1987 West Dorset District Council election information
1987 UK local government election
1987 West Dorset District Council election
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7 May 1987 (1987-05-07)
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All 55 seats to West Dorset District Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Ind
Con
All
Party
Independent
Conservative
Alliance
Seats before
29
12
9
Seats won
23
14
13
Seat change
6
2
4
Popular vote
11,822
12,155
14,254
Percentage
26.1%
26.8%
31.4%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Lab
IndC
Party
Labour
Ind. Conservative
Seats before
2
3
Seats won
3
2
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
5,649
929
Percentage
12.5%
2.0%
Council control before election
Independent
Council control after election
No overall control
The 1987 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 1987 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. The entire council was up for election as West Dorset returned to whole councils elections, after previously having been elected in thirds.
The 1987 election saw the Independent councillors lose their majority they had held since the formation of the Council in 1974.
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