Fife Council election, 1995

Fife Council election, 1995
Scotland
April 6, 1995 (1995-04-06)

All 90 seats to Fife Council
45 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats SNP
Seats before 52 24
Seats won . 9
Seats after 9

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Conservative
Seats before 0
Seats won 0
Seats after 2 0

Council Leader before election

John MacDougall
Labour

Council Leader after election

John MacDougall
Labour

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 +/−
  Labour 52 46.5% 53,759
  Liberal Democrats 24 20.1% 23,208
  SNP 9 21.2% 24,550
  Conservative 0 5.8% 6,744
  Independent 2 3.1% 3,590
  Others 3 3.2% 3,695

Turnout was 42.2%

Party performance

Labour performed very well continuing it control its majority.

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