1988 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1988. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1992. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council. [1]

Election result
Manchester Council Election Result 1988
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 34 2 1 +1 89.5 53.1 71,493 +11.1%
  Conservative 2 1 2 -1 5.2 28.3 38,089 -0.7%
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 0 0 5.2 15.2 20,480 -11.9%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.1 2,867 +0.9%
  SDP (1988) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 1,160 +0.8%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 482 -0.2%
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 139 +0.1%

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

PartySeats  +/-  
Labour78+1
Conservative12-1
Liberal Democrats90
Labour hold

Ward results

Ardwick
Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour E. H. Hopkins 1,999 78.8 +11.8
Conservative M. D. Payne 309 12.2 -3.9
Liberal Democrats K. V. Read 155 6.1 -10.8
Green J. A. B. Hall 74 2.9 +2.9
Majority 1,690 66.6 +16.5
Turnout 2,537
Labour hold Swing +7.8

Baguley
Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour A. Burns* 2,372 57.6 +15.5
Labour J. McNicholls 2,207
Conservative V. C. Kirby 1,443 35.1 +0.5
Conservative S. W. Lawley 1,414
Liberal Democrats G. Hall 300 7.3 -16.0
Liberal Democrats L. H. McLoughlin 246
Majority 764 22.5 +15.0
Turnout 4,115
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +7.5

Barlow Moor
Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Y. A. Gooljary 1,746 37.3 +2.5
Labour I. M. Summers 1,594
Liberal Democrats R. S. Harrison 1,309 28.0 -14.5
Liberal Democrats H. D. McKay 1,286
Conservative N. H. Brook 1,284 27.5 +7.0
Conservative M. B. Beaugeard 1,229
Green B. A. Candeland 334 7.1 +4.8
Majority 285 9.3 +1.6
Turnout 4,673
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +8.5

Benchill
Benchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour V. M. Myers* 1,735 60.0 -2.6
Independent D. A. Morris 482 16.7 +16.7
Liberal Democrats A. Bradshaw 407 14.1 -23.3
Conservative W. F. Hurst 267 9.2 +9.2
Majority 1,253 43.3 +18.1
Turnout 2,891
Labour hold Swing -9.6

Beswick and Clayton
Beswick and Clayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Flanagan* 2,157 75.0 +18.8
Conservative B. H. Brooks 548 19.1 -7.5
Liberal Democrats V. M. Cahill 171 5.9 -11.3
Majority 1,253 43.6 +14.1
Turnout 2,876
Labour hold Swing +13.1

Blackley
Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour K. Barnes 2,290 61.1 +15.9
Conservative F. J. R. Lomas 1,117 29.8 -3.1
Liberal Democrats J. Cookson 340 9.1 -12.8
Majority 1,173 31.3 +19.0
Turnout 3,747
Labour hold Swing +9.5

Bradford
Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour K. J. Rowswell 2,008 72.8 +10.9
Conservative K. Hyde 531 19.2 +0.8
Liberal Democrats P. F. Allanson 220 8.0 -11.6
Majority 1,477 53.5 +11.2
Turnout 2,759
Labour hold Swing +5.0

Brooklands
Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative P. Cummins 2,316 50.6 +0.6
Labour J. Broderick* 1,934 42.3 +9.9
Liberal Democrats D. Wraxall 325 7.1 -10.6
Majority 382 8.3 -9.3
Turnout 4,575
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -4.6

Burnage
Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Clegg* 2,546 49.7 +13.8
Conservative A. Riley 2,001 39.0 -1.2
Liberal Democrats R. Taylor 483 9.4 -12.8
Green E. F. Howard 96 1.9 +0.3
Majority 545 10.6 +6.3
Turnout 5,126
Labour hold Swing +7.5

Central
Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour G. Conquest* 1,551 80.6 +12.7
Conservative A. E. W. Hudson 255 13.3 -3.1
Liberal Democrats C. Muir 118 6.1 -9.7
Majority 1,296 67.4 +15.9
Turnout 1,924
Labour hold Swing +7.9

