7 May 1987
An election was held in Luton 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.
P. Van Poppelen, J. Santrey and Christopher Fribbins were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Labour |
P. Van Poppelen 862 | 15.0% | ||
Labour |
J. Santrey *815 | 14.2% | ||
Labour |
C. Fribbins 792 | 13.8% | ||
Conservative |
T. Davey 733 | 12.8% | ||
Conservative |
Ms. A. Prodger 727 | 12.7% | ||
Conservative |
Ms. M. Page 724 | 12.6% | ||
SDP-Liberal Alliance |
Ms. H. Best 409 | 7.1% | ||
SDP-Liberal Alliance |
Ms. M. McFarlane 343 | 6.0% | ||
SDP-Liberal Alliance |
Ms. M. McDowall 337 | 5.9% | ||
Turnout | 30.5% | |||
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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