1995 Scottish local elections
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Colours denote the winning party with outright control | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colours denote the largest party in council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. 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.
National results[]
Parties | Votes | Votes % | Councillors | |
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Labour | 742,557 | 43.57 | 613 | |
SNP | 444,918 | 26.11 | 181 | |
Conservative | 196,109 | 11.51 | 82 | |
Liberal Democrats | 166,141 | 9.79 | 121 | |
Independent | 130,642 | 7.67 | 151 | |
Other | 23,781 | 1.36 | 7 | |
Total | 1,702,148 | 1,155 |
Results by council area[]
Council | 1995 result | Details | |
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Aberdeen City | Labour | ||
Aberdeenshire | No overall control | ||
Angus | SNP | ||
Argyll and Bute | Independent | Details | |
Clackmannanshire | Labour | ||
Dumfries and Galloway | Labour | ||
Dundee City | Labour | Details | |
East Ayrshire | Labour | ||
East Dunbartonshire | Labour | ||
East Lothian | Labour | ||
East Renfrewshire | No overall control | ||
City of Edinburgh | Labour | Details | |
Falkirk | Labour | ||
Fife | Labour | Details | |
Glasgow City | Labour | Details | |
Highland | Independent | Details | |
Inverclyde | Labour | Details | |
Midlothian | Labour | ||
Moray | SNP | ||
North Ayrshire | Labour | Details | |
North Lanarkshire | Labour | ||
Perth and Kinross | SNP | ||
Renfrewshire | Labour | ||
Scottish Borders | No overall control | ||
South Ayrshire | Labour | ||
South Lanarkshire | Labour | Details | |
Stirling | Labour | ||
West Dunbartonshire | Labour | Details | |
West Lothian | Labour |
Notes and references[]
See also[]
External links[]
- Full list of each area can be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20101105233617/http://www.alba.org.uk/elections/local.html
- Full Island Authority Elections which took place on 5 May 1994, can be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20080907225750/http://www.alba.org.uk/elections/islands.html
- Bourneyed review of 1995 seats: http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/reports/ea_formation_1995.asp
Categories:
- 1995 Scottish local elections
- Council elections in Scotland
- April 1995 events in the United Kingdom
- Scotland election stubs