Fife Council election, 1995
Fife Council election, 1995
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April 6, 1995 (1995-04-06) |
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All 90 seats to Fife Council 45 seats needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Party |
Labour |
Liberal Democrats |
SNP |
Seats before |
52 |
24 |
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Seats won |
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9 |
Seats after |
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9 |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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Party |
Independent |
Conservative |
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Seats before |
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0 |
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Seats won |
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0 |
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Seats after |
2 |
0 |
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Council Leader before election
John MacDougall
Labour |
Council Leader after election
John MacDougall
Labour |
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1995 Elections to Fife Council were held on the 6 April 1995 and were the first for the newly formed Unitary authority for Fife Council, which was created under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994
Election results
Fife Local Election Result 1995 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
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Labour |
52 |
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46.5% |
53,759 |
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Liberal Democrats |
24 |
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20.1% |
23,208 |
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SNP |
9 |
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21.2% |
24,550 |
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Conservative |
0 |
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5.8% |
6,744 |
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Independent |
2 |
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3.1% |
3,590 |
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Others |
3 |
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3.2% |
3,695 |
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Turnout was 42.2%
Party performance
Labour performed very well continuing it control its majority.
References
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Preceded by Fife Council election 1994 |
Fife Council elections |
Succeeded by Fife Council election 1999 |
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