1987 St Albans City and District Council election

The 1987 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

1987 St Albans City and District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	12	2	63.2	13	25	43.9	23,347	44.8	+7.3
	Alliance	5	1	26.3	19	24	42.1	20,713	39.7	+0.3
	Labour	2	1	10.5	5	7	12.3	7,591	14.6	–4.6
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.8	115	0.2	–1.9
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	346	0.7	+0.1

Ward results

Ashley

Ashley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	S. Skipp	1,384	53.1	+4.6
	Conservative	S. Capper	842	32.3	+2.0
	Labour	C. Leet	379	14.5	–6.7
Majority			542	20.8	+2.6
Turnout			2,605	52.2	+3.2
Registered electors			4,994
	Alliance hold		Swing	1.3

Batchwood

Batchwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Hiscott*	1,053	37.1	–1.0
	Alliance	N. Frosick	982	34.6	–2.9
	Conservative	A. Wells-Baker	710	25.0	+0.5
	Green	A. James	95	3.3	N/A
Majority			71	2.5	N/A
Turnout			2,840	58.2	+9.2
Registered electors			4,882
	Labour hold		Swing	1.0

Clarence

Clarence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	J. Whale	1,180	43.6	–4.3
	Conservative	M. Hicks	1,139	42.1	+6.3
	Labour	S. Seelig	387	14.3	–2.0
Majority			41	1.5	–10.6
Turnout			2,706	61.5	+9.5
Registered electors			4,400
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	5.3

Cunningham

Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	D. Hammerson	1,157	47.3	+0.4
	Conservative	C. Ellis	915	37.4	+4.4
	Labour	T. Jones	375	15.3	–4.8
Majority			242	9.9	–4.1
Turnout			2,447	51.2	+4.2
Registered electors			4,777
	Alliance hold		Swing	2.0

Harpenden East

Harpenden East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Morrell	1,610	50.6	+8.9
	Alliance	L. Johnstone	1,299	40.8	–3.3
	Labour	D. Crew	275	8.6	–1.2
Majority			311	9.8	N/A
Turnout			3,184	62.4	+5.4
Registered electors			5,100
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.1

No Green candidate as previous (4.4%).

Harpenden North

Harpenden North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Curl*	1,721	54.3	+7.3
	Alliance	D. Wright	1,194	37.7	+1.4
	Labour	B. Saffery	252	8.0	–2.8
Majority			527	16.6	+5.9
Turnout			3,167	53.7	+2.7
Registered electors			5,896
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.0

No Green candidate as previous (5.9%).

Harpenden South

Harpenden South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Beedie	1,718	62.7	+6.0
	Alliance	B. Webb	853	31.1	–3.5
	Labour	J. Bailey	170	6.2	–2.5
Majority			865	31.6	+9.4
Turnout			2,741	53.4	+4.4
Registered electors			5,132
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.8

Harpenden West

Harpenden West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Coe	1,696	60.4	+5.6
	Alliance	D. Groom	958	34.1	–2.7
	Labour	J. O'Brien	156	5.6	–2.8
Majority			738	26.3	+8.3
Turnout			2,810	53.5	+2.5
Registered electors			5,257
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2

London Colney

London Colney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Hoplin	1,003	40.5	+11.9
	Labour	E. Gordon	996	40.2	–1.7
	Alliance	T. Stainton	478	19.3	N/A
Majority			7	0.3	N/A
Turnout			2,477	44.4	+1.4
Registered electors			5,573
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	6.8

No Independent Labour (22.8%) or Independent (6.6%) candidates as previous.

Marshallwick North

Marshallwick North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Hill	1,387	47.5	+6.9
	Alliance	B. Gibson	1,302	44.6	–4.9
	Labour	J. McPheat	228	7.8	–2.1
Majority			85	2.9	N/A
Turnout			2,917	57.5	+4.5
Registered electors			5,070
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.9

Marshallwick South

Marshallwick South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	O. Jennings*	1,574	48.3	+4.1
	Alliance	S. Ward	1,377	42.2	–2.2
	Labour	D. Allan	311	9.5	–1.9
Majority			197	6.0	N/A
Turnout			3,262	62.4	+6.4
Registered electors			5,225
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.2

Park Street

Park Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	M. Cummins*	999	48.4	–3.5
	Conservative	B. McArdie	863	41.9	+9.6
	Labour	P. Robinson	200	9.7	–6.1
Majority			136	6.6	–13.1
Turnout			2,062	47.4	+5.4
Registered electors			4,350
	Alliance hold		Swing	6.6

Redbourn

Redbourn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Chapman	1,270	50.3	+3.4
	Alliance	P. Schofield	970	38.4	+5.0
	Labour	G. Harris	286	11.3	–8.4
Majority			300	11.9	–1.6
Turnout			2,526	56.1	+5.1
Registered electors			4,501
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.8

Sandridge

Sandridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Whiteside	991	53.3	+19.9
	Alliance	C. Oxley	590	31.7	N/A
	Independent	C. Bracey	115	6.2	N/A
	Labour	E. Adams	108	5.8	–1.5
	Green	E. Field	56	3.0	N/A
Majority			401	21.6	N/A
Turnout			1,860	51.4	–2.9
Registered electors			3,622
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

No Independent candidate as previous (59.4%).

Sopwell

Sopwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Gipps	1,041	40.1	–8.0
	Alliance	M. Saunders	990	38.2	+7.9
	Conservative	T. Wakerley	483	18.6	–3.1
	Green	D. Southgate	79	3.0	N/A
Majority			51	2.0	–15.8
Turnout			2,593	54.0	+3.0
Registered electors			4,802
	Labour hold		Swing	8.0

St. Peters

St. Peters

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	J. Gunner	1,136	45.4	–1.0
	Conservative	T. Deamer	736	29.4	+4.9
	Labour	G. Powell	628	25.1	–4.1
Majority			400	16.0	–1.2
Turnout			2,500	55.2	+5.2
Registered electors			4,528
	Alliance hold		Swing	3.0

St. Stephens

St. Stephens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Nowell*	1,632	49.3	+14.2
	Alliance	M. Moore	1,347	40.7	+14.6
	Labour	M. Morcom	334	10.1	–0.8
Majority			285	8.6	+1.4
Turnout			3,313	57.9	+3.9
Registered electors			5,717
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.2

No Independent candidate as previous (27.9%).

Verulam

Verulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Davies*	1,757	54.1	+5.0
	Alliance	C. White	1,282	39.5	+0.8
	Labour	J. Bellchambers	208	6.4	–4.4
Majority			475	14.6	+4.2
Turnout			3,247	62.1	+7.1
Registered electors			5,226
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.1

No Independent candidate as previous (1.3%).

Wheathampstead

Wheathampstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Summerlin	1,300	45.5	+5.2
	Alliance	I. Gledhill	1,235	43.3	–8.7
	Labour	K. Spooner	204	7.1	–0.6
	Green	J. Bishop	116	4.1	N/A
Majority			65	2.3	N/A
Turnout			2,855	58.6	+4.6
Registered electors			4,869
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0