| Election Name: | 1992 United Kingdom local elections |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Type: | legislative |
| Previous Election: | 1991 United Kingdom local elections |
| Previous Year: | 1991 |
| Next Election: | 1993 United Kingdom local elections |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
| Seats For Election: | All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 114 out of 296 English districts and all 53 Scottish districts |
| Election Date: | 7 May 1992 |
| 1Blank: | Councils |
| 2Blank: | Councils +/- |
| 3Blank: | Councillors |
| 4Blank: | Councillors +/- |
| Leader1: | Neil Kinnock |
| Leader Since1: | 2 October 1983 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Percentage1: | 30% |
| 3Data1: | 9,102 |
| 4Data1: | 402 |
| Leader2: | John Major |
| Leader Since2: | 27 November 1990 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Percentage2: | 46% |
| 3Data2: | 8,288 |
| 4Data2: | 303 |
| Leader3: | Paddy Ashdown |
| Leader Since3: | 16 July 1988 |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Percentage3: | 20% |
| 3Data3: | 3,728 |
| 4Data3: | 56 |
The 1992 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 7 May 1992, one month after the 1992 general election which returned the governing Conservative Party for a fourth consecutive term in office. The Conservatives won back some ground that they had lost the previous year.[1] [2]
The Conservative Party gained 303 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 8,288. Their share of the vote was projected to be 46%, their highest for many years.
The main opposition Labour Party lost 402 seats and were left with 9,102 councillors. Their projected share of the vote was 30%, their lowest since 1982. Neil Kinnock was still party leader at this stage, although he had already declared his intention to resign from the position as soon as a new leader was elected; his successor was John Smith, who won the leadership contest against Bryan Gould on 18 July 1992.
The Liberal Democrats gained 56 seats and had 3,728 councillors after the elections.
All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | hold | Details | |||
| Birmingham | hold | Details | |||
| Bolton | hold | Details | |||
| Bradford | hold | Details | |||
| Bury | gain | Details | |||
| Calderdale | gain | Details | |||
| Coventry | hold | Details | |||
| Doncaster | hold | Details | |||
| Dudley | gain | Details | |||
| Gateshead | hold | Details | |||
| Kirklees | hold | Details | |||
| Knowsley | hold | Details | |||
| Leeds | hold | Details | |||
| Liverpool | gain | Details | |||
| Manchester | hold | Details | |||
| Newcastle upon Tyne | hold | Details | |||
| North Tyneside | hold | Details | |||
| Oldham | hold | Details | |||
| Rochdale | gain | Details | |||
| Rotherham | hold | Details | |||
| Salford | hold | Details | |||
| Sandwell | hold | Details | |||
| Sefton | hold | Details | |||
| Sheffield | hold | Details | |||
| Solihull | hold | Details | |||
| South Tyneside | hold | Details | |||
| St Helens | hold | Details | |||
| Stockport | hold | Details | |||
| Sunderland | hold | Details | |||
| Tameside | hold | Details | |||
| Trafford | hold | Details | |||
| Wakefield | hold | Details | |||
| Walsall | gain | Details | |||
| Wigan | hold | Details | |||
| Wirral | gain | Details | |||
| Wolverhampton | gain | Details | |||
In one district the whole council was up for election as there were new ward boundaries, following a further electoral boundary review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.
In 113 districts one third of the council was up for election.
See main article: 1992 Scottish local elections.
These were the last elections to the district councils before they were abolished by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.