1990 Greenwich London Borough Council election

1990 Greenwich London Borough Council election

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62 seats for election to Greenwich London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
Registered	157,515 [1]
Turnout	80,568, 51.15% [1]
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative SDP Seats won 44 12 4 Seat change 1 Popular vote 59,701 28,689 21,135 Percentage 43.60% 20.95% 15.44%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Liberal Democrats Valley Party Seats won 2 [n 1] 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 6,381 14,838 Percentage 4.66% 10.84%
Before election before election Labour Council control after election Labour

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

Election Result

1990 Greenwich London Borough Council elections ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	44	5	4	1	70.97	43.60	59,701
	Conservative	12	2	2		19.35	20.95	28,689
	SDP	4	2	2		6.45	15.44	21,135
	Liberal Democrats	2 [n 1]	1	2	1	3.23	4.66	6,381
	Valley Party	0	0	0		0.00	10.84	14,838
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	3.20	4,379
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.77	1,047
	Fellowship	0	0	0		0.00	0.30	415
	Asian Council on Local Affairs	0	0	0		0.00	0.18	246
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.00	0.06	85
Total		62						136,916

Ward Results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate that is standing in a different ward

Abbey Wood

Abbey Wood (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SDP	David Lewis	1,418	48.64
	SDP	Terence A.J. Malone*	1,411
	Labour	John Wakefield	1,050	33.69
	Labour	Joga S. Minhas	910
	Valley Party	Gwendoline L. King	347	11.83
	Valley Party	Alexander Hayes	341
	Green	Jean Weston	170	5.84
Registered electors			5,613
Turnout			3,045	54.25
Rejected ballots			11	0.36
	SDP hold
	SDP hold

Arsenal

Arsenal (1) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lance G. Mulcahy*	575	53.89
	SDP	Julia W. Costello	290	27.18
	Valley Party	Mark B. Mansfield	162	15.18
	Green	Alan J. Cannon	40	3.75
Registered electors			2,776
Turnout			1,071	38.58
Rejected ballots			5	0.47
	Labour hold

Avery Hill

Avery Hill (1) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Edward J. Randall*	1,042	62.40
	Labour	Raymond G.A. Walker	304	18.20
	Conservative	Douglas F. Spooner	236	14.13
	Valley Party	David J. Fox	88	5.27
Registered electors			2,638
Turnout			1,674	63.46
Rejected ballots			4	0.24
	Liberal Democrats hold

Blackheath

Blackheath (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey E. Brighty	1,127	38.77
	Conservative	Robin Henderson*	1,116
	Labour	Claude D. Ramsey	655	22.46
	Labour	Anthony Maduagwu	644
	SDP	Vivienne W. Stone	603	20.32
	SDP	Judith D. Abbott	573
	Green	Robert H.J. McCracken	382	13.20
	Valley Party	Patrick M. Bristow	152	5.25
	Valley Party	Anthony J. Fowles	151
Registered electors			5,068
Turnout			2,824	55.72
Rejected ballots			3	0.11
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Burrage

Burrage (1) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Leonard L. Duvall	697	58.72
	SDP	Denise Gilbert	232	19.54
	Valley Party	Shaun Edwards	125	10.53
	Green	Margaret E. Bynorth	91	7.67
	Asian Council on Local Affairs	Rajwant S. Sidhu	42	3.54
Registered electors			2,690
Turnout			1,193	44.35
Rejected ballots			6	0.50
	Labour hold

Charlton

Charlton (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David J.G. Picton*	1,288	49.69
	Labour	Sukdhev S. Sanghara	1,136
	SDP	Andrew J. Lines	433	15.58
	Conservative	Silvio P. Bentram	353	12.96
	Valley Party	Brian M. Bird	352	12.91
	SDP	Sanu Miah	326
	Conservative	Eve J. Jagusiewicz-Haines	279
	Valley Party	Dominic Crowe	277
	Green	Thomas Cunliffe	216	8.86
Registered electors			4,730
Turnout			2,537	53.64
Rejected ballots			1	0.04
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Coldharbour

