Election Name: | 1995 Glasgow City Council election |
Country: | Scotland |
Flag Image: | Glasgow Coat of Arms.png |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1992 Glasgow City District Council election |
Previous Year: | 1992 |
Election Date: | 5 May 1995 |
Next Election: | 1999 Glasgow City Council election |
Next Year: | 1999 |
Seats For Election: | All 83 seats to Glasgow City Council |
Majority Seats: | 42 |
3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
Party1: | Scottish Labour Party |
Last Election1: | 54 |
Seats1: | 77 |
Seat Change1: | 23 |
Popular Vote1: | 111,587 |
Percentage1: | 61.5% |
Party2: | Scottish Conservative Party |
Last Election2: | 5 |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 12,047 |
Percentage2: | 6.6% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election3: | 1 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | 0 |
Popular Vote3: | 6,233 |
Percentage3: | 3.4% |
Party4: | Scottish National Party |
Last Election4: | 0 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 41,453 |
Percentage4: | 22.8% |
Party5: | Scottish Militant Labour |
Last Election5: | 0 |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 8,471 |
Percentage5: | 4.7% |
Council Leader | |
Before Party: | Scottish Labour Party |
After Party: | Scottish Labour Party |
Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 6 April 1995, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the first for the Glasgow City Council; a unitary authority which had been created by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 out of parts of the former City of Glasgow District Council (a subsidiary of the wider Strathclyde region for the previous 20 years); wards in Rutherglen and Cambuslang transferred from Glasgow to the new South Lanarkshire area.