1995 Scottish local elections

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1995 Scottish local elections

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| ← 1994 | 6 April 1995 (1995-04-06) | 1999 →

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1,155 seats to 29 mainland Scottish councils
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Leader  | Tony Blair | Alex Salmond
Party  | Labour | SNP
Leader since  | 21 July 1994  | 22 September 1990
Seats won  | 613 | 181
Popular vote  | 742,557 | 444,918
Percentage  | 43.57% | 26.11%

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| Third party  | Fourth party

Leader  | John Major | Jim Wallace
Party  | Conservative | Liberal Democrats
Leader since  | 28 November 1990  | 18 April 1992
Seats won  | 82  | 121
Popular vote  | 196,109  | 166,141
Percentage  | 11.51%  | 9.79%

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Colours denote the winning party with outright control

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Colours denote the largest party in council

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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.[1] 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

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Summary of the 5 April 1995 Scottish council election 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

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Council  | 1995 result | Details

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Aberdeen City |  | Labour | Details
Aberdeenshire |  | No overall control | Details
Angus |  | SNP | Details
Argyll and Bute |  | Independent | Details
Clackmannanshire |  | Labour |
Dumfries and Galloway |  | Labour |
Dundee City |  | Labour | Details
East Ayrshire |  | Labour | Details
East Dunbartonshire |  | Labour |
East Lothian |  | Labour | Details
East Renfrewshire |  | No overall control | Details
City of Edinburgh |  | Labour | Details
Falkirk |  | Labour |
Fife |  | Labour | Details
Glasgow City |  | Labour | Details
Highland |  | Independent | Details
Inverclyde |  | Labour | Details
Midlothian |  | Labour | Details
Moray |  | SNP | Details
North Ayrshire |  | Labour | Details
North Lanarkshire |  | Labour |
Perth and Kinross |  | SNP |
Renfrewshire |  | Labour |
Scottish Borders |  | No overall control | Details
South Ayrshire |  | Labour | Details
South Lanarkshire |  | Labour | Details
Stirling |  | Labour |
West Dunbartonshire |  | Labour | Details
West Lothian |  | Labour | Details

## Notes and references

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1. ^ Bochel, H. M. The Scottish Local Elections 1995 Results and Statistics (PDF).

## See also

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* Elections in Scotland

## External links

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* 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

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