1994 Enfield London Borough Council election

1994 Enfield London Borough Council election

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All 66 seats up for election to Enfield London Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Registered	192,473 [1]
Turnout	90,716, 47.13% ( 0.84) [1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jeffery L. Rodin Graham Eustance Unknown Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since Unknown 1988 Unknown Leader's seat Bowes Willow Unknown Last election 32 seats, 41.44% 34 seats, 49.73% 0 seats, 2.81% Seats before 31 35 0 Seats won 41 25 0 Seat change 10 10 Popular vote 80,713 66,930 21,241 Percentage 47.56% 39.44% 12.52% Swing 6.12 10.29 9.71
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Labour

The 1994 Enfield Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Enfield London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council. ^[2] This was the first Labour win in Enfield since 1964, ending 26 years of Conservative administration.

Election result

1994 Enfield London Borough Council elections ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	41	10	0	10	62.12	47.56	80,713	6.12
	Conservative	25	0	10	10	37.88	39.44	66,930	10.29
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.00	12.52	21,241	9.71
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.23	386	0.03
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	0.18	300	5.57
	Militant Labour	0	0	0		0.00	0.08	139	New
Total		66						169,709

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Angel Road

Angel Road (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John A. Connew*	1,249	65.62	10.51
	Labour Co-op	Grave A. Loake*	1,144
	Conservative	Peter M.A. Lovell	497	26.92	10.57
	Conservative	Mamas Georgiu	484
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley F. Summerfield	160	7.46	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ivor Zeitman	111
Registered electors			4,808		374
Turnout			2,022	42.05	5.60
Rejected ballots			4	0.20
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold

Arnos

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yasemin Brett	1,345	59.82	9.11
	Labour	Alan W. Course*	1,286
	Conservative	Felicity A. Brown	690	29.77	5.03
	Conservative	Nadezda Conway† [n 1]	619
	Liberal Democrats	Alan I. Stainer	260	10.41	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jagdish N. Bulsara	197
Registered electors			5,327		351
Turnout			2,334	43.81	2.19
Rejected ballots			6	0.26	0.08
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bowes

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Achilleas Georgiou*	1,541	61.92	11.67
	Labour	Jeffery L. Rodin*	1,476
	Conservative	Anthony J. White	660	27.00	10.58
	Conservative	Gilda M.D. Larkin-Sealey	656
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin J.M. Keane	296	11.08	New
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Jeyarajah	244
Registered electors			5,644		21
Turnout			2,581	45.73	1.42
Rejected ballots			5	0.19	0.04
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bullsmoor

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham P. Devitt	1,644	57.15	11.98
	Labour Co-op	Patrick M. Cunneen*	1,567
	Conservative	Gillian Shadbolt	1,229	42.85	3.66
	Conservative	Brian S. Tarrant*	1,179
Registered electors			6,047		15
Turnout			3,058	50.57	0.04
Rejected ballots			10	0.33	0.23
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour Co-op hold

Chase

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John M. Yates*	1,345	47.04	2.96
	Conservative	Grace M. Ford	1,342
	Labour	Doug Taylor	1,013	34.93	6.66
	Labour	Fiona E. Renny	983
	Liberal Democrats	Angus M. Macleod	538	18.03	9.80
	Liberal Democrats	Michael J. Wilson	492
Registered electors			6,100		207
Turnout			3,010	49.34	1.68
Rejected ballots			4	0.13	0.10
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Craig Park

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Fenton*	1,313	71.03	7.68
	Labour	Alexander W. Mattingly*	1,236
	Conservative	Michael J. Harding	393	20.11	5.07
	Conservative	Nigel C. Schofield	328
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine A. Aron	179	8.86	New
	Liberal Democrats	David A. Osman	139
Registered electors			5,334		272
Turnout			1,912	35.85	3.27
Rejected ballots			4	0.21	0.12
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Enfield Lock

Enfield Lock (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Christopher J. Bond*	1,644	55.26	7.59
	Labour Co-op	Patrick R. Horridge*	1,644
	Conservative	Linda A. Lloyd	1,346	44.74	3.36
	Conservative	Richard M. Farmbrough	1,315
Registered electors			6,842		225
Turnout			3,181	46.49	2.58
Rejected ballots			10	0.31	0.14
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold

