title: 1987 East Northamptonshire District Council election
text: # 1987 East Northamptonshire District Council election
  
  The 1987 East Northamptonshire District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of East Northamptonshire District Council in Northamptonshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council which it had held since the council's creation in 1973.
  
  ## Ward-by-Ward Results
  
  ### Barnwell Ward (1 seat)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Barnwell :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | R. Fowles | 343 | |
  | | Alliance | P. Baxter | 207 | |
  | | Labour | R. Litawski | 48 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 60.8% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Brigstock Ward (1 seat)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Brigstock :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Alliance | J. Smoker | 361 | |
  | | Conservative | J. Otter | 295 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.9% |
  | | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative |
  
  ### Drayton Ward (1 seat)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Drayton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | R. Clifton | 413 | |
  | | Alliance | J. McGeown | 206 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.2% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Forest Ward (1 seat)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Forest :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | M.Glithero | 616 | |
  | | Alliance | G. Smoker | 138 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 60.5% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Higham Ferriers Ward (3 seats)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Higham Ferriers :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | G. Murdin | 1,436 | |
  | | Conservative | H. Binder | 1,244 | |
  | | Conservative | D. Lawson | 1,220 | |
  | | Independent | R. Gell | 870 | |
  | | Labour | P. Gadsby | 783 | |
  | | Labour | G. Moore | 612 | |
  | | Labour | B. Elgood | 595 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.3% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Irthlingborough Ward (3 seats)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Irthlingborough :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | E. McGibbon | 1,181 | |
  | | Conservative | P. Brightwell | 1,119 | |
  | | Labour | W. Howlett | 908 | |
  | | Conservative | I. Musson | 891 | |
  | | Labour | R. Nightingale | 809 | |
  | | Labour | D. Templeton | 726 | |
  | | Alliance | C. Nightingale | 436 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.7% |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Kings Cliffe Ward (1 seat)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Kings Cliffe :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | G. Wagstaffe | 320 | |
  | | Independent | M. Day | 135 | |
  | | Alliance | P. Owen | 87 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 65.5% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Lower Nene Ward (1 seat)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Lower Nene :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | P. Dixon | 474 | |
  | | Labour | J. Welch | 162 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.5% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Margaret Beaufort Ward (1 seat)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Margaret Beaufort :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | H. Gregory | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Oundle Ward (2 seats)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Oundle :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | P. Brudenell | 1,043 | |
  | | Conservative | M. Slater | 842 | |
  | | Alliance | M. Roffe | 580 | |
  | | Labour | S. Dalzell | 486 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.6% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Raunds Ward (3 seats)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Raunds :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | J. Chatburn | 1,202 | |
  | | Conservative | P. Chantrell | 1,154 | |
  | | Conservative | A. Campbell | 1,101 | |
  | | Labour | M. Roberts | 777 | |
  | | Labour | S. Allen | 560 | |
  | | Alliance | C. Dorks | 560 | |
  | | Labour | E. Beeby | 478 | |
  | | Alliance | T. Burke | 472 | |
  | | Alliance | T. Shrive | 378 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.4% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Ringstead Ward (1 seat)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Ringstead :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | J. Barrett | 351 | |
  | | Independent | J. Horsewood | 335 | |
  | | Alliance | D. Harrison | 157 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 61.4% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Rushden East Ward (3 seats)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Rushden East :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | E. Dicks | 1,147 | |
  | | Labour | A. Mantle | 792 | |
  | | Labour | L. Rolfe | 698 | |
  | | Conservative | D. Leigh | 633 | |
  | | Conservative | A. White | 602 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.3% |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ### Rushden North Ward (3 seats)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Rushden North :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | C. Wood | 1,056 | |
  | | Conservative | B. Catlin | 1,014 | |
  | | Conservative | J. Gay | 858 | |
  | | Alliance | J. Swinburne | 554 | |
  | | Labour | P. Tomas | 538 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.4% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Rushden South Ward (3 seats)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Rushden South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | G. Osborne | 1,173 | |
  | | Conservative | J. Wheal | 1,113 | |
  | | Conservative | G. Evelyn | 1,078 | |
  | | Alliance | B. Noble | 739 | |
  | | Alliance | K. Buggs | 668 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.7% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Rushden West Ward (3 seats)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Rushden West :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | E. Carmichael | 1,012 | |
  | | Conservative | J. Stott-Everett | 895 | |
  | | Conservative | K. Sulphur | 785 | |
  | | Labour | E. Sampson | 761 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.0% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Stanwick Ward (1 seat)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Stanwick :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | E. Gathercole | 407 | |
  | | Alliance | B. Hughes | 256 | |
  | | Labour | R. Crick | 58 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.5% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Thrapston Ward (2 seats)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Thrapston :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | J. Bunyan | 704 | |
  | | Conservative | J. Whitham | 651 | |
  | | Labour | I. Byrnes | 249 | |
  | | Labour | J. Hill | 246 | |
  | | Alliance | F. Hudd | 211 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.0% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Willibrook Ward (1 seat)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Willibrook :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | J.Richardson | 484 | |
  | | Labour | J. Wilkinson | 130 | |
  | | Alliance | S. Beecroft | 128 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.9% |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Woodford Ward (1 seat)
  
  East Northamptonshire District Council Elections 1987: Woodford :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | E. Hackney | 325 | |
  | | Conservative | J. Hawes | 286 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 61.7% |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  