1987 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election on ordinary rotation; in addition there were extra vacancies in many wards caused by the disqualification of those Labour councillors who were surcharged and banned from office as part of a protest against rate-capping. As a result, the 33 wards elected a total of 59 councillors. Prior to the election the disqualification of a large part of the Labour group meant that there was a temporary administration headed by Trevor Jones of the Liberal/SDP Alliance. As a result of the election, the Labour Party regained overall control of the council, and Harry Rimmer became council leader.

Summary

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	51	+22
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	44	+7
	Conservative	4	−3

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1987

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	43
	Alliance	16
	Conservative
	Green
	Communist
	Others

Ward results

Abercromby

Abercromby 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan W. Dean	2,260	71%
	Labour	K. Hackett	2,225	69%
	Labour	K. Feintuck	2,221	69%
	Liberal	Annette Butler	609	19%
	Liberal	W. M. Bullock	545	17%
	Liberal	K. D. Kelbrick	545	17%
	Communist	F. Carroll	227	7%
	Conservative	G. A. Earle	173	5%
	Conservative	E. B. Steadman	138	4%
	Conservative	G. A. H. Tann	130	4%
Majority			1,651
Registered electors			7,646
Turnout			3,269	41.5%

Aigburth

Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Trevor Jones	4,074	59%
	Labour	K. F. Taft	1,988	29%
	Conservative	Olga Hughes	599	9%
	Green	Helen Prescott	239	3%
Majority			2,086
Registered electors			13,487
Turnout			6,900	51.2%

Allerton

Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	Frank S. Roderick	4,147	57%
	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle	1,552	21%
	Conservative	M. Kingston	1,450	20%
	Green	R. E. Cantwell	102	1%
Majority			2,595
Registered electors			12,344
Turnout			7,251	58.7%

Anfield

Anfield 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Smith	2,931	44%
	Liberal	R. Jump	2,884	43%
	Liberal	T. S. Newall	2,772	42%
	Labour	R. M. Kennedy	2,739	41%
	Conservative	Myra Fitzsimmons	712	11%
	Conservative	J. H. Brash	557	8%
	Green	W. Winn	131	2%
Majority
Registered electors			12,278
Turnout			6,658	53.0%

Arundel

Arundel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Johnston	2,709	52%
	Labour	D. J. Bermingham	1,948	37%
	Conservative	D. W. Patmore	398	8%
	Green	G. Thompson	182	3%
Majority			761
Registered electors			11,695
Turnout			5,237	44.8%

Breckfield

Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Lane	3,263	60%
	Liberal	R. C. Littler	1,309	24%
	Independent	S. Bell	634	12%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Bayley	200	4%
Majority			1,954
Registered electors			11,449
Turnout			5,406	47.2%

Broadgreen

Broadgreen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Chris Curry	3,500	50%
	Labour	G. M. Casey	2,960	43%
	Conservative	G. Powell	492	7%
Majority			540
Registered electors			13,271
Turnout			6,952	52.4%

Childwall

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neville C. Chinn	5,216	68%
	Labour	R. Griffiths	1,454	19%
	Conservative	Helen Rigby	1,013	13%
Majority			3,762
Registered electors			13,650
Turnout			7,683	56.3%

Church

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Roberts	5,478	67%
	Labour	J. Murray	1,396	17%
	Conservative	T. P. Pink	1,313	16%
	Green	J. E. Hulton
Majority			4,082
Registered electors			14,744
Turnout				56.7%

Clubmoor

Clubmoor 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. McManus	3,886	58%
	Labour	K. Noon	3,789	57%
	SDP	Ann Collinge	2,120	32%
	SDP	J. P. Prince	2,109	32%
	Conservative	Audrey Bowness	518	8%
	Conservative	Jean Greaves	456	7%
	Communist	K. F. McDonough	162	2%
Majority			1,766
Registered electors			13,512
Turnout			6,686	48.9%

County

County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Newton	3,589	51%
	Labour	J. Briercliffe	3,110	44%
	Conservative	J. F. Atkinson	298	4%
Majority			479
Registered electors			12,559
Turnout			6,997	55.7%

Croxteth

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	J. J. Cunningham	4,077	54%
	Labour	J. P. Evans	1,935	26%
	Conservative	F. R. Butler	1,534	20%
Majority			2,142
Registered electors			13,736
Turnout			7,546	55.6%

