1987 Reading Borough Council election
The 1987 Reading Borough Council election was held on 7 May 1987, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. One third of Reading Borough Council's 45 seats were up for election.
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Before the election, the council was under no overall control with Labour running a minority administration, being one seat short of an overall majority. The election saw Labour gain two extra seats, giving it a majority. After the election, Labour had 24 seats, the Conservatives had 16 seats, and the SDP-Liberal Alliance had 5 seats, all of whom were Liberals.[1]
Results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 7 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 46.7 | 31.0 | 14,358 | -5.4 | |
Conservative | 6 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 40.0 | 41.0 | 18,993 | +8.2 | |
Alliance | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 13.3 | 26.7 | 12,343 | -1.8 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 615 | +1.0 | ||||
Ward results
The results in each ward were as follows (candidates with an asterisk* were the previous incumbent standing for re-election:[2][1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Antony William Page* (Tony Page) |
1,258 | 46.4 | -8.4 | |
Conservative | Subhash Vasant Nirgude | 855 | 33.2 | +12.4 | |
SDP | Jeremy B.C. Lazenby | 432 | 16.8 | -0.9 | |
Green | Elizabeth Maria Callies (Maria Callies) |
95 | 3.7 | -3.1 | |
Turnout | 2,578 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Joseph P. MacDevitt | 1,147 | 47.0 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | Susan E. White (Sue White) |
762 | 31.2 | +10.8 | |
SDP | Angela S. Peirson | 463 | 19.0 | -4.8 | |
Green | Lorraine M. Munn | 70 | 2.9 | -1.7 | |
Turnout | 2,442 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald William Jewitt* (Ron Jewitt) |
2,513 | 67.2 | +12.5 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Robert Mander (Geoff Mander) |
711 | 19.0 | -8.0 | |
SDP | Mary E. Hargreaves | 514 | 13.8 | -4.5 | |
Turnout | 3,738 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.25 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kathleen Margaret Everett* (Kay Everett) |
1,093 | 46.4 | -5.0 | |
Conservative | Heather M. Oliver | 799 | 33.9 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | Diarmuid T. O'Rourke | 465 | 19.7 | -1.8 | |
Turnout | 2,357 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Stella Singh* | 1,073 | 46.9 | -9.6 | |
Conservative | Shirley M. Mills | 884 | 38.6 | +9.0 | |
SDP | Nikola Sergt | 332 | 14.5 | +0.6 | |
Turnout | 2,289 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis John William Mahon-Daly (Frank Mahon-Daly) |
1,309 | 42.4 | -1.4 | |
Conservative | Thomas J. Dicker* (Tom Dicker) |
1,253 | 40.6 | +9.7 | |
Labour | Ronald W. Corbin | 528 | 17.1 | -8.4 | |
Turnout | 3,090 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | -9.05 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Gordon E. Browne | 1,573 | 49.8 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Martin Bryan Statter (Bryan Statter) |
883 | 27.9 | -7.1 | |
SDP | Stephen R. Hanson (Steve Hanson) |
661 | 20.9 | +1.4 | |
Green | Edmund P. Wilson (Ed Wilson) |
43 | 1.4 | -2.0 | |
Turnout | 3,160 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rhodri Hughes | 1,392 | 43.7 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | Leslie Basil Dunning* (Basil Dunning) |
1,067 | 33.5 | -3.8 | |
Conservative | Garry Cooper | 668 | 21.0 | +4.4 | |
Green | Maureen P. Gray | 58 | 1.8 | -0.4 | |
Turnout | 3,185 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Derek Price (Mike Price) |
1,585 | 47.7 | -3.7 | |
Conservative | Amanda A. Vigar | 1,096 | 33.0 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | Stephen H. Begg (Steve Begg) |
522 | 15.7 | +3.7 | |
Green | Philip J. Unsworth | 117 | 3.5 | -2.1 | |
Turnout | 3,320 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frank Heyes | 2,014 | 47.6 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | Ian M. Fenwick* | 1,885 | 44.5 | -2.1 | |
Labour | Louise M. Izzard | 335 | 7.9 | -3.6 | |
Turnout | 4,234 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.85 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Michael Oliver* | 1,212 | 34.2 | +6.1 | |
Labour | David Christopher Sutton | 1,187 | 33.5 | -0.6 | |
SDP | David J. Cornes | 1,033 | 29.2 | -3.0 | |
Green | Daverick C. Leggett | 107 | 3.0 | -2.6 | |
Turnout | 3,539 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.35 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter W. Wells | 1,556 | 47.0 | +10.5 | |
Labour | Katharine Neville (Kathy Neville) |
1,362 | 41.1 | -2.9 | |
SDP | Andrew H. McLuskey | 392 | 11.8 | -7.6 | |
Turnout | 3,310 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth A. Putt (Ken Putt) |
2,122 | 57.2 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | Annette Hendry | 1,187 | 32.0 | -3.3 | |
Labour | Alan E. Lockey | 275 | 7.4 | -1.2 | |
Green | Louise A. Barnes | 125 | 3.4 | -1.4 | |
Turnout | 3,709 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Florence Teresa Day* (Paddy Day) |
1,751 | 55.9 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | David F. Henderson | 985 | 31.4 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Richard J. O'Brien (Dick O'Brien) |
397 | 12.7 | -3.7 | |
Turnout | 3,133 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.45 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Doris Ellen Lawrence* | 1,194 | 53.7 | -11.5 | |
Conservative | Walter Eric Winter (Eric Winter) |
701 | 31.5 | +13.1 | |
SDP | John W. Wood | 330 | 14.8 | -1.6 | |
Turnout | 2,225 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.3 | |||
References
- "Labour grabs overall power in Reading". Evening Post. Reading. 8 May 1987. p. 8. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- "Line-ups for ballot box battles". Evening Post. Reading. 8 April 1987. p. 5. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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