1995 Scottish local elections

1995 Scottish local elections
1,155 seats to 29 mainland Scottish councils
	Colours denote the winning party with outright control
	Colours denote the largest party in council
	Colours denote the winning party in each ward

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.

Quick facts 1,155 seats to 29 mainland Scottish councils, First party ...

Parties		Votes	Votes %	Councillors
	Labour	742,557	43.57	613
	SNP	444,918	26.11	181
	Conservative	196,109	11.51	82
	Liberal Democrats	166,141	9.79	121
	Independent	130,642	7.67	151
	Other	23,781	1.36	7
Total		1,702,148		1,155

National results