1988 Scottish local elections

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1988 Scottish local elections
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 First partySecond party
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Leader Neil Kinnock Margaret Thatcher
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since2 October 198311 February 1975
Seats won553162
Seat changeIncrease2.svg8Decrease2.svg27
Percentage42.619.4
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 Third partyFourth party
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Leader Gordon Wilson Malcolm Bruce
Party SNP SSLD
Leader since15 September 19793 March 1988
Seats won11384
Seat changeIncrease2.svg54Increase2.svg6
Percentage21.38.4
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Colours denote the winning party with outright control

Local elections were held in Scotland on 5 May 1988, to elect members to all 53 district councils under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which had established the two-tier system of regions and districts.

Contents

National results

Summary of the 1988 Scottish district council election results [1]
PartiesVotesVotes %Wards
Labour 42.6553
SNP 21.3113
Conservative 19.4162
SSLD 8.484
Independent 6.4231
Other
Totaln/a~1158

Results by region

Borders

District1984 result1988 resultTurnoutDetails
Berwickshire Conservative Conservative Details
Ettrick and Lauderdale Independent Independent Details
Roxburghshire Independent Independent Details
Tweeddale Independent Independent Details

Central

District1984 result1988 resultTurnoutDetails
Clackmannan Labour Labour Details
Falkirk Labour Labour Details
Stirling Labour No overall control Details

Dumfries and Galloway

District1984 result1988 resultTurnoutDetails
Annandale and Eskdale Independent SSLD Details
Wigtown Independent Independent Details
Nithsdale Independent Labour Details
Stewartry Independent Independent Details

Fife

District1984 result1998 resultTurnoutDetails
Dunfermline Labour Labour Details
Kirkcaldy Labour Labour Details
North-East Fife Alliance SSLD Details

Grampian

District1984 result1988 resultTurnoutDetails
Banff and Buchan Independent Independent Details
City of Aberdeen Labour No overall control Details
Gordon Independent No overall control Details
Kincardine and Deeside Independent Independent Details
Moray Independent Independent Details

Highland

District1984 result1988 resultTurnoutDetails
Badenoch and Strathspey Independent Independent Details
Caithness Independent Independent Details
Inverness Independent Independent Details
Lochaber Independent Independent Details
Nairn Independent Independent Details
Ross and Cromarty Independent Independent Details
Skye and Lochalsh Independent Independent Details
Sutherland Independent Independent Details

Lothian

District1984 result1988 resultTurnoutDetails
City of Edinburgh Labour Labour Details
East Lothian Labour Labour Details
Midlothian Labour Labour Details
West Lothian Labour Labour Details

Strathclyde

District1984 result1988 resultTurnoutDetails
Argyll and Bute Independent Independent Details
Bearsden and Milngavie Conservative Conservative Details
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Labour No overall control Details
Clydebank Labour Labour Details
Cunninghame Labour Labour Details
Cumnock and Doon Valley Labour Labour Details
Dumbarton Labour No overall control Details
East Kilbride Labour Labour Details
Eastwood Conservative Conservative Details
City of Glasgow Labour Labour Details
Hamilton Labour Labour Details
Inverclyde Labour Labour Details
Kilmarnock and Loudoun Labour Labour Details
Kyle and Carrick Conservative Labour Details
Clydesdale Labour Labour Details
Motherwell Labour Labour Details
Monklands Labour Labour Details
Strathkelvin Labour Labour Details

Tayside

District1984 result1988 resultTurnoutDetails
Angus SNP SNP Details
City of Dundee Labour Labour Details
Perth and Kinross Conservative No overall control Details

References

  1. ↑ McConnell, Alan (2004), Scottish Local Government, Edinburgh University Press, ISBN   978-0-7486-2005-0
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