1994 Croydon London Borough Council election

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Croydon Council Election, 1994
  1990 5 May 1994 1998  

All 70 seats to Croydon London Borough Council
36 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderMary Walker Peter Bowness
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since1976
Leader's seatFieldwayCroham
Last election29 seats41 seats
Seats won4030
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 11Decrease2.svg 11
Percentage38.9%42.5%

Croydon London UK local election 1994 map.svg
Map of the results of the 1994 Croydon Council election.Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Leader of the Council before election

Peter Bowness
Conservative

Elected Leader

Mary Walker
Labour

The 1994 Croydon Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Croydon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

Jason Perry, who was elected as the first Mayor of Croydon in 2022, was elected to the council for the first time at this election in Coulsdon East.

Background

Election result

Croydon Council election result 1994
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 40110Increase2.svg 1157.1438.9
  Conservative 30011Decrease2.svg 1142.8642.5
  Liberal Democrats 000Steady2.svg015.4
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0
4030
LabourCon

Ward results

Addiscombe

Addiscombe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jeremy P. Fitzpatrick 2,349
Labour Co-op Sean E. Fitzsimons 2,136
Labour Co-op Bernadette Khan 1,946
Conservative Martin W. Brown1,784
Conservative Hella P. H. El-Droubie1,572
Conservative Mohammad I. Khokhar1,382
Liberal Democrats Kay L. Schilich614
Liberal Democrats Patricia F. West609
Green Russell N. Heath543
Independent James P. Smyth237
Majority162
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing

Ashburton

Ashburton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edwin S. Arram 1,367
Conservative Avril E. M. Slipper 1,335
Labour Co-op Jean Walker1,225
Labour Co-op Martin D. Walker1,159
Liberal Democrats Paul F. West622
Liberal Democrats George W. Schlich612
Majority110
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bensham Manor

Bensham Manor (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Paul R. Mee 2,650
Labour Co-op Alison J. Roberts 2,621
Labour Co-op Helen S. Salmon 2,519
Conservative Brendan T. Cullen1,317
Conservative Gloria J. Hutchens1,241
Conservative John L. Tooze1,185
Majority1,202
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Beulah

Beulah (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy A. Grantham 1,471
Labour Sherwan H. Chowdhury 1,454
Conservative Michael D. Fisher1,365
Conservative Steven L. V. Hollands1,289
Liberal Democrats Jonathan R. Cope402
Liberal Democrats Christopher M. Pocock356
Majority89
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Broad Green

Broad Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stuart Collins 2,230
Labour Rodney G. D. Matlock 2,171
Labour Peter L. Spalding 2,008
Conservative Eric S. Headlam832
Conservative Keith B. Pearson718
Conservative Donald S. Speakman693
Majority1,176
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Coulsdon East

Coulsdon East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Wright 2,228
Conservative Christine A. Prentice 2,105
Conservative Jason S. Perry 2,091
Liberal Democrats Ian R. Atkins1,597
Liberal Democrats John P. Callen1,547
Liberal Democrats Keith C. Jacobs1,408
Labour Margaret Conway736
Labour Michael P. J. Phelan608
Labour Syed M. Hassan570
Majority494
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Croham

Croham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter S. Bowness 2,556
Conservative John P.B. Hecks 2,533
Conservative Andrew D.W. Berry 2,511
Liberal Democrats Michael T.A. Bishopp1,330
Liberal Democrats Christopher G. Peacock1,294
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Saunders1,249
Labour Maria T. Dennis985
Labour Barry P. Buttigieg955
Labour Jeffrey R. Primm898
Peoples ChoiceMark R.L. Samuel122
Majority1,181
Turnout 5,05550.6
Registered electors 9,994
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard J. Billington 2,505
Conservative Robert W. Coatman 2,465
Conservative Michael D. Wunn 2,359
Labour Alexander J. M. Burridge1,517
Labour Robert J. Newman1,479
Labour Richard B. Young1,434
Liberal Democrats Philip H. Barron809
Liberal Democrats Michael G. Gill757
Liberal Democrats Christine T. Hardisty739
Chocolate Fudge Cake PartyJohn S. Cartwright175
The People's ChoiceDeborah L. Edmonds108
Majority842
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Fieldway

Fieldway (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op James L. Walker 1,508
Labour Co-op Mary M. Walker 1,411
Conservative John R. Miller486
Conservative Dinah M. Matthews433
Majority925
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Heathfield

Heathfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret V. Mead 2,260
Conservative Mary M. H. Horden 2,251
Conservative Andrew J. Pelling 2,199
Labour Mark Chapman1,188
Labour Alan Buckfield1,083
Labour David T. Petherbridge946
Liberal Democrats David A. Holmes774
Liberal Democrats Leo C. E. Held711
Liberal Democrats Peter S. Ladanyi667
Independent Michael T. Murphy242
Majority1,011
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Kenley

Kenley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan K. Carey 1,631
Conservative Brian G. Smith 1,480
Liberal Democrats Gordon E. Burnett787
Liberal Democrats James M. T. Kirkwood772
Labour William E. J. Richardson492
Labour David P. Price450
Majority693
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Monks Orchard

Monks Orchard (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek R. Loughborough 2,326
Conservative Peter J. Campbell 2,308
Labour David L. Davies900
Labour Lynette E. Murray792
Liberal Democrats David G. Gosling739
Liberal Democrats Leslie Price666
Majority1,642
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

