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1987 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

← 1986 7 May 1987 (1987-05-07) 1988 →
24 of 66 seats (One Third and two by-elections) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	48.8% (2.2%)
First party Second party Third party   Lab SDP–Lib Leader John Hale Peter Corcoran Roy Perkins Party Conservative Labour Alliance Leader's seat Liscard Upton Claughton Last election 9 seats, 34.6% 10 seats, 37.3% 5 seats, 24.7% Seats before 30 26 10 Seats won 10 10 4 Seats after 29 27 10 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 53,954 42,215 28,555 Percentage 42.1% 33.0% 22.3% Swing 7.5% 4.3% 2.4%
Map of results of 1987 election
Leader of the Council before election None No Overall Control Leader of the Council after election None No Overall Control

The 1987 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Conservative	29	1
	Labour	27	1
	Alliance	10

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1986.

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1987
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	24	10	0	1	1	40.9	42.1	53,954	7.5
	Labour	24	10	1	0	1	40.9	33.0	42,215	4.3
	Alliance	24	4	0	0		18.2	22.3	28,555	2.4
	Residents	2	0	0	0		0.0	1.4	1,792	0.7
	Green	11	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	1,597	0.1

Ward results

Bebington

Bebington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilary Jones	3,565	55.8	6.8
	Labour	M. Vobe	1,667	26.1	5.2
	Alliance	Kevin Turner	1,049	16.4	1.6
	Green	Cecil Bowler	111	1.7	0.1
Majority			1,898	29.7	12.0
Registered electors			11,541
Turnout				55.4	3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

Bidston

Bidston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Davies	3,265	81.9	1.7
	Conservative	W. Houldin	375	9.4	0.7
	Alliance	S. Wood	347	8.7	1.0
Majority			2,890	72.5	2.5
Registered electors			9,883
Turnout				40.3	2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	1.2

Birkenhead

Birkenhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Smith	3,085	69.5	0.5
	Alliance	C. Townsend	840	18.9	3.1
	Conservative	C. Harris	514	11.6	3.6
Majority			2,245	50.6	2.6
Registered electors			11,314
Turnout				39.2	0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3

Bromborough

Bromborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Rose	2,739	47.9	4.5
	Conservative	C. Molyneux	2,170	37.9	8.3
	Alliance	G. Daley	813	14.2	3.9
Majority			569	9.9	12.9
Registered electors			11,712
Turnout				48.9	3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	6.4

Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Cureton	4,705	64.0	9.9
	Alliance	Stephen Niblock	1,413	19.2	7.0
	Labour	M. Harper	1,239	16.8	2.8
Majority			3,292	44.7	16.8
Registered electors			14,218
Turnout				51.7	6.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.5

Claughton

Claughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	E. Curtis	2,142	37.7	0.1
	Conservative	C. Bowditch	1,810	31.8	1.8
	Labour	P. Spruce	1,623	28.6	1.6
	Green	I. Wheelwright	108	1.9	0.1
Majority			332	5.8	1.8
Registered electors			11,185
Turnout				50.8	0.1
	Alliance hold		Swing	0.8

Eastham

Eastham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	George Mitchell	2,649	41.3	14.1
	Conservative	Mary Jordan	2,154	33.6	16.0
	Labour	S. Henderson	1,611	25.1	1.9
Majority			495	7.7	20.7
Registered electors			12,147
Turnout				52.8	2.1
	Alliance hold		Swing	10.4

Egerton

Egerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Smith	2,662	52.4	2.0
	Conservative	G. Francomb	1,360	26.8	4.4
	Alliance	K. Hughes	954	18.8	1.9
	Green	David Pye	103	2.0	0.5
Majority			1,302	25.6	6.4
Registered electors			11,628
Turnout				43.7	1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	3.2

Heswall

Heswall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. Robertson	4,997	71.5	8.5
	Alliance	Robert Wilkins	1,463	20.9	6.9
	Labour	A. Clark	404	5.8	3.3
	Green	J. Bruce	122	1.7	New
Majority			3,534	50.6	15.3
Registered electors			13,396
Turnout				52.1	5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.7

Hoylake

Hoylake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Pedley	4,002	60.2	16.3
	Residents	J. Leonard	1,068	16.1	8.5
	Alliance	J. Otterson	940	14.1	8.1
	Labour	A. Witter	451	6.8	2.5
	Green	P. Kavanagh	191	2.9	New
Majority			2,934	44.1	24.8
Registered electors			12,800
Turnout				52.0	3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.4

