| Election Name: | 1994 Merton London Borough Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1990 Merton London Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1990 |
| Next Election: | 1998 Merton London Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
| Seats For Election: | All 57 council seats up for election to Merton London Borough Council |
| Turnout: | 63,321, 49.51% (4.15%)[1] [2] |
| Last Election1: | 29 seats, 42.22% |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader1: | Anthony J. Colman |
| Leader Since1: | 1991 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Lavender |
| Seats1: | 40[3] |
| Seat Change1: | 11 |
| Popular Vote1: | 82,294 |
| Percentage1: | 48.52% |
| Swing1: | 6.30 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader2: | Unknown |
| Leader Since2: | Unknown |
| Leaders Seat2: | Unknown |
| Last Election2: | 22 seats, 41.27% |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Seat Change2: | 12 |
| Popular Vote2: | 51,153 |
| Percentage2: | 30.16% |
| Swing2: | 11.11 |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leader4: | Unknown |
| Leader Since4: | Unknown |
| Leaders Seat4: | Unknown |
| Last Election4: | 0 seats, 6.47% |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 20,540 |
| Percentage4: | 12.11% |
| Swing4: | 5.64 |
| Party5: | Merton Park Ward Residents Association |
| Last Election5: | 3 seats, 3.07% |
| Leader5: | Unknown |
| Leader Since5: | Unknown |
| Leaders Seat5: | Unknown |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Popular Vote5: | 5,860 |
| Percentage5: | 3.46% |
| Swing5: | 0.39 |
| Party7: | Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Association |
| Last Election7: | 3 seats, 2.11% |
| Leader7: | Robert B. Elgin |
| Leader Since7: | 1994 |
| Leaders Seat7: | Longthornton |
| Seats7: | 1 |
| Seat Change7: | 2 |
| Popular Vote7: | 4,308 |
| Percentage7: | 2.54% |
| Swing7: | 0.43 |
| Council leader | |
| Posttitle: | Council leader after election |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Country: | London |
| Registered: | 127,884[4] |
| Majority Seats: | 29 |
Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Merton London Borough Council in London, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.[5]
The whole council was up for election. As a result of changes in authority boundaries between Merton, Lambeth and Wandsworth, there were some minor ward boundary changes.[6]
The Labour Party maintained its majority control of the council, increasing its majority from one seat to eleven seats.[7]
This was the first election in which the Liberal Democrats gained seats in Merton, winning all three seats on the ward of West Barnes from the Conservatives.[8] The Liberal Democrats had not stood in the ward in the last election,[2] and their predecessors, the SDP-Liberal Alliance, came last in the ward in the 1986 election, behind the Conservatives and Labour.[9]
This was also the last election which was contested by the Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Association, which lost two seats to Labour and whose only elected councillor no longer sat for the party by the time of the 1998 election.[7]
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward