1987 Brighton Borough Council election

1987 UK local government election

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7 May 1987 (1987-05-07)

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17 out of 48 seats to Brighton Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Alliance
Last election	23 seats, 40.5%	21 seats, 39.1%	4 seats, 19.8%
Seats won	8	8	1
Seats after	24	21	3
Seat change	1		1
Popular vote	21,629	29,938	11,617
Percentage	33.8%	46.8%	18.2%
Swing	6.7%	7.7%	1.6%

Winner of each seat at the 1987 Brighton Borough Council election

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 1987 Brighton Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Brighton Borough Council in East Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1987 Brighton Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	1	47.1	16	24	50.0	21,629	33.8	–6.7
	Conservative	8		47.1	13	21	43.8	29,938	46.8	+7.7
	Alliance	1	1	5.9	2	3	6.3	11,617	18.2	–1.6
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	739	1.2	+0.7

Ward results

Havover

Hanover
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Schaffer	1,989	51.3	–9.1
	Conservative	P. Holden	1,211	31.2	+9.3
	Alliance	A. Harris	523	13.5	–3.2
	Green	G. Mills	154	4.0	N/A
Majority			778	20.1	–18.4
Turnout			3,877	45.1	+0.7
Registered electors			8,592
	Labour gain from Alliance		Swing	9.2

Hollingbury

Hollingbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Fitch*	1,739	46.3	–11.7
	Conservative	M. Gray	1,508	40.2	+15.3
	Alliance	D. McBeth	430	11.5	–5.6
	Green	H. Busby	78	2.1	N/A
Majority			231	6.2	–34.9
Turnout			3,755	48.6	+15.5
Registered electors			7,720
	Labour hold		Swing	13.5

Kings Cliff

Kings Cliff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Furminger	1,673	45.0	+5.2
	Labour	J. Christy	1,660	44.6	–5.4
	Alliance	M. Dennis	388	10.4	+0.2
Majority			13	0.3	N/A
Turnout			3,721	54.5	+1.5
Registered electors			6,828
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.3

Marine

Marine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Maine	1,974	48.9	+8.5
	Labour	H. Walker	1,730	42.9	–7.4
	Alliance	V. Wares	330	8.2	–1.2
Majority			244	6.0	N/A
Turnout			4,034	51.4	+4.0
Registered electors			7,844
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.0

Moulescombe

Moulescombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Hobden*	1,263	46.3	–14.8
	Conservative	J. Stevens	934	34.3	+13.0
	Alliance	K. Grayson	529	19.4	+1.8
Majority			329	12.1	–27.6
Turnout			2,726	36.6	+4.2
Registered electors			7,452
	Labour hold		Swing	13.9

Patcham

Patcham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Solkhon*	2,620	63.3	+8.4
	Labour	D. Betts	775	18.7	–7.7
	Alliance	N. Cook	659	15.9	–2.8
	Green	H. Jones	82	2.0	N/A
Majority			1,845	44.6	+16.1
Turnout			4,136	57.3	+4.7
Registered electors			7,216
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.1

Preston

Preston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Cristofoll*	2,194	45.9	+3.7
	Alliance	B. Champion	1,837	38.4	+1.9
	Labour	H. Stallybrass	754	15.8	–5.5
Majority			357	7.5	+1.9
Turnout			4,785	59.6	+3.8
Registered electors			8,024
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

Queens Park

Queens Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Townsend*	1,645	48.7	–3.7
	Conservative	M. Land	1,384	40.9	+3.4
	Alliance	L. Harris	352	10.4	+0.4
Majority			261	7.7	–7.2
Turnout			3,381	51.9	–0.8
Registered electors			6,509
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Regency

Regency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Preece-Smith	1,566	45.7	+1.3
	Labour	A. Winter	1,409	41.1	+0.1
	Alliance	R. Heale	455	13.3	–1.4
Majority			157	4.6	+1.2
Turnout			3,430	49.8	+4.7
Registered electors			6,893
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.6

Rottingdean

Rottingdean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Blackman*	3,435	76.1	+9.7
	Alliance	K. Harwood	806	17.8	–7.1
	Labour	K. Thomson	275	6.1	–2.6
Majority			2,629	58.2	+16.7
Turnout			4,516	56.7	+4.6
Registered electors			7,969
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.4

Seven Dials

Seven Dials
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	D. Rogers*	1,367	38.6	+0.8
	Conservative	T. Williamson	1,132	32.0	+6.1
	Labour	F. Tonks	1,041	29.4	–2.3
Majority			235	6.6	+0.5
Turnout			3,540	49.7	+1.1
Registered electors			7,126
	Alliance hold		Swing	2.7

St Peters

St Peters (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Calder	1,565	43.8
	Labour	G. Sweeting*	1,471	41.2
	Conservative	T. Beale	1,228	34.4
	Conservative	A. Risbridger	1,147	32.1
	Alliance	L. Ashworthy	520	14.6
	Alliance	M. Rutherford	511	14.3
	Green	I. Brodie	256	7.2
Turnout			3,573	48.7
Registered electors			7,336
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Stanmer

Stanmer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Hawkes*	1,509	42.5	–10.4
	Conservative	D. Fairhall	1,422	40.1	+9.5
	Alliance	R. Spencer	616	17.4	+0.9
Majority			87	2.5	–19.8
Turnout			3,547	46.9	+6.1
Registered electors			7,557
	Labour hold		Swing	10.0

Tenantry

Tenantry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Packham	1,500	44.4	–14.1
	Conservative	P. Farthing	1,341	39.7	+12.6
	Alliance	J. Whittingham	540	16.0	+1.6
Majority			159	4.7	–26.7
Turnout			3,381	44.1	+4.2
Registered electors			7,659
	Labour hold		Swing	13.4

Westdene

Westdene
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Drake	2,484	61.6	+7.3
	Alliance	D. Roberts	995	24.7	–3.6
	Labour	F. Spicer	466	11.6	–6.6
	Green	M. Rhinds	87	2.2	N/A
Majority			1,489	36.9	+11.8
Turnout			4,032	53.9	+2.7
Registered electors			7,483
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.5

Woodingdean

Woodingdean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Smith*	2,685	61.5	+8.4
	Labour	J. Newington	838	19.2	–12.1
	Alliance	J. Marshall	759	17.4	+1.8
	Green	R. Sharratt	82	1.9	N/A
Majority			1,847	42.3	+20.4
Turnout			4,364	54.4	+6.7
Registered electors			8,018
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.3

References

"Brighton Borough Council Election Results 1973-1995" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

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