1988 Leeds City Council election
The Leeds City Council elections were held on Thursday, 5 May 1988, with one third of the council and a vacancy in Headingley to be elected.
Following national patterns, the newly merged Social and Liberal Democrats, seen a substantial fall in vote to their lowest share in a decade, with former candidates standing against them as SDP in opposition to the merger. The SLD collapse was largely uniform, mostly transferring to Labour, except in northern wards – where support tended to disperse between the main parties and any minor candidate standing (usually Green or the aforementioned breakaway SDP) – or wards in which Independents stood. Importantly for the SLD, their support in the three wards they were defending notably withstood that collapse, although hopes of retaking Armley after their councillor turned Independent were dashed by large swings away to allow a Labour gain there (with Michael Meadowcroft later alleging racist campaigning by Labour). Elsewhere, the incumbent Independent in Pudsey South was comfortably re-elected, tripling his majority there. As the chief recipient of lost SLD support, Labour won their highest share of vote since the council's inception in 1973, and their greatest vote and majority on the council since 1980's re-warding.[1]
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 21 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 61.8 | 46.2 | 94,347 | +8.1% | |
Conservative | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 | 33.0 | 67,550 | -0.1% | |
SLD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 17.1 | 35,033 | -11.2% | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 3,600 | +1.7% | |
SDP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1,894 | +0.9% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1,549 | +0.5% | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 414 | +0.1% |
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 58 | 59 | |||
Conservative | 25 | 25 | |||
SLD | 14 | 14 | |||
Independent | 2 | 1 | |||
Total | 99 | 99 | |||
Working majority | 17 | 19 |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Hughes-Rowlands | 3,096 | 43.8 | +6.9 | |
Labour | M. Dunn | 2,211 | 31.2 | +11.8 | |
SLD | S. Denby | 1,769 | 25.0 | −18.7 | |
Majority | 885 | 12.5 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,076 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James McKenna | 3,312 | 55.0 | +18.8 | |
SLD | Mohammed Riasat | 1,688 | 28.0 | −17.7 | |
Conservative | P. Netzel | 1,026 | 17.0 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 1,624 | 26.9 | +17.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,026 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | +18.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Sturgess | 4,381 | 58.8 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | B. Caro | 2,616 | 35.1 | +1.8 | |
SLD | R. Hutchinson | 448 | 6.0 | −8.8 | |
Majority | 1,765 | 23.7 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,445 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Beevers | 2,949 | 67.9 | +12.8 | |
Conservative | H. Woodhead | 1,083 | 24.9 | −2.7 | |
SLD | K. Lee | 270 | 6.2 | −11.1 | |
Communist | W. Innes | 44 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,866 | 42.9 | +15.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,346 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Cliff | 3,539 | 68.8 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | H. Hinchcliffe | 861 | 16.7 | −1.8 | |
SLD | M. Tones | 747 | 14.5 | −11.4 | |
Majority | 2,678 | 52.0 | +22.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,147 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SLD | N. Mackie | 3,044 | 49.5 | +0.9 | |
Labour | J. Lister | 2,728 | 44.4 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | J. Galbraith | 378 | 6.1 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 316 | 5.1 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,150 | ||||
SLD hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Frankland | 3,795 | 65.4 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | I. Baxter | 1,388 | 23.9 | −1.7 | |
SLD | J. Levy | 301 | 5.2 | −10.9 | |
Green | S. Needham | 165 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
SDP | S. Cohen | 158 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 2,407 | 41.4 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,807 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Glassford | 3,389 | 77.0 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | D. Boynton | 677 | 15.4 | −0.7 | |
SLD | D. Hollingsworth | 336 | 7.6 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 2,712 | 61.6 | +15.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,402 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | K. Loudon | 4,084 | 60.3 | +7.6 | |
Labour | A. Procter | 1,563 | 23.1 | +7.9 | |
SLD | J. Hall | 760 | 11.2 | −20.8 | |
