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1988 United Kingdom local elections

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election_name1988 United Kingdom local elections
countryUnited Kingdom
typeParliamentary
previous_election1987 United Kingdom local elections
previous_year1987
next_election1989 United Kingdom local elections
next_year1989
seats_for_electionAll 36 metropolitan boroughs, 117 out of 296 English districts and all 53 Scottish districts
election_date5 May 1988
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and Robert Maclennan
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and Robert Maclennan and 6 August 1987

The 1988 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 5 May 1988. 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.

Results

England

Metropolitan boroughs

All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsBarnsleyBirminghamBoltonBradfordBuryCalderdaleCoventryDoncasterDudleyGatesheadKirkleesKnowsleyLeedsLiverpoolManchesterNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideOldhamRochdaleRotherhamSalfordSandwellSeftonSheffieldSolihullSouth TynesideSt HelensStockportSunderlandTamesideTraffordWakefieldWalsallWiganWirralWolverhampton
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District councils

In 117 districts one third of the council was up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAdurAmber ValleyBarrow-in-FurnessBasildonBasingstoke and DeaneBassetlawBathBlackburnBrentwoodBrightonBristolBroadlandBroxbourneBurnleyCambridgeCannock ChaseCarlisleCheltenhamCherwellChesterChorleyColchesterCongletonCravenCrawleyCrewe and NantwichDaventryDerbyEastbourneEastleighEllesmere Port and NestonElmbridgeEpping ForestExeterFarehamGillinghamGloucesterGosportGreat GrimsbyGreat YarmouthHaltonHarlowHarrogateHartHartlepoolHastingsHavantHerefordHertsmereHuntingdonshireHyndburnIpswichKingston upon HullLeominsterLincolnMacclesfieldMaidstoneMilton KeynesMole ValleyNewcastle-under-LymeNorth BedfordshireNorth HertfordshireNorwichNuneaton and BedworthOadby and WigstonOxfordPendlePenwithPeterboroughPortsmouthPrestonPurbeckReadingRedditchReigate and BansteadRochfordRossendaleRugbyRunnymedeRushmoorScunthorpeShrewsbury and AtchamSloughSouth BedfordshireSouth CambridgeshireSouth HerefordshireSouth LakelandSouthamptonSouthend-on-SeaSt AlbansStevenageStoke-on-TrentStratford-on-AvonStroudSwaleTamworthTandridgeThamesdownThree RiversThurrockTonbridge and MallingTorbayTunbridge WellsWatfordWaveneyWelwyn HatfieldWest LancashireWest LindseyWest OxfordshireWeymouth and PortlandWinchesterWokingWokinghamWorcesterWorthingWyre ForestYork
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Scotland

District councils

Main article: 1988 Scottish local elections

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAberdeenAngusAnnandale and EskdaleArgyllBadenoch and StrathspeyBanff and BuchanBearsden and MilngavieBerwickshireCaithnessClackmannanClydebankClydesdaleCumbernauld and KilsythCumnock and Doon ValleyCunninghameDumbartonDundeeDunfermlineEast KilbrideEast LothianEastwoodEdinburghEttrick and LauderdaleFalkirkGlasgowGordonHamiltonInverclydeInvernessKilmarnock and LoudounKincardine and DeesideKirkcaldyKyle and CarrickLochaberMidlothianMonklandsMorayMotherwellNairnNithsdaleNorth East FifePerth and KinrossRenfrewRoss and CromartyRoxburghSkye and LochalshStewartryStirlingStrathkelvinSutherlandTweeddaleWest LothianWigtown
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References

References

  1. "Local Elections Handbook 1988, Volume 1". The Elections Centre.
  2. "Local Elections Handbook 1988, Volume 2". The Elections Centre.
  3. "Council compositions".
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