1992 City of Glasgow District Council election

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.

1992 Glasgow District Council election

7 May 1992
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

Aggregate results

The result of the election

City of Glasgow District Council election, 1992

Party		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

See also

• 1995 South Lanarkshire Council election#Rutherglen and Cambuslang