1988 United Kingdom local elections

none 1988 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom Parliamentary 1987 United Kingdom local elections 1987 1989 United Kingdom local elections 1989 All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 117 out of 296 English districts and all 53 Scottish districts 5 May 1988 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Margaret Thatcher (1988).jpg 120 120 160 center Margaret Thatcher 11 February 1975 Conservative Party (UK) 39% 9 Official portrait of Neil Kinnock, Member of the EC (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 center Neil Kinnock 2 October 1983 Labour Party (UK) 38% 76 DavidSteel1987 cropped.jpg 120 120 80 13 center RobertMacLennan1987 cropped.jpg 120 120 80 10 center David Steeland Robert Maclennan 7 July 1976 and 6 August 1987 FFD700 Social and Liberal Democrats 18% 122 The 1988 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 5 May 1988.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1988, Volume 1 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3WWY1YmV0MlAzZGc/view?pref=2&pli=1 3 May 2016Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1988, Volume 2 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3YlZ2b2Zpdi1OZFE/view?pref=2&pli=1 3 May 2016Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 3 May 2016 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 September 2015 England Metropolitan boroughs All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBirmingham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBolton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBradford Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBury Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCalderdale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCoventry Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDoncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDudley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees No overall control No overall control holdDetailsKnowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLiverpool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsManchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOldham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRochdale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSalford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSefton No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSheffield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSolihull Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStockport No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTameside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTrafford No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWalsall No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWolverhampton No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetails District councils In 117 districts one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur Social and Liberal Democrats Social and Liberal Democrats holdDetailsAmber Valley No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsBarrow-in-Furness Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBasildon No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBasingstoke and Deane Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBath No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsBlackburn No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBrentwood Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBrighton No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBristol Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBroadland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBurnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridge No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCannock Chase Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCarlisle Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCheltenham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCherwell Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsChorley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsColchester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCongleton No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCraven No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCrawley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDaventry Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsDerby Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsEastbourne Social and Liberal Democrats Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsEastleigh No overall control Social and Liberal Democrats gainDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsEpping Forest Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsExeter No overall control No overall control holdDetailsFareham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGillingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGloucester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGosport Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGreat Grimsby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHalton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrogate Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHart No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHartlepool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHastings No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHavant Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHereford Social and Liberal Democrats Social and Liberal Democrats holdDetailsHertsmere Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHuntingdonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHyndburn Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsIpswich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKingston upon Hull Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeominster Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsLincoln Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMacclesfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMaidstone No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMilton Keynes No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMole Valley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Bedfordshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOadby and Wigston Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsOxford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPendle Social and Liberal Democrats Social and Liberal Democrats holdDetailsPenwith No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPeterborough No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPortsmouth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsPreston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPurbeck No overall control No overall control holdDetailsReading Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRedditch Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsReigate and Banstead Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRochford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRossendale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRugby Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRunnymede Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRushmoor Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsScunthorpe Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSlough Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Herefordshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Lakeland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouthampton No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsSouthend-on-Sea No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSt Albans No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsStevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStoke-on-Trent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsStroud No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSwale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsTamworth Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsTandridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsThamesdown Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsThree Rivers Social and Liberal Democrats Social and Liberal Democrats holdDetailsThurrock Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTonbridge and Malling Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTorbay Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTunbridge Wells Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWatford Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWaveney No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lancashire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lindsey Social and Liberal Democrats No overall control gainDetailsWest Oxfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWeymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWinchester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWoking No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWokingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWorcester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWorthing Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWyre Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetailsYork Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Scotland District councils 1988 Scottish local elections Council Previous control Result DetailsAberdeen Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsAngus Scottish National Party Scottish National Party holdDetailsAnnandale and Eskdale Independent politician Scottish Social and Liberal Democrats gainDetailsArgyll Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBadenoch and Strathspey Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBanff and Buchan Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBearsden and Milngavie Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsBerwickshire Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsCaithness Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsClackmannan Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsClydebank Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsClydesdale Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsCumbernauld and Kilsyth Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsCumnock and Doon Valley Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsCunninghame Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsDumbarton Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsDundee Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsDunfermline Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEast Kilbride Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEast Lothian Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEastwood Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsEdinburgh Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEttrick and Lauderdale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsFalkirk Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsGlasgow Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsGordon Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsHamilton Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsInverclyde Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsInverness Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsKilmarnock and Loudoun Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsKincardine and Deeside Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsKirkcaldy Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsKyle and Carrick Scottish Conservatives Scottish Labour gainDetailsLochaber Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsMidlothian Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsMonklands Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsMoray Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsMotherwell Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsNairn Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNithsdale Independent politician Scottish Labour gainDetailsNorth East Fife Scottish Social and Liberal Democrats Scottish Social and Liberal Democrats holdDetailsPerth and Kinross Scottish Conservatives No overall control gainDetailsRenfrewDetailsRoss and Cromarty Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsRoxburgh Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSkye and Lochalsh Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsStewartry Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsStirling Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsStrathkelvin Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsSutherland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsTweeddale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsWest Lothian Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsWigtown Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails References Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26. Vote 1999 BBC News Vote 2000 BBC News Category:May 1988 in the United Kingdom