1988 Chester City Council election

1988 Chester City Council election
21 out of 60 seats to Chester City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 1988 Chester City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 1988 Chester City Council election took place on 5 May 1988 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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1988 Chester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	11		52.4	19	30	50.0	15,051	41.8	+4.5
	Labour	8	1	38.1	11	19	31.7	15,033	41.8	+10.7
	SLD	2	1	9.5	8	10	16.7	4,922	13.7	–15.5
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.7	609	1.7	–0.5
	SDP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	248	0.7	N/A
	Ratepayer	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	123	0.3	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Randall	1,292	84.3	+16.1
	Conservative	L. Needham	241	15.7	–3.1
Majority			1,051	68.6	+19.2
Turnout			1,533	34.8	–2.9
Registered electors			4,400
	Labour hold		Swing	9.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Robinson*	1,042	72.0	+18.3
	Conservative	L. Aitchison	406	28.0	–2.1
Majority			636	44.0	N/A
Turnout			1,448	57.2	–3.6
Registered electors			2,531
	Labour hold		Swing	10.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Bailey*	1,157	71.3	+5.8
	Conservative	S. Begbie	1,154	71.1	+5.3
	Labour	S. Murphy	481	29.6	+12.3
	Labour	J. Baker	452	27.8	+10.5
Turnout			1,623	43.0	+0.9
Registered electors			3,774
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Russell*	1,390	65.9	+14.1
	Conservative	R. Sadler	595	28.2	–0.9
	Ratepayer	D. Taylor	123	5.8	+0.6
Majority			795	37.7	+15.0
Turnout			2,108	46.3	–2.1
Registered electors			4,555
	Labour hold		Swing	7.5

1988 Chester City Council election

Election result

Ward results

Blacon Hall

Boughton

Christleton

College

Curzon

Dee Point

Farndon

Grosvenor

Hoole

Malpas

Newton

Plas Newton

Saughall

Sealand

Tattenhall

Upton Grange

Upton Heath

Vicars Cross

Waverton

Westminster

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Jones	1,079	52.7	+10.0
	Conservative	L. Parkes	969	47.3	+12.2
Majority			110	5.4	–2.2
Turnout			2,048	66.0	+9.9
Registered electors			3,101
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Fetherston	1,312	78.7	+15.8
	Conservative	P. Harris	355	21.3	+1.5
Majority			957	57.4	N/A
Turnout			1,667	39.7	–1.2
Registered electors			4,568
	Labour hold		Swing	7.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Rowlandson	494	73.6	–8.3
	Labour	J. Brailsford	177	26.4	+8.3
Majority			317	47.2	–16.7
Turnout			671	39.7	+0.2
Registered electors			1,692
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Pritchard	1,215	53.2	+6.9
	Labour	D. Dowswell	1,068	46.8	+13.6
Majority			147	6.4	–6.7
Turnout			2,283	51.3	–5.3
Registered electors			4,450
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	R. Stunell*	1,115	50.6	+5.0
	Labour	S. Hesketh	769	34.9	–2.2
	Conservative	V. Holding	318	14.4	–2.9
Majority			346	15.7	+7.2
Turnout			2,202	51.3	–1.8
Registered electors			4,291
	SLD hold		Swing	3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Hassall*	663	52.1	–0.6
	Independent	C. Higgie	609	47.9	+6.3
Majority			54	4.2	–6.9
Turnout			1,272	44.5	–7.1
Registered electors			2,858
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Ebo*	914	44.7	+1.4
	SLD	M. Garrod	746	36.5	–3.6
	Labour	R. Cross	385	18.8	+2.1
Majority			168	8.2	+5.0
Turnout			2,045	49.4	–5.7
Registered electors			4,142
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Jones*	1,052	44.9	+8.6
	SLD	M. Hale	701	29.9	–9.1
	Conservative	W. Sutton	589	25.1	+0.4
Majority			351	15.0	N/A
Turnout			2,342	61.5	–2.1
Registered electors			3,806
	Labour hold		Swing	8.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Coughlan	910	70.1	+27.8
	Labour	R. Jones	388	29.9	+17.2
Majority			522	40.2	N/A
Turnout			1,298	43.7	–3.2
Registered electors			2,967
	Conservative gain from SLD		Swing	5.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Bott*	1,189	74.3	+12.4
	Conservative	B. Eaves	411	25.7	–0.6
Majority			778	48.6	+13.0
Turnout			1,600	43.5	–6.4
Registered electors			3,678
	Labour hold		Swing	6.5

Upton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Griffiths*	1,209	48.9	+14.8
	Conservative	J. Snell	1,003	40.6	–0.7
	SLD	C. Bain	259	10.5	–14.1
Majority			206	8.3	N/A
Turnout			2,471	59.3	–2.6
Registered electors			4,167
	Labour hold		Swing	7.8

Vicars Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	K. Holding*	1,107	52.4	–2.8
	Conservative	P. Thompson	680	32.2	+2.3
	Labour	D. Halley	327	15.5	+0.6
Majority			427	20.2	–5.0
Turnout			2,114	49.5	–7.0
Registered electors			4,269
	SLD hold		Swing	2.6

Waverton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Bramall*	366	44.7	–18.1
	SLD	C. Walley	353	43.1	+29.8
	Labour	K. Bird	100	12.2	–11.6
Majority			13	1.6	–21.8
Turnout			819	56.2	+5.5
Registered electors			1,457
	Conservative hold		Swing	24.0

Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Short*	1,319	54.8	+3.1
	Labour	P. Byrne	841	34.9	+5.8
	SDP	S. Barlow	248	10.3	N/A
Majority			478	19.9	–2.7
Turnout			2,408	50.7	–5.0
Registered electors			4,748
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Pierce*	611	71.6	*N/A*
	Labour	J. Starkey	242	28.4	N/A
Majority			369	43.3	N/A
Turnout			853	33.3	–9.8
Registered electors			2,561
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Butler*	681	43.7	+6.1
	SLD	L. O'Sullivan	641	41.1	–11.2
	Labour	S. Taylor	238	15.3	+5.2
Majority			40	2.6	N/A
Turnout			1,560	50.7	–1.2
Registered electors			3,077
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.7

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