5 May 1988
An election was held in Rainham ward on 5 May 1988 to elect two councillors.
Prior to the election, both of the seats were held by the Conservatives. Following the election, the Conservatives held both of the seats.
A. Kemp and M. Goddard were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Conservative |
A. Kemp *778 | 26.5% | ||
Conservative |
M. Goddard 757 | 25.8% | ||
Labour |
G. Griffiths 446 | 15.2% | ||
Labour |
C. Wymbs 413 | 14.1% | ||
Liberal Democrat |
M. Gregory 157 | 5.3% | ||
Social Democratic party |
Ms. M. Gamman 135 | 4.6% | ||
Liberal Democrat |
Ms. C. Herbert 130 | 4.4% | ||
Social Democratic party |
Ms. S. Smith 121 | 4.1% | ||
Turnout | 32.2% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
* Denotes a councillor standing for re-election.
To order the candidates by name or number of votes received, click on the appropriate column heading.
Vote share for the ward is calculated using the "top vote" method, which uses the candidate from each party with the highest number of votes.
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