1995 North Warwickshire Borough Council election

An election was held on 4 May 1995 to elect all 34 members of the North Warwickshire Borough Council in England. It resulted in the Labour Party retaining control of the council.

1995 North Warwickshire Borough Council election
4 May 1995

All 34 seats to North Warwickshire Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
Turnout40.5% 8.4 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Seats before 20 12 2
Seats after 29 4 1
Seat change 9 8 1
Popular vote 20,058 12,766 511
Percentage 63.9% 29.2% 3.1%
Swing 17.2% 11.4% 3.4%

  Fourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats
Seats before 0
Seats after 0
Seat change
Popular vote 1,240
Percentage 3.8%
Swing 2.4%

Composition of the council after the election.

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

This election saw Labour making significant gains, winning nine more seats than the last election from eight Conservative councillors and an independent. The Conservatives only retained four of the twelve seats they held. An independent also retained their seat.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Rallings, Connor; Thrasher, Michael. North Warwickshire Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011 (PDF). Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. pp. 3–5. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1995 (PDF). Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. pp. 9, 155–156. ISBN 0948858192. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1991 (PDF). Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. p. 8. ISBN 0948858125. Retrieved 5 December 2020.


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