1990 Southwark London Borough Council election

1990 Southwark London Borough Council election

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All 64 seats up for election to Southwark London Borough Council 33 seats needed for a majority
Registered	171,625 [1]
Turnout	69,572, 40.54% [1]
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Seats before 43 15 6 Seats won 37 21 [n 1] 6 Seat change 3 5 1 Popular vote 30,900 16,684 13,041 Percentage 47.66% 25.73% 20.12%   Fourth party   Party Independent Labour Lion Party Seats before 1 Seats won 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 676 Percentage 1.04%
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 40.54%.

Election result

Southwark local election result 1990 ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	37	2	5	3	57.81	47.66	30,900	3.02
	Liberal Democrats	21 [n 1]	5	0	5	32.81	25.73	16,684	3.07
	Conservative	6	0	1	1	9.38	20.12	13,041	2.06
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	5.02	3,252	2.96
	Independent Labour Lion Team	0	0	1	1	0.00	1.04	676	New
	BNP	0	0	0		0.00	0.28	180	New
	Communist	0	0	0		0.00	0.15	99	0.03
Total		64						64,832

Southwark Council voting history

Ward results

(*) - indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different seat than which they were elected to

Abbey

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Blake*	931	52.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Gauge	844	47.6
	Labour	Ellen Brown	687	38.7
	Labour	Rita Sergeant† [n 2]	636	35.9
	Conservative	Robert Berry	104	5.9
	Conservative	Betina Bilham-Ware	93	5.2
Registered electors			4,835
Turnout			1,779	36.79
Rejected ballots			5	0.28
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Alleyn

Alleyn (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josephine Clark	1,209	50.3
	Labour	Cecile Lothian	1,140	47.4
	Conservative	Miranda Hardie	762	31.7
	Conservative	Percy Gray†	755	31.4
	Green	Harriet Einsiedel	240	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Milne	204	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Theiner	185	7.7
Registered electors			5,607
Turnout			2,409	42.96
Rejected ballots			6	0.25
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Barset

Barset (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Halls	1,176	74.8
	Labour	Kenneth Morey	1,123	71.4
	Conservative	Charles Cooper	329	20.9
	Conservative	Peter Mason	325	20.7
Registered electors			4,854
Turnout			1,588	32.72
Rejected ballots			15	0.94
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bellenden

Bellenden (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bronwyn McKenna	2,107	60.7
	Labour	John McTernan*	2,042	58.8
	Labour	Margaret Russell	1,944	56.0
	Conservative	Marjorie Osborn	698	20.1
	Conservative	Victor Rutherford	648	18.7
	Green	Christopher Dodwell	601	17.3
	Conservative	Sharon Spiers	599	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Egan	318	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Conn	285	8.2
Registered electors			8,687
Turnout			3,479	40.05
Rejected ballots			8	0.23
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Nash	1,671	61.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Scovell	1,602	58.8
	Labour	Lindsay Thomas	831	30.5
	Labour	Isaac Bellinfante	775	28.4
	Conservative	Miles Baxter	153	5.6
	Conservative	Damian Cornell	134	4.9
Registered electors			6,087
Turnout			2,730	44.85
Rejected ballots			5	0.18
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Browning

Browning (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Cheesman	1,521	53.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Goldie	1,485	52.5
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Matheson† [n 3]	1,464	51.8
	Labour	Harry Canagasabey	1,005	35.5
	Labour	Ronald North	1,002	35.4
	Labour	Winston Stafford† [n 4]	895	31.6
	Conservative	Helen Hall	172	6.1
	Conservative	Girish Pattni	145	5.1
	Conservative	Hui Man	142	5.0
Registered electors			7,490
Turnout			2,834	37.84
Rejected ballots			6	0.21
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats hold

Brunswick

Brunswick (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Driver	1,598	68.1
	Labour	John Maurice*	1,596	68.1
	Labour	Lilian Naish	1,595	68.0
	Conservative	Lilian Dawson	543	23.2
	Conservative	Douglas Mitchell	480	20.5
	Conservative	David Mason	475	20.3
	Communist	Eric Hodson	99	4.2
Registered electors			7,374
Turnout			2,362	32.03
Rejected ballots			17	0.72
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Burgess

Burgess (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rose Colley*	1,011	57.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Holt	944	53.8
	Labour	Piers Corbyn*	655	37.3
	Labour	Jay Hall	615	35.0
	Conservative	Sheila Mackey	59	3.4
	Conservative	Stephen Mackey	52	3.0
Registered electors			4,339
Turnout			1,755	40.56
Rejected ballots			5	0.28
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Cathedral