New Addington

New Addington (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geraint R. Davies 2,150
Labour Trevor J. Laffin 2,012
Labour Valerie Shawcross 1,912
Conservative William J. Eastoe906
Conservative Roy T. Miller843
Conservative Paul McCombie794
Majority1,006
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Norbury

Norbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter W. Hopson 2,082
Labour Margaret R. Mansell 2,074
Labour Shafiqul I. Khan 2,039
Conservative Geoffrey Geraghty1,967
Conservative Colin Johnston1,940
Conservative Bryan J. Kendall1,934
Liberal Democrats Pamela E. Freeman609
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Morley426
Liberal Democrats Beryl R. Pocock422
Majority72
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Purley

Purley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham J. Bass 2,428
Conservative Peter J. F. Macdonald 2,410
Conservative Derek G. Millard 2,347
Liberal Democrats Jenefer G. A. Riley1,512
Liberal Democrats Pamela A. Randall1,473
Liberal Democrats Sarah J. Newton1,431
Labour Michael G. Ryan811
Labour Richard M. Plackett803
Labour Paul A. Ryan707
Green Shirley R. L. Ings236
Green Bruce J. Horner221
Majority835
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rylands

Rylands (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Hourston 1,693
Labour Karen A. Jewitt 1,625
Conservative James N. W. Bullen1,068
Conservative Owen W. Thompson961
Majority557
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Sanderstead

Sanderstead (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bruce T. H. Marshall 2,083
Conservative Graham T. W. Speed 2,024
Liberal Democrats Gavin T. Howard-Jones1,104
Liberal Democrats Barry D. Stocker909
Labour Roger D. Wicks636
Labour Jean-Paul Irtelli634
The People's ChoiceNeville Sprague125
Majority920
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Selsdon

Selsdon (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard H. R. Adamson 2,060
Conservative Dudley S. Mead 1,973
Liberal Democrats Keith Shuttleworth1,475
Liberal Democrats Edna G. Wickham1,341
Labour William L. Brown509
Labour Linda N. Nazarko449
Independent Alan E. Sales87
Majority498
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

South Norwood

South Norwood (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clive B. Fraser 1,991
Labour Jenny Bushell 1,935
Labour Michael Jewitt 1,927
Conservative David Lipman1,563
Conservative Eric J. Kings1,456
Conservative Pauline Miles1,408
Liberal Democrats Philip J. Brown467
Liberal Democrats Jan Perry446
Liberal Democrats Julie Hardy-McBride443
Majority364
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Spring Park

Spring Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janet A. Marshall 2,396
Conservative Denis E. Perry 2,302
Labour Vanessa C. Fry1,228
Labour Stephen C. Moyse1,129
Green Andrew P. Bebington555
Majority1,074
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Thornton Heath

Thornton Heath (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian S. Dennis 2,363
Labour Wallace W. Garratt 2,274
Labour Raj Chandarana 2,182
Conservative Robert G. Oliver1,175
Conservative Bernard K. Ampaw1,078
Majority1,007
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Upper Norwood

Upper Norwood (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Patrick T. Ryan 1,696
Labour Co-op Ian G. Payne 1,491
Conservative Margaret C. V. Parfitt1,396
Conservative David J. Macsweeney1,372
Majority95
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing

Waddon

Waddon (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher R. Allen 2,094
Labour Marilyn K. Allen 2,019
Labour Charles E. Burling 1,888
Conservative Rex A.J. Calvert1,490
Conservative Bryan E. Coatman1,479
Conservative Mervyn R. Gatland1,375
Liberal Democrats Graham J. Axford792
Liberal Democrats Henry J. Norton759
Liberal Democrats Roger Barnett728
Independent Peter J. Collier449
Majority398
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

West Thornton

West Thornton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elaine A. Gibbon 2,354
Labour Clarence A. McKenzie 2,284
Labour Gwendolyn E. Bernard 2,230
Conservative Alan E. Aylmer1,152
Conservative Roger C. Taylor1,115
Conservative Eileen P. Seaborn1,075
Liberal Democrats Henry Russell564
Majority1,078
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Whitehorse Manor

Whitehorse Manor (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter J. Champion 2,159
Labour Nuala O'Neill 2,102
Labour Toni E. Letts 2,042
Conservative Peter R. C. Davis865
Conservative Ian J. Parker803
Conservative Jill Thomas794
Independent Stanley H. Wells399
Majority1,177
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Woodcote & Coulsdon West

Woodcote & Coulsdon West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maurice A. Folwer 2,325
Conservative Anna Hawkins 2,293
Conservative David J. Osland 2,238
Liberal Democrats Margaret R. A. Billenness1,686
Liberal Democrats Trevor J. Austin1,612
Liberal Democrats Yvonne A. Jacobs1,561
Labour Ernest C. King709
Labour Ronald E. Rowland686
Labour Mohammad S. Hoda642
Majority552
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Woodside

Woodside (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Brian P. Finegan 1,470
Labour Co-op Anthony J. Newman 1,409
Conservative Derek W. Dorey967
Conservative Joanna L. M. W. Oliver924
Liberal Democrats Hilary J. Waterhouse
Majority442
Turnout
Registered electors
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

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