Election Name: | York City Council Election, 1992 |
Country: | York |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 1991 York City Council election |
Previous Year: | 1991 |
Next Election: | 1994 York City Council election |
Next Year: | 1994 |
Seats For Election: | Fifteen seats to York City Council |
Election Date: | May 1992 |
The 1992 York City Councils elections were held in May 1992 to elect members of York City Council in North Yorkshire, England. Fifteen seats, previously contested in 1988, were up for election: eleven were won by the Labour Party, three by the Conservative Party and one by the Liberal Democrats.[1] [2] The Labour Party retained overall control of the council; the composition of the council after the election was: Labour Party 34 seats, Conservative Party seven seats and Liberal Democrats four seats.
*In 1988, the seat was won by the SDP–Liberal Alliance. The members of the alliance, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Liberal Party, merged in 1988 to become the Liberal Democrats.
* In 1988, the seat was won by the SDP–Liberal Alliance. The members of the alliance, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Liberal Party, merged in 1988 to become the Liberal Democrats.