Election Name: | 1993 Avon County Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 1989 Avon County Council election |
Previous Year: | 1989 |
Seats For Election: | All 76 seats to Avon County Council |
Majority Seats: | 39 |
Election Date: | 6 May 1993 |
Image1: | Lab |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 36 seats, 34.7% |
Seats1: | 33 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 92,983 |
Percentage1: | 33.0% |
Swing1: | 1.7% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 33 seats, 39.2% |
Seats2: | 25 |
Seat Change2: | 8 |
Popular Vote2: | 96,571 |
Percentage2: | 34.2% |
Swing2: | 5.0% |
Image4: | LD |
Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election4: | 7 seats, 17.3% |
Seats4: | 18 |
Seat Change4: | 11 |
Popular Vote4: | 84,061 |
Percentage4: | 29.8% |
Swing4: | 12.5% |
Image5: | Grn |
Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Last Election5: | 0 seats, 7.8% |
Seats5: | 0 |
Popular Vote5: | 6,193 |
Percentage5: | 2.2% |
Swing5: | 5.6% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | No overall control |
After Election: | No overall control |
The 1993 Avon County Council election took place on 6 May 1993 to elect members of Avon County Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections. The Liberal Democrats made a number of gains, mainly at the expense of the Conservatives. Labour remained the largest group on the council, but were 6 seats short of gaining a majority.[1]
This was the last election for Avon County, which was abolished in 1996 and replaced with four new unitary authorities: Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
The electoral division results listed below are based on the changes from the 1989 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).