1995 Welsh local elections
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← 1993 | 4 May 1995 (1995-05-04) | 1999 → |
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All 1,272 seats to 22 Welsh councils |
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| First party | Second party | | | | Leader | Tony Blair | Dafydd Wigley | Party | Labour | Plaid Cymru | Leader since | 21 July 1994 | 1991 | Seats won | 726 | 113 | Popular vote | 404,013 | 115,900 | Popular vote (%) | 43.6% | 12.5% | | | Third party | Fourth party | | | | Leader | Alex Carlile | John Major | Party | Liberal Democrats | Conservative | Leader since | 1992 | 28 November 1990 | Seats won | 79 | 42 | Popular vote | 95,376 | 75,448 | Popular vote (%) | 10.2% | 8.1% | |
The 1995 Welsh local elections, were held on 4 May in the 22 new local authorities, as part of the wider 1995 UK local elections.
Wales-Wide Results
Party | Votes[1] | % | +/- | Councils | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| Labour | 404,013 | 43.6% | | 14 | | 726 | |
| Independent | 188,352 | 20.3% | | 4 | | 292 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 115,900 | 12.5% | | 1 | | 113 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 95,376 | 10.2% | | 0 | | 79 | |
| Conservative | 75,448 | 8.1% | | 0 | | 42 | |
| Green | 10,161 | 1.1% | | 0 | | 0 | |
| Other | 36,966 | 4.0% | | 0 | | 20 | |
| No overall control | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3 | | n/a | n/a |
Result
In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.
†Council was renamed shortly after election.
Notes
References
- ^ "Local Elections Handbook 1995" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. 2004. pp. viii. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
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