Cathedral (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Wines*	1,353	60.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Shearman† [n 5]	1,221	54.6
	Labour	Anne Worsley	682	30.5
	Labour	Shirley Reese	649	29.0
	Conservative	Harriette Blum	159	7.1
	Conservative	Mark Tunstill	156	7.0
Registered electors			5,415
Turnout			2,250	41.55
Rejected ballots			13	0.58
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Chaucer

Chaucer (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anna McGettigan*	1,279	43.5
	Labour	John Johnson	1,263	42.9
	Labour	Sonya Murison	1,237	42.0
	Liberal Democrats	Leroy Arscott	1,195	40.6
	Labour	Bernard White	1,179	40.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Skelly	1,146	38.9
	Green	Richard Laming	251	8.5
	Conservative	Maureen Jansen	177	6.0
	Conservative	James Gourlay	137	4.7
	Conservative	Jack Wolff	123	4.2
Registered electors			7,968
Turnout			2,946	36.97
Rejected ballots			3	0.10
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

College

College (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Eriksen	1,585	50.3
	Conservative	Heather Kirby	1,540	48.9
	Labour	Martin Chapman	1,128	35.8
	Labour	Gerda Glage	1,114	35.4
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Mynott	399	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Neale	372	11.8
Registered electors			6,089
Turnout			3,157	51.85
Rejected ballots			6	0.19
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Consort

Consort (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Fryer† [n 6]	1,254	69.1
	Labour	Sally Keeble*	1,253	69.1
	Conservative	Leslie Brown	429	23.6
	Conservative	Michael Bungy	387	21.3
Registered electors			5,154
Turnout			1,828	35.47
Rejected ballots			14	0.77
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Dockyard

Dockyard (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Buxton	1,807	46.8	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Denton	1,772	45.9	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Kendrick*	1,745	45.2	−0.7
	Labour	Rebecca Corfield	1,290	33.4	−10.3
	Labour	Simon McKeown	1,181	30.6	−10.9
	Labour	Michael Geater†	1,170	30.3	−10.3
	Conservative	Christopher Phillips	706	18.3	+11.9
	Conservative	Thomas Owen	688	17.8	+11.5
	Conservative	Andrew Raca	677	17.5	N/A
Turnout			3,864	43.5	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Michael Geater was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward

Faraday

Faraday (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Cotter	1,546	51.3	−13.6
	Labour	Charles Cherrill	1,505	50.0	−14.5
	Labour	John Lauder†	1,451	48.2	−15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martine Bonner	776	25.8	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Hall	762	25.3	+11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Hunt	711	23.6	+9.8
	Conservative	Michael Roberts	367	12.2	−1.7
	Conservative	David Sandford	361	12.0	−1.3
	Conservative	Maureen Tomison	350	11.6	−0.8
Turnout			3,011	32.2	+0.6
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

John Lauder was a sitting councillor for Brunswick ward

Friary

Friary (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Godfrey	1,128	49.4	−20.9
	Labour	Robert Wingfield*	1,021	44.7	−24.1
	Labour	Marjorie Henriquez*	958	42.0	−27.9
	Independent Labour Lion Team	Tony Goss*	766	33.6	−35.2
	Independent Labour Lion Team	Ann Goss†	704	30.8	N/A
	Independent Labour Lion Team	Brian McKeon†	558	24.4	N/A
	Conservative	John Board	239	10.5	−3.3
	Conservative	Angela Meakin	225	9.9	−2.7
	Conservative	Roy Taylor	216	9.5	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Allen	139	6.1	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Gray	126	5.5	−6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Sheehan	111	4.9	−6.5
Turnout			2,283	35.8	+2.9
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Ann Goss was a sitting councillor for Browning ward

Brian McKeon was a sitting councillor for Waverley ward

Liddle

Liddle (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Ellery*	1,246	81.9	+2.6
	Labour	Daniel McCarthy*	1,079	70.9	−2.1
	Labour	Deborah Welch*	1,028	67.6	−1.9
	Conservative	Lawrence Kennedy	178	11.7	+4.3
	Conservative	Richard Malyon	148	9.7	+3.2
	Conservative	Kola Olushola	131	8.6	+3.3
Turnout			1,521	18.1	−6.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aubyn Graham*	1,846	53.0	+1.9
	Labour	Helen Shreeve	1,738	49.9	−2.4
	Labour	Hassan Vahib	1,570	45.1	−6.7
	Conservative	John Edwards†	1,074	30.8	+1.4
	Conservative	Mark Marshall	975	28.0	−0.8
	Conservative	Diana Ladas	969	27.8	−0.4
	Green	Peter Reid	453	13.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Farrow	349	10.0	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Newby	343	9.8	−2.9
Turnout			3,485	39.7	−5.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

