1988_City_of_Glasgow_District_Council_election

1988 City of Glasgow
District Council election
All 66 seats to City of Glasgow District Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing results in Glasgow District Council wards.
Council Leader before election; ; Labour	Elected Council Leader ; ; Labour

1988 City of Glasgow District Council election

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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.

Quick Facts All 66 seats to City of Glasgow District Council 34 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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]

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[Herald_7_May_1988-1] [1]
"District Council Elections: Key Councils - How the Parties Polled". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1988. p. 6.

[Herald_6_May_1988-2] [2]
"District Council Election: Results: Strathclyde: Glasgow". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1988. p. 10.

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	Seats	Gains	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	60	1	1	90.9	58.0	141,357	2.1
Conservative	4	1	1	6.1	13.9	34,757	4.0
SLD	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
Other parties	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	2,330	0.6

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			3,999

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			5,573

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			6,521

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			5,949

1988_City_of_Glasgow_District_Council_election

1988 City of Glasgow District Council election

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Ward results

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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			4,370