1995 United Kingdom local elections

none April 2022 1995 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1994 United Kingdom local elections 1994 1996 United Kingdom local elections 1996 All 36 metropolitan boroughs, all 14 unitary authorities,all 274 English districts, 29 out of 32 Scottish council areasand all 22 Welsh principal areas 6 April 1995 (Scotland)4 May 1995 (England & Wales) Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Tony Blair in 1995.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Tony Blair 21 July 1994 Labour Party (UK) 47% 39 5,647 1,807 Prime Minister John Major (cropped).jpg 140 120 160 0 6 John Major 27 November 1990 Conservative Party (UK) 25% 58 2,069 2,018 ASHDOWN Paddy.jpg 127 120 160 0 0 Paddy Ashdown 16 July 1988 Liberal Democrats (UK) 23% 17 2,712 487 United Kingdom local elections, 1995.svg 300px Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. The 1995 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 6 April 1995 in Scotland, and Thursday 4 May 1995 in England and Wales.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1995 Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Local-Elections-Handbook-1995-complete.pdf 3 May 2016Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 3 May 2016 The Conservative Party lost over 2,000 councillors in the election, while the Labour Party won 48% of the vote, a record high for the party in local elections. Michael White Tories buried in a landslide More than 2,000 seats lost as Labour reaps record poll and Lib-Dems surge The Guardian 1 1995-05-05 The Labour Party took control of 39 more councils, the Liberal Democrats took control of 17 more, whereas the Conservatives lost control of 58 councils.https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP95-59/RP95-59.pdf The local elections of 4 May 1995 - Research Paper 95/59 Clements Rob 10 May 1995 House of Commons Library 3 March 2026 The elections were the first to be contested under Labour's new leadership of Tony Blair, who had been elected the previous year following the sudden death of his predecessor John Smith. This was also the first election of 22 Welsh and 14 English unitary authorities, creating shadow authorities which ran in parallel with existing councils until taking power in April 1996, except for the new Isle of Wight Council which took power immediately.http://www.parliament.uk/Templates/BriefingPapers/Pages/BPPdfDownload.aspx?bp-id=RP95-59 The local elections of 4 May 1995 Rob Clements House of Commons Library Research Paper 95/59 10 May 1995 3 September 2011 England Metropolitan boroughs All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBirmingham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBolton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBradford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBury No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCalderdale No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCoventry Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDoncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDudley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsKnowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLiverpool No overall control No overall control holdDetailsManchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOldham No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsRochdale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSalford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSefton No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSheffield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSolihull No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStockport No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTameside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTrafford Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWalsall No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWolverhampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Unitary authorities These were the first elections to the first 14 unitary authorities established by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). The Isle of Wight Council assumed its new status immediately; the others acted as "shadow authorities" until 1 April 1996. Council Previous control Result DetailsBath and North East Somerset ‡ NoneNew Council No overall controlDetailsBristol NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsEast Riding of Yorkshire ‡ NoneNew Council No overall controlDetailsHartlepool NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsIsle of Wight ‡ NoneNew Council Liberal Democrats (UK)DetailsKingston upon Hull NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsMiddlesbrough NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsNorth East Lincolnshire ‡ NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsNorth Lincolnshire ‡ NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsNorth Somerset NoneNew Council No overall controlDetailsRedcar and Cleveland NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsSouth Gloucestershire ‡ NoneNew Council No overall controlDetailsStockton-on-Tees NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)DetailsYork ‡ NoneNew Council Labour Party (UK)Details ‡ New ward boundaries from predecessor authorities District councils Whole council In 167 districts the whole council was up for election. These were the last elections to the district councils of Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Darlington, Leicester, Luton, Newbury, Nottingham, Plymouth, Poole, Rutland, The Wrekin, Torbay, Warrington and Windsor and Maidenhead before they were made unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). These were also the last elections to the district councils of Hove and Rochester-upon-Medway before they were abolished and replaced by unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). Council Previous control Result DetailsAllerdale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsAlnwick Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsArun Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsAshfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsAshford Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsAylesbury Vale No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsBabergh No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBerwick-upon-Tweed No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBlaby Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBlackpool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBlyth Valley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBolsover Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBoston No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBournemouth No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBracknell Forest Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBraintree No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBreckland Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBridgnorth Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsBromsgrove Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBroxtowe Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCanterbury No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCaradon Independent (politician) No overall control gainDetailsCarrick Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCastle Morpeth No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCastle Point Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCharnwood Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsChelmsford No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsChesterfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsChester-le-Street Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsChichester Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsChiltern Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsChristchurch Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCopeland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCorby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCotswold Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsDacorum Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsDarlington Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDartford Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsDerbyshire Dales Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsDerwentside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDover No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsDurham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEasington Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Cambridgeshire Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsEast Devon Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsEast Dorset No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsEast Hampshire