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1995 Highland Council election

1995 Scottish local government election


1995 Scottish local government election

FieldValue
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1994 Highland Regional Council election
previous_year1994
election_date
next_election1999 Highland Council election
next_year1999
seats_for_electionAll 72 seats to Highland Council
majority_seats37
<!-- Independent -->image1[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
party1Independent (politician)
last_election134 seats, 55.2%
seats149
seat_change115
popular_vote140,358
percentage161.2%
swing16.0%
image2[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
party2Scottish National Party
last_election24 seats, 16.2%
seats29
seat_change25
popular_vote211,441
percentage217.4%
swing21.2%
image3[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
party3Scottish Labour Party
last_election38 seats, 14.5%
seats37
seat_change31
popular_vote38,043
percentage312.2%
swing32.3%
image4[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
party4Scottish Liberal Democrats
last_election45 seats, 9.5%
seats46
seat_change41
popular_vote45,041
percentage47.7%
swing41.8%
image5[[File:No image wide.svg115x50pxBlank]]
party5Scottish Conservative Party
last_election52 seats, 1.6%
seats51
seat_change51
popular_vote5596
percentage50.9%
swing50.7%
map_imageHighland Council election, 1995.svg
map_captionMap showing results by ward
<!-- bottom -->titleCouncil Control
posttitleCouncil Convener after election
after_electionPeter Peacock
after_partyIndependent (politician)

The 1995 Highland Council election was held on 6 April 1995; the same day as elections to the 28 other new councils in Scotland. 72 councillors were elected from 72 wards using the first-past-the-post voting system. Independent councillors retained their status as the majority group, with councillors also being elected representing the Conservative Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, and Scottish National Party. The newly elected council existed in 'shadow' form until it assumed its full powers on 1 April 1996.

Result

|seats % = 68.1 |votes % = 61.2 |plus/minus = 6.0 |seats % = 12.5 |votes % = 17.4 |plus/minus = 1.2 |seats % = 9.7 |votes % = 12.2 |plus/minus = 2.3 |seats % = 8.3 |votes % = 7.7 |plus/minus = 1.8 |seats % = 1.4 |votes % = 0.9 |plus/minus = 0.7 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.5 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus =New Note: Seat/vote changes relate to the previous Highland Regional Council election on 5 May 1994. That council had only 54 seats instead of 72.

Source:

Ward results

Caithness

Sutherland

Skye and Lochalsh

Ross and Cromarty

Inverness

Nairn

Badenoch and Strathspey

Lochaber

References

References

  1. "Scottish Council Elections 1995".
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