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The [[Scottish Labour|Labour Party]] dominated the election, gaining the most seats and votes, even though their total vote was slightly down compared with [[1986 Scottish regional elections|1986]]. This was the last election fought under the leadership of [[Margaret Thatcher]], and her [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] suffered a decline of 13 seats, mainly due to the introduction of the unpopular [[Poll Tax]] in 1989. The Conservative Government had recently given tax concessions to ratepayers in England and Wales, excluding Scotland, with criticism extended in particular to then-[[Secretary of State for Scotland]] [[Malcolm Rifkind]], who was portrayed to not care about the interests of Scotland. The newly formed [[Social and Liberal Democrats]] (a merger of the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|SDP]] and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberals) fared badly, dropping 6.4% of the vote that the [[SDP-Liberal Alliance|Alliance]] had took at the previous election. Despite this, they stayed stationary on 40 seats. |
The [[Scottish Labour|Labour Party]] dominated the election, gaining the most seats and votes, even though their total vote was slightly down compared with [[1986 Scottish regional elections|1986]]. This was the last election fought under the leadership of [[Margaret Thatcher]], and her [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] suffered a decline of 13 seats, mainly due to the introduction of the unpopular [[Poll Tax]] in 1989. The Conservative Government had recently given tax concessions to ratepayers in England and Wales, excluding Scotland, with criticism extended in particular to then-[[Secretary of State for Scotland]] [[Malcolm Rifkind]], who was portrayed to not care about the interests of Scotland. The newly formed [[Social and Liberal Democrats]] (a merger of the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|SDP]] and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberals)]] fared badly, dropping 6.4% of the vote that the [[SDP-Liberal Alliance|Alliance]] had took at the previous election. Despite this, they stayed stationary on 40 seats. |
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The [[Scottish National Party]], once again the second-largest party in terms of vote share, benefitted from modest gains to take almost 22% of the vote. The [[Scottish Greens]], recently split off from the [[Green Party (UK)|Green Party]], gained their first ever councillor in the Highland region. Turnout was marginally up 0.3% to 45.9%.<ref name=Results /> |
The [[Scottish National Party]], once again the second-largest party in terms of vote share, benefitted from modest gains to take almost 22% of the vote. The [[Scottish Greens]], recently split off from the [[Green Party (UK)|Green Party]], gained their first ever councillor in the Highland region. Turnout was marginally up 0.3% to 45.9%.<ref name=Results /> |
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Regional elections were held in Scotland on Thursday 3 May 1990, as part of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and were the first test of public opinion on the Community Charge, which had been introduced in Scotland in 1989.
National results
| Parties | Votes[a] | Votes % | +/- | Wards | Net Gain/Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 729,922 | 44 | 223 | |||
| SNP | 372,770 | 21.8 | 42 | |||
| Conservative | 333,823 | 19.2 | 52 | |||
| SLD | 147,122 | 8 | 40 | |||
| Independent | 76,516 | 5 | 73 | |||
| Scottish Green | 35,048 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Other Parties | 15,140 | 2 | 0 | |||
- ^ This column does not include the three island areas
Party performance
The Labour Party dominated the election, gaining the most seats and votes, even though their total vote was slightly down compared with 1986. This was the last election fought under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, and her Conservative Party suffered a decline of 13 seats, mainly due to the introduction of the unpopular Poll Tax in 1989. The Conservative Government had recently given tax concessions to ratepayers in England and Wales, excluding Scotland, with criticism extended in particular to then-Secretary of State for Scotland Malcolm Rifkind, who was portrayed to not care about the interests of Scotland. The newly formed Social and Liberal Democrats (a merger of the SDP and Liberals) fared badly, dropping 6.4% of the vote that the Alliance had took at the previous election. Despite this, they stayed stationary on 40 seats.
The Scottish National Party, once again the second-largest party in terms of vote share, benefitted from modest gains to take almost 22% of the vote. The Scottish Greens, recently split off from the Green Party, gained their first ever councillor in the Highland region. Turnout was marginally up 0.3% to 45.9%.[2]
Results by council area
| Council | Labour | Conservative | Liberal & SDP | SNP | Others/ Independent |
Number of Wards | Turnout | Control | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borders | 0 | 3(-1) | 6 | 2(-1) | 11(+5) | 22 | 42.6%
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Independent hold | |
| Central | 22(-1) | 5(+1) | 6(+1) | 0(-1) | 1 | 34 | 49.1%
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour hold | |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 10+1 | 0 | 4-2 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 44.4%
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent hold | |
| Fife | 30(+1) | 2(-2) | 2(-1) | 10(+2) | 1 | 46 | 46.5%
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour hold | |
| Grampian | 19(+2) | 10(-6) | 14(+6) | 11(-2) | 3 | 57 | 41%
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control gain from Conservatives | |
| Highland | 52 | 42.9%
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent hold | ||||||
| Lothian | 34(+2) | 12(-1) | 1 | 2(-1) | 0 | 49 | 50.2%
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour Labour gain from No overall control | |
| Orkney | 0 | - | - | - | 24 | 24 | ??%
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent hold | |
| Shetland | 4 (+1) | - | - | - | 21 (-1) | 25 | ??%
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Independent hold | |
| Strathclyde | 89(+2) | 5(-1) | 1(-1) | 5 | 2(+1) | 103 | 45%
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" | |
Labour hold | |
| Tayside | 18(-2) | 14(+1) | 10(+1) | 2 | 0 | 46 | 47.8%
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" | |
No overall control gain from Conservative | |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) | 0 | - | - | - | 30 | 30 | ??%
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | |
Independent hold | |
References
- ^ McConnell, Alan (2004), Scottish Local Government, Edinburgh University Press, ISBN 978-0-7486-2005-0
- ^ a b "The Scottish Regional Elections 1990" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
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