1987 Luton Borough Council election

1987 Luton Borough Council election Bedfordshire parliamentary 1983 Luton Borough Council election 1983 1987 5 7 y 1991 Luton Borough Council election 1991 All 48 seats to Luton Borough Council 25 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 32 7 73,298 45.7% 6.5% 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 13 4 51,891 32.4% 5.5% 95x50px|Blank SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 3 34,121 21.3% 1.1% Control Control after election Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) The 1987 Luton Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Luton Borough Council in Bedfordshire, England.https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Luton-1973-1995.pdf Luton Borough Council Election Results 1973-1995 2 January 2026 Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher The Elections Centre, Plymouth University This was on the same day as other local elections. Summary Election result 1987 Luton Borough Council electionhttps://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/composition_calc.html Composition calculator 2 January 2026 Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher The Elections Centre, Plymouth University Conservative Party (UK) 48 32 7 0 7 66.7 73,298 45.7 +6.5 Labour Party (UK) 48 13 0 4 4 27.1 51,891 32.4 –5.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance 48 3 0 3 3 6.3 34,121 21.3 –1.1 Independent Labour 1 0 0 0 0.0 777 0.5 N/A Independent politician 1 0 0 0 0.0 258 0.2 –0.1 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. Biscot Biscot (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) R. Davis* 1,499 46.6 +2.7 Labour Party (UK) M. Guha* 1,404 43.7 +2.5 Labour Party (UK) D. Stewart* 1,336 41.6 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) M. Hussain 1,314 40.9 +9.6 Conservative Party (UK) S. Rizvi 1,182 36.8 +7.1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Rathor 1,151 35.8 +8.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. McKenna 400 12.4 +1.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Jarrett 347 10.8 +2.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance V. Williams 345 10.7 +2.9 ~3,213 46.7 –6.7 6,881 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bramingham Bramingham (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) P. Glenister* 1,939 55.4 +9.3 Conservative Party (UK) R. Dean 1,865 53.3 +9.2 Conservative Party (UK) F. Lester* 1,858 53.1 +10.7 Labour Party (UK) R. Furness* 800 22.9 –19.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Owens 757 21.6 +10.4 Labour Party (UK) N. Rana 729 20.8 –21.1 Labour Party (UK) S. Deb Gupta 720 20.6 –19.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Greener 713 20.4 +9.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance H. Siederer 604 17.3 +7.0 ~3,498 47.5 –0.7 7,365 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Challney Challney (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) B. Dodd* 1,869 52.1 +3.6 Conservative Party (UK) M. McCarroll* 1,815 50.6 +3.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Samuels 1,656 46.2 –0.6 Labour Party (UK) R. Cartwright 1,170 32.6 –0.9 Labour Party (UK) L. Collier 1,142 31.9 +0.4 Labour Party (UK) S. Roden 1,077 30.0 +2.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. Gearty 546 15.2 –2.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance T. Ruffett 517 14.4 –1.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Singh 380 10.6 –4.7 ~3,585 45.5 +0.5 7,879 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Crawley Crawley (3 seats) SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Franks* 1,633 41.0 –8.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Chapman* 1,544 38.8 –6.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance L. Patterson 1,474 37.0 –8.6 Conservative Party (UK) R. Robinson 1,369 34.4 +9.1 Conservative Party (UK) D. Dallinger 1,345 33.8 +8.7 Conservative Party (UK) M. Uddin 1,152 28.9 +8.4 Labour Party (UK) J. Adams 981 24.6 –0.4 Labour Party (UK) C. Kightley 959 24.1 –0.3 Labour Party (UK) R. Lacey 932 23.4 +0.4 ~3,980 49.2 –1.5 8,089 SDP-Liberal Alliance SDP-Liberal Alliance SDP-Liberal Alliance Dallow Dallow (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) M. Ashraf 1,373 50.9 –7.4 Labour Party (UK) R. Sills* 1,293 48.0 –7.3 Labour Party (UK) D. Taylor 1,284 47.6 –6.4 Conservative Party (UK) R. Cartwright 942 34.9 +15.0 Conservative Party (UK) A. Rashid 851 31.6 +11.7 Conservative Party (UK) S. Choudhury 849 31.5 +12.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Stephens 379 14.1 –7.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Doble 354 13.1 –8.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Cowell 348 12.9 –6.7 ~2,696 39.0 –5.0 6,914 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Farley Farley (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) L. McCowan* 1,721 57.0 –0.6 Labour Party (UK) W. McKenzie* 1,673 55.4 –2.1 Labour Party (UK) D. Fuller* 1,660 55.0 –0.4 Conservative Party (UK) D. Parker 866 28.7 +5.3 Conservative Party (UK) K. Stokes 836 27.7 +4.4 Conservative Party (UK) T. Stokes 808 26.8 +4.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Duffy 432 14.3 +0.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Chapman 426 14.1 +0.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance B. Murray 414 13.7 +2.4 ~3,020 42.0 –3.6 7,190 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) High Town High Town (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) L. Coppard 1,233 39.0 +3.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Fensome* 1,196 37.9 +1.5 Conservative Party (UK) S. Everard 1,182 37.4 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) C. Field 1,166 36.9 +2.0 Labour Party (UK) H. Magill 1,097 34.7 +2.3 Labour Party (UK) L. Randall 1,026 32.5 +1.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance T. Keens 729 23.1 –5.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance L. Cowell 673 21.3 –3.