1994 Hackney London Borough Council election

1994 Hackney London Borough Council election

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All 60 seats up for election to Hackney London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	123,690 [1]
Turnout	47,296, 38.24% ( 2.16) [1]
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 48 seats, 55.87% 8 seats, 15.78% 4 seats, 23.09% Seats before 46 7 7 Seats won 44 10 6 Seat change 2 3 1 Popular vote 66,507 22,592 26,147 Percentage 56.37% 19.15% 22.16% Swing 0.50 3.37 0.93
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 1994 Hackney Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Hackney London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council. ^[2]

Election result

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

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	44	5	7	2	73.33	56.37	66,507	0.50
	Liberal Democrats	10	4	1	3	16.67	19.15	22,592	3.37
	Conservative	6	3	4	1	10.00	22.16	26,147	0.93
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	2.16	2,553	3.01
	Communist	0	0	0		0.00	0.16	187	0.08
Total		60						117,986

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Brownswood

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter G. Kenyon	1,218	75.69	23.61
	Labour	Mukhtar Ali	1,129
	Conservative	Joan Hillier	390	24.31	1.73
	Conservative	Rita M. Thain	363
Registered electors			5,010		508
Turnout			1,665	33.23	0.22
Rejected ballots			17	1.02	0.91
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Chatham

Chatham (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Goodchild† [n 1]	1,044	54.86	5.39
	Labour	Faruk Miah	938
	Labour	Jeffery Shenker	915
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Lane	489	26.29	New
	Liberal Democrats	David H. Peacock	457
	Liberal Democrats	Justin A. Lewis	443
	Conservative	Gillian M. Murray	354	18.85	11.86
	Conservative	Goknur Enver	327
	Conservative	Baysan M. Hassan	316
Registered electors			5,705		689
Turnout			1,997	35.00	0.33
Rejected ballots			7	0.35	0.17
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Clissold

Clissold (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Meral Ece	1,390	58.29	18.54
	Labour	Christopher A. Gardiner	1,281
	Labour	William D. O'Connor*	1,262
	Green	Suzanne V. Bosworth	374	16.63	New
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Brock	345	13.74	New
	Liberal Democrats	David C.S. Bartlett	312
	Conservative	Stephen T. Mansell	271	11.34	11.83
	Liberal Democrats	Philip G. Stark	269
	Conservative	Glenda Aussenberg	263
	Conservative	Pamela Y. Sills	232
Registered electors			6,265		676
Turnout			2,158	34.45	1.59
Rejected ballots			8	0.37	1.03
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Dalston

Dalston (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Pearson	1,113	60.29	13.17
	Labour	Helen A. Cooper	1,099
	Labour	Nicholas K. Tallentire*	1,031
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Hughes	411	21.14	6.43
	Liberal Democrats	David A.C. Heigham	364
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Woodward	363
	Conservative	Colin Campbell	346	18.57	2.47
	Conservative	Christopher J. Ballingall	342
	Conservative	Clare M. Bramley	312
Registered electors			5,368		659
Turnout			2,001	37.28	3.20
Rejected ballots			3	0.15
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

De Beauvoir

De Beauvoir (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John T.T. Richards* [n 2]	1,034	39.81	8.33
	Labour	Madeleine M. Spanswick	942
	Labour	Modomu Sillah	926
	Conservative	Philip McCullogh* [n 3]	911	35.69	26.91
	Conservative	Robert C. Jones	845
	Conservative	Robert T. Richier	844
	Liberal Democrats	Norma Heigham	398	15.48	32.13
	Liberal Democrats	Merlin B.C. MIlner	368
	Liberal Democrats	Kay M. Stone	361
	Green	Nicholas G. Lee	219	9.02	3.10
Registered electors			6,130		928
Turnout			2,496	40.72	0.18
Rejected ballots			9	0.36	0.15
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Eastdown

Eastdown (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda A. Hibberd*	1,510	82.08	0.18
	Labour	Laz M. Oleforo	1,328
	Labour	Shuja Shaikh*	1,299
	Conservative	Lilian Lonsdale	371	17.92	0.18
	Conservative	Grace K. Foresythe	286
	Conservative	Peter Lonsdale	247
Registered electors			5,927		823
Turnout			1,874	31.62	1.81
Rejected ballots			21	1.12	0.28
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Haggerston

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon S. Matthews*	1,032	55.25	9.31
	Labour	Jeremy S. Killingray	925
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Beadle*	703	38.32	1.34
	Liberal Democrats	Justin M.McK More	655
	Conservative	Patrick Butler	121	6.43	2.76
	Conservative	Carole A. Crawford	106
Registered electors			4,202		496
Turnout			1,908	45.41	2.50
Rejected ballots			6	0.31	0.01
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Homerton

