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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 1E3 Local government electors and analysis of unitary authority elections, 1995 |
Council area |
Local government electors |
Analysis of unitary authority elections |
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Number of councillors returned unopposed |
Number of councillors returned |
Electorate in contested electoral wards |
Number of ballot papers in ballot boxes (include postal ballots) |
Percentage of electorate voting |
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| Scotland | 3,960,657 |
52 |
1,107 |
3,756,916 |
1,702,005 |
45.3 |
| Aberdeen City | 174,124 |
- |
50 |
169,711 |
64,425 |
38.0 |
| Aberdeenshire | 170,560 |
1 |
46 |
163,759 |
65,046 |
39.7 |
| Angus | 86,193 |
- |
26 |
85,327 |
37,279 |
43.7 |
| Argyll and Bute | 69,554 |
5 |
28 |
59,283 |
30,337 |
51.2 |
| Clackmannanshire | 37,250 |
- |
12 |
36,681 |
17,214 |
46.9 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 116,445 |
22 |
48 |
78,268 |
39,296 |
50.2 |
| Dundee City | 115,969 |
- |
36 |
114,817 |
50,252 |
43.8 |
| East Ayrshire | 95,408 |
- |
30 |
94,452 |
50,206 |
53.2 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 84,068 |
- |
26 |
82,976 |
43,851 |
52.8 |
| East Lothian | 68,705 |
- |
18 |
68,705 |
33,288 |
48.4 |
| East Renfrewshire | 66,136 |
- |
20 |
66,162 |
32,539 |
49.2 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 353,240 |
- |
58 |
351,332 |
156,195 |
44.5 |
| Eilean Siar1 | 23,304 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Falkirk | 110,475 |
- |
36 |
108,970 |
49,877 |
45.8 |
| Fife | 273,584 |
- |
92 |
271,434 |
115,546 |
42.6 |
| Glasgow, City of | 474,857 |
- |
83 |
472,151 |
183,669 |
38.9 |
| Highland | 162,043 |
9 |
63 |
142,196 |
65,920 |
46.4 |
| Inverclyde | 69,141 |
- |
20 |
68,394 |
32,127 |
47.0 |
| Midlothian | 61,152 |
- |
15 |
60,577 |
27,178 |
44.9 |
| Moray | 65,614 |
2 |
16 |
56,358 |
22,578 |
40.1 |
| North Ayrshire | 105,783 |
- |
29 |
94,526 |
46,718 |
49.4 |
| North Lanarkshire | 246,342 |
1 |
68 |
239,549 |
115,208 |
48.1 |
| Orkney Islands 2 | 15,648 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Perth & Kinross | 102,421 |
- |
32 |
101,530 |
52,064 |
51.3 |
| Renfrewshire | 136,831 |
- |
40 |
135,081 |
63,970 |
47.4 |
| Scottish Borders | 85,029 |
12 |
46 |
67,267 |
27,121 |
40.3 |
| Shetland Islands 2 | 16,755 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| South Ayrshire | 90,072 |
- |
25 |
89,041 |
49,411 |
55.5 |
| South Lanarkshire | 235,327 |
- |
73 |
230,431 |
107,903 |
46.8 |
| Stirling | 64,645 |
- |
22 |
63,733 |
34,566 |
54.2 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 73,286 |
- |
22 |
72,569 |
36,065 |
49.7 |
| West Lothian | 112,696 |
- |
27 |
111,636 |
52,156 |
46.7 |
Source: General Register Office (Scotland) |
| 1 Formerly known as Western Isles. |
| 2 No elections held for the Islands Areas. |
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