Highland Regional Council election, 1990

An election to Highland Regional Council was held on 3 May 1990 as part of the wider 1990 Scottish regional elections. The election saw Independents win control of 36 of the councils 52 seats.

Turnout was 42.9% in contested electoral districts. Just over half of the regions electoral districts were contested, with 27 of the regions 52 electoral districts seeing contests.

Aggregate results

Highland Regional election, 1990^[1] Turnout: 42.1%
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	34					57.0	19,359
	Labour	10					11.8	3,994
	SNP	2					11.8	3,994
	Liberal Democrats	3					5.8	1,941
	Conservative	1					2.8	946
	Green	1					10.5	3,560
	Other	1					1.3	217

References

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Council elections in Highland
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