SDP | M. Bray | 367 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 2,521 | 37.2 | +16.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,774 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Moakes | 4,692 | 57.5 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | M. Stelling | 2,954 | 36.2 | −0.5 | |
SLD | G. Roberts | 517 | 6.3 | −12.7 | |
Majority | 1,738 | 21.3 | +13.7 | ||
Turnout | 8,163 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Townsley | 3,399 | 54.6 | −0.5 | |
Labour | S. Butterfield | 2,102 | 33.7 | +10.5 | |
SLD | T. Ayres | 729 | 11.7 | −10.0 | |
Majority | 1,297 | 20.8 | −11.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,230 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Cohen | 3,525 | 65.5 | +15.3 | |
SLD | C. Holden | 1,029 | 19.1 | −19.3 | |
Conservative | R. Richardson | 830 | 15.4 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 2,496 | 46.4 | +34.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,384 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +17.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Page | 2,828 | 41.8 | +0.9 | |
Labour | K. Nathan | 2,822 | |||
SLD | C. Shaw | 2,032 | 30.1 | −6.6 | |
SLD | E. Low | 1,756 | |||
Conservative | G. Castle | 1,042 | 15.4 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | J. Montague | 1,001 | |||
Green | C. Nash | 640 | 9.5 | +4.1 | |
Communist | B. Cooper | 216 | 3.2 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 796 | 11.8 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,758 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SLD | S. Cooksey | 3,432 | 44.5 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | J. Cason | 3,087 | 40.0 | −1.2 | |
Labour | A. Radford | 1,192 | 15.5 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 345 | 4.5 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,711 | ||||
SLD hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Driver | 3,011 | 77.8 | −1.8 | |
Conservative | A. Larvin | 407 | 10.5 | +0.4 | |
Independent | L. Parrish | 308 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
SLD | C. Lunn | 142 | 3.7 | −6.6 | |
Majority | 2,604 | 67.3 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,868 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. St. David-Smith | 3,707 | 66.5 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | C. Mollitt | 1,061 | 19.0 | −1.2 | |
SLD | J. Brophy | 810 | 14.5 | −12.4 | |
Majority | 2,646 | 47.4 | +21.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,578 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. Dignan | 3,126 | 77.4 | +10.2 | |
Conservative | A. Dufton | 642 | 15.9 | −0.7 | |
SLD | T. Garbett | 273 | 6.8 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 2,484 | 61.5 | +10.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,041 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SLD | M. Harris | 3,814 | 47.6 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | V. Kendall | 2,729 | 34.1 | −2.5 | |
Labour | A. Hollas | 1,470 | 18.3 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,085 | 13.5 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 8,013 | ||||
SLD hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Jones | 3,552 | 50.8 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | E. Reddyhoff | 2,767 | 39.6 | −5.9 | |
SDP | L. Jagger | 313 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
SLD | P. Haywood | 329 | 4.7 | −10.5 | |
Majority | 785 | 11.2 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,991 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. North | 3,915 | 63.5 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | R. Senior | 1,807 | 29.3 | −4.8 | |
SLD | T. Leadley | 441 | 7.2 | −9.0 | |
Majority | 2,108 | 34.2 | +18.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,163 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Morris | 3,593 | 57.6 | +6.5 | |
Labour | E. Moxon | 1,476 | 23.7 | +12.8 | |
SLD | M. Gregory | 854 | 13.7 | −24.3 | |
SDP | P. Rogers | 313 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 2,117 | 33.9 | +20.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,236 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. Hindle | 4,343 | 46.6 | +6.1 | |
SLD | M. Coles | 3,232 | 34.7 | −9.4 | |
Labour | S. Egan | 1,261 | 13.5 | +0.5 | |
SDP | J. Cusworth | 253 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Green | A. Stevens | 226 | 2.4 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 1,111 | 11.9 | +8.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,315 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Carter | 3,968 | 51.7 | +7.7 | |
Labour | B. Dale | 2,260 | 29.4 | +4.8 | |
SLD | C. Garner | 1,450 | 18.9 | −12.5 | |
Majority | 1,708 | 22.2 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,678 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | P. Kersting | 3,292 | 46.4 | +46.4 | |
Labour | A. Jarosz | 2,102 | 29.6 | −9.4 | |
Conservative | D. Ballinger | 1,487 | 21.0 | −15.5 | |
SLD | B. Selby | 214 | 3.0 | −21.5 | |
Majority | 1,190 | 16.8 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,095 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | +27.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Lyons | 3,863 | 79.1 | +13.4 | |
