Scottish local elections, 1988

Scottish local elections, 1988

5 May 1988

First party Second party   Leader Neil Kinnock Margaret Thatcher Party Labour Conservative Leader since 2 October 1983 11 February 1975 Seats won 553 162 Seat change 8 27 Percentage 42.6 19.4 Swing 3.1 2.0   Third party Fourth party   Leader Gordon Wilson Malcolm Bruce Party SNP Liberal Democrats Leader since 15 September 1979 3 March 1988 Seats won 113 84 Seat change 54 6 Percentage 21.3 8.4 Swing 9.6 4.4

Colours denote the winning party with outright control

Local elections were held in Scotland on 5 May 1988, to elect members to all 53 district councils under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which had established the two-tier system of regions and districts.

National results

Summary of the 1988 Scottish district council election results^[1]

Parties		Votes	Votes %	Wards
	Labour		42.6	553
	SNP		21.3	113
	Conservative		19.4	162
	Liberal Democrats		8.4	84
	Independent		6.4	231
	Other
Total			n/a	~1158

Results by council area

Borders

Council	1984 result		National control	1988 result		Turnout	Details
Berwickshire		Conservative			Conservative
Ettrick and Lauderdale		Independent			Independent
Roxburghshire		Independent			Independent
Tweeddale		Independent			Independent

Central

Council	1984 result		National control	1988 result		Turnout	Details
Clackmannanshire		Labour			Labour
Falkirk		Labour			Labour
Stirling		Labour			Labour

Dumfries and Galloway

Council	1984 result		National control	1988 result		Turnout	Details
Annandale and Eskdale		Independent			Liberal Democrat
Merrick		Independent			Independent
Nithsdale		Independent			Labour
Stewartry of Kirkcudbright		Independent			Independent}

Fife

Council	1984 result		National control	1998 result		Turnout	Details
Dunfermline		Labour			Labour
Kirkcaldy		Labour			Labour
North-East Fife		Liberal Democrat			Liberal Democrat

Grampian

Council	1984 result		National control	1988 result		Turnout	Details
Banff and Buchan		Independent			Independent
City of Aberdeen		Labour			No overall control
Gordon		Independent			No overall control
Kincardine and Deeside		Independent			Independent
Moray		Independent			Independent

Highland

Council	1984 result		National control	1988 result		Turnout	Details
Badenoch and Strathspey		Independent			Independent
Caithness		Independent			Independent
Inverness		Independent			Independent
Lochaber		Independent			Independent
Nairn		Independent			Independent
Ross and Cromarty		Independent			Independent
Skye and Lochalsh		Independent			Independent
Sutherland		Independent			Independent

Lothian

Council	1984 result		National control	1988 result		Turnout	Details
City of Edinburgh		Labour			Labour		Details
East Lothian		Labour			Labour
Midlothian		Labour			Labour
West Lothian		Labour			Labour

Strathclyde

Council	1984 result		National control	1988 result		Turnout	Details
Argyll		Independent			Independent
Bearsden and Milngavie		Conservative			Conservative
Cumbernauld		Labour			No overall control
Clydebank		Labour			Labour
Cunninghame		Labour			Labour
Cumnock and Doon Valley		Labour			Labour
Dumbarton		Labour			No overall control
East Kilbride		Labour			Labour
Eastwood		Conservative			Conservative		Details
City of Glasgow		Labour			Labour		Details
Hamilton		Labour			Labour
Inverclyde		Labour			Labour
Kilmarnock and Loudoun		Labour			Labour
Kyle and Carrick		Conservative			Labour
Lanark		Labour			Labour
Motherwell		Labour			Labour
Monklands		Labour			Labour
Strathkelvin		Labour			Labour

Tayside

Council	Labour	Conservative	SNP	Liberal & SDP	Independent	Others	Control
Angus	0	6(-2)	13(+2)	1 (+1)	1(-1)	0		SNP hold
City of Dundee								Labour hold
Perth and Kinross								Conservatives lose to NOC

References

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