Coldharbour (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William G.R. Jeavons*	1,150	42.17
	Labour	Peter M. Challis† [n 2]	1,108
	Conservative	Janet E. Parrett	1,004	36.50
	Conservative	Colin W. Rutt	949
	Valley Party	Robert P. Weeks	296	10.94
	Valley Party	Wendy J. Perfect	290
	Liberal Democrats	Peter J. Churchill	278	10.39
Registered electors			4,815
Turnout			2,739	56.88
Rejected ballots			3	0.11
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Deansfield

Deansfield (1) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alec G. Miles*	743	48.03
	Labour	James Draper	496	32.06
	Valley Party	Victor C. Skinner	163	10.54
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley G. Broad	145	9.37
Registered electors			2,601
Turnout			1,553	59.71
Rejected ballots			8	0.52
	Conservative hold

Eltham Park

Eltham Park (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wendy Mitchell*	1,412	37.31
	Conservative	Kenneth L. Kear*	1,290
	Labour	Judith A. Harrington	981	25.79
	Labour	Stephen A. Slater	887
	Independent	Eileen W. Guthrie	490	13.53
	Liberal Democrats	John Hagyarrd	337	9.31
	Valley Party	Andrew Crouch	297	7.02
	Green	Jennifer R. Thornley	255	7.04
	Valley Party	Stephen E. Perfect	211
Registered electors			5,272
Turnout			3,248	61.61
Rejected ballots			6	0.18
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Eynsham

Eynsham (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SDP	John W. Rastall	1,115	45.05
	SDP	Barrie Groves	1,102
	Labour	Edward J. Fitzpatrick	1,037	38.34
	Labour	Simon J.S. Oelman*	851
	Valley Party	Christopher M. Budgen	195	6.78
	Conservative	Joseph Sinfield	159	6.46
	Valley Party	Barry Nugent	139
	Green	Rima E.T. Mutimer	83	3.37
Registered electors			4,840
Turnout			2,505	51.76
Rejected ballots			2	0.08
	SDP gain from Labour
	SDP gain from Labour

Ferrier

Ferrier (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James J. Gillman† [n 3]	860	45.92
	Labour	Edward A. McParland*	827
	SDP	Melanie S. Fletcher	369	18.23
	Conservative	Valerie A. Antcliffe	311	16.21
	SDP	Simon M. Millson	301
	Conservative	Margaret J. Campbell-Smith	294
	Valley Party	Kevin J. Merrick	199	10.39
	Valley Party	Nigel V. Taylor	182
	Green	Donald M.P. Caliendo	170	9.25
Registered electors			4,502
Turnout			1,865	41.43
Rejected ballots			4	0.21
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Glyndon

Glyndon (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Clare M. Cronin	1,210	44.63
	Labour	Satish Rai	910
	SDP	Hilary E. Newton	579	23.75
	SDP	Michael L. Jahans	548
	Valley Party	Craig W.R. Harwood	303	11.16
	Conservative	Jean M. Cooper	267	11.24
	Valley Party	John J. Morris	226
	Green	Euan C. McPhee	180	7.58
	Asian Council on Local Affairs	Ravji D. Pindora	39	1.64
Registered electors			5,740
Turnout			2,448	42.65
Rejected ballots			3	0.12
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from SDP

Herbert

Herbert (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Samuel Coker	1,019	37.10
	Labour	Kantabai M. Patel*	833
	Conservative	John O'Brian	702	27.40
	Conservative	Charles W. Garth	665
	Green	Brian L. Barnett	336	13.46
	Valley Party	Richard S. Ayers	334	11.66
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Ottery	259	10.38
	Valley Party	Nicholas J. Bulien	248
Registered electors			5,171
Turnout			2,465	47.67
Rejected ballots			7	0.28
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hornfair

