The 1992 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 7 May 1992, one month after the 1992 general election which returned the governing Conservative Party for a fourth consecutive term in office. The Conservatives won back some ground that they had lost the previous year.
The Conservative Party gained 303 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 8,288. Their share of the vote was projected to be 46%, their highest for many years.
The main opposition Labour Party lost 402 seats and were left with 9,102 councillors. Their projected share of the vote was 30%, their lowest since 1982. Neil Kinnock was still party leader at this stage, although he had already declared his intention to resign from the position as soon as a new leader was elected; his successor was John Smith, who won the leadership contest against Bryan Gould on 18 July 1992.
The Liberal Democrats gained 56 seats and had 3,728 councillors following the elections.
Results
England Metropolitan boroughs All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.
Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley holdDetailsBirmingham holdDetailsBolton holdDetailsBradford holdDetailsBury gainDetailsCalderdale gainDetailsCoventry holdDetailsDoncaster holdDetailsDudley gainDetailsGateshead holdDetailsKirklees holdDetailsKnowsley holdDetailsLeeds holdDetailsLiverpool gainDetailsManchester holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne holdDetailsNorth Tyneside holdDetailsOldham holdDetailsRochdale gainDetailsRotherham holdDetailsSalford holdDetailsSandwell holdDetailsSefton holdDetailsSheffield holdDetailsSolihull holdDetailsSouth Tyneside holdDetailsSt Helens holdDetailsStockport holdDetailsSunderland holdDetailsTameside holdDetailsTrafford holdDetailsWakefield holdDetailsWalsall gainDetailsWigan holdDetailsWirral gainDetailsWolverhampton gainDetails
District councils
Whole council In one district the whole council was up for election as there were new ward boundaries, following a further electoral boundary review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.
Council Previous control Result DetailsBasingstoke and Deane holdDetails
Third of council In 113 districts one third of the council was up for election.
Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur holdDetailsAmber Valley holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness holdDetailsBasildon gainDetailsBassetlaw holdDetailsBath holdDetailsBedford holdDetailsBlackburn holdDetailsBrentwood gainDetailsBrighton holdDetailsBristol holdDetailsBroadland holdDetailsBroxbourne holdDetailsBurnley holdDetailsCambridge gainDetailsCannock Chase holdDetailsCarlisle holdDetailsCheltenham holdDetailsCherwell holdDetailsChester holdDetailsChorley holdDetailsColchester holdDetailsCongleton gainDetailsCraven holdDetailsCrawley holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich holdDetailsDaventry holdDetailsDerby holdDetailsEastbourne holdDetailsEastleigh holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston holdDetailsElmbridge holdDetailsEpping Forest holdDetailsExeter holdDetailsFareham holdDetailsGillingham holdDetailsGloucester holdDetailsGosport holdDetailsGreat Grimsby holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth holdDetailsHalton holdDetailsHarlow holdDetailsHarrogate holdDetailsHart holdDetailsHartlepool holdDetailsHastings holdDetailsHavant holdDetailsHereford holdDetailsHertsmere holdDetailsHuntingdonshire holdDetailsHyndburn holdDetailsIpswich holdDetailsKingston upon Hull holdDetailsLeominster holdDetailsLincoln holdDetailsMacclesfield holdDetailsMaidstone holdDetailsMilton Keynes gainDetailsMole Valley holdDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire holdDetailsNorwich holdDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth holdDetailsOxford holdDetailsPendle holdDetailsPenwith holdDetailsPeterborough holdDetailsPortsmouth holdDetailsPreston holdDetailsPurbeck holdDetailsReading holdDetailsRedditch holdDetailsReigate and Banstead holdDetailsRochford holdDetailsRossendale holdDetailsRugby holdDetailsRunnymede holdDetailsRushmoor holdDetailsScunthorpe holdDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham holdDetailsSlough holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire gainDetailsSouth Herefordshire holdDetailsSouth Lakeland holdDetailsSouthampton holdDetailsSouthend-on-Sea holdDetailsSt Albans holdDetailsStevenage holdDetailsStoke-on-Trent holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon gainDetailsStroud holdDetailsSwale holdDetailsTamworth holdDetailsTandridge holdDetailsThamesdown holdDetailsThree Rivers holdDetailsThurrock holdDetailsTunbridge Wells holdDetailsWatford holdDetailsWaveney holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield gainDetailsWest Lancashire holdDetailsWest Lindsey holdDetailsWest Oxfordshire gainDetailsWeymouth and Portland holdDetailsWinchester holdDetailsWoking gainDetailsWokingham holdDetailsWorcester holdDetailsWorthing holdDetailsWyre Forest holdDetailsYork holdDetails
Scotland District councils
These were the last elections to the district councils before they were abolished by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
Council Previous control Result DetailsAberdeen gainDetailsAngus holdDetailsAnnandale and Eskdale holdDetailsArgyll holdDetailsBadenoch and Strathspey holdDetailsBanff and Buchan holdDetailsBearsden and Milngavie gainDetailsBerwickshire holdDetailsCaithness holdDetailsClackmannan holdDetailsClydebank holdDetailsClydesdale gainDetailsCumbernauld and Kilsyth gainDetailsCumnock and Doon Valley holdDetailsCunninghame holdDetailsDumbarton holdDetailsDundee holdDetailsDunfermline holdDetailsEast Kilbride holdDetailsEast Lothian holdDetailsEastwood holdDetailsEdinburgh gainDetailsEttrick and Lauderdale holdDetailsFalkirk gainDetailsGlasgow holdDetailsGordon gainDetailsHamilton holdDetailsInverclyde holdDetailsInverness gainDetailsKilmarnock and Loudoun gainDetailsKincardine and Deeside gainDetailsKirkcaldy holdDetailsKyle and Carrick gainDetailsLochaber gainDetailsMidlothian holdDetailsMonklands holdDetailsMoray gainDetailsMotherwell holdDetailsNairn holdDetailsNithsdale gainDetailsNorth-East Fife holdDetailsPerth and Kinross gainDetailsRenfrew DetailsRoss and Cromarty holdDetailsRoxburgh holdDetailsSkye and Lochalsh holdDetailsStewartry holdDetailsStirling gainDetailsStrathkelvin holdDetailsSutherland holdDetailsTweeddale holdDetailsWest Lothian gainDetailsWigtown holdDetails
References
Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26. Vote 1999 BBC News Vote 2000 BBC News