Banff and Buchan District Council election, 1988

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

The election saw the SNP making large gains at the expense of Independent councillors, turning a previously strongly held Independent District Council into an SNP stronghold.^[1]

Aggregate results

Banff and Buchan District Council election, 1988^[1]^[2] Turnout: (44.4%)
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	10			5		48.3		23.5
	Independent	4			8		25.9		29.6
	Conservative	0			1		1.0		6.5
	Labour	0					5.7		5.0
	SSLD	0					2.3		0.9

References

1 2 "District Council Elections: Key Councils - How the Parties Polled". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1988. p. 6.
↑ "District Council Elections: Key Councils - How the Parties Polled". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1988. p. 10.

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