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1991 United Kingdom local elections

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FieldValue
election_name1991 United Kingdom local elections
countryUnited Kingdom
typelegislative
previous_election1990 United Kingdom local elections
previous_year1990
next_election1992 United Kingdom local elections
next_year1992
seats_for_electionAll 36 metropolitan boroughs, all 296 English districts and all 37 Welsh districts
election_date2 May 1991
1blankCouncils
2blankCouncils +/-
3blankCouncillors
4blankCouncillors +/-
<!-- Labour -->image1[[File:Official portrait of Neil Kinnock, Member of the EC (cropped).jpg150x150px]]
leader1Neil Kinnock
leader_since12 October 1983
party1Labour Party (UK)
percentage138%
3data19,504
4data1584
<!-- Conservative -->image2[[File:Major PM full (cropped).jpg150x150px]]
leader2John Major
leader_since227 November 1990
party2Conservative Party (UK)
percentage235%
3data27,985
4data21,035
<!-- Liberal Democrats -->image3[[File:Paddy Ashdown (2005) (cropped).jpg160x160px]]
leader3Paddy Ashdown
leader_since316 July 1988
party3Liberal Democrats (UK)
percentage322%
3data33,672
4data3407

The 1991 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 2 May 1991. The results were a setback for the governing Conservative Party, who were left with their lowest number of councillors since 1973, though their popular vote was an improvement from the 1990 local elections.

This was the first electoral test for Prime Minister and Conservative leader John Major, who had taken the helm from Margaret Thatcher in November 1990.

Labour and the Liberal Democrats both benefited from the Conservative losses.

The main opposition Labour Party gained 584 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 9,504, their highest since 1975. Their projected share of the vote was 38%, a decline of 6% from the previous year. They overtook the Conservatives in number of councillors and would remain in that position until 2003.

The governing Conservative Party lost 1,035 seats, leaving them with 7,985 councillors. Their share of the vote was projected to be 35%, an increase of 2% from the previous year.

The Liberal Democrats gained 407 seats and had 3,672 councillors after the elections, a record number and a sign of their improving popularity after a series of disastrous performances in local and European elections after their formation in March 1988. Their projected share of the vote was 22%, up from 17% in 1990.

Despite the Conservatives' heavy losses, the party would go on to win the 1992 general election 11 months later.

England

Metropolitan boroughs

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

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsBarnsleyBirminghamBoltonBradfordBuryCalderdaleCoventryDoncasterDudleyGatesheadKirkleesKnowsleyLeedsLiverpoolManchesterNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideOldhamRochdaleRotherhamSalfordSandwellSeftonSheffieldSolihullSouth TynesideSt HelensStockportSunderlandTamesideTraffordWakefieldWalsallWiganWirralWolverhampton
hold[Details](1991-barnsley-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-birmingham-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-bolton-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-city-of-bradford-metropolitan-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-bury-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-calderdale-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-coventry-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-doncaster-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-dudley-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-gateshead-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-kirklees-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-knowsley-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-leeds-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-liverpool-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-manchester-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-newcastle-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-north-tyneside-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-oldham-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-rochdale-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-rotherham-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-salford-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-sandwell-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-sefton-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-sheffield-city-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-solihull-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-tyneside-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-st-helens-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-stockport-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-sunderland-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-tameside-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-trafford-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-wakefield-metropolitan-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-walsall-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-wigan-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-wirral-metropolitan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-wolverhampton-metropolitan-borough-council-election)

District councils

Whole council

In 185 districts the whole council was up for election.

Three of those districts - Oadby and Wigston, Tonbridge and Malling and Torbay - returned to whole councils elections having previously been elected by thirds.

In 9 districts there were new ward boundaries, following further electoral boundary reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.

These were the last elections to the district councils of Langbaurgh-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees and Woodspring 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 Beverley, Boothferry, Cleethorpes, East Yorkshire, Glanford, Holderness, Kingswood, Medina, Northavon, South Wight and Wansdyke before they were abolished and replaced by unitary authorities by the Local Government Commission for England (1992).

