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Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1987
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 23 2 0 +2 74.2 51.1 87,584 -2.6
  Alliance 3 0 0 0 9.7 27.7 47,444 +2.4
  Conservative 5 0 2 -2 16.1 21.0 35,927 +1.0
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 239 -0.1
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 90 +0.1

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party Previous council New council
Labour 63 65
Conservatives 15 13
SDP–Liberal Alliance 9 9
Total 87 87
Working majority  39   43 

Ward results

Beauchief [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clifford Godber* 2,972 36.7 -2.9
Alliance Peter Moore 2,665 32.9 +9.8
Labour Roy Munn 2,467 30.4 -6.8
Majority 307 3.8 +1.4
Turnout 8,104 53.1 +12.5
Conservative hold Swing -6.3
Birley [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Ramsbottom 3,790 59.8 -5.7
Alliance Cyril Skipworth 1,409 22.2 +1.4
Conservative Shirley Clayton 1,139 18.0 +4.4
Majority 2,381 37.6 -7.1
Turnout 6,338 39.2 +5.2
Labour hold Swing -3.5
Brightside[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Heath* 2,912 71.1 -4.9
Alliance Francis Pierce 702 17.1 +1.5
Conservative Simon Briggs 479 11.7 +3.3
Majority 2,210 54.0 -6.4
Turnout 4,093 31.7 +2.2
Labour hold Swing -3.2
Broomhill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqueline Mosley 2,295 38.3 -1.5
Alliance Jane Padget 1,868 31.2 -0.4
Conservative Richard Foster 1,825 30.5 +1.9
Majority 427 7.1 -1.1
Turnout 5,988 45.6 +3.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -0.5
Burngreave[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Jamison* 3,009 66.5 -13.1
Alliance Sheila Rehman 971 21.5 +1.1
Conservative Isobel Watson 542 12.0 +12.0
Majority 2,038 45.0 -14.2
Turnout 4,522 36.5 +4.0
Labour hold Swing -7.1
Castle[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Skinner* 3,061 77.5 -6.4
Alliance Peter Horsfield 463 11.7 +1.8
Conservative Joan Graham 424 10.7 +4.5
Majority 2,598 65.8 -8.2
Turnout 3,948 30.9 +1.8
Labour hold Swing -4.1
Chapel Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Geoffrey Griffiths* 4,508 54.2 +6.4
Labour Peter Duff 3,245 39.0 -6.7
Conservative Kathryn Robinson 559 6.7 +0.3
Majority 1,263 15.2 +13.1
Turnout 8,312 46.9 +8.0
Alliance hold Swing +6.5
Darnall[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Hattersley 3,278 63.3 +21.2
Alliance Dennis Boothroyd 1,056 20.4 -6.6
Conservative Colin Cavill 844 16.3 +1.1
Majority 2,222 42.9 +27.8
Turnout 5,178 35.1 +4.0
Labour hold Swing +13.9
Dore[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Davey* 4,114 51.5 +2.1
Labour Edward Lamb 2,053 25.7 -2.3
Alliance Janice Sidebottom 1,820 22.8 +0.2
Majority 2,061 25.8 +4.4
Turnout 7,987 48.0 +7.9
Conservative hold Swing +2.2
Ecclesall[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Old 4,019 52.0 +4.3
Alliance Christine Freeman 2,212 28.6 -3.4
Labour Roy Darke 1,497 19.4 -0.9
Majority 1,807 23.4 +7.7
Turnout 7,728 48.9 +6.6
Conservative hold Swing +3.8
Firth Park[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Howard Knight** 3,601 74.8 -5.8
Alliance Glyn Evans 1,215 25.2 +25.2
Majority 1,486 49.6 -19.0
Turnout 4,816 35.7 +4.9
Labour hold Swing -15.5

