1988 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

1988 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

←  1987 5 May 1988 (1988-05-05) 1990  →
22 of 63 seats to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader John Ashworth John Needham Alan Mobbs Party SLD Conservative Labour Leader's seat Edgeley Cheadle South Reddish Last election 10 seats, 37.1% 6 seats, 38.3% 4 seats, 20.8% Seats before 23 22 14 Seats won 6 10 5 Seats after 24 22 14 Seat change 1 Popular vote 30,812 43,311 27,481 Percentage 28.0% 39.4% 25.0% Swing 9.1% 1.1% 4.2%   Fourth party   Leader Ron Stenson Party Heald Green Ratepayers Leader's seat Heald Green Last election 1 seat, 3.0% Seats before 3 Seats won 1 Seats after 3 Seat change Popular vote 3,265 Percentage 3.0% Swing
Map of results of 1988 election
Leader of the Council before election No leader No overall control Leader of the Council after election No leader No overall control

Elections to Stockport Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1988, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1992. The council remained under no overall control. ^{[1] [2]}

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
SLD		30,812 (28.0%)		9.1	6 (27.3%)	6 / 22	1	24 (38.1%)	24 / 63
Conservative Party		43,311 (39.4%)		1.1	10 (45.5%)	10 / 22		22 (34.9%)	22 / 63
Labour Party		27,481 (25.0%)		4.2	5 (22.7%)	5 / 22		14 (22.2%)	14 / 63
Heald Green Ratepayers		3,265 (3.0%)			1 (4.5%)	1 / 22		3 (4.8%)	3 / 63
SDP		2,428 (2.2%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 22	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
Green Party		2,225 (2.0%)		1.2	0 (0.0%)	0 / 22		0 (0.0%)	0 / 63
Independent Labour		417 (0.4%)		0.4	0 (0.0%)	0 / 22	1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 63

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Ward results

Bredbury

Bredbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	M. Wilson*	2,551	48.6	−4.3
	Conservative	S. Frost	1,528	29.1	+1.5
	Labour	J. Woodrow	1,104	21.0	+1.5
	Green	R. Lindsay-Dunn	71	1.4	N/A
Majority			1,023	19.5	−5.8
Turnout			5,254	44.6	−6.1
	SLD hold		Swing

Brinnington

Brinnington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Rowles*	2,657	82.4	+8.6
	Conservative	P. Hooley	320	9.9	−2.4
	SLD	D. Roberts-Jones	197	6.1	−7.8
	Green	S. Boyd	50	1.6	N/A
Majority			2,337	72.5	+12.6
Turnout			3,224	39.2	−1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Cale Green

Cale Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Bagnall*	1,800	42.6	+2.5
	SLD	P. Beatty	1,385	32.8	−6.9
	Conservative	J. Wiedman	665	15.7	−4.5
	Independent Labour	R. Boyd	163	3.9	N/A
	SDP	E. Harding	160	3.8	N/A
	Green	M. Ledger	56	1.3	N/A
Majority			415	9.8	+9.4
Turnout			4,229	45.6	−0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheadle

Cheadle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Livesley*	2,652	61.1	+8.2
	SLD	I. Kirk	966	22.3	−18.6
	Labour	A. Kellett	487	11.2	+5.0
	SDP	M. Gregory	134	3.1	N/A
	Green	C. Jackson	101	2.3	N/A
Majority			1,686	38.8	+26.8
Turnout			4,340	42.8	−11.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme North

Cheadle Hulme North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	P. Porgess*	2,777	50.3	−1.8
	Conservative	V. Brooks	2,032	36.8	−0.3
	Labour	D. Bennett	527	9.5	−0.3
	SDP	D. Owen	134	2.4	N/A
	Green	I. Boyd	53	1.0	0
Majority			745	13.5	−1.5
Turnout			5,523	45.6	−5.1
	SLD hold		Swing

Cheadle Hulme South

Cheadle Hulme South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	M. Lowe	2,740	45.4	−8.7
	Conservative	P. Hudson	2,735	45.3	+5.2
	Labour	R. Brown	331	5.5	+1.1
	SDP	A. Jones	122	2.0	N/A
	Green	I. McFadden	103	1.7	+0.4
Majority			5	0.1	−13.9
Turnout			6,031	53.1	−4.6
	SLD hold		Swing

Davenport

Davenport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Coales	2,008	45.4	−0.5
	Labour	M. Jones	1,628	36.8	+6.3
	SLD	R. Borrows	473	10.7	−10.2
	SDP	S. Rimmer	196	4.4	N/A
	Green	C. Wharf	116	2.6	0
Majority			380	8.6	−6.8
Turnout			4,421	45.3	−6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Bramhall

East Bramhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Havers*	4,011	65.4	+5.8
	SLD	J. Pruce	1,497	24.4	−8.8
	Labour	W. Greaves	483	7.9	+2.8
	SDP	J. Skorecki	141	2.3	N/A
Majority			2,514	41.0	+16.6
Turnout			6,132	46.7	−9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edgeley

Edgeley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	S. Rickman	1,910	40.7	−18.9
	Labour	B. Farebrother	1,731	36.9	+8.6
	Conservative	K. Potts	963	20.5	+9.4
	Green	S. Filmore	93	2.0	+1.0
Majority			179	3.8	−27.5
Turnout			4,697	47.1	−8.2
	SLD gain from Labour		Swing