No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsEast Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsEast Lindsey Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsEast Northamptonshire Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsEast Staffordshire No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsEden Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsEpsom and Ewell Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsErewash Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsFenland Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsForest Heath Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsForest of Dean Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsFylde No overall control No overall control holdDetailsGedling Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsGravesham No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsGuildford No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsHambleton Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHarborough Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHigh Peak No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsHinckley and Bosworth Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHorsham Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsHove Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsKennet No overall control No overall control holdDetailsKerrier No overall control No overall control holdDetailsKettering No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsKing's Lynn and West Norfolk Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsLancaster No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsLeicester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLewes Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsLichfield Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsLuton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMaldon No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMalvern Hills Independent (politician) No overall control gainDetailsMansfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMelton Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsMendip No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMid Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsMid Devon Independent (politician) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsMid Suffolk No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMid Sussex Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsNew Forest No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsNewark and Sherwood Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewbury Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsNorth Cornwall Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsNorth Devon Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsNorth Dorset Independent (politician) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsNorth East Derbyshire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Kesteven No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNorth Norfolk No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNorth Shropshire Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsNorth Warwickshire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth West Leicestershire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Wiltshire Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsNorthampton No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsNottingham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOadby and Wigston Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsOswestry Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsPlymouth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPoole Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsRestormel Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsRibble Valley Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsRichmondshire Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsRochester-upon-Medway No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsRother No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRushcliffe Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsRutland No overall control Independent (politician) gainDetailsRyedale No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsSalisbury No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsScarborough No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSedgefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSedgemoor Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSelby No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsSevenoaks Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsShepway Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSouth Bucks Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSouth Derbyshire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Hams Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSouth Holland Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsSouth Kesteven No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Norfolk No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsSouth Northamptonshire Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSouth Oxfordshire Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSouth Ribble Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsSouth Shropshire Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsSouth Somerset Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsSouth Staffordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSpelthorne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Edmundsbury Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsStafford No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsStaffordshire Moorlands Independent (politician) No overall control gainDetailsSuffolk Coastal Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSurrey Heath Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTaunton Deane Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsTeesdale Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsTeignbridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsTendring No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsTest Valley Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsTewkesbury Independent (politician) No overall control gainDetailsThanet Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsThe Wrekin Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTonbridge and Malling Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsTorbay Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsTorridge Independent (politician) No overall control gainDetailsTynedale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsUttlesford Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsVale of White Horse Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsVale Royal Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWansbeck Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWarrington Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWarwick Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWaverley No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsWealden Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWear Valley No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWellingborough Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWest Devon Independent (politician) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsWest Dorset No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Somerset Independent (politician) No overall control gainDetailsWest Wiltshire Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsWindsor and Maidenhead No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsWychavon Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWycombe Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWyre Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetails Third of council In 107 districts one third of the council was up for election. These were the last elections to the district councils of Derby, Milton Keynes, Portsmouth, Southampton, Stoke-on-Trent and Thamesdown before they were made unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). These were also the last elections to the district council of Brighton before it was abolished and replaced by a unitary authority by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsAmber Valley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBasildon No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBasingstoke and Deane Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBedford No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBlackburn Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBrentwood Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsBrighton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBroadland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBurnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCannock