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The 1988 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1988 to elect members of North Bedfordshire Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1988 North Bedfordshire Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	6	1	33.3	19	25	47.2	13,265	38.5	–8.9
	SLD	6		33.3	8	14	26.4	8,520	24.7	+0.1
	Labour	5	1	27.8	8	13	24.5	11,668	33.8	+6.2
	Independent	1		5.6	0	1	1.9	819	2.4	+2.1
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	218	0.6	N/A

Ward Results

Brickhill

Brickhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	T. Hill*	1,249	46.1	+6.9
	Conservative	E. Evans	1,174	43.4	+0.4
	Labour	H. Mitchell	284	10.5	-1.6
Turnout			2,707	44.3
	SLD gain from Conservative		Swing

The Liberal Democrats had previously gained the Conservative seat at a by-election.

Bromham

Bromham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Bates*	1,274	78.5	+0.3
	SLD	W. Orman	201	12.4	+0.6
	Labour	T. Albone	147	9.1	-0.8
Turnout			1,622	42.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carlton

Carlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	V. Brandon*	819	83.7	+83.7
	Labour	T. Carroll	160	16.3	N/A
Turnout			979	55.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Parkin	929	46.8	+4.4
	Labour	M. Brophy	803	40.4	+0.1
	SLD	K. Jones	255	12.8	-2.2
Turnout			1,987	44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cauldwell

Cauldwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Elford*	1,506	71.6	+1.8
	Conservative	R. Pal	418	19.9	+2.8
	SLD	A. Gerard	180	8.6	-1.7
Turnout			2,104	37.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Clapham

Clapham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	R. Chybalski	718	52.4	-7.1
	Conservative	J. Whatley	464	33.9	+13.0
	Labour	J. Cartlidge	188	13.7	-5.9
Turnout			1,370	46.6
	SLD hold		Swing

De Parys

De Parys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Gwynne Jones	1,049	42.6	-6.4
	SLD	J. Crofts	1,018	41.4	+8.1
	Labour	B. Jones	304	12.4	-5.4
	Green	A. Roche	89	3.6	N/A
Turnout			2,460	44.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastcotts

Eastcotts
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	T. Dunning	367	44.2	-10.4
	Conservative	V. Fattorusso*	299	36.0	-18.6
	Labour	A. Tester	165	19.9	N/A
Turnout			831	38.3
	SLD hold		Swing

V. Fattorusso was originally elected for the Liberal-SDP Alliance, but had defected to the Conservatives prior to the election.

Goldington

Goldington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	A. Christie	1,036	45.4	-2.7
	Labour	D. Verney	798	35.0	-1.2
	Conservative	V. Fulford	447	19.6	+4.0
Turnout			2,281	41.8
	SLD hold		Swing

Harpur

Harpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Atkins	1,201	56.3	+16.6
	Conservative	M. Mactoom	759	35.6	-14.9
	SLD	R. Bossingham	112	5.2	-4.6
	Green	K. Royal	62	2.9	N/A
Turnout			2,134	40.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kempston East

Kempston East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Lewis*	1,309	49.1	+1.7
	Conservative	M. Williams	1,233	46.3	+7.2
	SLD	M. Christie	122	4.6	-8.9
Turnout			2,664	38.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Kempston West

Kempston West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Stupple*	1,112	50.1	+6.6
	Labour	A. Beardmore	975	43.9	+1.4
	SLD	B. Gibbons	133	6.0	-8.0
Turnout			2,220	39.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsbrook

Kingsbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Luder*	1,179	48.9	+0.9
	SLD	T. Outen	907	37.7	-2.5
	Conservative	A. Simic	323	13.4	+1.6
Turnout			2,409	43.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Newnham

Newnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	A. Lennon*	643	40.8	-7.8
	Conservative	M. Simmonds	569	36.1	+1.8
	Labour	P. Render	365	23.1	+5.9
Turnout			1,577	41.1
	SLD hold		Swing

Putnoe

Putnoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	J. Lennon	1,309	47.1	-1.8
	Conservative	J. Temperley**	1,290	46.5	+5.9
	Labour	R. Ward	178	6.4	-0.3
Turnout			2,777	49.3
	SLD hold		Swing

J. Temperley was a sitting councillor for Harpur ward.

Queen's Park

Queen's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Cotter*	1,215	66.0	-1.7
	Conservative	G. Frost	446	24.2	+1.9
	SLD	C. Hedge	112	6.1	-3.8
	Green	S. Hunt	67	3.6	N/A
Turnout			1,840	35.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Roxton

Roxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hughes	612	79.1	+24.4
	Labour	D. Ward	101	13.0	N/A
	SLD	A. Chybalski	61	7.9	-6.6
Turnout			774	41.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wootton

Wootton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Tait	867	49.4	+13.2
	Labour	B. Keens	790	45.0	+15.8
	SLD	V. Hawke	97	5.5	-4.4
Turnout			1,754	50.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Results 1973 to 2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 13 February 2023.

[1] "Results 1973 to 2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 13 February 2023.

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Council elections in Bedfordshire
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