Enfield Wash

Enfield Wash (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Buckley	1,420	61.80	7.43
	Labour	James Shutt	1,256
	Conservative	Robert S. Farrow	847	38.20	2.18
	Conservative	Oliver Grigg	806
Registered electors			5,657		321
Turnout			2,316	40.94	2.30
Rejected ballots			14	0.60	0.48
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Grange

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecil A. Newell*	1,740	50.66	13.52
	Conservative	Glynis L. Vince	1,721
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher J.A. Jephcott	1,072	29.70	18.51
	Liberal Democrats	George Garabetian	957
	Labour	Ronald Daultry	587	16.71	2.70
	Labour	Theresa Stafford	555
	Green	Olukorede S. Adeyemi	100	2.93	7.69
Registered electors			6,478		263
Turnout			3,532	54.52	0.23
Rejected ballots			6	0.17	0.12
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Green Street

Green Street (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Forrest	1,479	57.86	11.92
	Labour	Terence L. Smith	1,442
	Conservative	Bill Price*	1,121	42.14	4.02
	Conservative	Gloria A. Price	1,006
Registered electors			5,668		338
Turnout			2,702	47.67	1.28
Rejected ballots			12	0.44	0.33
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

Grovelands

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony D. Wright*	1,122	45.51	7.97
	Conservative	Susan R. Rust	1,109
	Labour	Claire Jarvis	800	32.30	12.02
	Labour	Paul G. Clark	783
	Liberal Democrats	Susan M. Hill	546	22.19	10.88
	Liberal Democrats	John E. Hill	542
Registered electors			5,569		58
Turnout			2,616	46.97	2.03
Rejected ballots			7	0.27	0.16
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Highfield

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Cole	1,463	53.09	11.71
	Labour	Ian H. Borkett	1,375
	Conservative	John P. Egan*	1,104	38.83	8.80
	Conservative	Lionel D. Zetter	971
	Liberal Democrats	George Kounis	262	8.08	New
	Liberal Democrats	Hui H. Ma	170
Registered electors			5,616		249
Turnout			2,826	50.32	0.12
Rejected ballots			7	0.25	0.08
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

Hoe Lane

Hoe Lane (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey C. Southwell*	1,564	55.41	1.36
	Labour Co-op	Verna A. Horridge	1,402
	Conservative	Paul A. Watts* [n 2]	1,019	34.42	1.80
	Conservative	Mark Williams	823
	Liberal Democrats	Robin G. Wilson	272	10.16	New
Registered electors			6,224		344
Turnout			2,834	45.53	2.70
Rejected ballots			1	0.04	0.14
	Labour hold
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Huxley

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George A. Savva*	1,584	63.12	12.61
	Labour	Brian Barford† [n 3]	1,571
	Conservative	Mary P. Gosnell	735	28.16	11.66
	Conservative	Jack Parashou	673
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Osman	228	8.72	New
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart M. Selby	208
Registered electors			5,783		399
Turnout			2,665	46.08	3.71
Rejected ballots			6	0.23	0.10
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Jubilee

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rita A. Smythe*	1,564	62.31	6.33
	Labour Co-op	Kathleen L. Prowse*	1,412
	Conservative	Mark L. Dingley	738	26.88	5.76
	Conservative	Mohamed Y. Gulamhusein	546
	Liberal Democrats	Paul L. Archer	271	10.80	New
	Liberal Democrats	Olive L. Kipling	244
Registered electors			5,736		283
Turnout			2,663	47.43	0.79
Rejected ballots			3	0.11	0.03
	Labour hold
	Labour Co-op hold

Latymer

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mustafa Ibrahim*	1,395	65.01	2.75
	Labour	Phillip Sowter	1,372
	Conservative	Terence F. Smith	458	19.63	6.76
	Conservative	Frank D. Thacker	377
	Liberal Democrats	Michael C.F. Steel	214	8.83	New
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed M. Alam	162
	Militant Labour	Darrell Kavanagh	139	6.53	New
Registered electors			5,277		490
Turnout			2,241	42.47	0.79
Rejected ballots			6	0.27	0.23
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Merryhills

