1987 Langbaurgh Borough Council election

Elections to Langbaurgh Borough Council took place in 1987. The whole council was up for election. The Labour Party won the most seats but there was no overall control of the council.

Election result

Langbaurgh Borough Council local election result 1987

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	27			-4	45.7%	37.7	48,514	-2,802
	Conservative	24			-5	40.7%	33.7%	43,318	-2,439
	Alliance	7			+7	11.9%	24.9%	32,110	+18,472
	Independent	2			+2	3.4%	3.6%	4,647	-2,097
	Green	0					0.1%	130	+130

Ward Results

Bankside

Bankside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K Cook	610	36.3%	+12.2%
	Independent	J Readman	492
	Labour	R Haining	482	28.7%	−23.1%
	Labour	C Christie	387
	Alliance	D Robinson	351	20.9%	−3.2%
	Alliance	M Paskin	348
	Conservative	Y Gwenlan	236	14.1%	+14.1%

Belmont

Belmont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B Lythgoe	1,331	42.9%	−2.5%
	Conservative	P Hopwood	1,305
	Alliance	P Bosworth	1,180	38.1%	+4.9%
	Alliance	S Kidd	981
	Labour	J Catron	581	19%	−2.3%
	Labour	B Punshon	574

Brotton

Brotton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M Smith	676	30.5%	−4.2%
	Alliance	C Watts	651	29.4%	+29.4%
	Labour	T Beswick	626	28.3%	−7.6%
	Labour	A Cook	545
	Conservative	G Brown	513
	Alliance	E Pinkney	440
	Independent	V Miller	261	11.8%	−17.6%

Church Lane

Church Lane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W Herlingshaw	949	84%	−3.3%
	Labour	W Martin	944
	Alliance	S Wilson	108	9.6%	−3.1%
	Alliance	P Cockroft	105
	Conservative	R Binns	73	6.5%	+6.5%

Coatham

Coatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Hall	555	41.2%	−2.9%
	Conservative	W Wright	474
	Alliance	S Davison	432	32.1%	+18.6%
	Alliance	D Best	430
	Labour	L Stenson	360	26.7%	+5.5%
	Labour	C Hall	350

Dormanstown

Dormanstown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Collins	1,508	50.6%	−12.2%
	Labour	A Taylor	1,450
	Labour	M Pearson	1,418
	Conservative	K Thompson	865	29%	+8.6%
	Alliance	G Abbott	607	20.4%	+3.6%
	Alliance	Ian Swales	562
	Alliance	J Todd	540

Eston

Eston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I Cole	1,231	61.1%	−7.6%
	Labour	R Cooney	1,141
	Labour	A Harvison	1,051
	Alliance	R Harrison	458	22.7%	−8.6%
	Alliance	P Todd	330
	Alliance	A Pierre	328
	Conservative	C Haith	325	16.1%	+16.1%

Grangetown

Grangetown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Tombe	688	64.4%	−4.5%
	Labour	J Walsh	683
	Alliance	T Phoenix	327	30.6%	+17.5%
	Alliance	S Heanan	312
	Conservative		54	5.1%	+5.1%

Guisborough

Guisborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W Richardson	1,016	31.9%	−23.7%
	Labour	K Drew	992	31.2%	−13.2%
	Conservative	M Hopwood	948
	Labour	R Lewis	899
	Conservative	D Davies	843
	Labour	G Smith	759
	Independent	J Clarke	621	19.5%	+19.5%
	Alliance	L Wilkinson	552	17.4%	+17.4%
	Alliance	A Carter	476
	Alliance	C Medlock	357

Hutton

Hutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B Bradley	979	61.4%	−9.8%
	Alliance	A Brocklebank	489	30.7%	+10.1%
	Labour	H Tout	126	7.9%	−0.3%

Kirkleatham

Kirkleatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Roberts	1,161	37.9%	−2%
	Labour	K Nilan	1,144
	Labour	N Davies	1,122
	Conservative	A Wordsworth	981	32%	−1%
	Conservative	K Kime	964
	Conservative	R Puffrey	937
	Alliance	T Wilson	590	19.3%	+5.2%
	Alliance	J Angus	542
	Alliance	J Matthewman	525
	Independent	P Brown	329	10.7%	−2.3%

Lockwood

Lockwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Kay	1,119	62.5%	−5%
	Labour	N Loughran	957
	Conservative	S Winspear	571	31.9%	+0.4%
	Conservative	M Wood	524
	Alliance	P Wilson	99	5.5%	+5.5%
	Alliance	N Richardson	94

Loftus

Loftus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B Scott	1,430	48.1%	−0.5%
	Labour	N Lantsberry	1,368
	Labour	A Mason	1,066
	Conservative	V Haynes	1,020	34.3%	+6.3%
	Conservative	T Barry	954
	Conservative	R Wilson	855
	Alliance	A Shepherd	523	17.6%	−5.8%
	Alliance	N Harrison	259
	Alliance	R Harrison	231

