1995 Scottish local elections
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Colours denote the winning party with outright control | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colours denote the largest party in council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colours denote the winning party in each ward |
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
Parties | Votes | Votes % | Councillors | |
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Labour
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742,557 | 43.57 | 613 | |
SNP | 444,918 | 26.11 | 181 | |
Conservative
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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
Council | 1995 result | Details | |
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Aberdeen City | Labour
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Aberdeenshire | No overall control | ||
Angus | SNP | ||
Argyll and Bute | Independent
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Details | |
Clackmannanshire | Labour
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Dumfries and Galloway | Labour
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Dundee City | Labour
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Details | |
East Ayrshire | Labour
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East Dunbartonshire | Labour
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East Lothian | Labour
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East Renfrewshire | No overall control | ||
City of Edinburgh
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Labour
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Details | |
Falkirk | Labour
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Fife | Labour
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Details | |
Glasgow City | Labour
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Details | |
Highland | Independent
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Details | |
Inverclyde | Labour
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Details | |
Midlothian | Labour
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Moray | SNP | ||
North Ayrshire | Labour
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Details | |
North Lanarkshire | Labour
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Perth and Kinross | SNP | ||
Renfrewshire | Labour
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Scottish Borders | No overall control | ||
South Ayrshire | Labour
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South Lanarkshire | Labour
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Details | |
Stirling | Labour
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West Dunbartonshire | Labour
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Details | |
West Lothian | Labour
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Notes and references
- ^ Bochel, H. M. The Scottish Local Elections 1995 Results and Statistics (PDF).
See also
External links
- 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