1990 Lewisham London Borough Council election

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1990 Lewisham London Borough Council election
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3 May 1990 (1990-05-03)
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All 67 seats up for election to Lewisham London Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Registered176,519 [1]
Turnout79,780, 45.20% [1]
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Leader Steve Bullock UnknownUnknown
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since1988UnknownUnknown
Leader's seat Sydenham East UnknownUnknown
Seats before50170
Seats won5863
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 8Decrease2.svg 11Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote108,07060,22512,138
Percentage57.62%32.11%6.47%
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Elections to Lewisham London Borough Council were held in May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 39.6%.

Contents

Election result

Lewisham local election result 1990 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 58113Increase2.svg 886.5757.61108,070
  Conservative 6011Decrease2.svg 118.9532.1160,225
  Liberal Democrats 330Increase2.svg 34.486.4712,138
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.002.945,513
  SDP 000Steady2.svg0.000.751,407
  Independent Labour 000Steady2.svg0.000.12231
Total67 187,584

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Bellingham

Bellingham (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John O'Shea 1,725 67.29
Labour Ronald Stockbridge† [n 1] 1,583
Conservative Margaret Riddell62124.41
Conservative Walter Seabrook579
Liberal Democrats Leslie Rowse2108.30
Liberal Democrats Jessie Vickers198
Registered electors 6,025
Turnout 2,69244.68
Rejected ballots30.11
Labour hold
Labour hold

Blackheath

Blackheath (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Gavin Moore* 1,187 44.60
Labour Nicholas Taylor† [n 2] 1,011
Conservative Teresa O'Neill1,00138.64
Conservative Joshua Stevenson902
Green Ronald Bailey2198.89
SDP Gillian Heyworth2177.87
SDP Gerald Dorey171
Registered electors 4,772
Turnout 2,54353.29
Rejected ballots40.16
Labour hold
Labour hold

Blythe Hill

Blythe Hill (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour James Eytle* 1,350 49.50
Labour Ashtaq Arain† [n 3] 1,220
Conservative James Collins1,04139.14
Conservative Gilly Greensitt990
Green Veronica Gail29511.36
Registered electors 5,420
Turnout 2,67649.37
Rejected ballots80.30
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Catford

Catford (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Richard Soar† [n 4] 1,377 47.96
Conservative Theodore Yard* 1,331
Labour Stewart Elliott1,14039.99
Labour Vernon Tyley1,117
Green Peter Marsden34012.04
Registered electors 5,873
Turnout 2,86548.78
Rejected ballots60.21
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Churchdown

Churchdown (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Margaret Moran* 1,913 52.61
Labour Clive Jordan† [n 5] 1,832
Labour David Leah† [n 6] 1,796
Conservative Danny Bennett1,36938.73
Conservative Susan Bennett1,361
Conservative Andrew Lee1,351
Lib Dem Focus Team Janet Hurst3188.66
Lib Dem Focus Team Roger Anstey317
Lib Dem Focus Team Ben Brooks277
Registered electors 7,294
Turnout 3,88253.22
Rejected ballots80.21
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Crofton Park

Crofton Park (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Stephen Tennison 2,106 50.94
Labour Gurbakhsh Garcha* 1,928
Labour Clause Gonsalves 1,920
Conservative Derek Stone1,13028.23
Conservative Clarie Young1,106
Conservative Michael Oyo1,065
Green Stephen Stevens81220.84
Registered electors 8,219
Turnout 3,84646.79
Rejected ballots100.26
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Downham

Downham (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Thomas Fowler* [n 7] 1,984 50.95
Lib Dem Focus Team Julian Hawkins 1,771
Lib Dem Focus Team Rachael Pitchford 1,715
Labour Grace Blyth1,24334.38
Labour Simon Parkes1,233
Labour Norman Smith*1,214
Conservative Audrey O'Donnell55714.67
Conservative Beverly Poole511
Conservative David O'Neill507
Registered electors 7,582
Turnout 4,07953.80
Rejected ballots60.15
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

Drake

Drake (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Michael Barry 2,034 60.09
Labour Obajimi Adefiranye 1,962
Labour Jarman Parmar 1,745
Green Thomas Gray73423.05
Conservative Martin Coombs58016.86
Conservative Michael Hathway520
Conservative Ernest Deayton510
Registered electors 8,163
Turnout 3,08037.73
Rejected ballots50.16
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Evelyn

