1995 United Kingdom local elections

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| <- 1994 | 6 April 1995 (Scotland)
4 May 1995 (England & Wales) | 1996 ->

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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

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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 +/-  |  1,807  |  2,018  |  487

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Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

The 1995 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 6 April 1995 in Scotland, and Thursday 4 May 1995 in England and Wales.[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

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### Metropolitan boroughs

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

Council  | Previous control  | Result  | Details

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Barnsley |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Birmingham |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Bolton |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Bradford |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Bury |  | No overall control |  | Labour gain  | Details
Calderdale |  | No overall control |  | Labour gain  | Details
Coventry |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Doncaster |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Dudley |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Gateshead |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Kirklees |  | No overall control |  | Labour gain  | Details
Knowsley |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
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  | Details
Rochdale |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Rotherham |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Salford |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Sandwell |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Sefton |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Sheffield |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Solihull |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
South Tyneside |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
St Helens |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Stockport |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Sunderland |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Tameside |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Trafford |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Wakefield |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Walsall |  | No overall control |  | Labour gain  | Details
Wigan |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Wirral |  | No overall control |  | Labour gain  | Details
Wolverhampton |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details

### Unitary authorities

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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

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

‡ New ward boundaries from predecessor authorities

### District councils

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#### Whole council

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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

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

#### Third of council

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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

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

## Scotland

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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

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Aberdeen |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Aberdeenshire |  | New Council |  | No overall control | Details
Angus |  | New Council |  | SNP | Details
Argyll and Bute |  | New Council |  | Independent | Details
Borders†  |  | New Council |  | No overall control | Details
Clackmannan†  |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Dumbarton and Clydebank†  |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Dumfries and Galloway |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Dundee |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
East Ayrshire |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
East Dunbartonshire |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
East Lothian |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
East Renfrewshire |  | New Council |  | No overall control | Details
Edinburgh |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Falkirk |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
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 | Details
Perth and Kinross |  | New Council |  | SNP | Details
Renfrewshire |  | New Council |  | No overall control | Details
South Ayrshire |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
South Lanarkshire |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Stirling |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
West Lothian |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details

†Council was renamed shortly after election.

## Wales

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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

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Aberconwy and Colwyn†  |  | New Council |  | No overall control | Details
Anglesey†  |  | New Council |  | Independent | Details
Blaenau Gwent |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Bridgend |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire†  |  | New Council |  | Plaid Cymru | Details
Caerphilly |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Cardiff |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Cardiganshire†  |  | New Council |  | Independent | Details
Carmarthenshire |  | New Council |  | No overall control | Details
Denbighshire |  | New Council |  | No overall control | Details
Flintshire |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Merthyr Tydfil |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Monmouthshire |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Neath and Port Talbot†  |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Newport |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
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 | Details
Vale of Glamorgan |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details
Wrexham |  | New Council |  | Labour | Details

†Council was renamed shortly after election.

## References

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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 (5 May 1995). "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.

* The local elections of 4 May 1995. House of Commons Library Research Paper 95/59. (Includes appendix in Scottish local elections of 6 April 1995).
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Metropolitan boroughs|

* Barnsley
* Birmingham
* Bradford
* Bolton
* Bury
* Calderdale
* Coventry
* Doncaster
* Dudley
* Gateshead
* Kirklees
* Knowsley
* Leeds
* Liverpool
* Manchester
* Newcastle
* North Tyneside
* Oldham
* Rochdale
* Rotherham
* Salford
* Sandwell
* Sefton
* Sheffield
* Solihull
* South Tyneside
* St Helens
* Stockport
* Sunderland
* Tameside
* Trafford
* Wakefield
* Walsall
* Wigan
* Wirral
* Wolverhampton

Unitary authorities|

* Bath and North East Somerset
* Bristol
* East Riding of Yorkshire
* Hartlepool
* Isle of Wight
* Kingston upon Hull
* Middlesbrough
* North East Lincolnshire
* North Lincolnshire
* North Somerset
* Redcar and Cleveland
* South Gloucestershire
* Stockton-on-Tees
* York

