United Kingdom local elections, 1995
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The 1995 United Kingdom local elections took place on 4 May 1995.[1] The Conservative Party lost over 2,000 councillors in the election, while the Labour Party won 48% of the vote, a record high for the party in local elections.[2]
The elections were the first to be contested under Labour's new leadership of Tony Blair, who had been elected the previous year following the sudden death of his predecessor John Smith.
This was also the first election of 22 Welsh and 14 English unitary authorities, creating shadow authorities which ran in parallel with existing councils until taking power in April 1996, except for the new Isle of Wight Council which took power immediately.[3]
England
Metropolitan boroughs
All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.
Unitary authorities
These were the first elections to the first 14 unitary authorities established by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). They acted as "shadow authorities" until 1 April 1996.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath and North East Somerset | New Council | No overall control | Details | ||
| Bristol | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| East Riding of Yorkshire | New Council | No overall control | Details | ||
| Hartlepool | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Isle of Wight | New Council | Liberal Democrat | Details | ||
| Kingston upon Hull | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Middlesbrough | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| North East Lincolnshire | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| North Lincolnshire | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| North Somerset | New Council | No overall control | Details | ||
| Redcar and Cleveland | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| South Gloucestershire | New Council | No overall control | Details | ||
| Stockton-on-Tees | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| York | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
District councils
These were the last elections to the district councils of Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Darlington, Derby, Leicester, Luton, Milton Keynes, Newbury, Nottingham, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Rutland, Southampton, The Wrekin, Torbay, Warrington and Windsor and Maidenhead before they were made unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992).
These were also the last elections to the district councils of Brighton, Gillingham, Hereford, Hove, Leominster, Rochester-upon-Medway and South Herefordshire before they were abolished and replaced by unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992).
Whole council
In 167 districts the whole council was up for election.
Third of council
In 107 districts one third of the council was up for election.
Scotland
Main article: Scottish local elections, 1995
These were the first elections to the 29 council areas established by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
†Council was renamed shortly after election.
Wales
These were the first elections to the 22 principal areas established by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberconwy and Colwyn† | New Council | No overall control | Details | ||
| Anglesey† | New Council | Independent | Details | ||
| Blaenau Gwent | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Bridgend | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire† | New Council | Plaid Cymru | Details | ||
| Caerphilly | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Cardiff | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Cardiganshire† | New Council | Independent | Details | ||
| Carmarthenshire | New Council | No overall control | Details | ||
| Denbighshire | New Council | No overall control | Details | ||
| Flintshire | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Merthyr Tydfil | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Monmouthshire | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Neath and Port Talbot† | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Newport | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Pembrokeshire | New Council | Independent | Details | ||
| Powys | New Council | Independent | Details | ||
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Swansea | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Torfaen | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Vale of Glamorgan | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
| Wrexham | New Council | Labour | Details | ||
†Council was renamed shortly after election.
References
- ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1995 (PDF). Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ↑ White, Michael (1995-05-05). "Tories buried in a landslide More than 2,000 seats lost as Labour reaps record poll and Lib-Dems surge". The Guardian. p. 1.
- ↑ Rob Clements (10 May 1995). "The local elections of 4 May 1995". House of Commons Library. Research Paper 95/59. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- The local elections of 4 May 1995. House of Commons Library Research Paper 95/59. (Includes appendix in Scottish local elections of 6 April 1995).
- Vote 1999 BBC News
- Vote 2000 BBC News
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