1990 Bexley London Borough Council election

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1990 Bexley London Borough Council election
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3 May 1990 (1990-05-03)
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All 62 seats up for election to Bexley London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
Registered167,570 [1]
Turnout83,902, 50.07% [1]
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderLen NewtonDonna BrierleyUnknown
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since1977UnknownUnknown
Leader's seat Upton Thameshead East Unknown
Seats before361511
Seats after35189 [n 1]
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote105,67182,13826,715
Percentage48.05%37.35%12.15%
Bexley London UK local election 1990 map.svg
Map of the results of the 1990 Bexley London Borough council election.
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 1990 Bexley Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Bexley London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]

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Election result

1990 Bexley London Borough Council election [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3523Decrease2.svg156.4548.05105,671
  Labour 1830Increase2.svg 329.0337.3582,138
  Liberal Democrats 9 [n 1] 02Decrease2.svg 214.5212.1526,715
  SDP 000Steady2.svg 00.002.164,760
 Independents against Poll Tax000Steady2.svg 00.000.30656
Total62 219,940

Ward results

(*) - Indicates that the candidate is an incumbent councillor for that ward

(†) - Indicates a councillor who changed wards in between their last election and the current election

Barnehurst

Barnehurst (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Richard Gillespie 1,334 55.92
Conservative Ronald Barman* 1,273
Labour Kathleen Allen76229.03
Labour Charan Athwal591
Liberal Democrats John Cudmore38115.05
Liberal Democrats Joan Longman320
Registered electors 4,838
Turnout 2,50751.82
Rejected ballots30.12
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Barnehurst North

Barnehurst North (1) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Bowes* 817 40.39
Labour Trevor Perrin66833.02
Lib Dem Focus Team Michael Longman53826.59
Registered electors 3,135
Turnout 2,02564.59
Rejected ballots20.10
Conservative hold

Belvedere

Belvedere (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Daniel Delaney* 2,489 57.24
Labour Richard Lucas 2,167
Labour Geoffrey Dixon* [n 2] 2,141
Conservative Hazel Adhihetty1,73942.76
Conservative John Mankerty1,678
Conservative Terence Connor1,662
Registered electors 9,637
Turnout 4,49946.68
Rejected ballots240.53
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Blackfen

Blackfen (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Barry Howard* [n 3] 1,233 49.66
Conservative Margaret Passey* [n 3] 1,212
Liberal Democrats Thomas Burnham63825.74
Labour Bernard Laker63724.60
Liberal Democrats Stephen Matthews629
Labour Ernest Smith575
Registered electors 5,273
Turnout 2,60349.36
Rejected ballots00.00
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Blendon and Penhill

Blendon and Penhill (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Beatrice Antenbring* 2,257 64.31
Conservative Joan Stewart* 2.226
Conservative Edward Warbey* [n 4] 2,177
Labour Ronnald Brown87124.94
Labour John Taylor866
Labour Alan Griffiths845
Liberal Democrats Angela Nurse41010.75
Liberal Democrats Margaret Shrimpton366
Liberal Democrats Gillian Sathyamoorthy338
Registered electors 7,467
Turnout 3,65648.96
Rejected ballots10.03
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bostall

Bostall (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Alfred Charlton* 2,174 53.90
Conservative Rita Sams* [n 5] 2,003
Conservative John Wilkinson* [n 6] 1,995
Labour Michael Barrett1,25530.77
Labour Ronald Perrin1,164
Labour Elizabeth Rhodes1,104
SDP Gordon Roberts4179.59
SDP Philip Satoor345
SDP David Smith337
Independents against Poll TaxMalcolm Macdonald2525.74
Independents against Poll TaxThomas Johnson207
Independents against Poll TaxDerek Rance197
Registered electors 7,505
Turnout 4,04560.03
Rejected ballots40.10
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Brampton

