City of Edinburgh District Council election, 1992
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File:Edinburgh District Council election, 1992.svg
Map showing results in Edinburgh District Council wards.
Elections for the City of Edinburgh District Council took place in May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.
Labour, which had won control of the Council for the first time ever in the 1984 election, managed to retain its control of the council despite losing the popular vote amid a swing to the Conservatives in the city. The Liberal Democrats were able to capture several new seats in the center of the city; Marchmont, Morningside, and Sciennes. Voter turnout was 48.2%, down 5% from the previous elections.
Aggregate results
| City of Edinburgh District Council election, 1992[1] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Labour | 30 | 0 | 3 |  3 |
29.2 | 48,756 | 7.6 |
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| Conservative | 23 | 3 | 3 |  |
40.2 | 67,266 |  3.8 |
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| Liberal Democrats | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
15.4 | 25,775 | 3.5 |
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| SNP | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
14.4 | 24,087 | 0.2 |
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| Scottish Green | 0 | |
0.8 | 1,219 | ||||||
| Others | 0 | |
0.3 | 399 | ||||||
References
 Elections in Edinburgh |
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| Edinburgh Corporation |
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| City of Edinburgh District Council | |
| Lothian Regional Council | |
| City of Edinburgh Council | |
| General Elections | |
| Referendums | |
