1990 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election
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All 48 council seats up for election to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council 25 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 104,676[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 40,402, 38.60%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1990 Barking and Dagenham Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed overwhelmingly in overall control of the council.[2]
Background
[edit]102 candidates nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate and was the only party to do so. By contrast the Conservative Party ran only 33 candidates whilst the Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democratic Focus Team ran a combined 17.
Election result
[edit]Labour continued to win the overwhelming majority of seats - 44 out of 48. The Residents Association held their 3 seats. The Liberal Democratic Focus Team won 1 seat.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 44 | 7 | 0 | ![]() | 91.7 | 73.5 | 69,223 | ||
Residents | 3 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 6.2 | 4.5 | 4,272 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1[n 1] | 0 | 3 | ![]() | 2.1 | 7.8 | 7,372 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 3 | ![]() | 0.0 | 14.0 | 13,233 | ||
Ind. Lib Dem | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.1 | 74 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.1 | 66 | ||
Total | 48 | 94,240 |
Ward results
[edit](*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
Abbey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terence Bird* | 1,678 | 64.3 | −9.4 | |
Labour | Graham Bramley* | 1,581 | |||
Labour | Mohammed Fani*[n 2] | 1,449 | |||
Conservative | Danielle Flynn | 454 | 18.6 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Porter | 417 | 17.1 | −3.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,455 | 35.2 | −1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,983 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Alibon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest White* | 1,283 | 79.3 | +7.4 | |
Labour | Trevor Watson | 1,259 | |||
Conservative | Leonard Pullen | 211 | 12.7 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Lillian Pullen | 197 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Kelly | 127 | 7.9 | −4.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,697 | 37.5 | +5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,526 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cambell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mable Arnold | 2,024 | 85.9 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Wendola Bomberg | 1,853 | |||
Labour | Ronald Whitbread†[n 3] | 1,842 | |||
Conservative | Charles Bond | 361 | 14.1 | −5.7 | |
Conservative | David Izzard | 263 | |||
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,558 | 36.8 | +5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,958 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chadwell Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | Albert Gibbs* | 1,456 | 51.8 | −18.7 | |
Residents | Raymond Gowland* | 1,456 | |||
Residents | Robert Jeyes* | 1,360 | |||
Labour | Violet Gasson | 1,120 | 36.4 | +6.9 | |
Labour | Hilda Jones | 942 | |||
Labour | Julie West | 938 | |||
Conservative | David Jackson | 353 | 11.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Karen Smith | 328 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas Smith | 298 | |||
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,913 | 42.3 | +4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 6,881 | ||||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Residents hold | Swing |
Eastbrook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Blackburn* | 1,860 | 80.1 | +21.2 | |
Labour | Frederick Tibble* | 1,804 | |||
Labour | Lawrence Bunn* | 1,758 | |||
Conservative | Malcolm Beatty | 485 | 19.9 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Reginald Williams | 436 | |||
Conservative | Charles McGinley | 428 | |||
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,478 | 35.6 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 6,963 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Eastbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Manley | 1,240 | 52.7 | +11.4 | |
Labour | Gordon Mayor | 1,131 | |||
Lib Dem Focus Team | Stephen Churchman* | 922 | 37.8 | −20.9 | |
Lib Dem Focus Team | Daniel Felton | 780 | |||
Conservative | Peter Burch | 151 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert Whitton | 131 | |||
Ind. Lib Dem | David Smith* | 74 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,378 | 51.6 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,607 | ||||
Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Ind. Lib Dem | Swing |
Fanshawe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Jones* | 1,956 | 85.4 | +14.4 | |
Labour | Raymond Parkin*[n 4] | 1,827 | |||
Labour | John Thomas* | 1,799 | |||
Conservative | Robert Brownless | 277 | 11.6 | −12.8 | |
Conservative | Edward Holt | 256 | |||
Conservative | William Whiter | 225 | |||
Communist | Alfred Ott | 66 | 3.0 | −1.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,380 | 35.9 | +6.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,620 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gascoigne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeanette Alexander | 1,152 | 51.9 | +19.4 | |
Lib Dem Focus Team | Ronwen Beadle* | 1,118 | 48.1 | −19.4 | |
Labour | Simon Bremner | 1,055 | |||
Labour | Kathleen Flint | 1,023 | |||
Lib Dem Focus Team | Alan Cooper* | 959 | |||
Lib Dem Focus Team | Elaine Lloyd | 920 | |||
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,308 | 37.5 | −2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,151 | ||||
Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team | Swing | ||||
Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team | Swing |
Goresbrook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Thomas* | 1,546 | 78.0 | ||
Labour | Terence Power | 1,507 | |||
Conservative | Ivy Blanchard | 226 | 11.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Sparrow | 204 | 10.4 | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,869 | 37.8 | +4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 4,950 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Fairbrass* | 1,994 | 81.0 | +17.1 | |
