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Revision as of 21:58, 29 June 2019

The 1987 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 1987 to the district council known as Cardiff City Council, in Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in Wales and England. The Conservative Party lost control of the council, though the Labour Party were unable to regain an overall majority.[1]

The previous Cardiff City Council took place in 1983 and the next full elections took place in 1991.[2]

Übersicht

Prior to the elections the Conservatives had a majority of three on the council. National opinion polls showed Labour was gaining in popularity, particularly on local issues. In Cardiff the Conservatives were also facing a challenge from the SDP-Liberal Alliance.[3]

All 65 council seats were up for election, in 26 electoral wards. The Conservatives lost ten seats overall, while Labour increased their representation by two. The Alliance won eight additonal seats, particularly in the centre of the city, within the boundaries of the Cardiff Central constituency.[1] Labour became the largest party, though four short of having a majority. The Labour group leader, John Reynolds, pledged to run a minority administration.[1]

Prominent councillors who lost their seats included former Lord Mayor, Olwen Watkin; the council's finance chairman, Roy Hennessy; and Tony John, chairman of Cardiff Bus.[1] In the Gabalfa ward a police investigation was launched into alleged voting irregularities after the winning Labour councillor, David Hutchinson, had increased his majority to four times more than his 1983 result.[4]

Cardiff Council election result 1987[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 29 +2 44.6
  Conservative 24 -10 36.9
  Alliance 12 +8 18.5
  Green - 0.0
  Plaid Cymru - 0.0
  Communist - -
  Independent Socialist - -

Ward Results

Contests were held in all twenty-six wards:[2](a)[5](b)

Adamsdown (two seats)

Adamsdown 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon Owen Jones 1,196 57.6
Labour W. Herbert * 1,188
Alliance P. Callaghan 407 19.6
Conservative D. Munton 372 17.9
Conservative J. Munton 350
Alliance J. Berkoles 327
Plaid Cymru S. Edwards 102 4.9

Butetown (one seat)

Butetown 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gaynor Legall * 700 66.4
Conservative W. Dickens 269 25.5
Alliance J. Smith 85 8.1

Caerau (two seats)

Caerau 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Carling 1,633 46.9
Labour David Seligman * 1,502
Alliance Jacqui Gasson 1,914 32.6
Alliance J. Williams 980
Conservative C. Trigg 593 17.0
Conservative R. Trigg 587
Green G. Jones 119 3.4

Canton (three seats)

Canton 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Davey * 2,248 39.4
Conservative T. Tyrrell * 2,235
Conservative I. Jones 2,203
Labour G. Williams 2,005 35.2
Labour J. Southern 1,948
Labour R. Hughes 1,885
Alliance A. Wigley 827 14.5
Alliance V. Fox 826
Alliance J. Denny 824
Green (Ms) Vivien Turner 384 6.7
Plaid Cymru C. ap Henri 240 4.2

Cathays (three seats)

Cathays 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Michael German * 1,992 37.6
Labour Derek Allinson * 1,984 36.9
Alliance Fred Hornblow * 1,887
Labour A. Baker 1,687
Alliance M. Sparkes 1,684
Labour C. Champion 1,683
Conservative N. Hutton 866 16.4
Conservative E. Morgan 779
Conservative S. Phillips 749
Green C. von Rhuland 314 5.9
Plaid Cymru R. Adlam 168 3.2
Plaid Cymru (Ms) M. Williams 152
Plaid Cymru B. Smith 148

Cyncoed ( seats)

Cyncoed 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Jenny Randerson * 3,055 50.7
Alliance N. Lewis 2,797
Alliance (Ms) T. Pickets 2,708
Conservative Roy Hennesey * 2,629 43.5
Conservative Anthony John * 2,518
Conservative L. Jones 2,458
Labour G. Jenkins 347 5.8
Labour L. Davis 303
Labour H. Ernest 299

Ely (three seats)

Ely 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Buttle * 2,361 58.8
Labour M. Buttle * 2,316
Labour Charlie Gale * 2,207
Conservative A. Clark 842 21.0
Conservative J. Courtis 819
Alliance C. Howe 810 20.2
Alliance N. Reid 791
Conservative A. Mullins 788
Alliance M. Arcos 762

