1988 Sheffield City Council election

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1988 Sheffield City Council election
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30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council
44 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative SLD
Seats won2343
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1Steady2.svg0
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Map showing the results of the 1988 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 5 May 1988. One third of the council was up for election.

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Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1988
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2310+176.659.084,640+7.9
  Conservative 401-113.322.131,685+1.1
  SLD 300010.016.423,579-11.3
  SDP 00000.01.82,591New
  Green 00000.00.6900+0.5
  Communist 00000.00.1161±0.0

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour6566
Conservatives1312
Social and Liberal Democrats99
Total8787
Working majority 43  45 

Ward results

Beauchief [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Danny George* 2,456 34.4 -2.3
SLD Peter Moore2,36533.1+0.2
Labour Roy Munn2,18130.6+0.2
SDP Robert Shillito1281.8+1.8
Majority911.3-2.5
Turnout 7,13046.8-6.3
Conservative hold Swing -1.2
Birley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Val Shepherd* 3,804 71.3 +11.5
Conservative Gordon Millward93817.6-0.4
SLD Cyril Skipworth58811.0-11.2
Majority2,86653.7+16.1
Turnout 5,33032.9-6.3
Labour hold Swing +5.9
Brightside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Price* 2,658 81.0 +9.9
Conservative Jeremy Richardson35010.7-1.0
SLD Peter McNutt2708.2-8.9
Majority2,30870.3+16.3
Turnout 3,27824.9-6.8
Labour hold Swing +5.4
Broomhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Mahoney 2,103 40.0 +1.7
Conservative Sid Cordle**1,96037.3+6.8
SLD Jane Padget74214.1-17.1
Green Andrew Womack3476.6+6.6
SDP Oliver Waterlow1042.0+2.0
Majority1432.7-4.4
Turnout 5,25638.0-7.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -2.5

Sid Cordle was a sitting councillor for Ecclesall ward

Burngreave [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phyllis Smith** 2,846 72.7 +6.2
Labour John Watson 2,702
Conservative Dianne Watson54313.9+1.9
Conservative Anne Smith518
SLD Sheila Hughes2927.4-14.1
SLD Sheila Rehman288
SDP Victoria Dean1553.9+3.9
Communist Brian Turley761.9+1.9
Majority2,15958.8+13.8
Turnout 3,91231.6-4.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +2.1