Longbeck

Longbeck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P Gains-Burril	1,520	46.1%	−2.4%
	Conservative	V Moody	1,486
	Conservative	L Russell	1,460
	Labour	P Harford	1,085	32.9%	+2.4%
	Labour	J Fitzgerald	1,064
	Labour	A Taylor	997
	Alliance	N Herrell	692	21%	−
	Alliance	J Terry	566
	Alliance	T Wilkinson	514

Newcomen

Newcomen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	C Abbott	1,528	46.1%	+21.5%
	Alliance	S Wilson	1,409
	Labour	L Morgan	638	27.1%	−11.1%
	Labour	B Forster	602
	Conservative	M Battye	192	8.1%	−18%
	Conservative	Y Mountain	175

Normanby

Normanby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D Moore	930	45.7%	−6.9%
	Conservative	I Priestman	713
	Labour	J Pallister	668	32.8%	+5.3%
	Labour	J Simms	584
	Alliance	P Davison	436	21.4%	+1.5%
	Alliance	A Golden	400

Ormesby

Ormesby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	G Nightingale	879	49.7%	+36.6%
	Alliance	J Kay	744
	Conservative	J Fagan	646	36.6%	−19.3%
	Conservative	P Zoryk	609
	Labour	R Duffy	242	13.7%	−9.5%
	Labour	J Jarvis	223

Overfields

Overfields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W Towers	790	41.7%	−14.6%
	Labour	J Seago	690
	Independent	J Docherty	616	24.1%	+24.1%
	Alliance	H Monks	364	19.2%	−2.3%
	Alliance	S Marshall	359
	Conservative	P Milner	285	15%	−7.3%
	Conservative	P Pickering	283

Redcar

Redcar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T Hoyle	915	36.7%	−3.9%
	Conservative	J Dyball	891
	Independent	J White	616	24.7%	+2.4%
	Alliance	D Raine	491	19.7%	−0.4%
	Labour	J Coombe	473	19%	+1.9%
	Labour	J Pearson	408
	Alliance	S Green	371

Saltburn

Saltburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B Cobb	1,620	52.9%	+0.3%
	Conservative	M Hibbert	1,487
	Conservative	K Muir	1,453
	Alliance	K Daws	852	27.8%	+11.9%
	Alliance	A Wilson	758
	Labour	C Hammond	589	19.2%	+3.5%
	Labour	T Lewis	558
	Labour	M Cooper	555
	Alliance	T Goddard	533

Skelton

Skelton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L Douglass	1,808	60.4%	−2.0%
	Conservative	P Jeffels	1,379
	Conservative	P Wilkinson	1,254
	Labour	E Wesson	940	31.4%	−6.2%
	Labour	J Stephen	836
	Labour	A Deans	776
	Alliance	J Richardson	245	8.2%	+8.2%
	Alliance	C Watts	236
	Alliance	C Terry	219

Skinningrove

Skinningrove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V Teasdale	318	47.8%	−20.7%
	Green	D Tuffery	130	19.5%	+19.5%
	Conservative	A Watts	101	15.2%	−16.3%
	Independent	M Hughlock	78	11.7%	+11.7%
	Alliance	N Russell	38	5.7%	+5.7%

South Bank

South Bank

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Jeffrey	990	46.1%	−28.2%
	Labour	S Szintai	823
	Independent	A Seed	798	37.2%	+11.5%
	Independent	E Powell	385
	Alliance	I Hesletine	202	9.4%	+9.4%
	Alliance	J Plummer	182
	Conservative	P Chisholm	158	7.4%	+7.4%

St. Germains

St. Germains

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	B Williams	1,190	46.1%	+25.7%
	Alliance	J Cawthorne	888
	Labour	G Houchen	865	30.3%	+13.0%
	Conservative	A Gaskin	796	27.9%	−8.3%
	Labour	D Jones	700
	Conservative	J Green	682

Teesville

Teesville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K McBride	1,174	47.2%	−14.8%
	Labour	P O'Neill	1,151
	Labour	A Brooke	1,123
	Alliance	K Giles	769	30.9%	+30.9%
	Alliance	J Plummer	709
	Alliance	D Howells	693
	Conservative	L Richardson	545	21.9%	−16.1%
	Conservative	G Peacock	525
	Conservative	S Crane	519

West Dyke

West Dyke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Gwenlan	1,344	47.2%	−14.8%
	Conservative	D Lane	1,311
	Conservative	K Haith	1,231
	Alliance	J Benbow	953	33.6%	+11.3%
	Alliance	S Blake	845
	Alliance	T Gare	821
	Labour	C Davis	537	18.9%	+3.9%
	Labour	J Organ	499
	Labour	K Hall	498