| Election Name: | 1991 Tendring District Council election |
| Country: | Essex |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1987 Tendring District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1987 |
| Next Election: | 1995 Tendring District Council election |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
| Seats For Election: | All 60 seats to Tendring District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 31 |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 15 seats, 30.7% |
| Seats1: | 20 |
| Seat Change1: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 26,221 |
| Percentage1: | 30.8% |
| Swing1: | 0.1% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 33 seats, 42.7% |
| Seats2: | 18 |
| Seat Change2: | 15 |
| Popular Vote2: | 30,808 |
| Percentage2: | 36.2% |
| Swing2: | 6.5% |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 4 seats, 17.6% |
| Seats3: | 11 |
| Seat Change3: | 7 |
| Popular Vote3: | 20,886 |
| Percentage3: | 24.5% |
| Swing3: | 6.9% |
| Party4: | Independent politician |
| Last Election4: | 2 seats, 2.2% |
| Seats4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 3,646 |
| Percentage4: | 4.3% |
| Swing4: | 2.1% |
| Party5: | Residents Association |
| Last Election5: | 5 seats, 6.4% |
| Seats5: | 4 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,765 |
| Percentage5: | 2.1% |
| Swing5: | 4.3% |
| Party6: | Independent Conservative |
| Last Election6: | 1 seat, 0.4% |
| Seats6: | 2 |
| Seat Change6: | 1 |
| Popular Vote6: | 1,041 |
| Percentage6: | 1.2% |
| Swing6: | 0.8% |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 1991 Tendring District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Tendring District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
At the election, the Liberal Democrats emerged as the largest party on the council for the first time since its creation in 1973. The Conservatives fell to second placed and Labour recovered their position to become the third largest party.
Below are the full results for the election.[1]