1988 United Kingdom local elections
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The 1988 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 5 May 1988.[1][2][3] The Conservative government held its ground and remained ahead in the projected popular vote.
The election resulted in the Conservative Party winning 39% of the popular vote, the Labour Party winning 38% and the Social and Liberal Democrats (SLD) 18%. The Conservatives gained 9 seats, Labour gained 76 seats and the SLD lost 122 seats.
These were the first national elections contested by the SLD, which had just been formed as a merger of the SDP and Liberals after several years of an alliance existing between the two parties.
Summary of results
England
Metropolitan boroughs
All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.
Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
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Barnsley | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Birmingham | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Bolton | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Bradford | Labour | No overall control gain | Details | ||
Bury | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Calderdale | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Coventry | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Doncaster | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Dudley | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Gateshead | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Kirklees | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Knowsley | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Leeds | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Liverpool | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Manchester | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Newcastle upon Tyne | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
North Tyneside | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Oldham | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Rochdale | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Rotherham | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Salford | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Sandwell | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Sefton | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Sheffield | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Solihull | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
South Tyneside | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
St Helens | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Stockport | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Sunderland | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Tameside | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Trafford | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details | ||
Wakefield | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Walsall | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
Wigan | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Wirral | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Wolverhampton | No overall control | Labour gain | Details |
District councils
In 117 districts one third of the council was up for election.
Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
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Adur | SLD | SLD hold | Details | ||
Amber Valley | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details | ||
Barrow-in-Furness | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Basildon | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Basingstoke and Deane | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Bassetlaw | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Bath | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details | ||
Blackburn | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
Brentwood | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Brighton | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
Bristol | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Broadland | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Broxbourne | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Burnley | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Cambridge | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
Cannock Chase | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Carlisle | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Cheltenham | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Cherwell | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Chester | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Chorley | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Colchester | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Congleton | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Craven | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Crawley | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Crewe and Nantwich | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Daventry | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Derby | Labour | Conservative gain | Details | ||
Eastbourne | SLD | Conservative gain | Details | ||
Eastleigh | No overall control | SLD gain | Details | ||
Ellesmere Port and Neston | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Elmbridge | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details | ||
Epping Forest | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Exeter | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Fareham | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Gillingham | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Gloucester | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Gosport | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Great Grimsby | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Great Yarmouth | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Halton | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Harlow | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Harrogate | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Hart | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Hartlepool | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Hastings | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Havant | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Hereford | SLD | SLD hold | Details | ||
Hertsmere | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Huntingdonshire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Hyndburn | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Ipswich | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Kingston upon Hull | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Leominster | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
Lincoln | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Macclesfield | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Maidstone | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Milton Keynes | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Mole Valley | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
North Bedfordshire | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
North Hertfordshire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Norwich | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Nuneaton and Bedworth | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Oadby and Wigston | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Oxford | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Pendle | SLD | SLD hold | Details | ||
Penwith | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Peterborough | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Portsmouth | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Preston | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Purbeck | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Reading | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Redditch | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Reigate and Banstead | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Rochford | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Rossendale | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Rugby | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Runnymede | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Rushmoor | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Scunthorpe | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Shrewsbury and Atcham | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Slough | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
South Bedfordshire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
South Cambridgeshire | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
South Herefordshire | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
South Lakeland | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Southampton | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
Southend-on-Sea | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
St Albans | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details | ||
Stevenage | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Stoke-on-Trent | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Stratford-on-Avon | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Stroud | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Swale | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Tamworth | Conservative | No overall control gain | Details | ||
Tandridge | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Thamesdown | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Three Rivers | SLD | SLD hold | Details | ||
Thurrock | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Tonbridge and Malling | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Torbay | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Tunbridge Wells | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Watford | Labour | No overall control gain | Details | ||
Waveney | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Welwyn Hatfield | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
West Lancashire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
West Lindsey | SLD | No overall control gain | Details | ||
West Oxfordshire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Weymouth and Portland | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Winchester | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Woking | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Wokingham | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Worcester | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Worthing | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details | ||
Wyre Forest | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
York | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
Scotland
District councils
References
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1988, Volume 1. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1988, Volume 2. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26.
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