1995 East Renfrewshire Council election

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6 April 1995 (1995-04-06)

1999 →

All 20 seats to East Renfrewshire Council
11 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Labour
Seats won	9	8
Popular vote	9,505	10,205
Percentage	29.2%	31.4%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Liberal Democrats	RA
Seats won	2	1
Popular vote	4,857	1,937
Percentage	14.9%	5.9%

Elected Council Leader

No overall control

Elections to East Renfrewshire Council were held on 6 April 1995 and were the first for the newly formed Unitary authority for East Renfrewshire Council, which was created under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994. They resulted in the council falling under no overall control.

East Renfrewshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. The East Renfrewshire Council was established pursuant to the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act of 1994 from the previous Eastwood District and part of Renfrew District and elections were held in 1995.^[1]

Aggregate results

^[1]

East Renfrewshire Council election, 1995
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	9	45	29.13	9,505
Labour	8	40	31.28	10,205
Liberal Democrats	2	10	14.89	4,857
Residents	1	5	5.94	1,937
SNP	0	0	17.91	5,843
Independent	0	0	0.76	248
Scottish Green	0	0	0.09	29

Ward Results

Thornliebank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jim Fletcher	1,101	65.6
	Conservative	N. Deerey	346	20.6
	SNP	J. Graham	232	13.8
Majority			755	45.0

References

^ ^a ^b "Results" (PDF). www.electionscentre.co.uk. 2015. Retrieved 2020-02-09.

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