1994 Southwark London Borough Council election

1994 Southwark Council election

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All 64 seats up for election to Southwark London Borough Council 33 seats needed for a majority
Registered	176,850 [1]
Turnout	66,373, 37.53% ( 3.01) [1]
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Seats won 34 27 3 Seat change 3 6 3 Popular vote 75,944 64,27 20,206 Percentage 47.01% 39.78% 12.51%
Council Control before election . Labour Council Control after election Labour

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1994. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 36.5%.

Background

In the years between this election an the previous one there was only one by-election called to replace a councillor who had died, which resulted in the seat changing hands from the Labour Party to the Liberal Democrats. In addition, 2 Labour councillors became either members of third parties or independents and 1 seat held by the Liberal Democrats became vacant without enough time before the next election to hold a separate by-election. This meant the composition of the council just before the election was as follows: ^[2]

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34	21	6	2
Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative	Other

Election result

Southwark Local Election Result 1994 ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	34	3	6	3	53.1	47.01	75,944
	Liberal Democrats	27	6	0	6	42.2	39.78	64,270
	Conservative	3	0	3	3	4.7	12.51	20,206
	Militant Labour	0	0	0		0.00	0.30	482
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	0.25	410
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.06	99
	Communist	0	0	0		0.00	0.06	88
	Third Way	0	0	0		0.00	0.03	53
Total		64						161,552

Southwark Council voting history

After the election the composition of the council was as follows:

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34	27	3
Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abbey

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Blake*	1,252	66.8
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Gauge*	1,188	63.4
	Labour	John Johnson† [n 1]	492	26.2
	Labour	Richard Livingstone	470	25.1
	Third Way	Frederick Gerrens	53	2.8
	Conservative	Philip Hammond	52	2.8
	Conservative	Jon van der Walt	40	2.1
Registered electors			4,817		18
Turnout			1,875	38.92	2.13
Rejected ballots			0	0.00	0.28
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Alleyn

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecile Lothian*	1,175	55.7
	Labour	Harry Canagasabey	1,126	53.3
	Conservative	Percy Gray	433	20.5
	Conservative	William Rowe	430	20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Theiner	379	18.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Egan	370	17.5
Registered electors			5,704		97
Turnout			2,111	37.01	5.95
Rejected ballots			0	0.00	0.25
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Barset

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Claridge	1,158	73.9
	Labour	Svetlana Kirov	1,049	66.9
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Jones	294	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Ramsey	286	18.3
	Conservative	Gladys Cobley	164	10.5
	Conservative	Roy Taylor	161	10.3
Registered electors			4,789		65
Turnout			1,573	32.85	0.13
Rejected ballots			6	0.38	0.56
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bellenden

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howard Latham	2,080	63.6
	Labour	Mike Lee	2,044	62.5
	Labour	Anne Worsley	1,971	60.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Baker	630	19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Elbert	487	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Brean	486	14.9
	Conservative	Miranda Hardie	464	14.2
	Conservative	Angus Pritchard-Gordon	404	12.4
	Conservative	Sharon Spiers	388	11.9
Registered electors			8,537		150
Turnout			3,272	38.33	1.72
Rejected ballots			4	0.12	0.11
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bricklayers

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Nash*	1,754	67.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Scovell*	1,677	64.1
	Labour	Robert Cornall	636	24.3
	Labour	Rosemary Whitlock	623	23.8
	Conservative	John Williams	118	4.5
	Conservative	Susan Hammond	105	4.0
Registered electors			6,791		704
Turnout			2,622	38.61	6.24
Rejected ballots			4	0.15	0.03
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Browning

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Goldie*	1,582	61.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Cheesman*	1,574	60.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Munday	1,566	60.5
	Labour	Martin Green	924	35.7
	Labour	Peter Hore	885	34.2
	Labour	Michael Yates	869	33.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Buckland	137	5.3
	Conservative	Alan Sheridan	133	5.1
	Conservative	Lilian Prince	107	4.1
Registered electors			7,953		463
Turnout			2,600	32.69	5.15
Rejected ballots			11	0.42	0.21
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Brunswick

