1994 United Kingdom local elections

none 1994 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1993 United Kingdom local elections 1993 1995 United Kingdom local elections 1995 All 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs,114 out of 296 English districts and all 12 Scottish regions 5 May 1994 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- John Smith in 1989.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 John Smith 18 July 1992 Labour Party (UK) 40% 9,257 44 Prime Minister John Major 1994 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 John Major 27 November 1990 Conservative Party (UK) 27% 7,286 516 ASHDOWN Paddy.jpg 127 120 160 0 0 Paddy Ashdown 16 July 1988 Liberal Democrats (UK) 27% 4,551 428 Results of the 1994 United Kingdom local elections Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the results table. The 1994 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 5 May 1994.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1994 Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Local-Elections-Handbook-1994-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 results showed a continued decline for the governing Conservatives — who were now in their 15th successive year of government at Westminster — with the third-placed party, the Liberal Democrats, as the main beneficiaries. The main opposition, the Labour Party, gained 44 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 9,257. Their projected national vote share was 40%, a 1% increase on the 1993 local elections. The Conservative Party lost 516 seats and were left with 7,286 councillors. Their projected national vote share was 27%, a 4% fall since the previous local elections in 1993. The Liberal Democrats gained 428 seats and had 4,551 councillors following the elections. The Liberals received a 27% share of the national vote, a 2% increase on 1993. A parliamentary by-election also took place in the Rotherham constituency in South Yorkshire; Labour held the seat. This was the last election to be contested by Labour leader John Smith; He died suddenly a week later. Results September 2015 England London boroughs 1994 London local elections In all 32 London boroughs the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarking and Dagenham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBarnet Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBexley Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBrent No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBromley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCamden Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCroydon Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsEaling Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsEnfield Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsGreenwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHackney Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHammersmith and Fulham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHaringey Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrow Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHavering No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHillingdon Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsHounslow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsIslington Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKensington and Chelsea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsKingston upon Thames No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsLambeth Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsLewisham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMerton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRedbridge Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsRichmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsSouthwark Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSutton Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsTower Hamlets Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWaltham Forest Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWandsworth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWestminster Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails 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 No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCalderdale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCoventry Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDoncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDudley No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsGateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsKnowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLiverpool No overall control No overall control 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) No overall control gainDetailsRochdale No overall control No overall control 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 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 No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWolverhampton No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetails District councils In 114 districts one third of the council was up for election. These were the last elections to the district councils of Bristol, Hartlepool, Kingston upon Hull and York before they were made unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). These were also the last elections to the district councils of Bath, Great Grimsby and Scunthorpe before they were abolished and replaced by unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992). 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 Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBasildon Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBasingstoke and Deane Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBath No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsBedford No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBlackburn Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBrentwood Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsBrighton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBristol Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBroadland Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBurnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCannock 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 Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsCongleton No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) 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 Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsEastbourne Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsEastleigh No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEpping Forest Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsExeter No overall control No overall control holdDetailsFareham Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsGillingham 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 Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsHart 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) No overall control gainDetailsHuntingdonshire 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 holdDetails[[ Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] 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 Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsNorwich 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) No overall control gainDetailsPenwith 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 Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsRossendale 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 No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth 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) No overall control gainDetailsSt Albans No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsStevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStoke-on-Trent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon Conservative Party (UK) No overall control 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 Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsThamesdown 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) No overall control gainDetailsWatford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWaveney Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWest Lancashire No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWest Lindsey No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Oxfordshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWeymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWinchester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWoking Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWokingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWorcester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWorthing Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsWyre Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetailsYork Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Scotland Regional councils 1994 Scottish regional elections Apart from Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles, these were the last elections to the regional councils before they were abolished by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Council Previous control Result DetailsBorders Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsCentral Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsDumfries and Galloway Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsFife 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