The 1987 Warwick District Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 1987 to elect all 45 members of Warwick District Council to a four-year term, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. It was preceded by the 1983 election and followed by the 1991 election. The Conservative Party held control of the council.

Results summary

1987 Warwick District Council election[1][2]
Party Seats Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 29 Decrease2 64.4
  Labour 7 Steady 15.6
  Alliance 6 Increase2 13.3
  Ratepayers 3 Steady 6.7
  Green 0 New 0.0 New
  People's Independent Party (Warwick) 0 New 0.0 New

Ward results

Bishop's Tachbrook

Bishop's Tachbrook (1 seat)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leonard Leggett 808 61.1 Decrease38.9
Alliance Clifford Harris 280 21.2 New
Labour Marjorie Kruszenicki 234 17.7 New
Majority 528 39.9 N/A
Total valid votes 1,322
Rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing Decrease30.0

Budbrooke

Budbrooke (1 seat)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Low 648 60.9 Increase0.4
Alliance John Haselgrove 269 25.3 Increase0.9
Labour David Griffin 147 13.8 Decrease1.3
Majority 379 35.6 Decrease0.5
Total valid votes 1,064 99.2
Rejected ballots 9 0.8
Turnout 1,073
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing Decrease0.2

Cubbington

Cubbington (2 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clifford Cleaver* 1,295
Conservative John Hammon* 1,103
Ratepayers David Saul 907 New
Ratepayers Theresa Saul 602 New
Alliance Godfrey Carr 314
Alliance Jennifer Mitchell-Black 278
Labour Roger Beckett 214
Labour Margaret Stacey 175
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kenilworth Abbey

Kenilworth Abbey (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Rawnsley* 2,027
Conservative John Cooke* 2,025
Conservative Michael Coker* 1,989
Alliance Jack Bastock 1,887
Alliance Haydn Thomas 1,586
Alliance Mary Harrison 1,470
Labour Teresa Blackwell 400
Labour Garry Lucas 302
Labour Leonora Everitt 260
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 29
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kenilworth Park Hill

Kenilworth Park Hill (2 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Spencer Harrison* 1,189
Conservative Thomas Dalton 1,116
Alliance Kenneth Griffiths 689
Alliance Robert Butler* 649
Labour Lesley Bowen 242
Labour Anthony Bowen 240
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Alliance

Kenilworth St. John's

Kenilworth St. John's (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Wooller* 2,348
Conservative John Wilson* 2,334
Conservative James Whitby* 2,214
Alliance William Wozencroft 1,581
Alliance Dennis Royston 1,206
Alliance Vera Royston 1,187
Labour John Bennett 415
Labour John Payne 393
Labour Geoffrey Cleave 378
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Lapworth

Lapworth (1 seat)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Schofield 823 77.4 Decrease22.6
Alliance Ronald Page 159 15.0 New
Labour Patricia Ludgate 81 7.6 New
Majority 664 62.5 N/A
Total valid votes 1,063 99.9
Rejected ballots 1 0.1
Turnout 1,064
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing Decrease18.8

Leamington Brunswick

Leamington Brunswick (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Estelle Morris* 1,438
Labour David Nash 1,387
Labour Anthony Pickering 1,368
Conservative Jasbir Lall 560
Conservative Paula Goerres 508
Conservative Ian Lynch 505
Alliance Christopher Davis 439
Alliance Susan Elworthy 417
Alliance Philip Hodgkinson 390
People's Independent Party Geoffrey Wright 282 New
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 16
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Leamington Clarendon

Leamington Clarendon (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Coombes* 1,236
Conservative Sydney Ward* 1,129
Conservative Martin Harrison 1,124
Labour Robert Crowther 747
Labour Timothy Naylor 679
Labour Thomas Schuller 621
Alliance Sheila Grainger 484
Alliance Carolyn Voss 418
Alliance Andrew Patrick 416
Green Corrine Hurley 130 New
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 3
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Leamington Crown

Leamington Crown (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Alan Boad 920
Alliance Sarah Mullins 858
Alliance Patricia Wreford-Bush 857
Labour Humphrey Griffiths 841
Labour Cynthia Beckett 823
Conservative Patricia Robinson* 805
Conservative Brian Hales 784
Conservative Michael Kemp* 762
Labour David Steed 734
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout
Registered electors
Alliance gain from Conservative
Alliance gain from Conservative
Alliance gain from Conservative