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenrick E. Hanson*	1,028	64.14	10.62
	Labour	Sharon R. Patrick*	953
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie A. Christie	261	16.31	New
	Liberal Democrats	Christine A. Beadle	243
	Green	Kate de Selincourt	161	10.42	New
	Conservative	Elsie M. Baverstock	155	9.13	16.11
	Conservative	Clare A.E. Crawford	127
Registered electors			4,567		426
Turnout			1,548	33.90	2.59
Rejected ballots			5	0.32	0.78
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Kings Park

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon B. Parkes	925	74.94	4.95
	Labour	Mohammad S. Siddiqui*	922
	Liberal Democrats	David A.J. Bentley	178	14.36	New
	Liberal Democrats	David R. Ash	176
	Conservative	Barbara A. Campbell	138	10.71	19.30
	Conservative	Gavin J. Gardiner	126
Registered electors			3,920		925
Turnout			1,318	33.62	2.80
Rejected ballots			2	0.15	0.65
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Leabridge

Leabridge (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher J. Bryant* [n 4]	1,252	52.94	7.26
	Labour	Jane F. Reeves*	1,208
	Labour	Jacob M. Grosskopf	1,136
	Conservative	Asif Patel	654	26.09	7.05
	Conservative	Heather E. Whitelaw	598
	Conservative	Maureen B. Middleton	521
	Green	Ian N.C. Busby	259	11.43	9.33
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher H. Noyes	224	9.54	New
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Hartwell	220
	Liberal Democrats	Simon H. Taylor	204
Registered electors			6,111		348
Turnout			2,319	37.95	0.99
Rejected ballots			9	0.39	0.10
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Moorfields

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain D.F. Pigg	915	61.73	4.56
	Liberal Democrats	Alison J. Rothwell	901
	Labour	Richard Black	431	28.69	1.54
	Labour	Keith A. Meredith	413
	Conservative	Robert Brooks	145	9.59	3.03
	Conservative	Gloria I.F. Alake	137
Registered electors			4,300		672
Turnout			1,634	38.00	1.03
Rejected ballots			7	0.43	0.05
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

New River

New River (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard V. Peretz	1,701	57.06	15.06
	Labour	Michael Desmond*	1,427
	Labour	David J. Phillips	1,382
	Conservative	Bernard Aussenberg*	1,096	34.43	6.46
	Conservative	Leslie Stoners	928
	Conservative	Cozens T. Braide	697
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Moseley	250	8.50	0.92
	Liberal Democrats	Mark N. Smulian	198
Registered electors			6,529		834
Turnout			2,772	42.46	0.20
Rejected ballots			10	0.36	0.07
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

North Defoe

North Defoe (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John B. Burnell*	1,027	67.83	6.95
	Labour	Brian N. Marsh† [n 5]	912
	Green	Misha-Anna Borris	267	18.25	4.10
	Green	Yen C. Chong	255
	Conservative	Michael Donoghue	205	13.92	2.85
	Conservative	Ann V. McGinley	192
Registered electors			3,621		159
Turnout			1,514	41.81	1.39
Rejected ballots			6	0.40	0.09
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Northfield

Northfield (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shabsy Lipschitz	1,291	50.24	22.40
	Conservative	Medlin Lewis	1,234
	Conservative	Christopher D. Sills	1,172
	Labour	Denise M. Robson* [n 6]	1,085	40.66	14.88
	Labour	Hubert A. Adams	997
	Labour	Harold Shaw† [n 7]	910
	Green	Vicky Olliver	223	9.09	7.53
Registered electors			5,698		671
Turnout			2,476	43.45	11.39
Rejected ballots			4	0.16	0.28
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Northwold

Northwold (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Isaac Leibowitz* [n 8]	1,366	60.86	1.96
	Labour	Ian Sharer	1,330
	Labour	Cynthia Thomas O-Garrow	1,236
	Conservative	Ellen T. McCarthy	508	22.14	1.81
	Conservative	Ismail Omerji	468
	Conservative	Andrew S. Sloan	456
	Green	Paul Thomas	366	16.99	4.07
Registered electors			5,906		546
Turnout			2,112	35.76	2.56
Rejected ballots			13	0.62	0.39
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Queensbridge

Queensbridge (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Allen* [n 9]	1,447	53.75	6.31
	Labour	Hetty V. Peters	1,404
	Labour	Peter W.J. Watson*	1,388
	Liberal Democrats	Irene S. Fawkes	986	36.82	1.99
	Liberal Democrats	Michael C. McNulty	966
	Liberal Democrats	Atique Choudhury	953
	Conservative	Victoria M. Gardiner	268	9.43	2.18
	Conservative	Gregory A. Alake	263
	Conservative	Mohammad A. Kaiserimam	214
Registered electors			6,729		772
Turnout			2,758	40.99	4.97
Rejected ballots			4	0.15	0.08
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Rectory

