Election Name: | 1987 Brighton Borough Council election |
Country: | East Sussex |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1986 Brighton Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1986 |
Next Election: | 1988 Brighton Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1988 |
Seats For Election: | 17 out of 48 seats to Brighton Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 25 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 23 seats, 40.5% |
Seats1: | 8 |
Seats After1: | 24 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 21,629 |
Percentage1: | 33.8% |
Swing1: | 6.7% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 21 seats, 39.1% |
Seats2: | 8 |
Seats After2: | 21 |
Popular Vote2: | 29,938 |
Percentage2: | 46.8% |
Swing2: | 7.7% |
Party3: | SDP-Liberal Alliance |
Last Election3: | 4 seats, 19.8% |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seats After3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 11,617 |
Percentage3: | 18.2% |
Swing3: | 1.6% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Party: | No overall control |
After Party: | No overall control |
The 1987 Brighton Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Brighton Borough Council in East Sussex, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.