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    1987 handbook

    Portsmouth: 1987 local elections

    13 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1986) (39 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 22 · Labour 10 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 1

    After (end of 1987) (39 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 21 · Labour 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 3

    Ward results

    Charles Dickens1 seat · turnout 41.1%
    K. PrestonLabour1,786 ✓
    R. ColeLib/Sdp1,543
    K. WalkingtonConservative941
    P. AndrewsIndependent67
    Copnor1 seat · turnout 49.7%
    M. SeamanConservative2,777
    N. BentleyLib/Sdp1,995
    I. McIsaacLabour906
    Cosham1 seat · turnout 44.5%
    Paul Ian AshleyIndependent1,934
    D. HendleConservative1,430
    P. WimbletonLabour1,018
    Drayton & Farlington1 seat · turnout 54.3%
    F. WarnerConservative3,759
    P. WilliamsLib/Sdp1,679
    G. WadeLabour456
    Fratton1 seat · turnout 42.8%
    M. HancockLib/Sdp2,998
    J. ReevesConservative957
    S. SheehanLabour553
    Havelock1 seat · turnout 53.3%
    S. WemyssConservative2,400 ✓
    A. HunterLib/Sdp1,656
    R. AbberleyLabour1,636
    S. BaxterGreen149
    Highland1 seat · turnout 49.0%
    P. FramptonConservative2,489
    M. SouthwellLib/Sdp2,016
    P. KoernerLabour771
    Hilsea1 seat · turnout 43.5%
    A. DannConservative2,438
    E. MitchellLib/Sdp1,941
    J. FlatleyLabour783
    Milton1 seat · turnout 52.3%
    J. StevensConservative2,549
    S. NicholsonLib/Sdp2,244
    R. SonnetLabour1,027
    Nelson1 seat · turnout 45.0%
    J. MarshallConservative3,089 ✓
    A. McCarthyLabour1,130
    S. PhillipsLib/Sdp916
    G. KnightNF59
    Paulsgrove1 seat · turnout 35.9%
    J. PateyLabour1,878
    K. BartellConservative1,157
    R. HerbertLib/Sdp670
    St Jude1 seat
    F. NicholsonConservative2,388
    D. SilvesterLib/Sdp1,445
    A ChaferLabour568
    St Thomas1 seat
    S. FiddyConservative2,438 ✓
    A. BlakemanLib/Sdp1,860
    G. JohnsLabour787
    R. JonesGreen93
    S. KerrisonIndependent36