1995 Moray Council election

1995 Moray Council election

6 April 1995 (1995-04-06)
All 18 seats to Moray Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SNP Labour Independent Last election 7 seats, 46.1% 1 seat, 4.1% 9 seats, 35.7% Seats won 13 3 2 Seat change 6 2 7 Popular vote 11,337 4,436 4,458 Percentage 50.2% 19.7% 19.8% Swing 4.1% 15.6% 15.9%

Elections to the Moray Council were held on 6 April 1995, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. This was the first election to the new unitary Moray Council, and saw the SNP winning control of the council for the first time, taking control from the previous Independent administration. This election was the last to have 18 single member wards, which elected members using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Background

Further information: 1992 Moray District Council election

The 1992 election was the last to send members to the Moray District Council. At that election the Independent group retained their 9 seats, and the Conservatives regained representation on the council since losing any representation in 1988.

1992 Moray Council election results

Party	Seats	Vote share
Independent	9	35.7%
SNP	7	46.1%
Conservative	1	10.1%
Labour	1	4.1%

Results

1995 Moray Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	13	6	0	6	72.2	50.2	11,337	4.1
	Labour	3	2	0	2	16.7	19.7	4,436	15.6
	Independent	2	0	7	7	11.1	19.8	4,458	15.9
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	8.1	1,837	3.9
	Conservative	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.2	501	7.9

Source:

Ward results

Bishopmill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C Smith	1,233	69.7
	SNP	R Pattie	317	17.9
	Independent	J Mackessack-Leitch	220	12.4
Majority			916	51.8
Turnout			1,770	40.7
	Labour gain from Independent

Cathedral

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A Farqhuarson (Incumbent)	788	51.2
	SNP	M Hardie	495	32.2
	Conservative	A Cooper	170	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	J Webster	85	5.5
Majority			293	19.0
Turnout			1,538	40.7
	Labour hold

New Elgin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	M Anderson (Incumbent)	647	52.8
	Labour	J McGettrick	488	39.8
	Liberal Democrats	H Johnstone	90	7.3
Majority			159	13.0
Turnout			1,225	34.2
	SNP hold

Central West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	H McDonald	717	48.9
	Labour	L Easton	483	32.9
	Liberal Democrats	W Nelson	267	18.2
Majority			234	16.0
Turnout			1,467	37.8
	SNP gain from Independent

Forres

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	H Cumiskie (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	SNP hold

Findhorn Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	R Laing	741	59.8
	Independent	W Swanson (Incumbent)	448	36.2
	Independent	S Tinsley	50	4.0
Majority			293	23.6
Turnout			1,239	31.2
	SNP gain from Independent

Heldon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	C Scaife	707	62.0
	Liberal Democrats	M McLintock	434	38.0
Majority			273	24.0
Turnout			1,141	29.7
	SNP gain from Independent

Innes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J Shaw (Incumbent)	576	41.6
	SNP	P Cruickshank	522	37.7
	Labour	I Gray	197	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	D Cameron	91	6.6
Majority			54	3.9
Turnout			1,386	37.8
	Independent hold

Lossiemouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	D Crawford	850	56.0
	Independent	A Fleming (Incumbent)	668	44.0
Majority			182	12.0
Turnout			1,518	44.3
	SNP hold

Laich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	J Stewart	841	61.8
	Conservative	D Thompson (Incumbent)	331	24.3
	Liberal Democrats	G Towns	188	13.8
Majority			510	37.5
Turnout			1,360	39.5
	SNP gain from Conservative

Buckie West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	W Jappy (Incumbent)	Unopposed
	SNP hold

Buckie East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	G McDonald	894	84.5
	Liberal Democrats	G Holm	164	15.5
Majority			730	69.0
Turnout			1,058	30.2
	SNP hold

Rathford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	M Howe	782	50.9
	Independent	M Wilson	675	44.0
	Liberal Democrats	P Cromar	78	5.1
Majority			107	6.9
Turnout			1,535	44.6
	SNP gain from Independent

Lennox

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	T Howe (Incumbent)	1,089	62.5
	Independent	I Lawson	494	28.4
	Liberal Democrats	J Milton	159	9.1
Majority			595	34.1
Turnout			1,742	48.2
	SNP hold

Keith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P Mann	721	45.1
	SNP	B Ewan	666	41.7
	Liberal Democrats	G Duncan	210	13.1
Majority			55	3.4
Turnout			1,597	51.3
	Labour gain from Independent

Strathisla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	R Patterson	483	39.4
	Independent	M Davidson (Incumbent)	476	38.8
	Labour	A Thomson	268	21.8
Majority			7	0.6
Turnout			1,227	40.8
	SNP gain from Independent

Speyside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	E Aldridge (Incumbent)	851	51.6
	SNP	P Paul	728	44.1
	Liberal Democrats	E Cameron	71	4.3
Majority			123	7.5
Turnout			1,650	51.3
	Independent hold

Glenlivet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	A Scott (Incumbent)	858	76.9
	Labour	F Lipphardt	258	23.1
Majority			600	53.8
Turnout			1,116	36.3
	SNP hold