Bristol City Council Elections 1987
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One third of seats were up for election. There was also a by-election in Clifton. There was a general but very small swing away from the Conservatives.
The party standings following the election:
| Party | Cllrs | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 37 | +2 | |
| Conservative Party | 25 | -1 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | 6 | -1 | |
| Total | 68 | ||
[edit] Ward Results
The change is calculated using the 1983 election results.
| Ashley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | J. Williams | 2,050 | 55.0 | +3.2 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | C. Bolton | 738 | 19.8 | +7.8 | |
| Conservative | B. Anderson | 641 | 17.2 | -10.2 | |
| Green | D. Bowring | 297 | 8.0 | +3.3 | |
| Majority | 1,312 | 35.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.3 | |||
| Bedminster | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | I. Gillard | 1,726 | 37.4 | -8.5 | |
| Labour | P. Roberts | 1,680 | 36.4 | -5.8 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | D. Usher | 1,129 | 24.5 | +12.6 | |
| Green | M. Wood | 78 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 46 | 1.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
| Bishopsworth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | H. Willcox | 1,501 | 41.6 | +1.0 | |
| Conservative | V. Goodland | 1,452 | 40.2 | -2.8 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | S. Willis | 621 | 17.2 | +0.8 | |
| Green | L. Golden | 34 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 49 | 1.4 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.9 | |||
| Brislington East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | A. Thomas | 2,001 | 43.4 | +2.5 | |
| Conservative | J. Cressey | 1,564 | 33.9 | -0.6 | |
| Liberal | J. Exon | 923 | 20.0 | +9.5 | |
| Green | C. Taylor | 120 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 437 | 9.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | =1.6 | |||
| Brislington West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | M. Langley | 2,373 | 48.0 | +21.5 | |
| Conservative | S. Weeks | 1,450 | 29.3 | -16.4 | |
| Labour | N. Wills | 1,052 | 21.3 | -6.5 | |
| Green | R. Winfield | 66 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 923 | 18.7 | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +19.0 | |||
- The Liberals won Brislington West at the 1986 by-election and held the seat at this election.
| Cabot | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | R. Howell | 1,623 | 40.7 | -2.4 | |
| Conservative | G. Keeley | 1,171 | 29.4 | -3.6 | |
| Labour | G. Buchanan | 984 | 24.7 | +5.0 | |
| Green | W. Steedman | 182 | 4.6 | +0.4 | |
| Communist | W. Hunter | 29 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 452 | 11.3 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
| Clifton by-election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | A. Tasker | 2,173 | 41.6 | -3.4 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | C. Elson | 2,069 | 39.6 | +1.7 | |
| Labour | A. Robinson | 809 | 15.5 | +1.8 | |
| Green | G. Sawday | 177 | 3.4 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 104 | 2.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -3.6 | |||
| Easton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | K. Mahoney | 1,919 | 45.9 | +12.3 | |
| Liberal | G. Hopkins | 1,667 | 39.9 | -10.6 | |
| Conservative | I. Millard | 533 | 12.8 | -0.9 | |
| Green | R. Nichols | 58 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 252 | 6.0 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.5 | |||
| Eastville | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | J. Vowles | 1,922 | 46.3 | +4.0 | |
| Labour | J. McLaren | 1,381 | 33.2 | +1.2 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | E. Beaty | 745 | 17.9 | -5.8 | |
| Green | P. Tonkin | 106 | 2.6 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 541 | 13.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
| Filwood | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | V. Hicks | 1,706 | 70.0 | -0.9 | |
| Conservative | J. Telling | 403 | 16.5 | -1.2 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | M. Norman | 300 | 12.3 | +3.5 | |
| Green | D. Tayler | 28 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 1,303 | 53.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
| Frome Vale | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | K. Blanchard | 2,256 | 43.3 | +1.4 | |
| Labour | J. Hillier | 1,933 | 37.1 | -1.8 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | R. Long | 1,020 | 19.6 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 323 | 6.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
| Hartcliffe | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | F. Pidgeon | 1,551 | 47.8 | -2.6 | |
| Conservative | J. Edwards | 1,000 | 30.8 | +1.5 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | R. Sharland | 625 | 19.3 | -1.0 | |
| Green | B. Hussain | 66 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 551 | 17.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.1 | |||
| Hengrove | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | A. Telling | 2,138 | 39.6 | -13.6 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | J. Webb | 1,878 | 34.8 | +22.6 | |
| Labour | M. Riley | 1,380 | 25.6 | -9.0 | |
| Majority | 260 | 4.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -18.1 | |||
| Hillfields | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | G. Robertson | 1,634 | 45.9 | -1.8 | |
| Conservative | T. Murphy | 1,242 | 34.9 | +0.6 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | E. Fletcher | 684 | 19.2 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 392 | 11.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.2 | |||
| Knowle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | S. Lamprey | 1,766 | 47.7 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | T. Skipp | 1,329 | 35.9 | -5.0 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | E. James | 548 | 14.8 | +1.7 | |
| Green | M. Pitt | 61 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 437 | 11.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
| Lawrence Hill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | J. Jones | 2,142 | 62.3 | -4.1 | |
| Conservative | G. Marshall | 638 | 18.6 | +1.0 | |
| Liberal | N. Winch | 572 | 16.6 | +0.7 | |
| Communist | A. Gilchrist | 87 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Majority | 1,504 | 43.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |||
| Lockleaze | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | C. Merrett | 2,059 | 53.7 | +4.7 | |
| Conservative | M. Davis | 1,260 | 32.8 | +6.6 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | F. Young | 477 | 12.4 | -12.4 | |
| Green | K. Woodhouse | 40 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 799 | 20.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.0 | |||
| Southville | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | A. May | 2,087 | 50.1 | +4.2 | |
| Conservative | M. Jarrett | 1,309 | 31.5 | -2.9 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | D. Smith | 608 | 14.6 | -2.6 | |
| Green | A. Grant | 158 | 3.8 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 778 | 18.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
| Stockwood | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | M. Stamper | 2,896 | 50.4 | -0.9 | |
| Labour | A. Loveless | 1,688 | 29.4 | -6.5 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | R. Bingham | 1,108 | 19.3 | +6.6 | |
| Green | G. Dorey | 49 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 1,208 | 21.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
| St. George East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | K. Mountstephen | 1,739 | 42.3 | -4.4 | |
| Labour | C. Price | 1,441 | 35.0 | -4.6 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | J. Osborne | 862 | 20.9 | +7.2 | |
| Green | C. Stones | 73 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 298 | 7.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
| St. George West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | R. Lewis | 2,000 | 51.1 | +9.9 | |
| Labour | V. Hammond | 1,273 | 32.5 | -2.7 | |
| Conservative | M. Stump | 644 | 16.4 | -7.2 | |
| Majority | 727 | 18.6 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
| Whitchurch Park | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | J. Rumble | 1,777 | 53.8 | -2.0 | |
| Conservative | A. Lancaster | 904 | 27.4 | +0.1 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | F. Thomas | 579 | 17.5 | +0.6 | |
| Green | K. Saben | 42 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 873 | 26.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.1 | |||
| Windmill Hill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | G. Micklewright | 2,462 | 51.4 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | A. Read | 1,403 | 29.3 | -5.7 | |
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | J. Bushell | 748 | 15.6 | +0.5 | |
| Green | S. Campbell | 180 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
| Majority | 1,059 | 22.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
Source: Bristol Evening Post 8th May 1987
| Preceded by: Bristol City Council Elections 1986 |
Bristol local elections | Succeeded by: Bristol City Council Elections 1988 |