Hornfair (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Irene Hogben	1,261	47.14
	Labour	Robert E. Lewis	1,241
	SDP	John B. O'Keefe	474	17.14
	Conservative	Derek F. Lamb	462	16.81
	SDP	Sylvia Ross	435
	Conservative	Sheila J. Striling	429
	Valley Party	Andrew J. Keen	404	13.90
	Valley Party	Leslie N. Turner	334
	Green	Stephen V. Reeves	133	5.01
Registered electors			4,974
Turnout			2,770	55.69
Rejected ballots			6	0.22
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Kidbrooke

Kidbrooke (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James P.B. Coughlan*	1,033	30.79
	Conservative	Giles J. Brennand	990	29.99
	Labour	Martin J. Rogers	977
	Conservative	Hugh R. Harris	967
	Fellowship	Ronald S. Mallone	415	12.72
	SDP	Irene Hegg	400	11.61
	SDP	Eileen A. McNeill	357
	Valley Party	Robert J. Taylor	326	9.99
	Green	Tania Caliendo	160	4.90
Registered electors			4,892
Turnout			2,955	60.40
Rejected ballots			8	0.27
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Lakedale

Lakedale (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ashrath R.L. Francis	1,105	49.01
	Labour	Sajid Jawaid	1,033
	SDP	Patricia D. Smith	438	19.67
	SDP	Carol J. Wilson	419
	Conservative	Emily Bennett	233	10.68
	Valley Party	Brian L. Smart	178	8.07
	Valley Party	Roger G. Taylor	174
	Asian Council on Local Affairs	Babubhai Master	165	7.57
	Green	Satya Kaur	124	5.00
	Green	Shiv C. Singh	93
Registered electors			4,796
Turnout			2,198	45.83
Rejected ballots			5	0.23
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Middle Park

Middle Park (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Philip Graham† [n 4]	1,338	59.05
	Labour	Robert C. Harris	1,283
	Valley Party	Paul M. Ellis	576	21.94
	Liberal Democrats	Richard J. Shayler	422	19.01
	Valley Party	Christopher A. Wilkins	398
Registered electors			5,317
Turnout			2,439	45.87
Rejected ballots			37	1.52
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

New Eltham

New Eltham (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dorothy O. Mepsted*	1,341	38.02
	Conservative	Martin Gooding	1,238
	Labour	Paul N. Harrington	976	28.74
	Labour	Alexander McG. Stratton	973
	Independent	Christopher J. Nicklin	506	14.91
	Valley Party	Jonathan Bangs	370	8.75
	Liberal Democrats	Paul W. Hurren	325	9.58
	Valley Party	Evalyn Waterman	224
Registered electors			5,541
Turnout			3,188	57.53
Rejected ballots			12	0.38
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Nightingale

Nightingale (1) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Y. Gordon	683	65.80
	Valley Party	Peter M. Finch	133	12.81
	Conservative	Roy W. Mapes	126	12.14
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor G. Wilkins	96	9.25
Registered electors			2,492
Turnout			1,048	42.05
Rejected ballots			6	0.57
	Labour hold

Palace

Palace (1) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter J.H. King*	673	47.76
	Labour	Thomas Carter	408	28.96
	Liberal Democrats	Joan M. Macqueen	122	8.66
	Valley Party	John H. West	116	8.23
	Green	Patrick P. Pridham	90	6.39
Registered electors			2,750
Turnout			1,411	51.31
Rejected ballots			2	0.14
	Conservative hold

Plumstead Common

Plumstead Common (1) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Victoria E. Morse	762	52.48
	SDP	Doris M. Horne	269	18.53
	Conservative	Elsie R. Frost	221	15.22
	Valley Party	Darren J. Risby	118	8.12
	Green	Julia A. Cowdell	82	5.65
Registered electors			2,789
Turnout			1,453	52.10
Rejected ballots			1	0.07
	Labour hold

Rectory Field

Rectory Field (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Victor J. Farlie*	1,016	43.24
	Labour	Norman R. Adams*	1,005
	SDP	Richard C. Hewson	529	21.22
	SDP	Roderick M. Wright	462
	Conservative	Paul D. Cummins	382	15.10
	Conservative	Zita Martinez	323
	Valley Party	Sandra D. Pace	286	12.23
	Valley Party	Paul G. Messeter	285
	Green	David T. Sharman	192	8.21
Registered electors			4,736
Turnout			2,408	50.84
Rejected ballots			5	0.21
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Alfege