Fairwater (three seats)

Fairwater 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maxwell Phillips * 2,224 40.1
Labour (Ms) T. Ward * 2,161
Labour D. Evans * 2,086
Alliance M. Davies 1,608 29.0
Conservative C. Ward 1,522 27.4
Conservative K. Gillard 1,433
Conservative (Ms) D. Norman 1,405
Alliance J. Duffield 866
Alliance J. Sully 802
Plaid Cymru P. Keelan 199 3.6

Gabalfa (one seat)

Gabalfa 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. David Hutchinson * 1,296 51.7
Conservative R. Bevan 574 22.9
Alliance V. Pearcey 565 22.5
Green N. Thorne 71 2.8

Grangetown (three seats)

Grangetown 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Smith * 2,213 47.4
Labour Joan Gallagher 2,144
Labour Lynda Thorne 2,110
Conservative J. O'Reilly * 1,885 40.4
Conservative L. Quinn 1,741
Conservative F. Arnold 1,574
Alliance D. Lewis 568 12.2
Alliance M. Jones 541
Alliance P. Verma 529

Heath (three seats)

Heath 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Watkiss * 2,757 53.0
Conservative C. Milsom * 2,747
Conservative T. Merridew * 2,655
Alliance P. Capron 1,211 23.3
Alliance W. Monkley 1,188
Alliance E. Fitzgerald-Kuhl 1,103
Labour F. Hughes 816 15.7
Labour P. Hambleton 806
Labour E. Scheeres 751
Green M. Evans 421 8.1

Lisvane and St Mellons (one seat)

Lisvane and St Mellons 1987(b)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Richards 1,328 56.9
Alliance E. Richards 807 34.6
Labour M. Walsh 197 8.4

Llandaff (two seats)

Llandaff 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julius Hermer * 1,906 50.4
Conservative (Ms) M. Jones * 1,846
Alliance D. Marshall 1,108 29.3
Alliance W. Slack 1,037
Labour C. Bettinson 836 13.3
Labour N. Couper 775
Plaid Cymru (Ms) G. Jones 267 7.1

Llandaff North (two seats)

Llandaff North 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Flynn * 1,616 56.0
Labour E. Matthewson * 1,484
Conservative J. Marshall 679 23.5
Conservative K. Gunney 678
Alliance E. Chamberlain 468 16.2
Alliance G. Hallett 435
Green R. Rendell 123 4.3

Llanishen (three seats)

Llanishen 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative (Ms) P. Tatham 2,308 40.0
Conservative A. Gretton 2,272
Conservative (Ms) A. Thomas * 2,228
Labour C. Davies 1,758 30.5
Alliance W. Matthews 1,706 29.6
Labour B. Jones 1,665
Labour (Ms) W. Laing 1,662
Alliance E. Warlow 1,662
Alliance A. Capron 1,661

Llanrumney (three seats)

Llanrumney 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Llewellyn * 2,184 51.3
Labour John Phillips * 2,029
Labour John Reynolds * 2,001
Alliance E. Morgan 1,085 25.5
Alliance H. Coughlan 1,062
Alliance S. Chamberlain 1,046
Conservative S. Woods 887 23.2
Conservative M. Glover 877
Conservative A. McCarthy 856

Pentwyn (three seats)

Pentwyn 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance T. Briley 1,755 36.8
Alliance K. Holman 1,717
Alliance P. Ribton 1,686
Conservative M. Newman * 1,474 30.9
Conservative R. Lewis * 1,469
Conservative W. Pursey 1,416
Labour S. Melia 1,310 27.5
Labour G. Mawn 1,284
Labour M. Peterson 1,266
Plaid Cymru A. Morgan 148 3.1
Plaid Cymru D. Balch 108
Plaid Cymru R. Williams 98
Independent Socialist P. Jones 81 1.7

Plasnewydd (four seats)

Plasnewydd 1987 (c)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Georgette O. J. German * 1,782
Alliance G. Harris 1,904
Labour P. Armitage 1,766
Alliance Freda Salway 1,757
Labour E. Screen 1,718
Alliance G. Wooley 1,685
Labour P. Mitchell 1,631
Labour D. Thornton 1,591
Conservative Olwen Watkin * 1,569
Conservative S. James * 1,472
Conservative D. Evans 1,374
Conservative T. Harris 1,209
Green P. Taylor 456
Plaid Cymru N. ap Glyn 208
Plaid Cymru D. Bevan 203
Communist R. Macmillan 156
Communist R. Spencer 125

