1995 Scottish local elections

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1995 Scottish local elections
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  1994 6 April 1995 (1995-04-06) 1999  

1,155 seats to 29 mainland Scottish councils
 First partySecond party
 
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Leader Tony Blair Alex Salmond
Party Labour SNP
Leader since21 July 199422 September 1990
Seats won613181
Popular vote742,557444,918
Percentage43.57%26.11%

 Third partyFourth party
 
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Leader John Major Jim Wallace
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since28 November 199018 April 1992
Seats won82121
Popular vote196,109166,141
Percentage11.51%9.79%

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Colours denote the winning party with outright control

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Colours denote the largest party in council

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Colours denote the winning party in each ward

Local elections were held in Scotland on 6 April 1995, as part of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The elections were held for the 29 new mainland unitary authorities created under the act, which replaced the nine former regions established in 1975. [1] The three island areas (Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles) were retained from the previous system. These areas did not take part in the 1995 election, having held local elections on 5 May 1994.

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National results

Summary of the 5 April 1995 Scottish council election results
PartiesVotesVotes %Councillors
Labour 742,55743.57613
SNP 444,91826.11181
Conservative 196,10911.5182
Liberal Democrats 166,1419.79121
Independent 130,6427.67151
Other23,7811.367
Total1,702,1481,155

Results by council area

Council 1995 result Details
Aberdeen City Labour Details
Aberdeenshire No overall control Details
Angus SNP Details
Argyll and Bute Independent Details
Clackmannanshire Labour
Dumfries and Galloway Labour
Dundee City Labour Details
East Ayrshire Labour Details
East Dunbartonshire Labour
East Lothian Labour Details
East Renfrewshire No overall control Details
City of Edinburgh Labour Details
Falkirk Labour
Fife Labour Details
Glasgow City Labour Details
Highland Independent Details
Inverclyde Labour Details
Midlothian Labour Details
Moray SNP Details
North Ayrshire Labour Details
North Lanarkshire Labour
Perth and Kinross SNP
Renfrewshire Labour
Scottish Borders No overall control Details
South Ayrshire Labour Details
South Lanarkshire Labour Details
Stirling Labour
West Dunbartonshire Labour Details
West Lothian Labour Details

Notes and references

  1. Bochel, H. M. The Scottish Local Elections 1995 Results and Statistics (PDF).

See also