1988 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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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

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Bilston East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J Collingswood2049
Conservative A J Davies696
SLD A Ramsbottom127
Majority1353
Bilston North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C Dougherty2331
Conservative C Barber1682
SLD R V Smith216
Majority649
Blakenhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R Jones2642
Conservative A C Gething1505
SLD M M O'Brien164
Majority1137
Bushbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C Brueton2225
Labour A G Barratt1655
SLD A Whitehouse239
Majority570
East Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs P Byrne2565
Conservative I C Jenkins934
SLD P Lewis551
Majority1631
Ettingshall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A Johnson2306
Conservative Mrs J Shore736
SLD A Whitehouse125
Majority1570
Fallings Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs T Walton2331
Conservative M J Torrington1912
SDP D Fysh297
Majority419
Graiseley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M Chevannes-Reeves2627
Conservative K Pederson1876
SLD B J Lamb473
Majority751
Heath Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R N Harding2303
Liberal M A Pearson836
Conservative M Hoare544
Majority1467
Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J McCallum2506
Conservative K Gliwitzki937
SLD J S Thompson207
Majority1569
Merry Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R Bradley2594
Labour S B Smith1188
SLD J N M White365
Majority1406
Oxley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J Clifford2298
Conservative R J F Ward1895
SDP I Nightingale248
Majority403
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R Swatman2783
Labour P J Walker2005
SLD G H Ellam329
Majority778
Penn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A Hart3057
Labour F Docherty903
SLD C Jones-Williams413
Majority2154
St Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S S Duhra2950
Conservative B Mellor801
SLD B H Lewis332
Majority2149
Spring Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD R Whitehouse2511
Labour A G Garner1912
Conservative J Lenoir466
Majority599
Tettenhall Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs D Seiboth2741
SLD R Gray857
Labour P E Wesley856
Majority1884
Tettenhall Wightwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W Thompson2998
Labour R J Garner862
SLD E Pringle393
Majority1884
Wednesfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P Bateman2567
Conservative J Smith1782
SDP J Smith232
Majority785
Wednesfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R Servian2246
Conservative J Smith1570
SLD R Waterhouse222
Majority676

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References

  1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Wolverhampton City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.