1988 Banff and Buchan District Council election
District-level election in Scotland
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Elections to Banff and Buchan 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.
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5 May 1988
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All 18 seats to Banff and Buchan District Council 10 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 42.9% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map of ward results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Council composition following the election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The election used the 18 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1980. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.[1]
Results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Independent | 10 | 1 | 3 |  2 |
55.6 | 44.5 | 12,002 | 11.0 | |
| SNP | 8 | 3 | 0 |  3 |
44.4 | 46.7 | 12,587 | 21.7 | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
0.0 | 5.7 | 1,532 | 5.0 | |
| SSLD | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | 2.3 | 612 | 0.9 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
0.0 | 1.0 | 262 | 6.5 | |
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