1988 Cunninghame District Council election

Cunninghame District Council election March 2025 March 2025 1988 Cunninghame District Council election parliamentary no 1984 Cunninghame District Council election 1984 1988 05 05 y 1992 Cunninghame District Council election 1992 All 30 seats to Cunninghame District Council 16 104,467 49.3%note Excludes uncontested wards. Lab Labour Party (UK) 23 seats, 56.4% 24 1 25,882 52.3% 4.1 Con Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 5 seats, 21.9% 4 1 9,880 20.0% 1.9 Council Leader Labour Party (UK) Council Leader after election Labour Party (UK) Elections to Cunninghame 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 1974. The election used the 30 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1979. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting. Despite a drop in their vote share, Labour retained control of the council after and again took more than half the popular vote as they won 24 of the 30 seats – an increase of one from 1984. The Conservatives remained as the second largest party with four seats – a decrease of one. Background Following the implementation of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, a two-tier system of local government comprising nine regions, 53 districts and three island areas was introduced the following year. The 1984 elections would be the fourth district elections since their establishment.https://boundaries.scot/sites/default/files/Local_government_Scotland_before_1975.pdf Information Paper Local government in Scotland: before 1975 Boundaries Scotland 1 April 2025 19 March 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250319025357/https://boundaries.scot/sites/default/files/Local_government_Scotland_before_1975.pdf dead At the previous election in 1984, Labour retained control of the council. The party took over half the popular vote as it increased its vote share by 10 percentage points, winning 23 of the 30 seats – and increase of two from 1980. The Conservatives retained all five of their seats to remain as the second largest party while one Moderate and one independent candidate were elected. The Scottish National Party (SNP) lost all their representation on the council.https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1977 1 April 2025 In 1981, an electoral alliance was formed between the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party. This lasted until the parties merged in March 1988 to form the Scottish Social and Liberal Democrats (SSLD), later renamed the Liberal Democrats, who contested the 1988 district elections.Matt Cole Helen Deighan Political Parties in Britain 2012 Edinburgh University Press 978-0-7486-6903-5 Results 1988 Cunninghame District Council election result Labour Party (UK) 24 1 0 1 80.0 52.3 25,882 4.1 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 4 0 1 1 13.3 20.0 9,880 1.9 Independent (politician) 1 0 0 3.3 2.9 1,433 1.2 Moderates (Scotland) 1 0 0 3.3 2.3 1,144 0.2 Scottish National Party 0 0 0 0.0 18.2 9,032 6.9 Scottish Social and Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0.0 2.6 1,284 New Independent Labour 0 0 0 0.0 1.3 644 0.8 Pensioner Power 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 207 New 30 49,506 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1988.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1988: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1-869820-02-9 1989 9 March 2025https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1984.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1984: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1984 9 March 2025 Ward results Irvine West main Irvine West Irvine West Labour Party (UK) D. O'Neill 852 59.5 2.4 Scottish National Party L. Brown 383 26.8 0.3 Independent Labour C. McDowall 95 6.6 New Scottish Social and Liberal Democrats J. McDill 91 6.4 New 469 32.7 12.1 1,421 47.5 6.2 3,011 Labour Party (UK) 2.4 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1988.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1988: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1-869820-02-9 1989 9 March 2025https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1984.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1984: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1984 9 March 2025 Arran main Arran Arran Independent (politician) E. Sillars 1,148 66.2 7.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Sillars 562 32.4 7.9 586 33.8 15.8 1,710 51.5 6.6 3,366 Independent (politician) 7.9 Source:https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1988.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1988: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1-869820-02-9 1989 9 March 2025https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1984.pdf The Scottish District Elections 1984: Results and Statistics Dundee Election Studies, University of Dundee J. M. Botchel D. T. Denver 1984 9 March 2025 Aftermath Labour retained control of the council after winning 24 of the 30 seats. Despite a drop in vote share of four percentage points, the party again took more than half of the popular vote and increased their number on the council by one from the previous election. The Conservatives lost one seat but remained as the second-largest party with four councillors. The SNP came third on the popular vote and came within 1,000 votes of the Conservatives but were unable to regain any seats. One Moderate and one independent candidate were also elected. Notes note References Cunninghame Category:Cunninghame District Council elections