Dingle

Dingle 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Folan	3,102	53%
	Labour	R. J. Lafferty	3,073	52%
	Liberal	J. E. Rossington	2,534	43%
	Liberal	M. C. Alman	2528	43%
	Conservative	Diane Watson	204	3%
	Conservative	Steven Fitzsimmons	191	3%
	Communist	J. Cook	47	1%
Majority			568
Registered electors			10,810
Turnout			5,868	54.3%

Dovecot

Dovecot 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robbie Quinn	2,740	66%
	Labour	M. Davison	2,718	65%
	Labour	Harry Rimmer	2,597	63%
	Liberal	Eleanor Carroll	1,470	35%
	Liberal	J. P. Cooper	1,282	31%
	Liberal	W. F. Burke	1,041	35%
	Conservative	W. H. Connolly	391	9%
	Conservative	J. L. Walsh	360	9%
	Conservative	H. Glover	334	8%
Majority			1,270
Registered electors			10,940
Turnout			4,150	39.4%

Everton

Everton 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. P. Brady	2,264	83%
	Labour	George Knibb	2,119	77%
	Liberal	P. Howard	357	13%
	Liberal	E. Price	305	11%
	Conservative	R. S. Fairclough	117	4%
	Conservative	J. A. Watson	82	3%
Majority			1,907
Registered electors			6,449
Turnout			2,738	40.7%

Fazakerley

Fazakerley 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda O'Sullivan	3,227	63%
	Labour	I. H. Scott	3,192	62%
	Labour	Frank Vaudrey	3,106	60%
	SDP	D. Stephenson	1,408	27%
	Liberal	E. Chinn	1,397	27%
	SDP	Joan Reece	1,319	26%
	Conservative	A. Brown	628	12%
	Conservative	Maureen Brash	529	10%
	Conservative	Maria Quirk	491	10%
Majority			1,819
Registered electors			11,163
Turnout			5,153	45.7%

Gillmoss

Gillmoss 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie D. Roderick	3,288	71%
	Labour	Mary V. Roberts	3,174	71%
	Liberal	E. T. Boult	910	20%
	Liberal	J. S. Thomson	807	18%
	Conservative	G. W. Barker	409	9%
	Conservative	S. E. North	347	8%
Majority			2,264
Registered electors			11,205
Turnout			4,493	39.9%

Granby

Granby 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Drysdale	2,874	64%
	Labour	Gideon S. Ben-Tovim	2,836	63%
	Labour	P. Hughes	2,770	62%
	Liberal	Carol Laidlaw	1,226	27%
	Liberal	B. E. Grocott	1,128	25%
	Liberal	M. Ali	1,087	24%
	Federated Black Organisations	D. Burris	360
	Federated Black Organisations	S. G. Deckon	290	6%
	Conservative	Henrietta Edwards	189	4%
	Conservative	Mary Armstrong	179	4%
	Conservative	June Brandwood	160	4%
	Communist	E. F. Caddick	138	3%
Majority			1,648
Registered electors			10,387
Turnout			4,500	43%

Grassendale

Grassendale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gerry P. Scott	5,356	71%
	Conservative	S. R. Marsden	1,141	15%
	Labour	Eileen Turnbull	1,009	13%
Majority			4,347
Registered electors			12,310
Turnout			7,506	61.0%

Kensington

Kensington 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jimmy Kendrick	2,775	48%
	Labour	J. C. Blackall	2,743	48%
	Liberal	A. Damsell	2,721	47%
	Labour	J. M. Spencer	2,694	47%
	Conservative	R. Bethel	248	4%
	Conservative	Dorothy Smith	208	4%
Majority
Registered electors			12,124
Turnout			5,766	47.0%

Melrose

Melrose 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. C. Booth	3,632	63%
	Labour	Mary Kidd	3,443	60%
	Liberal	J. Murray	1,908	33%
	Liberal	C. Mayes	1,856	32%
	Conservative	J. D. Jones	215	4%
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	175	3%
Majority			1,724
Registered electors			11,975
Turnout			5,755	46.9%

