1988 Manchester City Council election

1988 Manchester City Council election
5 May 1988 (1988-05-05)
38 of 99 seats
to Manchester City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Graham Stringer Joyce Hill Keith Whitmore
Party Labour Conservative SLD
Leader's seat Harpurhey Didsbury Levenshulme
Last election 19 seats,
42.0% 		9 seats,
29.0% 		5 seats,
27.1%
Seats before 77 13 9
Seats won 34 2 2
Seats after 78 12 9
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 71,493 38,089 20,480
Percentage 53.1% 28.3% 15.2%
Swing 11.1% 0.7% 11.9%
Map of results of 1988 election
Leader of the Council before election

Graham Stringer
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Graham Stringer
Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 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 Labour Party retained overall control of the Council. [1]

Election result

Party Votes Seats Full Council
Labour Party 71,493 (53.1%)
11.1 34 (89.5%)
34 / 38
 1 78 (78.8%)
78 / 99
Conservative Party 38,089 (28.3%)
0.7 2 (5.3%)
2 / 38
 1 12 (12.1%)
12 / 99
SLD 20,480 (15.2%)
11.9 2 (5.3%)
2 / 38
 9 (9.1%)
9 / 99
Green Party 2,867 (2.1%)
0.9 0 (0.0%)
0 / 38
 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
SDP 1,160 (0.8%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 38
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Independent 482 (0.3%)
0.2 0 (0.0%)
0 / 38
 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Communist 139 (0.1%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 38
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
↓
78 9 12

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. H. Hopkins 1,999 78.8 +11.8
Conservative M. D. Payne 309 12.2 −3.9
SLD K. V. Read 155 6.1 −10.8
Green J. A. B. Hall 74 2.9 +2.9
Majority 1,690 66.6 +16.5
Turnout 2,537
Labour hold Swing +7.8

Baguley

Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Burns* 2,372 57.6 +15.5
Labour J. McNicholls 2,207
Conservative V. C. Kirby 1,443 35.1 +0.5
Conservative S. W. Lawley 1,414
SLD G. Hall 300 7.3 −16.0
SLD L. H. McLoughlin 246
Majority 764 22.5 +15.0
Turnout 4,115
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +7.5

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Y. A. Gooljary 1,746 37.3 +2.5
Labour I. M. Summers 1,594
SLD R. S. Harrison 1,309 28.0 −14.5
SLD H. D. McKay 1,286
Conservative N. H. Brook 1,284 27.5 +7.0
Conservative M. B. Beaugeard 1,229
Green B. A. Candeland 334 7.1 +4.8
Majority 285 9.3 +1.6
Turnout 4,673
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +8.5

Benchill

Benchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour V. M. Myers* 1,735 60.0 −2.6
Independent D. A. Morris 482 16.7 +16.7
SLD A. Bradshaw 407 14.1 −23.3
Conservative W. F. Hurst 267 9.2 +9.2
Majority 1,253 43.3 +18.1
Turnout 2,891
Labour hold Swing -9.6

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Flanagan* 2,157 75.0 +18.8
Conservative B. H. Brooks 548 19.1 −7.5
SLD V. M. Cahill 171 5.9 −11.3
Majority 1,253 43.6 +14.1
Turnout 2,876
Labour hold Swing +13.1

Blackley

Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Barnes 2,290 61.1 +15.9
Conservative F. J. R. Lomas 1,117 29.8 −3.1
SLD J. Cookson 340 9.1 −12.8
Majority 1,173 31.3 +19.0
Turnout 3,747
Labour hold Swing +9.5

Bradford

Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. J. Rowswell 2,008 72.8 +10.9
Conservative K. Hyde 531 19.2 +0.8
SLD P. F. Allanson 220 8.0 −11.6
Majority 1,477 53.5 +11.2
Turnout 2,759
Labour hold Swing +5.0

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Cummins 2,316 50.6 +0.6
Labour J. Broderick* 1,934 42.3 +9.9
SLD D. Wraxall 325 7.1 −10.6
Majority 382 8.3 −9.3
Turnout 4,575
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -4.6

