1988 City of Aberdeen District Council election

1988 City of Aberdeen District Council election
← 1984 5 May 1988 1992 →
All 52 seats to City of Aberdeen Council; 27 seats needed for a majority
	The 52 single-member wards
Council Leader before election; ; Labour	Council Leader after election ; ; Labour

The 1988 City of Aberdeen District Council election took place on 5 May 1988 to elect members of City of Aberdeen Council, as part of that year's Scottish local elections.

Quick facts All 52 seats to City of Aberdeen Council 27 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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	Seats	Gains	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	28	0	0	53.8	45.1	32,697	4.4
SSLD	14	0	0	26.9	25.6	18,600	8.0
Conservative	9	1	1	17.3	18.2	13,220	3.6
SNP	1	1	1	1.9	9.4	6,806	5.7
SDP	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	1,037	New
Green	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	150	0.0
Communist	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	26	New
Students' Charity Show	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	20	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Massie	473	42.0
	SSLD	S. Wainman	437	38.8
	SNP	T.B. Stewart	134	11.9
	Conservative	E.M.M. Cockburn	81	7.2
Majority			36
Turnout				37.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Wyness	911	77.3
	SNP	A. Robertson	174	14.8
	SDP	G.V. Banks	54	4.6
	Conservative	C.H. Goddard	37	3.1
Majority			737
Turnout				36.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A.H. Sharp	647	52.8
	SSLD	F. McCallum	426	34.7
	SNP	M.K. Meldrum	93	7.6
	Conservative	D.G. Morgan	59	4.8
Majority			221
Turnout				42.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M.E. Smith	699	54.9
	SSLD	A. McL Knox	347	27.3
	SNP	H.J. Gowers	145	11.4
	Conservative	D.G.J. Coles	81	6.4
Majority			352
Turnout				38.4

Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	B.J. Adam	544	51.0
	Labour	R.R. Webster	450	42.2
	SSLD	D. Bain	44	4.1
	Conservative	K.C. Longmore	26	2.4
Majority			94
Turnout				39.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M.E. Farquhar	837	69.6
	SNP	A. Guild	291	24.2
	SSLD	J.B. Oates	41	3.4
	Conservative	N.D. Lennox-Trewren	33	2.7
Majority			546
Turnout				40.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. Cooney	742	52.1
	SNP	R.G.W. Mundie	520	36.5
	SSLD	J. Sim	103	7.2
	Conservative	J. Wokoma	59	4.1
Majority			222
Turnout				41.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D.P. Durward	782	48.1
	SNP	P.B. Greenhorn	753	46.3
	Conservative	K.A. Scanlan	57	3.5
	SSLD	H.I. McKenzie	31	1.9
Majority			29
Turnout				53.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E.H. Kelly	742	49.2
	SDP	C.P. Britt	456	30.2
	SNP	P. Alexander	197	13.1
	Conservative	D.A. Parsons	111	7.4
Majority			286
Turnout				46.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SSLD	O.B. Rutherford	941	55.1
	Labour	R. McKay	484	28.3
	Conservative	J.M.R. Donaldson	159	9.3
	SNP	J. Noble	123	7.2
Majority			457
Turnout				47.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Stevely	510	40.9
	SSLD	D.M. Falchikov	423	33.9
	SNP	T.A. Walker	175	14.0
	Green	R.A. Dunham	78	6.3
	Conservative	M. MacK Fraser	60	4.8
Majority			87
Turnout				39.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R.A. Robertson	1,179	78.0
	SNP	I. Hughes	145	9.6
	Conservative	S.P. Redgrave	95	6.3
	SSLD	P. Tait	88	5.8
Majority			1034
Turnout				47.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R.G. Milne	1,056	77.1
	SNP	D. McK Jamieson	196	14.3
	Conservative	A. McL Johnston	67	4.9
	SSLD	D. Stewart	50	3.6
Majority			860
Turnout				46.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W.J. Fraser	944	79.4
	SNP	M.M. Munro	126	10.6
	SSLD	I. Gray	61	5.1
	Conservative	M.C.V. Hey	55	4.6
Majority			818
Turnout				43.0

Ward 15: Stockethill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Paine	1,217	77.9
	SNP	C.D. Ross	160	10.2
	Conservative	I. Simpson	92	5.9
	SSLD	S.J. Simpson	90	5.8
Majority			1057
Turnout				46.8

Ward 16: Westburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Wood	646	55.2
	SSLD	S.L. Kirkwood	250	21.3
	Conservative	A.E.R. McKenzie	167	14.3
	SNP	L.M. Anderson	106	9.1
Majority			396
Turnout				38.9

Ward 18: Summerhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M.K. Savidge	811	66.4
	SNP	M.G. Smith	190	15.6
	Conservative	J.N. Paton	110	9.0
	SSLD	N.D. Fletcher	84	6.9
	Communist	J.B. O'Loan	26	2.1
Majority			621
Turnout				39.0

Ward 19: Midstocket
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G.C. Adams	800	46.1
	SSLD	F.J. Hepburn	544	31.4
	Labour	C. Thomson	382	22.0
Majority			256
Turnout				52.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H.E. Rae	1,084	80.1
	SNP	M. Robb	145	10.7
	Conservative	V. Redgrave	65	4.8
	SSLD	M.C. Allen	57	4.2
Majority			939
Turnout				44.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A.J. Forrest	599	48.1
	Conservative	W.J. McCafferty	277	22.2
	SSLD	A. Wallace	250	20.1
	SNP	A. Nimmo	118	9.5
Majority			322
Turnout				41.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S.L.A. Reith	599	46.1
	SDP	I. Cormack	465	35.8
	Labour	S.J. Stott	232	17.8
Majority			134
Turnout				41.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R.D.I. Anderson	790	60.9
	Labour	D.A. Glen	274	21.1
	SSLD	D. MacLauchlan	213	16.4
	Students' Charity Show	S. Rhind	20	1.5
Majority			516
Turnout				39.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N.L. Bonney	970	78.5
	SSLD	A. McG Bisset	160	13.0
	Conservative	W. McD Morrison	92	7.4
Majority			810
Turnout				33.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A.C. Collie	745	76.2
	SNP	A. Strain	104	10.6
	Conservative	J.D. McLaren	77	7.9
	SSLD	J. Quarterman	52	5.3
Majority			641
Turnout				35.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C.H. Clevitt	654	65.8
	SNP	L.W. Sutherland	167	16.8
	SSLD	A. Lawson	88	8.9
	Conservative	T.G. Mason	85	8.6
Majority			487
Turnout				34.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Buchan	692	78.2
	Conservative	G.R. Smyth	96	10.8
	SSLD	J.H.R. Heuch	93	10.5
Majority			596
Turnout				36.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. McRae	713	40.0
	SSLD	R.L. MacKinnon	597	33.5
	Labour	B.A. Gemmell	472	26.5
Majority			116
Turnout				47.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M.C. Hastie	1,215	57.8
	SSLD	T.D. Kelly	644	30.6
	Labour	A. Flockhart	241	11.5
Majority			571
Turnout				53.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Gallagher	699	51.0
	Labour	J.C. Stocks	400	29.2
	SSLD	E.M. Watt	263	19.2
Majority			299
Turnout				35.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J.W. Graham	709	48.0
	Labour	A.F. Macdonald	409	27.7
	SSLD	L.K. Reid	355	24.0
Majority			300
Turnout				42.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J.G.A. Wisely	645	46.1
	Labour	R. Buchan	481	34.4
	SNP	R.M. Anderson	148	10.6
	SSLD	J.D. Alexander	123	8.8
Majority			164
Turnout				40.3