1992 City of Glasgow District Council election

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1992 Glasgow District Council election
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  1988 7 May 1992 1995  

All 66 seats to Glasgow District Council
34 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative SNP
Last election6040
Seats won5452
Seat changeDecrease2.svg6Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg2
Popular vote81,22530,06543,290
Percentage46.2%17.1%24.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg11.8%Increase2.svg2.8%Increase2.svg5.1%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Scottish Militant Labour Independent Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election002
Seats won221
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Increase2.svg2Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote4,0453,39411,234
Percentage2.3%1.9%6.4%
SwingNewNewIncrease2.svg0.1%

Glasgow District Council election, 1992.svg
Map showing results by ward.

Council Leader before election


Labour

Elected Council Leader


Labour

The 1992 City of Glasgow District Council election for the City of Glasgow District Council took place in May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.

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Aggregate results

The result of the election City of Glasgow District Council 1992.svg
The result of the election
City of Glasgow District Council election, 1992 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 5428Decrease2.svg646.281,225Decrease2.svg11.8
  Conservative 521Increase2.svg117.130,065Increase2.svg2.8
  SNP 220Increase2.svg224.743,290Increase2.svg5.1
  Scottish Militant Labour 220Increase2.svg22.34,045New
  Independent Labour 220Increase2.svg21.93,394New
  Liberal Democrats 101Decrease2.svg16.411,234Increase2.svg0.1
  Scottish Green 000Steady2.svg00.01.42,454New
  Communist 000Steady2.svg00.00.1180New

Ward results

Ward 59: Toryglen [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour S MacQuarrie (incumbent) 1,707 66.4
SNP J Mulla60523.5
Conservative P McConnell25710.0
Majority110255.9
Turnout 196930.7
Ward 60: Rutherglen [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Gretel Ross (incumbent) 2,460 57.1
Labour Margaret Robinson1,07524.9
SNP D Hamilton4009.3
Conservative M McConnell3728.6
Majority138532.2
Turnout 430742.1
Ward 64: Fernhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour M Caldwell 1,744 38.0
Liberal Democrats M McLellan1,64035.8
SNP A Pollock67514.7
Conservative Jean Miller52111.4
Majority1042.2
Turnout 458044.2
Ward 65: Cambuslang [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Robert Rooney (incumbent) 1,520 34.1
Liberal Democrats David S Baillie1,17826.4
Conservative R Muir1,04223.4
SNP G Clark63414.2
Scottish Green F B Stevenson851.9
Majority3427.7
Turnout 445940.3
Ward 66: Halfway [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David Keirs 1,920 65.1
SNP Anne Higgins52117.7
Conservative J Dingwall2618.8
Liberal Democrats R Woolfe1485.0
Communist R Ross993.4
Majority139947.4
Turnout 294934.5

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bochel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. Scottish District Elections 1992: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. pp. 100–105.