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    1987 handbook

    Torbay: 1987 local elections

    12 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1986) (36 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 28 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 1 · Labour 0

    After (end of 1987) (36 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 25 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 10 · Other 1 · Labour 0

    Ward results

    Blatchcombe1 seat · turnout 43.4%
    F. JohnsonConservative1,306 ✓
    D. LentellAll1,133
    D. CowellLabour599
    E. BrittonInd LIB230
    Cockington-With-Chelston1 seat · turnout 49.9%
    L. BloggConservative1,995
    G. TudorLib/Sdp938
    J. CritchlowLabour908
    Coverdale1 seat · turnout 42.5%
    N. PannellLib/Sdp1,605 ✓
    A. StoreyConservative1,346
    E. HarrisLabour460
    A. EarnshawNF56
    Ellacombe1 seat · turnout 44.1%
    K. SelleyConservative1,679
    F. FawkesLib/Sdp1,047
    A. DobsonLabour623
    Furzeham-With-Churston1 seat · turnout 50.0%
    M. ThairlwallConservative1,746
    A. ColborneLib/Sdp1,521
    S. LoweLabour319
    Preston1 seat · turnout 45.2%
    D. MasonConservative2,095
    J. WestLib/Sdp1,232
    T. BickfordLabour322
    Shiphay1 seat · turnout 41.0%
    A. GouldingLib/Sdp1,529
    R. PearceConservative1,274
    R. MiddleditchLabour345
    St. Marychurch1 seat · turnout 46.9%
    S. BevanConservative1,960
    J. SpencerLib/Sdp1,664
    R. FairchildLabour190
    St. Michael-With-Goodrington1 seat · turnout 50.9%
    D. MobbsConservative1,995 ✓
    M. RymanLib/Sdp1,444
    W. DowneyRES781
    A. McCrackenLabour242
    St. Peters-With-St. Marys1 seat · turnout 48.0%
    A. KeyConservative1,483 ✓
    H. RandallLib/Sdp1,479
    J. MitchellLabour382
    J. O'BrienRES369
    Tormohun1 seat · turnout 39.8%
    E. SallowayIndependent1,311 ✓
    D. ValentineConservative922
    D. HambergLib/Sdp518
    J. StoneLabour173
    Torwood1 seat · turnout 41.6%
    R. CumingConservative1,828 ✓
    K. MarchantLib/Sdp480
    D. Da CostaInd Con449
    M. MoreyLabour121