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    Local Elections 1991

    Local Elections 1991 was held on 2 May 1991. 12,384 seats were filled across 8,196 wards and divisions in 532 councils, from 29,261 candidates. Conservative Party won 4,189, The Labour Party won 3,751 and Liberal Democrats won 2,165.

    Date
    2 May 1991
    Seats filled
    12,384
    Candidates
    29,261
    Councils
    532
    Local Elections 1991: seats and votes by party
    PartyCandidatesSeats wonVotesVote share
    Conservative Party8,7674,1896,879,40434.6%
    The Labour Party8,7683,7516,653,68133.4%
    Liberal Democrats6,0662,1654,205,77121.1%
    Independent3,2321,8371,278,2606.4%
    RES15094103,1640.5%
    Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales19584113,4500.6%
    RATE1105884,1500.4%
    LIB1694996,5540.5%
    PC543029,7110.1%
    Ind Con1042940,9940.2%
    Ind Lab1092360,5030.3%
    Green Party1,21016255,0351.3%
    SDP621636,6560.2%
    Other1564,7320.0%
    PABAG544,4810.0%
    Residents544,3050.0%
    PPF524,6240.0%
    COMM923,8320.0%
    Anti PT1523,6070.0%
    The Liberal Party221,7160.0%
    Ind SDP421,5990.0%
    M Ind220—
    G Con220—
    RLGG712,3210.0%
    Social Democratic Party411,6760.0%
    Socialist (London, 1889-1912)111,3530.0%
    Ind DEM117150.0%
    R Lab115960.0%
    Cromarty Con114100.0%
    Ind LD313770.0%
    SOC110—
    Beddoes Ind110—
    C Ind110—
    D Ind110—
    H Ind110—
    IND PC110—
    M LD110—
    T Con110—
    Elections9017,9190.1%
    Elections Handbook6011,9460.1%
    Local Elections 1991: results by council
    CouncilWards / divisionsSeats filledLargest partyIts seats
    Aberconwy22Independent1
    Aberconwy2236Labour10
    Adur1212Liberal Democrats6
    Allerdale3455Labour31
    Alnwick1729Liberal Democrats15
    Alyn and Deeside2035Labour24
    Alyn and Deeside34Labour3
    Amber Valley88Conservative4
    Amber Valley77Conservative4
    Arfon2835Independent14
    Arfon34Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales2
    Arun2756Conservative36
    Ashfield1430Labour29
    Ashford4447Conservative27
    Aylesbury Vale3756Conservative27
    Babergh3042Independent16
    Barnsley2222Labour19
    Barrow-in-Furness1313Conservative8
    Basildon1415Conservative7
    Basingstoke and Deane2021Conservative12
    Bassetlaw1112Labour8
    Bassetlaw55Conservative3
    Bath89Conservative5
    Bath77Liberal Democrats3
    Bedford1414Conservative8
    Bedford33Conservative2
    Berkshire11Labour1
    Berkshire County Council11Labour1
    Berwick-upon-Tweed1628Independent10
    BEVERLEY2453Conservative28
    Birmingham3941Labour18
    Blaby2139Conservative30
    Blackburn1718Labour9
    Blackburn33Labour3
    Blackpool2345Labour27
    Blaenau Gwent1437Labour26
    Blaenau Gwent36Labour5
    Blyth Valley1947Labour27
    Bolsover2437Labour34
    Bolton2021Labour13
    Boothferry2235Conservative17
    Boston1632Conservative10
    Bournemouth1957Liberal Democrats28
    Bracknell Forest1940Conservative32
    Bradford3030Labour18
    Braintree3360Conservative23
    Breckland4052Conservative31
    Brecknock3044Independent29
    Brentwood1212Liberal Democrats9
    Bridgnorth2033Independent15
    Brighton22Labour2
    Brighton11Labour1
    Brighton & Hove1313Labour8
    Bristol, City of2223Labour16
    Broadland1616Conservative5
    Bromsgrove2041Conservative26
    Broxbourne1416Conservative14
    Broxtowe1332Conservative19
    Broxtowe817Conservative9
    Buckinghamshire23Independent1
    Burnley1648Labour36
    Bury1616Conservative9
    Calderdale1818Conservative8
    Cambridge1313Labour7
    Cannock Chase1414Labour9
    Canterbury22Conservative1
    Canterbury2245Liberal Democrats22
    Caradon3041Independent22
