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

1995 West Lothian District Council election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 15 - - Increase 5 55.6 46.9 24,445 Increase 8.4
  SNP 11 - - Steady 40.7 44.6 23,230 Increase 1.6
  Conservative 1 - - Decrease 1 3.7 4.2 2,168 Decrease 8.0
  Independent 0 - - Decrease 1 0.0 2.4 1,236 Decrease 1.7
  Liberal Democrats 0 - - Steady 0.0 2.0 1,022 Decrease 0.4

Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Council Elections 1995" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
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