| Next Election: | 1992 Roxburgh District Council election |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Majority Seats: | 9 |
| Seats For Election: | All 16 seats to Roxburgh District Council |
| Party1: | Independent |
| Seats1: | 11 |
| Percentage1: | 53.3% |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,794 |
| Previous Year: | 1984 |
| Previous Election: | 1984 Roxburgh District Council election |
| Party2: | Scottish National Party |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Swing2: | New |
| Percentage2: | 15.9% |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,431 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Swing1: | 13.6% |
| Party3: | Scottish Conservatives |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 4 |
| Swing3: | 9.8% |
| Percentage3: | 23.4% |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,106 |
| Party4: | Scottish Social and Liberal Democrats |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 3 |
| Swing4: | 38.4% |
| Percentage4: | 3.7% |
| Popular Vote4: | 335 |
| Party5: | Moderates (Scotland) |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Last Election5: | Did not contest |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Swing5: | New |
| Percentage5: | 3.7% |
| Popular Vote5: | 332 |
Elections to the Roxburgh District Council took place on 5 May 1988, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.
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