1995 Scottish local elections

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1995 Scottish local elections

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1,155 seats to 29 mainland Scottish councils
First party Second party   Leader Tony Blair Alex Salmond Party Labour SNP Leader since 21 July 1994 22 September 1990 Seats won 613 181 Popular vote 742,557 444,918 Percentage 43.57% 26.11%   Third party Fourth party   Leader John Major Jim Wallace Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 28 November 1990 18 April 1992 Seats won 82 121 Popular vote 196,109 166,141 Percentage 11.51% 9.79%
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.