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Driver*	1,482	61.2
	Labour	Lilian Naish*	1,427	58.9
	Labour	John Friary	1,413	58.3
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Maurice* [n 2]	626	25.8
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bonnington	617	25.5
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy O'Dowd	568	23.5
	Conservative	Anna-Louise McKinney	154	6.4
	Conservative	Douglas Mitchell	142	5.9
	Conservative	Douglas Pearce	128	5.3
Registered electors			7,665		291
Turnout			2,427	31.66	0.37
Rejected ballots			5	0.21	0.51
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Burgess

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rose Colley*	887	53.4
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Neale	782	47.1
	Labour	Simon McKeown	703	42.3
	Labour	Josephine Clark† [n 3]	690	41.5
	Conservative	Christina Coyle	73	4.4
	Conservative	Roger Prince	47	2.8
Registered electors			4,565		226
Turnout			1,671	36.60	3.96
Rejected ballots			9	0.54	0.26
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Cathedral

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Wines*	1,604	74.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Shearman*	1,442	67.4
	Labour	Robert Smeath	412	19.2
	Labour	Nicola Kutapan	361	16.9
	Conservative	Susan Hardy	73	3.4
	Conservative	Peter Randall Johnson	53	2.5
	Communist	Marcella Fitzgerald	31	1.4
Registered electors			5,148		267
Turnout			2,147	41.71	0.16
Rejected ballots			6	0.28	0.30
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Chaucer

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Bayne	1,461	45.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Thompson	1,415	44.0
	Labour	Stephan Lancashire	1,410	43.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Buxton† [n 4]	1,404	43.7
	Labour	Matt Tee	1,375	42.8
	Labour	Rebecca Tee	1,363	42.4
	Conservative	Ann Buckland	170	5.3
	Conservative	Lorraine Sheridan	125	3.9
	Conservative	Charles Hayward	110	3.4
	Communist	Joyce Fairchild	57	1.8
Registered electors			8,264		296
Turnout			3,215	38.90	1.93
Rejected ballots			0	0.00	0.10
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Labour hold

College

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Humphreys	1,202	41.0
	Conservative	Stephen Charge† [n 5]	1,124	38.4
	Labour	Sara Ives	947	32.3
	Labour	Alan Sharples	878	30.0
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Mynott	752	25.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Price	733	25.0
Registered electors			6,121		32
Turnout			2,931	47.88	3.97
Rejected ballots			2	0.07	0.12
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Consort

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Ritchie	1,040	64.7
	Labour	Hassan Vahib† [n 6]	858	53.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Tomkins	356	22.1
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Salt	329	20.5
	Conservative	Leslie Brown	198	12.3
	Conservative	Edmund Franc	141	8.8
Registered electors			5,126		28
Turnout			1,618	31.56	3.91
Rejected ballots			10	0.62	0.15
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Dockyard

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Barr	2,650	64.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Denton*	2,634	63.8
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Partridge	2,479	60.0
	Labour	Benjamin Marshall	1,002	24.3
	Labour	Aveen McHugh	996	24.1
	Labour	Lindsay Thomas	902	21.8
	Conservative	Stephen Holmes	273	6.6
	Conservative	Anne Peirce	213	5.2
	Conservative	Mark Tunstill	192	4.7
Registered electors			11,939		3,024
Turnout			4,141	34.68	8.79
Rejected ballots			12	0.29	0.01
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Faraday

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Clark	1,762	46.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alfred Langley	1,735	45.8
	Liberal Democrats	Donnachadh McCarthy	1,719	45.3
	Labour	Charles Cherrill*	1,588	41.9
	Labour	John Lauder*	1,529	40.3
	Labour	Lorraine Lauder	1,527	40.3
	Conservative	Robert Hayward	207	5.5
	Conservative	Lucy Newmark	205	5.4
	Conservative	Jennifer Handscomb	197	5.2
Registered electors			9,531		168
Turnout			3,804	39.91	7.71
Rejected ballots			13	0.34	0.21
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Friary