Leamington Manor

Leamington Manor (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Barton* 1,882
Conservative Stanley Birch* 1,844
Conservative John Higgins* 1,752
Alliance Roger Copping 1,225
Alliance Mary Moss 1,121
Alliance Susan Sell 1,052
Labour Richard Bicknell 294
Labour Susan Burt 259
Labour Kirsty Healey 256
Green Christopher Philpott 206 New
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 2
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Leamington Milverton

Leamington Milverton (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Valerie Davis* 1,742
Alliance Margaret Begg 1,709
Alliance Philip Emm* 1,612
Conservative Richard Bolton 1,079
Conservative John Isherwood 990
Conservative Clive Nelson 973
Labour Ian Henderson 424
Labour Roger Duclaud-Williams 405
Labour Paul Tallett 400
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout
Registered electors
Alliance hold
Alliance hold
Alliance hold

Leamington Willes

Leamington Willes (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Balraj Dhesi* 1,560
Conservative Edward Doyle 1,048
Labour Peter Byrd* 1,024
Labour Richard Chessum* 1,024
Conservative Gladys Cleland 973
Labour Constance Naylor 941
Alliance David Alexander 372
Alliance Freda Hawkins 329
Alliance Muhammad Khan 283
Green Janet Alty 209 New
Green Thomas Taylor 176 New
Green Alan Geary 175 New
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 4
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour hold

Leek Wootton

Leek Wootton (1 seat)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josephine Compton* 868 81.6 Decrease18.4
Labour Susan Byrd 196 18.4 New
Majority 672 63.2 N/A
Total valid votes 1,064 99.1
Rejected ballots 10 0.9
Turnout 1,074
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing Decrease18.4

Radford Semele

Radford Semele (1 seat)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Doody[a] 539 56.6 Increase6.2
Alliance Nichola Lomas 234 24.6 Increase4.3
Labour Stanley Sabin 179 18.8 Increase7.5
Majority 305 32.0 Increase1.9
Total valid votes 952 99.5
Rejected ballots 5 0.5
Turnout 957
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing Increase0.9

Stoneleigh

Stoneleigh (1 seat)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Simpson* 689 51.3 Decrease6.2
Alliance Eric Deal 379 28.2 Decrease14.2
Labour Timothy Robson 274 20.4 New
Majority 310 23.1 Increase8.0
Total valid votes 1,342 99.9
Rejected ballots 2 0.1
Turnout 1,344
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing Increase4.0

Warwick North

Warwick North (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Boxley* 1,717
Conservative John Morley* 1,603
Conservative Margaret Walker 1,579
Labour Elaine Griffin 771
Alliance Ann Boyland 759
Labour Leslie Kent 759
Labour Richard Mills 736
Alliance Paul Murran 674
Alliance Gordon Doig 603
Green Alan King 171 New
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 17
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Warwick South

Warwick South (2 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Guest* 1,412
Conservative Leo Howlett* 1,387
Alliance Colin Aubury 552
Alliance Geoffrey Harris 488
Labour George Darmody 372
Labour Keith Kitto 345
Green Nicholas Anderson 164 New
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 21
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Warwick West

Warwick West (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Agnes Leddy* 1,367
Labour James Savoury* 1,218
Labour Anthony Davison 1,047
Conservative Gertrude Holland 1,001
Conservative Greville Warwick 929
Conservative Patricia Miazga 737
Alliance Albert Allan 517
Alliance George Begg 404
Alliance Jennifer Patrick 367
Green Pamela King 161 New
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 34
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Whitnash

Whitnash (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ratepayers Bernard Kirton 1,553
Ratepayers Kathleen Cruthcley 1,353
Ratepayers Anthony Heath 1,149
Conservative Margaret Bull 525
Conservative Dominic Coker 463
Labour Robert Woodward 443
Labour Denis Ward 440
Conservative Valerie Leigh-Hunt 428
Labour Margaret Baker 388
Alliance David Moss 136
Alliance Carole Eason 123
Alliance Margaret Watkins 120
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots 60
Turnout
Registered electors
Ratepayers hold
Ratepayers hold
Ratepayers hold

Notes

  1. ↑ Michael Doody unsuccessfully contested Radford Semele in the 1983 election as an independent candidate. The change in vote share, however, is calculated from the previous Conservative candidate.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Warwick District Council Elections 1987". Warwick District Council. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Warwick District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Warwick_District_Council_election