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. Doble 601 19.0 –2.7 ~3,159 46.8 +1.1 6,750 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Icknield Icknield (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) V. Dunington* 2,970 69.6 +2.0 Conservative Party (UK) A. Flint 2,827 66.2 –1.4 Conservative Party (UK) D. Johnston* 2,785 65.3 –0.1 Labour Party (UK) L. Hughes 664 15.6 –5.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance R. Henderson 630 14.8 +3.4 Labour Party (UK) R. Lucas 627 14.7 –4.6 Labour Party (UK) J. Robson 609 14.3 –4.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance G. Jacobi 557 13.1 +1.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. Large 544 12.7 +1.6 ~4,268 51.0 +0.6 8,368 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Leagrave Leagrave (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) M. Garrett* 1,632 49.0 +3.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Goldsmith* 1,478 44.3 +4.9 Conservative Party (UK) M. Punter* 1,423 42.7 +4.5 Labour Party (UK) A. Roden 1,154 34.6 –3.5 Labour Party (UK) H. Simmons 1,146 34.4 –2.6 Labour Party (UK) M. Yasin 990 29.7 –5.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance B. Doward 548 16.4 +0.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Gilmour 546 16.4 +0.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. Doward 535 16.0 +2.2 ~3,334 43.3 +1.6 7,699 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Lewsey Lewsey (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) J. Hamill* 1,316 35.5 –13.5 Labour Party (UK) L. Brown 1,307 35.2 –12.5 Labour Party (UK) T. Shaw 1,292 34.8 –5.6 Conservative Party (UK) J. Pattinson 1,119 30.2 +7.5 Conservative Party (UK) C. Sangster 1,117 30.1 +7.6 Conservative Party (UK) S. Tucker 1,052 28.3 +5.8 Independent Labour D. Kennedy 777 20.9 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Larkman 501 13.5 –11.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. De-Groot 478 12.9 –12.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance C. Mead 460 12.4 –10.7 ~3,711 43.0 +2.6 8,631 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Limbury Limbury (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) C. Brown 1,753 46.9 +2.9 Conservative Party (UK) E. Gough 1,744 46.7 +2.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Man 1,631 43.6 +2.2 Labour Party (UK) A. Cook 1,043 27.9 –7.7 Labour Party (UK) D. Kilby 1,010 27.0 –6.2 Labour Party (UK) M. Qureshi 831 22.2 –8.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance G. Brown 684 18.3 –2.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance B. King 628 16.8 –2.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. Neufville 521 13.9 –4.4 Independent politician J. Hayden 258 6.9 N/A ~3,737 49.9 +4.4 7,489 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Putteridge Putteridge (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) M. Harris 2,130 47.4 +11.8 Conservative Party (UK) D. Curd 2,042 45.5 +12.2 Conservative Party (UK) D. Morley 2,026 45.1 +12.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance R. Davies* 1,689 37.6 –2.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Woodroffe* 1,514 33.7 –0.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance K. Onslow 1,465 32.6 +0.2 Labour Party (UK) K. Bruckdorfer 675 15.0 –9.7 Labour Party (UK) B. Chambers 667 14.8 –9.5 Labour Party (UK) R. Johl 605 13.5 –10.3 ~4,493 51.1 –1.8 8,792 Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance Saints Saints (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) M. Goldsmith 1,725 47.0 –0.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. Shackleton 1,711 46.6 +0.4 Conservative Party (UK) P. Welsey* 1,684 45.9 +2.0 Labour Party (UK) M. Heathcote 1,343 36.6 –0.9 Labour Party (UK) P. Broadhead 1,283 35.0 –1.7 Labour Party (UK) R. Robertson 1,264 34.4 –1.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance T. Kenneally 602 16.4 +1.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance G. James 594 16.2 +1.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance S. Kenneally 575 15.7 +1.7 ~3,670 48.5 +1.7 7,566 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) South South (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) A. Bush* 1,363 45.2 –4.6 Conservative Party (UK) L. Benson* 1,332 44.1 –4.0 Conservative Party (UK) G. Boote* 1,310 43.4 –4.4 Labour Party (UK) C. Rumbold 923 30.6 –2.0 Labour Party (UK) M. Russell 876 29.0 –2.5 Labour Party (UK) H. Samms 810 26.8 –4.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance C. Kennedy 735 24.3 +10.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance T. Hayden 731 24.2 +10.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Felmingham 728 24.1 +11.6 ~3,019 41.1 +1.9 7,345 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Stopsley Stopsley (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) G. Dillingham* 1,725 45.0 +5.7 Conservative Party (UK) J. Wright 1,559 40.7 +3.4 Conservative Party (UK) P. Locke 1,532 40.0 +3.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Davies* 1,286 33.5 –4.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. Dolling 1,150 30.0 –2.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance W. Cole 1,084 28.3 –2.9 Labour Party (UK) P. Blanking 826 21.5 –1.4 Labour Party (UK) D. McKenzie 789 20.6 –1.7 Labour Party (UK) W. Pratt 769 20.1 –1.7 ~3,834 54.2 +1.2 7,074 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) Sundon Park Sundon Park (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) K. Childs 1,494 42.1 +10.9 Conservative Party (UK) K. Scott 1,493 42.1 +11.2 Conservative Party (UK) M. Smith 1,393 39.3 +9.0 Labour Party (UK) E. Haldane* 1,364 38.5 –11.2 Labour Party (UK) W. Griffin 1,327 37.4 –9.7 Labour Party (UK) S. Knight 1,309 36.9 –8.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Hinkley 689 19.4 +0.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. Robinson 532 15.0 –2.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Scrivener 502 14.2 –2.3 ~3,547 44.8 –0.6 7,918 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) References Category:Luton Borough Council elections Luton Category:May 1987 in the United Kingdom Category:1980s in Bedfordshire