Evelyn (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mary Edmond* 1,632 69.85
Labour Mark Nottingham 1,397
Labour Mee Ng* 1,377
Conservative Dawn Asplin32815.17
Conservative Derek Harris317
Green Simon Denis31514.98
Conservative Lloyd Richardson313
Registered electors 6,494
Turnout 2,26834.92
Rejected ballots100.44
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Forest Hill

Forest Hill (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour James Dowd† [n 8] 1,350 63.66
Labour Jacqueline Addison* 1,330
Conservative Michael Woolacott80936.34
Conservative Andrew Mnguni720
Registered electors 5,260
Turnout 2,33244.33
Rejected ballots120.51
Labour hold
Labour hold

Gringling Gibbons

Grinling Gibbons (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David Brown 1,650 65.48
Labour James Mallory* 1,499
Labour Man Mohan* 1,413
Green Phillip Makepeace46019.80
Conservative Betty Purdham35614.72
Conservative Mark Mannix340
Conservative Oswald Purdham331
Registered electors 7,127
Turnout 2,46734.61
Rejected ballots80.32
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Grove Park

Grove Park (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Arthur Banks 1,216 49.49
Labour Dorothy Hyne† [n 9] 1,133
Conservative William Bellers1,00441.45
Conservative Ronald Lee963
Liberal Democrats Brian Herring2299.06
Liberal Democrats Johanna Brightwell200
Registered electors 5,207
Turnout 2,44847.01
Rejected ballots10.04
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Hither Green

Hither Green (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Patrick Waylett* 2,065 62.54
Labour Paul Newing 2,045
Labour Anthony Link† [n 10] 2,041
Conservative Josephine Foster96628.28
Conservative Philip Richards921
Conservative Blandie McLeod895
Liberal Democrats Linda Hawkins3469.18
Liberal Democrats Michael Goldthorpe256
Registered electors 8,501
Turnout 3,58542.17
Rejected ballots120.33
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Horniman

Horniman (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Graeme Sandell† [n 11] 1,678 46.32
Labour David Whiting 1,649
Conservative Charles Cramp 1,592 43.62
Labour David Souter1,566
Conservative Jeffrey Dodd* [n 12] 1,529
Conservative Margaret Punyer† [n 13] 1,488
Liberal Democrats Margaret Jupp36410.05
Liberal Democrats Alec Martin343
Registered electors 7,999
Turnout 3,70146.27
Rejected ballots50.14
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Ladywell

Ladywell (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Cathy Doyle 2,009 61.66
Labour Martin Garman 1,961
Labour James Stevenson* 1,742
Conservative Thelma Shilling67720.98
Conservative Shriley Fitz-Earle637
Conservative Paul Kreling629
Green Robert Shepperd53617.36
Registered electors 7,502
Turnout 3,08641.14
Rejected ballots90.29
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Manor Lee

Manor Lee (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Madeliene Long* 1,672 55.69
Labour David Sullivan* 1,596
Conservative David Britton69923.18
Conservative Hilda Newland661
Green Simon Anstis36312.37
SDP Jennifer Darnley2638.76
SDP Robert Furber250
Registered electors 5,942
Turnout 2,98450.22
Rejected ballots30.10
Labour hold
Labour hold

Marlowe

Marlowe (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Stephen Padmore* 1,773 83.35
Labour Terence Scott† [n 14] 1,695
Labour Edith Gayle 1,652
Conservative Barbara Warren35316.65
Conservative Paul Asplin347
Conservative William Warren322
Registered electors 6,573
Turnout 2,42436.88
Rejected ballots70.29
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Pepys

Pepys (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Angela Cornforth 2,271 83.19
Labour Helen Dawson* 2,208
Labour Ian Page 2,188
Conservative William Mannix47316.81
Conservative Anne Bocking443
Conservative David Carr430
Registered electors 7,512
Turnout 3,04540.54
Rejected ballots190.62
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Perry Hill

Perry Hill (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Colin Hastie 1,916 50.71
Labour Timothy Walsh 1,865
Labour Duncan Rodger 1,822
Conservative David Lloyd*1,37636.70
Conservative Simon Guest1,370
Conservative Sheila Pikett1,310
Green Laurel Silk46412.59
Registered electors 8,341
Turnout 3,79745.52
Rejected ballots90.24
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Rushey Green

