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The 1993 Welsh local elections, were held on 6 May in 8 local authorities, as part of the wider 1993 UK local elections.
| Party | Votes [1] | % | +/- | Councils | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
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| Labour | 319,504 | 47.1 | 5 |  | 272 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | 89,930 | 13.3 | 0 | 41 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 73,700 | 10.9 | 0 | 34 | ||||
| Conservative | 84,909 | 12.5 | 0 | 32 | ||||
| Green | 4,078 | 0.6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Independents & Other | 106,082 | 13.3 | 1 |  1 | 122 | |||
| No overall control | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2 |  1 | n/a | n/a | |
In all 8 Welsh county councils the whole of the council was up for election.
| Council | Previous control | Result | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clwyd | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Dyfed | No overall control | No overall control hold | Details | ||
| Gwent | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Gwynedd | Independent | No overall control gain | Details | ||
| Mid Glamorgan | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| Powys | Independent | Independent hold | Details | ||
| South Glamorgan | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
| West Glamorgan | Labour | Labour hold | Details | ||
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