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Bailey	1,086	51.7
	Labour	Joan Khachik	972	46.3
	Labour	Sonya Murison† [n 7]	968	46.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Berry	828	39.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rand Guebert	763	36.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Hunt	761	36.2
	Conservative	Ivy Brown	129	6.1
	Conservative	May Beaumont	104	5.0
	Conservative	Nicola Eldridge	101	4.8
Registered electors			6,332		81
Turnout			2,106	33.26	2.56
Rejected ballots			5	0.24	0.37
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Liddle

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Ellery*	1,315	76.6
	Labour	Daniel McCarthy*	1,191	69.4
	Labour	Abdur-Rahman Olayiwola	1,111	64.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Banks	226	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Landels	205	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Ogunsanya	183	10.7
	Green	Jennifer Wilson	119	6.9
	Conservative	Dennis Herbert	110	6.4
	Conservative	Vassos Christodoulou	79	4.6
Registered electors			8,526		39
Turnout			1,720	20.17	2.06
Rejected ballots			4	0.23	0.81
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Lyndhurst

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aubyn Graham*	1,933	59.1
	Labour	Dermot McInerney	1,881	57.5
	Labour	Nick Dolezal	1,878	57.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Milne	603	18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Heatley	591	18.1
	Conservative	Eleanor Gayler	565	17.3
	Conservative	Olga Grant	556	17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Newby	556	17.0
	Conservative	Doris Pearce	533	16.3
Registered electors			8,647		133
Turnout			3,278	37.91	1.82
Rejected ballots			8	0.24	0.15
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Newington

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Fraser*	1,876	58.1
	Labour	Hannah McDonald	1,764	54.6
	Labour	Robert Wingfield† [n 8]	1,642	50.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Clemens	916	28.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Christmas	904	28.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Gurling	783	24.2
	Conservative	Philip Dixon	293	9.1
	Conservative	Felicity Malyon	271	8.4
	Conservative	Richard Malyon	262	8.1
Registered electors			8,902		127
Turnout			3,240	36.40	3.16
Rejected ballots			11	0.34	0.20
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Riverside

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Dunk*	1,461	50.5
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Olliffe	1,374	47.5
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Manchester	1,326	45.8
	Labour	Coral Newell	1,002	34.6
	Labour	Charles Sawer	926	32.0
	Labour	John Howard	885	30.6
	Conservative	Robert Hughes	364	12.6
	Conservative	Jacqueline Newbury	165	5.7
	Conservative	William Woods	154	5.3
Registered electors			7,473		726
Turnout			2,901	38.82	3.85
Rejected ballots			8	0.28	0.14
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Rotherhithe

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Pemberton*	1,537	63.2
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Jones*	1,480	60.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Bassom*	1,454	59.8
	Labour	David Brasier	536	22.0
	Labour	William Griffiths	497	20.4
	Labour	Carl Upsall	403	16.6
	Militant Labour	Joan Francis	168	6.9
	Militant Labour	Lynn Kelly	159	6.5
	Militant Labour	Julie Donovan	155	6.4
	Conservative	Joyce Coomber	88	3.6
	Conservative	Frances Gray	84	3.5
	Conservative	Sarah Phillips	70	2.9
Registered electors			6,108		208
Turnout			2,433	40.05	6.24
Rejected ballots			13	0.53	0.35
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Ruskin

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Pearce	1,651	39.2
	Labour	Alan Firminger	1,594	37.9
	Conservative	Tobias Eckersley*	1,584	37.6
	Conservative	David Bradbury*	1,577	37.4
	Conservative	David Harvey	1,486	35.3
	Labour	Usman Khalid	1,445	34.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Martin	866	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anna McGettigan† [n 9]	841	20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Mitchell	829	19.7
	Green	Robert Goodman	291	6.9
Registered electors			7,488		171
Turnout			4,211	56.24	1.55
Rejected ballots			0	0.00	0.14
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Rye

