7 May 1987
An election was held in Town ward on 7 May 1987 to elect three councillors.
Prior to the election, all three seats were held by Labour. Following the election, Labour held all three seats.
Joyce Esterson, Vernon Hull and Timothy Robson were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Labour |
Ms. J. Esterson *990 | 14.1% | ||
Labour |
V. Hull *986 | 14.0% | ||
Labour |
T. Robson 937 | 13.3% | ||
Conservative |
N. Martin 884 | 12.6% | ||
Conservative |
M. Williams 829 | 11.8% | ||
Conservative |
A. Basar 780 | 11.1% | ||
SDP-Liberal Alliance |
Ms. B. Payne 497 | 7.1% | ||
SDP-Liberal Alliance |
G. Payne 486 | 6.9% | ||
SDP-Liberal Alliance |
N. Winter 452 | 6.4% | ||
Independent |
T. Wheeler *107 | 1.5% | ||
Independent |
Ms. H. Wheeler 71 | 1.0% | ||
Turnout | 37.1% | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
* Denotes a councillor standing for re-election.
To order the candidates by name or number of votes received, click on the appropriate column heading.
Vote Change
Swing
Vote share for the ward is calculated using the "top vote" method, which uses the candidate from each party with the highest number of votes.
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