Labour | Sidney Kallar | 1,832 | |||
Labour | John Lawrence* | 1,830 | |||
Conservative | Sharon Keefe | 491 | 19.0 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Joan Preston | 423 | |||
Conservative | William Preston | 414 | |||
Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,585 | 36.1 | +3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,157 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Longbridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robin Dixon | 1,398 | 47.2 | +18.2 | |
Labour | June van Roten | 1,318 | |||
Labour | Nirmal Gill | 1,290 | |||
Conservative | Brian Cook* | 1,264 | 43.3 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Janice Izzard* | 1,228 | |||
Conservative | John Seaman* | 1,184 | |||
Lib Dem Focus Team | Brian Beadle | 304 | 9.6 | −24.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jayne Cooper | 264 | |||
Lib Dem Focus Team | Richard Felton | 246 | |||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,038 | 43.8 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 6,935 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Manor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alistair Hannah-Rogers* | 1,550 | 80.6 | +9.9 | |
Labour | Rita Hannah-Rogers | 1,483 | |||
Conservative | Kay Needham | 232 | 11.7 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Marcus Needham | 207 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Downs | 145 | 7.7 | −7.8 | |
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,915 | 40.5 | +6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 4,732 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Marks Gate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Worby*[n 5] | 785 | 83.3 | +35.5 | |
Conservative | Ernest Blackborow | 157 | 16.7 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 947 | 44.8 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 2,114 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Parsloes
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dias-Broughton* | 1,506 | 72.4 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Brian Walker* | 1,490 | |||
Conservative | Barry Taylor | 323 | 15.6 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Churchman | 247 | 11.9 | −4.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,992 | 39.0 | +3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,109 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
River
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Wainwright* | 1,224 | 80.3 | +37.0 | |
Labour | Inder Jamu*[n 6] | 1,103 | |||
Conservative | John Dutton | 296 | 19.7 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Peter Dutton | 273 | |||
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,621 | 33.2 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 4,885 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Thames
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Shaw | 1,714 | 89.8 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Royston Patient | 1,680 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Samuel Hodge | 193 | 10.2 | −6.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,913 | 41.9 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,564 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Triptons
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Brooker | 2,052 | 71.6 | +0.5 | |
Labour | John Davis | 1,885 | |||
Labour | Cameron Geddes | 1,672 | |||
Conservative | Leonard Dutton | 441 | 16.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | David Evans | 302 | 11.6 | −17.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,703 | 38.6 | +6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 6,993 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Valence
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean Bruce* | Unopposed | |||
Labour | Leonard Collins* | Unopposed | |||
Labour | Bryan Osborn* | Unopposed | |||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,930[n 7] | ||||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Village
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Darrin Best | 1,956 | 75.4 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Katherine Golden | 1,920 | |||
Labour | William Dale | 1,914 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Coombs | 457 | 15.9 | −11.4 | |
Conservative | Terence Mallindine | 396 | |||
Conservative | Royston Oliver | 367 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Carole Sparrow | 224 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,652 | 35.6 | +4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 7,448 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
By-elections between 1990 and 1994
[edit]Alibon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Twomey | 661 | 56.3 | −22.8 | |
Conservative | Margaret Jones | 264 | 22.5 | +9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sean Healy | 249 | 21.2 | +13.4 | |
Majority | 397 | 40.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33.8 | 26.1 | −11.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,503 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Trevor Watson.
Chadwell Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | Ronald Curtis | 1,107 | 49.3 | −0.4 | |
Labour | Violet Gasson | 819 | 36.5 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | John Graham | 318 | 14.2 | +14.2 | |
Majority | 288 | 12.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33.3 | −9.0 | |||
Registered electors | 6,756 | ||||
Residents hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Raymond Gowland.
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Results include those from candidates listed as Lib Dem Focus Team
- ^ Fani replaced Cllr. Abdul M. Khokhar after his resignation in 1989
- ^ Whitbread was a sitting councillor representing the Village ward
- ^ Parkin replaced Cllr. Ernest A. Turner after his death in 1988
- ^ Worby replaced Cllr. Donald I. Pepper after his resignation in 1988
- ^ Jamu replaced Cllr. Patricia A. Twomey after her resignation in 1988
- ^ Because the election was unopposed, this amount has not been included in the registered electors total for this election
References
[edit]- ^ 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. 108. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 9–10, 108–109. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF).
- ^ a b "London Borough Council By-elections May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.