# 1987 Langbaurgh Borough Council election

Elections to Langbaurgh Borough Council took place in 1987. The whole council was up for election. The Labour Party won the most seats but there was no overall control of the council.

## Election result

Langbaurgh Borough Council local election result 1987 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 27 | -4 | 45.7% | 37.7 | 48,514 | -2,802 |
| Conservative | 24 | -5 | 40.7% | 33.7% | 43,318 | -2,439 |
| Alliance | 7 | +7 | 11.9% | 24.9% | 32,110 | +18,472 |
| Independent | 2 | +2 | 3.4% | 3.6% | 4,647 | -2,097 |
| Green | 0 | | | 0.1% | 130 | +130 |

## Ward Results
### Bankside

Bankside :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | K Cook | 610 | 36.3% | +12.2% |
| Independent | J Readman | 492 | | |
| Labour | R Haining | 482 | 28.7% | −23.1% |
| Labour | C Christie | 387 | | |
| Alliance | D Robinson | 351 | 20.9% | −3.2% |
| Alliance | M Paskin | 348 | | |
| Conservative | Y Gwenlan | 236 | 14.1% | +14.1% |

### Belmont

Belmont :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | B Lythgoe | 1,331 | 42.9% | −2.5% |
| Conservative | P Hopwood | 1,305 | | |
| Alliance | P Bosworth | 1,180 | 38.1% | +4.9% |
| Alliance | S Kidd | 981 | | |
| Labour | J Catron | 581 | 19% | −2.3% |
| Labour | B Punshon | 574 | | |

### Brotton

Brotton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | M Smith | 676 | 30.5% | −4.2% |
| Alliance | C Watts | 651 | 29.4% | +29.4% |
| Labour | T Beswick | 626 | 28.3% | −7.6% |
| Labour | A Cook | 545 | | |
| Conservative | G Brown | 513 | | |
| Alliance | E Pinkney | 440 | | |
| Independent | V Miller | 261 | 11.8% | −17.6% |

### Church Lane

Church Lane :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | W Herlingshaw | 949 | 84% | −3.3% |
| Labour | W Martin | 944 | | |
| Alliance | S Wilson | 108 | 9.6% | −3.1% |
| Alliance | P Cockroft | 105 | | |
| Conservative | R Binns | 73 | 6.5% | +6.5% |

### Coatham

Coatham :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | R Hall | 555 | 41.2% | −2.9% |
| Conservative | W Wright | 474 | | |
| Alliance | S Davison | 432 | 32.1% | +18.6% |
| Alliance | D Best | 430 | | |
| Labour | L Stenson | 360 | 26.7% | +5.5% |
| Labour | C Hall | 350 | | |

### Dormanstown

Dormanstown :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | T Collins | 1,508 | 50.6% | −12.2% |
| Labour | A Taylor | 1,450 | | |
| Labour | M Pearson | 1,418 | | |
| Conservative | K Thompson | 865 | 29% | +8.6% |
| Alliance | G Abbott | 607 | 20.4% | +3.6% |
| Alliance | Ian Swales | 562 | | |
| Alliance | J Todd | 540 | | |

### Eston

Eston :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | I Cole | 1,231 | 61.1% | −7.6% |
| Labour | R Cooney | 1,141 | | |
| Labour | A Harvison | 1,051 | | |
| Alliance | R Harrison | 458 | 22.7% | −8.6% |
| Alliance | P Todd | 330 | | |
| Alliance | A Pierre | 328 | | |
| Conservative | C Haith | 325 | 16.1% | +16.1% |

### Grangetown

Grangetown :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | S Tombe | 688 | 64.4% | −4.5% |
| Labour | J Walsh | 683 | | |
| Alliance | T Phoenix | 327 | 30.6% | +17.5% |
| Alliance | S Heanan | 312 | | |
| Conservative | | 54 | 5.1% | +5.1% |

