1990 United Kingdom local elections

none 1990 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1989 United Kingdom local elections 1989 1991 United Kingdom local elections 1991 All 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs,116 out of 296 English districts and all 12 Scottish regions 3 May 1990 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- ThatcherM.jpg 155 120 160 0 5 Margaret Thatcher 11 February 1975 Conservative Party (UK) 33% 9,020 222 Official portrait of Neil Kinnock, Member of the EC (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Neil Kinnock 2 October 1983 Labour Party (UK) 44% 8,920 284 ASHDOWN Paddy.jpg 127 120 160 0 0 Paddy Ashdown 16 July 1988 Liberal Democrats (UK) 17% 3,265 78 The 1990 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 3 May 1990.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1990, Volume 1 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3RER5SWFEX2JuNnc/view?pref=2&pli=1 3 May 2016Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1990, Volume 2 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3X2d5TXllcHc0RUU/view?pref=2&pli=1 3 May 2016Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 3 May 2016 They were the last local elections held before the resignation of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in November 1990. The main opposition Labour Party gained 284 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 8,920, their highest since 1981. Their projected share of the vote was 44%, an increase of 2% from 1989. The governing Conservative Party lost 222 seats, leaving them with 9,020 councillors. Their share of the vote was projected to be 33%, a fall of 3% from the previous year. This mounted further pressure on the government of Margaret Thatcher, which had been declining for a year following the introduction of the controversial poll tax, and was a major boost for opposition leader Neil Kinnock, whose Labour Party was enjoying a wide lead in the opinion polls with a general election no more than two years away. The Liberal Democrats lost 78 seats and had 3,265 councillors after the elections. Their projected share of the vote was 17%. Results September 2015 England London boroughs 1990 London local elections In all 32 London boroughs the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result Details Barking and Dagenham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Barnet Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Bexley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Brent Labour Party (UK) No overall control gain Details Bromley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Camden Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Croydon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Ealing Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gain Details Enfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Greenwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Hackney Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Hammersmith and Fulham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Haringey Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Harrow Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Havering No overall control No overall control hold Details Hillingdon No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gain Details Hounslow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Islington Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Kensington and Chelsea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Kingston upon Thames No overall control No overall control hold Details Lambeth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Lewisham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Merton Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gain Details Newham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Redbridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) hold Details Southwark Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Sutton Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) hold Details Tower Hamlets Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) hold Details Waltham Forest Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold Details Wandsworth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Westminster Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) hold Details Metropolitan boroughs All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBirmingham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBolton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBradford No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBury Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCalderdale No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCoventry Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDoncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDudley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsKnowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLiverpool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsManchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOldham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRochdale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSalford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSefton No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSheffield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSolihull Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStockport No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTameside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTrafford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWalsall Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWolverhampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails District councils Whole council In 2 districts the whole council was up for election as there were new ward boundaries, following further electoral boundary reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Council Previous control Result DetailsColchester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPreston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Third of council In 114 districts one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsAmber Valley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBasildon No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBasingstoke and Deane Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBath Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBlackburn Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBrentwood Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBrighton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBristol Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBroadland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBurnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridge Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCannock Chase Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCarlisle Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCheltenham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCherwell Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsChorley No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsCongleton No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCraven No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCrawley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsDaventry Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsDerby Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEastbourne Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsEastleigh Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEpping Forest Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsExeter No overall control No overall control holdDetailsFareham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGillingham Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsGloucester Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsGosport Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsGreat Grimsby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsHalton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrogate Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHart No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHartlepool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHastings No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHavant Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHereford Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsHertsmere Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHuntingdonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHyndburn Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsIpswich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKingston upon Hull Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeominster Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsLincoln Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMacclesfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMaidstone No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMilton Keynes No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMole Valley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Bedfordshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOadby and Wigston Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsOxford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPendle Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsPenwith No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPeterborough No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPortsmouth Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsPurbeck No overall control No overall control holdDetailsReading Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRedditch Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsReigate and Banstead Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRochford Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsRossendale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRugby Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsRunnymede Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRushmoor Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsScunthorpe Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSlough Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Herefordshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Lakeland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouthampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouthend-on-Sea No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSt Albans Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsStevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStoke-on-Trent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsStroud No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSwale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsTamworth No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsTandridge Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsThamesdown Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsThree Rivers Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsThurrock Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTorbay Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsTunbridge Wells Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWatford No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWaveney No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lancashire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lindsey No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Oxfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) gainDetailsWeymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWinchester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWoking No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWokingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWorcester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWorthing Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWyre Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetailsYork Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Scotland Regional councils 1990 Scottish regional elections Council Previous control Result DetailsBorders Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsCentral Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsDumfries and Galloway Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsFife Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsGrampian No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHighland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsLothian Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsOrkney Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsShetland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsStrathclyde Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsTayside No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWestern Isles Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails References Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26. Vote 1999 BBC News Vote 2000 BBC News expanded Category:May 1990 in the United Kingdom