1988 City of Glasgow District Council election

1988 Scottish local government election

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5 May 1988

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All 66 seats to City of Glasgow District Council
34 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	SLD
Last election	59	5	2
Seats won	60	4	2
Seat change	1	1	0
Popular vote	141,357	34,757	15,630
Percentage	58.0%	14.3%	6.4%
Swing	2.1%	4.0%	5.3%

Map showing results in Glasgow District Council wards.

Council Leader before election

Labour

Elected Council Leader

Labour

Elections for the City of Glasgow 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.

Results

1988 City of Glasgow District Council election
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	60	1	0	1	90.9	58.0	141,357	2.1
Conservative	4	0	1	1	6.1	13.9	34,757	4.0
SSLD	2	0	0		3.0	6.3	15,630	5.3
SNP	0	0	0		0.0	19.6	47,853	9.9
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	338	1.0
Green	0	0	0		0.0		1,592
Communist	0	0	0		0.0		417
Anti Poll Tax Union	0	0	0		0.0		271
Drumchapel Anti Poll Tax Group	0	0	0		0.0		183
Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0		1,064
Revolutionary Communist	0	0	0		0.0		39
Scottish Republican Socialist	0	0	0		0.0		159

Ward results

Ward 59: Toryglen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S MacQuarrie	3,060	76.5
	SNP	Lesley Beattie	648	16.2
	Conservative	R Gray	291	7.3
Majority			2412	60.3
Turnout			3999

Ward 60: Rutherglen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SLD	Gretel Ross (incumbent)	2,713	48.7
	Labour	M Moore	1,755	31.5
	Conservative	Jean Miller	648	11.6
	SNP	E Young	457	8.2
Majority			1158	20.7
Turnout			5573

Ward 64: Fernhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SLD	Robert Brown (incumbent)	2,954	45.3
	Labour	Margaret Robinson	2,835	43.5
	SNP	J Ross	419	6.4
	Conservative	J C Gilbert	313	4.8
Majority			119	1.8
Turnout			6521

Ward 65: Cambuslang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Rooney (incumbent)	2,223	37.4
	SLD	David S Baillie	1,573	26.4
	Conservative	I Grant	1,163	19.5
	SNP	Ellen C McColl	990	16.6
Majority			650	11.0
Turnout			5949

Ward 66: Halfway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J Cornfield	3,276	75.0
	SNP	Anne Higgins	758	17.3
	Conservative	Margaret McConnell	336	7.7
Majority			2940	67.3
Turnout			4370

References

^ "District Council Elections: Key Councils - How the Parties Polled". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1988. p. 6.
^ "District Council Election: Results: Strathclyde: Glasgow". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1988. p. 10.

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