Election Name: | 1994 Newham London Borough Council election |
Country: | London |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1990 Newham London Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1990 |
Next Election: | 1998 Newham London Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1998 |
Seats For Election: | All 60 seats up for election to Newham London Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 31 |
Registered: | 151,895[1] |
Turnout: | 57,115, 37.60% (1.12) |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leader1: | Stephen C. Timms |
Leader Since1: | 1990 |
Leaders Seat1: | Little Ilford |
Last Election1: | 57 seats, 60.08% |
Seats Before1: | 56 |
Seats1: | 59 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Leader2: | Alec J. Kellaway |
Leader Since2: | 2 May 1987 |
Leaders Seat2: | South |
Last Election2: | 1 seat, 7.82% |
Seats Before2: | 1 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Council control | |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leader3: | Unknown |
Leader Since3: | Unknown |
Leaders Seat3: | Unknown |
Seats3: | 0 |
Seats Before3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | 3 |
Last Election3: | 2 seats, 24.33% |
Swing1: | 1.06 |
Popular Vote1: | 75,057 |
Percentage1: | 59.02% |
Popular Vote2: | 14,958 |
Percentage2: | 11.76% |
Swing2: | 3.94 |
Popular Vote3: | 26,083 |
Percentage3: | 20.51% |
Swing3: | 3.82 |
The 1994 Newham London Borough Council election to the Newham London Borough Council was held on 5 May 1994. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 37.2%. Labour maintained its overwhelming majority.
A total of 175 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 24 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party, whilst the Conservative Party ran 57 candidates whilst the Liberal Democrats ran 30 candidates. Other candidates running were 9 Greens, 7 Independent Liberal Democrats, 5 BNP and 7 Independents.
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward