1988 City of Edinburgh District Council election

1988 City of Edinburgh Council election
All 62 seats to Edinburgh City Council; 32 seats needed for a majority
	Map of council wards
Council control before election; ; Labour	Council control after election ; ; Labour

Elections for the City of Edinburgh District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 1988, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.

Labour had won control of the Council for the first time ever in the previous elections, and managed to retain its control. Voter turnout was 53.2%, up from 47.6% in the previous election.^[1]

Aggregate results

City of Edinburgh District Council election, 1988^[2]^[1]^[3]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	33	0	1	1		36.6	70,491	2.1
Conservative	23	1	0	1		36.6	70,561	3.7
SLD	4	0	0	0		12.2	23,422	9.3
SNP	2	0	0	0		14.1	27,162	9.3
SDP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	578	New
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	30	0.2
Other parties	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	727

References

^ ^a ^b "District Council Elections: Key Councils - How the Parties Polled". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1988. p. 6.
^ p.83-87
^ "District Council Elections: Key Councils - How the Parties Polled". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1988. p. 10.

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

[2] .83-87

[3] "District Council Elections: Key Councils - How the Parties Polled". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1988. p. 10.

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