1988 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 5 May 1988. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Labour	??	??
Social and Liberal Democrats	??	??
Conservative	??	??
Independent	??	??
Others	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1988
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	23	3	0	+3	70%	55%	86,383
SLD	7	1	2	-1	21%	14%	22,352
Conservative	2	0	2	-2	6%	12%	18,242
Liberal	2			2	6%	3%	5,222
SDP	0			0	0%	1%	1,914
Green	0			0	0%	1%	1,769
Communist	0			0	0%	0.3%	400

^[2]

Ward results

These results are compared with the 1984 elections when councillors were elected for a four-year term. * = Councillor elected in 1984 and standing for re-election.

Abercromby

Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Feintuck	2,070	81%	+1%
	SLD	Carole Matthews	186	7%	−3%
	Conservative	P. Lee	180	7%
	Communist	P. Carroll	129	5%	+2%
Majority			1,884
Turnout			2,565
	Labour hold		Swing	+1%

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cathy Hancox *	2,475	43%	−10%
	Labour	K. Taft	2,079	36%	+9%
	Conservative	N. Liddell	965	17%	−2%
	Green	Joanne Cook	272	5%
Majority			396
Turnout			5,791
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10%

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Smith	2,029	36%	+12%
	SLD	M. Ali	1,642	29%	+3%
	Conservative	M. Kingston	1,532	27%	−23%
	SDP	R. Gould	399	7%
	Green	R. Cantwell	100	2%
Majority			387
Turnout			5,702
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+12%

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Nelson	2,890	51%	+8%
	SLD	R. Jump	2,147	38%	0%
	Conservative	Myra Fitzsimmons	518	9%	−10%
	SDP	J. Prince	105	2%
Majority			743
Turnout			5,660
	Labour hold		Swing	+8%

Arundel

Arundel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria Roberts	2,381	52%	+10%
	SLD	B. Grocott	1,559	34%	−9%
	Conservative	D. Patmore	346	8%	−7%
	Green	G. Thomson	213	5%
	Communist	J. Crawley	47	1%	0%
Majority			822
Turnout			4,546
	Labour gain from SLD		Swing	+3.5

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary McGiveron	3,148	77%	+27%
	SLD	H. Burt	663	16%	−30%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Bayley	266	7%	+3%
Majority			2,485
Turnout			4,077
	Labour hold		Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Rosie Cooper *	3,109	51%	+3%
	Labour	F. Gillard	2,599	42%	−1%
	Conservative	J. Baldwin	314	5%	−5%
	Green	Nina Morgan	61	1%
	SDP	R. Nolan	46	1%
Majority			510
Turnout			6,129
	Liberal hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Eddie Clein *	3,146	52%	+4%
	Labour	R. Kennedy	1,527	25%	+6%
	Conservative	Helen Rigby	1,215	20%	−14%
	Green	A. Willan	185	3%
Majority			1,619
Turnout			6,073
	SLD hold		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Mike Storey *	3,564	54%	+4%
	Labour	J. Ashton	1,783	26%	+7%
	Conservative	T. Pink	1,153	17%	−14%
	Green	Janet Cantwell	201	3%
Majority			1,826
Turnout			6,656
	SLD hold		Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keva Coombes	4,159	'77%	+27%
	SLD	Ann Collinge	666	12%	−13%
	Conservative	W. Connolly	520	10%	−5%
	Communist	K. McDonough	73	1%
Majority			3,493
Turnout			5,418
	Labour hold		Swing

County

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Paul Clark *	3,188	49%	−5%
	Labour	Sylvia Renilson	3,100	48%	+8%
	Conservative	H. Quayle	164	3%	−3%
Majority			88
Turnout			6,452
	SLD hold		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Elaine Kinahan	2,163	36%	+12%
	Labour	Catherine Rigby	1,885	31%	0%
	Conservative	G. Brandwood *	1,745	29%	−18%
	SDP	Joan Reece	218	4%
	Green	I. Graham	15	0.2%
Majority			278
Turnout			6,026
	SLD gain from Conservative		Swing

Dingle

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Lafferty	3,215	70%	+18%
	SLD	W. Lamont	1,044	23%	−16%
	Conservative	G. Earle	272	6%	−2%
	Communist	J. Cook	30	1%	0%
Majority			2,171
Turnout			4,561
	Labour hold		Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Rimmer	2,622	'77%	−7%
	SLD	Norman Mills	429	13%	0%
	Conservative	Audrey Bowness	356	10%	−7%
Majority			2,193
Turnout			3,407
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Knibb	1,988	92%	+5%
	SLD	M. Key	98	5%	+1%
	Conservative	R. Fairclough	72	3%	−5%
Majority			1,890
Turnout			2,158
	Labour hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Vaudrey	3,465	77%	+17%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Mayes	541	12%	−8%
	Conservative	J. Atkinson	495	11%	−9%
Majority			2,924
Turnout			4,501
	Labour hold		Swing	+17%

