1988 Bristol City Council election
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The 1988 Bristol City Council election took place on 5 May 1988 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of seats were up for election. This was the first election following the merger of the Liberal Party and SDP to form the Social & Liberal Democrats. There were also several candidates representing the continuing SDP. There was a general small swing to Labour.
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Ward results
editThe change is calculated using the results when these actual seats were last contested, i.e. the 1984 election.
Avonmouth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | V.M. Horrigan | 2,349 | 50.3 | −7.4 | |
Conservative | D.P. Pullin | 2,054 | 44.0 | +11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | E. Jacobs | 212 | 4.5 | −4.5 | |
Green | L.G. Jeffries | 57 | 1.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 295 | 6.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.5 |
- The Conservatives won Avonmouth in a by-election in 1987 and lost the seat back to Labour at this election.
Bishopston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P.M. McLaren | 2,027 | 38.0 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | M.C. Withers | 1,844 | 34.6 | −3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | S.V. Spilsbury | 1,318 | 24.7 | +0.8 | |
Green | D.W. Bowring | 145 | 2.7 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 183 | 3.4 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.3 |
Bishopsworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J.B. McLaren | 1,808 | 48.9 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | R.S. Eddy | 1,504 | 40.7 | −1.3 | |
SDP | S.M. Willis | 249 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | G.K. Hughes | 136 | 3.7 | −4.8 | |
Majority | 304 | 8.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Brislington East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D.J. Herod | 2,561 | 50.7 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | I.E. Temple | 1,950 | 38.6 | +6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Exon | 446 | 8.8 | −3.7 | |
Green | G.H. Davey | 95 | 1.9 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 611 | 12.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.7 |
Brislington West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. Dodd | 1,565 | 34.8 | −1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | A.G. D'Eyncourt-Harvey | 1,536 | 34.2 | −0.1 | |
Labour | R.C. Hall | 1,264 | 28.1 | −0.4 | |
Green | M.B. Wood | 126 | 2.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 29 | 0.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.6 |
Clifton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A.D. Tasker | 1,900 | 47.5 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | E.R. Beaty | 925 | 23.1 | −14.8 | |
Labour | G. Buchanan | 813 | 20.3 | +6.6 | |
Green | G.A. Dorey | 215 | 5.4 | +2.0 | |
SDP | W. Long | 150 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 975 | 24.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.7 |
Cotham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P.J. Sidebottom | 1,564 | 44.7 | +0.8 | |
Labour | L.M. McCabe | 1,048 | 29.9 | +12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | M.R. Laker | 512 | 14.6 | −20.8 | |
Green | G. Collard | 243 | 6.9 | +3.2 | |
SDP | P.W. Lloyd | 134 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 516 | 14.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.1 |
Hartcliffe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | B.B. Richards | 2,021 | 62.7 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | B.R. Edwards | 911 | 28.3 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | I.H. Reed | 230 | 7.1 | −8.1 | |
Green | D.A. Tayler | 59 | 1.8 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 1,110 | 34.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 |
Henbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Patterson | 2,579 | 51.2 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | L.J. Roberts | 1,973 | 39.2 | −3.9 | |
SDP | W.S. Gibbens | 315 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | E.A. Boney | 170 | 3.4 | −9.3 | |
Majority | 606 | 12.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.9 |
Hengrove
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D.R. Parsons | 2,065 | 40.6 | −13.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | J.M. Webb | 1,706 | 33.6 | +33.6 | |
Labour | M.P. McGrath | 1,239 | 24.4 | −18.7 | |
Green | M.P.N. Turnbull | 70 | 1.4 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 359 | 7.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -23.3 |
Henleaze
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J.M. Fey | 2,893 | 64.7 | −11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Carpenter | 785 | 17.6 | +17.6 | |
Labour | A.J. Danford | 629 | 14.1 | −2.3 | |
Green | R.A. Glaves | 163 | 3.6 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 2,108 | 47.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -14.6 |
Horfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F.J. Apperley | 2,136 | 52.1 | +11.6 | |
Labour | R.P. Clease | 1,583 | 38.6 | +16.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | S.E. Young | 377 | 9.2 | −28.0 | |
Majority | 553 | 13.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.7 |
Kingsweston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A.E.C. Tudball | 2,346 | 52.3 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | M.J. Farrington | 1,820 | 40.6 | −3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | F.R. Young | 320 | 7.1 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 526 | 11.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Knowle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Roberts | 2,089 | 55.6 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | T.J. Skipp | 1,331 | 35.5 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | D.M. Usher | 261 | 7.0 | −0.5 | |
Green | M.A. Pitt | 73 | 1.9 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 758 | 20.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 |
Redland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R.S. Trench | 1,849 | 46.9 | −6.3 | |
Labour | A.M. Wallder | 1,153 | 29.2 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | S.C. Emmett | 692 | 17.6 | −4.0 | |
Green | C.R. Leegwater | 248 | 6.3 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 696 | 17.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.9 |
St George East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P.W. Hammond | 1,858 | 50.2 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | P.C. Hole | 1,403 | 37.9 | −4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | G.H. Draper | 272 | 7.3 | −0.7 | |
SDP | J.R.S. Osborne | 106 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Green | C.A. Stones | 64 | 1.7 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 455 | 12.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 |
St George West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | C. O'Sullivan | 1,690 | 44.6 | +10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | B.J. Pinkerton | 1,521 | 40.1 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | D.A. Wiltshire | 513 | 13.5 | −7.5 | |
Green | C. Adams | 66 | 1.7 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 169 | 4.5 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +7.9 |
Southmead
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | L. Broomhead | 2,288 | 60.4 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | A.M.B. Orr | 1,209 | 31.9 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | B.A. Knott | 288 | 7.6 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 1,079 | 28.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Stockwood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C.J.N. Williams | 2,635 | 47.8 | +2.7 | |
Labour | D.J. Redgewell | 2,290 | 41.5 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | R.C. Bingham | 439 | 8.0 | −5.9 | |
SDP | R.A. Dickson | 85 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Green | L.D. Golden | 66 | 1.2 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 345 | 6.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Stoke Bishop
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C.D.M.B. Alderson | 2,964 | 67.5 | +3.0 | |
Labour | D.A.W. Branch | 661 | 15.1 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | D.K. Jones | 609 | 13.9 | −6.3 | |
Green | L. Hersey | 155 | 3.5 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 2,303 | 52.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.4 |
Westbury-on-Trym
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R.W. Wall | 3,282 | 68.9 | −3.9 | |
Labour | T.C. Collins | 639 | 13.4 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | A.D. West | 424 | 8.9 | −6.5 | |
SDP | H.S. Long | 275 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Green | D.C. Watson | 145 | 3.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 2,643 | 55.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.0 |
Whitchurch Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P.H. Smith | 2,510 | 72.2 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | T.J. Part | 713 | 20.5 | −6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | R.C. Steadman | 202 | 5.8 | −2.5 | |
Green | B.B. Hussain | 51 | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 1,797 | 51.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Windmill Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P.R. Tatlow | 2,823 | 66.7 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | S. Woodward | 978 | 23.1 | −9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | D.J.A. Boyle | 300 | 7.1 | −3.4 | |
Green | S.J. Campbell | 134 | 3.2 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 1,845 | 43.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.6 |
Sources
edit- Bristol Evening Post 6 May 1988