1994 Highland Regional Council election

1994 Scottish local government election

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3 May 1994 (1994-05-03)

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All 54 seats to Highland Regional Council
28 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Independent	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Last election	34 seats, 56.9%	10 seats, 11.7%	3 seats, 5.7%
Seats won	34	8	5
Seat change		2	2
Popular vote	27,971	7,329	4,842
Percentage	55.2%	14.5%	9.6%
Swing	1.7%	2.8%	3.9%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	SNP	Conservative	Ind. Lib Dem
Last election	2 seats, 11.7%	1 seat, 2.8%	1 seat, 0.0%
Seats won	4	2	1
Seat change	2	1
Popular vote	8,213	832	885
Percentage	16.2%	1.6%	1.7%
Swing	4.5%	1.2%	1.7%

Council Convener before election

Duncan McPherson
Independent

Council Convener after election

Duncan McPherson
Independent

The 1994 Highland Regional Council election was held on 5 May 1994 as part of the wider 1994 Scottish regional elections and British local elections. The election saw the Independent administration maintaining their control.

Results

1994 Highland Regional election result
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	34				63.0	55.2	27,971	1.7
Labour	8			2	14.8	14.5	7,329	2.8
Liberal Democrats	5			2	9.3	9.5	4,842	3.9
SNP	4			2	7.4	16.2	8,213	4.5
Conservative	2			1	3.7	1.6	832	1.2
Ind. Lib Dem	1				1.9	1.7	885	1.7
Scottish Green	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.5	261	10.0
Scottish Militant Labour	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	278	New
Republican Socialist	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	38	New

Ward results

15. Strathconnon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. J. Scott	Unopposed

53. Nairn County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. J. O. Graham	Unopposed

References

Bochel, H. M.; Denver, D. T. (1994). "The Scottish Regional Elections 1994: Results and Statistics" (PDF). University of Dundee. pp. 48–49. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 September 2020 – via The Elections Centre, Plymouth University.

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