1987 Harlow District Council election

The 1987 Harlow District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

1987 Harlow District Council election[1][2]

7 May 1987

14 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Alliance	Conservative
Last election	36	4	2
Seats won	11	1	2
Seats after	37	3	2
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	12,082	5,755	6,469
Percentage	49.6%	23.6%	26.5%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1987 Harlow District Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

Election result

1987 Harlow local election result[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	1	0	1	78.6	49.6	12,082	1.8
Conservative	2	0	0		14.3	26.5	6,469	2.9
Alliance	1	0	1	1	7.1	23.6	5,755	5.8
Ind. Conservative	1	0	0		0.0	0.3	74	New

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1983 election.

Ward results

Brays Grove

Location of Brays Grove ward

Brays Grove[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Talbot	835	59.0%
	Conservative	V. Petch	293	20.7%
	Alliance	E. Scammell	287	20.3%
Turnout				43.0%
	Labour hold

Great Parndon

Location of Great Parndon ward

Great Parndon[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. McClarnon	876	46.4%
	Labour	P. Brown	689	36.5%
	Alliance	D. Harris	324	17.2%
Turnout				56.6%
	Conservative hold

Katherines With Sumner

Location of Katherines with Sumner ward

Katherines With Sumner[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. Clark	800	46.2%
	Conservative	M. Rigden	498	28.7%
	Alliance	P. Barton	435	25.1%
Turnout				39.2%
	Labour gain from Alliance

Kingsmoor

Location of Kingsmoor ward

Kingsmoor[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Cross	852	41.1%
	Labour	D. Law	812	39.2%
	Alliance	D. Collins	408	19.7%
Turnout				43.5%
	Conservative hold

Latton Bush

Location of Latton Bush ward

Latton Bush[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Bruce	1,018	57.0%
	Conservative	M. Tombs	446	25.0%
	Alliance	R. Langham	321	18.0%
Turnout				42.5%
	Labour hold

Little Parndon

Location of Little Parndon ward

Little Parndon[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Warner	913	54.3%
	Alliance	E. Atkins	365	21.7%
	Conservative	E. Atkins	328	19.5%
	Ind. Conservative	T. Hodge	74	4.4%
Turnout				40.0%
	Labour hold

Mark Hall North

Location of Mark Hall North ward

Mark Hall North[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. McAlpine	686	56.5%
	Conservative	S. Rigden	332	27.3%
	Alliance	B. Hanks	196	16.1%
Turnout				53.6%
	Labour hold

Mark Hall South

Location of Mark Hall South ward

Mark Hall South[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Smith	1,062	60.4%
	Alliance	S. Nixon	362	20.6%
	Conservative	B. Hill	334	19.0%
Turnout				44.3%
	Labour hold

Netteswell East

Location of Netteswell East ward

Netteswell East[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Garner	753	54.6%
	Conservative	I. Crame	328	23.8%
	Alliance	V. Scott	298	21.6%
Turnout				47.0%
	Labour hold

Old Harlow

Location of Old Harlow ward

Old Harlow[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Cochrane	1,110	40.9%
	Conservative	N. Hitch	966	35.6%
	Alliance	R. Winkie	636	23.5%
Turnout				60.2%
	Labour hold

Passmores

Location of Passmores ward

Passmores[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Rowland	860	51.5%
	Conservative	L. Atkins	443	26.5%
	Alliance	S. Curran	366	21.9%
Turnout				41.1%
	Labour hold

Potter Street

Location of Potter Street ward

Passmores[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Gibson	928	61.0%
	Alliance	S. Ward	352	23.1%
	Conservative	D. Fleming	241	15.8%
Turnout				47.4%
	Labour hold

Stewards

Location of Stewards ward

Stewards[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	K. Clarke	958	54.3%
	Labour	D. Dickson	578	32.8%
	Conservative	K. Eaton	227	12.9%
Turnout				44.9%
	Alliance hold

Tye Green

Location of Tye Green ward

Tye Green[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Danvers	1,038	58.0%
	Conservative	S. James	484	27.0%
	Alliance	S. Keeys	268	15.0%
Turnout				47.6%
	Labour hold

References

"Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
"Local Election Summaries 1987". The Elections Centre.
"Harlow District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

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