Elections to East Kilbride District Council were held on 5 May 1988, on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the fifth election to the district council following the local government reforms in the 1970s.
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All 16 seats to East Kilbride District Council 9 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 63,956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 47.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election used the 16 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1980. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.[1]
Labour maintained control of the district council after winning 14 of the 16 seats – taking over half of the popular vote. The remaining two seats were won by the Conservatives. The Scottish National Party (SNP) came second on the popular vote but did not gain any seats as the election resulted in the same political composition as the previous election.
Results edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 14 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 | 51.6 | 15,579 | 3.8 | ||
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 9.7 | 2,931 | 2.4 | ||
SNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30.4 | 9,183 | 10.4 | ||
SSLD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 1,853 | 3.7[Note 1] | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 484 | 0.1 | ||
SDP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 192 | New | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 27 | 0.2 | ||
Total | 16 | 30,249 |
Ward results edit
Maxwellton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. McKillop | 1,227 | 63.6 | 3.3 | |
SNP | A. Shaw | 471 | 24.4 | 11.3 | |
SSLD | A. Brash | 221 | 11.5 | New | |
Majority | 756 | 39.2 | 11.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,919 | 49.5 | 0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,892 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.3 |
Long Calderwood edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Wright | 1,071 | 56.8 | 6.3 | |
SNP | R. M. Brady | 591 | 31.4 | 12.6 | |
SSLD | E. Mullen | 115 | 6.1 | 11.6 | |
SDP | B. Balkind | 103 | 5.5 | New | |
Majority | 480 | 25.4 | 18.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,880 | 49.6 | 3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,802 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.3 |
Morrishall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Dick | 1,120 | 59.1 | 13.1 | |
SNP | W. Arthur | 765 | 40.4 | 12.8 | |
Majority | 355 | 18.7 | 25.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,885 | 47.4 | 6.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,997 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 13.1 |
Blacklaw edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | C. Robb | 1,095 | 55.8 | 9.8 | |
SNP | R. Littler | 501 | 25.5 | 7.8 | |
SSLD | W. Gillespie | 360 | 18.3 | New | |
Majority | 594 | 30.3 | 2.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,956 | 48.8 | 8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,023 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.8 |
Calderglen edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. Biggins | 918 | 51.4 | 4.9 | |
SSLD | A. Sutherland | 448 | 25.1 | 2.4 | |
SNP | D. O. Harrold | 403 | 22.6 | 10.4 | |
Majority | 470 | 26.3 | 2.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,769 | 43.2 | 1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,132 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.2 |
Duncanrig edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Crawford | 1,225 | 66.1 | 4.7 | |
SNP | C. Duke | 618 | 33.4 | 4.9 | |
Majority | 607 | 32.7 | 9.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,843 | 48.0 | 9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,863 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.7 |
Westwoodhill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | F. Whitelaw | 984 | 55.5 | 6.8 | |
SNP | J. Henderson | 675 | 38.1 | 17.0 | |
SSLD | J. Rolland | 109 | 6.2 | 10.2 | |
Majority | 309 | 17.4 | 23.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,768 | 44.8 | 2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,959 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.8 |
Hairmyres edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. McKenna | 688 | 39.4 | 0.1 | |
SNP | D. Watson | 472 | 27.0 | 12.9 | |
Conservative | M. Lang | 385 | 22.1 | 3.4 | |
SSLD | I. Norie | 109 | 6.2 | 14.6 | |
SDP | C. Slorach | 89 | 5.1 | New | |
Majority | 216 | 12.4 | 1.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,743 | 43.9 | 0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,975 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.5 |
West Mains edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. McNab | 937 | 49.3 | 1.0 | |
SNP | J. Anderson | 441 | 23.2 | 10.9 | |
Independent | W. Sinclair | 284 | 14.9 | 3.1 | |
Conservative | E. Chalmers | 210 | 11.0 | 5.3 | |
Communist | K. Elder | 27 | 1.4 | 2.7 | |
Majority | 496 | 26.1 | 5.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,899 | 50.0 | 0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 3,802 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.9 |
East Mains edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. Findlay | 1,244 | 57.7 | 0.8 | |
SNP | J. Wilson | 476 | 22.1 | 5.1 | |
Conservative | I. Perratt | 235 | 10.9 | New | |
Independent | W. Stenhouse | 200 | 9.3 | New | |
Majority | 768 | 35.6 | 5.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,155 | 53.7 | 2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 4,016 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.8 |
Kelvin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Reilly | 1,070 | 54.1 | 3.4 | |
SNP | W. Johnston | 904 | 45.7 | 3.5 | |
Majority | 166 | 8.4 | 6.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,974 | 54.8 | 1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,605 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.4 |
Lickprivick edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. Ross | 1,080 | 58.2 | 15.8 | |
SNP | G. Ferguson | 772 | 41.6 | 16.2 | |
Majority | 308 | 16.6 | 32.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,852 | 45.2 | 4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,103 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 15.8 |
Headhouse edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | B. Lynch | 856 | 46.9 | 10.1 | |
SNP | N. Ferguson | 750 | 41.1 | 28.0 | |
SSLD | W. MacKill | 209 | 11.4 | 2.2 | |
Majority | 106 | 5.8 | 35.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,815 | 49.0 | 3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,732 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 19.0 |
Avondale South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. MacDonald | 999 | 49.5 | 0.1 | |
Labour | J. Malloy | 551 | 27.3 | 0.4 | |
SNP | M. Holman | 341 | 16.9 | 7.8 | |
SSLD | P. Ladybourn | 126 | 6.2 | 7.3 | |
Majority | 448 | 22.2 | 0.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,017 | 43.8 | 2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,610 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.1 |
Avondale North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Chalmers | 1,102 | 50.4 | 2.6 | |
Labour | J. Murphy | 562 | 25.7 | 2.9 | |
SNP | J. Wilson | 366 | 16.7 | 8.1 | |
SSLD | A. Ladybourn | 156 | 7.1 | 8.4 | |
Majority | 540 | 24.7 | 5.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,186 | 48.2 | 6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,538 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.6 |
Crosshouse edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Docherty | 951 | 59.2 | 4.8 | |
SNP | J. MacQueen | 637 | 39.7 | 17.1 | |
Majority | 314 | 19.5 | 21.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,588 | 41.1 | 0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,907 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.8 |
Notes edit
- ^ At the 1984 election, the SDP–Liberal Alliance won 9.9% of the vote with candidates from both the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Liberal Party. These parties subsequently merged in March 1988 to form the Scottish Social and Liberal Democrats (SSLD).
References edit
- ^ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1989). The Scottish District Elections 1988: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. ISBN 1-869820-02-9. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1984). The Scottish District Elections 1984: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 13 January 2024.