1988 Sheffield City Council election

1988 Sheffield City Council election
30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council; 44 seats needed for a majority
	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.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1988
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	23	1	0	+1	76.6	59.0	84,640	+7.9
Conservative	4	0	1	-1	13.3	22.1	31,685	+1.1
SLD	3	0	0	0	10.0	16.4	23,579	-11.3
SDP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	2,591	New
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	900	+0.5
Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	161	±0.0

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	65	66
	Conservatives	13	12
	Social and Liberal Democrats	9	9
Total		87	87
Working majority		43	45

Ward results

Beauchief ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Danny George*	2,456	34.4	−2.3
	SLD	Peter Moore	2,365	33.1	+0.2
	Labour	Roy Munn	2,181	30.6	+0.2
	SDP	Robert Shillito	128	1.8	+1.8
Majority			91	1.3	−2.5
Turnout			7,130	46.8	−6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.2

Birley ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Shepherd*	3,804	71.3	+11.5
	Conservative	Gordon Millward	938	17.6	−0.4
	SLD	Cyril Skipworth	588	11.0	−11.2
Majority			2,866	53.7	+16.1
Turnout			5,330	32.9	−6.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.9

Brightside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Price*	2,658	81.0	+9.9
	Conservative	Jeremy Richardson	350	10.7	−1.0
	SLD	Peter McNutt	270	8.2	−8.9
Majority			2,308	70.3	+16.3
Turnout			3,278	24.9	−6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.4

Broomhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Mahoney	2,103	40.0	+1.7
	Conservative	Sid Cordle**	1,960	37.3	+6.8
	SLD	Jane Padget	742	14.1	−17.1
	Green	Andrew Womack	347	6.6	+6.6
	SDP	Oliver Waterlow	104	2.0	+2.0
Majority			143	2.7	−4.4
Turnout			5,256	38.0	−7.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-2.5

Sid Cordle was a sitting councillor for Ecclesall ward

Burngreave^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phyllis Smith**	2,846	72.7	+6.2
	Labour	John Watson	2,702
	Conservative	Dianne Watson	543	13.9	+1.9
	Conservative	Anne Smith	518
	SLD	Sheila Hughes	292	7.4	−14.1
	SLD	Sheila Rehman	288
	SDP	Victoria Dean	155	3.9	+3.9
	Communist	Brian Turley	76	1.9	+1.9
Majority			2,159	58.8	+13.8
Turnout			3,912	31.6	−4.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.1

Phyllis Smith was a sitting councillor for Heeley ward

Castle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Bower	2,795	84.3	+6.8
	Conservative	Joan Graham	344	10.4	−0.3
	SLD	Donald Smith	176	5.3	−6.4
Majority			2,451	73.9	+8.1
Turnout			3,315	25.6	−5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.5

Chapel Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	David Chadwick*	3,161	47.4	−6.8
	Labour	Eldon Hanson	3,005	45.0	+6.0
	Conservative	Cecilia Holt	403	6.0	−0.7
	SDP	David Richie	103	1.5	+1.5
Majority			156	2.4	−12.8
Turnout			6,672	37.1	−9.8
	SLD hold		Swing	-6.4

Darnall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Robinson	3,194	73.1	+9.8
	Conservative	Philip Kirby	676	15.5	−0.8
	SLD	Dennis Boothroyd	497	11.4	−9.0
Majority			2,518	57.6	+14.7
Turnout			4,367	29.2	−5.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.3

Dore^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Heslop*	3,685	57.2	+5.7
	Labour	Glenn Ellis	1,850	28.7	+3.0
	SLD	Janice Sidebottom	655	10.2	−12.6
	SDP	Marguerite Crangle	248	3.8	+3.8
Majority			1,835	28.5	+2.7
Turnout			6,438	38.6	−9.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.3

Ecclesall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bobbie Fleming	3,515	54.3	+2.3
	Labour	Timothy Plant	1,468	22.7	+3.3
	SLD	Christine Freeman	1,044	16.1	−12.5
	Green	Clare Jenkins	280	4.3	+4.3
	SDP	Peter Sorby	165	2.5	+2.5
Majority			2,047	31.6	+8.2
Turnout			6,472	41.0	−7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.5

Firth Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Betts*	3,475	82.7	+7.9
	Conservative	Andrew Cook	367	8.7	+8.7
	SLD	John Wilcock	235	5.6	−19.6
	SDP	Glyn Evans	125	3.0	+3.0
Majority			3,108	74.0	+24.4
Turnout			4,202	30.5	−5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.4

Hallam^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Jackson*	3,223	50.8	+1.3
	Labour	John Webster	1,625	25.6	+6.2
	SLD	John Knight	1,242	19.6	−11.4
	SDP	Matthew Smith	256	4.0	+4.0
Majority			1,598	25.2	+6.7
Turnout			6,346	43.7	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.4

Handsworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Lambert	3,588	63.7	+12.1
	SLD	Alice Smith	1,317	23.4	−15.4
	Conservative	Shirley Clayton	602	10.7	+1.5
	Green	Roger Dunn	126	2.2	+1.9
Majority			2,271	40.3	+27.5
Turnout			5,633	37.8	−6.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.7

