The 1987 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

1987 St Albans City and District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	12	2	63.2	13	25	43.9	23,347	44.8	+7.3
	Alliance	5	1	26.3	19	24	42.1	20,713	39.7	+0.3
	Labour	2	1	10.5	5	7	12.3	7,591	14.6	–4.6
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.8	115	0.2	–1.9
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	346	0.7	+0.1

Ashley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	S. Skipp	1,384	53.1	+4.6
	Conservative	S. Capper	842	32.3	+2.0
	Labour	C. Leet	379	14.5	–6.7
Majority			542	20.8	+2.6
Turnout			2,605	52.2	+3.2
Registered electors			4,994
	Alliance hold		Swing	1.3

Batchwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Hiscott*	1,053	37.1	–1.0
	Alliance	N. Frosick	982	34.6	–2.9
	Conservative	A. Wells-Baker	710	25.0	+0.5
	Green	A. James	95	3.3	N/A
Majority			71	2.5	N/A
Turnout			2,840	58.2	+9.2
Registered electors			4,882
	Labour hold		Swing	1.0

Clarence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	J. Whale	1,180	43.6	–4.3
	Conservative	M. Hicks	1,139	42.1	+6.3
	Labour	S. Seelig	387	14.3	–2.0
Majority			41	1.5	–10.6
Turnout			2,706	61.5	+9.5
Registered electors			4,400
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	5.3

Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	D. Hammerson	1,157	47.3	+0.4
	Conservative	C. Ellis	915	37.4	+4.4
	Labour	T. Jones	375	15.3	–4.8
Majority			242	9.9	–4.1
Turnout			2,447	51.2	+4.2
Registered electors			4,777
	Alliance hold		Swing	2.0

Harpenden East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Morrell	1,610	50.6	+8.9
	Alliance	L. Johnstone	1,299	40.8	–3.3
	Labour	D. Crew	275	8.6	–1.2
Majority			311	9.8	N/A
Turnout			3,184	62.4	+5.4
Registered electors			5,100
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.1

No Green candidate as previous (4.4%).

Harpenden North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Curl*	1,721	54.3	+7.3
	Alliance	D. Wright	1,194	37.7	+1.4
	Labour	B. Saffery	252	8.0	–2.8
Majority			527	16.6	+5.9
Turnout			3,167	53.7	+2.7
Registered electors			5,896
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.0

No Green candidate as previous (5.9%).

Harpenden South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Beedie	1,718	62.7	+6.0
	Alliance	B. Webb	853	31.1	–3.5
	Labour	J. Bailey	170	6.2	–2.5
Majority			865	31.6	+9.4
Turnout			2,741	53.4	+4.4
Registered electors			5,132
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.8

Harpenden West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Coe	1,696	60.4	+5.6
	Alliance	D. Groom	958	34.1	–2.7
	Labour	J. O'Brien	156	5.6	–2.8
Majority			738	26.3	+8.3
Turnout			2,810	53.5	+2.5
Registered electors			5,257
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2

London Colney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Hoplin	1,003	40.5	+11.9
	Labour	E. Gordon	996	40.2	–1.7
	Alliance	T. Stainton	478	19.3	N/A
Majority			7	0.3	N/A
Turnout			2,477	44.4	+1.4
Registered electors			5,573
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	6.8

No Independent Labour (22.8%) or Independent (6.6%) candidates as previous.

Marshallwick North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Hill	1,387	47.5	+6.9
	Alliance	B. Gibson	1,302	44.6	–4.9
	Labour	J. McPheat	228	7.8	–2.1
Majority			85	2.9	N/A
Turnout			2,917	57.5	+4.5
Registered electors			5,070
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.9

Marshallwick South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	O. Jennings*	1,574	48.3	+4.1
	Alliance	S. Ward	1,377	42.2	–2.2
	Labour	D. Allan	311	9.5	–1.9
Majority			197	6.0	N/A
Turnout			3,262	62.4	+6.4
Registered electors			5,225
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.2

Park Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	M. Cummins*	999	48.4	–3.5
	Conservative	B. McArdie	863	41.9	+9.6
	Labour	P. Robinson	200	9.7	–6.1
Majority			136	6.6	–13.1
Turnout			2,062	47.4	+5.4
Registered electors			4,350
	Alliance hold		Swing	6.6

Redbourn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Chapman	1,270	50.3	+3.4
	Alliance	P. Schofield	970	38.4	+5.0
	Labour	G. Harris	286	11.3	–8.4
Majority			300	11.9	–1.6
Turnout			2,526	56.1	+5.1
Registered electors			4,501
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.8

Sandridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Whiteside	991	53.3	+19.9
	Alliance	C. Oxley	590	31.7	N/A
	Independent	C. Bracey	115	6.2	N/A
	Labour	E. Adams	108	5.8	–1.5
	Green	E. Field	56	3.0	N/A
Majority			401	21.6	N/A
Turnout			1,860	51.4	–2.9
Registered electors			3,622
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

No Independent candidate as previous (59.4%).

Sopwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Gipps	1,041	40.1	–8.0
	Alliance	M. Saunders	990	38.2	+7.9
	Conservative	T. Wakerley	483	18.6	–3.1
	Green	D. Southgate	79	3.0	N/A
Majority			51	2.0	–15.8
Turnout			2,593	54.0	+3.0
Registered electors			4,802
	Labour hold		Swing	8.0

St. Peters

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	J. Gunner	1,136	45.4	–1.0
	Conservative	T. Deamer	736	29.4	+4.9
	Labour	G. Powell	628	25.1	–4.1
Majority			400	16.0	–1.2
Turnout			2,500	55.2	+5.2
Registered electors			4,528
	Alliance hold		Swing	3.0

St. Stephens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Nowell*	1,632	49.3	+14.2
	Alliance	M. Moore	1,347	40.7	+14.6
	Labour	M. Morcom	334	10.1	–0.8
Majority			285	8.6	+1.4
Turnout			3,313	57.9	+3.9
Registered electors			5,717
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.2

No Independent candidate as previous (27.9%).

Verulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Davies*	1,757	54.1	+5.0
	Alliance	C. White	1,282	39.5	+0.8
	Labour	J. Bellchambers	208	6.4	–4.4
Majority			475	14.6	+4.2
Turnout			3,247	62.1	+7.1
Registered electors			5,226
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.1

No Independent candidate as previous (1.3%).

Wheathampstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Summerlin	1,300	45.5	+5.2
	Alliance	I. Gledhill	1,235	43.3	–8.7
	Labour	K. Spooner	204	7.1	–0.6
	Green	J. Bishop	116	4.1	N/A
Majority			65	2.3	N/A
Turnout			2,855	58.6	+4.6
Registered electors			4,869
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0