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.[1]
Aggregate results
1988 City of Glasgow District Council election[1][2] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 90.9 | 58.0 | 141,357 | 2.1 |
| Conservative | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.1 | 13.9 | 34,757 | 4.0 |
| SLD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 15,630 | 5.3 |
| SNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19.6 | 47,853 | 9.9 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 338 | 1.0 |
| Other parties | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2,330 | 0.6 |
Ward results
Ward 59: Toryglen[2] 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 64: Fernhill[2] 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[2] 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[2] 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
- ^ a b "District Council Elections: Key Councils - How the Parties Polled". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1988. p. 6.
- ^ a b c d e f "District Council Election: Results: Strathclyde: Glasgow". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1988. p. 10.