Leasowe

Leasowe (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Fox	2,649	61.0	1.2
	Labour	Vera Ruck	2,197	–	–
	Conservative	L. Kennedy	1,229	28.3	5.2
	Conservative	Vic Borg	1,199	–	–
	Alliance	John Codiling	468	10.8	3.8
	Alliance	B. Thomas	446	–	–
Majority			1,420	32.7	6.4
Registered electors			10,133
Turnout				40.4	0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	–

Liscard

Liscard

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hale	2,851	45.8	7.6
	Labour	John Clark	2,484	39.9	6.0
	Alliance	John Uriel	892	14.3	1.6
Majority			367	5.9	N/A
Registered electors			11,868
Turnout				52.5	2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.8

Moreton

Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Nolan	2,223	43.1	2.9
	Conservative	David Williams	2,126	41.2	5.9
	Alliance	D. Kelly	811	15.7	3.0
Majority			97	1.9	8.8
Registered electors			9,361
Turnout				55.1	1.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	4.4

New Brighton

New Brighton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Adams	2,541	43.7	3.7
	Conservative	P. Buzzard	2,456	–	–
	Labour	C. Penfold	1,907	32.8	4.0
	Labour	L. Blair	1,840	–	–
	Alliance	R. Curphey	1,373	23.6	0.5
	Alliance	J. Eyres	1,188	–	–
Majority			634	10.9	7.7
Registered electors			11,924
Turnout				47.4	2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	–

Oxton

Oxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Patricia Williams	2,186	39.1	9.5
	Conservative	Leonard Moore	1,985	35.5	9.5
	Labour	T. Kelly	1,287	23.0	0.3
	Green	A. Tebbs	131	2.3	0.2
Majority			201	3.6	19.0
Registered electors			11,539
Turnout				48.4	1.4
	Alliance hold		Swing	9.5

Prenton

Prenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	John Thornton	2,959	42.2	1.8
	Conservative	Brian Cummings	2,577	36.8	5.1
	Labour	W. Gamet	1,356	19.3	6.9
	Green	C. Pye	116	1.7	0.1
Majority			382	5.5	3.2
Registered electors			12,723
Turnout				55.1	1.2
	Alliance hold		Swing	1.7

Royden

Royden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reg Cumpstey	3,792	58.8	9.8
	Alliance	Peter Reisdorf	1,038	16.1	0.9
	Residents	W. Evans	724	11.2	6.9
	Labour	G. Chalinor	709	11.0	4.9
	Green	K. Cuthbertson	188	2.9	New
Majority			2,754	42.7	11.8
Registered electors			12,856
Turnout				50.2	4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.9

Seacombe

Seacombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Kenna	3,070	62.1	5.8
	Conservative	R. Venner	1,058	21.4	2.7
	Alliance	J. Williams	815	16.5	3.1
Majority			2,012	40.7	8.6
Registered electors			12,228
Turnout				40.4	0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	4.3

Thurstaston

Thurstaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Green	3,956	62.4	13.1
	Alliance	Charles Wall	1,190	18.8	1.4
	Labour	S. Connell	827	13.1	3.9
	Green	David Burton	363	5.7	7.8
Majority			2,766	43.7	14.6
Registered electors			12,912
Turnout				49.1	3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.3

Tranmere

Tranmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Barker	2,794	67.3	9.7
	Alliance	E. Harrison	686	16.5	6.5
	Conservative	J. Hockaday	601	14.5	3.4
	Green	Garnette Bowler	72	1.7	0.3
Majority			2,108	50.8	15.1
Registered electors			10,795
Turnout				38.5	0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	7.6

Upton

Upton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Corcoran	2,985	45.4	4.9
	Conservative	Geoffrey Watt	2,003	30.5	0.9
	Alliance	E. Hunt	1,494	22.7	3.9
	Green	G. Osler	92	1.4	0.1
Majority			982	14.9	5.8
Registered electors			12,921
Turnout				50.9	2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	2.9

Wallasey

Wallasey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Whatling	3,583	52.7	2.4
	Alliance	Moira Gallagher	2,033	29.9	1.1
	Labour	M. Mannin	1,178	17.3	3.6
Majority			1,550	22.8	1.3
Registered electors			12,456
Turnout				54.5	4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.7

Notes

• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

1. % of total refers to % of wards won.
2. ^ Elected to serve a 4-year term.
3. Elected to serve a 3-year term.
4. Elected to serve a 1-year term.

References

1. ^ "Local Election Summaries 1987". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
2. ^ "Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 8 and 9)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
3. "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
4. "Councillor Steve Niblock". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
5. "Councillor Dave Mitchell". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
6. "Councillor Mary Jordan". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. 2 August 2023.
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9. "Councillor John Hale". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
10. "Councillor Yvonne Nolan". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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12. "Councillor Peter Reisdorf". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
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