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1987 South Ribble Borough Council election

Main article: South Ribble Borough Council elections

Elections to South Ribble Borough Council were held on 7 May 1987. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party retained its majority.[1] The elections were the first to be held under the new boundaries laid out in March 1987.[2]

Composition of the Borough Council after the 1987 election

Election result

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South Ribble Local Election Result 1987
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 37   2 68.5 48.8 41789
  Labour 11   20.4 36.0 30891
  Alliance 6   2 11.1 14.5 12405
  Independent 0   0.0 0.7 612

Ward Results

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All Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Greenland 1,198 18.3
Conservative M. Rhodes 1,145 17.5
Conservative P. Young 1,104 16.9
Labour B. Yates 1070 16.4
Conservative B. Gadd 1054 16.1
Labour J. Swain 969 14.8
Bamber Bridge Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. Cooper 1,177 20.6
Conservative G. Woods 1,145 20.0
Conservative T. Dixon 1,079 18.9
Labour D. Watson 793 13.9
Labour E. Calvert 754 13.2
Labour A. Nicholson 754 13.2
Bamber Bridge South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. Barrersby 871 18.0
Labour T. Hanson 833 17.3
Conservative E. Smith 808 16.7
Labour W. Harrison 781 16.2
Conservative D. Titterington 770 15.9
Labour J. Owen 765 15.8
Charnock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Dowdall 314 42.3
Conservative J. Byme 292 39.3
Alliance B. Ward 137 18.4
Farington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Cross 1,100 18.7
Conservative G. Thorpe 1,074 18.2
Conservative E. Chadwick 1,040 17.6
Labour N. Berry 821 13.9
Labour G. Baehren 796 13.5
Labour G. Durham 717 12.2
Alliance J.Healy 346 5.9
Howick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Stewart 807 33.0
Conservative H. Smith 780 31.9
Alliance J. Thomason 220 9.0
Labour J. Crookes 216 8.8
Alliance C. Miller 212 8.7
Labour K. Shaw 208 8.5
Hutton & New Longton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Hesketh 1,122 25.2
Conservative M. Jenkinson 1,015 22.8
Conservative A. Underwood 948 21.3
Independent P. Wearden 612 13.7
Labour R. Parkinson 398 8.9
Labour I. Chewter 366 8.2
Kingsfold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Bannister 1,027 19.5
Conservative E. Carson 946 18.0
Conservative J. Jenkinson 879 16.7
Labour S. Crozier 702 13.3
Labour D. Wooldridge 695 13.2
Labour R. Millar 682 13.0
Alliance G. Owen 335 6.4
Leyland Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance J. Jenkinson 879 28.8
Alliance M. Gardner 676 22.2
Labour A. Dawson 485 15.9
Labour J. Kelly 695 15.6
Conservative S. Kelley 303 9.9
Conservative R.Harwood 233 7.6
Leyland St. Ambrose
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance N. Orrell 1,130 35.2
Alliance M. Kirkham 1,046 32.6
Labour D. Golden 386 12.0
Labour F. Stringfellow 372 11.6
Conservative N. Dean 278 8.7
Leyland St. Johns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Hocking 1,272 26.2
Labour M. Beardsworth 1,142 23.5
Labour J. Ryan 998 20.5
Conservative S. Postance 417 8.6
Alliance K. Walmsley 364 7.5
Alliance E. Marshall 343 7.1
Alliance J. Ritchie 324 6.7
Leyland St. Marys
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance J. Edwin 925 13.6
Conservative J. Treacher 905 13.3
Alliance J. Knowles 900 13.2
Conservative H. Parr 876 12.8
Alliance M. Simmonds 811 11.9
Conservative M. Creer 797 11.7
Labour C. Lamb 569 8.3
Labour G. Lewis 522 7.7
Labour C. Bass 513 7.5
Little Hoole & Much Hoole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. Webster 740 36.0
Conservative J. Knowles 736 35.8
Labour J. Haddock 304 14.8
Labour M. Graham 277 13.5
Longton Central & West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Colton 993 26.9
Conservative J. Breakell 908 24.6
Conservative E. Nicholls 903 24.4
Alliance T. Yates 325 8.8
Labour S. Breakell 309 8.4
Labour N. Hall 257 7.0
Lostock Hall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. Crossley 1,253 20.6
Conservative K. Beattie 1,250 20.5
Conservative J. Hughes 1,243 20.4
Labour B. Cox 824 13.5
Labour D. Smith 769 12.6
Labour P. Farrell 756 12.4
Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Barker 721 22.9
Alliance J. Holleran 698 22.1
Conservative B. Thompson 680 21.6
Alliance M. Thomason 598 19.0
Labour W. Crozier 229 7.3
Labour A. Needham 228 7.2
Middleforth Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative K. Dickinson 989 32.5
Conservative J. Richardson 775 25.5
Labour J. Stoker 452 14.8
Labour D. Pownall 443 14.5
Alliance J. Holleran 386 12.7
Moss Side
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Quinn 805 18.6
Labour A. Brown 742 17.2
Labour M. Evenson 685 15.9
Conservative N. Greenwood 624 14.4
Conservative R. Smith 579 13.4
Conservative M. Postance 577 13.3
Alliance R. Prescott 577 7.1
Priory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative B. Moulding 820 29.9
Conservative R. Haworth 813 29.7
Alliance P. Farrer 410 15.0
Alliance J. Farmer 368 13.4
Labour J. Clarkson 171 6.2
Labour R. Prescott 157 5.7
Samlesbury & Cuerdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. Barton 306 73.4
Labour R. Ashburner 111 26.6
Seven Stars
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Croft 809 39.9
Labour J. McDonald 797 39.3
Alliance H. Prescott 420 20.7


Walton Le Dale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Lawson 997 23.0
Conservative H. Clarkson 950 21.9
Conservative K. Palmer 941 21.7
Labour G. Davies 442 10.2
Labour A. Calder 382 8.8
Labour K. Jones 376 8.7
Alliance B. Moore 245 5.7

References

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  1. ^ "South Ribble". BBC News Online. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of South Ribble (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1987. Retrieved on 16 December 2022.


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