# 1988 East Kilbride District Council election

Elections to East Kilbride 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 16 wards created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1980. Each ward elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.
Labour maintained control of the district council after winning 14 of the 16 seats – taking over half of the popular vote. The remaining two seats were won by the Conservatives. The Scottish National Party (SNP) came second on the popular vote but did not gain any seats as the election resulted in the same political composition as the previous election.

## Results

1988 East Kilbride District election result :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| | Labour | 14 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 | 51.6 | 15,579 | 3.8 |
| | Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 9.7 | 2,931 | 2.4 |
| | SNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30.4 | 9,183 | 10.4 |
| | SSLD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 1,853 | 3.7 |
| | Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 484 | 0.1 |
| | SDP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 192 | New |
| | Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 27 | 0.2 |
| Total | Total | 16 | | | | | 30,249 | |
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## Ward results
### Maxwellton

Maxwellton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. McKillop | 1,227 | 63.6 | 3.3 |
| | SNP | A. Shaw | 471 | 24.4 | 11.3 |
| | SSLD | A. Brash | 221 | 11.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 756 | 39.2 | 11.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,919 | 49.5 | 0.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,892 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.3 | |
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### Long Calderwood

Long Calderwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | S. Wright | 1,071 | 56.8 | 6.3 |
| | SNP | R. M. Brady | 591 | 31.4 | 12.6 |
| | SSLD | E. Mullen | 115 | 6.1 | 11.6 |
| | SDP | B. Balkind | 103 | 5.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 480 | 25.4 | 18.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,880 | 49.6 | 3.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,802 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 6.3 | |
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### Morrishall

Morrishall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. Dick | 1,120 | 59.1 | 13.1 |
| | SNP | W. Arthur | 765 | 40.4 | 12.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 355 | 18.7 | 25.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,885 | 47.4 | 6.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,997 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 13.1 | |
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### Blacklaw

Blacklaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. Robb | 1,095 | 55.8 | 9.8 |
| | SNP | R. Littler | 501 | 25.5 | 7.8 |
| | SSLD | W. Gillespie | 360 | 18.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 594 | 30.3 | 2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,956 | 48.8 | 8.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,023 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 9.8 | |
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### Calderglen

Calderglen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Biggins | 918 | 51.4 | 4.9 |
| | SSLD | A. Sutherland | 448 | 25.1 | 2.4 |
| | SNP | D. O. Harrold | 403 | 22.6 | 10.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 470 | 26.3 | 2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,769 | 43.2 | 1.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,132 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.2 | |
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### Duncanrig

Duncanrig :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | S. Crawford | 1,225 | 66.1 | 4.7 |
| | SNP | C. Duke | 618 | 33.4 | 4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 607 | 32.7 | 9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,843 | 48.0 | 9.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,863 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.7 | |
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### Westwoodhill

Westwoodhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | F. Whitelaw | 984 | 55.5 | 6.8 |
| | SNP | J. Henderson | 675 | 38.1 | 17.0 |
| | SSLD | J. Rolland | 109 | 6.2 | 10.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 309 | 17.4 | 23.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,768 | 44.8 | 2.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,959 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 6.8 | |
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### Hairmyres

Hairmyres :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. McKenna | 688 | 39.4 | 0.1 |
| | SNP | D. Watson | 472 | 27.0 | 12.9 |
| | Conservative | M. Lang | 385 | 22.1 | 3.4 |
| | SSLD | I. Norie | 109 | 6.2 | 14.6 |
| | SDP | C. Slorach | 89 | 5.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 216 | 12.4 | 1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,743 | 43.9 | 0.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,975 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 6.5 | |
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### West Mains

West Mains :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. McNab | 937 | 49.3 | 1.0 |
| | SNP | J. Anderson | 441 | 23.2 | 10.9 |
| | Independent | W. Sinclair | 284 | 14.9 | 3.1 |
| | Conservative | E. Chalmers | 210 | 11.0 | 5.3 |
| | Communist | K. Elder | 27 | 1.4 | 2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 496 | 26.1 | 5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,899 | 50.0 | 0.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,802 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.9 | |
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### East Mains

East Mains :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. Findlay | 1,244 | 57.7 | 0.8 |
| | SNP | J. Wilson | 476 | 22.1 | 5.1 |
| | Conservative | I. Perratt | 235 | 10.9 | New |
| | Independent | W. Stenhouse | 200 | 9.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 768 | 35.6 | 5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,155 | 53.7 | 2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,016 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 0.8 | |
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### Kelvin

Kelvin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Reilly | 1,070 | 54.1 | 3.4 |
| | SNP | W. Johnston | 904 | 45.7 | 3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 166 | 8.4 | 6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,974 | 54.8 | 1.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,605 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.4 | |
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### Lickprivick

Lickprivick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. Ross | 1,080 | 58.2 | 15.8 |
| | SNP | G. Ferguson | 772 | 41.6 | 16.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 308 | 16.6 | 32.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,852 | 45.2 | 4.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,103 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 15.8 | |
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### Headhouse

Headhouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | B. Lynch | 856 | 46.9 | 10.1 |
| | SNP | N. Ferguson | 750 | 41.1 | 28.0 |
| | SSLD | W. MacKill | 209 | 11.4 | 2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 106 | 5.8 | 35.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,815 | 49.0 | 3.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,732 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 19.0 | |
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### Avondale South

Avondale South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. MacDonald | 999 | 49.5 | 0.1 |
| | Labour | J. Malloy | 551 | 27.3 | 0.4 |
| | SNP | M. Holman | 341 | 16.9 | 7.8 |
| | SSLD | P. Ladybourn | 126 | 6.2 | 7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 448 | 22.2 | 0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,017 | 43.8 | 2.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,610 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 0.1 | |
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### Avondale North

Avondale North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Chalmers | 1,102 | 50.4 | 2.6 |
| | Labour | J. Murphy | 562 | 25.7 | 2.9 |
| | SNP | J. Wilson | 366 | 16.7 | 8.1 |
| | SSLD | A. Ladybourn | 156 | 7.1 | 8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 540 | 24.7 | 5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,186 | 48.2 | 6.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,538 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 2.6 | |
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### Crosshouse

Crosshouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Docherty | 951 | 59.2 | 4.8 |
| | SNP | J. MacQueen | 637 | 39.7 | 17.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 314 | 19.5 | 21.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,588 | 41.1 | 0.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,907 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.8 | |
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