Election Name: | Croydon Council Election, 1994 |
Country: | London |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1990 Croydon London Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1990 |
Election Date: | 5 May 1994 |
Next Election: | 1998 Croydon London Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1998 |
Seats For Election: | All 70 seats to Croydon London Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 36 |
Turnout: | 106,790, 46.48% (0.70) |
Leader1: | Mary Walker |
Leader Since1: | Unknown |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat1: | Fieldway |
Last Election1: | 29 seats |
Seats1: | 40 |
Seats Before1: | 30 |
Seat Change1: | 10 |
Popular Vote1: | 106,331 |
Percentage1: | 40.78% |
Swing1: | 3.05 |
Leader2: | Peter Bowness |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leader Since2: | 1976 |
Leaders Seat2: | Croham |
Last Election2: | 41 seats, 50.16% |
Seats2: | 30 |
Seats Before2: | 40 |
Seat Change2: | 10 |
Popular Vote2: | 111,586 |
Percentage2: | 42.80% |
Swing2: | 7.36 |
Map Size: | 330px |
Leader of the Council | |
Posttitle: | Elected Leader |
Before Election: | Peter Bowness |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Election: | Mary Walker |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Registered: | 229,760[1] |
Leader3: | Unknown |
Leader Since3: | Unknown |
Leaders Seat3: | Unknown |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election3: | 0 |
Seats Before3: | 0 |
Seats3: | 0 |
Popular Vote3: | 39,274 |
Percentage3: | 15.07% |
Swing3: | 5.99 |
The 1994 Croydon Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Croydon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council.[2]
Jason Perry, who was elected as the first Mayor of Croydon in 2022, was elected to the council for the first time at this election in Coulsdon East.
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(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a diffferent ward