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1988 Lochaber District Council election

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5 May 1988 (1988-05-05)

1992 →

All 15 seats to Lochaber District Council
8 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Independent	Labour	Independent Labour
Seats won	8	4	3
Seat change	0	1	1
Popular vote	1,670	1,448	802
Percentage	40.4%	35.0%	19.4%
Swing	18.1%	18.0%	0.9%

Council Control before election

Independent

Council Control after election

Independent

Independents gained a majority of the seats, giving them control of the council

Elections to the Lochaber District Council took place in May 1988, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. The number of seats and the total vote share won by each party is listed below.^[1]

Independent: 8 seats, 40.4%

Labour: 4 seats, 35.0%

Independent Labour: 3 seats, 19.4%

SNP: 0 seats, 5.4%

Voter turnout was 53.9%.

References[edit]

^ "Scottish District Elections 1988" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

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