Wolverhampton Council Elections (1988)
The 1988 Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 3 May 1988 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.
During the 1984 election the Labour Party gained the Heath Town ward from the SDP–Liberal Alliance.
Candidates that previously would have stood for the SDP–Liberal Alliance stood with the labels, SDP or Social and Liberal Democrats (Liberal Democrats) in the 1988 local elections.
Ward results
Bilston East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | J Collingswood | 2049 | | |
| Conservative | A J Davies | 696 | | |
| SLD | A Ramsbottom | 127 | | |
Majority | 1353 | | |
Bilston North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | C Dougherty | 2331 | | |
| Conservative | C Barber | 1682 | | |
| SLD | R V Smith | 216 | | |
Majority | 649 | | |
Blakenhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | R Jones | 2642 | | |
| Conservative | A C Gething | 1505 | | |
| SLD | M M O'Brien | 164 | | |
Majority | 1137 | | |
Bushbury Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | C Brueton | 2225 | | |
| Labour | A G Barratt | 1655 | | |
| SLD | A Whitehouse | 239 | | |
Majority | 570 | | |
East Park Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Mrs P Byrne | 2565 | | |
| Conservative | I C Jenkins | 934 | | |
| SLD | P Lewis | 551 | | |
Majority | 1631 | | |
Ettingshall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | A Johnson | 2306 | | |
| Conservative | Mrs J Shore | 736 | | |
| SLD | A Whitehouse | 125 | | |
Majority | 1570 | | |
Fallings Park Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Mrs T Walton | 2331 | | |
| Conservative | M J Torrington | 1912 | | |
| SDP | D Fysh | 297 | | |
Majority | 419 | | |
Graiseley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | M Chevannes-Reeves | 2627 | | |
| Conservative | K Pederson | 1876 | | |
| SLD | B J Lamb | 473 | | |
Majority | 751 | | |
Heath Town Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | R N Harding | 2303 | | |
| Liberal | M A Pearson | 836 | | |
| Conservative | M Hoare | 544 | | |
Majority | 1467 | | |
Low Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | J McCallum | 2506 | | |
| Conservative | K Gliwitzki | 937 | | |
| SLD | J S Thompson | 207 | | |
Majority | 1569 | | |
Merry Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | R Bradley | 2594 | | |
| Labour | S B Smith | 1188 | | |
| SLD | J N M White | 365 | | |
Majority | 1406 | | |
Oxley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | J Clifford | 2298 | | |
| Conservative | R J F Ward | 1895 | | |
| SDP | I Nightingale | 248 | | |
Majority | 403 | | |
Park Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | R Swatman | 2783 | | |
| Labour | P J Walker | 2005 | | |
| SLD | G H Ellam | 329 | | |
Majority | 778 | | |
Penn Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | A Hart | 3057 | | |
| Labour | F Docherty | 903 | | |
| SLD | C Jones-Williams | 413 | | |
Majority | 2154 | | |
St Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | S S Duhra | 2950 | | |
| Conservative | B Mellor | 801 | | |
| SLD | B H Lewis | 332 | | |
Majority | 2149 | | |
Spring Vale Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| SLD | R Whitehouse | 2511 | | |
| Labour | A G Garner | 1912 | | |
| Conservative | J Lenoir | 466 | | |
Majority | 599 | | |
Tettenhall Regis Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Mrs D Seiboth | 2741 | | |
| SLD | R Gray | 857 | | |
| Labour | P E Wesley | 856 | | |
Majority | 1884 | | |
Tettenhall Wightwick Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | W Thompson | 2998 | | |
| Labour | R J Garner | 862 | | |
| SLD | E Pringle | 393 | | |
Majority | 1884 | | |
Wednesfield North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | P Bateman | 2567 | | |
| Conservative | J Smith | 1782 | | |
| SDP | J Smith | 232 | | |
Majority | 785 | | |
Wednesfield South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | R Servian | 2246 | | |
| Conservative | J Smith | 1570 | | |
| SLD | R Waterhouse | 222 | | |
Majority | 676 | | |
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