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1995 United Kingdom local elections

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FieldValue
election_name1995 United Kingdom local elections
countryUnited Kingdom
typelegislative
previous_election1994 United Kingdom local elections
previous_year1994
next_election1996 United Kingdom local elections
next_year1996
seats_for_electionAll 36 metropolitan boroughs, all 14 unitary authorities,
all 274 English districts, 29 out of 32 Scottish council areas
and all 22 Welsh principal areas
election_date6 April 1995 (Scotland)
4 May 1995 (England & Wales)
1blankCouncils
2blankCouncils +/-
3blankCouncillors
4blankCouncillors +/-
<!-- Labour -->image1[[File:Tony Blair in 1995.jpg160x160px]]
leader1Tony Blair
leader_since121 July 1994
party1Labour Party (UK)
percentage147%
4data11,807
<!-- Conservative -->image2[[File:John Major Feb. 1993.jpg160x160px]]
leader2John Major
leader_since227 November 1990
party2Conservative Party (UK)
percentage225%
4data22,018
<!-- Liberal Democrats -->image3[[File:ASHDOWN Paddy.jpg160x160px]]
leader3Paddy Ashdown
leader_since316 July 1988
party3Liberal Democrats (UK)
percentage323%
4data3487
map_imageUnited Kingdom local elections, 1995.svg
map_size300px
map_captionColours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

all 274 English districts, 29 out of 32 Scottish council areas and all 22 Welsh principal areas 4 May 1995 (England & Wales)

The 1995 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 6 April 1995 in Scotland, and Thursday 4 May 1995 in England and Wales. The Conservative Party lost over 2,000 councillors in the election, while the Labour Party won 48% of the vote, a record high for the party in local elections.

The elections were the first to be contested under Labour's new leadership of Tony Blair, who had been elected the previous year following the sudden death of his predecessor John Smith.

This was also the first election of 22 Welsh and 14 English unitary authorities, creating shadow authorities which ran in parallel with existing councils until taking power in April 1996, except for the new Isle of Wight Council which took power immediately.

England

Metropolitan boroughs

All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsBarnsleyBirminghamBoltonBradfordBuryCalderdaleCoventryDoncasterDudleyGatesheadKirkleesKnowsleyLeedsLiverpoolManchesterNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideOldhamRochdaleRotherhamSalfordSandwellSeftonSheffieldSolihullSouth TynesideSt HelensStockportSunderlandTamesideTraffordWakefieldWalsallWiganWirralWolverhampton
hold[Details](1995-barnsley-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-birmingham-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-bolton-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-city-of-bradford-metropolitan-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-bury-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-calderdale-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-coventry-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-doncaster-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-dudley-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-gateshead-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-kirklees-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-knowsley-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-leeds-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-liverpool-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-manchester-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-newcastle-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-north-tyneside-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-rochdale-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-rotherham-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-salford-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-sandwell-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-sefton-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-sheffield-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-solihull-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-south-tyneside-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-st-helens-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-stockport-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-sunderland-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-tameside-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-trafford-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-wakefield-metropolitan-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-walsall-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-wigan-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-wirral-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-wolverhampton-metropolitan-borough-council-election)

Unitary authorities

These were the first elections to the first 14 unitary authorities established by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). The Isle of Wight Council assumed its new status immediately; the others acted as "shadow authorities" until 1 April 1996.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsBath and North East Somerset ‡BristolEast Riding of Yorkshire ‡HartlepoolIsle of Wight ‡Kingston upon HullMiddlesbroughNorth East Lincolnshire ‡North Lincolnshire ‡North SomersetRedcar and ClevelandSouth Gloucestershire ‡Stockton-on-TeesYork ‡
*New Council*[Details](1995-bath-and-north-east-somerset-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-bristol-city-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-east-riding-of-yorkshire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-hartlepool-borough-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-isle-of-wight-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-hull-city-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-middlesbrough-borough-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-north-east-lincolnshire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-north-lincolnshire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-north-somerset-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-redcar-and-cleveland-borough-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-south-gloucestershire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-stockton-on-tees-borough-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-city-of-york-council-election)

‡ New ward boundaries from predecessor authorities

District councils

Whole council

In 167 districts the whole council was up for election.

These were the last elections to the district councils of Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Darlington, Leicester, Luton, Newbury, Nottingham, Plymouth, Poole, Rutland, The Wrekin, Torbay, Warrington and Windsor and Maidenhead before they were made unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992).

These were also the last elections to the district councils of Hove and Rochester-upon-Medway before they were abolished and replaced by unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992).

