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    1987 handbook

    Sedgefield: 1987 local elections

    22 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1986) (49 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 41 · Other 3 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Conservative 2

    After (end of 1987) (49 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 36 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 7 · Other 4 · Conservative 2

    Ward results

    Bishop Middleham1 seat
    M. McGowanLabour0 ✓
    Broom3 seats · turnout 36.9%
    G. ChaplinLabour1,446
    M. GolightlyIndependent1,184
    T. ConleyLabour1,115
    S. HaswellLabour1,009
    Byerley2 seats · turnout 50.2%
    J. HuntingtonLib/Sdp898
    J. BellLib/Sdp747
    C. HornerLabour580
    A. WalkerLabour484
    Chilton3 seats · turnout 34.1%
    J. LeeLabour1,234
    G. WelshLib/Sdp1,203
    R. McKennaLabour1,131
    P. McCourtLabour1,036
    Cornforth2 seats · turnout 46.9%
    K. HowardLabour810
    A. HodgsonLabour673
    H. DrewLib/Sdp401
    J. O'SheaLib/Sdp333
    Ferryhill3 seats · turnout 43.9%
    R. EvansPBP1,028
    S. CarmedyLabour929
    B. MeekLabour928
    R. PatchettLabour782
    R. LeyLib/Sdp685
    J. ClarkIndependent556
    Fishburn1 seat
    J. ReganLabour0 ✓
    Low Spennymoor & Tudhoe Grange3 seats · turnout 40.0%
    G. FergusonLabour891
    C. BrayshawLabour866
    A. SmithLabour861
    C. KingLib/Sdp646
    C. LawsonIndependent630
    C. DaileyInd Lab560
    Middlestone3 seats
    J. KitsonLabour0 ✓
    W. WatersLabour0 ✓
    J. EversonLabour0 ✓
    Middridge2 seats · turnout 41.4%
    T. MooreIndependent692
    P. BerggLib/Sdp530
    B. HallIndependent318
    W. ParkerLabour204
    B. PayneLabour198
    C. WhiteAF Lib167
    Neville2 seats · turnout 40.4%
    D. ElliottAF Lib528
    J. GibbonsLabour520
    E. WhiteIndependent503
    W. DormerLabour486
    New Trimdon & Trimdon Grange1 seat · turnout 57.2%
    R. EllisLabour647
    S. KimeIndependent180
    Old Trimdon2 seats · turnout 40.8%
    J. BurtonLabour842
    T. WardLabour753
    E. DinningLib/Sdp411
    Sedgefield3 seats · turnout 47.5%
    M. CunninghamLib/Sdp1,093
    M. BellConservative1,018
    J. WaymanConservative866
    R. TaylorLabour672
    D. YoungerLabour565
    J. MacphersonLabour559
    D. WatersLib/Sdp529
    K. WatsonLib/Sdp459
    Shafto2 seats · turnout 42.3%
    F. WrayLabour742
    J. FlemingLabour708
    J. FriseAF Lib577
    A. RichardsonAF Lib491
    Simpasture1 seat · turnout 47.7%
    V. HardakerLabour359
    R. TurnerIndependent194
    R. RobertsAF Lib180
    Spennymoor3 seats · turnout 37.5%
    R. CampionLabour1,286
    E. HughesLabour1,167
    W. SmithLabour1,167
    B. OrdLib/Sdp895
    D. AcockLib/Sdp852
    Sunnydale2 seats
    W. NunnLabour0 ✓
    R. CrawfordLabour0 ✓
    Thickley3 seats · turnout 36.9%
    B. StephensLabour1,236
    J. O'BrienLabour1,096
    W. EdwardsLabour1,035
    L. LoweIndependent912
    Tudhoe2 seats · turnout 47.8%
    V. RobsonLabour919
    M. Courtney-ShawLabour831
    J. HackettLib/Sdp512
    J. FotheringhamLib/Sdp484
    West3 seats · turnout 29.9%
    J. WoodsLabour1,076
    E. MeadowsLabour1,016
    D. GardnerLabour1,001
    T. EldrettAF Lib637
    R. TaylorAF Lib617
    E. FletcherAF Lib613
    Woodham2 seats · turnout 36.2%
    L. CockfieldLib/Sdp612
    D. FraserLib/Sdp577
    R. FlemingLabour572
    J. SudderLabour522
    T. CarterAF Lib308
    V. PriceAF Lib278