1995 Scottish local elections

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. 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

6 April 1995 (1995-04-06)
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 control
Colours denote the largest party in council
Colours denote the winning party in each ward

National results

Summary 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		1,155

Results by council area

Council	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		Labour

See also

• Elections in Scotland

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