1995 West Dunbartonshire Council election

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1995 West Dunbartonshire Council election
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All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mary Campbell William Mackechnie Bill Kemp
Party Labour SNP Independent
Leader's seat Dalmuir/Central Dumbarton/Bowling Old Kilpatrick
Seats won 14 7 1
Results by ward
Council Leader before election

Position created
Labour

Council Leader

Mary Campbell[1]
Labour

The 1995 elections to West Dunbartonshire Council were held on the 6 April 1995 and were the first for the newly formed unitary authority, which was created under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 and replaced the previous two-tier system of local government under Strathclyde Regional Council and Dumbarton and Clydebank District Councils.

Election results[edit]

West Dunbartonshire Local Election Result 1995[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 14 63.6 50.41 18,311
  SNP 7 31.8 42.69 15,508
  Independent 1 4.5 2.38 863
  Conservative 0 0.0 1.19 434
  Independent Dumbarton Tenants & Residents 0 0.0 1.19 432
  Independent Labour 0 0.0 0.86 313
  Representing Your Views at All Times 0 0.0 0.77 278
  Liberal Democrats 0 0.0 0.28 103
  Civil Servant 0 0.0 0.23 83

Ward results[edit]

Ward 1: Whitecrook[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP James McElhill 1,023 55.8
Labour Mary Collins 811 44.2
Majority 212 11.6
Turnout 1,834 53.4
SNP win (new seat)
Ward 2: Dalmuir/Central[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Mary Campbell 854 59.3
SNP John Keegan 586 40.7
Majority 268 19.4
Turnout 1,440 39.9
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 3: Mountblow[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Daniel McCafferty 984 53.7
SNP Martin Docherty 848 46.3
Majority 136 7.4
Turnout 1,832 55.7
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 4: Parkhall[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John Syme 1,279 60.5
SNP William Hendrie 834 39.5
Majority 445 21.0
Turnout 2,113 59.4
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 5: Linnvale/Drumry[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Andrew White 1,065 68.8
SNP Ronald MacDonald 484 31.2
Majority 581 37.6
Turnout 1,549 46.3
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 6: Kilbowie[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Anthony Devine 777 51.3
SNP James Yuill 739 48.7
Majority 38 2.6
Turnout 1,516 53.5
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 7: Kilbowie West[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alistair Macdonald 1,224 75.2
SNP William Wilson 404 24.8
Majority 820 50.4
Turnout 1,628 48.6
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 8: Faifley[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James Doherty 662 50.1
SNP Alan Gordon 347 26.2
Independent Labour Catherine Durning 313 23.7
Majority 315 23.9
Turnout 1,322 42.2
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 9: Faifley North/Hardgate[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Patricia Rice 632 45.7
SNP John McCutcheon 413 29.8
Conservative Kenneth Veitch 339 24.5
Majority 219 25.9
Turnout 1,384 46.5
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 10: Duntocher[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour George Cairney 835 55.8
SNP Scot Ramsay 567 37.9
Conservative William McCrossan 95 6.3
Majority 286 17.9
Turnout 1,497 50.4
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 11: Old Kilpatrick[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent William Kemp 863 52.9
Labour James Boyle 540 33.1
SNP Alexander Scullion 228 14.0
Majority 323 19.8
Turnout 1,631 54.1
Independent win (new seat)
Ward 12: Dumbarton West[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Patrick O'Neill 901 66.3
SNP Bob Doris 458 33.7
Majority 443 32.6
Turnout 1,359 40.7
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 13: Dumbarton Central[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Co-op James McCallum 873 54.8
SNP Douglas Lockhart 721 45.2
Majority 152 9.6
Turnout 1,594 45.0
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Ward 14: Dumbarton North[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Co-op Geoffrey Calvert 951 55.9
SNP David Logan 751 44.1
Majority 200 11.8
Turnout 1,702 45.0
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Ward 15: Dumbarton South[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP John Jun Wailes 890 39.7
Labour Alexander Tuach 814 36.4
Independent Dumbarton Tenants & Residents Thomas McCallion 432 19.3
Liberal Democrats Vaughan Moody 103 4.6
Majority 76 3.3
Turnout 2,239 58.7
SNP win (new seat)
Ward 16: Dumbarton/Bowling[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP William Mackechnie 1,162 57.1
Labour John Trainer 596 29.3
Representing Your Views at All Times Clive Cobby 278 13.6
Majority 556 27.8
Turnout 2,036 53.8
SNP win (new seat)
Ward 17: Renton/Alexandria South[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Duncan Mills 775 58.4
SNP James Cormack 552 41.6
Majority 223 16.8
Turnout 1,327 50.5
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 18: Alexandria North/Tullichewan[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP Craig McLaughlin 997 58.8
Labour Maurice McIntyre 699 41.2
Majority 298 17.6
Turnout 1,696 48.5
SNP win (new seat)
Ward 19: Balloch[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP Ronald McColl 949 58.5
Labour John Gilleece 674 41.5
Majority 275 17.0
Turnout 1,623 48.9
SNP win (new seat)
Ward 20: Haldane/Kilmaronock/Jamestown[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP Margaret McGregor 951 61.4
Labour Ernest Horan 597 38.6
Majority 354 22.8
Turnout 1,548 46.7
SNP win (new seat)
Ward 21: Bonhill East[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James Flynn 1,132 57.5
SNP Gordon Smillie 835 42.5
Majority 297 15.0
Turnout 1,967 54.0
Labour win (new seat)
Ward 22: Riverside[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP James Chirrey 769 51.7
Labour Jane Lindsay 636 42.7
Civil Servant Bryan F Maher 83 5.6
Majority 133 9.0
Turnout 1,488 46.4
SNP win (new seat)

Changes before next election[edit]

A by-election was held in the Old Kilpatrick ward on 28 November 1996 to replace Independent Councillor Bill Kemp, who resigned in protest at the way the council was being run.[4]

Ward 11: Old Kilpatrick by-election (28 November 1996)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP John McCutcheon 760 61.79
Labour James Boyle 470 38.21
Majority 290 23.58
Turnout 1,230
SNP gain from Independent Swing

A by-election was held on 13 August 1998 to replace the deceased Provost, Patrick O'Neill.[6]

Ward 12: Dumbarton West by-election (13 August 1998)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP David Logan 611 44.66
Labour Alexander Tuach 588 42.98
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Shepherd 90 6.58
A Hard Worker in the Community Martin Hollern 46 3.36
Conservative Brian Vosper 33 2.41
Majority 23 1.68
Turnout 1,368
SNP gain from Labour Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dumbarton and Clydebank Council: 26 April 1995
  2. ^ "Scottish Local Election Results". Local Government Chronicle. 7 April 1995.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v West Dunbartonshire Council: Council Election Results 6 April 1995
  4. ^ "Councillor quits". Glasgow Herald. 6 December 1995. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. ^ West Dunbartonshire Council: Meeting 18 December 1996
  6. ^ "Obituary: Patrick O'Neill". Glasgow Herald. 16 May 1998. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  7. ^ West Dunbartonshire Council: Meeting 26 August 1998

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