Brampton (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Stanley Carter* 2,273 51.44
Conservative John Raggett* 2,192
Conservative Peter Smith 2,096
Labour Jonathan Ashby1,39131.91
Labour Catherine Deadman1,343
Labour Olive Squire1,337
Lib Dem Focus Team Neil Arklie60813.38
Lib Dem Focus Team Doreen La Roche553
Lib Dem Focus Team Stuart White547
Independent William Turner1393.27
Registered electors 8,021
Turnout 4,32153.87
Rejected ballots30.07
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Christchurch

Christchurch (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Linda Bailey* 1,996 54.80
Conservative Valerie Clark 1,936
Conservative Kenneth Rider* 1,838
Labour Patricia Cooper1,19431.83
Labour Kenneth Duckworth1,166
Labour Alan Scutt990
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Hepworth50013.37
Liberal Democrats Nigel Jackson458
Liberal Democrats Betty Lockington449
Registered electors 7,927
Turnout 3,78247.71
Rejected ballots10.03
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Cray

Cray (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Harrington* 1,118 52.57
Conservative Charlotte Brewster 1,073
Labour Annie Bramley1,02147.43
Labour Richard Justham957
Registered electors 4,179
Turnout 2,23153.39
Rejected ballots90.40
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Crayford

Crayford (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Raymond Allen* 2,123 51.18
Labour John Shepheard* 1,991
Labour June McKay* [n 7] 1,913
Conservative Maureen Wiltshire1,53538.14
Conservative Dudley French1,491
Conservative Daisy Clement1,466
SDP Pamela Holman41910.68
Registered electors 8,904
Turnout 4,20947.27
Rejected ballots30.07
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Danson

Danson (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Barry Standen* 1,756 47.11
Lib Dem Focus Team Susan Hall* 1,741
Lib Dem Focus Team Edward Shrimpton* [n 8] 1,683
Conservative Jasonn Haddon1,33335.00
Conservative Richard Suchorzewski1,264
Conservative Clinton Welch1,251
Labour Peter Ashlee69417.89
Labour David Prior641
Labour Hilary Perrin633
Registered electors 7,378
Turnout 3,88852.70
Rejected ballots20.05
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

East Wickham

East Wickham (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team John La Roche* 1,849 40.39
Lib Dem Focus Team Keith Le Pla* 1,831
Lib Dem Focus Team Colin Wright* 1,753
Conservative Tindall Pamela1,47031.56
Conservative Bryon Huson1,402
Conservative John Waters1,372
Labour John Barnshaw1,27928.06
Labour David Hammond1,261
Labour Robert Grant1,235
Registered electors 8,538
Turnout 4,72255.31
Rejected ballots40.08
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Erith

Erith (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Valentine Morgan* 2,017 55.12
Labour Ronald Browning* 1,989
Labour Singh Harbhajan* 1,836
Conservative Barry Chapman1,32235.28
Conservative Margaret Reeve1,208
Conservative Carol Wilkinson1,207
SDP Frederick Plank3399.60
Registered electors 8,062
Turnout 3,68345.68
Rejected ballots50.14
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Falconwood

Falconwood (1) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Nigel Betts 699 42.03
Lib Dem Focus Team Roger Pryor*68040.89
Labour Gerda Slater28417.08
Registered electors 2,756
Turnout 1,66560.41
Rejected ballots10.06
Conservative gain from Lib Dem Focus Team

Lamorbey

Lamorbey (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Alice Brewster* 2,257 57.12
Conservative Graham Holland* 2,212
Conservative Ronald Passey* 2,097
Labour Timothy Drury1,01425.13
Labour John Hall948
Labour Ernest Simpson926
SDP Colin Brown69517.75
SDP Rosemary Gardner679
SDP Theodora Plank667
Registered electors 7,655
Turnout 4,09453.48
Rejected ballots70.17
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

North End

North End (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Eastaugh* 2,296 67.04
Labour Colin Hargrave* 2,274
Labour David Ives* 2,187
Conservative David Cook88324.91
Conservative Marie Dwyer874
Conservative David Wright802
SDP Brian Reeves3209.34
Registered electors 8,362
Turnout 3,73644.68
Rejected ballots140.37
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Northumberland Heath

