# 1987 Sheffield City Council election

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1987 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 23 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 74.2 | 51.1 | 87,584 | -2.6 |
| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 27.7 | 47,444 | +2.4 |
| Conservative | 5 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 16.1 | 21.0 | 35,927 | +1.0 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 239 | -0.1 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 90 | +0.1 |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| Party | Party | Previous council | New council |
| | Labour | 63 | 65 |
| | Conservatives | 15 | 13 |
| | SDP–Liberal Alliance | 9 | 9 |
| Total | Total | 87 | 87 | 87 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 39 | 43 |

## Ward results

Beauchief :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Clifford Godber* | 2,972 | 36.7 | −2.9 |
| | Alliance | Peter Moore | 2,665 | 32.9 | +9.8 |
| | Labour | Roy Munn | 2,467 | 30.4 | −6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 307 | 3.8 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,104 | 53.1 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -6.3 | |
Birley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joan Ramsbottom | 3,790 | 59.8 | −5.7 |
| | Alliance | Cyril Skipworth | 1,409 | 22.2 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 1,139 | 18.0 | +4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,381 | 37.6 | −7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,338 | 39.2 | +5.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.5 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patrick Heath* | 2,912 | 71.1 | −4.9 |
| | Alliance | Francis Pierce | 702 | 17.1 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | Simon Briggs | 479 | 11.7 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,210 | 54.0 | −6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,093 | 31.7 | +2.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 | |
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Mosley | 2,295 | 38.3 | −1.5 |
| | Alliance | Jane Padget | 1,868 | 31.2 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative | Richard Foster | 1,825 | 30.5 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 427 | 7.1 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,988 | 45.6 | +3.8 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -0.5 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Jamison* | 3,009 | 66.5 | −13.1 |
| | Alliance | Sheila Rehman | 971 | 21.5 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | Isobel Watson | 542 | 12.0 | +12.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,038 | 45.0 | −14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,522 | 36.5 | +4.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.1 | |
Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Skinner* | 3,061 | 77.5 | −6.4 |
| | Alliance | Peter Horsfield | 463 | 11.7 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | Joan Graham | 424 | 10.7 | +4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,598 | 65.8 | −8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,948 | 30.9 | +1.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.1 | |
Chapel Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | Geoffrey Griffiths* | 4,508 | 54.2 | +6.4 |
| | Labour | Peter Duff | 3,245 | 39.0 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative | Kathryn Robinson | 559 | 6.7 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,263 | 15.2 | +13.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,312 | 46.9 | +8.0 |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | +6.5 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roy Hattersley | 3,278 | 63.3 | +21.2 |
| | Alliance | Dennis Boothroyd | 1,056 | 20.4 | −6.6 |
| | Conservative | Colin Cavill | 844 | 16.3 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,222 | 42.9 | +27.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,178 | 35.1 | +4.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +13.9 | |
Dore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Davey* | 4,114 | 51.5 | +2.1 |
| | Labour | Edward Lamb | 2,053 | 25.7 | −2.3 |
| | Alliance | Janice Sidebottom | 1,820 | 22.8 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,061 | 25.8 | +4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,987 | 48.0 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Old | 4,019 | 52.0 | +4.3 |
| | Alliance | Christine Freeman | 2,212 | 28.6 | −3.4 |
| | Labour | Roy Darke | 1,497 | 19.4 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,807 | 23.4 | +7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,728 | 48.9 | +6.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Howard Knight** | 3,601 | 74.8 | −5.8 |
| | Alliance | Glyn Evans | 1,215 | 25.2 | +25.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,486 | 49.6 | −19.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,816 | 35.7 | +4.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -15.5 | |
Howard Knight was a sitting councillor for Sharrow ward
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Angela Knight | 3,810 | 49.5 | +9.0 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Aslam | 3,799 | | |
| | Alliance | John Knight | 2,388 | 31.0 | −3.9 |
| | Alliance | Andrew Milton | 2,308 | | |
| | Labour | Kevin Mahoney | 1,495 | 19.4 | −5.1 |
| | Labour | James Prosser | 1,341 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,411 | 18.5 | +12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,693 | 44.8 | −4.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +6.4 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elsie Smith* | 3,462 | 51.6 | −17.6 |
| | Alliance | Alice Smith | 2,602 | 38.8 | +23.3 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Kirby | 620 | 9.2 | −4.4 |
| | Green | Roger Dunn | 23 | 0.3 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 860 | 12.8 | −40.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,707 | 44.2 | +10.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -20.4 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Crowder | 3,359 | 57.9 | −0.7 |
| | Alliance | Douglas Oldfield | 1,220 | 21.0 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | John Webster | 1,217 | 21.0 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,139 | 36.9 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,796 | 38.8 | +3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Buckley | 3,334 | 46.8 | −3.4 |
