1995 Bath and North East Somerset Council election

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1995 Bath and North East Somerset Council election
4 May 1995 (1995-05-04) 1999 →
All 65 seats to Bath and North East Somerset Council
33 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
LD
Lab
Con
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative
Seats won 27 22 16
Popular vote 36,840 33,744 29,734
Percentage 36.2% 33.2% 29.3%
Map showing the composition of Bath and North East Somerset Council following the election. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour and Yellow showing Liberal Democrats. Striped wards have mixed representation.
Council control after election

No overall control

The 1995 Bath and North East Somerset Council election was held on Thursday 4 May 1995 to elect councillors to the newly formed Bath and North East Somerset Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.

These were the first elections to the new unitary council, which would come into effect on 1 April 1996. The new unitary authority replaced Bath City, Wansdyke District and Avon County Councils. The previous elections in for Bath City took place in May 1994, Avon County in May 1993 and Wansdyke District in May 1991. Future elections would take place every four years, with the next election scheduled for 6 May 1999.

The 1995 election saw no party take a majority of seats on the council, with the Liberal Democrats being the largest party.

Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 1995[1]
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Liberal Democrats 65 27 – – – 41.5% 36.2% 36,840 N/A
  Labour 62 22 – – – 33.8% 33.2% 33,744 N/A
  Conservative 62 16 – – – 24.6% 29.3% 29,734 N/A
  Green 4 0 – – – 0% 0.6% 654 N/A
  Independent 4 0 – – – 0% 0.6% 626 N/A
  Natural Law 1 0 – – – 0% 0.0% 55 N/A

Ward results

By-elections between 1996 and 1999

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