Northumberland Heath (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Derek Enticknap† [n 9] 1,987 52.56
Labour Shirley Gadson 1,880
Labour Ann Wheelock 1,865
Conservative Eric Reid1,74547.44
Conservative Philip Read1,729
Conservative Robert Parish1,702
Registered electors 7,787
Turnout 4,03751.84
Rejected ballots130.32
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

St Mary's

St Mary's (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Colin Campbell 2,998 64.51
Conservative Alfred Catterall* 2,917
Conservative Colin Tandy* 2,853
Labour Harold Davis1,09423.53
Labour David Hinds1,076
Labour Sylvia Malt1,029
SDP Michael Gardner54211.96
Registered electors 8,585
Turnout 4,50552.48
Rejected ballots80.18
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St Michael's

St Michael's (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Beryl Brand* 1,600 36.86
Lib Dem Focus Team Eileen Wetheridge 1,436
Lib Dem Focus Team Steven Levine 1,430
Conservative Irmgard Hall1,40834.27
Conservative Neil Sayers1,389
Conservative Andrew Wicks1,356
Labour Doreen Cameron1,19328.87
Labour Alan Deadman1,166
Labour James Love1,138
Registered electors 7,776
Turnout 4,27855.02
Rejected ballots30.07
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Sidcup East

Sidcup East (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative June Slaughter* 2,252 54.69
Conservative Margaret Flint* 2,240
Conservative Michael Slaughter* 2,214
Labour Carol Richardson1,37633.30
Labour Margaret O'Neill1,359
Labour Margaret Gostelow1,348
Liberal Democrats Ann Atkins51012.01
Liberal Democrats Dennis King496
Liberal Democrats Patrick Spurge466
Registered electors 8,468
Turnout 4,27250.45
Rejected ballots40.09
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Sidcup West

Sidcup West (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Malcolm Ketley* 2,450 64.55
Conservative Peter Hadley 2,425
Conservative Kenneth McAndrew* 2,336
Labour Ian McGill86322.15
Labour Peter Leaver811
Labour Brian Preston800
Liberal Democrats Angela Hamill55413.29
Liberal Democrats Gillian Scott483
Liberal Democrats Helen Mabbs449
Registered electors 7,866
Turnout 3,90349.62
Rejected ballots60.15
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Thamesmead East

Thamesmead East (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Donna Brierly* 2,101 63.56
Labour Frank Barratt 2,014
Labour Ronald Brierly 1,903
Conservative Michael Crouch1,19836.44
Conservative Andrew Murray1,168
Conservative Eric Wilcox1,084
Registered electors 9,617
Turnout 3,20533.33
Rejected ballots140.44
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Upton

Upton (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Roy Ashmole* 1,999 51.97
Conservative Leonard Newton* 1,909
Conservative Brian Sams* 1,852
Labour William Beazley1,40336.63
Labour Selwyn Cooper1,395
Labour James Sharp1,262
Liberal Democrats Margaret Davey43111.40
Liberal Democrats Frances Moore424
Liberal Democrats Barbara Peters408
Registered electors 7,834
Turnout 3,98650.88
Rejected ballots20.05
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Notes

  1. 1 2 Results include those from candidates listed under the name Lib Dem Focus Team
  2. ↑ Dixon replaced Cllr Camp after her resignation in 1988
  3. 1 2 Howard and Passey replaced Cllrs Boyd and Rose after their resignations in 1987
  4. ↑ Warbey replaced Cllr Cassidy after his resignation in 1988
  5. ↑ Sams replaced Cllr Belcham after his resignation in 1988
  6. ↑ Wilkinson replaced Cllr Bale after their death in 1987
  7. ↑ McKay replaced Cllr Penton after his resignation in 1988
  8. ↑ Shrimpton replaced Cllr Greville after his resignation in 1986
  9. ↑ Enticknap was a sitting councillor representing the Belvedere ward

References

  1. 1 2 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 13–15, 110–111. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Bexley Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 8–9.
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