1990 Liverpool City Council election

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1990 Liverpool City Council election
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33 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 33 wards
50 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 1990. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
Labour ????
Liberal Democrat ????
Liberal Party ????
Independent ????
Others????

Election results

Liverpool local election result 1990
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 272782%56%93,575
  Liberal Democrats 6618%33%54,441
  Conservative 113%7%12,214
  Green 000%3%4,725
  Communist 000%0.1%213
 Democratic Anti Poll Tax000%0.04%70

[2]

Ward results

Abercromby

Abercromby 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour K. Hackett 1,802 73% Increase2.svg 3%
Labour Sarah Norman 1,745 71% Increase2.svg 1%
Green Laura Davenport27711%N/A
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Chowings1456%Decrease2.svg 11%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Dyer1345%Increase2.svg 12%
Conservative Pauline Edwards1275%Steady2.svg
Conservative D. Radcliffe1145%Steady2.svg
Communist F. Carroll1074%Increase2.svg 1%
Majority 1,525
Registered electors
Turnout 2,458
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 3%
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 1%

As there were two vacancies for this seat, in order to allow comparison, only the votes for the highest scoring candidate for each party have been used to compile the statistics.

Aigburth

Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Douglas McKittrick 2,778 46%
Labour R. Parkinson2,15136%
Conservative N.W. Liddell66211%
Green Joanne Cook4097%
Majority 672
Turnout 6,000

Allerton

Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Flo Clucas 2,750 44%
Labour K. E. Neary2,23636%
Conservative P. Lee94215%
Green R. E. Cantwell2284%
SDP R. E. Gould1352%
Majority 514
Turnout 6,291

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. H. Oldfield3,36557%
Liberal Democrats Veronica Best2,31939%
Conservative J. Mass2404%
Majority 1,047
Turnout 5,923

Arundel

Arundel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Duckworth2,23447%
Liberal Democrats Mary Johnston1,70036%
Conservative D. W. Patmore2956%
Green G. Thomson48210%
Democratic Anti Poll TaxD. E. Huish701%
Majority 534
Turnout 4,781

Breckfield

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Prendergast3,23880%
Liberal Democrats Karen Afford58114%
Conservative Elizabeth Bayley2105%
Majority 2,657
Turnout 4,029

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Concepcion3,48954%
Liberal Democrats G. B. Smith2,51939%
Conservative M. Lind3105%
Green B. Turner1713%
Majority 970
Turnout 6,489

Childwall

Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lady Doreen Jones3,56552%
Labour N.D. Fleet2,02229%
Conservative Helen Rigby93914%
Green M. S. Hughes3325%
Majority 1,543
Turnout 6,858

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Len Tyrer4,20358%
Labour E. Taylor1,81225%
Conservative I. Bishop91113%
Green A. G. Maxwell3164%
Majority 2,391
Turnout 7,253

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour K. Noon3,90973%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Owen86916%
Conservative Paula Denovan3386%
Green Joan Best1653%
Communist K. F. McDonough1062%
Majority 3,040
Turnout 5,387

County

County
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret McDaid3,24949%
Liberal Democrats Sybil Brookes3,21649%
Conservative J. F. Atkinson1152%
SDP Joan Sewell371%
Majority 33
Turnout 6,617

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gillian Bundred3,68253%
Labour J. Mooney2,37934%
Conservative G. E. Brandwood6569%
Green ?1863%
SDP Marie Killen461%
Majority 1,303
Turnout 6,949

Dingle

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Brown3,61274%
Liberal Democrats S. P. Boddy86018%
Conservative R. D. Knox1894%
Green R. Spalding2245%
Majority 2,752
Turnout 4,885

Dovecot

Dovecot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour I. H. Scott2,98475%
Liberal Democrats Norman Mills74619%
Conservative W. H. Connolly2617%
Majority 2,238
Turnout 3,991

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. A. Allen1,89594%
Liberal Democrats J.S. Thomson1286%
Majority 1,767
Turnout 2,023

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Brazier3,74377%
Liberal Democrats J. J. Johnston78216%
Conservative G. Breckell3557%
Majority 2,961
Turnout 4,880

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Jennings3,47978%
Liberal Democrats George Mann52612%
Conservative S. North2556%
Green Susan Ellison1834%
Majority 2,953
Turnout 4,443

Granby

Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gideon Ben-Tovim2,63380%
Liberal Democrats H. Priddie2829%
Conservative Henrietta Edwards1505%
Green W. Jenkins1805%
??612%
Majority 2,351
Turnout 3,306

Grassendale

Grassendale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Beatrice Fraenkel3,99462%
Labour D. Dunphy1,35821%
Conservative Audrey Ogden85813%
Green E. Goldsmith2784%
Majority 2,636
Turnout 6,488

Kensington

Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Keenan2,43850%
Liberal Democrats Frank Doran2,34448%
Conservative R. Bethell932%
SDP Joan Reece401%
Majority 94
Turnout 4,915

Melrose

Melrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dawn Booth4,14684%
Liberal Democrats D. Parker61913%
Conservative Anne Nugent1754%
Majority 3,527
Turnout 4,940

Netherley

Netherley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Wilson2,37384%
Liberal Democrats J. Clein31611%
Conservative W. Dobinson1234%
Majority 2,057
Turnout 2,812

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour K. Williams3,34264%
Liberal Democrats J. Berman1,19023%
Conservative G. Powell4659%
Green I. Gilmour2174%
Majority 2,152
Turnout 5,214

Picton

Picton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Hogan3,05753%
Liberal Democrats H. Heritty2,21438%
Green J. Hulton2875%
Conservative K. Watkin1633%
SDP L. Devereux491%
Majority 843
Turnout 5,770

Pirrie

Pirrie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Edwards3,94882%
Liberal Democrats Maureen Doran60613%
Conservative P. Aldcroft2345%
Majority 3,342
Turnout 4,788

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Doyle3,00855%
Liberal Democrats Peter Millea2,11539%
Conservative A. Fayer1964%
Green Lucy Williams1072%
Majority 893
Turnout 5,426

Smithdown

Smithdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Juliet Herzog2,63267%
Liberal Democrats P. McGrath1,09328%
Conservative Denise O'Leary962%
Green J. Stevenson842%
Majority 1,539
Turnout 3,905

Speke

Speke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour K. Cannon2,78985%
Liberal Democrats Victoria Clein3059%
Conservative G. Harden1946%
Majority 2,484
Turnout 3,288

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Gorton2,62947%
Liberal Democrats N. Cardwell2,53745%
Conservative Edna Rodick2625%
Green R. Morris1673%
Majority 92
Turnout 5,595

Valley

Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Ruse2,79975%
Liberal Democrats Kay Brown48513%
Conservative S. Lever2416%
Green A. Willan2246%
Majority 2,314
Turnout 3,749

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Snell2,32095%
Liberal Democrats B. Grocott803%
Conservative R. Fairclough492%
Majority 2,240
Turnout 2,449

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Hughes3,61753%
Liberal Democrats Richard Roberts2,95743%
Conservative Dorothy Gray2684%
Majority 660
Turnout 6,842

Woolton

Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Fitzsimmons 1,831 29%
Liberal Democrats B. Brown1,80229%
Labour A. Gallagher1,14218%
Green ?2083%
Majority 29
Turnout 6,280

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References

  1. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 4 May 1990
  2. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 4 May 1990
  3. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 4 May 1990
  4. ↑ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside local election results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
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