1990 Southwark London Borough Council election

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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
Registered171,625 [1]
Turnout69,572, 40.54% [1]
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before43156
Seats won3721 [n 1] 6
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote81,24142,80233,231
Percentage49.89%26.29%20.41%
 Fourth party
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Party Independent Labour Lion Party
Seats before1
Seats won0
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1
Popular vote2,028
Percentage1.24%
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%.

Contents

Election result

1990 Southwark London Borough Council election seat result.svg
Southwark Local Election Result 1990 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3725Decrease2.svg 357.8149.8981,241
  Liberal Democrats 21 [n 1] 50Increase2.svg 532.8126.2942,802
  Conservative 601Decrease2.svg 19.3820.4133,231
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.002.003,252
 Independent Labour Lion Team001Decrease2.svg 10.001.242,028
  BNP 000Steady2.svg0.000.11180
  Communist 000Steady2.svg0.000.0699
Total64 162,833
Southwark Council voting history 1990 Southwark Council voting history slope chart.png
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Alan S. Blake* 931 53.85
Lib Dem Focus Team Steven H. Gauge 844
Labour Ellen A. Brown68740.15
Labour Rita M. Sergeant† [n 2] 636
Conservative Robert G. Berry1046.00
Conservative Betina Bilham-Ware93
Registered electors 4,835
Turnout 1,77936.79
Rejected ballots50.28
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Alleyn

Alleyn (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Josephine E. Clark 1,209 49.60
Labour Cecile V. Lothian 1,140
Conservative Miranda Hardie76232.04
Conservative Rev. Percy Gray† [n 3] 755
Green Harriet A.V. Einsiedel24010.13
Liberal Democrats Alistair K.L. Milne2048.23
Liberal Democrats Shirley P. Theiner185
Registered electors 5,607
Turnout 2,40942.96
Rejected ballots60.25
Labour hold
Labour hold

Barset

Barset (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Gary M. Halls 1,176 77.86
Labour Kenneth J. Morey 1,123
Conservative Charles F. Cooper32922.14
Conservative Peter Mason325
Registered electors 4,854
Turnout 1,58832.72
Rejected ballots150.94
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bellenden

Bellenden (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Bronwyn M. McKenna 2,107 56.70
Labour John A. McTernan* 2,042
Labour Margaret E. Russell 1,944
Conservative Marjorie Osborn69818.09
Conservative Victor J. Rutherford648
Green Christopher J. Dodwell60116.78
Conservative Sharon F. Spiers599
Liberal Democrats John J. Egan3188.43
Liberal Democrats Eileen Conn285
Registered electors 8,687
Turnout 3,47940.05
Rejected ballots80.23
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Graham Nash 1,671 63.35
Lib Dem Focus Team Anne Scovell 1,602
Labour Lindsay N.P. Thomas83131.08
Labour Isaac G. Bellinfante775
Conservative Miles Baxter1535.57
Conservative Damian R. Cornell134
Registered electors 6,087
Turnout 2,73044.85
Rejected ballots50.18
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Browning

Browning (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Paul Cheesman 1,521 57.09
Lib Dem Focus Team Alex Goldie 1,485
Lib Dem Focus Team Patricia A. Matheson† [n 4] 1,464
Labour Harry Canagasabey1,00537.05
Labour Ronald A.McI. North1,002
Labour Winston W. Stafford† [n 5] 895
Conservative Helen G. Hall1725.86
Conservative Girish Pattni145
Conservative Hui L. Man142
Registered electors 7,490
Turnout 283437.84
Rejected ballots60.21
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Brunswick

Brunswick (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ian D. Driver 1,598 72.75
Labour John E. Maurice* 1,596
Labour Lilian V. Naish 1,595
Conservative Lilian J. Dawson54322.74
Conservative Douglas J. Mitchell480
Conservative David J. Mason475
Communist Eric L. Hodson994.51
Registered electors 7,374
Turnout 2,36232.03
Rejected ballots170.72
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Burgess

Burgess (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Rose E. Colley* 1,011 58.60
Liberal Democrats Ronald Holt 944
Labour Piers R. Corbyn*65538.05
Labour Jay Hall615
Conservative Sheila Mackey593.35
Conservative Stephen Mackey52
Registered electors 4,339
Turnout 1,76040.56
Rejected ballots50.28
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Cathedral

Cathedral (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Hilary J. Wines* 1,353 60.97
Lib Dem Focus Team Richard H. Shearman† [n 6] 1,221
Labour Anne V. Worsley68231.55
Labour Shirley I. Reese649
Conservative Harriette E. Blum1597.48
Conservative Mark J. Tunstill156
Registered electors 5,415
Turnout 225041.55
Rejected ballots130.58
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