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAllerdaleAlnwickArunAshfieldAshfordAylesbury ValeBaberghBerwick-upon-TweedBeverleyBlabyBlackpoolBlyth Valley ‡BolsoverBoothferryBostonBournemouthBracknell ForestBraintreeBrecklandBridgnorthBromsgroveBroxtoweBurnley ‡CanterburyCaradonCarrickCastle MorpethCastle PointCharnwoodChelmsfordChesterfieldChester-le-StreetChichesterChilternChristchurchCleethorpesCopelandCorbyCotswoldDacorumDarlingtonDartfordDerbyshire DalesDerwentsideDoverDurhamEasingtonEast CambridgeshireEast DevonEast DorsetEast HampshireEast HertfordshireEast LindseyEast NorthamptonshireEast StaffordshireEast YorkshireEdenEpsom and EwellErewashFenlandForest HeathForest of DeanFyldeGedlingGlanfordGraveshamGuildfordHambletonHarboroughHigh PeakHinckley and BosworthHoldernessHorshamHoveKennetKerrierKetteringKing's Lynn and West NorfolkKingswoodLancasterLangbaurgh-on-Tees ‡LeicesterLewesLichfieldLutonMaldonMalvern HillsMansfieldMedinaMeltonMendipMid BedfordshireMid DevonMid SuffolkMid SussexMiddlesbroughNew ForestNewark and SherwoodNewburyNorth CornwallNorth DevonNorth DorsetNorth East DerbyshireNorth KestevenNorth NorfolkNorth ShropshireNorth WarwickshireNorth West LeicestershireNorth WiltshireNorthamptonNorthavonNottinghamOadby and WigstonOswestryPlymouthPooleRestormelRibble ValleyRichmondshireRochester-upon-MedwayRotherRushcliffeRutlandRyedaleSalisburyScarboroughSedgefieldSedgemoorSelbySevenoaksShepwaySouth BucksSouth DerbyshireSouth HamsSouth Herefordshire ‡South HollandSouth KestevenSouth NorfolkSouth NorthamptonshireSouth OxfordshireSouth RibbleSouth ShropshireSouth Somerset ‡South Staffordshire ‡South WightSpelthorneSt EdmundsburyStaffordStaffordshire MoorlandsStockton-on-TeesSuffolk CoastalSurrey HeathTaunton DeaneTeesdaleTeignbridgeTendringTest ValleyTewkesburyThanetThe WrekinTonbridge and Malling ‡TorbayTorridgeTynedaleUttlesfordVale of White HorseVale RoyalWansbeckWansdykeWarrington ‡WarwickWaverleyWealdenWear ValleyWellingboroughWelwyn Hatfield ‡West DevonWest DorsetWest SomersetWest WiltshireWindsor and MaidenheadWoodspringWychavonWycombeWyre
gain[Details](1991-allerdale-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-alnwick-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-arun-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-ashfield-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-ashford-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-aylesbury-vale-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-babergh-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-berwick-upon-tweed-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-east-yorkshire-borough-of-beverley-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-blaby-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-blackpool-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-blyth-valley-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-bolsover-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-boothferry-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-boston-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-bournemouth-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-bracknell-forest-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-braintree-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-breckland-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-bridgnorth-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-bromsgrove-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-broxtowe-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-burnley-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-canterbury-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-caradon-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-carrick-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-castle-morpeth-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-castle-point-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-charnwood-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-chelmsford-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-chesterfield-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-chester-le-street-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-chichester-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-chiltern-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-christchurch-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-cleethorpes-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-copeland-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-corby-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-cotswold-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-dacorum-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-darlington-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-dartford-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-derbyshire-dales-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-derwentside-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-dover-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-durham-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-easington-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-east-cambridgeshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-east-devon-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-east-dorset-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-east-hampshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-east-hertfordshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-east-lindsey-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-east-northamptonshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-east-staffordshire-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-east-yorkshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-eden-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-epsom-and-ewell-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-erewash-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-fenland-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-forest-heath-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-forest-of-dean-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-fylde-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-gedling-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-glanford-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-gravesham-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-guildford-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-hambleton-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-harborough-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-high-peak-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-hinckley-and-bosworth-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-holderness-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-horsham-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-hove-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-kennet-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-kerrier-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