1995 United Kingdom local elections

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1995 United Kingdom local elections
← 1994 6 April 1995 (Scotland)
4 May 1995 (England & Wales)		 1996 →
All 36 metropolitan boroughs, all 14 unitary authorities,
all 274 English districts, 29 out of 32 Scottish council areas
and all 22 Welsh principal areas
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  Tony Blair in 2002.jpg Major PM full (cropped).jpg ASHDOWN Paddy.jpg
Leader Tony Blair John Major Paddy Ashdown
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 21 July 1994 27 November 1990 16 July 1988
Percentage 47% 25% 23%
Councillors +/- Increase 1,807 Decrease 2,018 Increase 487
United Kingdom local elections, 1995.svg
Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

The 1995 United Kingdom local elections took place on 4 May 1995.[1][2] The Conservative Party lost over 2,000 councillors in the election, while the Labour Party won 48% of the vote, a record high for the party in local elections.[3]

The elections were the first to be contested under Labour's new leadership of Tony Blair, who had been elected the previous year following the sudden death of his predecessor John Smith.

This was also the first election of 22 Welsh and 14 English unitary authorities, creating shadow authorities which ran in parallel with existing councils until taking power in April 1996, except for the new Isle of Wight Council which took power immediately.[4]

England[]

Metropolitan boroughs[]

All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.

Council Previous control Result Details
Barnsley Labour Labour hold Details
Birmingham Labour Labour hold
Bolton Labour Labour hold Details
Bradford Labour Labour hold Details
Bury No overall control Labour gain
Calderdale No overall control Labour gain
Coventry Labour Labour hold
Doncaster Labour Labour hold
Dudley Labour Labour hold
Gateshead Labour Labour hold
Kirklees No overall control Labour gain
Knowsley Labour Labour hold
Leeds Labour Labour hold Details
Liverpool No overall control No overall control hold Details
Manchester Labour Labour hold Details
Newcastle upon Tyne Labour Labour hold Details
North Tyneside Labour Labour hold Details
Oldham No overall control Labour gain
Rochdale No overall control No overall control hold
Rotherham Labour Labour hold
Salford Labour Labour hold
Sandwell Labour Labour hold
Sefton No overall control No overall control hold
Sheffield Labour Labour hold Details
Solihull No overall control No overall control hold Details
South Tyneside Labour Labour hold
St Helens Labour Labour hold
Stockport No overall control No overall control hold
Sunderland Labour Labour hold
Tameside Labour Labour hold
Trafford Conservative No overall control gain Details
Wakefield Labour Labour hold
Walsall No overall control Labour gain
Wigan Labour Labour hold Details
Wirral No overall control Labour gain Details
Wolverhampton Labour Labour hold Details

Unitary authorities[]

These were the first elections to the first 14 unitary authorities established by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). They acted as "shadow authorities" until 1 April 1996.

Council Previous control Result Details
Bath and North East Somerset ‡ New Council No overall control Details
Bristol New Council Labour Details
East Riding of Yorkshire ‡ New Council No overall control
Hartlepool New Council Labour
Isle of Wight ‡ New Council Liberal Democrats
Kingston upon Hull New Council Labour
Middlesbrough New Council Labour
North East Lincolnshire ‡ New Council Labour
North Lincolnshire ‡ New Council Labour
North Somerset New Council No overall control
Redcar and Cleveland New Council Labour Details
South Gloucestershire ‡ New Council No overall control
Stockton-on-Tees New Council Labour
York ‡ New Council Labour Details

‡ New ward boundaries from predecessor authorities

District councils[]

Whole council[]

In 167 districts the whole council was up for election.

These were the last elections to the district councils of Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Darlington, Leicester, Luton, Newbury, Nottingham, Plymouth, Poole, Rutland, The Wrekin, Torbay, Warrington and Windsor and Maidenhead before they were made unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992).

These were also the last elections to the district councils of Hove and Rochester-upon-Medway before they were abolished and replaced by unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992).

