1992 City of Glasgow District Council election

1992 Scottish local government election

1992 Glasgow District Council election

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7 May 1992

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All 66 seats to Glasgow District Council
34 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	SNP
Last election	60	4	0
Seats won	54	5	2
Seat change	6	1	2
Popular vote	81,225	30,065	43,290
Percentage	46.2%	17.1%	24.7%
Swing	11.8%	2.8%	5.1%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Scottish Militant Labour	Independent Labour	Liberal Democrats
Last election	0	0	2
Seats won	2	2	1
Seat change	2	2	1
Popular vote	4,045	3,394	11,234
Percentage	2.3%	1.9%	6.4%
Swing	New	New	0.1%

Map showing results by ward.

Council Leader before election

Labour

Elected Council Leader

Labour

The 1992 City of Glasgow District Council election for the City of Glasgow District Council took place in May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.

Aggregate results

City of Glasgow District Council election, 1992
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	54	2	8	6		46.2	81,225	11.8
Conservative	5	2	1	1		17.1	30,065	2.8
SNP	2	2	0	2		24.7	43,290	5.1
Scottish Militant Labour	2	2	0	2		2.3	4,045	New
Independent Labour	2	2	0	2		1.9	3,394	New
Liberal Democrats	1	0	1	1		6.4	11,234	0.1
Scottish Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	2,454	New
Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	180	New

Ward results

Ward 59: Toryglen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S MacQuarrie (incumbent)	1,707	66.4
	SNP	J Mulla	605	23.5
	Conservative	P McConnell	257	10.0
Majority			1102	55.9
Turnout			1969	30.7

Ward 60: Rutherglen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Gretel Ross (incumbent)	2,460	57.1
	Labour	Margaret Robinson	1,075	24.9
	SNP	D Hamilton	400	9.3
	Conservative	M McConnell	372	8.6
Majority			1385	32.2
Turnout			4307	42.1

Ward 64: Fernhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M Caldwell	1,744	38.0
	Liberal Democrats	M McLellan	1,640	35.8
	SNP	A Pollock	675	14.7
	Conservative	Jean Miller	521	11.4
Majority			104	2.2
Turnout			4580	44.2

Ward 65: Cambuslang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Rooney (incumbent)	1,520	34.1
	Liberal Democrats	David S Baillie	1,178	26.4
	Conservative	R Muir	1,042	23.4
	SNP	G Clark	634	14.2
	Scottish Green	F B Stevenson	85	1.9
Majority			342	7.7
Turnout			4459	40.3

Ward 66: Halfway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Keirs	1,920	65.1
	SNP	Anne Higgins	521	17.7
	Conservative	J Dingwall	261	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	R Woolfe	148	5.0
	Communist	R Ross	99	3.4
Majority			1399	47.4
Turnout			2949	34.5

References

^ Bochel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. Scottish District Elections 1992: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. pp. 100–105.

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