1994 York City Council election

The 1994 York City Council elections took place in May 1994 to elect the members of York City Council in North Yorkshire, England. These were the final elections to York City Council. Fifteen seats, previously contested in 1990, were up for election: twelve were won by the Labour Party, two by the Liberal Democrats and one by the Conservative Party.^[1]^[2]

Election results[edit]

York local election results 1991^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	12	0	1	1	-	53.2	-	-
Liberal Democrats	2	1	0	1	-	21.6	-	-
Conservative	1	0	0	0	-	23.5	-	-
Green	0	0	0	0	-	1.7	-	-

Ward results[edit]

Acomb Ward[edit]

Acomb (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Horton	1546	62.1
	Conservative	D. Carlton	598	24.0
	Liberal Democrats	M. Pack	344	13.8
Turnout				47.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Beckfield Ward[edit]

Beckfield (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. James	1365	56.3
	Conservative	S. Barton	648	26.7
	Liberal Democrats	N. Knight	412	17.0
Turnout				45.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Bishophill Ward[edit]

Bishophill (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Merritt	1180	58.9
	Conservative	S. Mallett	488	24.4
	Liberal Democrats	G. Thompson	245	12.2
	Green	A. Chase	89	4.4
Turnout				41.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Bootham Ward[edit]

Bootham (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. King	1346	73.3
	Conservative	J. Cornish	251	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	D. Begbie	184	10.0
	Green	M. Nicholson	56	3.0
Turnout				38.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifton Ward[edit]

Clifton (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Jones	1348	61.7
	Conservative	D. Gough	487	22.3
	Liberal Democrats	K. Tarry	285	13.0
	Green	N. Judd	65	3.0
Turnout				43.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Fishergate Ward[edit]

Fishergate (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Haines	1463	53.8
	Conservative	R. Dickson	788	29.0
	Liberal Democrats	J. Fleetwood	293	10.8
	Green	S. Kenwright	177	6.5
Turnout				47.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Foxwood Ward[edit]

Foxwood (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Reid*	1910	69.6
	Labour	A. Campbell	560	20.4
	Conservative	J. Galvin	276	10.1
Turnout				38.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Guildhall Ward[edit]

Guildhall (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Smallwood	1311	59.9
	Conservative	A. Reeson	425	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	J. McCloy	316	14.4
	Green	A. Crawford	137	6.3
Turnout				40.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Heworth Ward[edit]

Heworth (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Bell	1428	60.2
	Conservative	J. Crawshaw	514	21.7
	Liberal Democrats	P. Elgood	432	18.2
Turnout				44.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Holgate Ward[edit]

Holgate (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Cowan	1196	53.8
	Conservative	E. Furby	586	26.4
	Liberal Democrats	D. Horwell	440	19.8
Turnout				43.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Knavesmire Ward[edit]

Knavesmire (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Painter	1357	63.4
	Conservative	J. Heaps	504	23.6
	Liberal Democrats	R. Mayne	194	9.1
	Green	A. Hutcheon	84	3.9
Turnout				42.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Micklegate Ward[edit]

Micklegate (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Dean	1139	42.7
	Labour	E. Brookes	1022	38.3
	Liberal Democrats	R. Pitts	504	18.9
Turnout				53.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Monk Ward[edit]

Monk (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Stimson	1102	42.3
	Conservative	M. Foster	870	33.4
	Liberal Democrats	A. Normandale	633	24.3
Turnout				51.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Walmgate Ward[edit]

Walmgate (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Wilde	1309	65.4
	Conservative	D. Thornton	408	20.4
	Liberal Democrats	J. Whitehouse	286	14.3
Turnout				37.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Westfield Ward[edit]

Westfield (1)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Waller	1059	46.2
	Labour	H. Perry	1026	44.8
	Conservative	A. Potter	205	9.0
Turnout				49.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1994). Local Elections Handbook 1994 (PDF). Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. p. 7. ISBN 0 948858 16 8. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1994). Local Elections Handbook 1994 (PDF). Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. p. 131. ISBN 0 948858 16 8. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[Rallings7-1] Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1994). Local Elections Handbook 1994 (PDF). Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. p. 7. ISBN 0 948858 16 8. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[Rallings131-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1994). Local Elections Handbook 1994 (PDF). Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. p. 131. ISBN 0 948858 16 8. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

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