1995 Aberdeenshire Council election

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1995 Aberdeenshire Council election

6 April 1995 (1995-4-6) 1999 

All 47 seats to Aberdeenshire Council
24 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party SNP Liberal Democrats
Seats won 15 15
Popular vote 21,508 15,612
Percentage 33.1% 24.0%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Independent Conservative
Seats won 13 4
Popular vote 16,734 7,019
Percentage 25.8% 10.8%

Elections to the newly created Aberdeenshire 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 Aberdeenshire Council. There were 47 wards, which each elected a single member using the first-past-the-post voting system.

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