1988 Adur District Council election

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1988 Adur District Council election
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  1987 5 May 1988 1990  

One third of seats (13 of 39) to Adur District Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party SLD Conservative Residents
Seats won751
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0

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Map showing the results of the 1988 Adur council elections.

Majority party before election

Social and Liberal Democrats

Majority party after election

Social and Liberal Democrats

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 5 May 1988, with one third of the council up for election however no elections were held for the single-member ward St Mary's. Overall turnout dropped to 42.5%. [1]

Contents

The election resulted in the new merger Social and Liberal Democrats retaining control of the council. [2] [3]

Election result

Adur District Council Election Result 1988 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SLD 711053.839.17,650-5.0
  Conservative 511038.547.39,244+0.7
  Residents 10007.74.1810+4.1
  Labour 00000.09.51,848+0.2

This resulted in the following composition of the council: [2]

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Social and Liberal Democrats2222
Conservative1515
Independent Residents22
Total3939
Working majority 5  5 

Ward results

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.

Buckingham (3933) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pelling C.1,13769.7+3.8
SLD Miller A.36922.6-11.5
Labour Gibbs J. Ms.1267.7+7.7
Majority76847.1+15.3
Turnout 1,63241.5-8.3
Conservative hold Swing +7.6
Churchill (3711) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Ferris M.81054.4+6.7
Conservative Wood J.67845.6+1.1
Majority1328.9+5.7
Turnout 1,48840.1-9.5
SLD hold Swing +2.8
Cokeham (3525) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Smith J.57942.9-3.6
Conservative Catchpole W.51538.1-2.2
Labour Mear B.25619.0+5.8
Majority644.7-1.4
Turnout 1,35038.3-4.3
SLD hold Swing -0.7
Eastbrook (3614) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Parkin N.74848.5+1.2
SLD Taylor S.45529.5-8.4
Labour Barnes S.34022.0+7.2
Majority29319.0+9.5
Turnout 1,54342.7-13.8
Conservative hold Swing +4.8
Hillside (3631) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leeves C.85251.2-6.6
SLD Whitmore L.81148.8+24.0
Majority412.5-30.5
Turnout 1,66345.8-1.0
Conservative hold Swing -15.3
Manor (3407) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Cooper M.*72446.3-9.0
Conservative Boyce G.71645.8+1.1
Labour Lower J. Ms.1247.9+7.9
Majority80.5-10.1
Turnout 1,56445.9-3.4
SLD hold Swing -5.0
Marine (2677) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Residents Shepard P.*81057.5N/A
Conservative Patten E.52036.9N/A
Labour Sweet G. Ms.785.5N/A
Majority29020.6N/A
Turnout 1,40852.6N/A
Residents hold Swing N/A
Mash Barn (3008) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Robinson J. Ms.55451.9-31.0
Conservative Kemp C.39937.4+37.4
Labour Atkins B.11510.8-6.4
Majority15514.5-51.3
Turnout 1,06835.5+3.5
SLD hold Swing -34.2
Peverel (3211) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Driscoll P. Ms.*47342.0-6.7
Conservative Harris F.46241.0+0.0
Labour Atkins H. Ms.19217.0+6.7
Majority111.0-6.6
Turnout 1,12735.1-10.3
SLD hold Swing -3.3
Southlands (3366) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Bucknall G.71550.8-0.5
Conservative Muirhead J. Ms.47133.5+0.6
Labour Sweet N.22115.7-0.1
Majority24417.3-1.2
Turnout 1,40741.8-10.2
SLD gain from Conservative Swing -0.5
Southwick Green (3897) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD King M.*1,03157.8-0.1
Conservative Macpherson M.75442.2+0.1
Majority27715.6-0.2
Turnout 1,78545.8-5.5
SLD hold Swing -0.1
St. Nicolas (3723) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Finch B.*1,00562.9-1.2
SLD Pressley N.37723.6-2.1
Labour O'Hare J.21513.5+3.2
Majority62839.3+0.9
Turnout 1,59742.9-6.6
Conservative hold Swing +0.4
Widewater (4257) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phillips D.98751.4+1.3
SLD Hammond D.*75239.2-1.5
Labour Satchell A. Ms.1819.4+0.1
Majority23512.2+2.8
Turnout 1,92045.1-3.3
Conservative gain from SLD Swing +1.4

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