1988 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

1988 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
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22 of 63 seats ; to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council; 32 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1988 election
Leader of the Council before election; Barry Brotherton; Labour	Leader of the Council after election ; Colin Warbrick; Conservative

Elections to Trafford Council in the United Kingdom were held on 5 May 1988. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1992. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council, from no overall control.^[1]

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	39,639 (48.9%)	1.2	13 (59.1%)	13 / 22	4	32 (50.8%)	32 / 63
Labour Party	29,169 (36.0%)	5.4	8 (36.4%)	8 / 22	1	27 (42.9%)	27 / 63
SLD	11,536 (14.2%)	6.8	1 (4.5%)	1 / 22	3	4 (6.3%)	4 / 63
Green Party	494 (0.6%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 22		0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
SDP	207 (0.3%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 22	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 63

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila O'Beirne	1,934	49.0	−2.7
	Labour	David Hinder	1,516	38.4	+6.4
	SLD	John Mulholland	498	12.6	−3.7
Majority			418	10.6	−9.1
Turnout			3,948	46.6	−2.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Merrell	2,790	70.8	+2.6
	SLD	Vivian Plummer	535	13.6	−6.7
	Labour	Bernardette Feeney	474	12.0	+3.4
	Green	Mark Rowtham	139	3.5	+0.6
Majority			2,255	57.3	+9.3
Turnout			3,938	43.0	−7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Barltrop*	2,084	51.9	+2.7
	Labour	Jane Baugh	1,472	36.7	+8.0
	SLD	Frank Cameron	459	11.4	−10.6
Majority			612	15.2	−5.3
Turnout			4,015	46.3	−5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rita Barber*	2,630	70.3	+12.0
	Conservative	Margaret Cox	2,528	67.6	+9.3
	SLD	Colin Bearfield	630	16.8	−14.6
	SLD	Kenneth Humber	579	15.5	−15.9
	Labour	Liam Hargadon	565	15.1	+4.8
	Labour	Eric Shaw	543	14.5	+4.2
Majority			1,898	50.7	+23.9
Turnout			3,740	48.1	−8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1988 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Altrincham

Bowdon

Broadheath

Brooklands

Bucklow

Clifford

Davyhulme East

Davyhulme West

Flixton

Hale

Longford

Mersey-St. Mary's

Park

Priory

Sale Moor

St. Martin's

Stretford

Talbot

Timperley

Urmston

Village

By-elections between 1988 and 1990

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Fact Checks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Paul*	1,456	79.5	+16.4
	SLD	Martin Elliott	376	20.5	+6.4
Majority			1,080	59.0	+18.7
Turnout			1,832	27.3	−11.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Rogers*	2,379	74.8	+2.4
	Conservative	Mary Wynn	800	25.2	−2.4
Majority			1,579	49.7	+4.8
Turnout			3,179	37.8	−0.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Eadie*	2,108	61.5	+4.9
	Labour	Freda Mottley	1,022	29.8	+1.4
	SLD	Colin Hedley	296	8.6	−6.4
Majority			1,086	31.7	+3.5
Turnout			3,426	44.1	−10.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ackerley	2,117	50.1	+1.5
	Labour	Laura Seex*	1,818	43.0	+11.7
	SLD	David Martin	291	6.9	−13.2
Majority			299	7.1	−10.2
Turnout			4,226	51.5	−5.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roland Robinson	2,052	44.6	−0.5
	Labour	Philip Dowland	1,289	28.0	+3.8
	SLD	Alan Vernon*	1,265	27.5	−3.2
Majority			763	16.6	+2.3
Turnout			4,606	57.5	−5.7
	Conservative gain from SLD		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Godwin*	2,930	76.4	+5.8
	SLD	Gillian Pawson	481	12.5	−9.3
	Labour	Rosemary Adams	314	8.2	+2.4
	Green	John Wharton	112	2.9	+1.0
Majority			2,449	63.8	+14.9
Turnout			3,837	43.5	−9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Ryan	1,934	54.7	+11.7
	Conservative	Shirley Dirikis	1,604	45.3	−0.5
Majority			330	9.3	+6.5
Turnout			3,538	47.4	−5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Silverman*	2,613	60.5	+1.2
	Labour	Peter Miller	1,017	23.6	+6.3
	SLD	Ray Thompson	687	15.9	−7.4
Majority			1,596	37.0	+1.0
Turnout			4,317	45.0	−5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Morgan	1,521	57.7	+13.9
	Conservative	David Meadowcroft	942	35.7	−3.1
	SLD	Francis Beswick	174	6.6	−10.8
Majority			579	22.0	+17.0
Turnout			2,637	43.3	−2.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Flynn	1,426	38.2	+0.2
	SLD	John Golding*	1,190	31.9	−3.5
	Labour	Robin Joinson	1,113	29.8	+3.2
Majority			236	6.3	+3.7
Turnout			3,729	45.8	−5.8
	Conservative gain from SLD		Swing

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Brotherton*	1,679	46.8	+7.8
	Conservative	Graham Burrows	1,526	42.5	+6.4
	SLD	John Hunter	386	10.7	−12.4
Majority			153	4.3	+1.5
Turnout			3,591	45.4	−3.1
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Martins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul English	2,030	51.8	+7.6
	Conservative	Robert Maley	1,471	37.6	+0.3
	SLD	Terence Corbett	334	8.5	−7.7
	Green	John Bowden	82	2.1	−0.2
Majority			559	14.3	+7.4
Turnout			3,917	41.3	−6.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Davies	2,075	50.1	+1.3
	SLD	John Davenport*	1,242	30.0	−5.6
	Labour	Mary Atherton	726	17.5	+3.6
	Green	Keith Robinson	97	2.3	+0.2
Majority			833	20.1	+6.9
Turnout			4,140	46.5	−7.1
	Conservative gain from SLD		Swing

Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Warbrick*	1,913	47.2	−1.0
	Labour	David Acton	1,847	45.5	+5.9
	SLD	Peter Carlon	295	7.3	−7.9
Majority			66	1.6	−6.9
Turnout			4,055	50.9	−4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Beer	1,872	47.9	+10.0
	Conservative	Frank Redfern*	1,826	46.8	−2.0
	SDP	Lesley Sumner	207	5.3	−8.0
Majority			46	1.2	−9.7
Turnout			3,905	47.8	−3.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Larry Sullivan*	1,775	70.8	+9.1
	Conservative	Colin Levenston	731	29.2	−6.9
Majority			1,044	41.7	+16.1
Turnout			2,506	34.8	−5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Ray Bowker*	1,818	43.1	+5.1
	Conservative	Robert Walsh	1,539	36.5	−4.5
	Labour	David Holland	799	18.9	−1.0
	Green	Erica Wright	64	1.5	+0.3
Majority			279	6.6	+3.6
Turnout			4,220	49.9	−4.1
	SLD hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Acton	1,563	52.6	+7.1
	Conservative	J. G. Graham	1,406	47.4	+0.2
Majority			157	5.3	+3.7
Turnout			2,969	37.2	+14.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. C. Harney	2,582	59.6	−11.2
	Labour	H. F. Busteed	674	15.6	+3.6
	SLD	G. P. Pawson	567	13.1	−0.5
	Green	M. R. Rowtham	506	11.7	+8.2
Majority			1,908	44.1	+3
Turnout			4,329	47.3	+14.3
	Conservative hold		Swing