1993 Cornwall County Council election

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1993 Cornwall County Council election[1][2]
← 1989 6 May 1993 1997 →
All 79 seats of
Cornwall County Council

40 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Liberal Democrats Independent Labour
Last election 32 seats, 36.2% 23 seats, 18.6% 8 seats, 8.9%
Seats won 41 21 8
Seat change Increase9 Decrease2 Steady
Popular vote 54,089 25,427 16,049
Percentage 41.5% 19.5% 12.3%
Swing Increase5.3% Increase0.9% Increase3.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Mebyon Kernow Liberal
Last election 14 seats, 32.3% 1 seat, 1.3% N/A
Seats won 6 1 1
Seat change Decrease8 Steady Increase1
Popular vote 29,140 2,452 1,617
Percentage 22.4% 1.9% 1.2%
Swing Decrease9.9% Increase0.6% Increase1.2%
  Seventh party
  Blank
Party Voice of the People
Last election 1 seats, 2.8%
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 1,060
Percentage 0.8%
Swing Decrease2.0%
The County of Cornwall within England
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

Liberal Democrats

Elections to

Cornwall County Council were held on 6 May 1993, as part of the wider 1993 local elections. The Liberal Democrats gained control of the council, which had previously been under no overall control
.

Results summary

Result of 1993 Cornwall County Council election[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 41 Increase9 51.9 41.5 54,089 Increase6.3
 
Independent
 21 Decrease2 26.6 19.5 25,427 Increase0.9
  Labour 8 Steady 10.1 12.3 16,049 Increase1.2
  Conservative 6 Decrease8 7.6 22.4 29,140 Decrease9.9
  Mebyon Kernow 1 Steady 1.3 1.9 2,528 Increase0.6
  Liberal 1 Increase1 1.3 1.2 1,617 New
  Voice of the People[3] 1 Steady 0.0 0.0 0 N/A
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 425 New
 
Residents
 0 Steady 0.0 0.4 564 Decrease0.6
 
Ratepayers
 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 420 New

References
  1. ^ a b "Local Election Summaries 1993". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Cornwall County Council Election Results 1973-2005" (PDF). Elections Centre.
  3. Cornwall County Council. Archived from the original
    on 23 April 2001.


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