1995 West Lothian Council election

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1995 West Lothian Council election

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All 27 seats to West Lothian Council 14 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour SNP Conservative Last election 10 seats, 38.5% 11 seats, 43.0% 2 seats, 12.2% Seats won 15 11 1 Seat change 5 1 Popular vote 24,445 23,230 2,168 Percentage 46.9% 44.6% 4.2% Swing 8.4% 1.6% 8.0%

Elections to the West Lothian Council were held on 6 April 1995, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the first election to the new unitary West Lothian Council. The number of seats grew from 24 in 1992 to 27. There were 27 single member wards which elected members using the first-past-the-post voting system.

1995 West Lothian District Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	15	-	-	5	55.6	46.9	24,445	8.4
	SNP	11	-	-		40.7	44.6	23,230	1.6
	Conservative	1	-	-	1	3.7	4.2	2,168	8.0
	Independent	0	-	-	1	0.0	2.4	1,236	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	0	-	-		0.0	2.0	1,022	0.4

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