1987 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election information
Main article: 1987 United Kingdom local elections
1987 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
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7 May 1987 (1987-05-07)
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24 of 66 seats (One Third and two by-elections) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
48.8% (2.2%)[1]
First party
Second party
Third party
Lab
SDP–Lib
Leader
John Hale
Peter Corcoran
Roy Perkins
Party
Conservative
Labour
Alliance
Leader's seat
Liscard
Upton
Claughton
Last election
9 seats, 34.6%
10 seats, 37.3%
5 seats, 24.7%
Seats before
30
26
10
Seats won
10
10
4
Seats after
29
27
10
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
53,954
42,215
28,555
Percentage
42.1%
33.0%
22.3%
Swing
7.5%
4.3%
2.4%
Map of results of 1987 election
Leader of the Council before election
None No Overall Control
Leader of the Council after election
None No Overall Control
The 1987 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[2] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party
Seats
±
Conservative
29
1
Labour
27
1
Alliance
10
[3]
^"Local Election Summaries 1987". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^"Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 8 and 9)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^"Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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