Glasgow City District Council election, 1988

Map showing results in Glasgow District Council wards.

Elections for the Glasgow City 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]

Aggregate results

Glasgow City District Council election, 1988^[1]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	60			1		58.0		2.1
	Conservative	4			1		13.9		4.0
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	2					6.3		5.3
	SNP	0					19.6		9.9
	Independent	0					1.0		1.0
	Others	0					1.3		0.6

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.

Elections in Glasgow

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(1987 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1988 (→ 1989)

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