Chaucer

Chaucer (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Anna M. McGettigan* 1,279 42.65
Labour John D. Johnson 1,263 43.32
Labour Sonya J.H. Murison 1,237
Lib Dem Focus Team Leroy G. Arscott1,195
Labour Bernard White1,179
Lib Dem Focus Team Robert J.S. Skelly1,146
Green Richard A.C. Laming2518.87
Conservative Maureen Jansen1775.16
Conservative James Gourlay137
Conservative Jack C. Wolff123
Registered electors 7,968
Turnout 294636.97
Rejected ballots30.10
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

College

College (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Nicholas G. Eriksen 1,585 50.91
Conservative Heather V. Kirby 1,540
Labour Martin W. Chapman1,12836.52
Labour Gerda Glage1,114
Liberal Democrats Patricia M. Mynott39912.57
Liberal Democrats Eileen J. Neale372
Registered electors 6,089
Turnout 3,15751.85
Rejected ballots60.19
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Consort

Consort (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David F. Fryer† [n 7] 1,254 75.45
Labour Sally C. Keeble* 1,253
Conservative Leslie N. Brown42924.55
Conservative Michael Bungy387
Registered electors 5,154
Turnout 1,82835.47
Rejected ballots140.77
Labour hold
Labour hold

Dockyard

Dockyard (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team David C. Buxton 1,807 48.25
Lib Dem Focus Team Elizabeth Denton 1,772
Lib Dem Focus Team Ronald A. Kendrick* 1,745
Labour Rebecca Corfield1,29033.00
Labour Simon J. McKeown1,181
Labour Michael Geater† [n 8] 1,170
Conservative Christopher W.S. Phillips70618.75
Conservative Thomas A. Owen688
Conservative Andrew J. Raca677
Registered electors 8,915
Turnout 3,87543.47
Rejected ballots110.28
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Faraday

Faraday (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alan E. Cotter 1,546 57.51
Labour Charles Cherrill 1,505
Labour John J. Lauder† [n 9] 1,451
Liberal Democrats Martine Bonner77628.74
Liberal Democrats Linda Hall762
Liberal Democrats Jonathan N. Hunt711
Conservative Michael A. Roberts36713.75
Conservative David Sandford361
Conservative Maureen Tomison350
Registered electors 9,363
Turnout 3,01532.20
Rejected ballots40.13
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Friary

Friary (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Eric A. Godfrey 1,128 50.19
Labour Robert I. Wingfield* 1,021
Labour Marjorie Henriquez* 958
Independent Labour Lion TeamTony D. Goss*76632.75
Independent Labour Lion TeamAnn Goss† [n 10] 704
Independent Labour Lion TeamBrian W. McKeon† [n 11] 558
Conservative John R. Board23911.00
Conservative Angela H. Meakin225
Conservative Roy Taylor216
Liberal Democrats Mark C. Allen1396.06
Liberal Democrats Sandra V. Gray126
Liberal Democrats Anne M. Sheehan111
Registered electors 6,413
Turnout 2,29735.82
Rejected ballots140.61
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Independent Labour Lion Team

Liddle

Liddle (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mary Ellery* 1,246 88.03
Labour Daniel McCarthy* 1,079
Labour Deborah Welch* 1,028
Conservative Lawrence D. Kennedy17811.97
Conservative Richard J. Malyon148
Conservative Kola Olushola131
Registered electors 8,487
Turnout 1,53718.11
Rejected ballots161.04
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Aubyn StJ. Graham* 1,846 48.76
Labour Helen M. Shreeve 1,738
Labour Hassan V. Vahib 1,570
Conservative John P. Edwards† [n 12] 1,07428.56
Conservative Mark C. Marshall975
Conservative Diana M. Ladas969
Green Peter D. Reid45312.86
Liberal Democrats Alison Farrow3499.82
Liberal Democrats Richard M. Newby 343
Registered electors 8,780
Turnout 3,48839.73
Rejected ballots30.09
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Newington

Newington (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mark B. Howarth* 2,016 60.27
Labour Jeremy S. Fraser* 1,996
Labour Roy F. Kennedy* 1,976
Conservative Clive W. Jones60117.15
Conservative Doris J. Pearce558
Conservative Douglas H. Pearce545
Liberal Democrats Neville Clemens41411.23
Liberal Democrats Gillian Clemens395
Green Pauline Christopher37611.35
Liberal Democrats Shirley Petrucci306
Registered electors 8,775
Turnout 3,47139.56
Rejected ballots70.20
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Riverside

