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1988 Sheffield City Council election
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1988 Sheffield City Council election England Parliamentary no yes 1987 Sheffield City Council election 1987 1990 Sheffield City Council election 1990 30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council 44 5 May 1988 Labour Party (UK) 23 1 Conservative Party (UK) 4 1 Social and Liberal Democrats 3 0 Sheffield UK local election 1988 map.png 400px Map showing the results of the 1988 Sheffield City Council elections. Majority party Majority party after election Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 5 May 1988. One third of the council was up for election.
Election result
Sheffield local election result 1988
Labour Party (UK)
23
1
0
+1
76.6
59.0
84,640
+7.9
Conservative Party (UK)
4
0
1
-1
13.3
22.1
31,685
+1.1
Social and Liberal Democrats
3
0
0
0
10.0
16.4
23,579
-11.3
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.8
2,591
New
Green Party (UK)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
900
+0.5
Communist Party of Great Britain
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
161
±0.0
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 65 66 Conservatives 13 12 Social and Liberal Democrats 9 9 Total 87 87 Working majority #FFBF00 43 darkgray #FFBF00 45 darkgray
Ward results
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Conservative Party (UK)
Danny George*
2,456
34.4
-2.3
Social and Liberal Democrats
Peter Moore
2,365
33.1
+0.2
Labour Party (UK)
Roy Munn
2,181
30.6
+0.2
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
Robert Shillito
128
1.8
+1.8
91
1.3
-2.5
7,130
46.8
-6.3
Conservative Party (UK)
-1.2
Birley
Labour Party (UK)
Val Shepherd*
3,804
71.3
+11.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Gordon Millward
938
17.6
-0.4
Social and Liberal Democrats
Cyril Skipworth
588
11.0
-11.2
2,866
53.7
+16.1
5,330
32.9
-6.3
Labour Party (UK)
+5.9
Brightside
Labour Party (UK)
Peter Price*
2,658
81.0
+9.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Jeremy Richardson
350
10.7
-1.0
Social and Liberal Democrats
Peter McNutt
270
8.2
-8.9
2,308
70.3
+16.3
3,278
24.9
-6.8
Labour Party (UK)
+5.4
Broomhill
Labour Party (UK)
Kevin Mahoney
2,103
40.0
+1.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Sid Cordle**
1,960
37.3
+6.8
Social and Liberal Democrats
Jane Padget
742
14.1
-17.1
Green Party (UK)
Andrew Womack
347
6.6
+6.6
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
Oliver Waterlow
104
2.0
+2.0
143
2.7
-4.4
5,256
38.0
-7.6
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
-2.5
Sid Cordle was a sitting councillor for Ecclesall ward
Burngreave
Labour Party (UK)
Phyllis Smith**
2,846
72.7
+6.2
Labour Party (UK)
John Watson
2,702
Conservative Party (UK)
Dianne Watson
543
13.9
+1.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Anne Smith
518
Social and Liberal Democrats
Sheila Hughes
292
7.4
-14.1
Social and Liberal Democrats
Sheila Rehman
288
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
Victoria Dean
155
3.9
+3.9
Communist Party of Great Britain
Brian Turley
76
1.9
+1.9
2,159
58.8
+13.8
3,912
31.6
-4.9
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
+2.1
Phyllis Smith was a sitting councillor for Heeley ward
Castle
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Bower
2,795
84.3
+6.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Joan Graham
344
10.4
-0.3
Social and Liberal Democrats
Donald Smith
176
5.3
-6.4
2,451
73.9
+8.1
3,315
25.6
-5.3
Labour Party (UK)
