1988 City of Edinburgh District Council election

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.

1988 City of Edinburgh Council election

5 May 1988 (1988-05-05)
All 62 seats to Edinburgh City Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 34 22 Seats won 33 23 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 70,491 70,561 Percentage 36.6% 36.6% Swing 2.1% 3.7%   Third party Fourth party   Party SLD SNP Last election 4 2 Seats won 4 2 Seat change 0 0 Popular vote 23,422 27,162 Percentage 12.2% 14.1% Swing 9.3% 9.3%
Map of council wards
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

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.

Aggregate results

City of Edinburgh District Council election, 1988

Party		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