// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did 1987 say to Uttlesford? "You're elected to my heart
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7 May 1987
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All 42 seats to Uttlesford District Council 22 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Winner of each seat at the 1987 Uttlesford District Council election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1987 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in Essex, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary
[edit]Election result
[edit]| 1987 Uttlesford District Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 32 | 24 | 1 | 5 |  4 |
57.1 | 43.9 | 13,628 | –2.9 | |
| Alliance | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 |  4 |
23.8 | 39.3 | 12,196 | +16.4 | |
| Independent | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 |  |
16.7 | 6.8 | 2,109 | –7.4 | |
| Labour | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
2.4 | 9.4 | 2,928 | –6.7 | |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 0.6 | 199 | N/A | |
Ward results
[edit]Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.
Ashdon
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | R. Tyler | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 839 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Birchanger
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Haggerwood* | 424 | 83.5 | N/A | |
| Alliance | C. Rowley | 84 | 16.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 340 | 66.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 508 | 61.0 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 842 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Clavering
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | E. Abrahams* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,245 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Elsenham
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Hurwitz* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,528 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Felsted
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | R. Hawkins* | 874 | 76.1 | +14.8 | |
| Alliance | A. Harding | 602 | 52.4 | +15.4 | |
| Independent | J. Guthrie-Dow | 545 | 47.5 | +2.3 | |
| Turnout | ~1,148 | 51.9 | –1.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,212 | ||||
| Alliance hold | |||||
| Alliance gain from Conservative | |||||
Great Dunmow North
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | R. Aldous* | 718 | 58.3 | +3.7 | |
| Conservative | M. Davey | 571 | 46.3 | +0.8 | |
| Alliance | P. Taylor | 435 | 35.3 | –17.5 | |
| Conservative | E. Hicks | 386 | 31.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~1,232 | 54.8 | +3.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,249 | ||||
| Alliance hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Alliance | |||||
Great Dunmow South
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Westcott* | 932 | 61.9 | N/A | |
| Alliance | N. Prowse* | 769 | 51.0 | N/A | |
| Alliance | D. Briggs | 579 | 38.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~1,507 | 55.9 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 2,695 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Alliance hold | |||||
Great Hallingbury
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | A. Streeter* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 765 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Hatfield Broad Oak
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Wood | 309 | 57.8 | N/A | |
| Alliance | W. Bree | 226 | 42.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 83 | 15.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 535 | 58.8 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 910 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Hatfield Heath
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | I. Delderfield* | 474 | 78.5 | +13.3 | |
| Labour | W. McCarthy | 130 | 21.5 | –13.3 | |
| Majority | 344 | 56.9 | +26.6 | ||
| Turnout | 604 | 50.1 | +0.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,205 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 13.3 |
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Henham
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Glover* | 342 | 61.6 | +1.1 | |
| Alliance | J. Gibb | 213 | 38.4 | +6.3 | |
| Majority | 129 | 23.1 | –5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 555 | 45.6 | –4.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,224 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 2.6 |
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Little Hallingbury
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. Row* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,118 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Littlebury
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Menell* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 913 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Newport
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. Pugh* | 450 | 58.8 | –8.0 | |
| Green | G. Hannah | 199 | 26.0 | N/A | |
| Alliance | L. Blount | 116 | 15.2 | –18.0 | |
| Majority | 251 | 32.7 | –0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 765 | 47.7 | –3.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,603 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Rickling
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | S. Collins* | 292 | 54.1 | –5.1 | |
| Conservative | J. Rich | 248 | 45.9 | +5.1 | |
| Majority | 44 | 8.2 | –10.2 | ||
| Turnout | 540 | 67.1 | +4.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 808 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | 5.1 |
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Saffron Walden Audley
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Miller* | 668 | 49.7 | –4.0 | |
| Conservative | A. Walters* | 618 | 46.0 | +4.1 | |
| Alliance | S. Jones | 461 | 34.3 | +7.0 | |
| Alliance | A. Barnes | 446 | 33.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | D. Baker | 232 | 17.3 | –1.6 | |
| Labour | V. Carter | 195 | 14.5 | –0.9 | |
