1988 Scottish local elections

1988 Scottish local elections

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First party Second party   Leader Neil Kinnock Margaret Thatcher Party Labour Conservative Leader since 2 October 1983 11 February 1975 Seats won 553 162 Seat change 8 27 Percentage 42.6 19.4 Swing 3.1 2.0   Third party Fourth party   Leader Gordon Wilson Malcolm Bruce Party SNP SSLD Leader since 15 September 1979 3 March 1988 Seats won 113 84 Seat change 54 6 Percentage 21.3 8.4 Swing 9.6 4.4

Colours denote the winning party with outright control

Local elections were held in Scotland on 5 May 1988, to elect members to all 53 district councils under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which had established the two-tier system of regions and districts.