1995 West Dunbartonshire Council election

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1995 West Dunbartonshire Council election
6 April 1995 1999  →
All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderMary CampbellWilliam MackechnieBill Kemp
Party Labour SNP Independent
Leader's seatDalmuir/CentralDumbarton/BowlingOld Kilpatrick
Seats won1471
Popular vote50.4%15,508863
Percentage18,31142.7%2.4%
West Dunbartonshire Council election, 1995.svg
Results by ward
Council Leader

Mary Campbell [1]
Labour

The 1995 West Dunbartonshire Council election was held on the 6 April 1995 and were the first for the newly formed unitary authority, which was created under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 and replaced the previous two-tier system of local government under Strathclyde Regional Council and Dumbarton and Clydebank District Councils.

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Results

1995 West Dunbartonshire Council election result [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 14--63.650.418,311New
  SNP 7--31.842.715,508New
  Independent 1--4.52.4863New
  Conservative 0--0.01.2434New
 Independent Dumbarton Tenants & Residents0--0.01.2432New
  Independent Labour 0--0.00.9313New
 Representing Your Views at All Times0--0.00.8278New
  Liberal Democrats 0--0.00.3103New
 Civil Servant0--0.00.283New

Ward results

Ward 1: Whitecrook [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP James McElhill 1,023 55.8
Labour Mary Collins81144.2
Majority21211.6
Turnout 1,83453.4
SNP win (new seat)
Ward 2: Dalmuir/Central [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mary Campbell 854 59.3
SNP John Keegan58640.7
Majority26819.4
Turnout 1,44039.9
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 3: Mountblow [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Daniel McCafferty 984 53.7
SNP Martin Docherty 84846.3
Majority1367.4
Turnout 1,83255.7
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 4: Parkhall [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Syme 1,279 60.5
SNP William Hendrie83439.5
Majority44521.0
Turnout 2,11359.4
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 5: Linnvale/Drumry [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Andrew White 1,065 68.8
SNP Ronald MacDonald48431.2
Majority58137.6
Turnout 1,54946.3
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 6: Kilbowie [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Anthony Devine 777 51.3
SNP James Yuill73948.7
Majority382.6
Turnout 1,51653.5
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 7: Kilbowie West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alistair Macdonald 1,224 75.2
SNP William Wilson40424.8
Majority82050.4
Turnout 1,62848.6
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 8: Faifley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour James Doherty 662 50.1
SNP Alan Gordon34726.2
Independent Labour Catherine Durning31323.7
Majority31523.9
Turnout 1,32242.2
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 9: Faifley North/Hardgate [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Patricia Rice 632 45.7
SNP John McCutcheon41329.8
Conservative Kenneth Veitch33924.5
Majority21925.9
Turnout 1,38446.5
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 10: Duntocher [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour George Cairney 835 55.8
SNP Scot Ramsay56737.9
Conservative William McCrossan956.3
Majority28617.9
Turnout 1,49750.4
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 11: Old Kilpatrick [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent William Kemp 863 52.9
Labour James Boyle54033.1
SNP Alexander Scullion22814.0
Majority32319.8
Turnout 1,63154.1
Independent win (new seat)
Ward 12: Dumbarton West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Patrick O'Neill 901 66.3
SNP Bob Doris 45833.7
Majority44332.6
Turnout 1,35940.7
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 13: Dumbarton Central [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op James McCallum 873 54.8
SNP Douglas Lockhart72145.2
Majority1529.6
Turnout 1,59445.0
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Ward 14: Dumbarton North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Geoffrey Calvert 951 55.9
SNP David Logan75144.1
Majority20011.8
Turnout 1,70245.0
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Ward 15: Dumbarton South [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP John Jun Wailes 890 39.7
Labour Alexander Tuach81436.4
Independent Dumbarton Tenants & ResidentsThomas McCallion43219.3
Liberal Democrats Vaughan Moody1034.6
Majority763.3
Turnout 2,23958.7
SNP win (new seat)
Ward 16: Dumbarton/Bowling [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP William Mackechnie 1,162 57.1
Labour John Trainer59629.3
Representing Your Views at All TimesClive Cobby27813.6
Majority55627.8
Turnout 2,03653.8
SNP win (new seat)
Ward 17: Renton/Alexandria South [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Duncan Mills 775 58.4
SNP James Cormack55241.6
Majority22316.8
Turnout 1,32750.5
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 18: Alexandria North/Tullichewan [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP Craig McLaughlin 997 58.8
Labour Maurice McIntyre69941.2
Majority29817.6
Turnout 1,69648.5
SNP win (new seat)
Ward 19: Balloch [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP Ronald McColl 949 58.5
Labour John Gilleece67441.5
Majority27517.0
Turnout 1,62348.9
SNP win (new seat)
Ward 20: Haldane/Kilmaronock/Jamestown [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP Margaret McGregor 951 61.4
Labour Ernest Horan59738.6
Majority35422.8
Turnout 1,54846.7
SNP win (new seat)
Ward 21: Bonhill East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour James Flynn 1,132 57.5
SNP Gordon Smillie83542.5
Majority29715.0
Turnout 1,96754.0
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 22: Riverside [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP James Chirrey 769 51.7
Labour Jane Lindsay63642.7
Civil ServantBryan F Maher835.6
Majority1339.0
Turnout 1,48846.4
SNP win (new seat)

Changes before next election

A by-election was held in the Old Kilpatrick ward on 28 November 1996 to replace Independent Councillor Bill Kemp, who resigned in protest at the way the council was being run. [4]

Ward 11: Old Kilpatrick by-election (28 November 1996) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP John McCutcheon76061.79
Labour James Boyle47038.21
Majority 29023.58
Turnout 1,230
SNP gain from Independent Swing

A by-election was held on 13 August 1998 to replace the deceased Provost, Patrick O'Neill. [6]

Ward 12: Dumbarton West by-election (13 August 1998) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP David Logan61144.66
Labour Alexander Tuach58842.98
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Shepherd906.58
A Hard Worker in the CommunityMartin Hollern463.36
Conservative Brian Vosper332.41
Majority 231.68
Turnout 1,368
SNP gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. ↑ Dumbarton and Clydebank Council: 26 April 1995
  2. ↑ "Scottish Local Election Results". Local Government Chronicle. 7 April 1995.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 West Dunbartonshire Council: Council Election Results 6 April 1995
  4. ↑ "Councillor quits". Glasgow Herald. 6 December 1995. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. ↑ West Dunbartonshire Council: Meeting 18 December 1996
  6. ↑ "Obituary: Patrick O'Neill". Glasgow Herald. 16 May 1998. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  7. ↑ West Dunbartonshire Council: Meeting 26 August 1998
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