1988 Harlow District Council election

1988 Harlow District Council election^[1]^[2]

5 May 1988

14 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	SLD
Last election	37	2	3
Seats before	36	3	3
Seats won	11	2	1
Seats after	35	4	3
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	12,227	6,054	2,022
Percentage	60.1%	29.7%	9.9%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1988 Harlow District Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 1988 Harlow District Council election took place on 5 May 1988 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Election result

1988 Harlow local election result^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	0	1	1	78.6	60.1	12,227	3.4
Conservative	2	1	0	1	14.3	29.7	6,054	8.1
SLD	1	0	0		7.1	9.9	2,022	11.8
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	58	New

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1984 election.

Ward results

Brays Grove

Location of Brays Grove ward

Brays Grove^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Burnham	835	76.7%
	Conservative	D. Messer	254	23.3%
Turnout				33.8%
	Labour hold

Great Parndon

Location of Great Parndon ward

Great Parndon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Atkins	820	48.5%
	Labour	J. Sanders	705	41.7%
	SLD	D. Harris	106	6.3%
	Independent	S. Ford	58	3.4%
Turnout				51.1%
	Conservative hold

Hare Street and Town Centre

Location of Hare Street and Town Centre ward

Hare Street and Town Centre^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Hobbs	758	75.2%
	Conservative	D. Groves	250	24.8%
Turnout				35.6%
	Labour hold

Kingsmoor

Location of Kingsmoor ward

Kingsmoor^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Rigden	841	46.0%
	Labour	J. Young	820	44.8%
	SLD	D. Collins	168	9.2%
Turnout				38.3%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Latton Bush

Location of Latton Bush ward

Latton Bush^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Jones	1,052	69.5%
	Conservative	S. Cross	461	30.5%
Turnout				36.7%
	Labour hold

Little Parndon

Location of Little Parndon ward

Little Parndon^[3]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	D. Condon	975	65.0
Conservative	K. Smart	355	23.7%
SLD	L. Spenceley	171	11.4%
Labour hold

Mark Hall South

Location of Mark Hall South ward

Mark Hall South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Farr	1,061	69.7%
	Conservative	N. Hitch	333	21.9%
	SLD	N. Armitage	129	8.5%
Turnout				38.9%
	Labour hold

Netteswell East

Location of Netteswell East ward

Netteswell East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Balbi	727	65.2%
	Conservative	M. Rigden	260	23.3%
	SLD	V. Scott	128	11.5%
Turnout				38.5%
	Labour hold

Netteswell West

Location of Netteswell West ward

Netteswell^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Coleman	618	64.6%
	Conservative	S. Jones	215	22.5%
	SLD	S. Herbert	123	12.9%
Turnout				37.7%
	Labour hold

Old Harlow

Location of Old Harlow ward

Old Harlow^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Howitt	1,243	48.7%
	Conservative	S. Carter	1,151	45.1%
	SLD	P. Barton	156	6.1%
Turnout				55.7%
	Labour hold

Passmores

Location of Passmores ward

Passmores^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Rogers	859	61.8%
	Conservative	M. Tombs	381	27.4%
	SLD	A. Curran	149	10.7%
Turnout				35.0%
	Labour hold

Potter Street

Location of Potter Street ward

Passmores^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Brown	970	71.5%
	Conservative	D. Fleming	244	18.0%
	SLD	S. Ward	142	10.5%
Turnout				41.2%
	Labour hold

Stewards

Location of Stewards ward

Stewards^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SLD	S. Curran	750	50.7%
	Labour	C. Downing	560	37.9%
	Conservative	K. Jones	168	11.4%
Turnout				37.6%
	SLD hold

Tye Green

Location of Tye Green ward

Tye Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. Phelps	1,044	76.5%
	Conservative	B. Hill	321	23.5%
Turnout				36.9%
	Labour hold

References

↑ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
1 2 "Local Election Summaries 1988". The Elections Centre.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Harlow District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

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