Local Government By-elections

'I suggest that these plans are nothing to do with the interests of the people of Scotland and nothing to do with making local government more effective, but everything to do with creating Tory enclaves to increase the power of the Tory party in Scotland, if that is possible.'
Labour Lord Provost of Glasgow, Robert Innes, July 1993.

Lochee West (Dundee) 14 th September 1995

Labour increased their majority in their safe seat of Lochee West in Dundee on the 14 th of September. Although the Labour vote fell by 6, it was up by 10.2% on a reduced turnout. They took 73.0% of the vote, giving them a massive 748 majority over the SNP. The SNP vote was down by 1.9% while the Conservative vote fell by 5.5%. An Independent took 27 votes, while the Liberal Democrats and Communists, who took less than 80 votes between them in April, did not contest the ward this time around.

Lochee West

14 th September 1995				6 th April 1995
		993	73.0 %	Thomas McDonald		999	62.8 %
		245	18.0 %	Ronald Martin		316	19.9 %
		96	7.1 %	Richard Cotter		201	12.6 %
	Ind	27	2.0 %	Colin Newell		54	3.4 %
				Dominic Handley	Comm	21	1.3 %
Lab hold	Lab maj.	748	55.0 %	Lab gain	Lab maj.	683	42.9 %

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