# 1992 United Kingdom local elections

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.
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.

## England
### Metropolitan boroughs

All 36 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details |
| Barnsley | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Birmingham | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Bolton | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Bradford | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Bury | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Calderdale | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Coventry | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Doncaster | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Dudley | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Gateshead | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Kirklees | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Knowsley | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Leeds | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Liverpool | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Manchester | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| North Tyneside | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Oldham | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Rochdale | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Rotherham | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Salford | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Sandwell | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Sefton | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Sheffield | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Solihull | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| South Tyneside | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| St Helens | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Stockport | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Sunderland | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Tameside | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Trafford | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Wakefield | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Walsall | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Wigan | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Wirral | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Wolverhampton | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |

### District councils
#### Whole council

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.
| Council | Previous control | Previous control | Result | Result | Details |
| Basingstoke and Deane | | Conservative | | Conservative hold | Details |

#### Third of council

In 113 districts one third of the council was up for election.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details |
| Adur | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats hold | Details |
| Amber Valley | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Barrow-in-Furness | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Basildon | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Bassetlaw | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Bath | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Bedford | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Blackburn | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Brentwood | No overall control | Liberal Democrats gain | Details |
| Brighton | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Bristol | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Broadland | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Broxbourne | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Burnley | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Cambridge | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Cannock Chase | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Carlisle | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Cheltenham | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats hold | Details |
| Cherwell | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Chester | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Chorley | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Colchester | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Congleton | Liberal Democrats | No overall control gain | Details |
| Craven | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Crawley | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Crewe and Nantwich | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Daventry | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Derby | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Eastbourne | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats hold | Details |
| Eastleigh | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Elmbridge | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Epping Forest | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Exeter | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Fareham | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Gillingham | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Gloucester | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Gosport | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats hold | Details |
| Great Grimsby | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Great Yarmouth | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Halton | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Harlow | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Harrogate | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Hart | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Hartlepool | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Hastings | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Havant | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Hereford | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats hold | Details |
| Hertsmere | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Huntingdonshire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Hyndburn | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Ipswich | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Kingston upon Hull | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Leominster | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Lincoln | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Macclesfield | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Maidstone | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Milton Keynes | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Mole Valley | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| North Hertfordshire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Norwich | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Oxford | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Pendle | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Penwith | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Peterborough | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Portsmouth | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Preston | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Purbeck | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Reading | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Redditch | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Reigate and Banstead | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Rochford | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Rossendale | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Rugby | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Runnymede | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Rushmoor | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Scunthorpe | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Slough | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| South Bedfordshire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| South Cambridgeshire | Independent | No overall control gain | Details |
| South Herefordshire | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| South Lakeland | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Southampton | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Southend-on-Sea | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| St Albans | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Stevenage | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Stratford-on-Avon | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Stroud | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Swale | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Tamworth | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Tandridge | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Thamesdown | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Three Rivers | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Thurrock | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Tunbridge Wells | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Watford | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Waveney | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Welwyn Hatfield | Labour | Conservative gain | Details |
| West Lancashire | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| West Lindsey | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| West Oxfordshire | Independent | No overall control gain | Details |
| Weymouth and Portland | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Winchester | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Woking | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Wokingham | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Worcester | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Worthing | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Wyre Forest | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| York | Labour | Labour hold | Details |

## Scotland
### District councils

These were the last elections to the district councils before they were abolished by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details |
| Aberdeen | No overall control | Labour gain | Details |
| Angus | SNP | SNP hold | Details |
| Annandale and Eskdale | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats hold | Details |
| Argyll | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Badenoch and Strathspey | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Banff and Buchan | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Bearsden and Milngavie | Conservative | No overall control gain | Details |
| Berwickshire | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Caithness | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Clackmannan | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Clydebank | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Clydesdale | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | No overall control | Labour gain | Details |
| Cumnock and Doon Valley | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Cunninghame | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Dumbarton | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details |
| Dundee | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Dunfermline | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| East Kilbride | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| East Lothian | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Eastwood | Conservative | Conservative hold | Details |
| Edinburgh | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Ettrick and Lauderdale | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Falkirk | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Glasgow | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Gordon | No overall control | Independent gain | Details |
| Hamilton | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Inverclyde | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Inverness | Independent | No overall control gain | Details |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Kincardine and Deeside | Independent | No overall control gain | Details |
| Kirkcaldy | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Kyle and Carrick | Labour | Conservative gain | Details |
| Lochaber | Independent | No overall control gain | Details |
| Midlothian | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Monklands | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Moray | Independent | No overall control gain | Details |
| Motherwell | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Nairn | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Nithsdale | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| North-East Fife | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats hold | Details |
| Perth and Kinross | No overall control | Conservative gain | Details |
| Renfrew | | Labour | Details |
| Ross and Cromarty | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Roxburgh | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Skye and Lochalsh | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Stewartry | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Stirling | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Strathkelvin | Labour | Labour hold | Details |
| Sutherland | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| Tweeddale | Independent | Independent hold | Details |
| West Lothian | Labour | No overall control gain | Details |
| Wigtown | Independent | Independent hold | Details |