1987 Fenland District Council election

1987 Fenland District Council election^[1]
All 40 seats in the Fenland District Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

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The 1987 Fenland District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect all members of Fenland District Council in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. 1991 Fenland District Council election due on 2 May 1991.

Ward results[edit]

(* denotes sitting councillor)

Benwick and Doddington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	B Double	unopposed		Conservative hold

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Chatteris East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A Melton*	544	81.9	Conservative hold
	Labour	J Desborough	120	12.1

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Chatteris North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	P Murphy	306	67.8	Conservative hold
	Independent	C Hammond	145	32.2

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Chatteris South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	G Brinton*	372		Conservative hold
	Labour	M Parish	94

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Chatteris West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A German*	unopposed		Conservative hold

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Elm (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mac Cotterell*	unopposed		Conservative hold
	Independent	A Ingle*	unopposed		Independent hold

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Leverington (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Conservative	R Dixon*	549	-	Conservative hold
Conservative	R Wallace*	643	44.6	Conservative hold
Independent	G Campion	428	29.7
Liberal	M Taylor	370	25.7

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Manea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	H Fox	383	61.4
	Liberal	H Beeken	241	38.6

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March East (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G Brewin	990	38.5
	Conservative	J Southwell	863	-
	Labour	C Bennett*	828	32.2
	Liberal	P Fisher	755	29.3
	Conservative	G Lodge	752
	Labour	C Bennett	668	32.2
	Liberal	S Francis	538
	Labour	P Blake	497
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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March North (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P Brewin	1,001	37.0
	Labour	A Clark	702	26.0
	Conservative	C Anderson	673	-
	Conservative	G Lyles	660
	Labour	N Stacey	575
	Independent	D Dagless*	561	20.7
	Labour	D Blake	545
	Liberal	P Jackman*	440	16.3
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from {{{loser}}}		Swing

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March West (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M Payne	1,125	40.8
	Conservative	D Fleming*	1,084	39.3
	Conservative	F Grounds*	1,003	-
	Labour	S Clark	550	19.9
Turnout
Registered electors
	Independent gain from {{{loser}}}		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Newton and Tydd St Giles
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	A Pritchard	312	55.1
	Conservative	H Rumble	254	44.9

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Outwell and Upwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	P West	333	69.8
	Independent	J Ladd	144	30.2

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Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Peter Barnes*	547	37.4
	Liberal	Neil Payne*	527	36.0
	Conservative	S Russell	390	26.6
Turnout
Registered electors

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Whittlesey Bassenhally
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	D Chapman	394	50.5
	Conservative	K Mayor*	386	49.5
Registered electors			{{{reg. electors}}}
Majority
Turnout

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Whittlesey Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	P Gray	399	69.8
	Liberal	D Kirby	173	30.2

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Whittlesey East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	P Chivall	371	50.1
	Conservative	U Cuffe*	369	49.9

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Whittlesey Kingsmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	O Oliver*	260	58.6
	Conservative	A Barnes	184	41.4
Majority
Turnout

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Whittlesey South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Raymond Whitwell*	507	63.9
	Liberal	C Fountain	287	36.1

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Whittlesey West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R Speechley	604	67.0
	Liberal	D Roberts	297	33.0

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Wimblington and Stonea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	A Hopper*	unopposed

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Wisbech East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Barker	819	64.5
	Conservative	Bob Lake*	774	-
	Labour	Ron Harris*	450	35.5
	Labour	J Diggle	339
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

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Wisbech North (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	K Brennan	628	44.3
	Labour	B Diggle	429	30.3
	Labour	Ken Howson	379	-
	Labour	R Symonds	377
	Conservative	H Dickerson	360	25.4
	Conservative	E Mortimore	307
	Conservative	L Whitmee	304
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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Wisbech North East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Beryl Petts*	616	51.4
	Conservative	Michael Osborn*	601
	Liberal	C Llanwarne	378	31.5
	Green	R Bagshaw	205	17.1
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Wisbech South West (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W Retchless	835	41.7
	Conservative	W Green	832	-
	Liberal	Michael Sharp*	762	38.0
	Conservative	T Jenkins	744
	Liberal	S Harris	582
	Independent	D Cullen	407	20.3
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

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References[edit]

↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1987 part 2. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 69. Search this book on
↑ "Election Results". Fenland Advertiser. 9 May 1987. p. 4.

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[handbook-1] Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1987 part 2. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 69. Search this book on

[2] "Election Results". Fenland Advertiser. 9 May 1987. p. 4.

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1987 Fenland District Council election

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