1987 Wansdyke District Council election

1987 Wansdyke District Council election

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All 47 seats to Wansdyke District Council 24 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con Lab Ind Party Conservative Labour Independent Last election 33 seats, 49.2% 11 seats, 34.1% 3 seats, 5.7% Seats won 28 16 3 Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 21,279 18,632 2,383 Percentage 41.2% 36.1% 4.6% Swing 8.0% 2.0% 1.1%
Labour and Grey showing Independents . Striped wards have mixed representation.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 1987 Wansdyke Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 1987 to elect councillors to Wansdyke District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.

The 1987 election saw the Conservatives win the largest number of seats and maintain majority control.

Election results

Wansdyke District Council election, 1987
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	41	28	2	7	5	59.6%	41.2%	21,279	8%
	Labour	32	16	6	1	5	34%	36.1%	18,632	2%
	Independent	7	3	2	2		4.3%	4.6%	2,383	1.1%
	Alliance	21	0	0	0		0%	16.1%	8,330	5.3%
	Ind. Conservative	1	0	0	0		0%	2.0%	1,007	N/A

Ward results

The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1983 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Bathampton

Bathampton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Spinks	467	64.7	N/A
	Alliance	M. Christie	255	35.3	N/A
Majority			212	29.4	N/A
Turnout				52.2	N/A
Registered electors			1,384
	Conservative hold

Batheaston

Batheaston (2 seats)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Batt	619	51.7	–10.0
	Conservative	W. Cox	551	–
	Alliance	R. Hidalgo	373	31.1	–7.2
	Alliance	S. Hunt	356	–
	Labour	W. Tugwell	206	17.2	N/A
Turnout				52.7	+7.1
Registered electors			2,273
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bathford

Bathford^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Akin-Flenley *	518	69.7	–6.7
	Alliance	J. Davies	225	30.3	N/A
Majority			293	39.4	–13.3
Turnout				51.8	+4.2
Registered electors			1,433
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cameley

Cameley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Deacon	491	62.5	+4.8
	Labour	W. Martin	294	37.5	N/A
Majority			197	25.1	+9.8
Turnout				52.2	–3.7
Registered electors			1,503
	Conservative hold		Swing

Camerton

Camerton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. Bedborough *	369	62.1	N/A
	Alliance	M. Orrom	116	19.5	N/A
	Labour	B. Maynard	109	18.4	–18.1
Majority			253	42.6	N/A
Turnout				48.5	–10.0
Registered electors			1,224
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Charlcombe

Charlcombe^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Bentley *	256	62.0	N/A
	Alliance	W. Dobson-Smythe	157	38.0	N/A
Majority			99	24.0	N/A
Turnout				51.9	N/A
Registered electors			796
	Conservative hold

Chew Magna

Chew Magna^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Reed *	unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			1,162
	Conservative gain from Independent

Chew Stoke

Chew Stoke^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Powell *	unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			810
	Conservative hold

Clutton

Clutton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Miles	399	60.3	–5.3
	Labour	L. Carruthers	263	39.7	+5.3
Majority			136	20.6	–10.6
Turnout				54.8	–2.1
Registered electors			1,207
	Conservative hold		Swing

Compton Dando

Compton Dando^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Kett-White *	unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			1,312
	Conservative hold

Farmborough

Farmborough^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Hix *	unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			894
	Conservative hold

Freshford

Freshford^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Langridge	471	62.2	+2.7
	Alliance	E. Flower	192	25.4	N/A
	Labour	R. Birchby	94	12.4	–28.1
Majority			279	36.9	+17.9
Turnout				62.3	+3.7
Registered electors			1,216
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hartprees

Hartprees^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Taviner *	unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			1,168
	Conservative hold

High Littleton

High Littleton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Hotter *	unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			1,405
	Independent hold

Hinton Charterhouse

Hinton Charterhouse^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Cowley	330	45.7	–13.6
	Alliance	M. Flower	307	42.5	+15.7
	Labour	J. Pitt	85	11.8	–1.8
Majority			23	3.2	–29.5
Turnout				56.9	+1.3
Registered electors			1,269
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keynsham East

Keynsham East (3 seats)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Sell *	1,480	52.1	–2.2
	Conservative	J. Neville-Dove *	1,460	–
	Conservative	M. Horler	1,326	–
	Alliance	D. Hounsell	1,006	35.4	+5.3
	Labour	R. Lock	356	12.5	–3.1
	Labour	V. Burton	332	–
Turnout				65.5
Registered electors			4,342
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keynsham North

