1988 Brighton Borough Council election information
1988 UK local government election
1988 Brighton Borough Council election
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5 May 1988 (1988-05-05)
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16 out of 48 seats to Brighton Borough Council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
Labour
Conservative
SLD
Last election
24 seats, 33.8%
21 seats, 46.8%
3 seats, 18.2%
Seats won
11
5
0
Seats after
27
19
2
Seat change
3
2
1
Popular vote
23,094
25,880
5,301
Percentage
42.0%
47.1%
9.6%
Swing
8.2%
0.3%
8.6%
Winner of each seat at the 1988 Brighton Borough Council election
Council control before election
No overall control
Council control after election
Labour
The 1988 Brighton Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1988 to elect members of Brighton Borough Council in East Sussex, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
^"Brighton Borough Council Election Results 1973-1995" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
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