1987 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

1987 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
7 May 1987 (1987-05-07)
24 of 66 seats (One Third and two by-elections)
to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout48.8% (2.2%)
  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. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats±
Conservative291
Labour271
Alliance10

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