Rectory (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeshuran Lamb*	1,540	87.77	25.36
	Labour	John A. McCafferty*	1,540
	Labour	Gerald Ross† [n 10]	1,462
	Conservative	Coral J. Meadows	260	12.23	0.82
	Conservative	Ahmed Mehter	187
	Conservative	Fatima Mehter	185
Registered electors			6,010		589
Turnout			1,969	32.76	0.05
Rejected ballots			20	1.02	0.65
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

South Defoe

South Defoe (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne St Clair Miller*	969	68.28	3.79
	Labour	Patrick Corrigan*	860
	Green	Peter M. Mennim	264	19.70	0.65
	Conservative	Caroline L. Fazzani	166	12.01	4.45
	Conservative	John N. Parker	156
Registered electors			3,809		339
Turnout			1,287	33.79	2.42
Rejected ballots			6	0.47	0.34
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Springfield

Springfield (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josef Lobenstein*	1,619	53.43	3.17
	Conservative	Eric Ollerenshaw*	1,468
	Conservative	David C. Harmer	1,450
	Labour	Dennis L. Sawyerr	1,139	39.96	2.51
	Labour	Gordon C. McIntosh	1,129
	Labour	Paul A. Wilkins	1,124
	Communist	Monty Goldman	187	6.61	New
Registered electors			6,763		17
Turnout			2,929	43.31	0.94
Rejected ballots			11	0.38
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Victoria

Victoria (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine P. Courtney	1,332	48.35	26.97
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Hyman* [n 11]	1,300
	Liberal Democrats	Celya A. Maxted	1,233
	Labour	Mavis McCallum† [n 12]	1,214	44.63	3.00
	Labour	Lewis Goldberg*	1,213
	Labour	Abdul G. Mulla† [n 13]	1,140
	Conservative	Gavin G. Gardiner	213	7.02	7.23
	Conservative	Marion R.A. Desmond	196
	Conservative	Nick C.C. Tang	153
Registered electors			7,003		1,000
Turnout			2,867	40.94	7.23
Rejected ballots			10	0.35	0.02
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats hold

Wenlock

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie L. Carlow*	1,110	63.39	6.77
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin N. Daws	1,043
	Labour	Janet E. Burnell	504	28.49	6.50
	Labour	David A. Harry	463
	Conservative	Hilda M. Chapman	151	8.12	3.44
	Conservative	Anthony D.J. Macdonald	125
Registered electors			4,468		594
Turnout			1,774	39.70	6.53
Rejected ballots			3	0.17	0.04
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Westdown

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie P. Grimble	902	85.21	0.68
	Labour	William J. Leadbitter	849
	Conservative	John A. Campbell	161	14.79	0.68
	Conservative	Donald G. Ridealgh	142
Registered electors			3,323		404
Turnout			1,140	34.31	4.58
Rejected ballots			16	1.40	0.86
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Wick

Wick (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter D. Hoye* [n 14]	1,411	47.76	26.38
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Frost	1,332
	Liberal Democrats	Keith L. Steventon	1,218
	Labour	Mary Browning	1,143	38.13	3.00
	Labour	Samantha A. Lloyd	1,077
	Labour	John W. Small	943
	Conservative	Elizabeth S.M. Mellen	230	8.14	7.23
	Conservative	Roger H. Durowse	224
	Conservative	Christopher P. O'Leary	221
	Green	Brenda G. Puech	165	5.97	12.58
Registered electors			7,003		1,000
Turnout			2,867	40.94	7.23
Rejected ballots			10	0.35	0.02
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats hold

Notes

1. Goodchild was a sitting councillor representing the Northfield ward
2. Richards was originally elected as a Liberal Democrat but resigned the whip since then, first becoming a Conservative councillor before switching to Labour ^[5]
3. McCullogh replaced Cllr. Thomas A. Brake after his resignation in 1991 ^[5]
4. Bryant replaced Cllr. Andrew S. Buttress after his resignation in 1993 ^[5]
5. Marsh was a sitting councillor representing the Dalston ward
6. Robson replaced Cllr. Jane Linden after her resignation in 1991 ^[5]
7. Shaw was a sitting councillor representing the Wick ward
8. Leibowitz was elected alongside Ian D. Leask to replace Cllr. Paul Foley and Cllr. Francis P. Reedy after their resignations ^[5]
9. Allen replaced Cllr. Jean Khote after their resignation in 1991 ^[5]
10. Ross was a sitting councillor representing the Wick ward
11. Hyman replaced Cllr. Ali M. B. Uddin after their disqualification in 1991 ^[5]
12. McCallum was a sitting councillor representing the Northwold ward
13. Mulla was a sitting councillor representing the Leabridge ward
14. Hoye replaced Cllr. Georgina M.C. Nicholas after her 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. 200. Retrieved 3 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. 65–68, 200–201. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
4. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Hackney Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 30 June 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. 29–31. Retrieved 30 June 2024.