Leeds City Council election, 1988
The Leeds City Council elections were held on Thursday, 5 May 1988, with one third of the council and a vacancy in Headingley to be elected.
Following national patterns, the newly merged Social and Liberal Democrats, seen a substantial fall in vote to their lowest share in a decade, with former candidates standing against them as SDP in opposition to the merger. The SLD collapse was largely uniform, mostly transferring to Labour, except in northern wards - where support tended to disperse between the main parties and any minor candidate standing (usually Green or the aforementioned breakaway SDP) - or wards in which Independents stood. Importantly for the SLD, their support in the three wards they were defending notably withstood that collapse, although hopes of retaking Armley after their councillor turned Independent were dashed by large swings away to allow a Labour gain there (with Michael Meadowcroft later alleging racist campaigning by Labour). Elsewhere, the incumbent Independent in Pudsey South was comfortably re-elected, tripling his majority there. As the chief recipient of lost SLD support, Labour won their highest share of vote since the council's inception in 1973, and their greatest vote and majority on the council since 1980's re-warding.[1]
Election result
Leeds Local Election Result 1988 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 21 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 61.8 | 46.2 | 94,347 | +8.1% | ||
Conservative | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 | 33.0 | 67,550 | -0.1% | ||
Social and Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 17.1 | 35,033 | -11.2% | ||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 3,600 | +1.7% | ||
Social Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1,894 | +0.9% | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1,549 | +0.5% | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 414 | +0.1% | ||
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Labour | 58 | 59 | |||
Conservative | 25 | 25 | |||
SLD | 14 | 14 | |||
Independent | 2 | 1 | |||
Total | 99 | 99 | |||
Working majority | 17 | 19 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Hughes-Rowlands | 3,096 | 43.8 | +6.9 | |
Labour | M. Dunn | 2,211 | 31.2 | +11.8 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | S. Denby | 1,769 | 25.0 | -18.7 | |
Majority | 885 | 12.5 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,076 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. McKenna | 3,312 | 55.0 | +18.8 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Riasat | 1,688 | 28.0 | -17.7 | |
Conservative | P. Netzel | 1,026 | 17.0 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 1,624 | 26.9 | +17.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,026 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | +18.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K. Sturgess | 4,381 | 58.8 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | B. Caro | 2,616 | 35.1 | +1.8 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | R. Hutchinson | 448 | 6.0 | -8.8 | |
Majority | 1,765 | 23.7 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,445 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Beevers | 2,949 | 67.9 | +12.8 | |
Conservative | H. Woodhead | 1,083 | 24.9 | -2.7 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | K. Lee | 270 | 6.2 | -11.1 | |
Communist | W. Innes | 44 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,866 | 42.9 | +15.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,346 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | C. Cliff | 3,539 | 68.8 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | H. Hinchcliffe | 861 | 16.7 | -1.8 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | M. Tones | 747 | 14.5 | -11.4 | |
Majority | 2,678 | 52.0 | +22.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,147 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social and Liberal Democrats | N. Mackie | 3,044 | 49.5 | +0.9 | |
Labour | J. Lister | 2,728 | 44.4 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | J. Galbraith | 378 | 6.1 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 316 | 5.1 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,150 | ||||
Social and Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Frankland | 3,795 | 65.4 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | I. Baxter | 1,388 | 23.9 | -1.7 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | J. Levy | 301 | 5.2 | -10.9 | |
Green | S. Needham | 165 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Social Democratic | S. Cohen | 158 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 2,407 | 41.4 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,807 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Glassford | 3,389 | 77.0 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | D. Boynton | 677 | 15.4 | -0.7 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | D. Hollingsworth | 336 | 7.6 | -11.2 | |
Majority | 2,712 | 61.6 | +15.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,402 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | K. Loudon | 4,084 | 60.3 | +7.6 | |
Labour | A. Procter | 1,563 | 23.1 | +7.9 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | J. Hall | 760 | 11.2 | -20.8 | |
