759
Labour Party (UK)
Richard Mills
736
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Paul Murran
674
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Gordon Doig
603
Green Party (UK)
Alan King
171
New
17
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Warwick South
Warwick South (2 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Gerald Guest*
1,412
Conservative Party (UK)
Leo Howlett*
1,387
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Colin Aubury
552
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Geoffrey Harris
488
Labour Party (UK)
George Darmody
372
Labour Party (UK)
Keith Kitto
345
Green Party (UK)
Nicholas Anderson
164
New
21
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Warwick West
Warwick West (3 seats)
Labour Party (UK)
Agnes Leddy*
1,367
Labour Party (UK)
James Savoury*
1,218
Labour Party (UK)
Anthony Davison
1,047
Conservative Party (UK)
Gertrude Holland
1,001
Conservative Party (UK)
Greville Warwick
929
Conservative Party (UK)
Patricia Miazga
737
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Albert Allan
517
SDP-Liberal Alliance
George Begg
404
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Jennifer Patrick
367
Green Party (UK)
Pamela King
161
New
34
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Whitnash
Whitnash (3 seats)
Ratepayers' Association
Bernard Kirton
1,553
Ratepayers' Association
Kathleen Cruthcley
1,353
Ratepayers' Association
Anthony Heath
1,149
Conservative Party (UK)
Margaret Bull
525
Conservative Party (UK)
Dominic Coker
463
Labour Party (UK)
Robert Woodward
443
Labour Party (UK)
Denis Ward
440
Conservative Party (UK)
Valerie Leigh-Hunt
428
Labour Party (UK)
Margaret Baker
388
SDP-Liberal Alliance
David Moss
136
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Carole Eason
123
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Margaret Watkins
120
60
Ratepayers' Association
Ratepayers' Association
Ratepayers' Association
Notes
References
Warwick
1987