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.

Overall results[edit]

1987 City of Lincoln Council Election
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

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1983 election.

Ward results[edit]

Abbey[edit]

Abbey^[3]
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

Birchwood[edit]

Boultham^[3]
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

Boultham[edit]

Boultham^[3]
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

Bracebridge[edit]

Bracebridge^[3]
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

Carholme[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Minster[edit]

Minster^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jerome O'Brien^[5]	1,777	52.5%
	Conservative	J. Sullivan	1,607	47.5%
Turnout				49.6%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Moorland[edit]

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

Park[edit]

Park^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Jackson^[10]	1,027	54.8%
	Conservative	F. Kay	514	27.4%
	Alliance	C. Jarman	271	14.5%
	Green	K. Yates	61	3.3%
Turnout				36.4%
	Labour hold

Tritton[edit]

Tritton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Hurst	1,094	49.1%
	Alliance	G. Lines	594	26.7%
	Conservative	R. Hills	539	24.2%
Turnout				51.5%
	Labour hold

References[edit]

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1987". The Elections Centre.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ "Councillors - Abbey ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 26 August 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^ "Councillors - Minster ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Councillors - Bracebridge ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Councillors - Park ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[1] "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.

[2] "Local Election Summaries 1987". The Elections Centre.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[4] "Councillors - Abbey ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[glebe-5] "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[castle-6] "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[carholme-7] "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 26 August 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[minster-8] "Councillors - Minster ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[bracebridge-9] "Councillors - Bracebridge ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[park-10] "Councillors - Park ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

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