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1990 Southwark London Borough Council election
←  1986 May 3, 1990 (1990-05-03) 1994 →
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 party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before 43 15 6
Seats won 37 21 [notes 1] 6
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 5 Decrease 1
Popular vote 81,241 42,802 33,231
Percentage 49.89% 26.29% 20.41%
  Fourth party
  Blank
Party Independent Labour Lion Party
Seats before 1
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1
Popular vote 2,028
Percentage 1.24%
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%.

Election result


Southwark Local Election Result 1990 [2] [3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 37 2 5 Decrease 3 57.81 49.89 81,241
  Liberal Democrats 21 [notes 1] 5 0 Increase 5 32.81 26.29 42,802
  Conservative 6 0 1 Decrease 1 9.38 20.41 33,231
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 2.00 3,252
  Independent Labour Lion Team 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0.00 1.24 2,028
  BNP 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.11 180
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.06 99
Total 64 162,833
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]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Alan S. Blake* 931 53.85
Lib Dem Focus Team Steven H. Gauge 844
Labour Ellen A. Brown 687 40.15
Labour Rita M. Sergeant† 636
Conservative Robert G. Berry 104 6.00
Conservative Betina Bilham-Ware 93
Registered electors 4,835
Turnout 1,779 36.79
Rejected ballots 5 0.28
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Rita Sergeant was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward

Alleyn

Alleyn (2) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Josephine E. Clark 1,209 49.60
Labour Cecile V. Lothian 1,140
Conservative Miranda Hardie 762 32.04
Conservative Rev. Percy Gray† 755
Green Harriet A.V. Einsiedel 240 10.13
Liberal Democrats Alistair K.L. Milne 204 8.23
Liberal Democrats Shirley P. Theiner 185
Registered electors 5,607
Turnout 2,409 42.96
Rejected ballots 6 0.25
Labour hold
Labour hold

Percy Gray was a sitting councillor for College ward

Barset

Barset (2) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Gary M. Halls 1,176 77.86
Labour Kenneth J. Morey 1,123
Conservative Charles F. Cooper 329 22.14
Conservative Peter Mason 325
Registered electors 4,854
Turnout 1,588 32.72
Rejected ballots 15 0.94
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bellenden

Bellenden (3) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Bronwyn M. McKenna 2,107 56.70
Labour John A. McTernan* 2,042
Labour Margaret E. Russell 1,944
Conservative Marjorie Osborn 698 18.09
Conservative Victor J. Rutherford 648
Green Christopher J. Dodwell 601 16.78
Conservative Sharon F. Spiers 599
Liberal Democrats John J. Egan 318 8.43
Liberal Democrats Eileen Conn 285
Registered electors 8,687
Turnout 3,479 40.05
Rejected ballots 8 0.23
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Graham Nash 1,671 63.35
Lib Dem Focus Team Anne Scovell 1,602
Labour Lindsay N.P. Thomas 831 31.08
Labour Isaac G. Bellinfante 775
Conservative Miles Baxter 153 5.57
Conservative Damian R. Cornell 134
Registered electors 6,087
Turnout 2,730 44.85
Rejected ballots 5 0.18
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Browning

Browning (3) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
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† 1,464
Labour Harry Canagasabey 1,005 37.05
Labour Ronald A.McI. North 1,002
Labour Winston W. Stafford† 895
Conservative Helen G. Hall 172 5.86
Conservative Girish Pattni 145
Conservative Hui L. Man 142
Registered electors 7,490
Turnout 2,834 37.84
Rejected ballots 6 0.21
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Patricia Matheson was a sitting councillor for Dockyard ward

Winston Stafford was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward

Brunswick

Brunswick (3) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ian D. Driver 1,598 72.74
Labour John E. Maurice* 1,596
Labour Lilian V. Naish 1,595
Conservative Lilian J. Dawson 543 22.74
Conservative Douglas J. Mitchell 480
Conservative David J. Mason 475
Communist Eric L. Hodson 99 4.51
Registered electors 7,374
Turnout 2,362 32.03
Rejected ballots 17 0.72
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Burgess

Burgess (2) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Rose E. Colley* 1,011 58.60
Liberal Democrats Ronald Holt 944
Labour Piers R. Corbyn* 655 38.05
Labour Jay Hall 615
Conservative Sheila Mackey 59 3.36
Conservative Stephen Mackey 52
Registered electors 4,339
Turnout 1,760 40.56
Rejected ballots 5 0.28
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Cathedral