Charlestown
Charlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour B. Curley 2,289 57.4 +16.2
Conservative M. Harris 1,368 34.3 -3.4
SDP (1988) S. Earnshaw 182 4.6 +4.6
Liberal Democrats N. Towers 148 3.7 -17.4
Majority 921 23.1 +19.5
Turnout 3,987
Labour hold Swing +9.8

Cheetham
Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. McCardell* 2,484 78.1 +25.8
Conservative R. T. L. Berg 453 14.2 +14.2
Liberal Democrats S. A. Lewis 245 7.7 -13.8
Majority 2,031 63.8 +37.7
Turnout 3,182
Labour hold Swing +5.8

Chorlton
Chorlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour A. Tomlinson 2,693 43.5 +10.7
Conservative E. Walker* 2,655 42.9 -1.5
Liberal Democrats R. T. Bogg 467 7.6 -12.2
Green D. Glazier 231 3.7 +0.6
Communist M. Waterfield 139 2.2 +2.2
Majority 38 0.6 -11.0
Turnout 6,185
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.1

Crumpsall
Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour R. Leese* 2,014 47.6 +11.1
Conservative A. E. Walsh 1,942 45.9 +0.8
Liberal Democrats J. A. Smith 276 6.5 -9.6
Majority 72 1.7 -6.9
Turnout 4,232
Labour hold Swing +5.1

Didsbury
Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative P. Hilton 3,139 53.9 -0.4
Labour G. Bridson 1,802 31.0 +8.7
Liberal Democrats E. Allen 688 11.8 -8.3
Green G. Otten 191 3.3 -0.0
Majority 1,337 23.0 -8.9
Turnout 5,820
Conservative hold Swing -4.5

Fallowfield
Fallowfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour R. A. Graham* 2,054 51.0 +9.1
Conservative S. W. Keegin 1,170 29.0 -6.0
Liberal Democrats E. A. Cross 622 15.4 -3.8
Green J. Sturrock 184 4.6 +0.7
Majority 884 21.9 +14.9
Turnout 4,030
Labour hold Swing +7.5

Gorton North
Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour T. Hamnett* 2,226 46.3 +0.9
Liberal Democrats J. Pearcey 1,948 40.5 +12.2
Conservative N. Dentith 638 13.3 -13.0
Majority 278 5.8 -11.3
Turnout 4,812
Labour hold Swing -5.6

Gorton South
Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour B. Stone 2,170 48.9 +10.0
Liberal Democrats J. Bridges 1,871 42.2 -6.9
Conservative T. A. Grimshaw 394 8.9 -3.0
Majority 299 6.7 -3.5
Turnout 4,435
Labour hold Swing +8.4

Harpurhey
Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour G. Stringer* 2,493 69.1 +22.1
Conservative R. Chadwick 851 23.6 -6.6
Liberal Democrats V. Towers 264 7.3 -15.4
Majority 1,642 45.5 +28.7
Turnout 3,608
Labour hold Swing +14.3

Hulme
Hulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour V. Dunn* 1,775 70.9 -1.9
Labour H. Johnson 1,639
Green P. E. Harrison 395 15.8 +15.8
Conservative A. Pollitt 171 6.8 +6.8
Liberal Democrats S. M. Jones 161 6.4 -20.8
Conservative D. M. Powell 160
Liberal Democrats C. Whettam 107
Majority 1,244 55.1 +9.5
Turnout 2,502
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -8.8

Levenshulme
Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats J. Commons 2,038 41.2 -14.2
Labour D. J. Power 1,821 36.8 +9.3
Conservative R. Colledge 919 18.6 +4.8
Green A. R. King 172 3.5 +0.2
Majority 217 4.4 -23.5
Turnout 4,950
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -11.7

Lightbowne
Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour W. Risby 2,497 50.8 +15.6
Conservative J. A. Smeaton 1,882 38.3 -0.3
Liberal Democrats D. Porter 464 9.4 -16.9
Green R. Wallace 72 1.5 +1.5
Majority 615 12.5 +9.1
Turnout 4,915
Labour hold Swing +7.9

