Scottish regional elections, 1990

Scottish regional elections, 1990

3 May 1990

First party Second party   Leader Neil Kinnock Margaret Thatcher Party Labour Conservative Leader since 2 October 1983 11 February 1975 Seats won 223 52 Seat change - 13 Percentage 44 19.2 Swing 0.1 2.3   Third party Fourth party   Leader Gordon Wilson Malcolm Bruce Party SNP Liberal Democrats Leader since 15 September 1979 3 March 1988 Seats won 42 40 Seat change 6 - Percentage 21.8 8 Swing 3.6 7.1

Colours denote the winning party with outright control

Results by ward

Regional elections were held in Scotland on Thursday 3 May 1990, as part of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and were the first test of public option on the Community Charge.

National results

Summary of the 1990 Scottish regional council election results^[1]

Parties		Votes	Votes %	+/-	Wards	Net Gain/Loss
	Labour		44		223
	SNP		21.8		42
	Conservative		19.2		52
	Liberal Democrats		8		40
	Independent		5		73
	Scottish Green		2		0
Total			45.9%	??	524

Results by council area

Council	Labour	Conservative	Liberal & SDP	SNP	Other/IND	Number of Wards	Turnout	Control
Borders‡	0	3(-1)	6	2(-1)	11(+5)	22	42.6%		Independent hold
Central‡	22(-1)	5(+1)	6(+1)	0(-1)	1	34	49.1%		Labour hold
Dumfries and Galloway‡	10+1	0	4-2	2	0	35	44.4%		Independent hold
Fife‡	30(+1)	2(-2)	2(-1)	10(+2)	1	46	46.5%		Labour hold
Grampian‡	19(+2)	10(-6)	14(+6)	11(-2)	3	57	41%		No overall control gain from Conservatives
Highland‡						52	42.9%		Independent Hold
Lothian‡	34(+2)	12(-1)	1	2(-1)	0	49	50.2%		Labour Labour gain from NOC
Orkney‡	0	-	-	-	24	24	??%		Independent Hold
Shetland‡	4 (+1)	-	-	-	21 (-1)	25	??%		Independent Hold
Strathclyde‡	89(+2)	5(-1)	1(-1)	5	2(+1)	103	45%		Labour Hold
Tayside‡	18(-2)	14(+1)	10(+1)	2	0	46	47.8%		No overall control Gain from Conservative
Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)‡	0	-	-	-	30	30	??%		Independent Hold

References

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