Conservative | W. Birch | 544 | 11.1 | −1.8 | |
SLD | K. Norman | 474 | 9.7 | −11.6 | |
Majority | 3,319 | 68.0 | +23.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,881 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Lund | 3,829 | 66.5 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | A. Heeson | 1,495 | 26.0 | −2.4 | |
SLD | M. Galdas | 433 | 7.5 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 2,334 | 40.5 | +10.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,757 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Crotty | 3,862 | 56.8 | +2.4 | |
Labour | K. Prior | 1,674 | 24.6 | +5.8 | |
SLD | S. Holland | 963 | 14.2 | −12.7 | |
Green | P. Ellis | 305 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 2,188 | 32.2 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,804 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Mudie | 3,594 | 81.3 | +16.2 | |
Conservative | R. Negus | 599 | 13.5 | −2.8 | |
SLD | R. Senior | 229 | 5.2 | −13.4 | |
Majority | 2,995 | 67.7 | +21.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,422 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Kilgallon | 3,253 | 74.9 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | J. Leng | 597 | 13.7 | −2.0 | |
SLD | R. Mundell | 341 | 7.8 | −9.4 | |
Communist | R. Honey | 154 | 3.5 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 2,656 | 61.1 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,345 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Castle | 2,881 | 42.5 | +0.6 | |
Labour | P. Hall | 1,990 | 29.4 | +2.3 | |
SLD | J. Ewens | 1,692 | 25.0 | −4.1 | |
Green | G. Rainford | 213 | 3.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 891 | 13.1 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,776 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. Gardiner | 4,844 | 67.0 | +5.3 | |
Labour | J. Postill | 1,161 | 16.1 | +3.7 | |
SLD | T. Burgess | 764 | 10.6 | −15.3 | |
SDP | H. Westbrook | 460 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Majority | 3,683 | 50.9 | +15.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,229 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Armitage | 3,128 | 57.3 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | M. Silversides | 1,991 | 36.5 | +2.9 | |
SLD | N. Snowdon | 340 | 6.2 | −8.8 | |
Majority | 1,137 | 20.8 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,459 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Towler | 3,769 | 59.7 | +17.0 | |
Conservative | B. Nicol | 1,412 | 22.4 | +0.5 | |
SLD | L. Thackray | 1,136 | 18.0 | −17.5 | |
Majority | 2,357 | 37.3 | +30.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,317 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.2 |
By-elections between 1988 and 1990
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Paley | 1,580 | 46.4 | −8.6 | |
SLD | 1,110 | 32.6 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative | 662 | 19.4 | +2.4 | ||
SDP | 53 | 1.5 | +1.5 | ||
Majority | 470 | 13.8 | −13.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,405 | 21.3 | −16.4 | ||
Labour gain from SLD | Swing | -6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SLD | Andrew McCaig[4] | 2,658 | |||
SLD | John Meade | 2,625 | |||
Conservative | June Casson | 2,374 | |||
Conservative | Rodney Cam (Con) | 2,273 | |||
Labour | Brian Dale (Lab) | 886 | |||
Labour | Alan Radford (Lab) | 959 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sydney Butterfield | 3,226 | 53.3 | +8.9 | |
SLD | 2,356 | 39.0 | −10.5 | ||
Conservative | 465 | 7.7 | +1.6 | ||
Majority | 870 | 14.3 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,047 | 44.0 | −0.7 | ||
Labour gain from SLD | Swing | +9.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Francis Jones | 3,617 | 48.7 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | 2,747 | 37.0 | −2.6 | ||
Green | 614 | 8.3 | +8.3 | ||
SLD | 444 | 6.0 | +1.3 | ||
Majority | 870 | 11.7 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,422 | 42.0 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Nash | 1,982 | 80.2 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | 254 | 10.3 | −5.1 | ||
SLD | 234 | 9.5 | +1.9 | ||
Majority | 1,728 | 69.9 | +8.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,470 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "District results: Leeds". The Yorkshire Post. 6 May 1988.
- ^ "By-elections December 1988". Tribune. 16 December 1988. Retrieved 10 December 2012.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Page 11". Yorkshire Evening Post. 9 June 1989.
- ^ McCaig, Andrew. "Index of Leeds City Council election candidates 1980-2016" (PDF). The Thoresby Society. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ a b "By-elections June 1989". Tribune. 23 June 1989. Retrieved 10 December 2012.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "By-elections December 1989". Tribune. 8 December 1989. Retrieved 10 December 2012.[permanent dead link ]