Chase Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCarlisle Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCheltenham Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsCherwell Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsChester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsChorley No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsColchester Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsCongleton Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsCraven No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCrawley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDaventry Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsDerby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEastbourne Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsEastleigh Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEpping Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetailsExeter No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsFareham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsGillingham No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsGloucester No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsGosport Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHalton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrogate Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsHart No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHastings No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHavant No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHereford Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsHertsmere No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHuntingdonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHyndburn Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsIpswich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeominster Independent (politician) No overall control gainDetailsLincoln Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMacclesfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMaidstone No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMilton Keynes No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMole Valley Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNorwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOxford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPendle No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsPenwith No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPeterborough No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPortsmouth No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsPreston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPurbeck No overall control No overall control holdDetailsReading Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRedditch Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsReigate and Banstead No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRochford Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsRossendale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRugby No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRunnymede Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRushmoor Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSlough Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Herefordshire Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsSouth Lakeland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouthampton No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsSouthend-on-Sea No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSt Albans Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsStevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStoke-on-Trent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon No overall control No overall control holdDetailsStroud No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSwale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsTamworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTandridge Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsThamesdown Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsThree Rivers No overall control No overall control holdDetailsThurrock Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTunbridge Wells No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWatford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWaveney Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lancashire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lindsey No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Oxfordshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWeymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWinchester No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsWoking No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWokingham Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWorcester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWorthing Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsWyre Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetails Scotland 1995 Scottish local elections These were the first elections to the 29 council areas established by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Council Previous control Result DetailsAberdeen NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsAberdeenshire NoneNew Council No overall controlDetailsAngus NoneNew Council Scottish National PartyDetailsArgyll and Bute NoneNew Council Independent (politician)DetailsBorders† NoneNew Council No overall controlDetailsClackmannan† NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsDumbarton and Clydebank† NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsDumfries and Galloway NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsDundee NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsEast Ayrshire NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsEast Dunbartonshire NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsEast Lothian NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsEast Renfrewshire NoneNew Council No overall controlDetailsEdinburgh NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsFalkirk NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsFife NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsGlasgow NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsHighland NoneNew Council Independent (politician)DetailsInverclyde NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsMidlothian NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsMoray NoneNew Council Scottish National PartyDetailsNorth Ayrshire NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsNorth Lanarkshire NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsPerth and Kinross NoneNew Council Scottish National PartyDetailsRenfrewshire NoneNew Council No overall controlDetailsSouth Ayrshire NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsSouth Lanarkshire NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsStirling NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetailsWest Lothian NoneNew Council Scottish Labour PartyDetails †Council was renamed shortly after election. Wales 1995 Welsh local elections These were the first elections to the 22 principal areas established by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994. Council Previous control Result DetailsAberconwy and Colwyn† NoneNew Council No overall controlDetailsAnglesey† NoneNew Council Independent (politician)DetailsBlaenau Gwent NoneNew Council Welsh Labour PartyDetailsBridgend NoneNew Council Welsh Labour PartyDetailsCaernarfonshire and Merionethshire† NoneNew Council Plaid CymruDetailsCaerphilly NoneNew Council Welsh Labour PartyDetailsCardiff NoneNew Council Welsh Labour PartyDetailsCardiganshire† NoneNew Council Independent (politician)DetailsCarmarthenshire NoneNew Council No overall controlDetailsDenbighshire NoneNew Council No overall controlDetailsFlintshire NoneNew Council Welsh Labour PartyDetailsMerthyr Tydfil NoneNew Council Welsh Labour PartyDetailsMonmouthshire NoneNew Council Welsh Labour PartyDetailsNeath and Port Talbot† NoneNew Council Welsh Labour PartyDetailsNewport NoneNew Council Welsh Labour PartyDetailsPembrokeshire NoneNew Council Independent (politician)DetailsPowys NoneNew Council Independent (politician)DetailsRhondda Cynon Taf NoneNew Council Welsh Labour PartyDetailsSwansea NoneNew Council Welsh Labour PartyDetailsTorfaen NoneNew Council Welsh Labour PartyDetailsVale of Glamorgan NoneNew Council Welsh Labour PartyDetailsWrexham NoneNew Council Welsh Labour PartyDetails †Council was renamed shortly after election. References The local elections of 4 May 1995. House of Commons Library Research Paper 95/59. (Includes appendix in Scottish local elections of 6 April 1995). Vote 1999 BBC News Vote 2000 BBC News Local elections Category:Tony Blair