1989 United Kingdom local elections
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Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. |
The 1989 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 4 May 1989 in England and Wales, and Wednesday 17 May 1989 in Northern Ireland.[1][2] The Labour Party had the highest projected national vote share, but the Conservative Party, in power at Westminster, gained the most seats. On the same day, there was a parliamentary by-election in the Vale of Glamorgan constituency in Wales; Labour won the seat from the Conservatives.
The national projected share of the vote was Labour 42%, Conservative 36%, Liberal Democrats 19%. The Conservatives gained 92 seats, Labour gained 35 seats and the Liberal Democrats lost 175 seats. It was Labour's largest share of the vote in any election in a decade, as the party's popularity continued to improve as a result of the ongoing modernisation process under Neil Kinnock, and that the Conservative government's popularity was starting to fall following the announcement of the poll tax.
Summary of results
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England
[edit]Non-metropolitan county councils
[edit]Sui generis
[edit]Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
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Isles of Scilly | Details |
Northern Ireland
[edit]Wales
[edit]County councils
[edit]Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
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Clwyd | No overall control | Labour gain | Details | ||
Dyfed | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
Gwent | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Gwynedd | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
Mid Glamorgan | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
Powys | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
South Glamorgan | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
West Glamorgan | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
References
[edit]- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1989, Volume 1. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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