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Ledwich	3,239	80%	+3%
	Conservative	S. North	383	9%	−4%
	SLD	C. Leahy	342	8%	−2%
	Green	Susan Ellison	103	3%
Majority			2,897
Turnout			4,067
	Labour hold		Swing

Granby

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Hughes	2,959	82%	+26%
	SLD	E. Chin	335	9%	−30%
	Conservative	Henrietta Edwards	200	6%	+2%
	Communist	E. Caddick	121	3%	+2%
Majority			2,624
Turnout			3,615
	Labour hold		Swing

Grassendale

Grassendale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	W. Bullock	3,405	53%	−2%
	Labour	Eileen Turnbull	1,183	18%	+6%
	Conservative	S. Marsden	1,656	26%	−5%
	Green	P. Kavanagh	197	3%
Majority			2,222
Turnout			6,441
	SLD hold		Swing

Kensington

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Ratcliffe	2,525	52%	+3%
	SLD	Richard Kemp	2,026	42%	−2%
	Conservative	R. Bethell	196	4%	+3%
	Green	F. Wainwright	84	2%
Majority			499
Turnout			4,831
	Labour hold		Swing

Melrose

Melrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Kidd	3,519	82%	+24%
	SLD	J. Murray	537	13%	−24%
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	220	5%	+1%
Majority			2,982
Turnout			4,276
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherley

Netherley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Mahmood	2,106	79%	+7%
	SLD	Caroline Barnett	439	16%	0%
	Conservative	Maureen Murphy	134	5%	−7%
Majority			1,667
Turnout			2,679
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Fitzsimmons	2,975	65%	+14%
	SLD	J. Berman	739	16%	−19%
	Conservative	G. Powell	684	15%	−1%
	SDP	J. Herbert	184	4%
Majority			2,236
Turnout			4,582
	Labour hold		Swing

Picton

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Pam Bradley *	2,730	47%	−9%
	Labour	Margaret Clarke	2,717	47%	+10%
	Conservative	I. Bishop	221	4%	−3%
	Green	D. Williams	112	2%
Majority			13
Turnout			5,780
	SLD hold		Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dot Gavin	3,958	84%	+14%
	SLD	Hilary Owen	412	9%	−5%
	Conservative	P. Aldcroft	329	7%	−9%
Majority			3,546
Turnout			4,699
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank O'Donoghue	3,599	67%	+16%
	SLD	C. Hughes	1,454	27%	−10%
	Conservative	Innes Fleming	275	5%	−7%
	Green	D. Lindsay	60	1%
Majority			2,145
Turnout			5,388
	Labour hold		Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Bermingham	2,791	77%	+18%
	SLD	Mary Young	648	18%	= −19%
	Conservative	F. Ryan	193	5%	+1%
Majority			2,143
Turnout			3,632
	Labour hold		Swing

Speke

Speke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Wilde	2,972	84%	+25%
	SLD	Victoria Clein	287	8%	−29%
	Conservative	A. Faver	270	8%	+4%
Majority			2,685
Turnout			3,529
	Labour hold		Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steve Radford *	2,747	52%	−1%
	Labour	S. Sullivan	2,291	43%	+7%
	Conservative	Edna Rodick	282	5%	−6%
Majority			456
Turnout			5,320
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1%

Valley

Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Sharpey-Shafer	2,636	73%	+10%
	SLD	G. Cleaeys	714	20%	+5%
	Conservative	W. Dobinson	242	7%	−15%
Majority			1,922
Turnout			3,592
	Labour hold		Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Orr *	1,818	93%	−1%
	SLD	S. McHugh	92	5%
	Conservative	R. Knox	51	3%	−3%
Majority			1,726
Turnout			1,961
	Labour hold		Swing	-1%

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Chase	3,144	52%	+15%
	SLD	Elsie Lang	2,430	40%	0%
	Conservative	Martha Thornton	492	8%	−15%
Majority			714
Turnout			6,066
	Labour gain from SLD		Swing	+3.5

Woolton

Woolton 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Backhouse	2,301	39%	−30%
	Conservative	S. Fitzsimmons	2,241	38%	−31%
	SLD	Ron Gould	1,487	25%	+11%
	SLD	Ian Phillips	1,424	25%	+11%
	Labour	A. White	1,057	18%	0%
	Labour	S. Balmer	1,056	18%	0%
	SDP		918	15%
	Green	J. Hulton	166	3%
Majority			814
Turnout			5,928
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

[1] Liverpool Daily Post 6 May 1988

[2] Liverpool Daily Post 6 May 1988

[3] Liverpool Daily Post 6 May 1988

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