Phyllis Smith was a sitting councillor for Heeley ward

Castle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Bower 2,795 84.3 +6.8
Conservative Joan Graham34410.4-0.3
SLD Donald Smith1765.3-6.4
Majority2,45173.9+8.1
Turnout 3,31525.6-5.3
Labour hold Swing +3.5
Chapel Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD David Chadwick* 3,161 47.4 -6.8
Labour Eldon Hanson3,00545.0+6.0
Conservative Cecilia Holt4036.0-0.7
SDP David Richie1031.5+1.5
Majority1562.4-12.8
Turnout 6,67237.1-9.8
SLD hold Swing -6.4
Darnall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Robinson 3,194 73.1 +9.8
Conservative Philip Kirby67615.5-0.8
SLD Dennis Boothroyd49711.4-9.0
Majority2,51857.6+14.7
Turnout 4,36729.2-5.9
Labour hold Swing +5.3
Dore [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Heslop* 3,685 57.2 +5.7
Labour Glenn Ellis1,85028.7+3.0
SLD Janice Sidebottom65510.2-12.6
SDP Marguerite Crangle2483.8+3.8
Majority1,83528.5+2.7
Turnout 6,43838.6-9.4
Conservative hold Swing +1.3
Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bobbie Fleming 3,515 54.3 +2.3
Labour Timothy Plant1,46822.7+3.3
SLD Christine Freeman1,04416.1-12.5
Green Clare Jenkins2804.3+4.3
SDP Peter Sorby1652.5+2.5
Majority2,04731.6+8.2
Turnout 6,47241.0-7.9
Conservative hold Swing -0.5
Firth Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clive Betts* 3,475 82.7 +7.9
Conservative Andrew Cook3678.7+8.7
SLD John Wilcock2355.6-19.6
SDP Glyn Evans1253.0+3.0
Majority3,10874.0+24.4
Turnout 4,20230.5-5.2
Labour hold Swing -0.4
Hallam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Jackson* 3,223 50.8 +1.3
Labour John Webster1,62525.6+6.2
SLD John Knight1,24219.6-11.4
SDP Matthew Smith2564.0+4.0
Majority1,59825.2+6.7
Turnout 6,34643.7-1.1
Conservative hold Swing -2.4
Handsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Lambert 3,588 63.7 +12.1
SLD Alice Smith1,31723.4-15.4
Conservative Shirley Clayton60210.7+1.5
Green Roger Dunn1262.2+1.9
Majority2,27140.3+27.5
Turnout 5,63337.8-6.4
Labour hold Swing +13.7
Heeley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Lamb 3,255 68.6 +10.7
Conservative Elizabeth Bradbury93519.7-1.3
SLD Valerie King3818.0-13.0
SDP John Hetherington1703.6+3.6
Majority2,32048.9+12.0
Turnout 4,74131.4-7.4
Labour hold Swing +6.0
Hillsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Duff 3,107 50.4 +3.6
SLD David Swarbrick1,81329.4-3.9
Conservative Michael Warner1,09817.8-2.0
Green Jacqueline O'Neill1472.4+2.4
Majority1,29421.0+7.5
Turnout 6,16540.1-6.8
Labour hold Swing +3.7
Intake [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Moscrop* 3,181 67.7 +8.7
Conservative Elizabeth Bradbury1,06722.7+1.6
SLD Douglas Oldfield2936.2-13.6
SDP David Dean1533.2+3.2
Majority2,11445.0+7.1
Turnout 4,69429.8-7.7
Labour hold Swing +3.5
Manor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Jordan* 2,715 86.1 +6.9
Conservative Paul Anderton2939.3+0.2
SLD Leonard Middleton1464.6-7.0
Majority2,42276.8+9.2
Turnout 3,15430.0
Labour hold Swing +3.3
Mosborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dorothy Walton* 4,328 67.7 +8.4
Conservative Caroline Gracey1,42022.2+0.7
SLD Kevin Smith4026.3-12.9
SDP Roger Davison2393.7+3.7
Majority2,90845.5+7.7
Turnout 6,38929.0-6.6
Labour hold Swing +3.8
Nether Edge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jan Fiore* 2,772 48.9 +10.4
Conservative Henry Cornford1,81632.1+3.4
SLD George Manley85815.1-14.3
SDP Stephen Ruttle2163.8+3.8
Majority95616.8+7.7
Turnout 5,66240.3-6.0
Labour hold Swing +3.5
Nether Shire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Barton* 3,439 82.1 +9.5
Conservative Roger Barnsley4049.6+9.6
SLD George Clayton3448.2-19.2
Majority3,03572.5+27.3
Turnout 4,18732.5-2.8
Labour hold Swing -0.0
Netherthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Harvey 2,883 75.8 +6.5
Conservative David Knight51913.6-1.2
SLD David Cloke2937.7-8.1
SDP Rachel Ritchie1062.8+2.8
Majority2,36462.2+8.7
Turnout 3,80128.7-9.6
Labour hold Swing +3.8
Norton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Butler* 3,468 67.4 +8.0
Conservative Russell Crane1,22123.7+1.2
SLD Ian Auckland4548.8-9.3
Majority2,24743.7+6.8
Turnout 5,14338.4-6.5
Labour hold Swing +3.4
Owlerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Burrows* 3,165 85.0 +16.4
SLD Francis Pierce45912.3-6.3
Conservative Malcolm Smith1002.7-10.0
Majority2,70672.7+22.7
Turnout 3,72429.1-7.1
Labour hold Swing +11.3
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Sargent 3,172 85.4 +6.9
Conservative Mary Hyatt3098.3-2.0
SLD John Mayes2336.3-4.9
Majority2,86377.1+9.8
Turnout 3.71426.2-5.0
Labour hold Swing +4.4
Sharrow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Pye* 2,619 72.7 +9.4
Conservative Jane Godber52514.6-4.2
SLD Kathleen Brown2797.7-8.0
SDP Patricia Major932.6+2.6
Communist Walter Hartley852.3+0.1
Majority2,09458.1+13.6
Turnout 3,60128.2-5.7
Labour hold Swing +6.8
South Wortley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Alan Memmott* 2,796 39.6 -9.1
Labour Roy Darke2,70838.3+7.3
Conservative Lynn Wilson1,55622.0+1.8
Majority881.3-16.4
Turnout 7,06038.1-8.8
SLD hold Swing -8.2
Southey Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jimmy Boyce** 3,609 88.9 +7.6
Conservative Robert Usher2425.9+5.9
SLD Raymond Mellor2095.1-13.6
Majority3,36783.0+20.4
Turnout 4,06032.3-3.6
Labour hold Swing +0.8

Jimmy Boyce was a sitting councillor for Burngreave ward

Stocksbridge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD June Hibberd-Cooke* 1,636 43.7 -9.3
Labour Alf Meade**1,63043.5+7.6
Conservative Stephen Gladman39910.6-0.4
SDP George Wilson812.1+2.1
Majority60.2-16.9
Turnout 3,74635.7-10.6
SLD hold Swing -8.4

Alf Meade was a sitting councillor for Hillsborough ward

Walkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Cromar* 3,997 74.5 +18.8
Conservative Patricia Barnsley71913.4+3.2
SLD Penelope Smith3997.4-26.6
SDP Margaret Ritchie2494.6+4.6
Majority3,27861.1+39.4
Turnout 5,36437.1-6.6
Labour hold Swing +7.8

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