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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.
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]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 60 | 1 | 0 |  1 | 90.9 | 58.0 | 141,357 |  2.1 | |
| Conservative | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.1 | 13.9 | 34,757 | 4.0 | |
| SSLD | 2 | 0 | 0 |  | 3.0 | 6.3 | 15,630 | 5.3 | |
| SNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 19.6 | 47,853 | 9.9 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 338 | 1.0 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1,592 | |||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 417 | |||
| Anti Poll Tax Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 271 | |||
| Drumchapel Anti Poll Tax Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 183 | |||
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1,064 | |||
| Revolutionary Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 39 | |||
| Scottish Republican Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 159 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | S MacQuarrie | 3,060 | 76.5 | |
| SNP | Lesley Beattie | 648 | 16.2 | |
| Conservative | R Gray | 291 | 7.3 | |
| Majority | 2412 | 60.3 | ||
| Turnout | 3999 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLD | Gretel Ross (incumbent) | 2,713 | 48.7 | |
| Labour | M Moore | 1,755 | 31.5 | |
| Conservative | Jean Miller | 648 | 11.6 | |
| SNP | E Young | 457 | 8.2 | |
| Majority | 1158 | 20.7 | ||
| Turnout | 5573 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLD | Robert Brown (incumbent) | 2,954 | 45.3 | |
| Labour | Margaret Robinson | 2,835 | 43.5 | |
| SNP | J Ross | 419 | 6.4 | |
| Conservative | J C Gilbert | 313 | 4.8 | |
| Majority | 119 | 1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 6521 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Robert Rooney (incumbent) | 2,223 | 37.4 | |
| SLD | David S Baillie | 1,573 | 26.4 | |
| Conservative | I Grant | 1,163 | 19.5 | |
| SNP | Ellen C McColl | 990 | 16.6 | |
| Majority | 650 | 11.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5949 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J Cornfield | 3,276 | 75.0 | |
| SNP | Anne Higgins | 758 | 17.3 | |
| Conservative | Margaret McConnell | 336 | 7.7 | |
| Majority | 2940 | 67.3 | ||
| Turnout | 4370 | |||
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