1987 Horsham District Council election

The 1987 Horsham District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives retained control of the council with 33 seats, a majority of 12. The SDP–Liberal Alliance won 6 seats and Independents won 4.

1987 Horsham District Council election

← 1983 7 May 1987 1991 →
All 43 seats to Horsham District Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Alliance Independent Seats won 33 6 4 Seat change 2 4 1

Council Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

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35	5	2
Con	Ind	All

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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33	6	4
Con	All	Ind

Results summary

1987 Horsham District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	33	-	-	2	76.7	53.7	35,587	-5.0
	Alliance	6	-	-	4	14.0	30.1	19,930	+9.2
	Independent	4	-	-	1	9.3	5.5	3,640	-3.4
	Labour	0	-	-		0.0	7.8	5,198	-1.5
	Green	0	-	-		0.0	1.3	852	+1.0
	RA	0	-	-		0.0	1.1	757	+1.1
	Ind. Conservative	0	-	-		0.0	0.5	299	-0.8

Ward results

Billingshurst

Billingshurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Bolden A.	969	48.2	+12.7
	Conservative	Van Den Bergh S. Ms	928	46.2	+13.8
	Conservative	Cartner G.	802
	Alliance	Reynolds P. Ms.	741
	Labour	Clout S. Ms.	112	5.6	+5.6
Turnout				43.2
	Alliance hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramber & Upper Beeding

Bramber & Upper Beeding

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Campbell J. Ms.	892	38.8	−9.7
	Independent	Sanford L.	851	37.0	+0.9
	Conservative	Wright C.	554	24.1	+24.1
Turnout				42.8
	Alliance hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Broadbridge Heath

Broadbridge Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	McGregor R.	514	47.1	−5.4
	Alliance	Horner S. Ms.	503	46.1	+23.0
	Labour	Thomas B.	75	6.9	−17.5
Turnout				52.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chanctonbury

Chanctonbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Burningham J.	1,006	62.5	−5.2
	Conservative	Jenkins E.	903
	Alliance	Hughes A.	604	37.5	+12.4
	Alliance	Jeffs P. Ms.	597
Turnout				47.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cowfold

Cowfold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wedd R.	462	60.7
	Ind. Conservative	Ogg G.	299	39.3
Turnout				41.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Denne

Denne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Palmer B. Ms.	1,558	55.5	+1.7
	Conservative	Billington P.	1,478
	Conservative	Pinion G.	1,397
	Alliance	Farmer D.	865	30.8	+2.6
	Labour	Shopland E.	386	13.7	−4.2
	Labour	Thurston J. Ms.	357
	Labour	Spottiswoode J. Ms.	351
Turnout				47.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forest

Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mauchel E. Ms.	1,198	51.1	+3.9
	Conservative	Lynn D.	1,131
	Conservative	Crooks H. Ms.	1,092
	Alliance	Scott G.	815	34.8	+3.0
	Alliance	Newton S.	780
	Labour	McMillan A.	331	14.1	−6.9
Turnout				42.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Henfield

Henfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Corp G.	1,060	28.7	−18.0
	Conservative	Howard M.	1,022	27.7	+27.7
	Green	Emmott S.	852	23.1	+23.1
	RA	Armour-Milne J.	757	20.5	+20.5
Turnout				47.7
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Holbrook

Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lancaster E. Ms.	870	49.3
	Conservative	Godwin G.	836
	Alliance	Shields N.	589	33.4
	Labour	Lamb H. Ms.	307	17.4
Turnout				34.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Itchingfield & Shipley

Itchingfield & Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keen D.	604	66.4
	Alliance	Cadwell E. Ms.	305	33.6
Turnout				46.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuthurst

Nuthurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walker L. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pulborough & Coldwatham

Pulborough & Coldwatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barber D.	1,136	64.1	−16.9
	Conservative	Warner M.	932
	Alliance	Wojewodzka F. Ms.	635	35.9	+16.9
Turnout				42.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Riverside

Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Budd R.	1,220	42.2	+2.5
	Conservative	Watson B.	1,215
	Alliance	Parminter K. Ms.	1,206	41.7	+14.2
	Conservative	Sheppard A.	1,180
	Alliance	Fletcher M.	1,136
	Alliance	Smithson J. Ms.	1,084
	Labour	Barrett D.	464	16.1	−6.4
	Labour	Morris G.	379
	Labour	Street M.	369
Turnout				46.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Roffey North

Roffey North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilliard D.	957	46.8
	Conservative	Mason D.	839
	Alliance	Owen E.	763	37.3
	Alliance	Prodger T.	715
	Labour	Lamb P.	327	16.0
	Labour	Lambirth A.	266
Turnout				44.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rudgwick

Rudgwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henderson P. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

Rusper

Rusper

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kitchen E. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Slinfold

Slinfold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Banks D.	314	48.2	−4.1
	Independent	Sherwin-Smith H. Ms.	292	44.8	+44.8
	Labour	King C. Ms.	46	7.1	+7.1
Turnout				50.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwater

Southwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Stainton J. Ms.	1,094	53.6	+18.6
	Alliance	Stainton P.	921
	Conservative	Harrison R.	843	41.3	−23.7
	Conservative	Windrum A.	752
	Labour	Pope P. Ms.	104	5.1	+5.1
Turnout				48.5
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Steyning

Steyning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ward M. Ms.	912	28.9	−24.8
	Independent	Millman R.	770	24.4	+24.4
	Independent	Lawrie G.	667	21.1	+21.1
	Alliance	Neves V. Ms.	589	18.7	−12.4
	Alliance	Taylor F.	586
	Labour	Drew D.	218	6.9	+0.2
Turnout				48.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Storrington

Storrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hyde M.	1,120	62.2	−3.5
	Conservative	Phillips N.	1,022
	Alliance	Walker L.	553	30.7	−3.6
	Alliance	Bhabra J.	543
	Labour	Syred W. Ms.	129	7.2	+7.2
Turnout				46.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sullington

Sullington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Banks D.	610	56.0	+35.6
	Conservative	Pope J.	465	42.7	+1.7
	Labour	Allen R.	14	1.3	+1.3
Turnout				64.8
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Trafalgar

Trafalgar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Smith J. Ms.	1,423	52.5	+18.3
	Conservative	Walters J.	1,409
	Conservative	Hollins J.	1,294
	Alliance	Salt J.	817	30.1	+8.0
	Labour	Brady E.	472	17.4	+7.1
	Labour	Wakeford S.	461
Turnout				50.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warnham

Warnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Burham J. Ms.	534	62.3	−4.2
	Alliance	Dick G.	293	34.2	+17.7
	Labour	Burstow D. Ms.	30	3.5	−13.4
Turnout				61.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Chiltington

West Chiltington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dolphin C.	962	70.6	−12.2
	Alliance	De'Ath G. Ms.	400	29.4	+12.2
Turnout				55.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Grinstead

West Grinstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	McKenzie E. Ms.	703	68.4	+2.3
	Alliance	Reynolds G.	325	31.6	−2.3
Turnout				51.6
	Conservative hold		Swing