Social Democratic | M. Bray | 367 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 2,521 | 37.2 | +16.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,774 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Moakes | 4,692 | 57.5 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | M. Stelling | 2,954 | 36.2 | -0.5 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | G. Roberts | 517 | 6.3 | -12.7 | |
Majority | 1,738 | 21.3 | +13.7 | ||
Turnout | 8,163 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Townsley | 3,399 | 54.6 | -0.5 | |
Labour | S. Butterfield | 2,102 | 33.7 | +10.5 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | T. Ayres | 729 | 11.7 | -10.0 | |
Majority | 1,297 | 20.8 | -11.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,230 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Cohen | 3,525 | 65.5 | +15.3 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | C. Holden | 1,029 | 19.1 | -19.3 | |
Conservative | R. Richardson | 830 | 15.4 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 2,496 | 46.4 | +34.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,384 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +17.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Page | 2,828 | 41.8 | +0.9 | |
Labour | K. Nathan | 2,822 | |||
Social and Liberal Democrats | C. Shaw | 2,032 | 30.1 | -6.6 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | E. Low | 1,756 | |||
Conservative | G. Castle | 1,042 | 15.4 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | J. Montague | 1,001 | |||
Green | C. Nash | 640 | 9.5 | +4.1 | |
Communist | B. Cooper | 216 | 3.2 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 796 | 11.8 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,758 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social and Liberal Democrats | S. Cooksey | 3,432 | 44.5 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | J. Cason | 3,087 | 40.0 | -1.2 | |
Labour | A. Radford | 1,192 | 15.5 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 345 | 4.5 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,711 | ||||
Social and Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Driver | 3,011 | 77.8 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | A. Larvin | 407 | 10.5 | +0.4 | |
Independent | L. Parrish | 308 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | C. Lunn | 142 | 3.7 | -6.6 | |
Majority | 2,604 | 67.3 | -2.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,868 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. St. David-Smith | 3,707 | 66.5 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | C. Mollitt | 1,061 | 19.0 | -1.2 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | J. Brophy | 810 | 14.5 | -12.4 | |
Majority | 2,646 | 47.4 | +21.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,578 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. Dignan | 3,126 | 77.4 | +10.2 | |
Conservative | A. Dufton | 642 | 15.9 | -0.7 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | T. Garbett | 273 | 6.8 | -5.5 | |
Majority | 2,484 | 61.5 | +10.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,041 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social and Liberal Democrats | M. Harris | 3,814 | 47.6 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | V. Kendall | 2,729 | 34.1 | -2.5 | |
Labour | A. Hollas | 1,470 | 18.3 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,085 | 13.5 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 8,013 | ||||
Social and Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Jones | 3,552 | 50.8 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | E. Reddyhoff | 2,767 | 39.6 | -5.9 | |
Social Democratic | L. Jagger | 313 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | P. Haywood | 329 | 4.7 | -10.5 | |
Majority | 785 | 11.2 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,991 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. North | 3,915 | 63.5 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | R. Senior | 1,807 | 29.3 | -4.8 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | T. Leadley | 441 | 7.2 | -9.0 | |
Majority | 2,108 | 34.2 | +18.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,163 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Morris | 3,593 | 57.6 | +6.5 | |
Labour | E. Moxon | 1,476 | 23.7 | +12.8 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | M. Gregory | 854 | 13.7 | -24.3 | |
Social Democratic | P. Rogers | 313 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 2,117 | 33.9 | +20.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,236 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. Hindle | 4,343 | 46.6 | +6.1 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | M. Coles | 3,232 | 34.7 | -9.4 | |
Labour | S. Egan | 1,261 | 13.5 | +0.5 | |
Social Democratic | J. Cusworth | 253 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Green | A. Stevens | 226 | 2.4 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 1,111 | 11.9 | +8.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,315 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Carter | 3,968 | 51.7 | +7.7 | |
Labour | B. Dale | 2,260 | 29.4 | +4.8 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | C. Garner | 1,450 | 18.9 | -12.5 | |
Majority | 1,708 | 22.2 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,678 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P. Kersting | 3,292 | 46.4 | +46.4 | |
