1988 United Kingdom local elections
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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[]
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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 | |||
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 | ||
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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[]
Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
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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[]
- ^ 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.
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- 1988 United Kingdom local elections
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