1987 North Hertfordshire District Council election

The 1987 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 7 May 1987, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. There were 17 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council.[1]

1987 North Hertfordshire District Council election
← 1986 7 May 1987 (1987-05-07) 1988 →

17 of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Con
Lab
Leader Bob Flatman
Party Conservative Labour
Seats before 26 14
Seats after 26 13
Seat change Steady Decrease1

  Third party Fourth party
 
All
RA
Party Alliance Ratepayers
Seats before 7 3
Seats after 8 3
Seat change Increase1 Steady

Leader before election

Bob Flatman
Conservative

Leader after election

Bob Flatman
Conservative

The Conservatives retained their narrow majority on the council.[2]

Overall results

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The overall results were as follows:[3]

1987 North Hertfordshire District Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 10   58.8 16 26 52.0 14,822 39.5 +7.2
  Alliance 3  1 17.6 5 8 16.0 11,872 31.6 -2.0
  Labour 3  1 17.6 10 13 26.0 9,167 24.4 -4.7
  Ratepayers 1   5.9 2 3 6.0 1,523 4.1 +0.6
  Green 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 130 0.3 -0.1

Ward results

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The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.[3]

Arbury ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Simon Marlow 574 46.1 +2.0
Conservative John Sheldrick* 551 44.3 −4.1
Labour Marilyn Leete 120 9.6 +2.1
Turnout 68.9
Registered electors 1,810
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing +3.1
Baldock ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Evens* 1,669 46.8 +10.3
Labour Michael Donoghue 968 27.1 −6.9
Alliance Robert Young
(Bob Young)
931 26.1 −3.5
Turnout 55.2
Registered electors 6,483
Conservative hold Swing +8.6
Hitchin Bearton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Teresa Trangmar 959 39.9 −10.7
Conservative Norman Frost 893 37.2 +5.0
Alliance Penelope Cunningham
(Penny Cunningham)
550 22.9 +5.7
Turnout 52.9
Registered electors 4,554
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -7.9
Hitchin Highbury ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beryl Wearmouth* 1,446 49.2 +9.9
Alliance Aileen Burford-Mason 1,208 41.1 −5.1
Labour David Tizzard 284 9.7 −4.7
Turnout 56.1
Registered electors 5,163
Conservative hold Swing +7.5
Hitchin Oughton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Audrey Carss* 1,030 51.1 −1.7
Conservative Ronald Jack 508 25.2 +7.8
Alliance Jennifer Sefton
(Jenny Sefton)
479 23.7 −6.1
Turnout 46.1
Registered electors 4,318
Labour hold Swing -4.8
Hitchin Walsworth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ratepayers Ken Logan* 1,523 48.2 +2.6
Labour Veronica Sharp 662 20.9 −15.1
Conservative Barry West 504 15.9 +15.9
Alliance Hazel Kelly
(Kay Kelly)
422 13.3 −2.0
Green Elizabeth Roberts 52 1.6 −1.5
Turnout 52.0
Registered electors 6,065
Ratepayers hold Swing +8.9
Hitchwood ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Raffell* 565 67.8 +5.8
Alliance Richard Canning 134 16.1 −11.9
Labour Tony McWalter 134 16.1 +6.2
Turnout 60.5
Registered electors 1,381
Conservative hold Swing +8.9
Hoo ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Jackson* 439 48.9 −1.0
Labour Stephen MacDonald 242 27.0 −4.8
Alliance William Rodney Hampson
(Rodney Hampson)
216 24.1 +5.8
Turnout 59.0
Registered electors 1,523
Conservative hold Swing +1.9
Letchworth East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Charles Bifield*
(Charles Bifield)
1,043 41.6 +2.1
Alliance Keith Marr 816 32.5 −6.0
Conservative John Bush 651 25.9 +3.9
Turnout 60.0
Registered electors 4,192
Labour hold Swing +4.1
Letchworth Grange ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Bonita Thomson 1,114 36.4 −1.4
Labour Peter Mardell 1,040 34.0 −8.2
Conservative James Hannah
(Jim Hannah)
827 27.0 +9.3
Green Ian Barratt 78 2.5 +0.3
Turnout 58.1
Registered electors 5,275
Alliance gain from Labour Swing +3.4
Letchworth South East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Tony Quinn* 1,743 47.6 −2.2
Conservative Michael Muir 1,217 33.2 +6.8
Labour Lorna Kercher 702 19.2 −4.7
Turnout 61.0
Registered electors 6,021
Alliance hold Swing -4.5
Letchworth South West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Jones 1,556 51.9 +2.2
Alliance Ian Simpson 1,139 38.0 −2.8
Labour Jane Newbury 301 10.0 +0.6
Turnout 64.5
Registered electors 4,651
Conservative gain from Alliance Swing +2.5
Letchworth Wilbury ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Emsall 1,072 43.1 +8.3
Labour David Evans 944 37.9 −5.3
Alliance Derek Hunter 472 19.0 −3.0
Turnout 61.8
Registered electors 4,030
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.8
Newsells ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Wilkerson*
(Bob Wilkerson)
532 62.1 −17.6
Alliance Rowena Gardiner 279 32.6 +32.6
Labour Christopher Hills
(Chris Hills)
45 5.3 −15.0
Turnout 64.0
Registered electors 1,329
Conservative hold Swing -25.1
Offa ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynne Faulkner*[a] 451 43.2 −4.7
Alliance Michael Jackson
(Mike Jackson)
443 42.4 +15.9
Labour John Saunders 150 14.4 −11.3
Turnout 68.0
Registered electors 1,522
Conservative hold Swing -10.3
  1. ^ Previously elected in 1983 as Lynne Jackson
Royston West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leo Doyle* 1,490 48.5 +8.7
Alliance Gwyn Hardwicke 1,079 35.1 −5.0
Labour Dave Bowles 501 16.3 −3.7
Turnout 55.0
Registered electors 5,593
Conservative hold Swing +6.9
Sandon ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Greenfield 451 58.9 −19.2
Alliance Sandra Stainthorpe 273 35.6 +23.6
Labour William Adams
(Bill Adams)
42 5.5 −4.4
Turnout 67.0
Registered electors 1,144
Conservative hold Swing -21.4

References

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  1. ^ The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1442)
  2. ^ "Tories maintain control". Letchworth and Baldock Citizen. 15 May 1987. p. 2.
  3. ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 18 March 2023.