An election to Strathclyde Regional Council was held on Thursday 3 May 1990, alongside regional elections across Scotland. All 103 of the councils seats were up for election.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 90 | 87.4 | 52.2 | 409,905 | |||||
Conservative | 5 | 4.9 | 16.3 | 127,827 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 46,356 | |||||
Independent | 3 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 15,553 | |||||
SNP | 1 | 1.0 | 21.2 | 166,468 | |||||
Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 15,517 | |||
Independent Labour | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1,267 | |||||
SDP | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 680 | |||||
Wishaw Ratepayers | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 286 | |||||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 248 | |||
Communist Party of Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 236 | |||
Socialist (GB) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 191 | |||
Republican Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 94 | |||
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