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1987 Reading Borough Council election

The 1987 Reading Borough Council election was held on 7 May 1987, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. One third of Reading Borough Council's 45 seats were up for election.

The 1987 Reading Borough Council election was held on 7 May 1987, at the same time as other local elections across England and Wales. One third of Reading Borough Council's 45 seats were up for election.

Before the election, the council was under no overall control with Labour running a minority administration, being one seat short of an overall majority. The election saw Labour gain two extra seats, giving it a majority. After the election, Labour had 24 seats, the Conservatives had 16 seats, and the SDP-Liberal Alliance had 5 seats, all of whom were Liberals.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
7	2	0	+2	46.7	31.0	14,358	-5.4
6	1	2	-1	40.0	41.0	18,993	+8.2
2	1	2	-1	13.3	26.7	12,343	-1.8
0				0.0	1.3	615	+1.0

The results in each ward were as follows (candidates with an asterisk* were the previous incumbent standing for re-election:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Labour	1,258	46.4	−8.4
	Conservative	855	33.2	+12.4
	SDP	432	16.8	−0.9
	Green	95	3.7	−3.1
2,578
	Labour hold	-10.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,147	47.0	−4.4
	Conservative	762	31.2	+10.8
	SDP	463	19.0	−4.8
	Green	70	2.9	−1.7
2,442
	Labour hold	-7.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,513	67.2	+12.5
	Labour	711	19.0	−8.0
	SDP	514	13.8	−4.5
3,738
	Conservative hold	+10.25

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,093	46.4	−5.0
	Conservative	799	33.9	+6.8
	Liberal	465	19.7	−1.8
2,357
	Labour hold	-5.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,073	46.9	−9.6
	Conservative	884	38.6	+9.0
	SDP	332	14.5	+0.6
2,289
	Labour hold	-9.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	1,309	42.4	−1.4
	Conservative	1,253	40.6	+9.7
	Labour	528	17.1	−8.4
3,090
	Liberal gain from Conservative	-9.05

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,573	49.8	+7.7
	Labour	883	27.9	−7.1
	SDP	661	20.9	+1.4
	Green	43	1.4	−2.0
3,160
	Conservative hold	+7.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,392	43.7	−0.2
	Liberal	1,067	33.5	−3.8
	Conservative	668	21.0	+4.4
	Green	58	1.8	−0.4
3,185
	Labour gain from Liberal	+1.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,585	47.7	−3.7
	Conservative	1,096	33.0	+2.1
	Liberal	522	15.7	+3.7
	Green	117	3.5	−2.1
3,320
	Labour gain from Conservative	-2.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,014	47.6	+5.6
	Liberal	1,885	44.5	−2.1
	Labour	335	7.9	−3.6
4,234
	Conservative gain from Liberal	+3.85

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,212	34.2	+6.1
	Labour	1,187	33.5	−0.6
	SDP	1,033	29.2	−3.0
	Green	107	3.0	−2.6
3,539
	Conservative hold	+3.35

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,556	47.0	+10.5
	Labour	1,362	41.1	−2.9
	SDP	392	11.8	−7.6
3,310
	Conservative hold	+6.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,122	57.2	+5.9
	Liberal	1,187	32.0	−3.3
	Labour	275	7.4	−1.2
	Green	125	3.4	−1.4
3,709
	Conservative hold	+4.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	1,751	55.9	−3.6
	Conservative	985	31.4	+7.3
	Labour	397	12.7	−3.7
3,133
	Liberal hold	-5.45

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,194	53.7	−11.5
	Conservative	701	31.5	+13.1
	SDP	330	14.8	−1.6
2,225
	Labour hold	-12.3

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