1988 Scottish local elections|
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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
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Votes
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Votes %
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Wards
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Labour
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42.6
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553
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SNP
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21.3
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113
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Conservative
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19.4
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162
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SSLD
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8.4
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84
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Independent
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6.4
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231
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Other
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Total
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n/a
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~1158
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Results by region
Borders
Central
Dumfries and Galloway
Fife
Grampian
Highland
Lothian
Strathclyde
Tayside
References