1995 Fife Council election
1995 Scottish local government 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
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6 May 1995
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All 90 seats to Fife Council 45 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
| 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
Labour performed very well continuing control of its majority.