1994 Southwark London Borough Council election

1994 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	176,850 [1]
Turnout	66,373, 37.53% [1] ( 3.01)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jeremy S. Fraser Unknown Unknown Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader since 1993 Unknown Unknown Leader's seat Newington Unknown Unknown Last election 37 seats, 49.89% 21 seats, 26.29% 6 seats, 20.41% Seats before 37 21 6 Seats won 34 27 3 Seat change 3 6 3 Popular vote 75,944 62,543 20,074 Percentage 47.56% 39.16% 12.57% Swing 2.33 12.87 7.84
Council Control before election Labour Council Control Labour

Elections to Southwark Council were held on 5 May 1994, on the same day as other local elections happening around the country. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 37.53%.

Election results

1994 Southwark London Borough Council Local Election Results ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	34	3	6	3	53.13	47.56	75,944	2.33
	Liberal Democrats	27	6	0	6	42.19	39.16	62,543	12.87
	Conservative	3	0	3	3	4.69	12.57	20,074	7.84
	Militant Labour	0	0	0		0.00	0.30	482	New
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	0.26	410	1.74
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.06	99	New
	Communist	0	0	0		0.00	0.06	88
	Third Way	0	0	0		0	0.03	53	New
Total		64						159,693

Despite losing 3 net seats, Labour remained in control of the council with a 2-seat majority.

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abbey

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan S. Blake*	1,252	67.78	13.93
	Liberal Democrats	Steven H. Gauge*	1,188
	Labour	John D. Johnson† [n 1]	492	26.72	13.43
	Labour	Richard J. Livingstone	470
	Third Way	Frederick C.T. Gerrens	53	2.94	New
	Conservative	Philip Hammond	52	2.56	3.44
	Conservative	Jon D. van der Walt	40
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecile V. Lothian*	1,175	58.78	9.18
	Labour	Harry Canagasabey	1,126
	Conservative	Percy Gray	433	22.06	9.98
	Conservative	William P. Rowe	430
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley P. Theiner	379	19.15	10.92
	Liberal Democrats	John J. Egan	370
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine D. Claridge	1,158	70.91	6.95
	Labour	Svetlana Kirov	1,049
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah M. Jones	294	18.62	New
	Liberal Democrats	David Ramsey	286
	Conservative	Gladys Cobley	164	10.47	11.67
	Conservative	Roy Taylor	161
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howard A. Latham	2,080	68.07	11.37
	Labour	Mike Lee	2,044
	Labour	Anne V. Worsley	1,971
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Baker	630	17.89	9.46
	Liberal Democrats	Robert J. Elbert	487
	Liberal Democrats	Frank J. Brean	486
	Conservative	Miranda Hardie	464	14.04	4.05
	Conservative	Angus J.C. Pritchard-Gordon	404
	Conservative	Sharon F. Spiers	388
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Nash*	1,754	69.81	6.46
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Scovell*	1,677
	Labour	Robert J. Cornall	636	25.63	5.45
	Labour	Rosemary L. Whitlock	623
	Conservative	John A. Williams	118	4.56	1.01
	Conservative	Susan C. Hammond	105
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey M.A. Goldie*	1,582	60.70	3.61
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Cheesman*	1,574
	Liberal Democrats	James R. Munday	1,566
	Labour	Martin K. Green	924	34.44	2.61
	Labour	Peter S. Hore	885
	Labour	Michael F. Yates	869
	Conservative	Elizabeth E. Buckland	137	4.86	1.00
	Conservative	Alan Sheridan	133
	Conservative	Lilian M. Prince	107
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian D. Driver*	1,482	65.92	6.83
	Labour	Lilian V. Naish*	1,427
	Labour	John J. Friary	1,413
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien D. Maurice* [n 2]	626	27.63	New
	Liberal Democrats	Philip J. Bonnington	617
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy E. O'Dowd	568
	Conservative	Anna-Louise McKinney	154	6.45	16.29
	Conservative	Douglas J. Mitchell	142
	Conservative	Douglas Pearce	128
Registered electors			7,665		291
Turnout			2,427	31.66	0.37
Rejected ballots			5	0.21	0.51
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour hold

