Election Name: | 1987 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1986 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1986 |
Next Election: | 1988 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1988 |
Seats For Election: | 21 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 32 |
3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
Leader of the Council | |
Before Election: | Barry Brotherton |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
After Election: | Barry Brotherton |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 24 |
Seats1: | 15 |
Seats After1: | 28 |
Popular Vote1: | 41,889 |
Percentage1: | 47.7% |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 30 |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seats After2: | 28 |
Popular Vote2: | 26,825 |
Percentage2: | 30.6% |
Party3: | SDP-Liberal Alliance |
Seats Before3: | 9 |
Seats3: | 0 |
Seats After3: | 7 |
Popular Vote3: | 18,430 |
Percentage3: | 21.0% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1991. The council remained under no overall control.[1]
Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 41,889 (47.7%) | 10.1 | 15 (71.4%) | 4 | 28 (44.4%) | |||||
Labour Party | 26,825 (30.6%) | 9.0 | 6 (28.6%) | 2 | 28 (44.4%) | |||||
Alliance | 18,430 (21.0%) | 1.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 2 | 7 (11.1%) | |||||
Green Party | 552 (0.6%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
Independent | 61 (0.1%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
28 | 7 | 28 |