Elections
1993 Welsh local elections
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← 1991 | 6 May 1993 (1993-05-06) | 1995 → |
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All 502 seats to 8 Welsh county councils |
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| First party | Second party | | | | Leader | John Smith | Dafydd Wigley | Party | Labour | Plaid Cymru | Leader since | 18 July 1992 | 1991 | Seats won | 272 | 41 | Popular vote | 319,504 | 89,930 | Popular vote (%) | 47.1% | 13.3% | | | Third party | Fourth party | | | | Leader | Alex Carlile | John Major | Party | Liberal Democrats | Conservative | Leader since | 1992 | 28 November 1990 | Seats won | 34 | 32 | Popular vote | 73,700 | 84,909 | Popular vote (%) | 10.9% | 12.5% | |
The 1993 Welsh local elections, were held on 6 May in 8 local authorities, as part of the wider 1993 UK local elections.
Wales-Wide Results
Party | Votes[1] | % | +/- | Councils | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| Labour | 319,504 | 47.1 | | 5 | | 272 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 89,930 | 13.3 | | 0 | | 41 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 73,700 | 10.9 | | 0 | | 34 | |
| Conservative | 84,909 | 12.5 | | 0 | | 32 | |
| Green | 4,078 | 0.6 | | 0 | | 1 | |
| Independents & Other | 106,082 | 13.3 | | 1 | 1 | 122 | |
| No overall control | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
Result
In all 8 Welsh county councils the whole of the council was up for election.
Notes
References
- ^ "Local Elections Handbook 1993" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. 2004. p. v, 2. Retrieved 15 December 2016.