1987 City of Lincoln Council election

1987 City of Lincoln Council election^[1]^[2]
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council; 17 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results the 1987 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1987 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 7 May 1987. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of which were last contested in 1983. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Quick Facts 11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	0	1	1	63.6	48.1	13,557	1.7
	Conservative	4	1	0	1	36.4	39.0	10,996	0.2
	Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	9.6	2,698	3.6
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	1.3	375	0.6
	Ind. Social Democrat	0	0	0		0.0	1.4	402	New
	Ind. Conservative	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	156	New
Total		11						28,184

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter West^[4]	1,214	54.7%
	Conservative	E. Greenfield	539	24.3%
	Alliance	R. Jones	402	18.1%
	Green	A. Kinneavy	65	2.9%
Turnout				41.9%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Foulkes	1,458	49.9%
	Labour	Lawrence Wells^[5]	1,060	36.3%
	Ind. Social Democrat	S. Addlesee	402	13.8%
Turnout				37.9%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Rook	1,386	58.2%
	Conservative	M. Mellows	686	28.8%
	Alliance	A. Gowen	311	13.1%
Turnout				%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Jenkins	1,428	51.7%
	Labour	Y. Jackson	1,176	42.6%
	Ind. Conservative	P. Roe	156	5.7%
Turnout				46.3%
	Conservative hold

1987 City of Lincoln Council election

Overall results

Ward results

Abbey

Birchwood

Boultham

Bracebridge

Carholme

Castle

Longdales

Minster

Moorland

Park

Tritton

References

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Carholme^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Campbell	1,077	38.2%
	Labour	E. Walsh	957	33.9%
	Alliance	J. Matthews	689	24.4%
	Green	P. Boizot	100	3.5%
Turnout				51.7%
	Conservative hold

Castle^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Morgan^[6]	1,452	59.3%
	Conservative	J. Fawcett	848	34.6%
	Alliance	B. Alford	149	6.1%
Turnout				46.6%
	Labour hold

Longdales^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil Murray^[7]	1,289	47.9%
	Conservative	David Gratrick^[8]	973	36.1%
	Alliance	R. Barnes	431	16.0%
Turnout				54.3%
	Labour hold

Moorland^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hilton Spratt^[9]	1,327	54.1%
	Labour	S. Taggart	1,125	45.9%
Turnout				49.9%
	Conservative hold