| | Alliance | Francis Butler | 2,370 | 33.3 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Michael Warner | 1,413 | 19.8 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 964 | 13.5 | −5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,117 | 46.9 | +4.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 | |
Intake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Bower* | 3,499 | 59.0 | −2.2 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Bradbury | 1,253 | 21.1 | −1.0 |
| | Alliance | Sheila Hughes | 1,178 | 19.8 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,246 | 37.9 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,930 | 37.5 | +4.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.6 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Colk* | 2,921 | 79.2 | +79.2 |
| | Alliance | Pamela Brown | 429 | 11.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Robert Usher | 338 | 9.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,492 | 67.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,688 | | N/A |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Mosborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Norman Sellars | 4,425 | 59.3 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Millward | 1,602 | 21.5 | +3.8 |
| | Alliance | Louise Truman | 1,430 | 19.2 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,823 | 37.8 | −9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,457 | 35.6 | +6.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.8 | |
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patricia Midgley | 2,508 | 38.5 | −0.6 |
| | Alliance | George Manley | 1,919 | 29.4 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Paul Verhaert* | 1,873 | 28.7 | −1.7 |
| | Green | Jane Beharrell | 216 | 3.3 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 589 | 9.1 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,516 | 46.3 | +2.4 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -1.6 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Jones* | 3,350 | 72.6 | −5.8 |
| | Alliance | George Clayton | 1,266 | 27.4 | +14.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,084 | 45.2 | −19.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,616 | 35.3 | +2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -9.9 | |
Netherthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Christopher Walker | 3,372 | 69.3 | −4.3 |
| | Alliance | Peter McNutt | 768 | 15.8 | −10.6 |
| | Conservative | Henry Cornford | 723 | 14.8 | +14.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,604 | 53.5 | +6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,863 | 38.3 | +6.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank White** | 3,617 | 59.4 | −4.3 |
| | Conservative | Albert Marsden | 1,371 | 22.5 | +4.4 |
| | Alliance | Ian Auckland | 1,104 | 18.1 | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,246 | 36.9 | −8.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,092 | 44.9 | +5.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.3 | |
Frank White was a sitting councillor for Birley ward
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Helen Jackson* | 3,251 | 68.6 | −5.4 |
| | Alliance | John Brocklebank | 883 | 18.6 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | Lorna Banham | 602 | 12.7 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,368 | 50.0 | −9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,736 | 36.2 | +6.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.6 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Vivienne Nicholson* | 3,449 | 78.5 | −4.3 |
| | Alliance | Donald Smith | 492 | 11.2 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Richardson** | 454 | 10.3 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,957 | 67.3 | −6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,395 | 31.2 | +6.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.0 | |
Jeremy Richardson was a sitting councillor for Ecclesall ward
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doris Askham | 2,619 | 63.3 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | Anne Smith | 780 | 18.8 | +3.5 |
| | Alliance | Muhammad Zahur | 649 | 15.7 | −1.5 |
| | Communist | Brian Turley | 90 | 2.2 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,839 | 44.5 | −3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,138 | 33.9 | +2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.4 | |
South Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | David Baker* | 4,191 | 48.7 | +1.0 |
| | Labour | Eldon Hanson | 2,667 | 31.0 | −5.1 |
| | Conservative | Lynn Wilson | 1,738 | 20.2 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 524 | 17.7 | +6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,596 | 46.9 | +5.2 |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | +3.0 | |
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anthony Damms | 3,632 | 81.3 | +81.3 |
| | Alliance | Raymond Mellor | 834 | 18.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,798 | 62.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,466 | 35.9 | N/A |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |
Stocksbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | Malcolm Johnson* | 2,590 | 53.0 | +5.4 |
| | Labour | Judith Chandler | 1,751 | 35.9 | −5.9 |
| | Conservative | Beryl Fleming | 540 | 11.0 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 839 | 17.1 | +11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,881 | 46.3 | +8.1 |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | +5.6 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bill Owen* | 3,665 | 55.7 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Jean Cromar | 3,474 | | |
| | Alliance | David Brown** | 2,242 | 34.0 | −3.7 |
| | Alliance | Margaret Ritchie | 2,002 | | |
| | Conservative | Giles Orton | 676 | 10.2 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Christine Smith | 635 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,232 | 21.7 | +5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,583 | 43.7 | +0.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 | |
David Brown was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward, and was previously elected as a Labour councillor