Cathedral (2) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Hilary J. Wines* 1,353 60.97
Lib Dem Focus Team Richard H. Shearman† 1,221
Labour Anne V. Worsley 682 31.55
Labour Shirley I. Reese 649
Conservative Harriette E. Blum 159 7.48
Conservative Mark J. Tunstill 156
Registered electors 5,415
Turnout 2,250 41.55
Rejected ballots 13 0.58
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

Richard Shearman was a sitting councillor for Rotherhithe ward

Chaucer

Chaucer (3) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
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. Arscott 1,195
Labour Bernard White 1,179
Lib Dem Focus Team Robert J.S. Skelly 1,146
Green Richard A.C. Laming 251 8.87
Conservative Maureen Jansen 177 5.16
Conservative James Gourlay 137
Conservative Jack C. Wolff 123
Registered electors 7,968
Turnout 2,946 36.97
Rejected ballots 3 0.10
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

College

College (2) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Nicholas G. Eriksen 1,585 50.91
Conservative Heather V. Kirby 1,540
Labour Martin W. Chapman 1,128 36.52
Labour Gerda Glage 1,114
Liberal Democrats Patricia M. Mynott 399 12.57
Liberal Democrats Eileen J. Neale 372
Registered electors 6,089
Turnout 3,157 51.85
Rejected ballots 6 0.19
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Consort

Consort (2) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David F. Fryer† 1,254 75.45
Labour Sally C. Keeble* 1,253
Conservative Leslie N. Brown 429 24.55
Conservative Michael Bungy 387
Registered electors 5,154
Turnout 1,828 35.47
Rejected ballots 14 0.77
Labour hold
Labour hold

David Fryer was a sitting councillor for Browning ward

Dockyard

Dockyard (3) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
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 Corfield 1,290 33.00
Labour Simon J. McKeown 1,181
Labour Michael Geater† 1,170
Conservative Christopher W.S. Phillips 706 18.75
Conservative Thomas A. Owen 688
Conservative Andrew J. Raca 677
Registered electors 8,915
Turnout 3,875 43.47
Rejected ballots 11 0.28
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Michael Geater was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward

Faraday

Faraday (3) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alan E. Cotter 1,546 57.51
Labour Charles Cherrill 1,505
Labour John J. Lauder† 1,451
Liberal Democrats Martine Bonner 776 28.74
Liberal Democrats Linda Hall 762
Liberal Democrats Jonathan N. Hunt 711
Conservative Michael A. Roberts 367 13.75
Conservative David Sandford 361
Conservative Maureen Tomison 350
Registered electors 9,363
Turnout 3,015 32.20
Rejected ballots 4 0.13
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

John Lauder was a sitting councillor for Brunswick ward

Friary

Friary (3) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Eric A. Godfrey 1,128 50.19
Labour Robert I. Wingfield* 1,021
Labour Marjorie Henriquez* 958
Independent Labour Lion Team Tony D. Goss* 766 32.75
Independent Labour Lion Team Ann Goss† 704
Independent Labour Lion Team Brian W. McKeon† 558
Conservative John R. Board 239 11.00
Conservative Angela H. Meakin 225
Conservative Roy Taylor 216
Liberal Democrats Mark C. Allen 139 6.06
Liberal Democrats Sandra V. Gray 126
Liberal Democrats Anne M. Sheehan 111
Registered electors 6,413
Turnout 2,297 35.82
Rejected ballots 14 0.61
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Independent Labour Lion Team

Ann Goss was a sitting councillor for Browning ward

Brian McKeon was a sitting councillor for Waverley ward

Liddle

Liddle (3) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Mary Ellery* 1,246 88.03
Labour Daniel McCarthy* 1,079
Labour Deborah Welch* 1,028
Conservative Lawrence D. Kennedy 178 11.97
Conservative Richard J. Malyon 148
Conservative Kola Olushola 131
Registered electors 8,487
Turnout 1,537 18.11
Rejected ballots 16 1.04
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Aubyn StJ. Graham* 1,846 48.76
Labour Helen M. Shreeve 1,738
Labour Hassan V. Vahib 1,570
Conservative John P. Edwards† 1,074 28.56
Conservative Mark C. Marshall 975
Conservative Diana M. Ladas 969
Green Peter D. Reid 453 12.86
Liberal Democrats Alison Farrow 349 9.82
Liberal Democrats Richard M. Newby 343
Registered electors 8,780
Turnout 3,488 39.73
Rejected ballots 3 0.09
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

