| Election Name: | 1987 Manchester City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Arms of the City of Manchester.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1986 Manchester City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1986 |
| Next Election: | 1988 Manchester City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
| Seats For Election: | 33 of 99 seats to Manchester City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 50 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Election: | Graham Stringer |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Election: | Graham Stringer |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 86 |
| Seats1: | 19 |
| Seats After1: | 77 |
| Popular Vote1: | 62,473 |
| Percentage1: | 42.0% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 7 |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Popular Vote2: | 43,168 |
| Percentage2: | 29.0% |
| Party3: | SDP-Liberal Alliance |
| Seats Before3: | 6 |
| Seats3: | 5 |
| Seats After3: | 9 |
| Popular Vote3: | 40,343 |
| Percentage3: | 27.1% |
Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1991. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.[1]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Labour Party | 62,473 (42.0%) | 16.1 | 19 (57.6%) | 9 | 77 (77.7%) | |||||
| Conservative Party | 43,168 (29.0%) | 8.7 | 9 (27.3%) | 6 | 28 (13.1%) | |||||
| Alliance | 40,343 (27.1%) | 7.8 | 5 (15.1%) | 3 | 9 (9.1%) | |||||
| Green Party | 1,775 (1.2%) | 0.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Independent | 840 (0.5%) | 0.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 77 | 7 | 13 |