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    1988 handbook

    Portsmouth: 1988 local elections

    13 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1987) (39 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 21 · Labour 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Other 3

    After (end of 1988) (39 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 25 · Labour 8 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Other 1

    Ward results

    Charles Dickens1 seat · turnout 34.5%
    J. SugrueLabour2,287
    I SawyerConservative871
    S. PhillipsSLD518
    Copnor1 seat · turnout 38.5%
    E. ThompsonConservative2,282 ✓
    I. McIsaacLabour1,273
    N. BentleySLD772
    L. ReesGreen112
    Cosham1 seat · turnout 42.5%
    M. TillConservative1,788 ✓
    N. MikardoLabour1,383
    J. MitchellSDP757
    M. EastwoodGreen145
    Drayton & Farlington1 seat · turnout 41.0%
    B. MaineConservative3,095
    J. KatzLabour869
    A. BrooksGreen545
    Fratton1 seat · turnout 38.8%
    S. RackettSLD1,815
    B PopeLabour1,258
    M. ChewterConservative1,002
    Havelock1 seat · turnout 46.4%
    S. ThomasLabour2,535
    A HydeConservative1,991
    A. HunterSLD598
    Highland1 seat · turnout 40.7%
    Read B.Conservative1,951 ✓
    F. GuySLD1,164
    A. McCarthyLabour1,133
    P. Pemberton-JamesGreen123
    Hilsea1 seat · turnout 32.2%
    J. LodgeConservative1,968 ✓
    T BlairLabour1,158
    R. HerbertSDP638
    E. KaneGreen118
    Milton1 seat · turnout 40.1%
    C. GrennanConservative2,011 ✓
    S. GladwinLabour1,182
    J. HodgsonSLD838
    D DennyIndependent297
    S. BaxterGreen105
    Nelson1 seat · turnout 39.5%
    T. GregoryConservative2,268 ✓
    A. ButterworthLabour1,651
    S. SouthwellSLD398
    R. BrownIndependent133
    A. DennyIndependent65
    Paulsgrove1 seat · turnout 29.8%
    D. HorneLabour1,750
    P. BarnsleyConservative976
    P. FenwickSDP333
    St Jude1 seat · turnout 31.3%
    E. RobinsonConservative1,884 ✓
    A ChaferLabour629
    M. SouthwellSLD597
    L. BaxterGreen165
    St Thomas1 seat · turnout 32.2%
    F. WorleyConservative2,060 ✓
    S. InghamLabour880
    A. BlakemanSDP867
    R. JonesGreen180
    S. KerrisonIndependent67