1995 West Lothian Council election
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All 27 seats to West Lothian Council 14 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the West Lothian Council were held on 6 April 1995, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the first election to the new unitary West Lothian Council. The number of seats grew from 24 in 1992 to 27. There were 27 single member wards which elected members using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Results
[edit]| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Labour | 15 | - | - |  5
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55.6 | 46.9 | 24,445 | 8.4
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| SNP | 11 | - | - | 
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40.7 | 44.6 | 23,230 | 1.6
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| Conservative | 1 | - | - |  1
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3.7 | 4.2 | 2,168 | 8.0
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| Independent | 0 | - | - | 1
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0.0 | 2.4 | 1,236 | 1.7
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| Liberal Democrats | 0 | - | - |
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0.0 | 2.0 | 1,022 | 0.4
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Source:[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Scottish Council Elections 1995" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
