1995 West Dunbartonshire Council election

1995 West Dunbartonshire Council election

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All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mary Campbell William Mackechnie Bill Kemp Party Labour SNP Independent Leader's seat Dalmuir/Central Dumbarton/Bowling Old Kilpatrick Seats won 14 7 1
Results by ward
Council Leader before election Position created Labour Council Leader Mary Campbell[1] Labour

The 1995 elections to West Dunbartonshire Council were 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.

Election results[]

West Dunbartonshire Local Election Result 1995^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14				63.6	50.41	18,311
	SNP	7				31.8	42.69	15,508
	Independent	1				4.5	2.38	863
	Conservative	0				0	1.19	434
	Independent Dumbarton Tenants & Residents	0				0	1.19	432
	Independent Labour	0				0	0.86	313
	Representing Your Views at All Times	0				0	0.77	278
	Liberal Democrats	0				0	0.28	103
	Civil Servant	0				0	0.23	83

Ward results[]

Ward 1: Whitecrook^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	James McElhill	1,023	55.8
	Labour	Mary Collins	811	44.2
Majority			212	11.6
Turnout			1,834	53.4
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 2: Dalmuir/Central^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Campbell	854	59.3
	SNP	John Keegan	586	40.7
Majority			268	19.4
Turnout			1,440	39.9
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward 3: Mountblow^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Daniel McCafferty	984	53.7
	SNP	Martin Docherty	848	46.3
Majority			136	7.4
Turnout			1,832	55.7
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward 4: Parkhall^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Syme	1,279	60.5
	SNP	William Hendrie	834	39.5
Majority			445	21.0
Turnout			2,113	59.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward 5: Linnvale/Drumry^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew White	1,065	68.8
	SNP	Ronald MacDonald	484	31.2
Majority			581	37.6
Turnout			1,549	46.3
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward 6: Kilbowie^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Devine	777	51.3
	SNP	James Yuill	739	48.7
Majority			38	2.6
Turnout			1,516	53.5
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward 7: Kilbowie West^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alistair Macdonald	1,224	75.2
	SNP	William Wilson	404	24.8
Majority			820	50.4
Turnout			1,628	48.6
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward 8: Faifley^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Doherty	662	50.1
	SNP	Alan Gordon	347	26.2
	Independent Labour	Catherine Durning	313	23.7
Majority			315	23.9
Turnout			1,322	42.2
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward 9: Faifley North/Hardgate^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patricia Rice	632	45.7
	SNP	John McCutcheon	413	29.8
	Conservative	Kenneth Veitch	339	24.5
Majority			219	25.9
Turnout			1,384	46.5
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward 10: Duntocher^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Cairney	835	55.8
	SNP	Scot Ramsay	567	37.9
	Conservative	William McCrossan	95	6.3
Majority			286	17.9
Turnout			1,497	50.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward 11: Old Kilpatrick^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Kemp	863	52.9
	Labour	James Boyle	540	33.1
	SNP	Alexander Scullion	228	14.0
Majority			323	19.8
Turnout			1,631	54.1
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 12: Dumbarton West^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patrick O'Neill	901	66.3
	SNP	Bob Doris	458	33.7
Majority			443	32.6
Turnout			1,359	40.7
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward 13: Dumbarton Central^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James McCallum	873	54.8
	SNP	Douglas Lockhart	721	45.2
Majority			152	9.6
Turnout			1,594	45.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward 14: Dumbarton North^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoffrey Calvert	951	55.9
	SNP	David Logan	751	44.1
Majority			200	11.8
Turnout			1,702	45.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward 15: Dumbarton South^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	John Jun Wailes	890	39.7
	Labour	Alexander Tuach	814	36.4
	Independent Dumbarton Tenants & Residents	Thomas McCallion	432	19.3	{{{change}}}
	Liberal Democrats	Vaughan Moody	103	4.6
Majority			76	3.3
Turnout			2,239	58.7
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 16: Dumbarton/Bowling^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	William Mackechnie	1,162	57.1
	Labour	John Trainer	596	29.3
	Representing Your Views at All Times	Clive Cobby	278	13.6	{{{change}}}
Majority			556	27.8
Turnout			2,036	53.8
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 17: Renton/Alexandria South^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Duncan Mills	775	58.4
	SNP	James Cormack	552	41.6
Majority			223	16.8
Turnout			1,327	50.5
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward 18: Alexandria North/Tullichewan^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Craig McLaughlin	997	58.8
	Labour	Maurice McIntyre	699	41.2
Majority			298	17.6
Turnout			1,696	48.5
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 19: Balloch^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Ronald McColl	949	58.5
	Labour	John Gilleece	674	41.5
Majority			275	17.0
Turnout			1,623	48.9
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 20: Haldane/Kilmaronock/Jamestown^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Margaret McGregor	951	61.4
	Labour	Ernest Horan	597	38.6
Majority			354	22.8
Turnout			1,548	46.7
	SNP win (new seat)

Ward 21: Bonhill East^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Flynn	1,132	57.5
	SNP	Gordon Smillie	835	42.5
Majority			297	15.0
Turnout			1,967	54.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Ward 22: Riverside^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	James Chirrey	769	51.7
	Labour	Jane Lindsay	636	42.7
	Civil Servant	Bryan F Maher	83	5.6
Majority			133	9.0
Turnout			1,488	46.4
	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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	John McCutcheon	760	61.79
	Labour	James Boyle	470	38.21
Majority			290	23.58
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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	David Logan	611	44.66
	Labour	Alexander Tuach	588	42.98
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Shepherd	90	6.58
	A Hard Worker in the Community	Martin Hollern	46	3.36
	Conservative	Brian Vosper	33	2.41
Majority			23	1.68
Turnout			1,368
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

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