Election Name: | 1994 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1992 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1992 |
Next Election: | 1995 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1995 |
Seats For Election: | 21 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 32 |
3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
Leader of the Council | |
Before Election: | Frank Eadie |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
After Election: | Frank Eadie |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 37 |
Seats1: | 8 |
Seats After1: | 35 |
Popular Vote1: | 28,764 |
Percentage1: | 38.1% |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 22 |
Seats2: | 11 |
Seats After2: | 23 |
Popular Vote2: | 30,896 |
Percentage2: | 41.0% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 4 |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seats After3: | 5 |
Popular Vote3: | 15,648 |
Percentage3: | 20.7% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 5 May 1994. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1998. The Conservative party retained overall control of the council.[1]
Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 28,764 (38.1%) | 15.3 | 8 (42.9%) | 2 | 35 (55.6%) | |||||
Labour Party | 30,896 (41.0%) | 10.5 | 11 (52.4%) | 1 | 23 (36.5%) | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 15,648 (20.7%) | 5.4 | 2 (9.5%) | 1 | 5 (7.9%) | |||||
Green Party | 134 (0.2%) | 0.5 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
23 | 5 | 35 |