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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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J Collingswood | 2049 | |||
| Conservative | A J Davies | 696 | |||
| SLD | A Ramsbottom | 127 | |||
| Majority | 1353 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C Dougherty | 2331 | |||
| Conservative | C Barber | 1682 | |||
| SLD | R V Smith | 216 | |||
| Majority | 649 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R Jones | 2642 | |||
| Conservative | A C Gething | 1505 | |||
| SLD | M M O'Brien | 164 | |||
| Majority | 1137 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C Brueton | 2225 | |||
| Labour | A G Barratt | 1655 | |||
| SLD | A Whitehouse | 239 | |||
| Majority | 570 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mrs P Byrne | 2565 | |||
| Conservative | I C Jenkins | 934 | |||
| SLD | P Lewis | 551 | |||
| Majority | 1631 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A Johnson | 2306 | |||
| Conservative | Mrs J Shore | 736 | |||
| SLD | A Whitehouse | 125 | |||
| Majority | 1570 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mrs T Walton | 2331 | |||
| Conservative | M J Torrington | 1912 | |||
| SDP | D Fysh | 297 | |||
| Majority | 419 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | M Chevannes-Reeves | 2627 | |||
| Conservative | K Pederson | 1876 | |||
| SLD | B J Lamb | 473 | |||
| Majority | 751 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R N Harding | 2303 | |||
| Liberal | M A Pearson | 836 | |||
| Conservative | M Hoare | 544 | |||
| Majority | 1467 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J McCallum | 2506 | |||
| Conservative | K Gliwitzki | 937 | |||
| SLD | J S Thompson | 207 | |||
| Majority | 1569 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R Bradley | 2594 | |||
| Labour | S B Smith | 1188 | |||
| SLD | J N M White | 365 | |||
| Majority | 1406 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J Clifford | 2298 | |||
| Conservative | R J F Ward | 1895 | |||
| SDP | I Nightingale | 248 | |||
| Majority | 403 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R Swatman | 2783 | |||
| Labour | P J Walker | 2005 | |||
| SLD | G H Ellam | 329 | |||
| Majority | 778 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A Hart | 3057 | |||
| Labour | F Docherty | 903 | |||
| SLD | C Jones-Williams | 413 | |||
| Majority | 2154 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | S S Duhra | 2950 | |||
| Conservative | B Mellor | 801 | |||
| SLD | B H Lewis | 332 | |||
| Majority | 2149 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLD | R Whitehouse | 2511 | |||
| Labour | A G Garner | 1912 | |||
| Conservative | J Lenoir | 466 | |||
| Majority | 599 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mrs D Seiboth | 2741 | |||
| SLD | R Gray | 857 | |||
| Labour | P E Wesley | 856 | |||
| Majority | 1884 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W Thompson | 2998 | |||
| Labour | R J Garner | 862 | |||
| SLD | E Pringle | 393 | |||
| Majority | 1884 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | P Bateman | 2567 | |||
| Conservative | J Smith | 1782 | |||
| SDP | J Smith | 232 | |||
| Majority | 785 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R Servian | 2246 | |||
| Conservative | J Smith | 1570 | |||
| SLD | R Waterhouse | 222 | |||
| Majority | 676 | ||||
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