+3.5
Chapel Green
Social and Liberal Democrats
David Chadwick*
3,161
47.4
-6.8
Labour Party (UK)
Eldon Hanson
3,005
45.0
+6.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Cecilia Holt
403
6.0
-0.7
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
David Richie
103
1.5
+1.5
156
2.4
-12.8
6,672
37.1
-9.8
Social and Liberal Democrats
-6.4
Darnall
Labour Party (UK)
Sandra Robinson
3,194
73.1
+9.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Philip Kirby
676
15.5
-0.8
Social and Liberal Democrats
Dennis Boothroyd
497
11.4
-9.0
2,518
57.6
+14.7
4,367
29.2
-5.9
Labour Party (UK)
+5.3
Dore
Conservative Party (UK)
David Heslop*
3,685
57.2
+5.7
Labour Party (UK)
Glenn Ellis
1,850
28.7
+3.0
Social and Liberal Democrats
Janice Sidebottom
655
10.2
-12.6
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
Marguerite Crangle
248
3.8
+3.8
1,835
28.5
+2.7
6,438
38.6
-9.4
Conservative Party (UK)
+1.3
Ecclesall
Conservative Party (UK)
Bobbie Fleming
3,515
54.3
+2.3
Labour Party (UK)
Timothy Plant
1,468
22.7
+3.3
Social and Liberal Democrats
Christine Freeman
1,044
16.1
-12.5
Green Party (UK)
Clare Jenkins
280
4.3
+4.3
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
Peter Sorby
165
2.5
+2.5
2,047
31.6
+8.2
6,472
41.0
-7.9
Conservative Party (UK)
-0.5
Firth Park
Labour Party (UK)
Clive Betts*
3,475
82.7
+7.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Andrew Cook
367
8.7
+8.7
Social and Liberal Democrats
John Wilcock
235
5.6
-19.6
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
Glyn Evans
125
3.0
+3.0
3,108
74.0
+24.4
4,202
30.5
-5.2
Labour Party (UK)
-0.4
Hallam
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Jackson*
3,223
50.8
+1.3
Labour Party (UK)
John Webster
1,625
25.6
+6.2
Social and Liberal Democrats
John Knight
1,242
19.6
-11.4
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
Matthew Smith
256
4.0
+4.0
1,598
25.2
+6.7
6,346
43.7
-1.1
Conservative Party (UK)
-2.4
Handsworth
Labour Party (UK)
Harold Lambert
3,588
63.7
+12.1
Social and Liberal Democrats
Alice Smith
1,317
23.4
-15.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Shirley Clayton
602
10.7
+1.5
Green Party (UK)
Roger Dunn
126
2.2
+1.9
2,271
40.3
+27.5
5,633
37.8
-6.4
Labour Party (UK)
+13.7
Heeley
Labour Party (UK)
Edward Lamb
3,255
68.6
+10.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Elizabeth Bradbury
935
19.7
-1.3
Social and Liberal Democrats
Valerie King
381
8.0
-13.0
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
John Hetherington
170
3.6
+3.6
2,320
48.9
+12.0
4,741
31.4
-7.4
Labour Party (UK)
+6.0
Hillsborough
Labour Party (UK)
Peter Duff
3,107
50.4
+3.6
Social and Liberal Democrats
David Swarbrick
1,813
29.4
-3.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Warner
1,098
17.8
-2.0
Green Party (UK)
Jacqueline O'Neill
147
2.4
+2.4
1,294
21.0
+7.5
6,165
40.1
-6.8
Labour Party (UK)
+3.7
Intake
Labour Party (UK)
Philip Moscrop*
3,181
67.7
+8.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Elizabeth Bradbury
1,067
22.7
+1.6
Social and Liberal Democrats
Douglas Oldfield
293
6.2
-13.6
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
David Dean
153
3.2
+3.2
2,114
45.0
+7.1
4,694
29.8
-7.7
Labour Party (UK)
+3.5
Manor
Labour Party (UK)
Bill Jordan*
2,715
86.1
+6.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul Anderton
293
9.3
+0.2
Social and Liberal Democrats
Leonard Middleton
146
4.6
-7.0
2,422
76.8
+9.2
3,154
30.0
Labour Party (UK)
+3.3
Mosborough
Labour Party (UK)
Dorothy Walton*
4,328
67.7
+8.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Caroline Gracey
1,420
