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The1995 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 6 April 1995 in Scotland, and Thursday 4 May 1995 in England and Wales.[1][2] TheConservative Party lost over 2,000councillors in the election, while theLabour Party won 48% of the vote, a record high for the party in local elections.[3]
The elections were the first to be contested under Labour's new leadership ofTony Blair, who had been elected the previous year following the sudden death of his predecessorJohn Smith.
This was also the first election of 22 Welsh and 14 Englishunitary authorities, creating shadow authorities which ran in parallel with existing councils until taking power in April 1996, except for the newIsle of Wight Council which took power immediately.[4]
All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.
These were the first elections to the first 14 unitary authorities established by theLocal Government Commission for England (1992). TheIsle of Wight Council assumed its new status immediately; the others 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 Democrats | 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 | ||
‡ New ward boundaries from predecessor authorities
In 167 districts the whole council was up for election.
These were the last elections to the district councils ofBlackpool,Bournemouth,Bracknell Forest,Darlington,Leicester,Luton,Newbury,Nottingham,Plymouth,Poole,Rutland,The Wrekin,Torbay,Warrington andWindsor and Maidenhead before they were madeunitary authorities by theLocal Government Commission for England (1992).
These were also the last elections to the district councils ofHove andRochester-upon-Medway before they were abolished and replaced byunitary authorities by theLocal Government Commission for England (1992).
In 107 districts one third of the council was up for election.
These were the last elections to the district councils ofDerby,Milton Keynes,Portsmouth,Southampton,Stoke-on-Trent andThamesdown before they were madeunitary authorities by theLocal Government Commission for England (1992).
These were also the last elections to the district council ofBrighton before it was abolished and replaced by aunitary authority by theLocal Government Commission for England (1992).
These were the first elections to the 29 council areas established by theLocal Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
†Council was renamed shortly after election.
These were the first elections to the 22 principal areas established by theLocal 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.