### Guisborough

Guisborough :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | W Richardson | 1,016 | 31.9% | −23.7% |
| Labour | K Drew | 992 | 31.2% | −13.2% |
| Conservative | M Hopwood | 948 | | |
| Labour | R Lewis | 899 | | |
| Conservative | D Davies | 843 | | |
| Labour | G Smith | 759 | | |
| Independent | J Clarke | 621 | 19.5% | +19.5% |
| Alliance | L Wilkinson | 552 | 17.4% | +17.4% |
| Alliance | A Carter | 476 | | |
| Alliance | C Medlock | 357 | | |

### Hutton

Hutton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | B Bradley | 979 | 61.4% | −9.8% |
| Alliance | A Brocklebank | 489 | 30.7% | +10.1% |
| Labour | H Tout | 126 | 7.9% | −0.3% |

### Kirkleatham

Kirkleatham :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | R Roberts | 1,161 | 37.9% | −2% |
| Labour | K Nilan | 1,144 | | |
| Labour | N Davies | 1,122 | | |
| Conservative | A Wordsworth | 981 | 32% | −1% |
| Conservative | K Kime | 964 | | |
| Conservative | R Puffrey | 937 | | |
| Alliance | T Wilson | 590 | 19.3% | +5.2% |
| Alliance | J Angus | 542 | | |
| Alliance | J Matthewman | 525 | | |
| Independent | P Brown | 329 | 10.7% | −2.3% |

### Lockwood

Lockwood :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | S Kay | 1,119 | 62.5% | −5% |
| Labour | N Loughran | 957 | | |
| Conservative | S Winspear | 571 | 31.9% | +0.4% |
| Conservative | M Wood | 524 | | |
| Alliance | P Wilson | 99 | 5.5% | +5.5% |
| Alliance | N Richardson | 94 | | |

### Loftus

Loftus :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | B Scott | 1,430 | 48.1% | −0.5% |
| Labour | N Lantsberry | 1,368 | | |
| Labour | A Mason | 1,066 | | |
| Conservative | V Haynes | 1,020 | 34.3% | +6.3% |
| Conservative | T Barry | 954 | | |
| Conservative | R Wilson | 855 | | |
| Alliance | A Shepherd | 523 | 17.6% | −5.8% |
| Alliance | N Harrison | 259 | | |
| Alliance | R Harrison | 231 | | |

### Longbeck

Longbeck :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | P Gains-Burril | 1,520 | 46.1% | −2.4% |
| Conservative | V Moody | 1,486 | | |
| Conservative | L Russell | 1,460 | | |
| Labour | P Harford | 1,085 | 32.9% | +2.4% |
| Labour | J Fitzgerald | 1,064 | | |
| Labour | A Taylor | 997 | | |
| Alliance | N Herrell | 692 | 21% | − |
| Alliance | J Terry | 566 | | |
| Alliance | T Wilkinson | 514 | | |

### Newcomen

Newcomen :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Alliance | C Abbott | 1,528 | 46.1% | +21.5% |
| Alliance | S Wilson | 1,409 | | |
| Labour | L Morgan | 638 | 27.1% | −11.1% |
| Labour | B Forster | 602 | | |
| Conservative | M Battye | 192 | 8.1% | −18% |
| Conservative | Y Mountain | 175 | | |

### Normanby

Normanby :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | D Moore | 930 | 45.7% | −6.9% |
| Conservative | I Priestman | 713 | | |
| Labour | J Pallister | 668 | 32.8% | +5.3% |
| Labour | J Simms | 584 | | |
| Alliance | P Davison | 436 | 21.4% | +1.5% |
| Alliance | A Golden | 400 | | |

### Ormesby

Ormesby :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Alliance | G Nightingale | 879 | 49.7% | +36.6% |
| Alliance | J Kay | 744 | | |
| Conservative | J Fagan | 646 | 36.6% | −19.3% |
| Conservative | P Zoryk | 609 | | |
| Labour | R Duffy | 242 | 13.7% | −9.5% |
| Labour | J Jarvis | 223 | | |

