1990 Newham London Borough Council election

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1990 Newham London Borough Council election
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All 60 seats up for election to Newham London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered157,951 [1]
Turnout57,625, 36.48% [1]
 First partySecond party
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LeaderStephen TimmsUnknown
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since1990Unknown
Leader's seat Little Ilford Unknown
Seats before600
Seats won572
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote81,38732,957
Percentage60.08%24.33%
 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderAlec J. KellawayUnknown
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Leader since2 May 1987Unknown
Leader's seat South Unknown
Seats before00
Seats won10
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote10,5999,192
Percentage7.82%6.78%
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

The 1990 Newham London Borough Council election to the Newham London Borough Council was held on 3 May 1990. The whole council was up for election. turnout no change was 33.0%. Labour maintained its overwhelming majority.

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Election result

Newham Local Election Result 1990 [2] [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 5702Decrease2.svg 295.0060.0881,387
  Conservative 220Increase2.svg 23.3324.3332,957
  Liberal Democrats 111Steady2.svg1.677.8210,599
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.006.789,192
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.000.991,340
Total60 135,475

Background

A total of 154 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 24 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party, whilst the Conservative Party ran 54 candidates. The Liberal Democrats ran 12 candidates as well as 3 candidates under the Liberal Democrat Focus Team banner. Other candidates running were 22 Greens and 3 Independents.

Election Results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate from a different ward

Beckton

Beckton (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Maureen Knight* 679 62.65
Labour Doris Maxwell 608
Conservative Margaret Byrne38437.35
Registered electors 3,840
Turnout 103326.90
Rejected ballots60.58
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bemersyde

Bemersyde (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David P. Kellaway 923 44.39
Labour Peter E. Landman* 918
Conservative Paul Clark62530.12
Liberal Democrats David J. Corney30612.24
Green Simon K. Bridgeland27513.25
Liberal Democrats William Robinson201
Registered electors 4,376
Turnout 185442.37
Rejected ballots60.32
Labour hold
Labour hold

Canning Town and Grange

Canning Town and Grange (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Charles Whincup* 1,033 53.55
Labour Christopher B. Allen 1,020
Conservative Jean D. Boorman52527.37
Green Richard P. Sant36619.08
Registered electors 5,820
Turnout 181031.10
Rejected ballots80.44
Labour hold
Labour hold

Castle

Castle (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ronald S. Langton 1,125 58.86
Labour Sarah L. M. Murray* 1,092
Conservative Roy A. Bull49824.95
Conservative Dorothy M. Neal441
Green Rosanne D. Goodwins30516.19
Registered electors 5,389
Turnout 191035.44
Rejected ballots50.26
Labour hold
Labour hold

Central

Central (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Stanley Hopwood* 1,410 65.44
Labour Pallavi B. Patel 1,323
Conservative Dorothy L. Ford45719.24
Conservative Danuta A. Gradosiclska347
Green Rupert W. H. Goodwins32015.32
Registered electors 5,576
Turnout 206637.05
Rejected ballots170.82
Labour hold
Labour hold

Custom House & Silvertown

Custom House and Silvertown (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour William A. Chapman* 1,340 50.12
Labour Julia C. I. Garfield* 1,321
Labour Kevin Gillespie 1,240
Conservative David C. Gladstone93135.00
Conservative Alan W. Taylor897
Conservative Geraldine M. Alden896
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth A. Campion44014.88
Liberal Democrats Peter R. W. Guest376
Liberal Democrats Nicola F. Thomson343
Registered electors 8,964
Turnout 273730.53
Rejected ballots100.37
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Forest Gate

Forest Gate (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Margaret P. Olley* 1,616 56.97
Labour Conor M. McAuley* 1,602
Labour Pamela Furness† [n 1] 1,599
Green Annette Degrandis66122.03
Green Morgan Kelly644
Conservative William Bennett60821.00
Conservative Helena D. Bernstein593
Conservative Pauline F. Finn575
Green Paul S. J. Sandford558
Registered electors 7,499
Turnout 295539.41
Rejected ballots180.61
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Greatfield

Greatfield (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Kevin J. Jenkins* 1,687 40.87
Conservative Sean Cadogan 1,592 41.88
Conservative Jacqueline M. Burns 1,524
Conservative Richard J. Arnopp1,515
Labour Bryan A. Collier1,515
Labour Kulwant S. Mangat1,318
Liberal Democrats Matthew M. Huntbach64517.25
Liberal Democrats Adrian Cole626
Registered electors 8,255
Turnout 375045.43
Rejected ballots170.45
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Hudsons

Hudsons (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Lyn C. Brown 1,248 50.95
Labour Frederick C. Jones* 1,211
Labour Graham J. Lane* 1,162
Conservative Josephine M. Child86435.37
Conservative Mark Taylor851
Conservative Nicola M. Whitmore800
Liberal Democrats Walter C. T. Tee32413.68
Registered electors 7,240
Turnout 240833.26
Rejected ballots150.62
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Kensington

Kensington (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Kenneth C.R. Massey* 1,680 74.72
Labour Abdul K. Sheikh 1,618
Conservative Brian Johnson31513.91
Conservative Stephen R. Blower298
Green Rosalind M. Shanley Jordaan25111.37
Registered electors 5,405
Turnout 228442.26
Rejected ballots110.48
Labour hold
Labour hold

Little Ilford

Little Ilford (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Stephen C. Timms* 1,738 57.74
Labour Patricia A. Heron* 1,683
Labour Bobby Thomas 1,660
Lib Dem Focus Team Valerie F. Leach95831.46
Lib Dem Focus Team Leslie E. Groombridge921
Lib Dem Focus Team Alan H. Stewart891
Conservative Vera E. Ingleby32410.80
Conservative Steven P. Nash323
Conservative Khalid Z. Hussain303
Registered electors 7,965
Turnout 310538.98
Rejected ballots90.29
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Manor Park

