1995, scottish, local, elections, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1995 Scottish local elections news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message 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 1995 Scottish local elections 1994 6 April 1995 1995 04 06 1999 1 155 seats to 29 mainland Scottish councils First party Second party 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 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 Colours denote the winning party with outright controlColours denote the largest party in councilColours denote the winning party in each ward Contents 1 National results 2 Results by council area 3 Notes and references 4 See also 5 External linksNational results editSummary of the 5 April 1995 Scottish council election results Parties Votes Votes Councillors 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 155Results by council area editCouncil 1995 result Details Aberdeen City Labour Aberdeenshire No overall control Angus SNP Argyll and Bute Independent Details Clackmannanshire Labour Dumfries and Galloway Labour Dundee City Labour Details East Ayrshire Labour East Dunbartonshire Labour East Lothian Labour East Renfrewshire No overall control City of Edinburgh Labour Details Falkirk Labour Fife Labour Details Glasgow City Labour Details Highland Independent Details Inverclyde Labour Details Midlothian Labour Moray SNP North Ayrshire Labour Details North Lanarkshire Labour Perth and Kinross SNP Renfrewshire Labour Scottish Borders No overall control South Ayrshire Labour South Lanarkshire Labour Details Stirling Labour West Dunbartonshire Labour Details West Lothian LabourNotes and references edit Bochel H M The Scottish Local Elections 1995 Results and Statistics PDF See also editElections in ScotlandExternal links editFull 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 nbsp nbsp This Elections in Scotland related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1995 Scottish local elections amp oldid 1168294347, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
