1988 Liverpool City Council election

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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]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	??	??
	Social and Liberal Democrats	??	??
	Conservative	??	??
	Independent	??	??
	Others	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1988

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	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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Ward results

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

Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Feintuck	2,070	81%	+1%
	SLD	Carole Matthews	186	7%	-3%
	Conservative	P. Lee	180	7%
	Communist	P. Carroll	129	5%	+2%
Majority			1,884
Turnout			2,565
	Labour hold		Swing	+1%

Aigburth

Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cathy Hancox *	2,475	43%	-10%
	Labour	K. Taft	2,079	36%	+9%
	Conservative	N. Liddell	965	17%	-2%
	Green	Joanne Cook	272	5%
Majority			396
Turnout			5,791
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10%

Allerton

Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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%

Anfield

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Nelson	2,890	51%	+8%
	SLD	R. Jump	2,147	38%	0%
	Conservative	Myra Fitzsimmons	518	9%	-10%
	SDP	J. Prince	105	2%
Majority			743
Turnout			5,660
	Labour hold		Swing	+8%

Arundel

Arundel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria Roberts	2,381	52%	+10%
	SLD	B. Grocott	1,559	34%	-9%
	Conservative	D. Patmore	346	8%	-7%
	Green	G. Thomson	213	5%
	Communist	J. Crawley	47	1%	0%
Majority			822
Turnout			4,546
	SLD		Swing	+3.5

Breckfield

Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary McGiveron	3,148	77%	+27%
	SLD	H. Burt	663	16%	-30%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Bayley	266	7%	+3%
Majority			2,485
Turnout			4,077
	Labour hold		Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Childwall

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Eddie Clein *	3,146	52%	+4%
	Labour	R. Kennedy	1,527	25%	+6%
	Conservative	Helen Rigby	1,215	20%	-14%
	Green	A. Willan	185	3%
Majority			1,619
Turnout			6,073
	SLD hold		Swing

Church

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Clubmoor

Clubmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keva Coombes	4,159	'77%	+27%
	SLD	Ann Collinge	666	12%	-13%
	Conservative	W. Connolly	520	10%	-5%
	Communist	K. McDonough	73	1%
Majority			3,493
Turnout			5,418
	Labour hold		Swing

County

County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Paul Clark *	3,188	49%	-5%
	Labour	Sylvia Renilson	3,100	48%	+8%
	Conservative	H. Quayle	164	3%	-3%
Majority			88
Turnout			6,452
	SLD hold		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Dingle

Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Lafferty	3,215	70%	+18%
	SLD	W. Lamont	1,044	23%	-16%
	Conservative	G. Earle	272	6%	-2%
	Communist	J. Cook	30	1%	0%
Majority			2,171
Turnout			4,561
	Labour hold		Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Rimmer	2,622	'77%	-7%
	SLD	Norman Mills	429	13%	0%
	Conservative	Audrey Bowness	356	10%	-7%
Majority			2,193
Turnout			3,407
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Knibb	1,988	92%	+5%
	SLD	M. Key	98	5%	+1%
	Conservative	R. Fairclough	72	3%	-5%
Majority			1,890
Turnout			2,158
	Labour hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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%

Gillmoss

Gillmoss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Ledwich	3,239	80%	+3%
	Conservative	S. North	383	9%	-4%
	SLD	C. Leahy	342	8%	-2%
	Green	Susan Ellison	103	3%
Majority			2,897
Turnout			4,067
	Labour hold		Swing

Granby

Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Hughes	2,959	82%	+26%
	SLD	E. Chin	335	9%	-30%
	Conservative	Henrietta Edwards	200	6%	+2%
	Communist	E. Caddick	121	3%	+2%
Majority			2,624
Turnout			3,615
	Labour hold		Swing

Grassendale

Grassendale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	W. Bullock	3,405	53%	-2%
	Labour	Eileen Turnbull	1,183	18%	+6%
	Conservative	S. Marsden	1,656	26%	-5%
	Green	P. Kavanagh	197	3%
Majority			2,222
Turnout			6,441
	SLD hold		Swing

Kensington

Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Ratcliffe	2,525	52%	+3%
	SLD	Richard Kemp	2,026	42%	-2%
	Conservative	R. Bethell	196	4%	+3%
	Green	F. Wainwright	84	2%
Majority			499
Turnout			4,831
	Labour hold		Swing

Melrose

Melrose

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Kidd	3,519	82%	+24%
	SLD	J. Murray	537	13%	-24%
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	220	5%	+1%
Majority			2,982
Turnout			4,276
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherley

Netherley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Mahmood	2,106	79%	+7%
	SLD	Caroline Barnett	439	16%	0%
	Conservative	Maureen Murphy	134	5%	-7%
Majority			1,667
Turnout			2,679
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Fitzsimmons	2,975	65%	+14%
	SLD	J. Berman	739	16%	-19%
	Conservative	G. Powell	684	15%	-1%
	SDP	J. Herbert	184	4%
Majority			2,236
Turnout			4,582
	Labour hold		Swing

Picton

Picton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Pam Bradley *	2,730	47%	-9%
	Labour	Margaret Clarke	2,717	47%	+10%
	Conservative	I. Bishop	221	4%	-3%
	Green	D. Williams	112	2%
Majority			13
Turnout			5,780
	SLD hold		Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dot Gavin	3,958	84%	+14%
	SLD	Hilary Owen	412	9%	-5%
	Conservative	P. Aldcroft	329	7%	-9%
Majority			3,546
Turnout			4,699
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank O'Donoghue	3,599	67%	+16%
	SLD	C. Hughes	1,454	27%	-10%
	Conservative	Innes Fleming	275	5%	-7%
	Green	D. Lindsay	60	1%
Majority			2,145
Turnout			5,388
	Labour hold		Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Bermingham	2,791	77%	+18%
	SLD	Mary Young	648	18%	= -19%
	Conservative	F. Ryan	193	5%	+1%
Majority			2,143
Turnout			3,632
	Labour hold		Swing

Speke

Speke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Wilde	2,972	84%	+25%
	SLD	Victoria Clein	287	8%	-29%
	Conservative	A. Faver	270	8%	+4%
Majority			2,685
Turnout			3,529
	Labour hold		Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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%

Valley

Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Sharpey-Shafer	2,636	73%	+10%
	SLD	G. Cleaeys	714	20%	+5%
	Conservative	W. Dobinson	242	7%	-15%
Majority			1,922
Turnout			3,592
	Labour hold		Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Orr *	1,818	93%	-1%
	SLD	S. McHugh	92	5%
	Conservative	R. Knox	51	3%	-3%
Majority			1,726
Turnout			1,961
	Labour hold		Swing	-1%

Warbreck

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Chase	3,144	52%	+15%
	SLD	Elsie Lang	2,430	40%	0%
	Conservative	Martha Thornton	492	8%	-15%
Majority			714
Turnout			6,066
	SLD		Swing	+3.5

Woolton

Woolton 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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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