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1995 North Ayrshire Council election

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1995 North Ayrshire Council election

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29 of the 30 seats to North Ayrshire Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour SNP Conservative
Seats won 27 1 1

Results by ward.

Council Leader before election


Labour

Council Leader after election


Labour

Within the politics of Scotland, the 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.

Election results

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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 0.0 2.6 1,207
  Independent 0 0.0 1.3 584
  Other parties 0 0.0 1.7 798

Party performance

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Labour performed very well winning 27 of the 30 seats and continued control of its majority.

Changes since last election

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Ward results

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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

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