Burnage

Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Clegg* 2,546 49.7 +13.8
Conservative A. Riley 2,001 39.0 −1.2
SLD R. Taylor 483 9.4 −12.8
Green E. F. Howard 96 1.9 +0.3
Majority 545 10.6 +6.3
Turnout 5,126
Labour hold Swing +7.5

Central

Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Conquest* 1,551 80.6 +12.7
Conservative A. E. W. Hudson 255 13.3 −3.1
SLD C. Muir 118 6.1 −9.7
Majority 1,296 67.4 +15.9
Turnout 1,924
Labour hold Swing +7.9

Charlestown

Charlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Curley 2,289 57.4 +16.2
Conservative M. Harris 1,368 34.3 −3.4
SDP S. Earnshaw 182 4.6 +4.6
SLD N. Towers 148 3.7 −17.4
Majority 921 23.1 +19.5
Turnout 3,987
Labour hold Swing +9.8

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. McCardell* 2,484 78.1 +25.8
Conservative R. T. L. Berg 453 14.2 +14.2
SLD S. A. Lewis 245 7.7 −13.8
Majority 2,031 63.8 +37.7
Turnout 3,182
Labour hold Swing +5.8

Chorlton

Chorlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Tomlinson 2,693 43.5 +10.7
Conservative E. Walker* 2,655 42.9 −1.5
SLD R. T. Bogg 467 7.6 −12.2
Green D. Glazier 231 3.7 +0.6
Communist M. Waterfield 139 2.2 +2.2
Majority 38 0.6 −11.0
Turnout 6,185
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.1

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Leese* 2,014 47.6 +11.1
Conservative A. E. Walsh 1,942 45.9 +0.8
SLD J. A. Smith 276 6.5 −9.6
Majority 72 1.7 −6.9
Turnout 4,232
Labour hold Swing +5.1

Didsbury

Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Hilton 3,139 53.9 −0.4
Labour G. Bridson 1,802 31.0 +8.7
SLD E. Allen 688 11.8 −8.3
Green G. Otten 191 3.3 −0.0
Majority 1,337 23.0 −8.9
Turnout 5,820
Conservative hold Swing -4.5

Fallowfield

Fallowfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. A. Graham* 2,054 51.0 +9.1
Conservative S. W. Keegin 1,170 29.0 −6.0
SLD E. A. Cross 622 15.4 −3.8
Green J. Sturrock 184 4.6 +0.7
Majority 884 21.9 +14.9
Turnout 4,030
Labour hold Swing +7.5

Gorton North

Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Hamnett* 2,226 46.3 +0.9
SLD J. Pearcey 1,948 40.5 +12.2
Conservative N. Dentith 638 13.3 −13.0
Majority 278 5.8 −11.3
Turnout 4,812
Labour hold Swing -5.6

Gorton South

Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Stone 2,170 48.9 +10.0
SLD J. Bridges 1,871 42.2 −6.9
Conservative T. A. Grimshaw 394 8.9 −3.0
Majority 299 6.7 −3.5
Turnout 4,435
Labour hold Swing +8.4

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Stringer* 2,493 69.1 +22.1
Conservative R. Chadwick 851 23.6 −6.6
SLD V. Towers 264 7.3 −15.4
Majority 1,642 45.5 +28.7
Turnout 3,608
Labour hold Swing +14.3

Hulme

Hulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour V. Dunn* 1,775 70.9 −1.9
Labour H. Johnson 1,639
Green P. E. Harrison 395 15.8 +15.8
Conservative A. Pollitt 171 6.8 +6.8
SLD S. M. Jones 161 6.4 −20.8
Conservative D. M. Powell 160
SLD C. Whettam 107
Majority 1,244 55.1 +9.5
Turnout 2,502
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing -8.8

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD J. Commons 2,038 41.2 −14.2
Labour D. J. Power 1,821 36.8 +9.3
Conservative R. Colledge 919 18.6 +4.8
Green A. R. King 172 3.5 +0.2
Majority 217 4.4 −23.5
Turnout 4,950
SLD hold Swing -11.7

