Election Name: | 1995 Scottish local elections |
Country: | Scotland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1994 Scottish regional elections |
Previous Year: | 1994 |
Next Election: | 1999 Scottish local elections |
Next Year: | 1999 |
Seats For Election: | 1,155 seats to 29 mainland Scottish councils |
Leader1: | Tony Blair |
Leader Since1: | 21 July 1994 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 742,557 |
Percentage1: | 43.57% |
Seats1: | 613 |
Leader2: | Alex Salmond |
Leader Since2: | 22 September 1990 |
Party2: | Scottish National Party |
Popular Vote2: | 444,918 |
Percentage2: | 26.11% |
Seats2: | 181 |
Leader4: | John Major |
Leader Since4: | 28 November 1990 |
Party4: | Scottish Conservatives |
Seats4: | 82 |
Popular Vote4: | 196,109 |
Percentage4: | 11.51% |
Leader5: | Jim Wallace |
Leader Since5: | 18 April 1992 |
Party5: | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Seats5: | 121 |
Popular Vote5: | 166,141 |
Percentage5: | 9.79% |
Map Size: | 350px |
Map3 Image: | Scottish local elections, 1995 (Ward results).svg |
Map3 Caption: | Colours denote the winning party in each ward |
Map2 Image: | File:Scottish election 1995 largest party on council.svg |
Map2 Caption: | Colours denote the largest party in council |
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.
|-!colspan=2|Parties!Votes!Votes %!Councillors|-| |742,557||43.57||613 |-| |444,918||26.11||181|-| |196,109||11.51||82|-| |166,141||9.79||121|-| |130,642||7.67||151|-| style="width: 10px" style="background-color:" || style="text-align: left;" scope="row" | Other|23,781||1.36||7|-!colspan=2|Total!!1,702,148!! !!1,155|}