1993 United Kingdom local elections

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19 May 1993 (Northern Ireland) | 1994 ->

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All 39 non-metropolitan counties, 1 sui generis authority,
all 26 Northern Irish districts and all 8 Welsh counties
|  | Majority party  | Minority party  | Third party

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Lab

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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  | 39% | 31%  | 25%
Councillors  | 9,213 | 7,802  | 4,123
Councillors +/-  | 111  | 486  | 395

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

The 1993 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 6 May 1993 in England and Wales, and Wednesday 19 May 1993 in Northern Ireland.[1][2] The results showed a decline for the governing Conservative Party, who were still reeling from the fallout of Black Wednesday; with the third-placed party, the Liberal Democrats, gaining most seats.

The main opposition Labour Party, now led by John Smith following Neil Kinnock's resignation as party leader, gained 111 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 9,213. Their share of the vote was projected to be 39%, their highest since 1990.

The governing Conservative Party lost 486 seats and was left with 7,802 councillors. Their projected share of the vote was 31%, a 15% decline since the previous local elections in 1992.

The Liberal Democrats gained 395 seats and had 4,123 councillors after the elections. Their projected share of the vote was 25%, an increase in 5% from the 1992 local elections.

On the same day as local elections in England and Wales, a parliamentary by-election was held in the Newbury constituency in Berkshire. The Conservatives lost this seat to the Liberal Democrats.

## Summary of results

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## England

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### Non-metropolitan county councils

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These were the last elections to the county councils of Avon, Berkshire, Cleveland, Hereford and Worcester, Humberside and Isle of Wight before they were abolished by the Local Government Commission for England (1992).

Council  | Previous control  | Result  | Details

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Avon |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Bedfordshire |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Berkshire |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Buckinghamshire |  | Conservative |  | Conservative hold  | Details
Cambridgeshire |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Cheshire |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Cleveland |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Cornwall |  | No overall control |  | Liberal Democrats gain  | Details
Cumbria |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Derbyshire |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Devon |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Dorset |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Durham |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
East Sussex |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Essex |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Gloucestershire |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Hampshire |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Hereford and Worcester |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Hertfordshire |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Humberside |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Isle of Wight |  | Liberal Democrats |  | Liberal Democrats hold  | Details
Kent |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Lancashire |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Leicestershire |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Lincolnshire |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Norfolk |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
North Yorkshire |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Northamptonshire |  | No overall control |  | Labour gain  | Details
Northumberland |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Nottinghamshire |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Oxfordshire |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Shropshire |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Somerset |  | Conservative |  | Liberal Democrats gain  | Details
Staffordshire |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Suffolk |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Surrey |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Warwickshire |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
West Sussex |  | Conservative |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Wiltshire ‡  |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details

‡ New electoral division boundaries

### Sui generis

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Council  | Previous control  | Result  | Details

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Isles of Scilly |  |  |  |  | Details

## Northern Ireland

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Main article: 1993 Northern Ireland local elections

Council  | Previous control  | Result  | Details

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Antrim |  | UUP |  | No overall control | Details
Ards |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Armagh |  | UUP |  | No overall control | Details
Ballymena |  | DUP |  | No overall control | Details
Ballymoney |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Banbridge |  | UUP |  | UUP | Details
Belfast |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Carrickfergus |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Castlereagh |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Coleraine |  | No overall control |  | UUP | Details
Cookstown |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Craigavon |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Derry |  | No overall control |  | SDLP | Details
Down |  | SDLP |  | SDLP | Details
Dungannon |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Fermanagh |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Larne |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Limavady |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Lisburn |  | UUP |  | UUP | Details
Magherafelt |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Moyle |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Newry and Mourne |  | SDLP |  | SDLP | Details
Newtownabbey |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
North Down |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Omagh |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details
Strabane |  | No overall control |  | No overall control | Details

## Wales

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### County councils

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These were the last elections to the county councils before they were abolished by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994.

Council  | Previous control  | Result  | Details

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Clwyd |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Dyfed |  | No overall control |  | No overall control hold  | Details
Gwent |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Gwynedd |  | Independent |  | No overall control gain  | Details
Mid Glamorgan |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
Powys |  | Independent |  | Independent hold  | Details
South Glamorgan |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details
West Glamorgan |  | Labour |  | Labour hold  | Details

## References

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1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1993 (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.
* Vote 2001 BBC News

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