Burgess

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rose E. Colley*	887	52.45	6.15
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen J. Neale	782
	Labour	Simon J. McKeown	703	43.78	5.73
	Labour	Josephine E. Clark† [n 3]	690
	Conservative	Christina A. Coyle	73	3.77	0.42
	Conservative	Roger G. Prince	47
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Wines*	1,604	76.00	15.03
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Shearman*	1,442
	Labour	Robert Smeath	412	19.31	12.24
	Labour	Nicola Kutapan	361
	Conservative	Susan Hardy	73	3.14	4.34
	Conservative	Peter Randall Johnson	53
	Communist	Marcella Fitzgerald	31	1.54	New
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert A. Bayne	1,461	47.54	4.89
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Thompson	1,415
	Labour	Stephan D.O. Lancashire	1,410	46.07	2.75
	Liberal Democrats	David C. Buxton† [n 4]	1,404
	Labour	Matt Tee	1,375
	Labour	Rebecca Tee	1,363
	Conservative	Ann E. Buckland	170	4.50	0.66
	Conservative	Lorraine A. Sheridan	125
	Conservative	Charles C. Hayward	110
	Communist	Joyce Fairchild	57	1.90	New
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark E.K. Humphreys	1,202	41.25	9.66
	Conservative	Stephen P. Charge† [n 5]	1,124
	Labour	Sara E. Ives	947	32.39	4.13
	Labour	Alan Sharples	878
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia M. Mynott	752	26.36	13.79
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan S. Price	733
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Ritchie	1,040	64.91	10.54
	Labour	Hassan Vahib† [n 6]	858
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline E. Tomkins	356	23.46	New
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Salt	329
	Conservative	Leslie N. Brown	198	11.63	12.92
	Conservative	Edmund Franc	141
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Baar	2,650	68.45	20.20
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Denton*	2,634
	Liberal Democrats	Derek W. Partridge	2,479
	Labour	Benjamin H. Marshall	1,002	25.57	7.43
	Labour	Aveen E. McHugh	996
	Labour	Lindsay N.P. Thomas	902
	Conservative	Stephen C. Holmes	273	5.98	12.77
	Conservative	Anne Peirce	213
	Conservative	Mark J.R. Tunstill	192
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth K. Clark	1,762	49.83	21.09
	Liberal Democrats	Alfred C. Langley	1,735
	Liberal Democrats	Donnachadh McCarthy	1,719
	Labour	Charles Cherrill*	1,588	44.35	13.16
	Labour	John J. Lauder*	1,529
	Labour	Lorraine Lauder	1,527
	Conservative	Robert A. Hayward	207	5.82	7.93
	Conservative	Lucy M. Newmark	205
	Conservative	Jennifer J. Handscomb	197
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Bailey	1,086	52.99	2.80
	Labour	Joan C. Khachik	972
	Labour	Sonya J.H. Murison† [n 7]	968
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher J. Berry	828	41.18	35.12
	Liberal Democrats	Rand J. Guebert	763
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan N. Hunt	761
	Conservative	Ivy A. Brown	129	5.83	5.17
	Conservative	May Beaumont	104
	Conservative	Nicola A. Eldridge	101
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Ellery*	1,315	74.22	13.81
	Labour	Daniel McCarthy*	1,191
	Labour	Abdur-Rahman O. Olayiwola	1,111
	Liberal Democrats	David Banks	226	12.61	New
	Liberal Democrats	John Landels	205
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Ogunsanya	183
	Green	Jennifer H. Wilson	119	7.32	New
	Conservative	Dennis Herbert	110	5.85	6.12
	Conservative	Vassos Christodoulou	79
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aubyn Graham*	1,933	62.59	13.83
	Labour	Dermot McInerney	1,881
	Labour	Nick Dolezal	1,878
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Milne	603	19.23	9.41
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Heatley	591
	Conservative	Eleanor Gayler	565	18.18	10.38
	Conservative	Olga Grant	556
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Newby	556
	Conservative	Doris Pearce	533
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy S. Fraser*	1,876	60.64	0.37
	Labour	Hannah J. McDonald	1,764
	Labour	Robert I. Wingfield† [n 8]	1,642
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian I. Clemens	916	29.89	18.66
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Christmas	904
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah M. Gurling	783
	Conservative	Philip M. Dixon	293	9.47	7.68
	Conservative	Felicity E. Malyon	271
	Conservative	Richard J. Malyon	262
Registered electors			8,902		127
Turnout			3,240	36.40	3.16
Rejected ballots			11	0.34	0.14
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Riverside

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George H. Dunk*	1,461	54.33	3.89
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Olliffe	1,374
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Manchester	1,326
	Labour	Coral A. Newell	1,002	36.74	3.99
	Labour	Charles A. Sawer	926
	Labour	John T. Howard	885
	Conservative	Robert G. Hughes	364	8.93	0.10
	Conservative	Jacqueline L. Newbury	165
	Conservative	William Woods	154
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Pemberton*	1,537	67.39	3.19
	Liberal Democrats	Victor D. Jones*	1,480
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline E. Bassom*	1,454
	Labour	David C. Brasier	536	21.66	3.38
	Labour	William J.R. Griffiths	497
	Labour	Carl A. Upsall	403
	Militant Labour	Joan Francis	168	7.28	New
	Militant Labour	Lynn Kelly	159
	Militant Labour	Julie Donovan	155
	Conservative	Joyce S. Coomber	88	3.66	0.08
	Conservative	Frances M. Gray	84
	Conservative	Sarah J. Phillips	70
Registered electors			6,108		208
Turnout			2,446	40.05	6.24
Rejected ballots			13	0.53	0.35
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Ruskin

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Pearce	1,651	36.79	1.20
	Labour	Alan Firminger	1,594
	Conservative	Tobias W.H. Eckersley*	1,584	36.47	4.71
	Conservative	David S. Bradbury*	1,577
	Conservative	David J. Harvey	1,486
	Labour	Usman Khalid	1,445
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth P. Martin	866	19.89	10.52
	Liberal Democrats	Anna McGettigan† [n 9]	841
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan S. Mitchell	829
	Green	Robert N. Goodman	291	6.85	7.01
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Niall T. Duffy	1,493	49.03	6.11
	Labour	Dominic J. Thorncroft	1,329
	Conservative	Irene A. Kimm*	1,045	34.92	7.73
	Conservative	Alan J. Buddles	964
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Farrow	382	12.61	6.75
	Liberal Democrats	Christine M. Watson	344
	Independent	Garth P.W. Robertson	99	3.44	New
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent C. Feiner	1,654	67.87	9.47
	Labour	Anthony G. Ritchie*	1,627
	Labour	William Skelly	1,579
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Allen	496	20.57	9.44
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra R. Mason	489
	Liberal Democrats	Roy F. Ashworth	487
	Conservative	Clive W. Jones	283	11.56	4.89
	Conservative	Hugh P. McKinney	280
	Conservative	Peter Lengyel	264
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah J. Harrison	1,201	51.07	37.91
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel P. Williams	1,177
	Labour	Leslie H. Alden*	1,002	43.04	18.40
	Labour	Ann P. Bernadt*	1,001
	Conservative	John G. Davenport	138	5.88	19.52
	Conservative	Andrew M. Mitchell	135
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) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael A. Gibson*	1,252	52.39	0.75
	Labour	Fycsene Sheilds	1,046
	Liberal Democrats	Neil C. Watson	892	39.40	8.81
	Liberal Democrats	Robert J. Skelly	835
	Conservative	Heather Kirby† [n 10]	191	8.21	9.56
	Conservative	Diana M. Ladas	168
Registered electors			5,469		44
Turnout			2,369	43.32	4.62
Rejected ballots			15	0.63	0.52
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Notes

1. Johnson was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
2. Maurice replaced Cllr. John E. Maurice after his death in 1991
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

1. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 216. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
2. 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.
3. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Southwark Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Plymouth University. pp. 9–11. Retrieved 15 May 2024.