1988 Brighton Borough Council election

1988 UK local government election

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5 May 1988 (1988-05-05)

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16 out of 48 seats to Brighton Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	SLD
Last election	24 seats, 33.8%	21 seats, 46.8%	3 seats, 18.2%
Seats won	11	5	0
Seats after	27	19	2
Seat change	3	2	1
Popular vote	23,094	25,880	5,301
Percentage	42.0%	47.1%	9.6%
Swing	8.2%	0.3%	8.6%

Winner of each seat at the 1988 Brighton Borough Council election

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Labour

The 1988 Brighton Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1988 to elect members of Brighton Borough Council in East Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1988 Brighton Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	11	3	68.8	16	27	56.3	23,094	42.0	+8.2
	Conservative	5	2	31.3	14	19	39.6	25,880	47.1	+0.3
	SLD	0	1	0.0	2	2	4.2	5,301	9.6	–8.6
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	688	1.3	+0.1

Ward results

Hanover

Hanover
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Duncan*	2,162	58.3	+7.0
	Conservative	C. Marten	1,139	30.7	–0.5
	Green	G. Mills	257	6.9	+2.9
	SLD	K. McArthur	153	4.1	–9.4
Majority			1,023	27.6	+7.5
Turnout			3,711	43.2	–1.9
Registered electors			8,589
	Labour hold		Swing	3.8

Hollingbury

Hollingbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Morley*	1,957	55.4	+9.1
	Conservative	N. Maskell	1,330	37.7	–2.5
	SLD	D. Rudling	244	6.9	–4.6
Majority			627	17.8	+11.6
Turnout			3,531	45.6	–3.0
Registered electors			7,736
	Labour hold		Swing	5.8

Kings Cliff

Kings Cliff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Haynes*	1,802	50.7	+6.1
	Conservative	K. Burns	1,596	44.9	–0.1
	SLD	M. Dennis	156	4.4	–6.0
Majority			206	5.8	N/A
Turnout			3,554	52.1	–2.4
Registered electors			6,824
	Labour hold		Swing	3.1

Marine

Marine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Miller	1,979	52.8	+9.9
	Conservative	D. Radford*	1,638	43.7	–5.2
	SLD	V. Wares	132	3.5	–4.7
Majority			341	9.1	N/A
Turnout			3,749	48.0	–3.4
Registered electors			7,805
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	7.6

Moulescombe

Moulescombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Hall	1,606	60.6	+14.3
	Conservative	J. Stevens	882	33.3	–1.0
	SLD	P. Vivvillacci	160	6.0	–13.4
Majority			724	27.3	+15.2
Turnout			2,648	35.9	–0.7
Registered electors			7,369
	Labour hold		Swing	7.7

Patcham

Patcham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Peterson	2,200	63.0	–0.3
	Labour	D. Betts	1,005	28.8	+10.1
	SLD	L. Ashworth	288	8.2	–7.7
Majority			1,195	34.2	–10.4
Turnout			3,493	48.6	–8.7
Registered electors			7,186
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.2

Preston

Preston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Leach*	1,883	44.4	–1.5
	SLD	D. Champion	1,415	33.3	–5.1
	Labour	R. Brown	757	17.8	+2.0
	Green	K. Sinclair	188	4.4	N/A
Majority			468	11.0	+3.5
Turnout			4,243	53.1	–6.5
Registered electors			7,991
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

Queens Park

Queens Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Stanton*	1,890	57.5	+8.8
	Conservative	M. Land	1,396	42.5	+1.6
Majority			494	15.0	+7.3
Turnout			3,286	49.7	–2.2
Registered electors			6,609
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Regency

Regency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Winter	1,601	49.3	+8.2
	Conservative	J. Cameron	1,486	45.8	+0.1
	SLD	C. Berry	158	4.9	–8.4
Majority			115	3.5	N/A
Turnout			3,245	44.2	–5.6
Registered electors			7,346
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	4.1

Rottingdean

Rottingdean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Cray	3,012	79.3	+3.2
	SLD	P. Edwards	411	10.8	–7.0
	Labour	K. Thomson	377	9.9	+3.8
Majority			2,601	68.4	+10.2
Turnout			3,800	47.5	–9.2
Registered electors			7,999
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.1

Seven Dials

Seven Dials
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Thompson	1,227	38.2	+8.8
	Conservative	T. Williamson	1,024	31.9	–0.1
	SLD	R. Heale	962	29.9	–8.7
Majority			203	6.3	N/A
Turnout			3,213	43.6	–6.1
Registered electors			7,366
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	4.5

St Peters

St Peters
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Sweeting	1,795	56.7	+12.9
	Conservative	D. Cullen	962	30.4	–4.0
	Green	I. Brodie	243	7.7	+0.5
	SLD	M. Fairweather	166	5.2	–9.4
Majority			833	26.3	N/A
Turnout			3,166	43.1	–5.6
Registered electors			7,339
	Labour hold		Swing	8.5

Stanmer

Stanmer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Blackwood*	1,753	51.2	+8.7
	Conservative	D. Fairhall	1,462	42.7	+2.6
	SLD	R. Spencer	206	6.0	–11.4
Majority			291	8.5	+6.0
Turnout			3,421	45.6	–1.3
Registered electors			7,503
	Labour hold		Swing	3.1

Tenantry

Tenantry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Davies*	1,688	54.2	+9.8
	Conservative	M. Toner	1,227	39.4	–0.3
	SLD	C. Bracken	202	6.5	–9.5
Majority			461	14.8	+10.1
Turnout			3,117	41.0	–3.1
Registered electors			7,608
	Labour hold		Swing	5.1

Westdene

Westdene
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Humphrey	2,366	71.1	+9.5
	Labour	F. Spicer	661	19.8	+8.2
	SLD	D. McBeth	303	9.1	–15.6
Majority			1,705	51.2	+14.3
Turnout			3,330	44.4	–9.5
Registered electors			7,507
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.7

Woodingdean

Woodingdean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Hill*	2,277	65.9	+4.4
	Labour	I. Tettersell	834	24.1	+4.9
	SLD	J. Marshall	345	10.0	–7.4
Majority			1,443	41.8	–0.5
Turnout			3,456	43.2	–11.2
Registered electors			7,996
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.3

References

"Brighton Borough Council Election Results 1973-1995" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

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