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1987 United Kingdom local elections

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countryUnited Kingdom
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previous_year1986
next_election1988 United Kingdom local elections
next_year1988
seats_for_electionAll 36 metropolitan boroughs, all 296 English districts and all 37 Welsh districts
election_date7 May 1987
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and David Owen and 21 June 1983

The 1987 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 7 May 1987. It was the first time since 1983 that the Conservatives had enjoyed the largest share of the vote in local council elections.

Soon after the elections, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher called a general election which resulted in a second successive Conservative landslide, although Labour managed to cut the government's overall majority, while the Alliance endured another disappointing performance and was soon disbanded as the SDP and Liberals agreed on a merger the following year.

The number of councillors was somewhat reduced from the previous year. The Conservatives lost 75 seats, Labour lost 234 and the Liberal-SDP Alliance gained 669.

England

Metropolitan boroughs

All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsBarnsleyBirminghamBoltonBradfordBuryCalderdaleCoventryDoncasterDudleyGatesheadKirkleesKnowsleyLeedsLiverpoolManchesterNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideOldhamRochdaleRotherhamSalfordSandwellSeftonSheffieldSolihullSouth TynesideSt HelensStockportSunderlandTamesideTraffordWakefieldWalsallWiganWirralWolverhampton
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District councils

Whole council

In 180 districts the whole council was up for election.

Six of those districts - East Devon, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicester, Mid Sussex, West Dorset and Woodspring - returned to whole councils elections having previously been elected by thirds.

In 5 districts there were new ward boundaries, following further electoral boundary reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAllerdaleAlnwickArunAshfieldAshfordAylesbury ValeBaberghBerwick-upon-TweedBeverleyBlabyBlackpoolBlyth ValleyBolsoverBoothferryBostonBournemouthBracknell ForestBraintreeBrecklandBridgnorthBromsgroveBroxtoweCanterburyCaradonCarrickCastle MorpethCastle PointCharnwoodChelmsford ‡ChesterfieldChester-le-StreetChichesterChilternChristchurchCleethorpesCopelandCorbyCotswoldDacorumDarlingtonDartfordDerwentsideDoverDurhamEasingtonEast CambridgeshireEast DevonEast HampshireEast HertfordshireEast LindseyEast NorthamptonshireEast StaffordshireEast YorkshireEdenEpsom and EwellErewashFenlandForest HeathForest of DeanFyldeGedlingGlanfordGraveshamGuildfordHambletonHarboroughHigh PeakHinckley and BosworthHoldernessHorshamHoveKennetKerrierKetteringKing's Lynn and West NorfolkKingswood ‡LancasterLangbaurghLeicesterLewesLichfieldLutonMaldonMalvern HillsMansfieldMedinaMeltonMendipMid BedfordshireMid DevonMid SuffolkMid SussexMiddlesbroughNew ForestNewark and SherwoodNewburyNorth CornwallNorth DevonNorth DorsetNorth East DerbyshireNorth KestevenNorth NorfolkNorth ShropshireNorth WarwickshireNorth West LeicestershireNorth WiltshireNorthamptonNorthavonNottinghamOswestryPlymouthPooleRestormelRibble ValleyRichmondshireRochester-upon-MedwayRotherRushcliffeRutlandRyedaleSalisburyScarboroughSedgefieldSedgemoorSelbySevenoaksShepwaySouth BucksSouth DerbyshireSouth HamsSouth HollandSouth KestevenSouth NorfolkSouth NorthamptonshireSouth OxfordshireSouth Ribble ‡South ShropshireSouth SomersetSouth StaffordshireSouth WightSpelthorneSt EdmundsburyStaffordStaffordshire MoorlandsStockton-on-TeesSuffolk CoastalSurrey HeathTamworth ‡Taunton Deane ‡TeesdaleTeignbridgeTendringTest ValleyTewkesburyThanetThe WrekinTorridgeTynedaleUttlesfordVale of White HorseVale RoyalWansbeckWansdykeWarringtonWarwickWaverleyWealdenWear ValleyWellingboroughWest DerbyshireWest DevonWest DorsetWest SomersetWest WiltshireWimborneWindsor and MaidenheadWoodspringWychavonWycombeWyre
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‡ New ward boundaries

Third of council

In 116 districts one third of the council was up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAdurAmber ValleyBarrow-in-FurnessBasildonBasingstoke and DeaneBassetlawBathBlackburnBrentwoodBrightonBristolBroadlandBroxbourneBurnleyCambridgeCannock ChaseCarlisleCheltenhamCherwellChesterChorleyColchesterCongletonCravenCrawleyCrewe and NantwichDaventryDerbyEastbourneEastleighEllesmere Port and NestonElmbridgeEpping ForestExeterFarehamGillinghamGloucesterGosportGreat GrimsbyGreat YarmouthHaltonHarlowHarrogateHartHartlepoolHastingsHavantHerefordHertsmereHuntingdonshireHyndburnIpswichKingston upon HullLeominsterLincolnMacclesfieldMaidstoneMilton KeynesMole ValleyNewcastle-under-LymeNorth BedfordshireNorth HertfordshireNorwichNuneaton and BedworthOadby and WigstonOxfordPendlePenwithPeterboroughPortsmouthPrestonPurbeckReadingRedditchReigate and BansteadRochfordRossendaleRugbyRunnymedeRushmoorScunthorpeShrewsbury and AtchamSloughSouth BedfordshireSouth CambridgeshireSouth HerefordshireSouth LakelandSouthamptonSouthend-on-SeaSt AlbansStevenageStoke-on-TrentStratford-on-AvonStroudSwaleTandridgeThamesdownThree RiversThurrockTonbridge and MallingTorbayTunbridge WellsWatfordWaveneyWelwyn HatfieldWest LancashireWest LindseyWest OxfordshireWeymouth and PortlandWinchesterWokingWokinghamWorcesterWorthingWyre ForestYork
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Wales

District councils

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAberconwyAlyn and DeesideAnglesey - Ynys MônArfonBlaenau GwentBrecknockCardiffCarmarthenCeredigionColwynCynon ValleyDelynDinefwrDwyforGlyndŵrIslwynLlanelliLliw ValleyMeirionnyddMerthyr TydfilMonmouthMontgomeryshireNeathNewportOgwrPort TalbotPreseli PembrokeshireRadnorRhonddaRhuddlanRhymney ValleySouth PembrokeshireSwanseaTaff-ElyTorfaenVale of GlamorganWrexham Maelor
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References

References

  1. "Local Elections Handbook 1987, Volume 1". The Elections Centre.
  2. "Local Elections Handbook 1987, Volume 2". The Elections Centre.
  3. "Council compositions".
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