Netherley

Netherley 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Bolland	2,432	65%
	Labour	R. P. Owen	2,266	61%
	Labour	Lesley Mahmood	2,171	58%
	SDP	D. L. Chambers	994	27%
	Liberal	C. L. Hughes	895	24%
	Liberal	A. Hale	882	24%
	Conservative	W. A. Dobinson	290	8%
	Conservative	J. J. Taylor	191	5%
	Conservative	A. McTigue	174	5%
Majority			1,438
Registered electors			7,477
Turnout			3,716	49.7%

Old Swan

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Hughes	2,932	45%
	Liberal	Josephine Smith	2,916	45%
	Conservative	C. P. Williams	499	8%
	Independent Labour	Glynis Slack	178	3%
Majority			16
Registered electors			11,764
Turnout			6,525	55.5%

Picton

Picton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Bradley	3,538	57%
	Labour	E. A. Taylor	2,342	38%
	Conservative	S. P. Andrews	229	4%
	Green	A. G. Willan	89	1%
Majority			1,196
Registered electors			11,080
Turnout			6,198	55.9%

Pirrie

Pirrie 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Owen	3,820	70%
	Labour	W. E. Edwards	3,811	70%
	Labour	Dot Gavin	3,769	69%
	Alliance	Hilary Owen	1,484	27%
	Alliance	N. E. Humphreys	1,310	24%
	Alliance	I. G. Youds	1,245	23%
	Conservative	P. M. Aldcroft	343	6%
	Conservative	R. M. Brandwood	301	6%
	Conservative	Eunice Egan	328	6%
Majority			2,336
Registered electors			11,784
Turnout				46%

St. Mary's

St. Mary's 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	W. C. Hutchinson	2,919	48%
	Labour	Frank O'Donoghue	2,840	47%
	Labour	S. Balmer	2,764	45%
	Alliance	Hazel Williams	2,642	43%
	Conservative	W. D. Henry	318	5%
	Conservative	F. Sellers	250	4%
Majority
Registered electors			11,156
Turnout				55%

Smithdown

Smithdown 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Templeman	2,682	56%
	Labour	Juliet Herzog	2,660	56%
	Labour	Judith Nelson	2,555	54%
	Alliance	E. R. Stephenson	2,102	44%
	Alliance	Shirley Parry	2,001	42%
	Alliance	Mary Young	1,921	40%
	Conservative	J.S. Smith	113	2%
	Conservative	Sarah L. Williamson	100	2%
	Conservative	A. Vigar	82	2%
Majority
Registered electors			9,916
Turnout				48%

Speke

Speke 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Coventry	3,163	77%
	Labour	J. Doyle	3,113	76%
	Labour	S. P. Wilde	2,897	70%
	Alliance	J. D. Ball	677	16%
	Alliance	B. Aston	615	15%
	Alliance	R. E. Gould	593	14%
	Conservative	A. J. Fayer	335	8%
	Conservative	C. W. Harpin	308	7%
	Conservative	Carys Parry	263	6%
Majority
Registered electors			9,005
Turnout				46%

Tuebrook

Tuebrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Richard Pine	3,093	53%
	Labour	S. Sullivan	2,367	41%
	Conservative	W. Scott	366	6%
Majority			726
Registered electors			12,839
Turnout			5,826	45%

Valley

Valley 3 Seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Burke	2,240	54%
	Labour	Frank Ruse	2,104	51%
	Labour	S. Sharpey-Schafer	2,100	51%
	Alliance	Ian Phillips	1,761	43%
	Alliance	J. Diamond	1,701	41%
	Alliance	S. F. Jacobs	1,609	39%
	Conservative	Helen Constantine	171	4%
	Conservative	Janet Mannion	171	4%
	Conservative	Maureen Murphy	164	4%
Majority			479
Registered electors			9,062
Turnout				46%

Vauxhall

Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Livingstone	2,665	92%
	Alliance	S. T. McHugh	165	5%
	Conservative	R. D. Knox	69	2%
Majority			2,500
Registered electors			6,717
Turnout			2,899	43%

Warbreck

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Joe. Lang	3,659	50%
	Labour	Catherine Wilson	2,963	41%
	Conservative	I. Brown	679	9%
Majority			696
Registered electors			14,402
Turnout			7,301	51%

Woolton

Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Pauline McKibbin	3,635	50%
	Conservative	A. McVeigh	2,632	36%
	Labour	C. B. Cole	951	13%
	Green	D. Lindsay	107	1%
Majority			1,012
Registered electors			12,868
Turnout			7,316