22.2
+0.7
Social and Liberal Democrats
Kevin Smith
402
6.3
-12.9
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
Roger Davison
239
3.7
+3.7
2,908
45.5
+7.7
6,389
29.0
-6.6
Labour Party (UK)
+3.8
Nether Edge
Labour Party (UK)
Jan Fiore*
2,772
48.9
+10.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Henry Cornford
1,816
32.1
+3.4
Social and Liberal Democrats
George Manley
858
15.1
-14.3
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
Stephen Ruttle
216
3.8
+3.8
956
16.8
+7.7
5,662
40.3
-6.0
Labour Party (UK)
+3.5
Nether Shire
Labour Party (UK)
Roger Barton*
3,439
82.1
+9.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Roger Barnsley
404
9.6
+9.6
Social and Liberal Democrats
George Clayton
344
8.2
-19.2
3,035
72.5
+27.3
4,187
32.5
-2.8
Labour Party (UK)
-0.0
Netherthorpe
Labour Party (UK)
Jennifer Harvey
2,883
75.8
+6.5
Conservative Party (UK)
David Knight
519
13.6
-1.2
Social and Liberal Democrats
David Cloke
293
7.7
-8.1
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
Rachel Ritchie
106
2.8
+2.8
2,364
62.2
+8.7
3,801
28.7
-9.6
Labour Party (UK)
+3.8
Norton
Labour Party (UK)
John Butler*
3,468
67.4
+8.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Russell Crane
1,221
23.7
+1.2
Social and Liberal Democrats
Ian Auckland
454
8.8
-9.3
2,247
43.7
+6.8
5,143
38.4
-6.5
Labour Party (UK)
+3.4
Owlerton
Labour Party (UK)
George Burrows*
3,165
85.0
+16.4
Social and Liberal Democrats
Francis Pierce
459
12.3
-6.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Malcolm Smith
100
2.7
-10.0
2,706
72.7
+22.7
3,724
29.1
-7.1
Labour Party (UK)
+11.3
Park
Labour Party (UK)
Alice Sargent
3,172
85.4
+6.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Mary Hyatt
309
8.3
-2.0
Social and Liberal Democrats
John Mayes
233
6.3
-4.9
2,863
77.1
+9.8
3.714
26.2
-5.0
Labour Party (UK)
+4.4
Sharrow
Labour Party (UK)
Mike Pye*
2,619
72.7
+9.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Jane Godber
525
14.6
-4.2
Social and Liberal Democrats
Kathleen Brown
279
7.7
-8.0
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
Patricia Major
93
2.6
+2.6
Communist Party of Great Britain
Walter Hartley
85
2.3
+0.1
2,094
58.1
+13.6
3,601
28.2
-5.7
Labour Party (UK)
+6.8
South Wortley
Social and Liberal Democrats
Alan Memmott*
2,796
39.6
-9.1
Labour Party (UK)
Roy Darke
2,708
38.3
+7.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Lynn Wilson
1,556
22.0
+1.8
88
1.3
-16.4
7,060
38.1
-8.8
Social and Liberal Democrats
-8.2
Southey Green
Labour Party (UK)
Jimmy Boyce**
3,609
88.9
+7.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Usher
242
5.9
+5.9
Social and Liberal Democrats
Raymond Mellor
209
5.1
-13.6
3,367
83.0
+20.4
4,060
32.3
-3.6
Labour Party (UK)
+0.8
Jimmy Boyce was a sitting councillor for Burngreave ward
Stocksbridge
Social and Liberal Democrats
June Hibberd-Cooke*
1,636
43.7
-9.3
Labour Party (UK)
Alf Meade**
1,630
43.5
+7.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Stephen Gladman
399
10.6
-0.4
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
George Wilson
81
2.1
+2.1
6
0.2
-16.9
3,746
35.7
-10.6
Social and Liberal Democrats
-8.4
Alf Meade was a sitting councillor for Hillsborough ward
Walkley
Labour Party (UK)
Jean Cromar*
3,997
74.5
+18.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Patricia Barnsley
719
13.4
+3.2
Social and Liberal Democrats
Penelope Smith
399
7.4
-26.6
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
Margaret Ritchie
249
4.6
+4.6
3,278
61.1
+39.4
5,364
37.1
-6.6
Labour Party (UK)
+7.8
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