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1988 Scottish local government election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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All 66 seats to City of Glasgow District Council 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map showing results in Glasgow District Council wards. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 60 | ![]() |
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90.9 | 58.0 | 141,357 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 4 | ![]() |
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6.1 | 13.9 | 34,757 | ![]() | |
SLD | 2 | ![]() |
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3.0 | 6.3 | 15,630 | ![]() | |
SNP | 0 | ![]() |
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0.0 | 19.6 | 47,853 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
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0.0 | 1.0 | 338 | ![]() | |
Other parties | 0 | ![]() |
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0.0 | 1.3 | 2,330 | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
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