Manor Park (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Amarjit Singh* 1,806 59.74
Labour Leela L. Pendle 1,773
Labour Margaret Walls 1,768
Conservative Janet A. Lewis73324.07
Conservative Mary M. King714
Conservative Diane E. Harley707
Green Dennis L. Middlemitch48316.19
Registered electors 7,909
Turnout 307238.84
Rejected ballots60.20
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Monega

Monega (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Lewis E. Boyce* 1,692 75.98
Labour Frederick E. York* 1,597
Conservative John W. Douch30513.63
Conservative Joyce F. Douch285
Green Richard G. Melville22510.39
Registered electors 5,592
Turnout 223639.99
Rejected ballots150.67
Labour hold
Labour hold

New Town

New Town (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Carol A. Knights 945 53.70
Labour John Isted† [n 2] 924
Independent Henry C. Cleghorn66325.67
Independent Susan J. Ward591
Conservative Karen V. Brennan21611.32
Conservative Ana Z. McWilton178
Green Kim L. Smith1629.30
Independent Dexter H. Hamoomansingh86
Registered electors 5,108
Turnout 195638.29
Rejected ballots30.15
Labour hold
Labour hold

Ordnance

Ordnance (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Michael Brown† [n 3] 629 48.71
Labour Anne King* 619
Green Inge O'Toole33726.31
Conservative Charles R.P.G. Meaby32024.98
Registered electors 4,005
Turnout 114128.49
Rejected ballots40.35
Labour hold
Labour hold

Park

Park (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John F. Lock* 1,649 62.07
Labour Dominic G. Gough 1,640
Labour Akbar A. Chaudhary 1,624
Conservative June P. L. Colton58419.89
Conservative Brian I. Maze503
Conservative Simon N. C. Pearce489
Green Arthur L. Taylor47618.04
Registered electors 7,667
Turnout 256233.42
Rejected ballots200.78
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Plaistow

Plaistow (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jean A. Manley 1,350 46.78
Labour Anand N. Patil* 1,105
Labour Riaz Ahmed 1,078
Green Philip H. Rimmer69227.48
Conservative Robert F. Williams67325.74
Conservative Sylvia L. Williams622
Registered electors 6,442
Turnout 227735.35
Rejected ballots90.40
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Plashet

Plashet (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Khawar M. Khawaja 1,442 56.27
Labour Judith A. Jorsling† [n 4] 1,410
Labour Clive M. Troubman 1,282
Green Helen C. Jarvis58522.74
Conservative Barry W. Roberts55720.99
Green Amanda J. Sandford553
Conservative Sylvia E. Neal549
Green Harjinder S. Flora533
Conservative Ronald L. Poon-Affatt437
Registered electors 8,186
Turnout 295836.13
Rejected ballots210.71
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Stephens

St Stephens (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Linda A. Jordan* 1,432 71.82
Labour Dharam Sahdev 1,381
Conservative Brendan M. Morley29014.60
Conservative June M. Eason281
Green Julie Jackson26613.58
Registered electors 5,108
Turnout 199138.98
Rejected ballots80.40
Labour hold
Labour hold

South

South (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Alec J. Kellaway* 1,661 34.39
Labour Thomas A. Jenkinson* 1,505 33.81
Labour Alexander Thomson† [n 5] 1,415
Liberal Democrats Stephen T. Bell1,357
Conservative Damian P. J. Sutton1,33831.80
Labour Neil J. Wilson1,323
Conservative Laurence B. Springthorpe1,322
Liberal Democrats Paul R. Willett1,269
Registered electors 11,025
Turnout 427738.79
Rejected ballots120.29
Liberal Democrats hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stratford

Stratford (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour James C. Riley* 937 54.35
Labour James G. Newstead* 936
Conservative William G. Flynn31416.71
Liberal Democrats Martin P. J. Edwardes28116.30
Conservative Armyn Hennessy262
Green Charles F. Seber21812.64
Registered electors 4,994
Turnout 164032.84
Rejected ballots90.55
Labour hold
Labour hold

Upton

Upton (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mian M. Aslam* 1,827 66.57
Labour Shama Ahmad 1,780
Labour Andrew P. Zachariades 1,702
Conservative Christine M. Hodgson51717.30
Conservative Simon J. L. Linford450
Green Anthony R. Kelly42916.13
Conservative John Lowry412
Registered electors 7,590
Turnout 260134.27
Rejected ballots130.50
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Wall End

Wall End (3) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Sarah J. Reeves* 1,888 55.26
Labour Theodore L. Etherden* 1,827
Labour Bashir Ul-Hafeez* 1,564
Conservative Alexander G. Hope-Thomson89227.38
Conservative Peter J. Doe879
Conservative Henry J. F. Prendergast846
Green Nicholas Oakes55317.36
Registered electors 8,254
Turnout 318738.61
Rejected ballots180.56
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

West Ham

West Ham (2) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ronald N. Manley* 1,116 60.83
Labour James E. Goodman 1,052
Conservative Kelvin C. V. McWilton44522.33
Conservative Luigi Peluso351
Green Richard H. Thomas30016.84
Registered electors 5,742
Turnout 181531.61
Rejected ballots150.83
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

  1. ↑ Pamela was previously a councillor for Upton
  2. ↑ John was a councillor for West Ham
  3. ↑ Michael was a councillor for the Park ward
  4. ↑ Judith was a councillor for the Custom House and Silvertown ward
  5. ↑ Alexander was a councillor for Plaistow ward

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