1994 Derby City Council election^[1]^[2]

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5 May 1994

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15 of the 44 seats in the Derby City Council
23 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Last election	22	22	22
Seats won	11	3	1
Seats after	24	19	1
Seat change	2	3
Popular vote	28,423	16,521	9,414
Percentage	52.1%	30.3%	17.3%

Map showing the results of the 1994 Derby City Council elections.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Labour

The 1994 Derby City Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1994.^[3] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party gained control of the council, which had previously been under no overall control.

Overall results

1994 Derby City Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	11	2	0	2	73.3	52.1	28,423
	Conservative	3	0	3	3	20.0	30.3	16,521
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	1	6.7	17.3	9,414
	National Front	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	95
	SDP	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	57
Total		15						54,510

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Walker	2,186	69.1%
	Conservative	D. Sice	627	19.8%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Lilley	350	11.1%
Turnout				33.7%
	Labour hold

Allestree

Allestree^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Du Sautoy	1,963	52.6%
	Labour	K. Merry	998	26.7%
	Liberal Democrats	S. King	772	20.7%
Turnout				47.2%
	Conservative hold

Alvaston

Alvaston^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Wynn	1,830	60.2%
	Conservative	B. Matsell	804	26.5%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Phelan	404	13.3%
Turnout				38.3%
	Labour hold

Babington

Babington^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. Wilsoncroft	1,684	67.7%
	Conservative	M. Yaqub	546	21.9%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Sherazi	259	10.4%
Turnout				34.1%
	Labour hold

Blagreaves

Blagreaves^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Redfern	2,253	47.3%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Spendlove	1,262	26.5%
	Conservative	J. Keith	1,247	26.2%
Turnout				59.2%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Boulton

Boulton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Kennedy	2,286	59.2%
	Conservative	M. Axelrod	1,017	26.3%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Harlow	560	14.5%
Turnout				44.4%
	Labour hold

Breadsall

Breadsall^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Whitby	3,619	54.6%
	Conservative	C. Pallett	2,164	32.6%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Harris	850	12.8%
Turnout				43.8%
	Labour hold

Darley

Darley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Hart	1,943	45.1%
	Labour	E. Wooley	1,453	33.7%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Pratt	916	21.2%
Turnout				46.5%
	Conservative hold

Littleover

Littleover^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Burgess	1,823	46.7%
	Conservative	G. Shaw	1,094	28.0%
	Labour	A. Cotton	933	23.9%
	SDP	K. Dickenson	57	1.5%
Turnout				49.0%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Mackworth

Mackworth^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Baxter	1,953	69.5%
	Conservative	A. Clemson	543	19.3%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Alcock	218	7.8%
	National Front	G. Hardy	95	3.4%
Turnout				43.1%
	Labour hold

Mickleover

Mickleover^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. Keene	1,542	41.4%
	Labour	P. Taylor	1,468	39.5%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Wilbraham	711	19.1%
Turnout				44.7%
	Conservative hold

Normanton

Normanton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Bolton	1,928	70.7%
	Conservative	A. Javed	458	16.8%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Cooper	342	12.5%
Turnout				37.0%
	Labour hold

Osmaston

Osmaston^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Laxton	1,374	77.6%
	Conservative	H. Wakefield	227	12.8%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Ashburner	169	9.5%
Turnout				28.7%
	Labour hold

Sinfin

Sinfin^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. Dhindsa	1,919	69.7%
	Conservative	A. Pegg	494	17.9%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Troup	340	12.4%
Turnout				36.5%
	Labour hold

Spondon

Spondon^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Byrne	2,539	52.6%
	Conservative	D. Dickinson	1,852	38.4%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Hill	438	9.1%
Turnout				49.0%
	Labour gain from Conservative

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1994". The Elections Centre.
^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1994 (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Derby City Council Election Results 1979-1995" (PDF). Elections Centre.

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