Council Previous control Result Details
Allerdale Labour Labour hold
Alnwick Liberal Democrats No overall control gain Details
Arun Conservative Conservative hold
Ashfield Labour Labour hold
Ashford Conservative No overall control gain
Aylesbury Vale No overall control Liberal Democrats gain
Babergh No overall control No overall control hold
Berwick-upon-Tweed No overall control No overall control hold Details
Blaby Conservative No overall control gain
Blackpool Labour Labour hold
Blyth Valley Labour Labour hold Details
Bolsover Labour Labour hold
Boston No overall control No overall control hold
Bournemouth No overall control No overall control hold
Bracknell Forest Conservative Labour gain
Braintree No overall control Labour gain Details
Breckland Conservative No overall control gain
Bridgnorth Independent Independent hold
Bromsgrove Conservative Labour gain
Broxtowe Conservative Labour gain
Canterbury No overall control No overall control hold
Caradon Independent No overall control gain
Carrick Liberal Democrats No overall control gain
Castle Morpeth No overall control No overall control hold Details
Castle Point Conservative Labour gain Details
Charnwood Conservative Labour gain
Chelmsford No overall control Liberal Democrats gain Details
Chesterfield Labour Labour hold
Chester-le-Street Labour Labour hold
Chichester Conservative No overall control gain
Chiltern Conservative No overall control gain
Christchurch Conservative No overall control gain
Copeland Labour Labour hold
Corby Labour Labour hold Details
Cotswold Independent Independent hold
Dacorum Conservative Labour gain
Darlington Labour Labour hold
Dartford Conservative Labour gain
Derbyshire Dales Conservative No overall control gain
Derwentside Labour Labour hold
Dover No overall control Labour gain
Durham Labour Labour hold
Easington Labour Labour hold
East Cambridgeshire Independent Independent hold
East Devon Conservative No overall control gain
East Dorset No overall control Liberal Democrats gain
East Hampshire No overall control Liberal Democrats gain
East Hertfordshire Conservative No overall control gain
East Lindsey Independent Independent hold
East Northamptonshire Conservative Labour gain Details
East Staffordshire No overall control Labour gain
Eden Independent Independent hold
Epsom and Ewell Independent Independent hold
Erewash Labour Labour hold Details
Fenland Conservative Labour gain
Forest Heath Conservative No overall control gain
Forest of Dean Labour Labour hold
Fylde No overall control No overall control hold
Gedling Conservative Labour gain
Gravesham No overall control Labour gain
Guildford No overall control Liberal Democrats gain Details
Hambleton Conservative No overall control gain
Harborough Conservative No overall control gain
High Peak No overall control Labour gain Details
Hinckley and Bosworth Conservative No overall control gain Details
Horsham Conservative Liberal Democrats gain Details
Hove Conservative Labour gain
Kennet No overall control No overall control hold
Kerrier No overall control No overall control hold
Kettering No overall control Labour gain
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Conservative Labour gain
Lancaster No overall control Labour gain
Leicester Labour Labour hold
Lewes Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Lichfield Conservative Labour gain
Luton Labour Labour hold
Maldon No overall control No overall control hold
Malvern Hills Independent No overall control gain
Mansfield Labour Labour hold
Melton Conservative No overall control gain
Mendip No overall control No overall control hold
Mid Bedfordshire Conservative No overall control gain Details
Mid Devon Independent Liberal Democrats gain
Mid Suffolk No overall control No overall control hold
Mid Sussex Conservative Liberal Democrats gain
New Forest No overall control Liberal Democrats gain
Newark and Sherwood Labour Labour hold
Newbury Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
North Cornwall Independent Independent hold
North Devon Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
North Dorset Independent Liberal Democrats gain
North East Derbyshire Labour Labour hold
North Kesteven No overall control No overall control hold
North Norfolk No overall control No overall control hold
North Shropshire Independent Independent hold
North Warwickshire Labour Labour hold Details
North West Leicestershire Labour Labour hold Details
North Wiltshire Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Northampton No overall control Labour gain
Nottingham Labour Labour hold
Oadby and Wigston Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Oswestry Independent Independent hold
Plymouth Labour Labour hold Details
Poole Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Restormel Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Ribble Valley Conservative No overall control gain
Richmondshire Independent Independent hold
Rochester-upon-Medway No overall control Labour gain
Rother No overall control No overall control hold
Rushcliffe Conservative No overall control gain
Rutland No overall control Independent gain
Ryedale No overall control Liberal Democrats gain
Salisbury No overall control Liberal Democrats gain
Scarborough No overall control No overall control hold
Sedgefield Labour Labour hold
Sedgemoor Conservative No overall control gain
Selby No overall control Labour gain
Sevenoaks Conservative No overall control gain
Shepway Liberal Democrats No overall control gain
South Bucks Conservative No overall control gain
South Derbyshire Labour Labour hold
South Hams Conservative No overall control gain
South Holland Independent Independent hold
South Kesteven No overall control No overall control hold
South Norfolk No overall control Liberal Democrats gain
South Northamptonshire Conservative No overall control gain
South Oxfordshire Conservative No overall control gain
South Ribble Conservative Labour gain
South Shropshire Independent Independent hold
South Somerset Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
South Staffordshire Conservative Conservative hold
Spelthorne Conservative Conservative hold
St Edmundsbury Conservative Labour gain
Stafford No overall control Labour gain
Staffordshire Moorlands Independent No overall control gain
Suffolk Coastal Conservative No overall control gain
Surrey Heath Conservative Conservative hold
Taunton Deane Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Teesdale Independent Independent hold
Teignbridge No overall control No overall control hold
Tendring No overall control Labour gain Details
Test Valley Conservative No overall control gain
Tewkesbury Independent No overall control gain
Thanet Conservative Labour gain
The Wrekin Labour Labour hold
Tonbridge and Malling Conservative No overall control gain
Torbay Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Torridge Independent No overall control gain
Tynedale No overall control No overall control hold Details
Uttlesford Conservative No overall control gain
Vale of White Horse Conservative Liberal Democrats gain
Vale Royal Labour Labour hold
Wansbeck Labour Labour hold Details
Warrington Labour Labour hold
Warwick Conservative No overall control gain
Waverley No overall control Liberal Democrats gain
Wealden Conservative No overall control gain
Wear Valley No overall control Labour gain
Wellingborough Conservative No overall control gain
West Devon Independent Liberal Democrats gain
West Dorset No overall control No overall control hold Details
West Somerset Independent No overall control gain Details
West Wiltshire Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Windsor and Maidenhead No overall control Liberal Democrats gain
Wychavon Conservative No overall control gain
Wycombe Conservative No overall control gain
Wyre Conservative Labour gain

