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The 1988 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 5 May 1988. [1] [2] [3] The Conservative government held its ground and remained ahead in the projected popular vote.
The election resulted in the Conservative Party winning 39% of the popular vote, the Labour Party winning 38% and the Social and Liberal Democrats (SLD) 18%. The Conservatives gained 9 seats, Labour gained 76 seats and the SLD lost 122 seats.
These were the first national elections contested by the SLD, which had just been formed as a merger of the SDP and Liberals after several years of an alliance existing between the two parties.
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All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.
In 117 districts one third of the council was up for election.