1995 South Lanarkshire Council election

Elections to South Lanarkshire Council were held on 6 April 1995, the same day as the other mainland Scottish local government elections.

6 April 1995 (1995-04-06)

All 73 seats to South Lanarkshire Council
37 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	SNP	Liberal Democrats
Seats won	61	8	2
Popular vote	61,452	28,918	7,705
Percentage	57.1	26.9	7.1

	Fourth party

Party	Conservative
Seats won	2
Popular vote	7,559
Percentage	7.0

Council Leader before election

Not applicable

Elected Council Leader

Tom McCabe
Labour

In the first election since its creation (from the Clydesdale, East Kilbride and Hamilton districts plus four wards of the Glasgow district, all under the Strathclyde region in the previous two-tier system of local government), South Lanarkshire's new administration was placed under Scottish Labour Party control after they won over 80% of the 73 wards.[1]

Aggregate results

1995 South Lanarkshire Council election
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	61	83.6	57.1	61,452
SNP	8	11.0	26.9	28,918
Liberal Democrats	2	2.7	7.1	7,705
Conservative	2	2.7	7.0	7,559
Independent	0	0	0.9	997

Ward results

Rutherglen and Cambuslang

Bankhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eddie McAvoy	665	44.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Rodgers	539	36.2
	SNP	H. Ross	208	14.0
	Conservative	I. Raeburn	78	5.2
Majority			126	8.4

Burgh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Robinson	1,012	58.3
	Liberal Democrats	D. Easton	499	28.7
	SNP	D. Hamilton	225	13.0
Majority			513	29.6

Burnside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Chapman	662	49.3
	Conservative	Jean Miller	253	18.8
	Labour	J. Quigg	236	17.6
	SNP	Alistair Fulton	192	14.3
Majority			409	30.5

Cairns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. McGowan	1,115	73.1
	SNP	Anne Higgins	235	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	A. F. Nimmo	99	6.5
	Conservative	R. Ross	77	5.0
Majority			880	57.7

Cambuslang Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Rooney[lower-alpha 1]	1,027	70.1
	SNP	Clare McColl	359	24.5
	Liberal Democrats	R. Woolfe	79	5.4
Majority			668	45.6

Cathkin/Springhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Russell Clearie	939	48.1
	Liberal Democrats	M. McLellan	782	40.1
	SNP	J. McColl	231	11.8
Majority			157	8.0

Eastfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John McGuinness	975	67.0
	SNP	Gordon Clark	308	21.2
	Liberal Democrats	M. R. Kibby	173	11.9
Majority			667	45.8

Fernhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Caldwell[lower-alpha 2]	829	55.4
	Liberal Democrats	J. Maguire	352	23.5
	SNP	D. Whyteside	316	21.1
Majority			477	31.9

Hallside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Davy Keirs[lower-alpha 3]	1,009	76.1
	SNP	John Higgins	237	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	M. Craig	80	6.0
Majority			772	58.2

Kirkhill/Whitlawburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patrick McKenna	745	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Baillie	668	37.6
	SNP	A. J. Davidson	257	14.5
	Conservative	R. Miller	108	6.1
Majority			77	4.3

Rutherglen West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. MacQuarrie[lower-alpha 4]	1,052	71.8
	SNP	E. Findlay	281	19.2
	Liberal Democrats	John McLellan	132	9.0
Majority			771	52.6

Spittal/Blairbeth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William McCaig	850	49.0
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Clark	737	42.1
	SNP	R. MacMillan	156	8.9
Majority			120	6.9

Stonelaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Gretel Ross[lower-alpha 5]	967	56.5
	Labour	C. Greig	434	25.3
	SNP	R. Fulton	206	12.0
	Conservative	J. McCulloch	106	6.2
Majority			533	31.2

Notes

Returning councillor from Glasgow City District Council - Cambuslang ward.
Returning councillor from Glasgow City District Council - Fernhill ward.
Returning councillor from Glasgow City District Council - Halfway ward.
Returning councillor from Glasgow City District Council - Toryglen ward.
Returning councillor from Glasgow City District Council - Rutherglen ward.

References

Scottish Council Elections 1995 : Results and Statistics, H.M. Bochel, D.T. Denver, Election Studies, 1995

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1995 South Lanarkshire Council election

Aggregate results

Ward results

Rutherglen and Cambuslang

Notes

See also

References