Election Name: | 1987 Sheffield City Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 1986 Sheffield City Council election |
Previous Year: | 1986 |
Next Election: | 1988 Sheffield City Council election |
Next Year: | 1988 |
Seats For Election: | 31 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council |
Majority Seats: | 44 |
Election Date: | 7 May 1987 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 23 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats2: | 5 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Party3: | SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | 0 |
Map Size: | 400px |
Majority party | |
Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
Before Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Election: | Labour Party (UK) |
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 63 | 65 | |||
Conservatives | 15 | 13 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | 9 | 9 | |||
Total | 87 | 87 | |||
Working majority |
Howard Knight was a sitting councillor for Sharrow ward
Frank White was a sitting councillor for Birley ward
Jeremy Richardson was a sitting councillor for Ecclesall ward
David Brown was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward, and was previously elected as a Labour councillor