1988 United Kingdom local elections

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1988 United Kingdom local elections
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All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 117 out of 296 English districts and all 53 Scottish districts
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Leader Margaret Thatcher Neil Kinnock David Steel
and Robert Maclennan
Party Conservative Labour SLD
Leader since 11 February 1975 2 October 1983 7 July 1976
and 6 August 1987
Percentage 39% 38% 18%
Councillors +/- Increase 9 Increase 76 Decrease 122

Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 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
Barnsley Labour Labour hold Details
Birmingham Labour Labour hold
Bolton Labour Labour hold Details
Bradford Labour No overall control gain Details
Bury Labour Labour hold
Calderdale No overall control No overall control hold
Coventry Labour Labour hold
Doncaster Labour Labour hold
Dudley Labour Labour hold
Gateshead Labour Labour hold
Kirklees No overall control No overall control hold
Knowsley Labour Labour hold
Leeds Labour Labour hold Details
Liverpool Labour Labour hold Details
Manchester Labour Labour hold Details
Newcastle upon Tyne Labour Labour hold
North Tyneside Labour Labour hold
Oldham Labour Labour hold
Rochdale Labour Labour hold
Rotherham Labour Labour hold
Salford Labour Labour hold
Sandwell Labour Labour hold
Sefton No overall control No overall control hold
Sheffield Labour Labour hold Details
Solihull Conservative Conservative hold Details
South Tyneside Labour Labour hold
St Helens Labour Labour hold
Stockport No overall control No overall control hold
Sunderland Labour Labour hold
Tameside Labour Labour hold
Trafford No overall control Conservative gain Details
Wakefield Labour Labour hold
Walsall No overall control Labour gain
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
Adur SLD SLD hold Details
Amber Valley No overall control Conservative gain
Barrow-in-Furness Labour Labour hold
Basildon No overall control No overall control hold Details
Basingstoke and Deane Conservative Conservative hold
Bassetlaw Labour Labour hold
Bath No overall control Conservative gain Details
Blackburn No overall control Labour gain
Brentwood Conservative Conservative hold
Brighton No overall control Labour gain
Bristol Labour Labour hold Details
Broadland Conservative Conservative hold
Broxbourne Conservative Conservative hold Details
Burnley Labour Labour hold
Cambridge No overall control Labour gain
Cannock Chase Labour Labour hold
Carlisle Labour Labour hold
Cheltenham No overall control No overall control hold Details
Cherwell Conservative Conservative hold
Chester No overall control No overall control hold
Chorley No overall control No overall control hold
Colchester No overall control No overall control hold Details
Congleton No overall control No overall control hold
Craven No overall control No overall control hold
Crawley Labour Labour hold
Crewe and Nantwich No overall control No overall control hold
Daventry Conservative Conservative hold
Derby Labour Conservative gain Details
Eastbourne SLD Conservative gain
Eastleigh No overall control SLD gain
Ellesmere Port and Neston Labour Labour hold
Elmbridge No overall control Conservative gain
Epping Forest Conservative Conservative hold
Exeter No overall control No overall control hold
Fareham Conservative Conservative hold
Gillingham Conservative Conservative hold
Gloucester Conservative Conservative hold Details
Gosport Conservative Conservative hold
Great Grimsby Labour Labour hold
Great Yarmouth No overall control No overall control hold
Halton Labour Labour hold
Harlow Labour Labour hold Details
Harrogate Conservative Conservative hold
Hart No overall control No overall control hold
Hartlepool Labour Labour hold
Hastings No overall control No overall control hold
Havant Conservative Conservative hold
Hereford SLD SLD hold
Hertsmere Conservative Conservative hold
Huntingdonshire Conservative Conservative hold
Hyndburn Labour Labour hold
Ipswich Labour Labour hold Details
Kingston upon Hull Labour Labour hold
Leominster Independent Independent hold
Lincoln Labour Labour hold Details
Macclesfield Conservative Conservative hold
Maidstone No overall control No overall control hold
Milton Keynes No overall control No overall control hold
Mole Valley No overall control No overall control hold
Newcastle-under-Lyme Labour Labour hold
North Bedfordshire No overall control No overall control hold
North Hertfordshire Conservative Conservative hold
Norwich Labour Labour hold
Nuneaton and Bedworth Labour Labour hold
Oadby and Wigston Conservative Conservative hold
Oxford Labour Labour hold
Pendle SLD SLD hold
Penwith No overall control No overall control hold
Peterborough No overall control No overall control hold
Portsmouth Conservative Conservative hold
Preston Labour Labour hold
Purbeck No overall control No overall control hold
Reading Labour Labour hold
Redditch Labour Labour hold
Reigate and Banstead Conservative Conservative hold
Rochford Conservative Conservative hold
Rossendale Labour Labour hold
Rugby Conservative Conservative hold
Runnymede Conservative Conservative hold
Rushmoor Conservative Conservative hold
Scunthorpe Labour Labour hold
Shrewsbury and Atcham No overall control No overall control hold
Slough Labour Labour hold
South Bedfordshire Conservative Conservative hold
South Cambridgeshire Independent Independent hold
South Herefordshire Independent Independent hold
South Lakeland No overall control No overall control hold
Southampton No overall control Labour gain
Southend-on-Sea No overall control No overall control hold
St Albans No overall control Conservative gain
Stevenage Labour Labour hold Details
Stoke-on-Trent Labour Labour hold
Stratford-on-Avon Conservative Conservative hold
Stroud No overall control No overall control hold
Swale No overall control No overall control hold
Tamworth Conservative No overall control gain
Tandridge Conservative Conservative hold
Thamesdown Labour Labour hold
Three Rivers SLD SLD hold
Thurrock Labour Labour hold
Tonbridge and Malling Conservative Conservative hold
Torbay Conservative Conservative hold
Tunbridge Wells Conservative Conservative hold
Watford Labour No overall control gain
Waveney No overall control No overall control hold
Welwyn Hatfield Labour Labour hold
West Lancashire Conservative Conservative hold
West Lindsey SLD No overall control gain
West Oxfordshire Conservative Conservative hold
Weymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control hold
Winchester No overall control No overall control hold
Woking No overall control No overall control hold
Wokingham Conservative Conservative hold
Worcester Labour Labour hold
Worthing Conservative Conservative hold
Wyre Forest No overall control No overall control hold
York Labour Labour hold