Howard Knight was a sitting councillor for Sharrow ward

Hallam[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Knight 3,810 49.5 +9.0
Conservative Nicholas Aslam 3,799
Alliance John Knight 2,388 31.0 -3.9
Alliance Andrew Milton 2,308
Labour Kevin Mahoney 1,495 19.4 -5.1
Labour James Prosser 1,341
Majority 1,411 18.5 +12.9
Turnout 7,693 44.8 -4.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing +6.4
Handsworth[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elsie Smith* 3,462 51.6 -17.6
Alliance Alice Smith 2,602 38.8 +23.3
Conservative Marjorie Kirby 620 9.2 -4.4
Green Roger Dunn 23 0.3 -1.3
Majority 860 12.8 -40.9
Turnout 6,707 44.2 +10.0
Labour hold Swing -20.4
Heeley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Crowder 3,359 57.9 -0.7
Alliance Douglas Oldfield 1,220 21.0 +1.1
Conservative John Webster 1,217 21.0 +0.5
Majority 2,139 36.9 -1.2
Turnout 5,796 38.8 +3.8
Labour hold Swing -0.9
Hillsborough[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Buckley 3,334 46.8 -3.4
Alliance Francis Butler 2,370 33.3 +2.3
Conservative Michael Warner 1,413 19.8 +1.0
Majority 964 13.5 -5.7
Turnout 7,117 46.9 +4.4
Labour hold Swing -2.8
Intake[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Bower* 3,499 59.0 -2.2
Conservative Elizabeth Bradbury 1,253 21.1 -1.0
Alliance Sheila Hughes 1,178 19.8 +3.2
Majority 2,246 37.9 -1.2
Turnout 5,930 37.5 +4.6
Labour hold Swing -0.6
Manor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Colk* 2,921 79.2 +79.2
Alliance Pamela Brown 429 11.6 N/A
Conservative Robert Usher 338 9.1 N/A
Majority 2,492 67.6 N/A
Turnout 3,688 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Mosborough[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Sellars 4,425 59.3 -5.8
Conservative Gordon Millward 1,602 21.5 +3.8
Alliance Louise Truman 1,430 19.2 +2.0
Majority 2,823 37.8 -9.6
Turnout 7,457 35.6 +6.7
Labour hold Swing -4.8
Nether Edge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Midgley 2,508 38.5 -0.6
Alliance George Manley 1,919 29.4 +2.7
Conservative Paul Verhaert* 1,873 28.7 -1.7
Green Jane Beharrell 216 3.3 -0.4
Majority 589 9.1 +0.4
Turnout 6,516 46.3 +2.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -1.6
Nether Shire[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Jones* 3,350 72.6 -5.8
Alliance George Clayton 1,266 27.4 +14.1
Majority 2,084 45.2 -19.9
Turnout 4,616 35.3 +2.1
Labour hold Swing -9.9
Netherthorpe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Walker 3,372 69.3 -4.3
Alliance Peter McNutt 768 15.8 -10.6
Conservative Henry Cornford 723 14.8 +14.8
Majority 2,604 53.5 +6.3
Turnout 4,863 38.3 +6.0
Labour hold Swing +3.1
Norton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank White** 3,617 59.4 -4.3
Conservative Albert Marsden 1,371 22.5 +4.4
Alliance Ian Auckland 1,104 18.1 +0.0
Majority 2,246 36.9 -8.7
Turnout 6,092 44.9 +5.8
Labour hold Swing -4.3

Frank White was a sitting councillor for Birley ward

Owlerton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Jackson* 3,251 68.6 -5.4
Alliance John Brocklebank 883 18.6 +3.8
Conservative Lorna Banham 602 12.7 +1.6
Majority 2,368 50.0 -9.2
Turnout 4,736 36.2 +6.3
Labour hold Swing -4.6
Park[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vivienne Nicholson* 3,449 78.5 -4.3
Alliance Donald Smith 492 11.2 +1.7
Conservative Jeremy Richardson** 454 10.3 +2.6
Majority 2,957 67.3 -6.0
Turnout 4,395 31.2 +6.5
Labour hold Swing -3.0

Jeremy Richardson was a sitting councillor for Ecclesall ward

Sharrow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Doris Askham 2,619 63.3 -1.4
Conservative Anne Smith 780 18.8 +3.5
Alliance Muhammad Zahur 649 15.7 -1.5
Communist Brian Turley 90 2.2 +0.5
Majority 1,839 44.5 -3.0
Turnout 4,138 33.9 +2.7
Labour hold Swing -2.4
South Wortley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance David Baker* 4,191 48.7 +1.0
Labour Eldon Hanson 2,667 31.0 -5.1
Conservative Lynn Wilson 1,738 20.2 +4.0
Majority 524 17.7 +6.1
Turnout 8,596 46.9 +5.2
Alliance hold Swing +3.0
Southey Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Damms 3,632 81.3 +81.3
Alliance Raymond Mellor 834 18.7 N/A
Majority 2,798 62.6 N/A
Turnout 4,466 35.9 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Stocksbridge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Malcolm Johnson* 2,590 53.0 +5.4
Labour Judith Chandler 1,751 35.9 -5.9
Conservative Beryl Fleming 540 11.0 +0.5
Majority 839 17.1 +11.3
Turnout 4,881 46.3 +8.1
Alliance hold Swing +5.6
Walkley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Owen* 3,665 55.7 +1.8
Labour Jean Cromar 3,474
Alliance David Brown** 2,242 34.0 -3.7
Alliance Margaret Ritchie 2,002
Conservative Giles Orton 676 10.2 +1.9
Conservative Christine Smith 635
Majority 1,232 21.7 +5.5
Turnout 6,583 43.7 +0.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +2.7

David Brown was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward, and was previously elected as a Labour councillor

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Sheffield Local Elections 1973-1995 scans". Retrieved 20 June 2011.
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