Great Moor

Great Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Rowbotham	1,684	32.9	+4.9
	SLD	S. Oldham	1,595	31.1	−10.7
	Conservative	P. Lloyd*	1,588	31.0	+1.4
	SDP	W. Cunningham	170	3.3	N/A
	Green	P. Jordan	88	1.7	+1.1
Majority			89	1.8
Turnout			5,125	46.1	−9.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Dunstan	2,823	44.4	+0.7
	SLD	C. Beaver	2,782	43.8	−3.4
	Labour	M. Wallis	551	8.7	+0.9
	Green	M. Suter	103	1.6	+0.3
	SDP	S. Lomas	96	1.5	N/A
Majority			41	0.6
Turnout			6,355	50.6	−6.7
	Conservative gain from SLD		Swing

Heald Green

Heald Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Heald Green Ratepayers	R. Stenson*	3,265	69.7	−0.5
	Conservative	C. Turner	810	17.3	+1.3
	Labour	J. Becker	406	8.7	+1.7
	SLD	N. Fawcett	156	3.3	−3.4
	Green	J. Filmore	49	1.0	N/A
Majority			2,455	52.4	−1.8
Turnout			4,686	44.0	−3.7
	Heald Green Ratepayers hold		Swing

Heaton Mersey

Heaton Mersey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Foulkes*	2,659	49.3	−4.2
	Labour	S. Bailey	1,659	30.8	+5.2
	SLD	A. Walker	477	8.9	−12.0
	SDP	E. Cunningham	298	5.5	N/A
	Green	D. Carter	296	5.5	N/A
Majority			1,000	18.6	−9.3
Turnout			5,389	46.1	−7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heaton Moor

Heaton Moor (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. MacCarron	2,662	56.3	−2.8
	Conservative	J. Lloyd*	2,630	55.6	−3.5
	Labour	H. Nance	1,190	25.2	+5.9
	Labour	T. Grundy	1,063	22.5	+3.2
	SLD	A. McLean	523	11.1	−8.6
	SLD	J. Facer-Smith	431	9.1	−10.6
	Green	F. Chapman	325	6.9	+4.9
	SDP	I. Lomas	156	3.3	N/A
Majority			1,440	30.4	−8.9
Turnout			4,730	46.3	−3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	D. Talbot	2,321	47.1	−2.2
	Labour	T. McGee*	1,831	37.2	+5.4
	Conservative	C. Brown	697	14.2	−3.8
	Green	A. McKenzie	74	1.5	+0.6
Majority			490	9.9	−7.6
Turnout			4,923	50.5	−3.5
	SLD gain from Labour		Swing

North Marple

North Marple

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	J. Roberts*	2,295	47.5	−1.8
	Conservative	D. Lomas	1,923	39.8	−0.4
	Labour	A. Tognarelli	442	9.2	+0.4
	Green	J. Armstrong	104	2.2	+0.5
	SDP	R. McKnight	64	1.3	N/A
Majority			372	7.7	−1.4
Turnout			4,828	51.2	−6.6
	SLD hold		Swing

North Reddish

North Reddish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Flood*	3,092	64.8	+1.6
	Conservative	S. Rixon	1,111	23.3	−13.5
	SLD	C. Phythian	336	7.0	N/A
	SDP	V. Griffiths	136	2.8	N/A
	Green	D. Gibson	97	2.0	N/A
Majority			1,981	41.5	+15.1
Turnout			4,772	39.0	−4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Romiley

Romiley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Whitehead*	2,452	44.1	+4.6
	SLD	S. Swiffin	1,565	28.2	−17.2
	Labour	D. Goddard	1,300	23.4	+8.2
	SDP	S. Jeffries	129	2.3	N/A
	Green	I. Lindsay-Dunn	112	2.0	N/A
Majority			887	15.9
Turnout			5,558	47.9	−5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Marple

South Marple

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Mason*	2,538	46.2	+4.2
	SLD	T. Jackson	2,425	44.2	−7.1
	Labour	S. Rodrigues	329	6.0	+1.2
	Green	N. Watson	137	2.5	+0.6
	SDP	F. Ansell	62	1.1	N/A
Majority			113	2.0
Turnout			5,491	54.1	−5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Reddish

South Reddish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. A. Coffey*	2,762	60.2	+11.4
	Conservative	R. Camblin	1,170	25.5	−6.4
	SDP	H. Griffiths	298	6.5	N/A
	Independent Labour	A. Bradbury*	254	5.5	N/A
	Green	S. Ledger	107	2.3	+0.9
Majority			1,592	34.7	+17.8
Turnout			4,591	41.4	−2.5
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing

West Bramhall

West Bramhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. West*	3,334	61.9	+2.2
	SLD	M. Walker	1,410	26.2	−9.0
	Labour	S. Humphries	424	7.9	+2.8
	SDP	P. Vittoz	132	2.4	N/A
	Green	G. Johnson	90	1.7	N/A
Majority			1,924	35.7	+11.2
Turnout			5,390	44.8	−7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Election Results 1973-2012 (Pg. 1 and 2)" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
2. Stockport, Manchester Evening News, May 6, 1988, p.41
3. "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 28 November 2023.