Longsight
Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour K. Robinson* 2,801 68.3 +8.2
Conservative D. Ferguson 571 13.9 -3.7
Liberal Democrats L. M. Moulding 520 12.7 -6.5
Green L. A. King 207 5.1 +1.9
Majority 2,230 54.4 +13.5
Turnout 4,099
Labour hold Swing +5.9

Moss Side
Moss Side
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour V. P. Young 2,438 75.4 +5.3
Conservative M. Barnes 482 14.9 -1.1
Liberal Democrats F. Griffiths 200 6.2 -7.7
Green D. A. Howarth 112 3.5 +3.5
Majority 1,956 60.5 +6.4
Turnout 3,232
Labour hold Swing +3.2

Moston
Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour L. Kelly* 2,368 50.0 +12.9
Conservative M. Gill 2,031 42.8 -0.4
Liberal Democrats E. L. B. Slater 341 7.2 -12.5
Majority 337 7.1 +0.9
Turnout 4,740
Labour hold Swing +6.6

Newton Heath
Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour J. Smith* 2,197 74.0 +17.8
Labour A. F. Garside 2,133
Conservative R. J. Merrin 585 19.7 -4.6
Conservative S. W. Place 538
Liberal Democrats G. Shaw 186 6.3 -13.2
Liberal Democrats J. A. Snellwood 177
Majority 1,548 54.3 +22.4
Turnout 2,968
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +11.2

Northenden
Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour H. Brown* 2,175 49.7 +18.4
Conservative R. Bee 1,792 41.0 +4.0
Liberal Democrats R. K. Higginson 354 8.1 -22.5
Green C. P. Ireland 54 1.2 +0.1
Majority 383 8.8 +3.1
Turnout 4,375
Labour hold Swing +7.2

Old Moat
Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour B. Harrison* 2,793 44.9 +6.9
Labour A. Spencer 2,570
Liberal Democrats P. A. Monkhouse 1,428 22.9 -12.0
Conservative J. F. Roberts 1,346 21.6 -3.4
Conservative N. M. Watson 1,203
Liberal Democrats M. E. D. Boyle 1,058
SDP (1988) B. Gaskin 332 5.3 +5.3
Green S. J. Buchan 321 5.1 +3.0
Majority 1,142 22.0 +18.9
Turnout 6,220
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +9.4

Rusholme
Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Y. Mambu 1,876 43.8 +4.6
Liberal Democrats A. Choudhury 1,512 35.3 -10.7
Conservative N. F. Barnes 652 15.2 +3.4
Green B. S. Bingham 245 5.7 +2.7
Majority 364 8.5 +1.7
Turnout 4,285
Labour hold Swing +7.6

Sharston
Sharston
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour G. Berry 2,051 52.8 +14.3
Conservative A. R. Williams 1,119 28.8 +1.2
Liberal Democrats R. Bowers 717 18.4 -15.5
Majority 932 24.0 +19.4
Turnout 3,887
Labour hold Swing +6.5

Whalley Range
Whalley Range
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour K. M. Fry 2,285 47.3 +8.7
Conservative V. M. Colledge 1,948 40.3 -2.4
Liberal Democrats P. J. Davis 270 5.6 -10.3
Green C. I. Kirby 179 3.7 +0.9
SDP (1988) K. McKeon 151 3.1 +3.1
Majority 337 7.0 +2.9
Turnout 4,833
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.5

Withington
Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats A. Firth* 1,932 39.4 -5.5
Labour A. D. R. Eko 1,561 31.9 +4.4
Conservative A. J. Elleray 1,405 28.7 +3.9
Majority 371 7.6 -9.7
Turnout 4,898
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -4.9

Woodhouse Park
Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour R. H. Vaughan 2,292 69.6 +21.6
Conservative D. M. Hurst 505 15.3 -5.3
SDP (1988) E. M. Bowers 495 15.0 +15.0
Majority 1,787 54.3 +37.6
Turnout 3,292
Labour hold Swing +13.4
gollark: ComputerCraft "antimalware" tends to be bad.
gollark: IKR, right?
gollark: If it was a virus, why would VirusTotal detect it?
gollark: Due to some design flaws, it needs to download some stuff off pastebin on every boot.
gollark: PotatOS is hosted on Pastebin, and is thus extremely reliable.

References
  1. Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.