United Kingdom local elections, 1994
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Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1994.[1] The results showed a continued decline for the governing Conservatives (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 28%, a 3% fall since the previous local elections in 1993. The Liberal Democrats gained 428 seats and had 4,551 councillors after the elections.
England
London boroughs
Main article: London local elections, 1994
In all 32 London boroughs the whole council was up for election.
Metropolitan boroughs
District councils
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).
Scotland
Regional councils
Main article: Scottish regional elections, 1994
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 | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borders | Independent | No overall control gain | Details | ||
| Central | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Dumfries and Galloway | Independent | No overall control gain | Details | ||
| Fife | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Grampian | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
| Highland | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Lothian | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Orkney | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Shetland | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| Strathclyde | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Tayside | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
| Western Isles | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
References
- ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1994 (PDF). Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26.
- Vote 1999 BBC News
- Vote 2000 BBC News
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