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1990 Strathclyde Regional Council election

1990 Strathclyde Regional Council election

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All 103 seats to Strathclyde Regional Council 52 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Lab Con LD Leader Charles Gray Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 87 seats, 52.6% 6 seats, 13.1% N/A Seats won 90 5 4 Seat change 3 1 4 Popular vote 409,905 127,827 46,356 Percentage 52.2% 16.3% 5.9% Swing 0.4% 3.2% 8.3%
Result of the election
Council Leader before election Charles Gray Labour Council Leader after election Charles Gray Labour

Elections to Strathclyde Regional Council were held on Thursday 3 May 1990, on the same day as the eight other Scottish regional elections. This was the fifth election to the regional council following the local government reforms in the 1970s.

The election was the last to use the 103 electoral divisions created by the Initial Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1978. Each electoral division elected one councillor using first-past-the-post voting.^[1]

Labour, who had won every previous election to Strathclyde Regional Council, retained a large majority by winning 90 of the 103 seats – up three from the previous election in 1986 despite their vote share falling by 0.4%. The Conservatives remained as the second largest party by retaining five of their six seats. The Liberal Democrats contested their first election in Strathclyde following the merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1988.^[2] The new party won four of the five seats that the Liberal Party had won in the 1986 election but with less than half vote share of its predecessors. The Liberal Party and the SDP had contested the previous election in a political alliance.^[2] Despite coming second in the popular vote and increasing their vote share to more than 20%, the Scottish National Party (SNP) retained only one of their two seats. The remaining three seats were won by independent candidates.

Results[edit]

1990 Strathclyde Regional Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	90	3	0	3	87.4	52.2	409,905	0.4
	Conservative	5	0	1	1	4.9	16.3	127,827	3.2
	Liberal Democrats	4	0	1	1	3.9	5.9	46,356	8.3
	Independent	3	0	0		2.9	2.0	15,553	0.1
	SNP	1	0	1	1	1.0	21.2	166,468	3.7
	Scottish Green	0	0	0		0.0	2.0	15,517	1.8
	Other	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	3,875	1.8
Total		103						784,636

Source:^[3][4]

Electoral division results[edit]

Hamilton East[edit]

Hamilton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Brogan	4,945	59.2	4.7
	SNP	Y. Dear	1,811	21.7	6.2
	Conservative	W. Irving	987	11.8	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Oswald	608	7.3	4.9
Majority			3,134	37.5	10.9
Turnout			8,351	40.4	1.5
Registered electors			20,701
	Labour hold		Swing	4.7

Source:^[3][4]

Hamilton West[edit]

Hamilton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Timmins	4,388	50.9	7.5
	SNP	N. Dear	2,594	30.1	13.3
	Conservative	D. Black	1,218	14.1	2.9
	Liberal Democrats	J. Shields	414	4.8	8.7
Majority			1,794	20.8	20.8
Turnout			8,614	43.2	0.8
Registered electors			19,987
	Labour hold		Swing	7.5

Source:^[3][4]

Larkhall and Stonehouse[edit]

Larkhall and Stonehouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Burns	5,483	67.5	5.3
	SNP	M. Miller	1,844	22.7	1.8
	Conservative	A. T. Aitchison	792	9.7	0.2
Majority			3,639	44.8	3.5
Turnout			8,119	45.1	0.1
Registered electors			18,003
	Labour hold		Swing	5.3

Source:^[3][4]

Hamilton North[edit]

Hamilton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Waugh	5,650	59.5	5.2
	SNP	T. Muir	1,606	16.9	4.5
	Conservative	I. S. MacAuslane	1,316	13.9	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	S. Grieve	903	9.5	17.2
Majority			4,044	42.6	15.0
Turnout			9,475	44.0	3.6
Registered electors			21,587
	Labour hold		Swing	5.2

Source:^[3][4]

Kilmarnock North[edit]

Kilmarnock North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Collins	4,369	44.8	10.4
	SNP	D. Coffey	4,144	42.5	7.7
	Conservative	G. Woodford	791	8.1	0.5
	Scottish Green	R. Berringer	269	2.8	New
	SDP	J. Kerr	164	1.7	New
Majority			225	2.3	N/A
Turnout			9,737	50.3	1.0
Registered electors			19,367
	Labour gain from SNP		Swing	1.3

Source:^[3][4]

Kilmarnock South[edit]

Kilmarnock South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Blaney	4,391	46.6	3.8
	SNP	B. Graham	2,846	30.2	9.7
	Conservative	L. Freeman	1,689	17.9	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	J. Wells	293	3.1	New
	SDP	A. Stevenson	191	2.0	New
Majority			1,545	16.4	13.5
Turnout			9,410	46.3	3.3
Registered electors			20,350
	Labour hold		Swing	6.7

Source:^[3][4]

Stewarton and Irvine Valley[edit]

Stewarton and Irvine Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Aitken	5,268	54.2	1.0
	SNP	I. MacInnes	2,328	24.0	8.0
	Conservative	J. Woods	1,786	18.4	0.7
	SDP	M. Temple	325	3.3	New
Majority			2,940	30.2	37.5
Turnout			9,707	43.3	0.9
Registered electors			22,463
	Labour hold		Swing	4.5

Source:^[3][4]

Cumnock[edit]

Cumnock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Boyd	5,822	82.1	2.0
	SNP	H. Sloan	809	11.4	4.1
	Conservative	N. Martin	456	6.4	New
Majority			5,013	70.7	2.1
Turnout			7,087	44.2	3.6
Registered electors			16,045
	Labour hold		Swing	1.0

Source:^[3][4]

New Cumnock and Doon Valley[edit]

New Cumnock and Doon Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Farrell	6,278	87.7	18.9
	Conservative	S. Shepherd	858	12.0	2.3
Majority			5,420	75.7	18.0
Turnout			7,136	42.0	0.8
Registered electors			17,055
	Labour hold		Swing	15.0

Source:^[3][4]

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