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The 1988 Cunninghame District Council election Scotland took place on 5 May 1988, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. Each of the 30 wards elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.

1988 Cunninghame District Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	24	1	0	1	80.0	52.3	25,882
	Conservative	4	0	1	1	13.3	20.0	9,880
	Independent	1	0	0		3.3	2.9	1,433
	Moderates	1	0	0		3.3	2.3	1,144
	SNP	0	0	0		0.0	18.2	9,032
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0	1.3	644
	Pensioner Power	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	207

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