Local Government By-elections

'Rent an island off the coast of Scotland where we could collect all the remaining Scottish Conservatives and they could live in the wild blue yonder thereafter - Rockall would be about the right size.'
George Galloway, July 1993.

Stevenston North (North Ayrshire) 1 st June 1995

This election was not a by-election. Due to the death of one of the candidates, the election in ward 14 (Stevenston North) of North Ayrshire was not held on the 5 th of April, but postponed until the 1st of June.

The ward was a four-way fight between Labour, the Scottish National Party and two Independents. Labour took the ward with 52% of the vote and a majority of 254 over the SNP. The turnout was 34.7 %.

I am grateful to Colin Gray for providing information about this election.

Stevenston North

1st June 1995				6 th April 1995
A. Munroe		651	52.5 %	no election
K. McSkimming		397	32.0 %	no election
K. McGilp	Ind	106	8.6 %	no election
R. Haggerty	Ind	85	6.9 %	no election
Lab gain	Lab maj	254	20.4 %	no election

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