Keynsham North (2 seats)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Pope *	656	41.4	–24.4
	Conservative	B. Organ	647	–
	Independent	T. Evans	529	33.4	N/A
	Labour	C. Davis	399	25.2	–7.0
	Labour	P. Knight	386	–
Turnout				56.7
Registered electors			2,792
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keynsham South

Keynsham South (3 seats)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Lingard	858	40.4	+3.2
	Conservative	R. Beech	648	30.5	–13.5
	Labour	S. Bateman	639	–
	Conservative	A. Paddon	618	–
	Alliance	A. Connett	616	29.0	+10.2
	Labour	F. Mardles	614	–
	Conservative	B. Hutchinson *	607	–
	Alliance	C. Brook	538	–
Turnout				62.9
Registered electors			3,373
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Keynsham West

Keynsham West (2 seats)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Bye	583	50.9	+7.1
	Conservative	E. Bryant	563	49.1	–7.1
	Conservative	G. Wood *	549	–
	Labour	G. Derrick	529	–
Turnout				48.8
Registered electors			2,346
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Midsomer Norton North

Midsomer Norton North (2 seats)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Short *	662	39.8	–5.6
	Conservative	S. Steel	579	34.8	–0.6
	Labour	E. Turnbull	531	–
	Conservative	T. Towler	526	–
	Alliance	D. Rendell	421	25.3	+5.9
	Alliance	P. Vass	411	–
Turnout				38.9
Registered electors			2,398
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Midsomer Norton Redfield

Midsomer Norton Redfield (2 seats)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Perry *	775	40.5	+10.2
	Conservative	K. Curtis *	738	38.6	–1.4
	Conservative	J. Blatchford	608	–
	Labour	R. Wilkinson	539	–
	Alliance	M. Elford	400	20.9	+2.9
	Alliance	W. Elford	315	–
Turnout				46.7
Registered electors			4,098
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newton St Loe

Newton St Loe^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Gay *	unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			1,353
	Conservative hold

Paulton

Paulton (3 seats)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Badman *	732	33.3	–12.5
	Labour	D. Hamblin *	705	–
	Labour	J. Hamblin	593	–
	Ind. Conservative	K. Ashman	505	23.0	N/A
	Independent	A. Rivers	502	22.9	N/A
	Alliance	K. Ellis	456	20.8	–3.0
Turnout				61.1
Registered electors			3,591
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Peasedown St John

Peasedown St John (2 seats)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Latchem *	641	47.4	–18.8
	Labour	A. Riddick *	549	–
	Independent	N. Bowles	495	36.6	N/A
	Conservative	J. Mansbridge	217	16.0	–17.8
	Conservative	B. Tanner	205	–
Turnout				50.3
Registered electors			2,688
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Publow

Publow^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Webb *	unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			1,445
	Conservative hold

Radstock

Radstock (3 seats)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Gay *	1,282	45.6	+4.6
	Labour	B. Shearn	945	–
	Labour	W. Reakes	916	–
	Independent	M. Whittock *	705	25.1	–1.9
	Alliance	R. Inchley	463	16.5	–2.7
	Conservative	E. Clement	364	12.9	+0.1
	Alliance	G. Roach	332	–
	Conservative	K. Overmont	311	–
Turnout				85.8
Registered electors			3,280
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Saltford

Saltford (2 seats)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Mawer	1,315	79.6	–1.2
	Conservative	D. Rudderham *	1,298	–
	Labour	R. Griffiths	336	20.4	–1.2
Turnout				47.3
Registered electors			3,491
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stowey Sutton

Stowey Sutton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	V. Pritchard	285	53.3	N/A
	Conservative	J. Knibbs *	250	46.7	–4.3
Majority			35	6.6
Turnout				58.4
Registered electors			916
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Timsbury

Timsbury^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Offer *	595	50.5	–6.4
	Labour	A. Moon	584	49.5	+6.4
Majority			11	1.0
Turnout				61.4
Registered electors			1,919
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westfield

Westfield (3 seats)^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Huyton	1,071	49.8	+8.3
	Labour	D. Chalk	1,064	–
	Labour	C. Jones *	960	–
	Conservative	J. Haxell	563	26.2	–10.4
	Conservative	L. King	543	–
	Alliance	D. Jones	517	24.0	–2.1
	Conservative	K. Toghill	511	–
	Alliance	D. Stratford	443	–
	Alliance	F. Apfelstedt	431	–
Turnout				58.4
Registered electors			3,682
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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