-kettering-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-king-s-lynn-and-west-norfolk-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-kingswood-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-lancaster-city-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-langbaurgh-on-tees-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-leicester-city-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-lewes-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-lichfield-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-luton-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-maldon-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-malvern-hills-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-mansfield-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-medina-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-melton-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-mendip-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-mid-bedfordshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-mid-devon-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-mid-suffolk-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-mid-sussex-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-middlesbrough-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-new-forest-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-newark-and-sherwood-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-newbury-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-north-cornwall-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-north-devon-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-north-dorset-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-north-east-derbyshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-north-kesteven-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-north-norfolk-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-north-shropshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-north-warwickshire-borough-council-election)
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gain[Details](1991-northampton-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-northavon-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-nottingham-city-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-oadby-and-wigston-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-oswestry-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-plymouth-city-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-poole-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-restormel-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-ribble-valley-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-richmondshire-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-rochester-upon-medway-city-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-rother-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-rushcliffe-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-rutland-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-ryedale-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-salisbury-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-scarborough-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-sedgefield-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-sedgemoor-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-selby-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-sevenoaks-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-shepway-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-bucks-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-derbyshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-hams-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-herefordshire-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-south-holland-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-south-kesteven-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-norfolk-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-northamptonshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-oxfordshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-ribble-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-shropshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-somerset-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-staffordshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-wight-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-spelthorne-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-st-edmundsbury-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-stafford-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-staffordshire-moorlands-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-stockton-on-tees-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-suffolk-coastal-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-surrey-heath-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-taunton-deane-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-teesdale-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-teignbridge-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-tendring-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-test-valley-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-tewkesbury-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-thanet-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-the-wrekin-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-tonbridge-and-malling-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-torbay-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-torridge-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-tynedale-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-uttlesford-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-vale-of-white-horse-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-vale-royal-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-wansbeck-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-wansdyke-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-warrington-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-warwick-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-waverley-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-wealden-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-wear-valley-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-wellingborough-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-welwyn-hatfield-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-west-devon-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-west-dorset-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-west-somerset-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-west-wiltshire-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-windsor-and-maidenhead-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-woodspring-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-wychavon-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-wycombe-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-wyre-borough-council-election)

