1988_City_of_Bradford_Metropolitan_District_Council_election

1988 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections were held on Thursday, 5 May 1988, with one third of the council up for election as well as vacancies in Eccleshill & Wyke to be elected. Labour lost control of the council to no overall control following numerous losses to the Conservatives.^[1]^[2]

Map of the results for the 1988 Bradford council election.

Ward results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	18	6	0	6	56.2	43.7	61,462	+3.3%
Labour	13	0	5	5	40.6	43.1	60,709	+7.9%
SLD	1	0	1	1	3.1	10.4	14,643	-10.4%
SDP	0	0	0		0.0	1.1	1,522	+1.1%
Ratepayers Association	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	1,446	-2.2%
Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	479	+0.0%
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	305	+0.2%
Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	189	+0.1%

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	49	44
	Conservatives	38	44
	Social and Liberal Democrats	3	2
Total		90	90
Working majority		8	-2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Cope	2,769	44.1	+0.1
	SLD	S. Duckham	2,560	40.8	-2.2
	Labour	P. Lancaster	757	12.1	+0.7
	Green	C. Harris	191	3.0	+1.4
Majority			209	3.3	+2.3
Turnout			5,420
	Conservative gain from SLD		Swing	+1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Seager	2,415	52.6	+11.8
	Labour	E. Sinclair	1,487	32.4	+10.5
	SLD	M. Fielden	358	7.8	-10.8
	Ratepayers Association	R. Reay	251	5.5	-13.3
Majority			928	20.2	+1.2
Turnout			4,594
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Pettit	2,600	56.9	+9.4
	Labour	M. Gregory	973	21.3	+7.9
	Ratepayers Association	L. Reay	615	13.5	-7.5
	SLD	M. Thornton	379	8.3	-9.8
Majority			1,627	35.6	+9.0
Turnout			4,566
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Gaunt	2,039	51.4	+5.6
	Labour	R. Kitson	1,546	39.0	+6.7
	SLD	M. Thornton	379	9.6	-12.4
Majority			493	12.4	-1.1
Turnout			3,964
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Coughlin	2,645	67.1	+6.4
	Conservative	F. Khan	841	21.3	-1.6
	SLD	G. Beacher	458	11.6	-4.8
Majority			1,804	45.7	+8.0
Turnout			3,944
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Khaliq	2,470	60.9	+4.5
	Conservative	J. Rees	942	23.2	-2.9
	SLD	I. Horner	338	8.3	-9.1
	Independent	M. Khan	305	7.5	+7.5
Majority			1,528	37.7	+7.4
Turnout			4,055
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Owen	3,127	56.4	+2.2
	Labour	G. Sutcliffe	2,420	43.6	+11.5
Majority			707	12.7	-9.4
Turnout			5,547
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-4.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Waddington	2,803	53.7	+10.9
	SLD	A. Gale	1,425	27.3	-16.7
	Labour	L. Whiteley	996	19.1	+5.9
Majority			1,378	26.4	+25.1
Turnout			5,224
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Dewhirst	1,934	47.4	+8.8
	Conservative	B. Larkin	1,780	43.6	+2.0
	Labour	P. Donohue	1,775
	Conservative	M. Roberts	1,599
	SLD	J. Taylor	368	9.0	-10.9
	SLD	J. Midgley	346
Majority			154	3.8	+0.8
Turnout			4,082
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Deeny	2,383	53.3	+10.2
	Conservative	V. Owen	1,742	39.0	-3.3
	SLD	P. Joseph-Gray	181	4.0	-10.5
	SDP	D. Hartley	165	3.7	+3.7
Majority			641	14.3	+13.5
Turnout			4,471
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. King	2,651	49.4	+5.2
	Labour	V. Fanning	2,270	42.3	+7.0
	SDP	J. Hewitt	278	5.2	+5.2
	SLD	B. Salmons	164	3.1	-12.0
Majority			381	7.1	-1.8
Turnout			5,363
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	D. Ward	1,836	37.2	+6.0
	Labour	K. Baxter	1,608	32.6	+2.4
	Conservative	M. Barnes	1,485	30.1	-3.2
Majority			228	4.6	+2.5
Turnout			4,929
	SLD hold		Swing	+1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Blann	2,900	61.6	+7.9
	Labour	J. Liuba	941	20.0	+8.3
	SLD	D. Price	728	15.5	-19.0
	Ratepayers Association	P. Cheney	135	2.9	+2.9
Majority			1,959	41.6	+22.4
Turnout			4,704
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.2

