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1994 United Kingdom local elections
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The 1994 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 5 May 1994.[1][2] The results showed a continued decline for the governing Conservatives — who were now in their 15th successive year of government at Westminster — with the third-placed party, the Liberal Democrats, as the main beneficiaries.
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The main opposition, the Labour Party, gained 44 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 9,257. Their projected national vote share was 40%, a 1% increase on the 1993 local elections. The Conservative Party lost 516 seats and were left with 7,286 councillors. Their projected national vote share was 27%, a 4% fall since the previous local elections in 1993. The Liberal Democrats gained 428 seats and had 4,551 councillors after the elections. The Liberals received a 27% share of the national vote, a 2% increase on 1993.
A parliamentary by-election also took place in the Rotherham constituency in South Yorkshire; Labour held the seat. This was the last election to be contested by Labour leader John Smith; He died suddenly a week later.