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Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1989. The Labour Party came highest in terms of projected national vote share, but the Conservative Party, in power at Westminster, gained most in terms of seats.
The national projected share of the vote was Labour 42%, Conservative 36%, Liberal Democrats 19%. The Conservatives gained 92 seats, Labour gained 35 seats and the Liberal Democrats lost 175 seats. It was Labour's largest share of the vote in any election in a decade, as the party's popularity continued to improve as a result of the ongoing modernisation process under Neil Kinnock, and the fact that the Conservative government's popularity was starting to fall following the announcement of the poll tax.
Cornwall, Liberal Democrats, Isles of Scilly, Luton, Wiltshire