1988 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 1988 Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 3 May 1988 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

During the 1984 election the Labour Party gained the Heath Town ward from the SDP–Liberal Alliance.

Candidates that previously would have stood for the SDP–Liberal Alliance stood with the labels, SDP or Social and Liberal Democrats (Liberal Democrats) in the 1988 local elections.

Ward results

Source:

Bilston East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Collingswood	2049
	Conservative	A J Davies	696
	SLD	A Ramsbottom	127
Majority			1353

Bilston North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Dougherty	2331
	Conservative	C Barber	1682
	SLD	R V Smith	216
Majority			649

Blakenhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Jones	2642
	Conservative	A C Gething	1505
	SLD	M M O'Brien	164
Majority			1137

Bushbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Brueton	2225
	Labour	A G Barratt	1655
	SLD	A Whitehouse	239
Majority			570

East Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs P Byrne	2565
	Conservative	I C Jenkins	934
	SLD	P Lewis	551
Majority			1631

Ettingshall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Johnson	2306
	Conservative	Mrs J Shore	736
	SLD	A Whitehouse	125
Majority			1570

Fallings Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs T Walton	2331
	Conservative	M J Torrington	1912
	SDP	D Fysh	297
Majority			419

Graiseley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Chevannes-Reeves	2627
	Conservative	K Pederson	1876
	SLD	B J Lamb	473
Majority			751

Heath Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R N Harding	2303
	Liberal	M A Pearson	836
	Conservative	M Hoare	544
Majority			1467

Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J McCallum	2506
	Conservative	K Gliwitzki	937
	SLD	J S Thompson	207
Majority			1569

Merry Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Bradley	2594
	Labour	S B Smith	1188
	SLD	J N M White	365
Majority			1406

Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Clifford	2298
	Conservative	R J F Ward	1895
	SDP	I Nightingale	248
Majority			403

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Swatman	2783
	Labour	P J Walker	2005
	SLD	G H Ellam	329
Majority			778

Penn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Hart	3057
	Labour	F Docherty	903
	SLD	C Jones-Williams	413
Majority			2154

St Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S S Duhra	2950
	Conservative	B Mellor	801
	SLD	B H Lewis	332
Majority			2149

Spring Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	R Whitehouse	2511
	Labour	A G Garner	1912
	Conservative	J Lenoir	466
Majority			599

Tettenhall Regis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs D Seiboth	2741
	SLD	R Gray	857
	Labour	P E Wesley	856
Majority			1884

Tettenhall Wightwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W Thompson	2998
	Labour	R J Garner	862
	SLD	E Pringle	393
Majority			1884

Wednesfield North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Bateman	2567
	Conservative	J Smith	1782
	SDP	J Smith	232
Majority			785

Wednesfield South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Servian	2246
	Conservative	J Smith	1570
	SLD	R Waterhouse	222
Majority			676