Elections to South Lanarkshire Council were held on 6 April 1995, the same day as the other mainland Scottish local government elections. In the first election since its creation (from the Clydesdale, East Kilbride and Hamilton districts plus four wards of the Glasgow district, all under the Strathclyde region in the previous two-tier system of local government), South Lanarkshire's new administration was placed under Scottish Labour Party control after they won over 80% of the 73 wards.