1988 Adur District Council election

1988 Adur District Council election

5 May 1988
One third of seats (13 of 39) to Adur District Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SLD Conservative Residents Seats won 7 5 1 Seat change
Map showing the results of the 1988 Adur council elections.
Majority party before election Social and Liberal Democrats Majority party after election Social and Liberal Democrats

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 5 May 1988, with one third of the council up for election however no elections were held for the single-member ward St Mary's. Overall turnout dropped to 42.5%.

The election resulted in the new merger Social and Liberal Democrats retaining control of the council.

Election result

Adur District Council Election Result 1988

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SLD	7	1	1	0	53.8	39.1	7,650	-5.0
	Conservative	5	1	1	0	38.5	47.3	9,244	+0.7
	Residents	1	0	0	0	7.7	4.1	810	+4.1
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	9.5	1,848	+0.2

This resulted in the following composition of the council:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Social and Liberal Democrats	22	22
	Conservative	15	15
	Independent Residents	2	2
Total		39	39
Working majority		5	5

Ward results

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.

Buckingham (3933)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pelling C.	1,137	69.7	+3.8
	SLD	Miller A.	369	22.6	-11.5
	Labour	Gibbs J. Ms.	126	7.7	+7.7
Majority			768	47.1	+15.3
Turnout			1,632	41.5	-8.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.6

Churchill (3711)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Ferris M.	810	54.4	+6.7
	Conservative	Wood J.	678	45.6	+1.1
Majority			132	8.9	+5.7
Turnout			1,488	40.1	-9.5
	SLD hold		Swing	+2.8

Cokeham (3525)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Smith J.	579	42.9	-3.6
	Conservative	Catchpole W.	515	38.1	-2.2
	Labour	Mear B.	256	19.0	+5.8
Majority			64	4.7	-1.4
Turnout			1,350	38.3	-4.3
	SLD hold		Swing	-0.7

Eastbrook (3614)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Parkin N.	748	48.5	+1.2
	SLD	Taylor S.	455	29.5	-8.4
	Labour	Barnes S.	340	22.0	+7.2
Majority			293	19.0	+9.5
Turnout			1,543	42.7	-13.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.8

Hillside (3631)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leeves C.	852	51.2	-6.6
	SLD	Whitmore L.	811	48.8	+24.0
Majority			41	2.5	-30.5
Turnout			1,663	45.8	-1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-15.3

Manor (3407)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Cooper M.*	724	46.3	-9.0
	Conservative	Boyce G.	716	45.8	+1.1
	Labour	Lower J. Ms.	124	7.9	+7.9
Majority			8	0.5	-10.1
Turnout			1,564	45.9	-3.4
	SLD hold		Swing	-5.0

Marine (2677)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Shepard P.*	810	57.5	N/A
	Conservative	Patten E.	520	36.9	N/A
	Labour	Sweet G. Ms.	78	5.5	N/A
Majority			290	20.6	N/A
Turnout			1,408	52.6	N/A
	Residents hold		Swing	N/A

Mash Barn (3008)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Robinson J. Ms.	554	51.9	-31.0
	Conservative	Kemp C.	399	37.4	+37.4
	Labour	Atkins B.	115	10.8	-6.4
Majority			155	14.5	-51.3
Turnout			1,068	35.5	+3.5
	SLD hold		Swing	-34.2

Peverel (3211)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Driscoll P. Ms.*	473	42.0	-6.7
	Conservative	Harris F.	462	41.0	+0.0
	Labour	Atkins H. Ms.	192	17.0	+6.7
Majority			11	1.0	-6.6
Turnout			1,127	35.1	-10.3
	SLD hold		Swing	-3.3

Southlands (3366)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Bucknall G.	715	50.8	-0.5
	Conservative	Muirhead J. Ms.	471	33.5	+0.6
	Labour	Sweet N.	221	15.7	-0.1
Majority			244	17.3	-1.2
Turnout			1,407	41.8	-10.2
	SLD gain from Conservative		Swing	-0.5

Southwick Green (3897)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	King M.*	1,031	57.8	-0.1
	Conservative	Macpherson M.	754	42.2	+0.1
Majority			277	15.6	-0.2
Turnout			1,785	45.8	-5.5
	SLD hold		Swing	-0.1

St. Nicolas (3723)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Finch B.*	1,005	62.9	-1.2
	SLD	Pressley N.	377	23.6	-2.1
	Labour	O'Hare J.	215	13.5	+3.2
Majority			628	39.3	+0.9
Turnout			1,597	42.9	-6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

Widewater (4257)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phillips D.	987	51.4	+1.3
	SLD	Hammond D.*	752	39.2	-1.5
	Labour	Satchell A. Ms.	181	9.4	+0.1
Majority			235	12.2	+2.8
Turnout			1,920	45.1	-3.3
	Conservative gain from SLD		Swing	+1.4