1988 West Lothian District Council election

1988 Scottish local government election August 2026 1988 05 05 yes 1984 1984 West Lothian District Council election 1992 West Lothian District Council election 1992 parliamentary 13 All 24 seats to West Lothian District Council Labour Party (UK) Scottish National Party 14 7 47.0% 19 seats, 56.1% 5 2 seats, 24.1% 5 Independent politician 2 1 seat, 4.8% 3.2% 1 Independent Ratepayers 1 1 2.4% 1 seats, 4.6% 49.0% 38.5% 9.1% 22,921 18,765 14.4% 1.6% 1,745 1,137 2.2% Map of ward results File:1988 West Lothian District Council election.svg West Lothian District Council Arms.svg Council composition following the election File:West Lothian District Council 1988 Corrected.svg May 2020 May 2020Elections to West Lothian 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 implementation of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The election used the 24 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1980. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/public/20190111180218/http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/reports/eareports1st.asp 28 August 2026 Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland Results 1988 West Lothian District Council election result Labour Party (UK) 14 0 5 5 58.3 47.0 22,921 9.1 Scottish National Party 7 5 0 5 29.2 38.5 18,765 14.4 Independent politician 2 1 0 1 8.3 3.2 1,745 1.6 Independent Ratepayers 1 0 1 1 4.1 2.4 1,137 2.2 Scottish Conservatives 0 0 0 0.0 8.6 4,171 2.3Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988–1990) 118 0.3 0.0 0 0 0 New Source:Botchel J. M. https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1988.pdf Scottish District Elections 1988: Results and Statistics Denver D. T. 1989 Election Studies: Department of Political Science, University of Dundee 1 869820 02 9 Dundee 28 August 2026 References Category: West Lothian Council elections West Lothian District Council election Category:Lothian