    Cardiff2665Labour39
    Carlisle66Conservative3
    Carlisle1111Labour6
    Carmarthen Borough Council2637Independent27
    Carrick2045Liberal Democrats24
    Castle Morpeth2134Independent10
    Castle Point1336Conservative33
    Castle Point13Conservative3
    Central Bedfordshire12Conservative2
    Ceredigion3644Independent31
    Charnwood2849Conservative31
    Chelmsford2756Conservative28
    Cheltenham77Liberal Democrats4
    Cheltenham Borough Council715Liberal Democrats10
    Cherwell1717Conservative11
    Cheshire22Labour1
    Chester67Liberal Democrats3
    Chester-le-Street1732Labour26
    Chesterfield1636Labour24
    Chesterfield26Liberal Democrats4
    Chichester3450Conservative33
    Chiltern3050Conservative39
    Chorley1111Labour6
    Chorley Borough Council55Conservative3
    Christchurch615Conservative10
    Christchurch410Independent7
    City of Chester1414Conservative7
    Cleethorpes1127Conservative11
    Cleethorpes714Labour6
    Colchester88Liberal Democrats5
    Colchester66Conservative4
    Colchester Borough Council66Liberal Democrats3
    Colwyn1934Liberal Democrats12
    Congleton88Liberal Democrats5
    Congleton44Conservative3
    Congleton Borough Council33Liberal Democrats2
    Conwy33Liberal Democrats2
    Copeland1943Labour26
    Copeland Borough Council78Conservative5
    Corby1124Labour20
    Cotswold3345Independent32
    Coventry1818Labour15
    Craven77Conservative3
    Craven55Conservative2
    Crawley1012Labour8
    Crewe and Nantwich1919Conservative9
    Cynon Valley510PC5
    Cynon Valley932Labour25
    Dacorum2859Conservative38
    Darlington2653Labour30
    Dartford1323Labour10
    Dartford Borough Council1125Conservative15
    Daventry1212Conservative7
    Delyn23Independent2
    Delyn2335Independent18
    Derby1515Labour9
    Derbyshire720Labour13
    Derbyshire Dales2230Conservative22
    Derwentside2355Labour39
    Devon24Conservative4
    Dinefwr2531Independent14
    Doncaster2121Labour18
    Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council10——
    Dover1525Conservative16
    Dover Borough Council1731Labour12
    Dudley2424Conservative13
    Durham48Labour6
    Durham2041Labour22
    Dwyfor2429Independent21
    Ealing11Labour1
    Easington1937Labour30
    Easington814Labour9
    East Cambridgeshire1837Independent25
    East Devon2649Conservative32
    East Devon911Conservative9
    East Dorset2336Conservative19
    East Hampshire3142Liberal Democrats20
    East Hertfordshire2540Conservative25
    East Lindsey4860Independent44
    East Northamptonshire1830Conservative23
    East Staffordshire2646Labour23
    East Sussex11Liberal Democrats1
    East Yorkshire1332Conservative12
    East Yorkshire1111Independent6
    Eastbourne1010Liberal Democrats7
    Eastleigh66Conservative2
    Eastleigh55Liberal Democrats3
    Eastleigh Borough Council44Conservative3
    Eden2837Independent24
    Ellesmere Port and Neston1414Labour10
    Elmbridge1818Conservative7
    Epping Forest2020Conservative8
    Epsom And Ewell1339RES29
    Erewash2347Conservative22
    Essex44Conservative3
    Exeter1212Labour6
    Fareham1416Conservative13
    Fenland2540Conservative27
    Flintshire78Independent5
    Forest Heath1525Conservative12
    Forest Of Dean2639Labour17
    Fylde1332Conservative15
    Fylde917Conservative7
    Gateshead1010Labour8
    Gateshead1212Labour11
    Gedling2150Conservative35
    Gillingham33Liberal Democrats2
    Gillingham Borough Council1111Conservative4
    Glanford2341Conservative17
    Gloucester89Conservative3
    Gloucester45Labour3
    Gloucestershire311Labour8
    Glyndwr2334Independent25
    Gosport99Liberal Democrats5
    Gravesham1842Conservative22
    Great Grimsby66Conservative3
    Great Grimsby99Labour6