Riverside (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Elizabeth C. Cole 1,358 50.44
Lib Dem Focus Team George H. Dunk* 1,299
Lib Dem Focus Team Patricia R. Molloy 1,285
Labour Coral A. Newell*1,17240.73
Labour Rupert J. Doyle1,034
Labour Leonard D. Fisher978
Conservative Richard Coultman2478.83
Conservative Anthony Powell236
Conservative Nicola Meaden206
Registered electors 6,747
Turnout 2,87942.67
Rejected ballots40.14
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Frank Pemberton* 1,706 64.20
Lib Dem Focus Team Victor D. Jones* 1,649
Lib Dem Focus Team Jacqueline E. Bassom* 1,584
Labour John P. Burke74325.04
Labour David C. Brasier736
Labour Alexander S. Coveney448
BNP Stephen J. Tyler1807.02
Conservative Pippa E. Holt1043.74
Conservative Stephen Hill95
Conservative John van der Walt88
Registered electors 5,900
Turnout 2,73146.29
Rejected ballots50.18
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Ruskin

Ruskin (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David S. Bradbury 1,900 41.18
Conservative Tobias W.H. Eckersley 1,894
Conservative Stephen P. Charge 1,890
Labour David Stephens1,80935.59
Labour Richard D. Exel1,557
Labour Wycliffe R. Kempadoo1,548
Green Priscilla M. Waugh63813.86
Liberal Democrats Bernard Webb4639.37
Liberal Democrats Benedict S. Rich435
Liberal Democrats John T. Weedy396
Registered electors 7,659
Turnout 4,42657.79
Rejected ballots60.14
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Rye

Rye (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Irene A. Kimm* 1,447 42.65
Labour Christopher G. Hughes 1,425 42.92
Labour Peter Crome1,401
Conservative Trevor A. Pitman*1,361
Green Garth P.W. Robertson2828.57
Liberal Democrats Christine M. Watson2065.86
Liberal Democrats Hung K.P. Lee179
Registered electors 6,565
Turnout 3,32050.57
Rejected ballots40.12
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

St Giles

St Giles (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John F. Roberts 1,765 58.30
Labour Anthony G. Ritchie* 1,699
Labour Michael H. Idun 1,627
Conservative James Lambert49716.45
Conservative Archibald J. Norman473
Conservative Bruce C. Embleton468
Green David S. Donaldson41114.12
Liberal Democrats Emma M. Hewett32711.13
Liberal Democrats Peter E. Duff324
Liberal Democrats Helen J. Smith322
Registered electors 8,880
Turnout 2,88832.52
Rejected ballots50.17
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

The Lane

The Lane (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Leslie H. Alden* 1,317 61.44
Labour Anne P. Bernadt 1,261
Conservative Malcolm G.W. Wilson53425.40
Conservative Peter B. Conkey532
Liberal Democrats Philip J. Bonnington29013.16
Liberal Democrats Thomas W. Webster262
Registered electors 5,729
Turnout 2,26239.48
Rejected ballots60.27
Labour hold
Labour hold

Waverley

Waverley (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Michael A. Gibson 1,313 51.64
Labour Pamela E. Smith† [n 13] 1,273
Lib Dem Focus Team Celia G. Cooke77930.59
Lib Dem Focus Team Kevin Daws752
Conservative David J. Harvey46617.77
Conservative Peter A. Withrington424
Registered electors 5,513
Turnout 2,64347.94
Rejected ballots30.11
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

  1. 1 2 Includes results from Lib Dem Focus Team candidates
  2. ↑ Sergeant was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
  3. ↑ Gray was a sitting councillor representing the College ward
  4. ↑ Matheson was a sitting councillor reprsenting the Dockyard ward
  5. ↑ Stafford was a sitting councillor representing the St. Giles ward
  6. ↑ Shearmna was a sitting councillor representing the Rotherhithe ward
  7. ↑ Fryer was a sitting councillor representing the Browning ward
  8. ↑ Geater was a sitting councillor representing the St Giles ward
  9. ↑ Lauder was a sitting councillor representing the Brunswick ward
  10. ↑ Goss was a sitting councillor representing the Browning ward
  11. ↑ McKeon was a sitting councillor representing the Waverley ward
  12. ↑ Edwards was a sitting councillor representing the Ruskin ward
  13. ↑ Smith was a sitting councillor representing The Lane ward

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