Rushey Green (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ian Arnold 1,622 67.62
Labour Mahmuda Kabir 1,363
Conservative Alan Heasman51623.05
Conservative Winifred Emons501
Liberal Democrats Brigitte Covell2069.33
Liberal Democrats Robert Parker206
Registered electors 6,239
Turnout 2,47039.59
Rejected ballots60.24
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Andrew

St Andrew (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Michael Holder 1,063 37.71
Labour Keith Morton 1,004
Conservative Robert Curtis92632.57
Conservative Russel White859
Lib Dem Focus Team Peter Vickers81729.72
Lib Dem Focus Team Philip Easton813
Registered electors 5,770
Turnout 2,92050.61
Rejected ballots100.34
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

St Margaret

St Margaret (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Roma Williams* 1,406 50.05
Labour Eric Richards 1,356
Conservative Fiona Antcliffe1,02937.22
Conservative Ruth EWhitelaw1,025
Liberal Democrats Alan Ross2398.52
Liberal Democrats Anthony Aldous231
Independent Labour John Palmer1284.20
Independent Labour Michael Dickson103
Registered electors 5,384
Turnout 2,88053.49
Rejected ballots60.21
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

St Mildred

St Mildred (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Andrew Lawrence 2,051 47.89
Conservative Eva Scarles* 1,954
Conservative Clifford Simpson* [n 15] 1,922
Labour William Cook1,76239.85
Labour Glyn Alsworth1,676
Labour Alfred Levene1,493
SDP Stephen O'Connor50612.26
Registered electors 8,490
Turnout 4,37751.55
Rejected ballots120.27
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Sydenham East

Sydenham East (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Christine Best* 1,854 54.85
Labour Steve Bullock 1,747
Labour Alan Pegg* 1,692
Conservative Henriette Dodd1,04531.16
Conservative Rosemary Pratt981
Conservative Jacqueline White980
Green Ronald Wilson45013.99
Registered electors 7,637
Turnout 3,26442.74
Rejected ballots50.15
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sydenham West

Sydenham West (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Martin Taylor* 1,702 49.51
Labour William McLaughlin 1,693
Labour Sinna Mani† [n 16] 1,590
Conservative Frederick Trollope1,21235.51
Conservative Eric Penny1,186
Conservative David Searle1,177
Liberal Democrats Mark Bennett2847.15
Green Jane Hornsey2807.83
Green Lee Hornsey245
Liberal Democrats Inge-Lore Sommerfield225
Liberal Democrats Jose Aradas211
Registered electors 7,988
Turnout 3,56844.67
Rejected ballots10.03
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Whitefoot

Whitefoot (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Carl Kisicki 1,200 51.58
Labour Sylvia Scott 1,177
Conservative Eric Coombs*96540.22
Conservative Josie Martin888
Liberal Democrats Catherine Ross2038.20
Liberal Democrats Patricia Yendell175
Registered electors 5,205
Turnout 2,50148.05
Rejected ballots10.04
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Notes

  1. ↑ Stockbridge was a sitting councillor representing the Churchdown ward
  2. ↑ Taylor was a sitting councillor representing the Evelyn ward
  3. ↑ Arain was a sitting councillor representing the Pepys ward
  4. ↑ Soar was a sitting councillor representing the Horniman ward, a seat he won in 1989 after the death of Cllr D'Cruze
  5. ↑ Jordan was a sitting councillor representing the Ladywell ward
  6. ↑ Leah was a sitting councillor representing the Marlowe ward
  7. ↑ Fowler replaced Cllr Bradley after his death in 1987
  8. ↑ Dowd was a sitting councillor representing the Drake ward
  9. ↑ Hyne was a sitting councillor representing the Whitefoot ward
  10. ↑ Link was a sitting councillor representing the Crofton Park ward
  11. ↑ Sandell was a sitting councillor representing the Forest Hill ward
  12. ↑ Dodd replaced Cllr Evans after his resignation in 1986
  13. ↑ Punyer was a sitting councillor representing the St Andrew ward
  14. ↑ Scott was a sitting councillor representing the Grove Park ward
  15. ↑ Simpson replaced Cllr Ball after his resignation in 1989
  16. ↑ Mani was a sitting councillor representing the Crofton Park ward

References

  1. 1 2 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). p. 130. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Lewisham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University.
  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 25 26 27 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 60–62, 130–131. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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