1994 United Kingdom local elections

Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1994.^[1]^[2] 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.

Summary of results

England

London boroughs

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

Council	Previous control		Result
Barking and Dagenham style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Barnet style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Bexley style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Brent style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Bromley style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Camden style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Croydon style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Ealing style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Enfield style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Greenwich style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Hackney style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Hammersmith and Fulham style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Haringey style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Harrow style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Havering style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Hillingdon style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Hounslow style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Islington style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Kensington and Chelsea style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Kingston upon Thames style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats gain	Details
Lambeth style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Lewisham style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Merton style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Newham style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Redbridge style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Richmond upon Thames style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats hold	Details
Southwark style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Sutton style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats hold	Details
Tower Hamlets style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Waltham Forest style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Wandsworth style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Westminster style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details

Metropolitan boroughs

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

Council	Previous control		Result
Barnsley style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Birmingham style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Bolton style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Bradford style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Bury style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Calderdale style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Coventry style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Doncaster style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Dudley style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Gateshead style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Kirklees style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Knowsley style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Leeds style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Liverpool style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Manchester style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Newcastle upon Tyne style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
North Tyneside style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Oldham style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Rochdale style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Rotherham style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Salford style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Sandwell style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Sefton style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Sheffield style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Solihull style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
South Tyneside style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
St Helens style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Stockport style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Sunderland style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Tameside style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Trafford style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Wakefield style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Walsall style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Wigan style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Wirral style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Wolverhampton style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details

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
Adur style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats hold	Details
Amber Valley style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Barrow-in-Furness style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Basildon style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Basingstoke and Deane style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Bassetlaw style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Bath style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats gain	Details
Bedford style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Blackburn style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Brentwood style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats hold	Details
Brighton style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Bristol style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Broadland style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Broxbourne style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Burnley style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Cambridge style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Cannock Chase style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Carlisle style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Cheltenham style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats hold	Details
Cherwell style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Chester style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Chorley style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Colchester style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats gain	Details
Congleton style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats gain	Details
Craven style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Crawley style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Crewe and Nantwich style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Daventry style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Derby style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
Eastbourne style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats hold	Details
Eastleigh style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats gain	Details
Ellesmere Port and Neston style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Elmbridge style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Epping Forest style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Exeter style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Fareham style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Gillingham style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Gloucester style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Gosport style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats hold	Details
Great Grimsby style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Great Yarmouth style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Halton style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Harlow style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Harrogate style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats gain	Details
Hart style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Hartlepool style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Hastings style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Havant style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Hereford style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats hold	Details
Hertsmere style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Huntingdonshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Hyndburn style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Ipswich style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Kingston upon Hull style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Leominster style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Lincoln style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Macclesfield style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Maidstone style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Milton Keynes style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Mole Valley style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Newcastle-under-Lyme style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
North Hertfordshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Norwich style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Nuneaton and Bedworth style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Oxford style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Pendle style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Penwith style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Peterborough style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Portsmouth style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Preston style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Purbeck style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Reading style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Redditch style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Reigate and Banstead style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Rochford style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats gain	Details
Rossendale style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Rugby style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Runnymede style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Rushmoor style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Scunthorpe style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Shrewsbury and Atcham style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Slough style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
South Bedfordshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
South Cambridgeshire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
South Herefordshire style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
South Lakeland style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Southampton style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Southend-on-Sea style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
St Albans style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats gain	Details
Stevenage style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Stoke-on-Trent style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Stratford-on-Avon style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Stroud style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Swale style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Tamworth style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Tandridge style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative gain	Details
Thamesdown style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Three Rivers style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Thurrock style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Tunbridge Wells style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Watford style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Waveney style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Welwyn Hatfield style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
West Lancashire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour gain	Details
West Lindsey style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
West Oxfordshire style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Weymouth and Portland style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Winchester style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Woking style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Wokingham style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative hold	Details
Worcester style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details
Worthing style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats gain	Details
Wyre Forest style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
York style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour hold	Details

Scotland

Regional councils

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
Borders style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Central style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour hold	Details
Dumfries and Galloway style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control gain	Details
Fife style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour hold	Details
Grampian style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Highland style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Lothian style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour hold	Details
Orkney style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Shetland style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details
Strathclyde style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour hold	Details
Tayside style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control" \|	No overall control hold	Details
Western Isles style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent hold	Details

References

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

[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.

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v t e (1993 ←) 1994 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1995)
London boroughs	Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bath Bedford Blackburn Brentwood Brighton Bristol Broadland Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Cheltenham Cherwell Chester Chorley Colchester Congleton Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Daventry Derby Eastbourne Eastleigh Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gillingham Gloucester Gosport Great Grimsby Great Yarmouth Halton Harlow Harrogate Hart Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hereford Hertsmere Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Kingston upon Hull Leominster Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Milton Keynes Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Penwith Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Purbeck Reading Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor Scunthorpe Shrewsbury and Atcham Slough South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire South Herefordshire South Lakeland Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Swale Tamworth Tandridge Thamesdown Three Rivers Thurrock Tunbridge Wells Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Wokingham Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest York
Regional councils (Scotland)	Borders Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highland Lothian Orkney Shetland Strathclyde Tayside Western Isles
Referendum	1994 Strathclyde water referendum
See also: European Parliament election

v t e Elections and referendums in the United Kingdom
General elections	1801 1802 1806 1807 1812 1818 1820 1826 1830 1831 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 1910 (Jan) 1910 (Dec) 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (Feb) 1974 (Oct) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 Next
Local elections	1889 1890 1892 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
European elections	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019
Referendums	1975 2011 2016