1988_Liverpool_City_Council_election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 5 May 1988. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.[1]
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After the election, the composition of the council was:
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Party | Seats | ± | |
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Labour | ?? | ?? | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | ?? | ?? | |
Conservative | ?? | ?? | |
Independent | ?? | ?? | |
Others | ?? | ?? | |
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More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 23 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 70% | 55% | 86,383 | ||
SLD | 7 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 21% | 14% | 22,352 | ||
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 6% | 12% | 18,242 | ||
Liberal | 2 | 2 | 6% | 3% | 5,222 | ||||
SDP | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1% | 1,914 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1% | 1,769 | ||||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.3% | 400 | ||||
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These results are compared with the 1984 elections when councillors were elected for a four-year term. * = Councillor elected in 1984 and standing for re-election.
Abercromby
Aigburth
Allerton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Smith | 2,029 | 36% | +12% | |
SLD | M. Ali | 1,642 | 29% | +3% | |
Conservative | M. Kingston | 1,532 | 27% | -23% | |
SDP | R. Gould | 399 | 7% | ||
Green | R. Cantwell | 100 | 2% | ||
Majority | 387 | ||||
Turnout | 5,702 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12% | |||
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Anfield
Arundel
Breckfield
Broadgreen
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SLD | Rosie Cooper * | 3,109 | 51% | +3% | |
Labour | F. Gillard | 2,599 | 42% | -1% | |
Conservative | J. Baldwin | 314 | 5% | -5% | |
Green | Nina Morgan | 61 | 1% | ||
SDP | R. Nolan | 46 | 1% | ||
Majority | 510 | ||||
Turnout | 6,129 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Childwall
Church
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SLD | Mike Storey * | 3,564 | 54% | +4% | |
Labour | J. Ashton | 1,783 | 26% | +7% | |
Conservative | T. Pink | 1,153 | 17% | -14% | |
Green | Janet Cantwell | 201 | 3% | ||
Majority | 1,826 | ||||
Turnout | 6,656 | ||||
SLD hold | Swing | ||||
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Clubmoor
County
Croxteth
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SLD | Elaine Kinahan | 2,163 | 36% | +12% | |
Labour | Catherine Rigby | 1,885 | 31% | 0% | |
Conservative | G. Brandwood * | 1,745 | 29% | -18% | |
SDP | Joan Reece | 218 | 4% | ||
Green | I. Graham | 15 | 0.2% | ||
Majority | 278 | ||||
Turnout | 6,026 | ||||
SLD gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Dingle
Dovecot
Everton
Fazakerley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Vaudrey | 3,465 | 77% | +17% | |
Liberal Democrats | C. Mayes | 541 | 12% | -8% | |
Conservative | J. Atkinson | 495 | 11% | -9% | |
Majority | 2,924 | ||||
Turnout | 4,501 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +17% | |||
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Gillmoss
Granby
Grassendale
Kensington
Melrose
Netherley
Old Swan
Picton
Pirrie
St. Mary's
Smithdown
Speke
Tuebrook
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Steve Radford * | 2,747 | 52% | -1% | |
Labour | S. Sullivan | 2,291 | 43% | +7% | |
Conservative | Edna Rodick | 282 | 5% | -6% | |
Majority | 456 | ||||
Turnout | 5,320 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1% | |||
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Valley
Vauxhall
Warbreck
Woolton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Backhouse | 2,301 | 39% | -30% | |
Conservative | S. Fitzsimmons | 2,241 | 38% | -31% | |
SLD | Ron Gould | 1,487 | 25% | +11% | |
SLD | Ian Phillips | 1,424 | 25% | +11% | |
Labour | A. White | 1,057 | 18% | 0% | |
Labour | S. Balmer | 1,056 | 18% | 0% | |
SDP | 918 | 15% | |||
Green | J. Hulton | 166 | 3% | ||
Majority | 814 | ||||
Turnout | 5,928 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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- Liverpool Daily Post 6 May 1988
- Liverpool Daily Post 6 May 1988
- Liverpool Daily Post 6 May 1988