Third of council[]

In 107 districts one third of the council was up for election.

These were the last elections to the district councils of Derby, Milton Keynes, Portsmouth, Southampton, Stoke-on-Trent and Thamesdown before they were made unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992).

These were also the last elections to the district council of Brighton before it was abolished and replaced by a unitary authority by the Local Government Commission for England (1992).

Council Previous control Result Details
Adur Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Amber Valley Labour Labour hold
Barrow-in-Furness Labour Labour hold
Basildon No overall control No overall control hold Details
Basingstoke and Deane Conservative No overall control gain
Bassetlaw Labour Labour hold
Bedford No overall control No overall control hold
Blackburn Labour Labour hold
Brentwood Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details
Brighton Labour Labour hold
Broadland No overall control No overall control hold
Broxbourne Conservative Conservative hold Details
Burnley Labour Labour hold
Cambridge No overall control No overall control hold
Cannock Chase Labour Labour hold
Carlisle Labour Labour hold
Cheltenham Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details
Cherwell Conservative No overall control gain
Chester No overall control No overall control hold
Chorley No overall control Labour gain
Colchester Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details
Congleton Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Craven No overall control No overall control hold
Crawley Labour Labour hold
Crewe and Nantwich Labour Labour hold
Daventry Conservative No overall control gain
Derby Labour Labour hold Details
Eastbourne Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Eastleigh Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Ellesmere Port and Neston Labour Labour hold
Elmbridge No overall control No overall control hold
Epping Forest No overall control No overall control hold
Exeter No overall control Labour gain
Fareham No overall control No overall control hold
Gillingham No overall control Liberal Democrats gain
Gloucester No overall control Labour gain Details
Gosport Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Great Yarmouth Labour Labour hold
Halton Labour Labour hold
Harlow Labour Labour hold Details
Harrogate Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Hart No overall control No overall control hold
Hastings No overall control No overall control hold
Havant No overall control No overall control hold
Hereford Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Hertsmere No overall control No overall control hold
Huntingdonshire Conservative Conservative hold
Hyndburn Labour Labour hold Details
Ipswich Labour Labour hold Details
Leominster Independent No overall control gain
Lincoln Labour Labour hold Details
Macclesfield Conservative Conservative hold
Maidstone No overall control No overall control hold
Milton Keynes No overall control No overall control hold
Mole Valley Liberal Democrats No overall control gain
Newcastle-under-Lyme Labour Labour hold
North Hertfordshire No overall control No overall control hold
Norwich Labour Labour hold Details
Nuneaton and Bedworth Labour Labour hold
Oxford Labour Labour hold
Pendle No overall control Liberal Democrats gain
Penwith No overall control No overall control hold
Peterborough No overall control No overall control hold
Portsmouth No overall control Labour gain
Preston Labour Labour hold Details
Purbeck No overall control No overall control hold
Reading Labour Labour hold
Redditch Labour Labour hold
Reigate and Banstead No overall control No overall control hold
Rochford Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold Details
Rossendale Labour Labour hold
Rugby No overall control No overall control hold
Runnymede Conservative Conservative hold
Rushmoor Conservative No overall control gain
Shrewsbury and Atcham No overall control No overall control hold
Slough Labour Labour hold
South Bedfordshire Conservative No overall control gain
South Cambridgeshire No overall control No overall control hold
South Herefordshire Independent Independent hold
South Lakeland No overall control No overall control hold
Southampton No overall control Labour gain
Southend-on-Sea No overall control No overall control hold Details
St Albans Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Stevenage Labour Labour hold Details
Stoke-on-Trent Labour Labour hold
Stratford-on-Avon No overall control No overall control hold
Stroud No overall control No overall control hold
Swale No overall control No overall control hold
Tamworth Labour Labour hold
Tandridge Conservative No overall control gain
Thamesdown Labour Labour hold
Three Rivers No overall control No overall control hold
Thurrock Labour Labour hold
Tunbridge Wells No overall control No overall control hold
Watford Labour Labour hold Details
Waveney Labour Labour hold
Welwyn Hatfield Labour Labour hold
West Lancashire Labour Labour hold
West Lindsey No overall control No overall control hold
West Oxfordshire No overall control No overall control hold
Weymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control hold
Winchester No overall control Liberal Democrats gain
Woking No overall control No overall control hold
Wokingham Conservative No overall control gain
Worcester Labour Labour hold
Worthing Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats hold
Wyre Forest No overall control No overall control hold