District councils|

* Adur
* Allerdale
* Alnwick
* Amber Valley
* Arun
* Ashfield
* Ashford
* Aylesbury Vale
* Babergh
* Barrow-in-Furness
* Basildon
* Basingstoke and Deane
* Bassetlaw
* Bedford
* Berwick-upon-Tweed
* Blaby
* Blackburn
* Blackpool
* Blyth Valley
* Bolsover
* Boston
* Bournemouth
* Bracknell Forest
* Braintree
* Breckland
* Brentwood
* Bridgnorth
* Brighton
* Broadland
* Bromsgrove
* Broxbourne
* Broxtowe
* Burnley
* Cambridge
* Cannock Chase
* Canterbury
* Caradon
* Carlisle
* Carrick
* Castle Morpeth
* Castle Point
* Charnwood
* Chelmsford
* Cheltenham
* Cherwell
* Chesterfield
* Chester-le-Street
* Chester
* Chichester
* Chiltern
* Chorley
* Christchurch
* Colchester
* Congleton
* Copeland
* Corby
* Cotswold
* Craven
* Crawley
* Crewe and Nantwich
* Dacorum
* Darlington
* Dartford
* Daventry
* Derbyshire Dales
* Derby
* Derwentside
* Dover
* Durham
* Easington
* East Cambridgeshire
* East Devon
* East Dorset
* East Hampshire
* East Hertfordshire
* East Lindsey
* East Northamptonshire
* East Staffordshire
* Eastbourne
* Eastleigh
* Eden
* Ellesmere Port and Neston
* Elmbridge
* Epping Forest
* Epsom and Ewell
* Erewash
* Exeter
* Fareham
* Fenland
* Forest Heath
* Forest of Dean
* Fylde
* Gedling
* Gillingham
* Gloucester
* Gosport
* Gravesham
* Great Yarmouth
* Guildford
* Halton
* Hambleton
* Harborough
* Harlow
* Harrogate
* Hart
* Hastings
* Havant
* Hereford
* Hertsmere
* High Peak
* Hinckley and Bosworth
* Horsham
* Hove
* Huntingdonshire
* Hyndburn
* Ipswich
* Kennet
* Kerrier
* Kettering
* King's Lynn and West Norfolk
* Lancaster
* Leicester
* Leominster
* Lewes
* Lichfield
* Lincoln
* Luton
* Macclesfield
* Maidstone
* Maldon
* Malvern Hills
* Mansfield
* Melton
* Mendip
* Mid Bedfordshire
* Mid Devon
* Mid Suffolk
* Mid Sussex
* Milton Keynes
* Mole Valley
* New Forest
* Newbury
* Newark and Sherwood
* Newcastle-under-Lyme
* North Cornwall
* North Devon
* North Dorset
* North East Derbyshire
* North Hertfordshire
* North Kesteven
* North Norfolk
* North Shropshire
* North Warwickshire
* North West Leicestershire
* North Wiltshire
* Northampton
* Norwich
* Nottingham
* Nuneaton and Bedworth
* Oadby and Wigston
* Oswestry
* Oxford
* Pendle
* Penwith
* Peterborough
* Plymouth
* Poole
* Portsmouth
* Preston
* Purbeck
* Reading
* Redditch
* Reigate and Banstead
* Restormel
* Ribble Valley
* Richmondshire
* Rochester-upon-Medway
* Rochford
* Rossendale
* Rother
* Rugby
* Runnymede
* Rushcliffe
* Rushmoor
* Rutland
* Ryedale
* Salisbury
* Scarborough
* Sedgefield
* Sedgemoor
* Selby
* Sevenoaks
* Shepway
* Shrewsbury and Atcham
* Slough
* Spelthorne
* South Bedfordshire
* South Bucks
* South Cambridgeshire
* South Derbyshire
* South Hams
* South Herefordshire
* South Holland
* South Lakeland
* South Kesteven
* South Norfolk
* South Northamptonshire
* South Oxfordshire
* South Ribble
* South Shropshire
* South Somerset
* South Staffordshire
* Southampton
* Southend-on-Sea
* St Albans
* St Edmundsbury
* Stafford
* Staffordshire Moorlands
* Stevenage
* Stoke-on-Trent
* Stratford-on-Avon
* Stroud
* Suffolk Coastal
* Surrey Heath
* Swale
* Tamworth
* Tandridge
* Taunton Deane
* Teesdale
* Teignbridge
* Tendring
* Test Valley
* Tewkesbury
* Thamesdown
* Thanet
* The Wrekin
* Three Rivers
* Thurrock
* Tonbridge and Malling
* Torbay
* Torridge
* Tunbridge Wells
* Tynedale
* Uttlesford
* Vale of White Horse
* Vale Royal
* Wansbeck
* Warrington
* Warwick
* Watford
* Waveney
* Waverley
* Wealden
* Wear Valley
* Wellingborough
* Welwyn Hatfield
* West Devon
* West Dorset
* West Lancashire
* West Lindsey
* West Oxfordshire
* West Somerset
* West Wiltshire
* Weymouth and Portland
* Windsor and Maidenhead
* Winchester
* Woking
* Wokingham
* Worcester
* Worthing
* Wychavon
* Wycombe
* Wyre
* Wyre Forest

Welsh councils|

* Blaenau Gwent
* Bridgend
* Caerphilly
* Cardiff
* Carmarthenshire
* Ceredigion
* Conwy
* Denbighshire
* Flintshire
* Gwynedd
* Isle of Anglesey
* Merthyr Tydfil
* Monmouthshire
* Neath Port Talbot
* Newport
* Pembrokeshire
* Powys
* Rhondda Cynon Taf
* Swansea
* Torfaen
* Vale of Glamorgan
* Wrexham

Scottish councils|

* Aberdeen
* Aberdeenshire
* Angus
* Argyll and Bute
* Clackmannanshire
* Dumfries and Galloway
* Dundee
* East Ayrshire
* East Dunbartonshire
* East Lothian
* East Renfrewshire
* Edinburgh
* Falkirk
* Fife
* Glasgow
* Highland
* Inverclyde
* Midlothian
* Moray
* North Ayrshire
* North Lanarkshire
* Perth and Kinross
* Renfrewshire
* Scottish Borders
* South Ayrshire
* South Lanarkshire
* Stirling
* West Dunbartonshire
* West Lothian

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Elections and referendums in the United Kingdom

General elections|

* 1802
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* 1835
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* 1979
* 1983
* 1987
* 1992
* 1997
* 2001
* 2005
* 2010
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2024
* Next

Local elections|

* 1889
* 1890
* 1892
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896
* 1897
* 1898
* 1899
* 1900
* 1901
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* 1903
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* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

European elections|

* 1979
* 1984
* 1989
* 1994
* 1999
* 2004
* 2009
* 2014
* 2019

Referendums|

* 1975
* 2011
* 2016

See also
Elections in England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Great Britain
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