‡ New ward boundaries

Third of council

In 111 districts one third of the council was up for election.

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAdurAmber ValleyBarrow-in-FurnessBasildonBasingstoke and DeaneBassetlawBathBlackburnBrentwoodBrightonBristolBroadlandBroxbourneCambridgeCannock ChaseCarlisleCheltenhamCherwellChesterChorleyColchesterCongletonCravenCrawleyCrewe and NantwichDaventryDerbyEastbourneEastleighEllesmere Port and NestonElmbridgeEpping ForestExeterFarehamGillinghamGloucesterGosportGreat GrimsbyGreat YarmouthHarlowHarrogateHartHartlepoolHastingsHavantHerefordHertsmereHuntingdonshireHyndburnIpswichKingston upon HullLeominsterLincolnMacclesfieldMaidstoneMilton KeynesMole ValleyNewcastle-under-LymeNorth BedfordshireNorth HertfordshireNorwichNuneaton and BedworthOxfordPendlePenwithPeterboroughPortsmouthPrestonPurbeckReadingRedditchReigate and BansteadRochfordRossendaleRugbyRunnymedeRushmoorScunthorpeShrewsbury and AtchamSloughSouth BedfordshireSouth CambridgeshireSouth LakelandSouthamptonSouthend-on-SeaSt AlbansStevenageStoke-on-TrentStratford-on-AvonStroudSwaleTamworthTandridgeThamesdownThree RiversThurrockTunbridge WellsWatfordWaveneyWest LancashireWest LindseyWest OxfordshireWeymouth and PortlandWinchesterWokingWokinghamWorcesterWorthingWyre ForestYork
hold[Details](1991-adur-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-amber-valley-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-barrow-in-furness-borough-council-election)
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hold[Details](1991-basingstoke-and-deane-borough-council-election)
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hold[Details](1991-bath-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-blackburn-borough-council-election)
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hold[Details](1991-brighton-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-bristol-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-broadland-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-broxbourne-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-cambridge-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-cannock-chase-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-carlisle-city-council-election)
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hold[Details](1991-cherwell-district-council-election)
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hold[Details](1991-colchester-borough-council-election)
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hold[Details](1991-epping-forest-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-exeter-city-council-election)
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hold[Details](1991-gloucester-city-council-election)
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hold[Details](1991-harlow-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-harrogate-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-hart-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-hartlepool-borough-council-election)
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hold[Details](1991-hereford-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-hertsmere-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-huntingdonshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-hyndburn-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-ipswich-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-hull-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-leominster-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-city-of-lincoln-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-macclesfield-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-maidstone-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-milton-keynes-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-mole-valley-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-newcastle-under-lyme-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-north-bedfordshire-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-north-hertfordshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-norwich-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-nuneaton-and-bedworth-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-oxford-city-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-pendle-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-penwith-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-peterborough-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-portsmouth-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-preston-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-purbeck-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-reading-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-redditch-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-reigate-and-banstead-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-rochford-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-rossendale-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-rugby-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-runnymede-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-rushmoor-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-scunthorpe-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-shrewsbury-and-atcham-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-slough-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-bedfordshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-cambridgeshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-lakeland-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-southampton-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-southend-on-sea-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-st-albans-city-and-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-stevenage-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-stoke-on-trent-city-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-stratford-on-avon-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-stroud-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-swale-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-tamworth-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-tandridge-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-thamesdown-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-three-rivers-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-thurrock-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-tunbridge-wells-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-watford-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-waveney-district-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-west-lancashire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-west-lindsey-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-west-oxfordshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-weymouth-and-portland-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-winchester-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-woking-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-wokingham-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-worcester-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-worthing-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-wyre-forest-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-york-city-council-election)

Wales

District councils

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

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetailsAberconwyAlyn and DeesideAnglesey - Ynys MônArfonBlaenau GwentBrecknockCardiffCarmarthenCeredigionColwynCynon ValleyDelynDinefwrDwyforGlyndŵrIslwynLlanelliLliw ValleyMeirionnyddMerthyr TydfilMonmouthMontgomeryshireNeathNewportOgwrPort TalbotPreseli PembrokeshireRadnorshireRhonddaRhuddlanRhymney ValleySouth PembrokeshireSwanseaTaff-ElyTorfaenVale of GlamorganWrexham Maelor
hold[Details](1991-aberconwy-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-alyn-and-deeside-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-anglesey-ynys-mon-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-arfon-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-blaenau-gwent-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-brecknock-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-cardiff-city-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-carmarthen-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-ceredigion-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-colwyn-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-cynon-valley-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-delyn-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-dinefwr-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-dwyfor-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-glyndwr-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-islwyn-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-llanelli-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-lliw-valley-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-meirionnydd-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-merthyr-tydfil-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-monmouth-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-montgomeryshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-neath-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-newport-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-ogwr-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-port-talbot-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-preseli-pembrokeshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-radnorshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-rhondda-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-rhuddlan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-rhymney-valley-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-south-pembrokeshire-district-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-swansea-city-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-taff-ely-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-torfaen-borough-council-election)
gain[Details](1991-vale-of-glamorgan-borough-council-election)
hold[Details](1991-wrexham-maelor-borough-council-election)

References

References

  1. "Local Election 1991 - Thursday, 2nd May, 1991".
  2. "Local Elections Handbook 1991". Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
  3. "Council compositions".
  4. "The 1992 General Election - Liberal Democrats".
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