1992 United Kingdom local elections

none 1992 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1991 United Kingdom local elections 1991 1993 United Kingdom local elections 1993 All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 114 out of 296 English districtsand all 53 Scottish districts 7 May 1992 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Official portrait of Neil Kinnock, Member of the EC (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Neil Kinnock 2 October 1983 Labour Party (UK) 30% 9,102 402 John Major Feb. 1993.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 John Major 27 November 1990 Conservative Party (UK) 46% 8,288 303 ASHDOWN Paddy.jpg 127 120 160 0 0 Paddy Ashdown 16 July 1988 Liberal Democrats (UK) 20% 3,728 56 The 1992 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 7 May 1992, one month after the 1992 general election which returned the governing Conservative Party for a fourth consecutive term in office. The Conservatives won back some ground that they had lost the previous year.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1992 Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Local-Elections-Handbook-1992-complete.pdf 3 May 2016Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 3 May 2016 The Conservative Party gained 303 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 8,288. Their share of the vote was projected to be 46%, their highest for many years. The main opposition Labour Party lost 402 seats and were left with 9,102 councillors. Their projected share of the vote was 30%, their lowest since 1982. Neil Kinnock was still party leader at this stage, although he had already declared his intention to resign from the position as soon as a new leader was elected; his successor was John Smith, who won the leadership contest against Bryan Gould on 18 July 1992. The Liberal Democrats gained 56 seats and had 3,728 councillors following the elections. Results September 2015 England 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 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBury Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCalderdale Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCoventry Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDoncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDudley Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsGateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKnowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLiverpool Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsManchester 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) No overall control gainDetailsRotherham 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 No overall control No overall control 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) No overall control gainDetailsWigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWolverhampton Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails District councils Whole council In one district the whole council was up for election as there were new ward boundaries, following a further electoral boundary review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Council Previous control Result DetailsBasingstoke and Deane Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Third of council In 113 districts one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsAmber Valley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBasildon No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsBassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBath No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBedford No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBlackburn Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBrentwood No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) 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) No overall control gainDetailsCannock Chase Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCarlisle Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCheltenham Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsCherwell Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsChorley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsColchester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCongleton Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCraven No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCrawley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDaventry Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsDerby No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEastbourne Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsEastleigh No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEpping Forest Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsExeter No overall control No overall control holdDetailsFareham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGillingham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsGloucester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsGosport Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsGreat Grimsby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHalton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrogate No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHart No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHartlepool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHastings No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHavant No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHereford 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 Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsMole Valley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOxford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPendle Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPenwith No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPeterborough No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPortsmouth No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPreston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPurbeck No overall control No overall control holdDetailsReading Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRedditch Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsReigate and Banstead No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRochford No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRossendale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRugby No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRunnymede 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 No overall control gainDetailsSouth Herefordshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Lakeland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouthampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouthend-on-Sea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Albans No overall control No overall control holdDetailsStevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStoke-on-Trent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsStroud No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSwale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsTamworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTandridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsThamesdown Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsThree Rivers No overall control No overall control holdDetailsThurrock Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTunbridge Wells Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWatford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWaveney Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWest Lancashire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Lindsey No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Oxfordshire Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsWeymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWinchester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWoking No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWokingham 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 District councils 1992 Scottish local elections These were the last elections to the district councils before they were abolished by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Council Previous control Result DetailsAberdeen No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsAngus Scottish National Party Scottish National Party holdDetailsAnnandale and Eskdale Scottish Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats holdDetailsArgyll Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBadenoch and Strathspey Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBanff and Buchan Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsBearsden and Milngavie Scottish Conservatives No overall control gainDetailsBerwickshire Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsCaithness Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsClackmannan Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsClydebank Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsClydesdale Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsCumbernauld and Kilsyth No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsCumnock and Doon Valley Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsCunninghame Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsDumbarton No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDundee Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsDunfermline Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEast Kilbride Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEast Lothian Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEastwood Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsEdinburgh Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsEttrick and Lauderdale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsFalkirk Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsGlasgow Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsGordon No overall control Independent politician gainDetailsHamilton Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsInverclyde Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsInverness Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsKilmarnock and Loudoun Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsKincardine and Deeside Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsKirkcaldy Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsKyle and Carrick Scottish Labour Scottish Conservatives gainDetailsLochaber Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsMidlothian Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsMonklands Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsMoray Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsMotherwell Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsNairn Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNithsdale Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsNorth-East Fife Scottish Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats holdDetailsPerth and Kinross No overall control Scottish Conservatives gainDetailsRenfrew Scottish Labour Scottish LabourDetailsRoss and Cromarty Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsRoxburgh Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSkye and Lochalsh Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsStewartry Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsStirling Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsStrathkelvin Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsSutherland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsTweeddale Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsWest Lothian Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsWigtown 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