Election Name: | 1995 West Lothian Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1992 West Lothian District Council election |
Next Election: | 1999 West Lothian Council election |
Next Year: | 1999 |
Seats For Election: | All 27 seats to West Lothian Council |
Majority Seats: | 14 |
Party1: | Scottish Labour Party |
Seat Change1: | 5 |
Swing1: | 8.4% |
Popular Vote1: | 24,445 |
Percentage1: | 46.9% |
Party2: | Scottish National Party |
Popular Vote2: | 23,230 |
Percentage2: | 44.6% |
Swing2: | 1.6% |
Seats1: | 15 |
Seats2: | 11 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Party3: | Scottish Conservatives |
Swing3: | 8.0% |
Percentage3: | 4.2% |
Popular Vote3: | 2,168 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Elections to the West Lothian Council were held on 6 April 1995, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the first election to the new unitary West Lothian Council. The number of seats grew from 24 in 1992 to 27. There were 27 single member wards which elected members using the first-past-the-post voting system.
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