1988 City of Glasgow District Council election

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1988 City of Glasgow District Council election
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  1984 5 May 1988 1992  

All 66 seats to City of Glasgow District Council
34 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative SLD
Last election5952
Seats won6042
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1Steady2.svg0
Popular vote141,35734,75715,630
Percentage58.0%14.3%6.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.1%Decrease2.svg4.0%Decrease2.svg5.3%

Glasgow District Council election, 1988.svg
Map showing results in Glasgow District Council wards.

Council Leader before election


Labour

Elected Council Leader


Labour

Elections for the City of Glasgow District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 1988, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.

Contents

Labour continued its control of the council whilst the Conservatives vote share continued to drop. Voter turnout was 42%, up from 40.3% in the previous election. [1]

Results

1988 City of Glasgow District Council election [1] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 6010Increase2.svg 190.958.0141,357Decrease2.svg 2.1
  Conservative 401Decrease2.svg 16.113.934,757Decrease2.svg 4.0
  SSLD 200Steady2.svg3.06.315,630Decrease2.svg 5.3
  SNP 000Steady2.svg0.019.647,853Increase2.svg 9.9
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.01.0338Increase2.svg 1.0
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.01,592
  Communist 000Steady2.svg0.0417
  Anti Poll Tax Union 000Steady2.svg0.0271
  Drumchapel Anti Poll Tax Group 000Steady2.svg0.0183
  Independent Labour 000Steady2.svg0.01,064
  Revolutionary Communist 000Steady2.svg0.039
  Scottish Republican Socialist 000Steady2.svg0.0159

Ward results

Ward 59: Toryglen [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour S MacQuarrie 3,060 76.5
SNP Lesley Beattie64816.2
Conservative R Gray2917.3
Majority241260.3
Turnout 3999
Ward 60: Rutherglen [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SLD Gretel Ross (incumbent) 2,713 48.7
Labour M Moore1,75531.5
Conservative Jean Miller64811.6
SNP E Young4578.2
Majority115820.7
Turnout 5573
Ward 64: Fernhill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SLD Robert Brown (incumbent) 2,954 45.3
Labour Margaret Robinson2,83543.5
SNP J Ross4196.4
Conservative J C Gilbert3134.8
Majority1191.8
Turnout 6521
Ward 65: Cambuslang [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Robert Rooney (incumbent) 2,223 37.4
SLD David S Baillie1,57326.4
Conservative I Grant1,16319.5
SNP Ellen C McColl99016.6
Majority65011.0
Turnout 5949
Ward 66: Halfway [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J Cornfield 3,276 75.0
SNP Anne Higgins75817.3
Conservative Margaret McConnell3367.7
Majority294067.3
Turnout 4370

References

  1. 1 2 "District Council Elections: Key Councils - How the Parties Polled". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1988. p. 6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "District Council Election: Results: Strathclyde: Glasgow". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1988. p. 10.