    Great Yarmouth1111Conservative6
    Great Yarmouth55Labour4
    Guildford45Conservative4
    Guildford613Liberal Democrats6
    Guildford Borough Council1127Liberal Democrats12
    Gwynedd10——
    Hackney11Labour1
    Halton1818Labour15
    Hambleton3447Conservative19
    Hampshire65Conservative2
    Harborough2637Conservative17
    Harlow1415Labour10
    Harrogate1616Liberal Democrats10
    Harrogate Borough Council44Conservative2
    Hart1314Liberal Democrats7
    Hartlepool66Labour4
    Hartlepool34Labour3
    Hartlepool Borough Council77Conservative3
    Hastings1010Liberal Democrats4
    Havant1212Conservative6
    Hereford99Liberal Democrats8
    Hertfordshire914Conservative9
    Hertsmere1212Labour7
    High Peak2544Labour16
    Hinckley And Bosworth1834Conservative21
    Holderness2031Independent25
    Horsham45Conservative3
    Horsham1935Conservative24
    Hove13Conservative3
    Hove39Labour6
    Hove Borough Council618Conservative15
    Huntingdon1010Conservative7
    HUNTINGDON88Conservative8
    Hyndburn1111Labour9
    Hyndburn44Labour3
    Ipswich1516Labour11
    Isle of Anglesey3332Independent21
    Islwyn718Labour16
    Islwyn617Labour14
    Kennet3139Conservative17
    Kent58Conservative5
    Kerrier2244Liberal Democrats16
    Kettering1018Liberal Democrats8
    Kettering1227Labour17
    King's Lynn And West Norfolk3652Conservative28
    Kingston Upon Hull1110Labour9
    Kingston Upon Hull, City of1011Labour11
    Kingswood1946Labour25
    Kingswood44Conservative2
    Kirklees2424Labour12
    Knowsley2224Labour23
    Lancashire1224Labour11
    Lancaster2754Labour18
    LANGBAURGH2259Labour33
    Leeds3334Labour22
    Leicester2856Labour37
    Leicestershire35Conservative3
    Leominster1312Independent6
    Lewes2447Liberal Democrats26
    Lichfield1021Conservative13
    Lichfield1735Conservative24
    Lincoln1111Labour10
    Lincolnshire36Labour3
    Liverpool3535Labour16
    Llanelli1520Labour14
    Llanelli715Labour6
    Lliw Valley2633Labour22
    Luton515Liberal Democrats6
    Luton Borough Council1133Labour23
    Macclesfield1111Conservative5
    Macclesfield99Conservative5
    Maidstone1819Liberal Democrats7
    Maldon1723Conservative11
    Maldon Borough Council37Liberal Democrats3
    Malvern Hills3250Independent20
    Manchester3334Labour27
    Mansfield1641Labour34
    Mansfield District Council25Labour5
    Medina1736Conservative18
    Meirionnydd2243Independent25
    Melton1726Conservative18
    Mendip3243Liberal Democrats21
    Merthyr Tydfil1133Labour21
    Mid Bedfordshire1631Conservative24
    Mid Bedfordshire1320Conservative14
    Mid Devon2840Independent27
    Mid Suffolk3440Conservative17
    Mid Sussex99Conservative4
    Mid Sussex2043Conservative28
    Middlesbrough1941Labour28
    Middlesbrough612Labour10
    Milton Keynes1515Conservative5
    Mole Valley1011Conservative4
    Mole Valley44Liberal Democrats2
    Monmouth910Labour5
    Monmouth2730Conservative16
    Monmouthshire11Labour1
    Montgomeryshire3843Independent34
    Montgomeryshire22Independent1
    Neath1826Labour18
    Neath Borough Council48Labour7
    New Forest3257Liberal Democrats29
    Newark And Sherwood3054Labour28
    Newbury37Liberal Democrats4
    Newbury1420Liberal Democrats15
    Newbury Borough Council1418Conservative12
    Newcastle Upon Tyne2627Labour21
    Newcastle-under-Lyme1818Labour11
    Newport1616Labour14
    Norfolk1116Liberal Democrats5
    North Cornwall2738Independent31
    North Devon911Liberal Democrats6
    North Devon2032Liberal Democrats20
    North Dorset79Independent5
    North Dorset2024Independent16
    North East Derbyshire2753Labour35
    North Hertfordshire1717Conservative7
    North Kesteven3039Independent16