Radyr & St Fagans (one seat)

Radyr & St Fagans 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. Clarke * 1,342 51.6
Alliance P. Robinson 956 36.8
Labour R. Hughes 303 11.6

Rhiwbina (three seats)

Rhiwbina 1987 (d)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gareth Neale * 2,955 50.6
Conservative K. Heselton 2,846
Conservative Jeffrey Sainsbury * 2,769
Alliance H. Haines 1,624 27.8
Alliance (Ms) J. Brent 1,623
Alliance G. Power 1,605
Labour S. Williams 744 12.7
Labour D. Bethel 729
Labour R. Hill 688
Green G. Unwin 522 8.9

Riverside (three seats)

Riverside 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Davidson 2,274 47.6
Labour Sue Essex * 2,144
Labour J. Wilson 1,912
Conservative S. Clarke 1,124 23.5
Conservative R. Griffiths 1,119
Conservative A. Renwick 1,093
Alliance E. Lawrie 579 12.1
Alliance L. Keward 562
Alliance J. Bayley 549
Green S. Scanlon 471 9.9
Plaid Cymru N. Hodges 327 6.8

Roath (three seats)

Roath 1987[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Ms) C. Kelloway 2,229
Conservative G. Brinks * 2,176
Conservative D. Williams 2,115
Conservative B. Hill 2,099
Alliance S. Soffa 2,015
Alliance V. Lane 2,004
Labour D. Parsons 728
Labour N. Butler 714
Labour M. Harries 678

Rumney (two seats)

Rumney 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative B. Joslyn * 1,742 47.7
Conservative G. Lowder 1,641
Labour D. Bevan 1,489 40.8
Labour M. Payne 1,346
Alliance D. Walker 420 11.5
Alliance C. Al-Ubaidi 361

Splott (two seats)

Splott 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey Mungham 2,373 62.7
Labour D. Ormonde 2,369
Conservative A. Fox 842 22.2
Conservative G. Porter 779
Alliance S. Ahmad 289 7.6
Alliance C. Minor 287
Plaid Cymru E. Jones 282 7.4

Trowbridge (two seats)

Trowbridge 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. English * 1,628 62.7
Labour Alun Michael * 1,614
Conservative J. McCarthy 603 23.2
Conservative W. Sellwood 534
Alliance M. Morgan 364 14.0
Alliance J. Cuff 343

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais (four seats)

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Griffiths * 3,142 44.8
Conservative Brian Griffiths * 2,929
Conservative T. Davies * 2,911
Conservative V. Riley * 2,664
Labour D. Hutchinson 2,040 29.1
Labour T. James 2,034
Labour R. Morrisey 1,866
Alliance T. Jenkins 1,830 26.1
Labour A. Paskell 1,819
Alliance M. Jones 1,817
Alliance R. Haines 1,728
Alliance R. Phillips 1,650

(a) Elections Centre source also indicates whether candidate is female; compares the percentage vote of the lead candidate for each party in the ward
(b) South Wales Echo source also indicates 'retiring' ward councillors. It fails to include the Lisvane & St Mellons ward results.
(c) South Wales Echo lists Plasnewydd candidates G. Harris as Alliance and D. Evans as Conservative (which gives 4 candidates for each of these parties).
(d) The Elections Centre source muddles the Conservative J. Sainsbury and Green Party's G. Unwin.

* pre-existing 'retiring' ward councillors at this election

References

  1. ^ a b c d Michael Thomas (8 May 1987). "Tories lose city control, but council hung". South Wales Echo. pp. 1–2.
  2. ^ a b c "Cardiff Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Labour hopes of taking Cardiff boosted by poll". South Wales Echo. 7 May 1987. pp. 1–2.
  4. ^ "Probe after city poll". South Wales Echo. 8 May 1987. p. 1.
  5. ^ a b "Overnight local election results - Cardiff City Council". South Wales Echo. 8 May 1987. p. 8.
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