John Edwards was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward

Newington

Newington (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Howarth*	2,016	58.2	−1.4
	Labour	Jeremy Fraser*	1,996	57.6	−1.2
	Labour	Roy Kennedy*	1,976	57.0	−3.1
	Conservative	Clive Jones	601	17.3	+3.2
	Conservative	Doris Pearce	558	16.1	+1.6
	Conservative	Douglas Pearce	545	15.7	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Clemens	414	12.0	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Clemens	395	11.4	−1.9
	Green	Pauline Christopher	376	10.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Petrucci	306	8.8	−4.6
Turnout			3,464	39.6	+2.4
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Riverside

Riverside (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Cole	1,358	47.2	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	George Dunk*	1,299	45.2	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Molloy	1,285	44.7	−6.0
	Labour	Coral Newell*	1,172	40.8	+4.6
	Labour	Rupert Doyle	1,034	36.0	+0.4
	Labour	Leonard Fisher	978	34.0	+1.0
	Conservative	Richard Coultman	247	8.6	+2.2
	Conservative	Anthony Powell	236	8.2	+4.6
	Conservative	Nicola Meaden	206	7.2	N/A
Turnout			2,875	42.7	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Pemberton*	1,706	62.6	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Jones*	1,649	60.5	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Bassom*	1,584	58.1	+11.1
	Labour	John Burke	743	27.3	−9.6
	Labour	David Brasier	736	27.0	−9.4
	Labour	Alexander Coveney	448	16.4	−18.9
	BNP	Stephen Tyler	180	6.6	N/A
	Conservative	Pippa Holt	104	3.8	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Hill	95	3.5	N/A
	Conservative	John van der Walt	88	3.2	N/A
Turnout			2,726	46.3	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Ruskin

Ruskin (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bradbury	1,900	43.0	−2.1
	Conservative	Tobias Eckersley	1,894	42.9	−1.3
	Conservative	Stephen Charge	1,890	42.8	−0.5
	Labour	David Stephens	1,809	40.9	+13.6
	Labour	Richard Exel	1,557	35.2	+10.4
	Labour	Wycliffe Kempadoo	1,548	35.0	+10.6
	Green	Priscilla Waugh	638	14.4	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Webb	463	10.5	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Rich	435	9.8	−10.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Weedy	396	9.0	−10.5
Turnout			4,420	57.8	+3.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Rye

Rye (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irene Kimm*	1,447	43.6	+5.7
	Labour	Christopher Hughes	1,425	43.0	+5.9
	Labour	Peter Crome	1,401	42.2	+3.3
	Conservative	Trevor Pitman*	1,361	41.0	+3.8
	Green	Garth Robertson	282	8.5	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Watson	206	6.2	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hung Lee	179	5.4	−8.1
Turnout			3,316	50.6	+3.8
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

St Giles

St Giles (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Roberts	1,765	61.2	+7.4
	Labour	Anthony Ritchie*	1,699	58.9	+2.5
	Labour	Michael Idun	1,627	56.4	+6.7
	Conservative	James Lambert	497	17.2	+6.7
	Conservative	Archibald Norman	473	16.4	+6.5
	Conservative	Bruce Embleton	468	16.2	+6.9
	Green	David Donaldson	411	14.3	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Hewett	327	11.3	−16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Duff	324	11.2	−14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Smith	322	11.2	−13.6
Turnout			2,883	32.5	−4.9
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

The Lane

The Lane (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Alden*	1,317	58.4	+11.7
	Labour	Ann Bernadt	1,261	55.9	+10.3
	Conservative	Malcolm Wilson	534	23.7	+8.0
	Conservative	Peter Conkey	532	23.6	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bonnington	290	12.9	−14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Webster	262	11.6	−15.8
Turnout			2,256	39.5	−4.8
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Waverley

Waverley (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Gibson	1,313	49.7	−6.0
	Labour	Pamela Smith†	1,273	48.2	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Celia Cooke	779	29.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Daws	752	28.5	N/A
	Conservative	David Harvey	466	17.7	−12.4
	Conservative	Peter Withrington	424	16.1	−12.7
Turnout			2,640	47.9	+3.8
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Pamela Smith was a sitting councillor for The Lane ward

By-Elections

Brunswick by-election, 25 July 1991 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Maurice	1,076	50.8	N/A
	Labour	Bernard White	775	36.6	−31.5
	Conservative	Michael Bungy	135	6.4	−16.8
	BNP	Stephen Tyler	132	6.2	N/A
Turnout				27.8	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Maurice.

Notes

1. Includes results from Lib Dem Focus Team candidates
2. Sergeant was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
3. Matheson was a sitting councillor representing the Dockyard ward
4. Stafford was a sitting councillor representing the St Giles ward
5. Shearman was a sitting councillor representing the Rotherhithe ward
6. Fryer was a sitting councillor representing the Browning ward

References

1. 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. 134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
2. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 72–74, 134–135. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
3. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Southwark Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
4. "London Borough Council By-elections May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.