    North Norfolk1518Independent11
    North Norfolk2128Conservative13
    North Shropshire916Independent10
    North Shropshire1724Independent22
    North Tyneside1010Labour7
    North Tyneside1010Labour5
    North Warwickshire1831Labour17
    North West Leicestershire69Labour6
    North West Leicestershire1631Labour18
    North Wiltshire4252Liberal Democrats29
    North Yorkshire22Conservative1
    Northampton2041Labour21
    Northamptonshire717Labour10
    Northavon3857Liberal Democrats25
    Norwich1617Labour12
    Nottingham2755Labour37
    Nottinghamshire511Labour8
    Nuneaton and Bedworth1515Labour12
    Oadby And Wigston1026Liberal Democrats19
    Ogwr2950Labour39
    Oldham2020Labour11
    Oswestry1529Independent16
    Oxford1721Labour15
    Oxfordshire912Liberal Democrats4
    Pendle66Labour4
    Pendle1012Liberal Democrats6
    Penwith1212Conservative4
    Peterborough1616Labour7
    Plymouth2060Labour41
    Poole38Liberal Democrats7
    Poole Borough Council1028Conservative15
    Port Talbot Borough Council1111Labour6
    Portsmouth1313Conservative7
    Preseli Pembrokeshire2629Independent28
    Preseli Pembrokeshire611Independent8
    Preston1919Labour11
    Purbeck77Conservative4
    Radnor2634Independent29
    Reading1515Labour9
    Redditch1010Labour6
    Reigate & Banstead1718Conservative9
    Restormel1844Liberal Democrats28
    Rhondda66Labour6
    Rhondda44Residents2
    Rhondda Borough Council11Labour1
    Rhondda Cynon Taf23Labour2
    Rhuddlan1632Independent17
    Rhymney Valley2346Labour27
    Ribble Valley1222Conservative12
    Ribble Valley1116Conservative11
    Richmondshire2632Independent24
    Rochdale2020Labour9
    Rochester-upon-Medway2050Conservative22
    Rochford1212Liberal Democrats6
    Rossendale1111Conservative6
    Rother2645Conservative20
    Rotherham99Labour8
    Rotherham1314Labour14
    Rugby66Labour2
    Rugby910Conservative6
    Rugby Borough Council11Labour1
    Runnymede1111Conservative7
    Rushcliffe2140Conservative32
    Rushcliffe713Conservative10
    Rushmoor1516Conservative10
    Rutland1620Independent10
    Ryedale2943Liberal Democrats20
    Salford1717Labour15
    Salford33Labour3
    Salisbury3658Conservative30
    Sandwell2425Labour15
    Scarborough1736Conservative13
    Scarborough Borough Council513Labour7
    Scunthorpe1313Labour9
    Sedgefield2249Labour33
    Sedgemoor3149Conservative26
    Sefton2325Labour10
    Selby3650Conservative18
    Sevenoaks1927Conservative15
    Sevenoaks1326Conservative16
    Sheffield2930Labour23
    Shepway2556Liberal Democrats33
    Shrewsbury and Atcham1616Conservative8
    Slough1314Labour10
    Solihull45Conservative2
    Solihull1313Conservative6
    Somerset47Labour3
    South Bedfordshire1818Conservative13
    South Buckinghamshire1431Conservative20
    South Bucks610Conservative9
    South Cambridgeshire2021Conservative9
    South Derbyshire813Labour8
    South Derbyshire1020Labour11
    South Glamorgan22Labour1
    South Hams3341Conservative20
    South Herefordshire1921Independent18
    South Holland2235Independent20
    South Kesteven3457Conservative22
    South Lakeland1818Conservative6
    South Norfolk1217Liberal Democrats11
    South Norfolk2626Conservative16
    South Northamptonshire3138Conservative25
    South Oxfordshire3147Conservative29
    South Pembrokeshire2228Independent25
    South Ribble2049Conservative30
    South Shropshire2840Independent27
    South Somerset3958Liberal Democrats40
    South Staffordshire2650Conservative36
    South Tyneside2020Labour18
    South Wight1624Liberal Democrats11
    Southampton1516Labour9
    Southend-On-Sea1313Conservative6
    Spelthorne34Conservative2
    Spelthorne1233Conservative28
    St Albans Borough Council1313Conservative6