### Overfields

Overfields :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | W Towers | 790 | 41.7% | −14.6% |
| Labour | J Seago | 690 | | |
| Independent | J Docherty | 616 | 24.1% | +24.1% |
| Alliance | H Monks | 364 | 19.2% | −2.3% |
| Alliance | S Marshall | 359 | | |
| Conservative | P Milner | 285 | 15% | −7.3% |
| Conservative | P Pickering | 283 | | |

### Redcar

Redcar :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | T Hoyle | 915 | 36.7% | −3.9% |
| Conservative | J Dyball | 891 | | |
| Independent | J White | 616 | 24.7% | +2.4% |
| Alliance | D Raine | 491 | 19.7% | −0.4% |
| Labour | J Coombe | 473 | 19% | +1.9% |
| Labour | J Pearson | 408 | | |
| Alliance | S Green | 371 | | |

### Saltburn

Saltburn :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | B Cobb | 1,620 | 52.9% | +0.3% |
| Conservative | M Hibbert | 1,487 | | |
| Conservative | K Muir | 1,453 | | |
| Alliance | K Daws | 852 | 27.8% | +11.9% |
| Alliance | A Wilson | 758 | | |
| Labour | C Hammond | 589 | 19.2% | +3.5% |
| Labour | T Lewis | 558 | | |
| Labour | M Cooper | 555 | | |
| Alliance | T Goddard | 533 | | |

### Skelton

Skelton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | L Douglass | 1,808 | 60.4% | −2.0% |
| Conservative | P Jeffels | 1,379 | | |
| Conservative | P Wilkinson | 1,254 | | |
| Labour | E Wesson | 940 | 31.4% | −6.2% |
| Labour | J Stephen | 836 | | |
| Labour | A Deans | 776 | | |
| Alliance | J Richardson | 245 | 8.2% | +8.2% |
| Alliance | C Watts | 236 | | |
| Alliance | C Terry | 219 | | |

### Skinningrove

Skinningrove :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | V Teasdale | 318 | 47.8% | −20.7% |
| Green | D Tuffery | 130 | 19.5% | +19.5% |
| Conservative | A Watts | 101 | 15.2% | −16.3% |
| Independent | M Hughlock | 78 | 11.7% | +11.7% |
| Alliance | N Russell | 38 | 5.7% | +5.7% |

### South Bank

South Bank :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | S Jeffrey | 990 | 46.1% | −28.2% |
| Labour | S Szintai | 823 | | |
| Independent | A Seed | 798 | 37.2% | +11.5% |
| Independent | E Powell | 385 | | |
| Alliance | I Hesletine | 202 | 9.4% | +9.4% |
| Alliance | J Plummer | 182 | | |
| Conservative | P Chisholm | 158 | 7.4% | +7.4% |

### St. Germains

St. Germains :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Alliance | B Williams | 1,190 | 46.1% | +25.7% |
| Alliance | J Cawthorne | 888 | | |
| Labour | G Houchen | 865 | 30.3% | +13.0% |
| Conservative | A Gaskin | 796 | 27.9% | −8.3% |
| Labour | D Jones | 700 | | |
| Conservative | J Green | 682 | | |

### Teesville

Teesville :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | K McBride | 1,174 | 47.2% | −14.8% |
| Labour | P O'Neill | 1,151 | | |
| Labour | A Brooke | 1,123 | | |
| Alliance | K Giles | 769 | 30.9% | +30.9% |
| Alliance | J Plummer | 709 | | |
| Alliance | D Howells | 693 | | |
| Conservative | L Richardson | 545 | 21.9% | −16.1% |
| Conservative | G Peacock | 525 | | |
| Conservative | S Crane | 519 | | |

### West Dyke

West Dyke :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | A Gwenlan | 1,344 | 47.2% | −14.8% |
| Conservative | D Lane | 1,311 | | |
| Conservative | K Haith | 1,231 | | |
| Alliance | J Benbow | 953 | 33.6% | +11.3% |
| Alliance | S Blake | 845 | | |
| Alliance | T Gare | 821 | | |
| Labour | C Davis | 537 | 18.9% | +3.9% |
| Labour | J Organ | 499 | | |
| Labour | K Hall | 498 | | |