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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%.[1]

The election resulted in the new merger Social and Liberal Democrats retaining control of the council.[2][3]

Election result

Adur District Council Election Result 1988[2]
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:[2]

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)[2]
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)[2]
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)[2]
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)[2]
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)[2]
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)[2]
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)[2]
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)[2]
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)[2]
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)[2]
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)[2]
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)[2]
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)[2]
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

References

  1. ^ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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