Labour | A. Jarosz | 2,102 | 29.6 | -9.4 | |
Conservative | D. Ballinger | 1,487 | 21.0 | -15.5 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | B. Selby | 214 | 3.0 | -21.5 | |
Majority | 1,190 | 16.8 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,095 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | +27.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Lyons | 3,863 | 79.1 | +13.4 | |
Conservative | W. Birch | 544 | 11.1 | -1.8 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | K. Norman | 474 | 9.7 | -11.6 | |
Majority | 3,319 | 68.0 | +23.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,881 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Lund | 3,829 | 66.5 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | A. Heeson | 1,495 | 26.0 | -2.4 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | M. Galdas | 433 | 7.5 | -5.8 | |
Majority | 2,334 | 40.5 | +10.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,757 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Crotty | 3,862 | 56.8 | +2.4 | |
Labour | K. Prior | 1,674 | 24.6 | +5.8 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | S. Holland | 963 | 14.2 | -12.7 | |
Green | P. Ellis | 305 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 2,188 | 32.2 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,804 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Mudie | 3,594 | 81.3 | +16.2 | |
Conservative | R. Negus | 599 | 13.5 | -2.8 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | R. Senior | 229 | 5.2 | -13.4 | |
Majority | 2,995 | 67.7 | +21.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,422 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Kilgallon | 3,253 | 74.9 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | J. Leng | 597 | 13.7 | -2.0 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | R. Mundell | 341 | 7.8 | -9.4 | |
Communist | R. Honey | 154 | 3.5 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 2,656 | 61.1 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,345 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Castle | 2,881 | 42.5 | +0.6 | |
Labour | P. Hall | 1,990 | 29.4 | +2.3 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | J. Ewens | 1,692 | 25.0 | -4.1 | |
Green | G. Rainford | 213 | 3.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 891 | 13.1 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,776 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. Gardiner | 4,844 | 67.0 | +5.3 | |
Labour | J. Postill | 1,161 | 16.1 | +3.7 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | T. Burgess | 764 | 10.6 | -15.3 | |
Social Democratic | H. Westbrook | 460 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Majority | 3,683 | 50.9 | +15.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,229 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Armitage | 3,128 | 57.3 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | M. Silversides | 1,991 | 36.5 | +2.9 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | N. Snowdon | 340 | 6.2 | -8.8 | |
Majority | 1,137 | 20.8 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,459 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Towler | 3,769 | 59.7 | +17.0 | |
Conservative | B. Nicol | 1,412 | 22.4 | +0.5 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | L. Thackray | 1,136 | 18.0 | -17.5 | |
Majority | 2,357 | 37.3 | +30.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,317 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.2 | |||
By-elections between 1988 and 1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Paley | 1,580 | 46.4 | -8.6 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | 1,110 | 32.6 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative | 662 | 19.4 | +2.4 | ||
Social Democratic | 53 | 1.5 | +1.5 | ||
Majority | 470 | 13.8 | -13.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,405 | 21.3 | -16.4 | ||
Labour gain from Social and Liberal Democrats | Swing | -6.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sydney Butterfield | 3,226 | 53.3 | +8.9 | |
Social and Liberal Democrats | 2,356 | 39.0 | -10.5 | ||
Conservative | 465 | 7.7 | +1.6 | ||
Majority | 870 | 14.3 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,047 | 44.0 | -0.7 | ||
Labour gain from Social and Liberal Democrats | Swing | +9.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Francis Jones | 3,617 | 48.7 | -2.1 | |
Conservative | 2,747 | 37.0 | -2.6 | ||
Green | 614 | 8.3 | +8.3 | ||
Social and Liberal Democrats | 444 | 6.0 | +1.3 | ||
Majority | 870 | 11.7 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,422 | 42.0 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Nash | 1,982 | 80.2 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | 254 | 10.3 | -5.1 | ||
Social and Liberal Democrats | 234 | 9.5 | +1.9 | ||
Majority | 1,728 | 69.9 | +8.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,470 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 "District results: Leeds". The Yorkshire Post. 6 May 1988.
- ↑ "By-elections December 1988". Tribune. 16 December 1988. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- 1 2 "By-elections June 1989". Tribune. 23 June 1989. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ↑ "By-elections December 1989". Tribune. 8 December 1989. Retrieved 10 December 2012.