1988 Harlow District Council election

1988 Harlow District Council election^[1]^[2]
← 1987 5 May 1988 1990 →
14 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1988 Harlow District Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1988 Harlow District Council election took place on 5 May 1988 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Quick facts 14 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council 22 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	0	1	1	78.6	60.1	12,227	3.4
Conservative	2	1	0	1	14.3	29.7	6,054	8.1
SLD	1	0	0		7.1	9.9	2,022	11.8
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	58	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Burnham	835	76.7%
	Conservative	D. Messer	254	23.3%
Turnout				33.8%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Atkins	820	48.5%
	Labour	J. Sanders	705	41.7%
	SLD	D. Harris	106	6.3%
	Independent	S. Ford	58	3.4%
Turnout				51.1%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Hobbs	758	75.2%
	Conservative	D. Groves	250	24.8%
Turnout				35.6%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Rigden	841	46.0%
	Labour	J. Young	820	44.8%
	SLD	D. Collins	168	9.2%
Turnout				38.3%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Election result

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Jones	1,052	69.5%
	Conservative	S. Cross	461	30.5%
Turnout				36.7%
	Labour hold

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	D. Condon	975	65.0
Conservative	K. Smart	355	23.7%
SLD	L. Spenceley	171	11.4%
Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Farr	1,061	69.7%
	Conservative	N. Hitch	333	21.9%
	SLD	N. Armitage	129	8.5%
Turnout				38.9%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Balbi	727	65.2%
	Conservative	M. Rigden	260	23.3%
	SLD	V. Scott	128	11.5%
Turnout				38.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Coleman	618	64.6%
	Conservative	S. Jones	215	22.5%
	SLD	S. Herbert	123	12.9%
Turnout				37.7%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Howitt	1,243	48.7%
	Conservative	S. Carter	1,151	45.1%
	SLD	P. Barton	156	6.1%
Turnout				55.7%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Rogers	859	61.8%
	Conservative	M. Tombs	381	27.4%
	SLD	A. Curran	149	10.7%
Turnout				35.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Brown	970	71.5%
	Conservative	D. Fleming	244	18.0%
	SLD	S. Ward	142	10.5%
Turnout				41.2%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SLD	S. Curran	750	50.7%
	Labour	C. Downing	560	37.9%
	Conservative	K. Jones	168	11.4%
Turnout				37.6%
	SLD hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. Phelps	1,044	76.5%
	Conservative	B. Hill	321	23.5%
Turnout				36.9%
	Labour hold