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1994 Highland Regional Council election
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. Liberal Democrat
Last election
2 seat, 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%
Council Control before election
Independent
Council Control after election
Independent
The sixth and last election to Highland Regional Council 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.
The result of the election
Aggregate results [ ]
Highland Regional election, 1994[1]
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Independent
34
63.0
55.2
27,971
Labour
8
14.8
14.5
7,329
Liberal Democrats
5
9.3
9.5
4,842
SNP
4
7.4
16.2
8,213
Conservative
2
3.7
1.6
832
Ind. Liberal Democrat
1
1.9
1.7
885
Green
0
0.0
0.5
261
Scottish Militant Labour
0
0.0
0.5
278
Republican Socialist
0
0.0
0.1
38
Ward results [ ]
References [ ]
Categories :
1994 Scottish local elections Highland Council elections