Heeley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Lamb	3,255	68.6	+10.7
	Conservative	Elizabeth Bradbury	935	19.7	−1.3
	SLD	Valerie King	381	8.0	−13.0
	SDP	John Hetherington	170	3.6	+3.6
Majority			2,320	48.9	+12.0
Turnout			4,741	31.4	−7.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

Hillsborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Duff	3,107	50.4	+3.6
	SLD	David Swarbrick	1,813	29.4	−3.9
	Conservative	Michael Warner	1,098	17.8	−2.0
	Green	Jacqueline O'Neill	147	2.4	+2.4
Majority			1,294	21.0	+7.5
Turnout			6,165	40.1	−6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

Intake^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Moscrop*	3,181	67.7	+8.7
	Conservative	Elizabeth Bradbury	1,067	22.7	+1.6
	SLD	Douglas Oldfield	293	6.2	−13.6
	SDP	David Dean	153	3.2	+3.2
Majority			2,114	45.0	+7.1
Turnout			4,694	29.8	−7.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.5

Manor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Jordan*	2,715	86.1	+6.9
	Conservative	Paul Anderton	293	9.3	+0.2
	SLD	Leonard Middleton	146	4.6	−7.0
Majority			2,422	76.8	+9.2
Turnout			3,154	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

Mosborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Walton*	4,328	67.7	+8.4
	Conservative	Caroline Gracey	1,420	22.2	+0.7
	SLD	Kevin Smith	402	6.3	−12.9
	SDP	Roger Davison	239	3.7	+3.7
Majority			2,908	45.5	+7.7
Turnout			6,389	29.0	−6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

Nether Edge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jan Fiore*	2,772	48.9	+10.4
	Conservative	Henry Cornford	1,816	32.1	+3.4
	SLD	George Manley	858	15.1	−14.3
	SDP	Stephen Ruttle	216	3.8	+3.8
Majority			956	16.8	+7.7
Turnout			5,662	40.3	−6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.5

Nether Shire^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Barton*	3,439	82.1	+9.5
	Conservative	Roger Barnsley	404	9.6	+9.6
	SLD	George Clayton	344	8.2	−19.2
Majority			3,035	72.5	+27.3
Turnout			4,187	32.5	−2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.0

Netherthorpe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Harvey	2,883	75.8	+6.5
	Conservative	David Knight	519	13.6	−1.2
	SLD	David Cloke	293	7.7	−8.1
	SDP	Rachel Ritchie	106	2.8	+2.8
Majority			2,364	62.2	+8.7
Turnout			3,801	28.7	−9.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

Norton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Butler*	3,468	67.4	+8.0
	Conservative	Russell Crane	1,221	23.7	+1.2
	SLD	Ian Auckland	454	8.8	−9.3
Majority			2,247	43.7	+6.8
Turnout			5,143	38.4	−6.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

Owlerton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Burrows*	3,165	85.0	+16.4
	SLD	Francis Pierce	459	12.3	−6.3
	Conservative	Malcolm Smith	100	2.7	−10.0
Majority			2,706	72.7	+22.7
Turnout			3,724	29.1	−7.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.3

Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Sargent	3,172	85.4	+6.9
	Conservative	Mary Hyatt	309	8.3	−2.0
	SLD	John Mayes	233	6.3	−4.9
Majority			2,863	77.1	+9.8
Turnout			3.714	26.2	−5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.4

Sharrow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Pye*	2,619	72.7	+9.4
	Conservative	Jane Godber	525	14.6	−4.2
	SLD	Kathleen Brown	279	7.7	−8.0
	SDP	Patricia Major	93	2.6	+2.6
	Communist	Walter Hartley	85	2.3	+0.1
Majority			2,094	58.1	+13.6
Turnout			3,601	28.2	−5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.8

South Wortley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Alan Memmott*	2,796	39.6	−9.1
	Labour	Roy Darke	2,708	38.3	+7.3
	Conservative	Lynn Wilson	1,556	22.0	+1.8
Majority			88	1.3	−16.4
Turnout			7,060	38.1	−8.8
	SLD hold		Swing	-8.2

Southey Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Boyce**	3,609	88.9	+7.6
	Conservative	Robert Usher	242	5.9	+5.9
	SLD	Raymond Mellor	209	5.1	−13.6
Majority			3,367	83.0	+20.4
Turnout			4,060	32.3	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.8

Jimmy Boyce was a sitting councillor for Burngreave ward

Stocksbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	June Hibberd-Cooke*	1,636	43.7	−9.3
	Labour	Alf Meade**	1,630	43.5	+7.6
	Conservative	Stephen Gladman	399	10.6	−0.4
	SDP	George Wilson	81	2.1	+2.1
Majority			6	0.2	−16.9
Turnout			3,746	35.7	−10.6
	SLD hold		Swing	-8.4

Alf Meade was a sitting councillor for Hillsborough ward

Walkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Cromar*	3,997	74.5	+18.8
	Conservative	Patricia Barnsley	719	13.4	+3.2
	SLD	Penelope Smith	399	7.4	−26.6
	SDP	Margaret Ritchie	249	4.6	+4.6
Majority			3,278	61.1	+39.4
Turnout			5,364	37.1	−6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.8

References

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