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Risby 2,497 50.8 +15.6
Conservative J. A. Smeaton 1,882 38.3 −0.3
SLD D. Porter 464 9.4 −16.9
Green R. Wallace 72 1.5 +1.5
Majority 615 12.5 +9.1
Turnout 4,915
Labour hold Swing +7.9

Longsight

Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Robinson* 2,801 68.3 +8.2
Conservative D. Ferguson 571 13.9 −3.7
SLD L. M. Moulding 520 12.7 −6.5
Green L. A. King 207 5.1 +1.9
Majority 2,230 54.4 +13.5
Turnout 4,099
Labour hold Swing +5.9

Moss Side

Moss Side
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour V. P. Young 2,438 75.4 +5.3
Conservative M. Barnes 482 14.9 −1.1
SLD F. Griffiths 200 6.2 −7.7
Green D. A. Howarth 112 3.5 +3.5
Majority 1,956 60.5 +6.4
Turnout 3,232
Labour hold Swing +3.2

Moston

Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Kelly* 2,368 50.0 +12.9
Conservative M. Gill 2,031 42.8 −0.4
SLD E. L. B. Slater 341 7.2 −12.5
Majority 337 7.1 +0.9
Turnout 4,740
Labour hold Swing +6.6

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Smith* 2,197 74.0 +17.8
Labour A. F. Garside 2,133
Conservative R. J. Merrin 585 19.7 −4.6
Conservative S. W. Place 538
SLD G. Shaw 186 6.3 −13.2
SLD J. A. Snellwood 177
Majority 1,548 54.3 +22.4
Turnout 2,968
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +11.2

Northenden

Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Brown* 2,175 49.7 +18.4
Conservative R. Bee 1,792 41.0 +4.0
SLD R. K. Higginson 354 8.1 −22.5
Green C. P. Ireland 54 1.2 +0.1
Majority 383 8.8 +3.1
Turnout 4,375
Labour hold Swing +7.2

Old Moat

Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Harrison* 2,793 44.9 +6.9
Labour A. Spencer 2,570
SLD P. A. Monkhouse 1,428 22.9 −12.0
Conservative J. F. Roberts 1,346 21.6 −3.4
Conservative N. M. Watson 1,203
SLD M. E. D. Boyle 1,058
SDP B. Gaskin 332 5.3 +5.3
Green S. J. Buchan 321 5.1 +3.0
Majority 1,142 22.0 +18.9
Turnout 6,220
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +9.4

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Y. Mambu 1,876 43.8 +4.6
SLD A. Choudhury 1,512 35.3 −10.7
Conservative N. F. Barnes 652 15.2 +3.4
Green B. S. Bingham 245 5.7 +2.7
Majority 364 8.5 +1.7
Turnout 4,285
Labour hold Swing +7.6

Sharston

Sharston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Berry 2,051 52.8 +14.3
Conservative A. R. Williams 1,119 28.8 +1.2
SLD R. Bowers 717 18.4 −15.5
Majority 932 24.0 +19.4
Turnout 3,887
Labour hold Swing +6.5

Whalley Range

Whalley Range
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. M. Fry 2,285 47.3 +8.7
Conservative V. M. Colledge 1,948 40.3 −2.4
SLD P. J. Davis 270 5.6 −10.3
Green C. I. Kirby 179 3.7 +0.9
SDP K. McKeon 151 3.1 +3.1
Majority 337 7.0 +2.9
Turnout 4,833
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.5

Withington

Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD A. Firth* 1,932 39.4 −5.5
Labour A. D. R. Eko 1,561 31.9 +4.4
Conservative A. J. Elleray 1,405 28.7 +3.9
Majority 371 7.6 −9.7
Turnout 4,898
SLD hold Swing -4.9

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. H. Vaughan 2,292 69.6 +21.6
Conservative D. M. Hurst 505 15.3 −5.3
SDP E. M. Bowers 495 15.0 +15.0
Majority 1,787 54.3 +37.6
Turnout 3,292
Labour hold Swing +13.4

References

  1. ^ Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
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