1994 United Kingdom local elections

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| ← 1993 | 5 May 1994 | 1995 →

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All 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs,
114 out of 296 English districts and all 12 Scottish regions
|   | Majority party  | Minority party  | Third party

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Leader  | John Smith | John Major | Paddy Ashdown
Party  | Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrats
Leader since  | 18 July 1992  | 27 November 1990  | 16 July 1988
Percentage  | 40%  | 27%  | 27%
Councillors  | 9,257  | 7,286  | 4,551
Councillors +/-  |  44  |  516  |  428

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Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the results table.

The 1994 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 5 May 1994.[1][2] 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 after 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.

## Summary of results

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## England

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### London boroughs

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Main article: 1994 London local elections

In all 32 London boroughs the whole council was up for election.

Council  | Previous control  | Result  | Details

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Barking and Dagenham |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Barnet |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Bexley |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Brent |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Bromley |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details
Camden |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Croydon |  | Conservative |  | Labour gain  | Details
Ealing |  | Conservative |  | Labour gain  | Details
Enfield |  | Conservative |  | Labour gain  | Details
Greenwich |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Hackney |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Hammersmith and Fulham |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Haringey |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Harrow |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Havering |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Hillingdon |  | Conservative |  | Labour gain  | Details
Hounslow |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Islington |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Kensington and Chelsea |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details
Kingston upon Thames |  | No overall control |  | Liberal Democrats gain  | Details
Lambeth |  | Labour |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Lewisham |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Merton |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Newham |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Redbridge |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Richmond upon Thames |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats hold  | Details
Southwark |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Sutton |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats hold  | Details
Tower Hamlets |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Labour gain  | Details
Waltham Forest |  | Labour |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Wandsworth |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details
Westminster |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details

### Metropolitan boroughs

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All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.

Council  | Previous control  | Result  | Details

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Barnsley |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Birmingham |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Bolton |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Bradford |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Bury |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Calderdale |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Coventry |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Doncaster |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Dudley |  | No overall control |  | Labour gain  | Details
Gateshead |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Kirklees |  | Labour |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Knowsley |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Leeds |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Liverpool |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Manchester |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Newcastle upon Tyne |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
North Tyneside |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Oldham |  | Labour |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Rochdale |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Rotherham |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Salford |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Sandwell |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Sefton |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Sheffield |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Solihull |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
South Tyneside |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
St Helens |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Stockport |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Sunderland |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Tameside |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Trafford |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details
Wakefield |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Walsall |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Wigan |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Wirral |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Wolverhampton |  | No overall control |  | Labour gain  | Details

### District councils

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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  | Details

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Adur |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats hold  | Details
Amber Valley |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Barrow-in-Furness |  | No overall control |  | Labour gain  | Details
Basildon |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Basingstoke and Deane |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Bassetlaw |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Bath |  | No overall control |  | Liberal Democrats gain  | Details
Bedford |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Blackburn |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Brentwood |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats hold  | Details
Brighton |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Bristol |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Broadland |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Broxbourne |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details
Burnley |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Cambridge |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Cannock Chase |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Carlisle |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Cheltenham |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats hold  | Details
Cherwell |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details
Chester |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Chorley |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Colchester |  | No overall control |  | Liberal Democrats gain  | Details
Congleton |  | No overall control |  | Liberal Democrats gain  | Details
Craven |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Crawley |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Crewe and Nantwich |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Daventry |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details
Derby |  | No overall control |  | Labour gain  | Details
Eastbourne |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats hold  | Details
Eastleigh |  | No overall control |  | Liberal Democrats gain  | Details
Ellesmere Port and Neston |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Elmbridge |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Epping Forest |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Exeter |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Fareham |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Gillingham |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Gloucester |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Gosport |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats hold  | Details
Great Grimsby |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Great Yarmouth |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Halton |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Harlow |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Harrogate |  | No overall control |  | Liberal Democrats gain  | Details
Hart |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Hartlepool |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Hastings |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Havant |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Hereford |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats hold  | Details
Hertsmere |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Huntingdonshire |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details
Hyndburn |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Ipswich |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Kingston upon Hull |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Leominster |  | Independent |  | Independent hold  | Details
Lincoln |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Macclesfield |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details
Maidstone |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Milton Keynes |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Mole Valley |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Newcastle-under-Lyme |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
North Hertfordshire |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Norwich |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Nuneaton and Bedworth |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Oxford |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Pendle |  | Labour |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Penwith |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Peterborough |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Portsmouth |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Preston |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Purbeck |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Reading |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Redditch |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Reigate and Banstead |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Rochford |  | No overall control |  | Liberal Democrats gain  | Details
Rossendale |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Rugby |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Runnymede |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details
Rushmoor |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details
Scunthorpe |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Shrewsbury and Atcham |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Slough |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
South Bedfordshire |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details
South Cambridgeshire |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
South Herefordshire |  | Independent |  | Independent hold  | Details
South Lakeland |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Southampton |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Southend-on-Sea |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
St Albans |  | No overall control |  | Liberal Democrats gain  | Details
Stevenage |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Stoke-on-Trent |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Stratford-on-Avon |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Stroud |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Swale |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Tamworth |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Tandridge |  | No overall control |  | Conservative gain  | Details
Thamesdown |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Three Rivers |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Thurrock |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Tunbridge Wells |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Watford |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Waveney |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Welwyn Hatfield |  | Conservative |  | Labour gain  | Details
West Lancashire |  | No overall control |  | Labour gain  | Details
West Lindsey |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
West Oxfordshire |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Weymouth and Portland |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Winchester |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Woking |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Wokingham |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details
Worcester |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Worthing |  | Conservative |  | Liberal Democrats gain  | Details
Wyre Forest |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
York |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details

## Scotland

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### Regional councils

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Main article: 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  | Details

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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

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1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1994 (PDF). Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
2. ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

* Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26.
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