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victor G. James*	1,375	55.12	11.13
	Conservative	Jennifer A. Sharkey	1,260
	Labour	Peter J. King	687	27.31	5.85
	Labour	Gladys E.M. Stanbridge	619
	Liberal Democrats	Terence J. McGee	425	17.57	New
	Liberal Democrats	Paul F. Price	414
Registered electors			5,218		135
Turnout			2,595	49.73	1.92
Rejected ballots			6	0.23	0.02
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Oakwood

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David A. Conway*	1,076	48.30	1.91
	Conservative	Patricia A. Dawson*	999
	Labour	Charles R. Hislop	824	34.81	7.76
	Labour	Sukumar Mazumdar	672
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth S. Shakery	375	16.89	6.00
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Kahn	350
Registered electors			5,349		169
Turnout			2,337	43.69	2.44
Rejected ballots			8	0.34	0.18
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Palmers Green

Palmers Green (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil F.C. Aves	1,644	52.99	26.78
	Labour	Charalambos Charalambous	1,619
	Conservative	Alan G. Barker	1,029	31.88	24.38
	Conservative	Clive C. Goldwater*	935
	Liberal Democrats	Glenton J. Haddock	467	15.13	5.79
	Liberal Democrats	Ian D. Swinton	464
Registered electors			6,372		116
Turnout			3,234	50.75	3.42
Rejected ballots			1	0.03	0.09
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ponders End

Ponders End (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth M. Costello	1,458	69.71	16.58
	Labour	Ivor Wiggett	1,424
	Conservative	Andrew J. Jordon	661	30.29	0.15
	Conservative	Neil W. Hulka	590
Registered electors			5,567		239
Turnout			2,231	40.08	0.45
Rejected ballots			6	0.27	0.58
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Raglan

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Celia A. Gooch	1,456	46.72	8.65
	Conservative	Doreen Mardon*	1,453
	Labour	Elizabeth J. Mason† [n 4]	1,305	41.91	11.42
	Labour	Anthony L.D. Farrington	1,304
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor R. Stone	358	11.36	New
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy E.R. Hoof	350
Registered electors			6,766		123
Turnout			3,293	48.67	0.46
Rejected ballots			6	0.18
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

St Alphege

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony J. Kinsler*	1,509	62.07	8.21
	Labour	Leonard V. Nicolls*	1,472
	Conservative	Audrey M. Stacey	712	28.56	7.99
	Conservative	Roger D. Vince	660
	Liberal Democrats	William H. Glass	227	9.37	New
	Liberal Democrats	Richard J. Carrington	222
Registered electors			5,969		70
Turnout			2,536	42.49	0.21
Rejected ballots			2	0.08	0.04
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Marks

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David J. Mason*	1,524	54.70	12.99
	Labour	Andrew Stafford	1,420
	Conservative	Jacqueline G. Harding*	1,024	36.53	8.40
	Conservative	Celia P. McNeice	941
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara G. Adams	253	8.77	New
	Liberal Democrats	Michael J. Spinks	218
Registered electors			5,004		259
Turnout			2,825	56.45	0.42
Rejected ballots			5	0.18	0.11
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

St Peters

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin McN. Robb	1,426	65.25	6.32
	Labour	Eric J.C. Smythe*	1,420
	Conservative	Christine M.T. Marlow	546	24.03	6.32
	Conservative	Harry Marlow	502
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan J. Malone	241	10.73	New
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun L. Sanders	226
Registered electors			5,691		565
Turnout			2,345	41.21	1.06
Rejected ballots			2	0.09	0.15
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Southbury

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Carter	1,579	48.72	7.78
	Labour	Patrcia A. Hyder	1,548
	Conservative	Frank Nellis*	1,261	38.47	8.78
	Conservative	Richard C. Stacy*	1,209
	Liberal Democrats	Harold J.S. Nelson	443	12.81	New
	Liberal Democrats	Simon N.R. Price	379
Registered electors			6,447		178
Turnout			3,359	52.10	1.17
Rejected ballots			2	0.06	0.15
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Southgate Green

Southgate Green (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela J. Adams*	1,089	46.66	6.35
	Conservative	Peter G. Elvidge*	1,035
	Labour	Michael J. Brett† [n 5]	792	32.29	10.26
	Labour	Terence J. Gueizelar	677
	Liberal Democrats	Bertina N. Frost	486	21.05	10.06
	Liberal Democrats	Eric D. Staunton	472
Registered electors			5,684		128
Turnout			2,438	42.89	0.22
Rejected ballots			3	0.12	0.08
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Town

