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 |- !colspan=2|Parties !Votes !Votes % !Wards |- | | |42.6 |553 |- | | |21.3 |113 |- | | |19.4 |162 |- | | |8.4 |84 |- | | |6.4 |231 |- | style="width: 10px" bgcolor=| | style="text-align: left;" scope="row" | Other | | | |- !colspan=2|Total ! !n/a !~1158 |} Results by council area Borders Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highland Lothian Strathclyde Tayside References 1988 May 1988 events in the United Kingdom