Local election In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct var ...

s were held in

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on 6 April 1995, as part of the

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. The elections were held for the 29 new mainland

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created under the act, which replaced the nine former

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established in 1975. The three island areas (

Orkney Orkney (), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago off the north coast of mainland Scotland. The plural name the Orkneys is also sometimes used, but locals now consider it outdated. Part of the Northern Isles along with Shetland, ...

Shetland Shetland (until 1975 spelled Zetland), also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway, marking the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the ...

and the

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) were retained from the previous system. These areas did not take part in the 1995 election, having held local elections on 5 May 1994.

National results

, - !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

Results by council area

Notes and references

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

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April 1995 in the United Kingdom {{Scotland-election-stub

National results

Results by council area

Notes and references

See also

External links