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAllerdaleAlnwickArunAshfieldAshfordAylesbury ValeBaberghBerwick-upon-TweedBlabyBlackpoolBlyth ValleyBolsoverBostonBournemouthBracknell ForestBraintreeBrecklandBridgnorthBromsgroveBroxtoweCanterburyCaradonCarrickCastle MorpethCastle PointCharnwoodChelmsfordChesterfieldChester-le-StreetChichesterChilternChristchurchCopelandCorbyCotswoldDacorumDarlingtonDartfordDerbyshire DalesDerwentsideDoverDurhamEasingtonEast CambridgeshireEast DevonEast DorsetEast HampshireEast HertfordshireEast LindseyEast NorthamptonshireEast StaffordshireEdenEpsom and EwellErewashFenlandForest HeathForest of DeanFyldeGedlingGraveshamGuildfordHambletonHarboroughHigh PeakHinckley and BosworthHorshamHoveKennetKerrierKetteringKing's Lynn and West NorfolkLancasterLeicesterLewesLichfieldLutonMaldonMalvern HillsMansfieldMeltonMendipMid BedfordshireMid DevonMid SuffolkMid SussexNew ForestNewark and SherwoodNewburyNorth CornwallNorth DevonNorth DorsetNorth East DerbyshireNorth KestevenNorth NorfolkNorth ShropshireNorth WarwickshireNorth West LeicestershireNorth WiltshireNorthamptonNottinghamOadby and WigstonOswestryPlymouthPooleRestormelRibble ValleyRichmondshireRochester-upon-MedwayRotherRushcliffeRutlandRyedaleSalisburyScarboroughSedgefieldSedgemoorSelbySevenoaksShepwaySouth BucksSouth DerbyshireSouth HamsSouth HollandSouth KestevenSouth NorfolkSouth NorthamptonshireSouth OxfordshireSouth RibbleSouth ShropshireSouth SomersetSouth StaffordshireSpelthorneSt EdmundsburyStaffordStaffordshire MoorlandsSuffolk CoastalSurrey HeathTaunton DeaneTeesdaleTeignbridgeTendringTest ValleyTewkesburyThanetThe WrekinTonbridge and MallingTorbayTorridgeTynedaleUttlesfordVale of White HorseVale RoyalWansbeckWarringtonWarwickWaverleyWealdenWear ValleyWellingboroughWest DevonWest DorsetWest SomersetWest WiltshireWindsor and MaidenheadWychavonWycombeWyre
hold[Details](1995-allerdale-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-alnwick-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-arun-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-ashfield-district-council-election)
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gain[Details](1995-aylesbury-vale-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-babergh-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-berwick-upon-tweed-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-blaby-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-blackpool-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-blyth-valley-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-bolsover-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-boston-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-bournemouth-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-bracknell-forest-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-braintree-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-breckland-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-bridgnorth-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-bromsgrove-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-broxtowe-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-canterbury-city-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-caradon-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-carrick-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-castle-morpeth-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-castle-point-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-charnwood-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-chelmsford-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-chesterfield-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-chester-le-street-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-chichester-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-chiltern-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-christchurch-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-copeland-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-corby-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-cotswold-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-dacorum-borough-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-derwentside-district-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-durham-city-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-east-cambridgeshire-district-council-election)
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gain[Details](1995-east-hampshire-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-east-hertfordshire-district-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-eden-district-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-fylde-borough-council-election)
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gain[Details](1995-king-s-lynn-and-west-norfolk-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-lancaster-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-leicester-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-lewes-district-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-luton-borough-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-mansfield-district-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-north-east-derbyshire-district-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-north-warwickshire-borough-council-election)
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gain[Details](1995-northampton-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-nottingham-city-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-oswestry-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-plymouth-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-poole-borough-council-election)
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gain[Details](1995-ribble-valley-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-richmondshire-district-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-rother-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-rushcliffe-borough-council-election)
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gain[Details](1995-ryedale-district-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-scarborough-borough-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-south-derbyshire-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-south-hams-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-south-holland-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-south-kesteven-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-south-norfolk-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-south-northamptonshire-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-south-oxfordshire-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-south-ribble-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-south-shropshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-south-somerset-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-south-staffordshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-spelthorne-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-st-edmundsbury-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-stafford-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-staffordshire-moorlands-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-suffolk-coastal-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-surrey-heath-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-taunton-deane-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-teesdale-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-teignbridge-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-tendring-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-test-valley-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-tewkesbury-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-thanet-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-the-wrekin-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-torbay-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-torridge-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-tynedale-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-uttlesford-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-vale-of-white-horse-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-vale-royal-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-wansbeck-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-warrington-borough-council-election)
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gain[Details](1995-waverley-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-wealden-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-wear-valley-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-wellingborough-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-west-devon-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-west-dorset-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-west-somerset-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-west-wiltshire-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-windsor-and-maidenhead-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-wychavon-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-wycombe-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-wyre-borough-council-election)

Third of council

In 107 districts one third of the council was up for election.

These were the last elections to the district councils of Derby, Milton Keynes, Portsmouth, Southampton, Stoke-on-Trent and Thamesdown before they were made unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992).

These were also the last elections to the district council of Brighton before it was abolished and replaced by a unitary authority by the Local Government Commission for England (1992).

