1988 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election

Registered62,481

Turnout52.2%

1988 Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council election

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All 18 seats to Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Registered	62,481
Turnout	52.2%
First party Second party Third party   Lab SNP Con Party Labour SNP Conservative Last election 14 seats, 56.2% 1 seat, 18.2% 3 seats, 36.1% Seats won 12 3 3 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 15,701 10,349 6,098 Percentage 48.3% 31.8% 18.8% Swing 7.9 13.6 17.3
Council Leader before election Labour Council Leader after election Labour

Elections to Kilmarnock and Loudoun 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 the 1970s.

The election used the 10 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1981. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.^[1]

Labour maintained a large majority on the district council after winning 12 of the 18 seats however, it was two less than the previous election in 1984 and their vote share fell by 7.9% to below half. The Scottish National Party (SNP) became the joint second-largest party after gaining two seats to hold three while the Conservatives maintained their three seats on the council despite their vote share falling by 17.3%.