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1987 Sheffield City Council election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1987 Sheffield City Council election |
| country | England |
| type | Parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| party_colour | yes |
| previous_election | 1986 Sheffield City Council election |
| previous_year | 1986 |
| next_election | 1988 Sheffield City Council election |
| next_year | 1988 |
| seats_for_election | 31 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council |
| majority_seats | 44 |
| election_date | 7 May 1987 |
| party1 | Labour Party (UK) |
| seats1 | 23 |
| seat_change1 | 2 |
| party2 | Conservative Party (UK) |
| seats2 | 5 |
| seat_change2 | 2 |
| party3 | SDP–Liberal Alliance |
| seats3 | 3 |
| seat_change3 | 0 |
| map_image | Sheffield UK local election 1987 map.png |
| map_size | 400px |
| map_caption | Map showing the results of the 1987 Sheffield City Council elections. |
| title | Majority party |
| posttitle | Majority party after election |
| before_election | Labour Party (UK) |
| after_election | 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
|seats % = 74.2 |votes % = 51.1 |plus/minus = -2.6 |seats % = 9.7 |votes % = 27.7 |plus/minus = +2.4 |seats % = 16.1 |votes % = 21.0 |plus/minus = +1.0 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = -0.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = +0.1
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| Party | Previous council | New council | Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | SDP–Liberal Alliance}}; width: 3px;" | Total | 87 | 87 | Working majority | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 63 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Conservatives | 15 | 13 | ||||||||||
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | 9 | 9 |
Ward results
Howard Knight was a sitting councillor for Sharrow ward
Frank White was a sitting councillor for Birley ward
Jeremy Richardson was a sitting councillor for Ecclesall ward
David Brown was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward, and was previously elected as a Labour councillor
References
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