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Audrey D. Thacker* [n 6]	1,499	48.93	5.97
	Conservative	Stephen M. Wortley† [n 7]	1,390
	Labour	Frances A. Howard	1,002	33.76	8.05
	Labour	Gregory P. Coombs	992
	Liberal Democrats	James J. Hanchett	514	17.31	7.37
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila M. Macleod	508
Registered electors			5,650		235
Turnout			3,116	55.15	3.05
Rejected ballots			8	0.26	0.10
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Trent

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David J.B. Burrowes	1,694	61.11	10.28
	Conservative	Anne M.D. Pearce*	1,580
	Labour	Stephen A. Mann	558	19.82	5.91
	Liberal Democrats	Richard J. Davey	519	19.07	10.58
	Liberal Democrats	Susan W. Finlay	503
	Labour	Philip Rowe	503
Registered electors			6,611		69
Turnout			2,858	43.23	3.79
Rejected ballots			8	0.28	0.15
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Village

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John W.E. Jackson*	1,579	52.79	13.69
	Conservative	John A. Wyatt*	1,485
	Labour	William H. Glover	1,003	32.53	8.94
	Labour	Katherine Tordoff	884
	Liberal Democrats	John G.H. Arend	428	14.68	New
	Liberal Democrats	William J.G. Meldrum	423
Registered electors			6,221		220
Turnout			3,079	49.49	2.02
Rejected ballots			3	0.10	0.01
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Weir Hall

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sian M. Walker*	1,431	62.24	7.73
	Labour	Andreas Constantinides*	1,410
	Conservative	Jean B. Creber	721	29.92	7.06
	Conservative	Andrew E. Murray	644
	Liberal Democrats	Tobias R. Simon	187	7.84	New
	Liberal Democrats	David J. Springall	171
Registered electors			5,743		108
Turnout			2,454	42.73	5.45
Rejected ballots			5	0.20	0.13
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Willow

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham G. Eustance*	1,390	40.83	15.43
	Conservative	Michael J. Rye	1,255
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan P. Chatfield	1,175	35.12	25.78
	Liberal Democrats	Michael S. Hopkins	1,100
	Labour	Alan P. Swain	781	24.04	2.17
	Labour	Paul A. Renny	776
Registered electors			6,066		190
Turnout			3,430	56.54	2.37
Rejected ballots			4	0.12
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Winchmore Hill

Winchmore Hill (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence F. Neville*	1,037	37.28	11.95
	Conservative	Peter Perryman*	988
	Labour	Keith A. Blackburn	778	26.65	6.51
	Labour	Barry Schwartz	670
	Liberal Democrats	Joy C. Wiggett	397	14.50	6.99
	Liberal Democrats	Roy S. Raeburn	391
	Independent	Audrey E. Kirby	386	14.21	3.88
	Green	Frederick W. Clark	200	7.36	5.43
Registered electors			5,721		249
Turnout			2,641	46.16	2.13
Rejected ballots			2	0.08	0.06
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Worcesters

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Evans* [n 8]	1,472	43.66	6.63
	Labour	William C. Chapman	1,456	44.23	3.74
	Labour	John W. Gorton	1,437
	Conservative	Alan Yole	1,384
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona J. Macleod	416	12.11	5.18
	Liberal Democrats	Frank H.C. Stockwell	375
Registered electors			6,284		78
Turnout			3,452	54.93	3.37
Rejected ballots			7	0.20	0.06
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Notes

1. Conway was a sitting councillor representing the Trent
2. Watts replaced Cllr. Vladimir C. Goddard after his death in 1990 ^[5]
3. Barford was a sitting councillor representing the Highfield ward
4. Mason was a sitting councillor representing the Huxley ward
5. Brett was a sitting councillor representing the St Peters ward
6. Thacker replaced Cllr. Roger D. Brooke after his death in 1990 ^[5]
7. Wortley was a sitting councillor representing the Grovelands ward
8. Evans replaced Cllr. James E. Porter after his resignation in 1992 ^[5]

References

1. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 198. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
2. "London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994 including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
3. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 52–55, 198–199. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
4. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Enfield Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 11–13. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
5. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis; Vaid, Lovedeep. "London Borough Council By-elections - May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 25–26. Retrieved 10 June 2024.