1995 North Ayrshire Council election

1995 elections to North Ayrshire Council were held on 6 April 1995 and were the first for the newly formed Unitary authority for North Ayrshire Council, which was created under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994.

1995 North Ayrshire Council election

April 6, 1995
29 of the 30 seats to North Ayrshire Council 16 seats needed for a majority
Party Labour SNP Conservative Seats won 27 1 1
Results by ward.
Council Leader before election Labour Council Leader after election Labour

Election results

North Ayrshire Local Election Result 1995[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	27				90	57.3	26,379
	SNP	1				3.3	25.1	11,565
	Conservative	1				3.3	12.0	5,508
	Liberal Democrats	0				0	2.6	1,207
	Independent	0				0	1.3	584
	Other parties	0				0	1.7	798

Party performance

Labour performed very well and continued control of its majority.

Ward results

All wards returned Labour councillors except for Wards 27 (Largs South) and Ward 28 (Largs Central & Cumbrae), which returned a Conservative and SNP councillor respectively.[1]

Ward 14 (Stevenston North) didn't hold an election due to the death of a candidate. The by-election was held at a later date, with a Labour Councillor being returned. The results from that ward are excluded from the breakdown above.[1]

References

1. 1995 Scottish Local Elections Results: North Ayrshire Council

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