St Alfege (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Adele Gordon-Peiniger	966	41.53
	Labour	Deborah L. Smith	937
	Conservative	David C. Binsted	539	22.43
	Conservative	Tamara I. Martinez	489
	SDP	Norman G. Marcus	461	18.06
	SDP	Lilly H. Stuart	367
	Green	Anthony W. Pearson	214	9.34
	Valley Party	Adam Beales	198	8.64
	Valley Party	Brian R. Smith	198
Registered electors			4,745
Turnout			2,346	49.44
Rejected ballots			1	0.04
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Mary's

St Mary's (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Fahy	952	51.73
	Labour	Brian R. O' Sullivan*	934
	SDP	Terry G. McElroy	436	21.39
	SDP	Ronald T. Morgan-Welldone	343
	Valley Party	David G. Long	329	17.66
	Valley Party	Danny Hayes	315
	Green	Kim S. Brown	168	9.22
Registered electors			4,836
Turnout			1,911	39.52
Rejected ballots			14	0.73
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Nicholas

St Nicholas (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roger Hook	1,072	42.82
	Labour	Thelma Purcell	949
	SDP	Pamela M. Carter	582	22.66
	SDP	Ramon L. Martin	488
	Conservative	Joan I. Harvey-Bailey	391	15.88
	Conservative	Peter M. Manns	359
	Valley Party	Scott Forrest	239	9.70
	Valley Party	Cliver T. Collett	218
	Green	Simon D. Baines	211	8.94
Registered electors			5,197
Turnout			2,485	47.82
Rejected ballots			5	0.20
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Sherard

Sherard (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert J. Callow* [n 5]	1,744	61.02
	Labour	Quentin Marsh*	1,361
	Valley Party	Kevin J. Fox	992	38.98
Registered electors			5,507
Turnout			2,616	47.50
Rejected ballots			52	1.99
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury (1) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lewis C. Sergeant*	559	35.14
	Labour	George McManus	387	24.32
	SDP	Lynn Blade	375	23.57
	Green	Peter J. Tinsley	153	9.62
	Valley Party	Colin R. Holland	117	7.35
Registered electors			2,485
Turnout			1,592	64.06
Rejected ballots			1	0.06
	Conservative hold

Slade

Slade (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John E. Austin-Walker	1,081	37.47
	Labour	Annette F. Barratt	1,019
	Lib Dem Focus Team	David J. Woodhead*	961	34.08
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Paula E. Mitchel	949
	Conservative	Joyce Bowe	514	18.31
	Conservative	Anthony R. Salter	511
	Valley Party	Stavros Demetriades	292	10.14
	Valley Party	Kenneth Dudman	275
Registered electors			5,180
Turnout			3,020	58.30
Rejected ballots			3	0.10
	Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team
	Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team

Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe (1) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Brian J. Woodcraft	674	40.87
	Conservative	Antony C. Glover	531	32.20
	Labour	John O. Shlackman	378	22.92
	Valley Party	John G. Biggs	66	4.00
Registered electors			2,692
Turnout			1,652	61.37
Rejected ballots			2	0.12
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Conservative

Tarn

Tarn (1) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derek M. Richards*	691	50.18
	Labour	Stephen T. Clarke	431	31.30
	Valley Party	Stephen T. Clarke	138	10.02
	Liberal Democrats	Richard L. Carter	117	8.50
Registered electors			2,580
Turnout			1,379	53.45
Rejected ballots			1	0.07
	Conservative hold

