# 1988 Scottish local elections

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.

## National results

Summary of the 1988 Scottish district council election results :
| Parties | Parties | Votes % | Wards |
| | Labour | 42.6 | 553 |
| | SNP | 21.3 | 113 |
| | Conservative | 19.4 | 162 |
| | SSLD | 8.4 | 84 |
| | Independent | 6.4 | 231 |
| | Other | | |
| Total | Total | n/a | ~1158 |

## Results by region
### Borders

| District | 1984 result | 1988 result | Details |
| Berwickshire | Conservative | Conservative | Details |
| Ettrick and Lauderdale | Independent | Independent | Details |
| Roxburghshire | Independent | Independent | Details |
| Tweeddale | Independent | Independent | Details |

### Central

| District | 1984 result | 1988 result | Details |
| Clackmannan | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Falkirk | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Stirling | Labour | No overall control | Details |

### Dumfries and Galloway

| District | 1984 result | 1988 result | Details |
| Annandale and Eskdale | Independent | SSLD | Details |
| Wigtown | Independent | Independent | Details |
| Nithsdale | Independent | Labour | Details |
| Stewartry | Independent | Independent | Details |

### Fife

| District | 1984 result | 1998 result | Details |
| Dunfermline | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Kirkcaldy | Labour | Labour | Details |
| North-East Fife | Alliance | SSLD | Details |

### Grampian

| District | 1984 result | 1988 result | Details |
| Banff and Buchan | Independent | Independent | Details |
| City of Aberdeen | Labour | No overall control | Details |
| Gordon | Independent | No overall control | Details |
| Kincardine and Deeside | Independent | Independent | Details |
| Moray | Independent | Independent | Details |

### Highland

| District | 1984 result | 1988 result | Details |
| Badenoch and Strathspey | Independent | Independent | Details |
| Caithness | Independent | Independent | Details |
| Inverness | Independent | Independent | Details |
| Lochaber | Independent | Independent | Details |
| Nairn | Independent | Independent | Details |
| Ross and Cromarty | Independent | Independent | Details |
| Skye and Lochalsh | Independent | Independent | Details |
| Sutherland | Independent | Independent | Details |

### Lothian

| District | 1984 result | 1988 result | Details |
| City of Edinburgh | Labour | Labour | Details |
| East Lothian | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Midlothian | Labour | Labour | Details |
| West Lothian | Labour | Labour | Details |

### Strathclyde

| District | 1984 result | 1988 result | Details |
| Argyll and Bute | Independent | Independent | Details |
| Bearsden and Milngavie | Conservative | Conservative | Details |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Labour | No overall control | Details |
| Clydebank | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Cunninghame | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Cumnock and Doon Valley | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Dumbarton | Labour | No overall control | Details |
| East Kilbride | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Eastwood | Conservative | Conservative | Details |
| City of Glasgow | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Hamilton | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Inverclyde | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Kyle and Carrick | Conservative | Labour | Details |
| Clydesdale | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Motherwell | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Monklands | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Strathkelvin | Labour | Labour | Details |

### Tayside

| District | 1984 result | 1988 result | Details |
| Angus | SNP | SNP | Details |
| City of Dundee | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Perth and Kinross | Conservative | No overall control | Details |