| Turnout | ~1,345 | 61.2 | –5.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,197 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Saffron Walden Castle
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Eastham* | 708 | 44.1 | +1.8 | |
| Alliance | H. Free | 626 | 39.0 | +6.2 | |
| Conservative | R. Dean | 597 | 37.2 | +7.9 | |
| Alliance | S. McDermott | 563 | 35.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | D. Cornell | 326 | 20.3 | –4.6 | |
| Labour | D. Barrs | 269 | 16.8 | –4.4 | |
| Turnout | ~1,604 | 58.4 | –8.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,746 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Alliance hold | |||||
Saffron Walden Plantation
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. Ketteridge* | 750 | 49.6 | –3.6 | |
| Conservative | S. Neville* | 654 | 43.2 | –2.0 | |
| Alliance | J. Benson | 577 | 38.1 | +20.7 | |
| Alliance | V. Lelliott | 520 | 34.4 | +17.0 | |
| Labour | J. Evans | 239 | 15.8 | –13.6 | |
| Labour | D. O'Sullivan | 221 | 14.6 | –18.0 | |
| Turnout | ~1,513 | 50.4 | –7.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,002 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Saffron Walden Shire
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Stevens* | 569 | 43.9 | +5.3 | |
| Labour | R. Green* | 548 | 42.3 | +5.8 | |
| Conservative | J. Hughes | 459 | 35.4 | +2.0 | |
| Alliance | H. Baker | 322 | 24.8 | –0.1 | |
| Alliance | F. Whittington | 300 | 23.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | K. Pipe | 273 | 21.1 | +7.5 | |
| Turnout | ~1,297 | 53.8 | –11.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,410 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Stansted Mountfitchet
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | A. Dean | 1,014 | 48.7 | +18.9 | |
| Alliance | M. Caton | 992 | 47.6 | N/A | |
| Alliance | R. Clifford | 930 | 44.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | J. Brown | 884 | 42.5 | –4.6 | |
| Conservative | B. Gott* | 882 | 42.4 | –2.9 | |
| Conservative | D. Butterfield | 789 | 37.9 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~2,082 | 53.0 | –5.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,929 | ||||
| Alliance gain from Independent | |||||
| Alliance gain from Conservative | |||||
| Alliance gain from Conservative | |||||
Stebbing
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | E. Kiddle* | 495 | 77.6 | –1.9 | |
| Alliance | R. Head | 143 | 22.4 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 352 | 55.1 | –3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 638 | 57.7 | +0.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,114 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | 1.9 |
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Stort Valley
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Collins* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,018 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Takeley
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | P. MacPhail* | 543 | 59.0 | –2.1 | |
| Conservative | E. Whitehead* | 523 | 56.8 | –3.5 | |
| Labour | J. Oliveira | 355 | 38.5 | –0.4 | |
| Turnout | ~921 | 42.0 | +6.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,193 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Thaxted
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | P. Leeder* | 621 | 54.9 | +19.6 | |
| Independent | E. Walsh | 448 | 39.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Q. Mould | 439 | 38.8 | –44.3 | |
| Alliance | S. Corke | 394 | 34.8 | N/A | |
| Turnout | ~1,132 | 56.2 | –0.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,014 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
The Canfields
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Wright* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,384 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
The Chesterfords
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | P. Chater | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,132 | ||||
| Alliance gain from Conservative | |||||
The Eastons
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | P. Thornburn | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,069 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
The Rodings
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | K. Tivendale* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 971 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
The Sampfords
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | H. Hughes* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,315 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Wenden Lofts
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Chambers | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,100 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Wimbish & Debden
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | N. Belcher | 429 | 75.4 | +23.1 | |
| Labour | B. Lock | 140 | 24.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 289 | 50.7 | +46.2 | ||
| Turnout | 569 | 50.2 | –12.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,146 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
By-elections
[edit]The Chesterfords
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 471 | 72.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 178 | 27.4 | |||
| Majority | 293 | 45.2 | |||
| Turnout | 649 | 55.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,169 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Felsted
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 700 | 60.9 | |||
| Conservative | 450 | 39.1 | |||
| Majority | 250 | 21.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,150 | 52.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,186 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Saffron Walden Castle
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 597 | 37.3 | |||
| Labour | 510 | 31.9 | |||
| Conservative | 494 | 30.9 | |||
| Majority | 87 | 5.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,601 | 57.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,770 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Uttlesford District Council Elections 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- 1 2 3 "By-elections". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
