1987 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election

The 1987 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of North Bedfordshire Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary[edit]

Election result[edit]

1987 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	13	3	75.0	13	26	49.1	18,919	47.4	+13.6
	Alliance	2	1	12.5	12	14	26.4	9,821	24.6	–8.3
	Labour	2	2	12.5	10	12	22.6	11,032	27.6	–5.6
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.9	104	0.3	N/A
	Communist	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	37	0.1	±0.0

Ward Results[edit]

Brickhill[edit]

Brickhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Humphrys	1,753	50.8	-2.7
	Alliance	J. Struthers	1,314	38.0	+6.0
	Labour	H. Mitchell	387	11.2	-3.3
Turnout			3,454	56.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bromham[edit]

Bromham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Herring	1,655	70.1	+3.7
	Alliance	E. Edwards	559	23.7	-16.1
	Labour	A. Albone	148	6.3	-10.0
Turnout			2,362	60.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle[edit]

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Dewar*	1,319	50.2	+5.3
	Labour	S. Billingham	911	34.7	+5.0
	Alliance	W. Wright	399	15.2	-10.2
Turnout			2,629	59.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cauldwell[edit]

Cauldwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Astle*	1,328	53.8	-8.6
	Conservative	R. Pal	845	34.2	+13.6
	Alliance	K. Jones	259	10.5	-4.4
	Communist	P. Waite	37	1.5	-0.6
Turnout			2,469	44.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Clapham[edit]

Clapham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Sparrow	681	44.3	+16.7
	Alliance	D. Wickens	617	40.1	-5.3
	Labour	J. Cartlidge	239	15.5	-11.5
Turnout			1,537	51.5
	Conservative gain from Alliance		Swing

De Parys[edit]

De Parys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Barley*	1,458	49.2	-6.5
	Alliance	P. Dixon	1,172	39.5	+11.7
	Labour	B. Jones	335	11.3	-5.2
Turnout			2,965	53.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goldington[edit]

Goldington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	S. Gillard	1,245	44.5	-2.9
	Labour	F. Garrick	820	29.3	-2.0
	Conservative	V. Fulford	732	26.2	+5.0
Turnout			2,797	51.1
	Alliance hold		Swing

Great Barford[edit]

Great Barford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Fordham*	750	76.8	+15.8
	Labour	E. Grugeon	149	15.3	+8.9
	Alliance	B. Gibbons	77	7.9	-24.7
Turnout			976	51.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpur[edit]

Harpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Dillingham*	1,310	49.5	-10.5
	Labour	C. Atkins	1,127	42.6	+14.1
	Alliance	P. Chybalski	211	8.0	-3.4
Turnout			2,648	50.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kempston East[edit]

Kempston East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Attenborough*	1,786	54.4	+6.5
	Labour	O. Wesley	1,097	33.4	-6.4
	Alliance	D. Johnson	399	12.2	+4.1
Turnout			3,282	48.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kempston Rural[edit]

Kempston Rural (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Tucker	837	71.6	+4.2
	Alliance	S. Sawford	173	14.8	-2.3
	Labour	M. Sargeant	159	13.6	-1.9
Turnout			1,169	55.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kempston West[edit]

Kempston West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Joy	1,453	55.7	+13.5
	Labour	A. Beardmore	860	33.0	-7.4
	Alliance	M. Dimmock	295	11.3	-6.2
Turnout			2,608	47.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsbrook[edit]

Kingsbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	M. Nesbitt	1,152	43.9	+10.2
	Labour	A. Tester	965	36.8	-9.0
	Conservative	M. Mactoom	507	19.3	-1.3
Turnout			2,624	48.1
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Putnoe[edit]

Putnoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Moore	1,661	51.9	+8.0
	Alliance	J. Lennon	1,289	40.3	-7.6
	Labour	G. Wilson	248	7.8	-0.4
Turnout			3,198	56.6
	Conservative gain from Alliance		Swing

Queen's Park[edit]

Queen's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. George*	1,352	63.2	+3.8
	Conservative	M. Williams	560	26.2	-4.4
	Alliance	T. Kirby	227	10.6	+3.8
Turnout			2,139	40.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Sharnbrook[edit]

Sharnbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Pearson*	739	65.4	+0.9
	Alliance	A. Nicholson	279	24.7	-2.5
	Labour	R. Tysoe	112	9.9	+1.6
Turnout			1,130	55.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wootton[edit]

Wootton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Hyde	873	45.3	+9.2
	Labour	B. Keens*	795	41.3	+26.1
	Alliance	A. Travis	154	8.0	+2.3
	Independent	P. Quirk	104	5.4	-17.7
Turnout			1,926	54.6
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Labour had previously gained the Independent seat in a by-election.

References[edit]

^ "Results 1973 to 2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

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[1] "Results 1973 to 2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

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