    St Edmundsbury2026Conservative11
    St. Albans22Conservative1
    St. Helens1819Labour10
    St.Albans44Liberal Democrats3
    St.Edmundsbury1318Conservative9
    Stafford2958Conservative29
    Staffordshire23Labour2
    Staffordshire Moorlands2856RATE21
    Stevenage77Labour5
    Stevenage66Labour4
    Stockport99Labour4
    Stockport1212Liberal Democrats8
    Stockton-on-Tees3055Labour27
    Stoke On Trent2020Labour19
    Stratford on Avon Borough Council66Liberal Democrats3
    Stratford-on-Avon55Conservative3
    Stratford-On-Avon88Independent3
    Stroud1820Conservative6
    Suffolk45Conservative4
    Suffolk Coastal1013Conservative5
    Suffolk Coastal3140Conservative30
    Sunderland2525Labour21
    Surrey811Conservative6
    Surrey Heath1226Conservative26
    Surrey Heath410Conservative5
    Swale1717Conservative7
    Swansea1718Labour9
    Taff-Ely2640Labour17
    Tameside1919Labour17
    Tamworth88Labour4
    Tamworth11Labour1
    Tamworth Borough Council11Labour1
    Tandridge1313Liberal Democrats6
    Taunton Deane2849Liberal Democrats28
    Teesdale1931Independent21
    Teignbridge3358Independent22
    Tendring3260Liberal Democrats20
    Test Valley2243Conservative28
    Tewkesbury2127Independent16
    Tewkesbury Borough Council69Conservative3
    Thamesdown1821Labour12
    Thanet2754Conservative29
    The Wrekin812Conservative6
    The Wrekin2534Labour27
    Three Rivers1517Conservative8
    Thurrock33Labour2
    Thurrock1010Labour8
    Tonbridge and Malling47Conservative6
    Tonbridge And Malling2348Conservative26
    Torbay1236Liberal Democrats21
    Torfaen710Labour9
    Torfaen1834Labour27
    Torridge2736Independent22
    Trafford2122Conservative13
    Tunbridge Wells66Conservative3
    Tunbridge Wells1010Conservative5
    Tynedale3347Conservative17
    Uttlesford3041Conservative24
    Vale of Glamorgan1841Conservative19
    Vale of Glamorgan35Labour4
    Vale Of White Horse2948Conservative28
    Vale Royal3660Labour32
    Wakefield2121Labour19
    Walsall2020Conservative7
    Wansbeck1646Labour44
    Wansdyke3047Conservative23
    Warrington2460Labour42
    Warwick1841Conservative23
    Warwickshire79Labour8
    Watford89Labour6
    Watford Borough Council33Conservative1
    Waveney66Labour5
    Waveney99Conservative5
    Waverley2755Conservative28
    Wealden3458Conservative44
    Wear Valley2140Liberal Democrats28
    Wellingborough1431Conservative16
    Welwyn Hatfield1424Conservative14
    Welwyn Hatfield23Conservative2
    West Devon2130Independent17
    West Dorset3855Independent19
    West Glamorgan11Conservative1
    West Lancashire1818Conservative11
    West Lindsey1313Independent6
    West Oxfordshire1212Independent8
    West Somerset1931Independent22
    West Sussex68Conservative3
    West Wiltshire2843Liberal Democrats21
    Weymouth and Portland1212Labour5
    Wigan2424Labour18
    Wiltshire33Labour2
    Winchester66Conservative3
    Winchester55Liberal Democrats3
    Winchester Borough Council66Conservative4
    Windsor & Maidenhead35Conservative4
    Windsor and Maidenhead1953Liberal Democrats25
    Wirral2225Conservative11
    Woking1212Liberal Democrats5
    Wokingham1919Conservative12
    Wolverhampton2021Conservative11
    Woodspring3559Conservative36
    Worcester1212Labour8
    Worcestershire36Independent3
    Worthing88Conservative5
    Worthing Borough Council44Conservative2
    Wrexham Maelor3947Labour28
    Wychavon3446Conservative23
    Wycombe1945Conservative26
    Wycombe1315Conservative12
    Wyre2448Conservative29
    Wyre Forest33Liberal Democrats1
    Wyre Forest1111Labour7
    Ynys Mon-Isle of Anglesey57Independent3
    York1516Labour10

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