Scotland[]

Main article: 1995 Scottish local elections

These were the first elections to the 29 council areas established by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

Council Previous control Result Details
Aberdeen New Council Labour
Aberdeenshire New Council No overall control
Angus New Council SNP Details
Argyll and Bute New Council Independent Details
Borders† New Council No overall control Details
Clackmannan† New Council Labour
Dumbarton and Clydebank† New Council Labour Details
Dumfries and Galloway New Council Labour
Dundee New Council Labour
East Ayrshire New Council Labour
East Dunbartonshire New Council Labour
East Lothian New Council Labour Details
East Renfrewshire New Council No overall control Details
Edinburgh New Council Labour Details
Falkirk New Council Labour
Fife New Council Labour Details
Glasgow New Council Labour Details
Highland New Council Independent Details
Inverclyde New Council Labour Details
Midlothian New Council Labour Details
Moray New Council SNP Details
North Ayrshire New Council Labour Details
North Lanarkshire New Council Labour
Perth and Kinross New Council SNP
Renfrewshire New Council No overall control
South Ayrshire New Council Labour Details
South Lanarkshire New Council Labour Details
Stirling New Council Labour
West Lothian New Council Labour

†Council was renamed shortly after election.

Wales[]

Main article: 1995 Welsh local elections

These were the first elections to the 22 principal areas established by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994.

Council Previous control Result Details
Aberconwy and Colwyn† New Council No overall control
Anglesey† New Council Independent
Blaenau Gwent New Council Labour
Bridgend New Council Labour Details
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire† New Council Plaid Cymru Details
Caerphilly New Council Labour
Cardiff New Council Labour Details
Cardiganshire† New Council Independent Details
Carmarthenshire New Council No overall control Details
Denbighshire New Council No overall control
Flintshire New Council Labour
Merthyr Tydfil New Council Labour Details
Monmouthshire New Council Labour
Neath and Port Talbot† New Council Labour Details
Newport New Council Labour
Pembrokeshire New Council Independent Details
Powys New Council Independent Details
Rhondda Cynon Taf New Council Labour Details
Swansea New Council Labour Details
Torfaen New Council Labour
Vale of Glamorgan New Council Labour Details
Wrexham New Council Labour

†Council was renamed shortly after election.

References[]

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1995 (PDF). Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  3. ^ White, Michael (1995-05-05). "Tories buried in a landslide More than 2,000 seats lost as Labour reaps record poll and Lib-Dems surge". The Guardian. p. 1.
  4. ^ Rob Clements (10 May 1995). "The local elections of 4 May 1995". House of Commons Library. Research Paper 95/59. Retrieved 3 September 2011. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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