Scotland[]

District councils[]

Main article: 1988 Scottish local elections
Council Previous control Result Details
Aberdeen Labour No overall control gain
Angus SNP SNP hold Details
Annandale and Eskdale Independent SLD gain Details
Argyll Independent Independent hold
Badenoch and Strathspey Independent Independent hold Details
Banff and Buchan Independent Independent hold Details
Bearsden and Milngavie Conservative Conservative hold
Berwickshire Conservative Conservative hold Details
Caithness Independent Independent hold Details
Clackmannan Labour Labour hold Details
Clydebank Labour Labour hold
Clydesdale Labour Labour hold
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Labour No overall control gain
Cumnock and Doon Valley Labour Labour hold
Cunninghame Labour Labour hold
Dumbarton Labour No overall control gain
Dundee Labour Labour hold
Dunfermline Labour Labour hold Details
East Kilbride Labour Labour hold
East Lothian Labour Labour hold Details
Eastwood Conservative Conservative hold Details
Edinburgh Labour Labour hold Details
Ettrick and Lauderdale Independent Independent hold Details
Falkirk Labour Labour hold Details
Glasgow Labour Labour hold Details
Gordon Independent No overall control gain Details
Hamilton Labour Labour hold
Inverclyde Labour Labour hold
Inverness Independent Independent hold Details
Kilmarnock and Loudoun Labour Labour hold
Kincardine and Deeside Independent Independent hold Details
Kirkcaldy Labour Labour hold Details
Kyle and Carrick Conservative Labour gain
Lochaber Independent Independent hold Details
Midlothian Labour Labour hold Details
Monklands Labour Labour hold
Moray Independent Independent hold Details
Motherwell Labour Labour hold
Nairn Independent Independent hold Details
Nithsdale Independent Labour gain Details
North East Fife SLD SLD hold
Perth and Kinross Conservative No overall control gain Details
Renfrew
Ross and Cromarty Independent Independent hold Details
Roxburgh Independent Independent hold Details
Skye and Lochalsh Independent Independent hold Details
Stewartry Independent Independent hold Details
Stirling Labour Labour hold Details
Strathkelvin Labour Labour hold
Sutherland Independent Independent hold Details
Tweeddale Independent Independent hold Details
West Lothian Labour Labour hold Details
Wigtown Independent Independent hold Details

References[]

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1988, Volume 1. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1988, Volume 2. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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