1995 Fife Council election
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1995 Elections to Fife Council were held on the 6 April 1995 and were the first for the newly formed unitary authority for Fife Council, which was created under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 52 | 57.8 | 46.5 | 53,759 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 24 | 26.7 | 20.1 | 23,208 | |||||
SNP | 9 | 10.0 | 21.2 | 24,550 | |||||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 6,744 | ||||
Independent | 2 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3,590 | |||||
Communist (Scotland) | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1,271 | |||||
Democratic Left | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 976 | ||||
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 846 | ||||
Independent Scottish Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 573 | ||||
Christian Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29 |
Turnout was 42.2%
Party performance
[edit]Labour performed very well continuing control of its majority.