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Niall Duffy	1,493	50.3
	Labour	Dominic Thorncroft	1,329	44.7
	Conservative	Irene Kimm*	1,045	35.2
	Conservative	Alan Buddles	964	32.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Farrow	382	12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Watson	344	11.6
	Independent	Garth Robertson	99	3.3
Registered electors			6,311		254
Turnout			2,986	47.31	3.26
Rejected ballots			15	0.50	0.38
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

St Giles

St Giles (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent Feiner	1,654	63.3
	Labour	Anthony Ritchie*	1,627	62.3
	Labour	William Skelly	1,579	60.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Allen	496	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Mason	489	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Ashworth	487	18.6
	Conservative	Clive Jones	283	10.8
	Conservative	Hugh McKinney	280	10.7
	Conservative	Peter Lengyel	264	10.1
Registered electors			8,918		38
Turnout			2,626	29.45	3.07
Rejected ballots			13	0.50	0.33
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

The Lane

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Harrison	1,201	48.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Williams	1,177	47.5
	Labour	Leslie Alden*	1,002	40.5
	Labour	Ann Bernadt*	1,001	40.4
	Conservative	John Davenport	138	5.6
	Conservative	Andrew Mitchell	135	5.5
Registered electors			5,726		3
Turnout			2,483	43.36	3.88
Rejected ballots			6	0.24	0.03
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Waverley

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Gibson*	1,252	53.2
	Labour	Fycsene Sheilds	1,046	44.4
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Watson	892	37.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Skelly	835	35.5
	Conservative	Heather Kirby† [n 10]	191	8.1
	Conservative	Diana Ladas	168	7.1
Registered electors			5,469		44
Turnout			2,369	43.32	4.62
Rejected ballots			15	0.63	0.52
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

By-Elections

Browning by-election, 27 April 1995 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Gurling	1,378	56.5
	Labour	Charles Cherrill	855	35.0
	Ind. Lib Dem	Ronald North	112	4.6
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark	95	3.9
Turnout			2,440
	Liberal Democrats hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Munday.

Bellenden by-election, 4 May 1995 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Heatley	1,790	73.4
	Conservative	Sharon Spiers	260	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Baker	257	10.5
	Ind. Lib Dem	David Osborne	133	5.5
Turnout
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Lee.

Dockyard by-election, 27 July 1995 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Dunk	1,236	60.4
	Labour	Robert Gasson	642	31.4
	Conservative	Percy Gray	167	8.2
Turnout			2,045
	Liberal Democrats hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Denton.

Friary by-election, 3 August 1995 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barrie Hargrove	909	56.6
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Pidgeon	650	40.5
	Ind. Lib Dem	Jacqueline Tomkins	46	2.9
Turnout			1,605
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Murison.

Barset by-election, 26 October 1995 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephanie Elsy	734	77.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Buxton	118	12.5
	Conservative	Robert Hayward	90	9.6
Turnout			942
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Kirov.

Chaucer by-election, 7 December 1995 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Livingstone	1,125	50.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Skelly	1,025	45.6
	Independent Green	Doreen Robinson	97	4.3
Turnout			2,247
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Bayne.

Browning by-election, 20 March 1996 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Hales	1,191	64.1
	Labour	Eudora Dixon-Fyle	668	35.9
Turnout			1,859
	Liberal Democrats hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Cheesman.

Waverley by-election, 23 October 1997 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Barnard	410	79.6
	Conservative	Rebecca Humphreys	105	20.4
Majority			305	59.2
Turnout			515
	Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Sheilds.

Notes

1. Johnson was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
2. Maurice was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr John E. Maurice in 1991 ^[5]
3. Clark was a sitting councillor representing the Alleyn ward
4. Buxton was a sitting councillor representing the Dockyard ward
5. Charge was a sitting councillor representing the Ruskin ward
6. Vahib was a sitting councillor representing the Lyndhurst ward
7. Murison was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
8. Wingfield was a sitting councillor representing the Friary ward
9. McGettigan was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
10. Kirby was a sitting councillor representing the College ward

References

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2. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Including Results from the European Elections - Changes 1990-94" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 153. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
3. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 155–158, 216–217. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
4. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Southwark Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Plymouth University. pp. 9–11. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
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6. "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.