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1988 Hamilton District Council election

Elections to Hamilton 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.

Elections to Hamilton 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.

The election used the 20 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1980. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.

Despite losing two seats and their vote share falling by 10.2%, Labour maintained control of the district council as they won 15 of the 20 seats – taking 54.7% of the popular vote. In March 1988, the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party merged and the newly formed Scottish Social and Liberal Democrats (SSLD) matched the result of the SDP–Liberal Alliance at the previous election as they returned two councillors. The remaining seats were won by the Scottish National Party (SNP) – who gained one seat and had come second in the popular vote – and the Conservatives.

Party	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	15	1	3	2	75.0	54.7	21,235	10.2
	2	1	1		10.0	7.8	3,031	8.6
	1	1	0	1	10.0	19.9	7,700	11.9
	1	0	0		10.0	10.0	3,861	0.7
	1	1	0	1	10.0	6.6	2,592	New
	0	0	0		0.0	1.1	448	New
Total	20						38,867

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Labour	1,200	78.5	4.2
	SNP	276	18.1	11.8
	Conservative	50	3.3	0.3
924	60.4	14.4
1,526	43.4	1.5
3,525
	Labour hold	4.2

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,499	74.2	3.2
	SNP	512	25.4	12.5
987	48.8	15.7
2,011	49.4	3.7
4,084
	Labour hold	3.2

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSLD	720	36.3	28.4
	Labour	418	21.1	22.0
	Independent Labour	372	18.7	New
	SNP	277	14.0	7.3
	Conservative	195	9.8	3.0
302	15.2	N/A
1,982	44.5	3.5
4,464
	SSLD gain from Labour	25.2

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	981	51.7	0.6
	Conservative	527	27.8	1.5
	SSLD	378	19.9	7.0
454	23.9	2.1
1,886	43.6	3.8
4,353
	Labour hold	0.6

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,140	57.7	29.2
	Tenants' Association	448	22.7	New
	SNP	302	15.3	New
	Conservative	83	4.2	8.3
692	35.0	39.4
1,973	47.3	7.8
4,176
	Labour hold	29.2

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	759	41.1	1.4
	Labour	632	34.2	0.4
	SNP	449	24.3	17.9
127	6.9	1.0
1,840	47.4	0.5
3,896
	Conservative hold	0.5

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,176	62.8	21.1
	SNP	595	31.8	New
	Conservative	98	5.2	10.4
581	31.0	37.3
1,863	48.5	4.2
3,863
	Labour hold	21.1

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,457	73.3	10.1
	SNP	523	26.3	16.3
934	47.0	26.4
1,526	45.0	0.2
4,424
	Labour hold	10.1

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	836	41.6	3.5
	Conservative	592	29.5	1.8
	SNP	576	28.7	20.2
244	12.1	5.3
2,004	49.6	0.1
4,051
	Labour hold	2.6

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	915	47.8	30.9
	Labour	878	45.8	36.8
	Conservative	122	6.4	New
37	2.0	N/A
1,915	51.4	4.8
3,728
	SNP gain from Labour	33.8

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	913	52.1	16.2
	Independent Labour	365	20.8	New
	SNP	252	14.4	1.7
	Conservative	221	12.6	New
548	31.3	20.9
1,751	52.7	16.4
3,321
	Labour hold	16.2

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	973	58.3	9.2
	SNP	686	41.1	9.2
287	17.2	18.3
1,659	46.6	5.9
3,582
	Labour hold	9.2

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,163	66.2	11.5
	SNP	576	32.8	11.4
587	33.4	22.9
1,739	46.2	8.0
3,800
	Labour hold	11.4

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,204	72.6	9.5
	SNP	453	27.3	9.7
751	45.3	19.2
1,657	50.7	4.7
3,275
	Labour hold	9.6

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,305	66.0	5.8
	Conservative	407	20.6	New
	SNP	265	13.4	7.5
898	45.4	19.0
1,977	50.0	5.3
3,953
	Labour hold	5.8

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSLD	1,060	49.5	7.1
	Labour	801	37.4	8.9
	Conservative	277	12.9	1.7
259	12.1	16.0
2,138	53.9	1.7
3,974
	SSLD hold	7.1

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,060	41.2	3.8
	SSLD	873	34.0	20.1
	Conservative	393	15.3	7.0
	SNP	242	9.4	New
187	7.2	N/A
2,568	55.1	0.8
4,664
	Labour gain from Liberal	11.9

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,199	58.0	34.0
	Independent Labour	524	25.4	New
	SNP	339	16.4	New
675	32.6	51.7
2,062	53.5	11.1
3,867
	Labour hold	34.0

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	1,331	57.4	New
	Labour	837	36.1	42.1
	Conservative	137	5.9	2.7
494	21.3	N/A
2,305	50.6	7.4
4,575
	Independent Labour gain from Labour	49.7

Source:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,563	77.0
	SNP	462	22.7
1,101	54.3
2,025	45.6
4,454

Source:

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