John Edwards was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward

Newington

Newington (3) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Mark B. Howarth* 2,016 60.27
Labour Jeremy S. Fraser* 1,996
Labour Roy F. Kennedy* 1,976
Conservative Clive W. Jones 601 17.15
Conservative Doris J. Pearce 558
Conservative Douglas H. Pearce 545
Liberal Democrats Neville Clemens 414 11.23
Liberal Democrats Gillian Clemens 395
Green Pauline Christopher 376 11.35
Liberal Democrats Shirley Petrucci 306
Registered electors 8,775
Turnout 3,471 39.56
Rejected ballots 7 0.20
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Riverside

Riverside (3) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
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* 1,172 40.73
Labour Rupert J. Doyle 1,034
Labour Leonard D. Fisher 978
Conservative Richard Coultman 247 8.83
Conservative Anthony Powell 236
Conservative Nicola Meaden 206
Registered electors 6,747
Turnout 2,879 42.67
Rejected ballots 4 0.14
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
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. Burke 743 25.04
Labour David C. Brasier 736
Labour Alexander S. Coveney 448
BNP Stephen J. Tyler 180 7.02
Conservative Pippa E. Holt 104 3.74
Conservative Stephen Hill 95
Conservative John van der Walt 88
Registered electors 5,900
Turnout 2,731 46.29
Rejected ballots 5 0.18
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Ruskin

Ruskin (3) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative David S. Bradbury 1,900 41.18
Conservative Tobias W.H. Eckersley 1,894
Conservative Stephen P. Charge 1,890
Labour David Stephens 1,809 35.59
Labour Richard D. Exel 1,557
Labour Wycliffe R. Kempadoo 1,548
Green Priscilla M. Waugh 638 13.86
Liberal Democrats Bernard Webb 463 9.37
Liberal Democrats Benedict S. Rich 435
Liberal Democrats John T. Weedy 396
Registered electors 7,659
Turnout 4,426 57.79
Rejected ballots 6 0.14
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Rye

Rye (2) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Irene A. Kimm* 1,447 42.65
Labour Christopher G. Hughes 1,425 42.92
Labour Peter Crome 1,401
Conservative Trevor A. Pitman* 1,361
Green Garth P.W. Robertson 282 8.57
Liberal Democrats Christine M. Watson 206 5.86
Liberal Democrats Hung K.P. Lee 179
Registered electors 6,565
Turnout 3,320 50.57
Rejected ballots 4 0.12
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

St Giles

St Giles (3) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John F. Roberts 1,765 58.30
Labour Anthony G. Ritchie* 1,699
Labour Michael H. Idun 1,627
Conservative James Lambert 497 16.45
Conservative Archibald J. Norman 473
Conservative Bruce C. Embleton 468
Green David S. Donaldson 411 14.12
Liberal Democrats Emma M. Hewett 327 11.13
Liberal Democrats Peter E. Duff 324
Liberal Democrats Helen J. Smith 322
Registered electors 8,880
Turnout 2,888 32.52
Rejected ballots 5 0.17
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

The Lane

The Lane (2) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Leslie H. Alden* 1,317 61.44
Labour Anne P. Bernadt 1,261
Conservative Malcolm G.W. Wilson 534 25.40
Conservative Peter B. Conkey 532
Liberal Democrats Philip J. Bonnington 290 13.16
Liberal Democrats Thomas W. Webster 262
Registered electors 5,729
Turnout 2,262 39.48
Rejected ballots 6 0.27
Labour hold
Labour hold

Waverley

Waverley (2) [2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Michael A. Gibson 1,313 51.64
Labour Pamela E. Smith† 1,273
Lib Dem Focus Team Celia G. Cooke 779 30.59
Lib Dem Focus Team Kevin Daws 752
Conservative David J. Harvey 466 17.77
Conservative Peter A. Withrington 424
Registered electors 5,513
Turnout 2,643 47.94
Rejected ballots 3 0.11
Labour hold
Labour hold

Pamela Smith was a sitting councillor for The Lane ward

Notes

  1. ^ a b Includes results from Lib Dem Focus Team candidates

References

  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 134. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 72–74, 134–135. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Southwark Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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