Keighley South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Flanagan	2,738	71.8	+11.5
	Conservative	V. Earle	802	21.0	-1.9
	SLD	T. Figgess	275	7.2	-9.5
Majority			1,936	50.7	+13.3
Turnout			3,815
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.7

Little Horton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Cairns	2,414	69.5	+10.6
	Conservative	G. Johnson	713	20.5	-1.0
	Independent Labour	M. Potts	189	5.4	+5.4
	SLD	P. Robinson	189	4.5	-15.0
Majority			1,701	49.0	+11.6
Turnout			3,472
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.8

Odsal^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Warren	3,029	49.6	+4.8
	Labour	L. Woodward	2,529	41.4	+9.3
	SLD	J. Micklethwaite	387	6.3	-16.8
	SDP	D. Hartley	165	2.7	+2.7
Majority			500	8.2	-4.5
Turnout			6,110
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-2.2

Queensbury^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Beeson	2,465	45.9	+4.2
	Labour	E. Hey	2,315	43.1	+11.5
	Ratepayers Association	K. Craven	262	4.9	-7.4
	SLD	E. Hallmann	181	3.4	-11.0
	SDP	M. Dowson	151	2.8	+2.8
Majority			150	2.8	-7.3
Turnout			5,374
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Jepson	2,545	48.4	+7.5
	Labour	S. Price	2,297	43.7	+7.5
	SLD	S. Green	412	7.8	-15.0
Majority			248	4.7	-0.0
Turnout			5,254
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Mitchell	2,397	50.2	+5.2
	Conservative	N. Phillips	1,940	40.7	+6.3
	SLD	J. Hopkinson	434	9.1	-5.8
Majority			457	9.6	-1.0
Turnout			4,771
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Smith	3,327	62.0	+7.3
	Labour	B. Wheeler	1,160	21.6	+6.7
	SLD	J. Ryan	877	16.3	-14.0
Majority			2,167	40.4	+16.0
Turnout			5,364
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. English	2,390	59.6	+11.2
	Conservative	E. Barraclough	1,277	31.9	+0.8
	SLD	F. Marcham	340	8.5	-12.0
Majority			1,113	27.8	+10.5
Turnout			4,007
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Nunn	2,907	52.4	+8.1
	Labour	J. O'Neill	2,060	37.2	+10.6
	SLD	B. Moore	575	10.4	-9.2
Majority			847	15.3	-2.4
Turnout			5,542
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Townsend	2,316	53.2	+5.7
	Labour	S. Callaghan	1,569	36.1	+2.2
	SLD	A. Griffiths	281	6.5	-5.3
	Ratepayers Association	K. McGill	183	4.2	-2.6
Majority			747	17.2	+3.5
Turnout			4,349
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Rangzeb	2,905	56.2	+7.3
	Conservative	E. SKinner	2,265	43.8	+8.8
Majority			640	12.4	-1.5
Turnout			5,170
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Senior	2,023	69.0	+8.6
	Conservative	J. Holdsworth	709	24.2	+1.3
	SDP	R. Dowson	201	6.9	+6.9
Majority			1,314	44.8	+7.2
Turnout			2,933
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Moore	1,988	44.8	+10.0
	Labour	A. Ahmed	1,881	42.4	-6.7
	SLD	D. Midgley	570	12.8	-3.4
Majority			107	2.4	-11.9
Turnout			4,439
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Ajeeb	4,048	74.2	+15.2
	Conservative	A. Khan	904	16.6	-17.3
	Green	J. Bird	288	5.3	+0.6
	SLD	E. Wilkes	213	3.9	+3.9
Majority			3,144	57.7	+32.5
Turnout			5,453
	Labour hold		Swing	+16.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Manogue	1,998	45.5	+1.0
	Labour	E. Logan	1,938	44.2	+12.0
	SLD	B. Boulton	453	10.2	-13.0
Majority			60	1.3	-11.0
Turnout			4,389
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Hodgson	2,485	58.3	+2.2
	Labour	J. Leitch	1,462	34.3	+8.5
	SLD	M. Malone	316	7.4	-10.7
Majority			1,023	24.0	-6.3
Turnout			4,263
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Ryan	2,153	49.7	+8.3
	Labour	M. Beeley	2,139
	Conservative	R. Warren	1,698	39.2	+5.0
	Conservative	A. Murphy	1,564
	SDP	T. Lindley	479	11.1	+11.1
	SDP	W. Whitley	468
Majority			455	10.5	+3.3
Turnout			4,330
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.6