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1988 Bristol City Council election

1988 UK local government election

Field	Value
election_name	1988 Bristol City Council election
country	England
type	Parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	yes
previous_election	1987 Bristol City Council election
previous_year	1987
next_election	1990 Bristol City Council election
next_year	1990
seats_for_election	23 of 68 seats (one third) to Bristol City Council
majority_seats	35
election_date	5 May 1988
party1	Labour Party (UK)
seats1	39
seat_change1	2
party2	Conservative Party (UK)
seats2	24
seat_change2	1
party3	Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats3	5
seat_change3	1
title	Council control
posttitle	Council control after election
before_election	Labour Party (UK)
after_election	Labour Party (UK)

The 1988 Bristol City Council election took place on 5 May 1988 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of seats were up for election. This was the first election following the merger of the Liberal Party and SDP to form the Social & Liberal Democrats. There were also several candidates representing the continuing SDP. There was a general small swing to Labour.

Ward results

The change is calculated using the results when these actual seats were last contested, i.e. the 1984 election.

Avonmouth

The Conservatives won Avonmouth in a by-election in 1987 and lost the seat back to Labour at this election.

Bishopston

Bishopsworth

Brislington East

Brislington West

Clifton

Cotham

Hartcliffe

Henbury

Hengrove

Henleaze

Horfield

Kingsweston

Knowle

Redland

St George East

St George West

Southmead

Stockwood

Stoke Bishop

Westbury-on-Trym

Whitchurch Park

Windmill Hill

Sources

Bristol Evening Post 6 May 1988

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