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAdurAmber ValleyBarrow-in-FurnessBasildonBasingstoke and DeaneBassetlawBedfordBlackburnBrentwoodBrightonBroadlandBroxbourneBurnleyCambridgeCannock ChaseCarlisleCheltenhamCherwellChesterChorleyColchesterCongletonCravenCrawleyCrewe and NantwichDaventryDerbyEastbourneEastleighEllesmere Port and NestonElmbridgeEpping ForestExeterFarehamGillinghamGloucesterGosportGreat YarmouthHaltonHarlowHarrogateHartHastingsHavantHerefordHertsmereHuntingdonshireHyndburnIpswichLeominsterLincolnMacclesfieldMaidstoneMilton KeynesMole ValleyNewcastle-under-LymeNorth HertfordshireNorwichNuneaton and BedworthOxfordPendlePenwithPeterboroughPortsmouthPrestonPurbeckReadingRedditchReigate and BansteadRochfordRossendaleRugbyRunnymedeRushmoorShrewsbury and AtchamSloughSouth BedfordshireSouth CambridgeshireSouth HerefordshireSouth LakelandSouthamptonSouthend-on-SeaSt AlbansStevenageStoke-on-TrentStratford-on-AvonStroudSwaleTamworthTandridgeThamesdownThree RiversThurrockTunbridge WellsWatfordWaveneyWelwyn HatfieldWest LancashireWest LindseyWest OxfordshireWeymouth and PortlandWinchesterWokingWokinghamWorcesterWorthingWyre Forest
hold[Details](1995-adur-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-amber-valley-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-barrow-in-furness-borough-council-election)
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gain[Details](1995-mole-valley-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-newcastle-under-lyme-borough-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-norwich-city-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-oxford-city-council-election)
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hold[Details](1995-penwith-district-council-election)
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gain[Details](1995-tandridge-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-thamesdown-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-three-rivers-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-thurrock-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-tunbridge-wells-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-watford-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-waveney-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-welwyn-hatfield-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-west-lancashire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-west-lindsey-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-west-oxfordshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-weymouth-and-portland-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-winchester-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-woking-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1995-wokingham-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-worcester-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-worthing-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1995-wyre-forest-district-council-election)

Scotland

Main article: 1995 Scottish local elections

These were the first elections to the 29 council areas established by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAberdeenAberdeenshireAngusArgyll and ButeBorders†Clackmannan†Dumbarton and Clydebank†Dumfries and GallowayDundeeEast AyrshireEast DunbartonshireEast LothianEast RenfrewshireEdinburghFalkirkFifeGlasgowHighlandInverclydeMidlothianMorayNorth AyrshireNorth LanarkshirePerth and KinrossRenfrewshireSouth AyrshireSouth LanarkshireStirlingWest Lothian
*New Council*[Details](1995-aberdeen-city-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-aberdeenshire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-angus-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-argyll-and-bute-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-scottish-borders-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-clackmannanshire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-west-dunbartonshire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-dumfries-and-galloway-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-dundee-city-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-east-ayrshire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-east-dunbartonshire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-east-lothian-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-east-renfrewshire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-city-of-edinburgh-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-falkirk-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-fife-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-glasgow-city-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-highland-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-inverclyde-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-midlothian-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-moray-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-north-ayrshire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-north-lanarkshire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-perth-and-kinross-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-renfrewshire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-south-ayrshire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-south-lanarkshire-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-stirling-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-west-lothian-council-election)

†Council was renamed shortly after election.

Wales

Main article: 1995 Welsh local elections

These were the first elections to the 22 principal areas established by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAberconwy and Colwyn†Anglesey†Blaenau GwentBridgendCaernarfonshire and Merionethshire†CaerphillyCardiffCardiganshire†CarmarthenshireDenbighshireFlintshireMerthyr TydfilMonmouthshireNeath and Port Talbot†NewportPembrokeshirePowysRhondda Cynon TafSwanseaTorfaenVale of GlamorganWrexham
*New Council*[Details](1995-conwy-county-borough-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-isle-of-anglesey-county-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-blaenau-gwent-county-borough-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-bridgend-county-borough-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-gwynedd-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-caerphilly-county-borough-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-city-of-cardiff-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-ceredigion-county-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-carmarthenshire-county-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-denbighshire-county-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-flintshire-county-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-merthyr-tydfil-county-borough-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-monmouthshire-county-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-neath-port-talbot-county-borough-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-newport-city-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-pembrokeshire-county-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-powys-county-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-rhondda-cynon-taf-county-borough-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-city-and-county-of-swansea-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-torfaen-county-borough-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-vale-of-glamorgan-council-election)
*New Council*[Details](1995-wrexham-county-borough-council-election)

†Council was renamed shortly after election.

References

References

  1. "Local Elections Handbook 1995". Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
  2. "Council compositions".
  3. White, Michael. (1995-05-05). "Tories buried in a landslide More than 2,000 seats lost as Labour reaps record poll and Lib-Dems surge". [[The Guardian]].
  4. Rob Clements. (10 May 1995). "The local elections of 4 May 1995". House of Commons Library.
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