Thamesmead Moorings

Thameshead Moorings (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edward H. Claridge*	926	44.35
	Labour	Patricia E. Claridge	810
	SDP	Donald J. Austen*	759	35.41
	SDP	George A. Kennedy	627
	Conservative	Stanley C. Fieldgate	173	8.07
	Conservative	Stanley Wignall	142
	Valley Party	Simon Caddock	112	5.26
	Valley Party	Bernard E. Taylor	93
	Green	Robin Stott	90	4.60
	Independent Labour	Theodore J. du Sauzay	45	2.30
Registered electors			4,997
Turnout			2,025	40.52
Rejected ballots			2	0.10
	Labour gain from SDP
	Labour hold

Trafalgar

Trafalgar (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elizabeth J. Farmer*	1,203	49.41
	Labour	Roger J. Taylor	1,161
	SDP	Beverley J.A. Elliot	375	14.09
	Conservative	Robert B. Browne-Clayton	347	13.55
	Conservative	Angela C.M. Casey	300
	SDP	Trevor L. Thomas	299
	Valley Party	David R. Archer	285	10.54
	Valley Party	John A. Stickings	218
	Green	Martin Sewell	196	8.19
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony J.W. Renouf	101	4.22
Registered electors			5,085
Turnout			2,486	48.89
Rejected ballots			4	0.16
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Vanbrugh

Vanbrugh (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Doreen J. Bigwood† [n 6]	1,049	36.79
	Labour	Anthony M. Moon	921
	Conservative	Beryl Blackaby	702	25.22
	Conservative	Judith R. Vickery	648
	SDP	Janet Grylls	354	12.40
	SDP	Jacqueline J.L. Newman	310
	Green	James M. Plummer	244	9.11
	Valley Party	Gary V. Hannant	196	7.10
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Christophjer P. McGinty	191	5.98
	Valley Party	Craig V. Norris	184
	Lib Dem Focus Team	John H. Stride	129
	Independent	Trevor W. Allman	51	1.91
	Independent Labour	Christopher Fay	40	1.49
Registered electors			4,847
Turnout			2,609	53.83
Rejected ballots			2	0.08
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Well Hall

Well Hall (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Clive S. Efford*	1,344	41.45
	Conservative	Philip W. Dean*	1,295	40.34
	Labour	Michael R. Hayes	1,260
	Conservative	Dingle Clark	1,238
	Valley Party	Stephen N. Dixon	372	10.79
	Valley Party	Keith A. Crowhurst	305
	Liberal Democrats	Helen V. Wilkins	233	7.42
Registered electors			5,062
Turnout			2,340	46.23
Rejected ballots			8	0.34
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative gain from Labour

West

West (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Willkiam F. Strong*	1,101	53.01
	Labour	Sabiha Shahzad	1,012
	SDP	James J. Caslake	401	18.55
	SDP	Andrew J. Kemshell	338
	Conservative	Nicholas C. Gough	262	12.84
	Conservative	Jeremy B. Wise	249
	Green	Audrey M. Bull	190	9.53
	Valley Party	Rosina E. Larking	122	6.07
	Valley Party	Marlon A. Seton	119
Registered electors			3,727
Turnout			1,108	29.73
Rejected ballots			3	0.27
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Woolwich Common

Woolwich Common (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gurdip S. Dhillon*	965	45.66
	Labour	Henry Pike	887
	SDP	Terence O'Brien	544	26.43
	SDP	Michael V. Slavin* [n 7]	528
	Valley Party	Richard D. Grove	246	11.24
	Conservative	Patience Salter	230	11.29
	Conservative	Catherine Magonigle	227
	Valley Party	Terry J. Lloyd	209
	Green	James F. Hodgson	109	5.38
Registered electors			6,785
Turnout			2,341	34.50
Rejected ballots			4	0.17
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from SDP

Notes

1. Includes results from candidates registered as "Lib Dem Focus Team
2. Challis was a sitting councillor for the Nightingale ward
3. Gillman was a sitting councillor for the Hornfair ward
4. Graham was a sitting councillor representing the Eynsham ward
5. Callow replaced Cllr. Mervyn A. Jeffrey after their resignation in 1987
6. Bigwood was a sitting councillor representing the St Alfege ward
7. Slavin replaced Cllr. Nicholas Smith after his resignation in 1987

References

1. "1990 London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 118. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
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