1990 Lewisham London Borough Council election

1990 Lewisham London Borough Council election

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All 67 seats up for election to Lewisham London Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Registered176,519[1]
Turnout79,780, 45.20%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Steve Bullock Unknown Unknown
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 1988 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Sydenham East Unknown Unknown
Seats before 50 17 0
Seats won 58 6 3
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 11 Increase 3
Popular vote 108,070 60,225 12,138
Percentage 57.62% 32.11% 6.47%

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Elections to Lewisham London Borough Council were held in May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 39.6%.

Election result

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Lewisham Local Election Result 1990[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 58 11 3 Increase 8 86.57 57.61 108,070
  Conservative 6 0 11 Decrease 11 8.95 32.11 60,225
  Liberal Democrats 3 3 0 Increase 3 4.48 6.47 12,138
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 2.94 5,513
  SDP 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.75 1,407
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.12 231
Total 67 187,584

Ward results

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(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Bellingham

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Bellingham (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John A. O'Shea 1,725 67.29
Labour Ronald J. Stockbridge[n 1] 1,583
Conservative Margaret Riddell 621 24.41
Conservative Walter L. Seabrook 579
Liberal Democrats Leslie J. Rowse 210 8.30
Liberal Democrats Jessie D. Vickers 198
Registered electors 6,025
Turnout 2,692 44.68
Rejected ballots 3 0.11
Labour hold
Labour hold

Blackheath

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Blackheath (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Gavin F. Moore* 1,187 44.60
Labour Nicholas J.W. Taylor[n 2] 1,011
Conservative Teresa A. O'Neill 1,001 38.64
Conservative Joshua M. Stevenson 902
Green Ronald E. Bailey 219 8.89
SDP Gillian R. Heyworth 217 7.87
SDP Gerald M. Dorey 171
Registered electors 4,772
Turnout 2,543 53.29
Rejected ballots 4 0.16
Labour hold
Labour hold

Blythe Hill

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Blythe Hill (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James L.H. Eytle* 1,350 49.50
Labour Ashtaq Arain[n 3] 1,220
Conservative James J. Collins 1,041 39.14
Conservative Gilly Greensitt 990
Green Veronica M. Gail 295 11.36
Registered electors 5,420
Turnout 2,676 49.37
Rejected ballots 8 0.30
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Catford

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Catford (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Richard H. Soar[n 4] 1,377 47.96
Conservative Theodore J.B. Yard* 1,331
Labour Stewart L. Elliott 1,140 39.99
Labour Vernon C. Tyley 1,117
Green Peter R. Marsden 340 12.04
Registered electors 5,873
Turnout 2,865 48.78
Rejected ballots 6 0.21
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Churchdown

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Churchdown (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Margaret Moran* 1,913 52.61
Labour Clive R. Jordan[n 5] 1,832
Labour David Leah[n 6] 1,796
Conservative Danny R. Bennett 1,369 38.73
Conservative Susan E. Bennett 1,361
Conservative Andrew J. Lee 1,351
Lib Dem Focus Team Janet R. Hurst 318 8.66
Lib Dem Focus Team Roger H. Anstey 317
Lib Dem Focus Team Ben L. Brooks 277
Registered electors 7,294
Turnout 3,882 53.22
Rejected ballots 8 0.21
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Crofton Park

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Crofton Park (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stephen L. Tennison 2,106 50.94
Labour Gurbakhsh S. Garcha* 1,928
Labour Clause O. Gonsalves 1,920
Conservative Derek A. Stone 1,130 28.23
Conservative Clarie E. Young 1,106
Conservative Michael Oyo 1,065
Green Stephen R. Stevens 812 20.84
Registered electors 8,219
Turnout 3,846 46.79
Rejected ballots 10 0.26
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Downham

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Downham (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Thomas L. Fowler*[n 7] 1,984 50.95
Lib Dem Focus Team Julian A. Hawkins 1,771
Lib Dem Focus Team Rachael M. Pitchford 1,715
Labour Grace Blyth 1,243 34.38
Labour Simon B. Parkes 1,233
Labour Norman Smith* 1,214
Conservative Audrey J. O'Donnell 557 14.67
Conservative Beverly H. Poole 511
Conservative David O'Neill 507
Registered electors 7,582
Turnout 4,079 53.80
Rejected ballots 6 0.15
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

Drake

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Drake (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Michael J. Barry 2,034 60.09
Labour Obajimi Adefiranye 1,962
Labour Jarman S. Parmar 1,745
Green Thomas J. Gray 734 23.05
Conservative Martin Coombs 580 16.86
Conservative Michael S.D. Hathway 520
Conservative Ernest H. Deayton 510
Registered electors 8,163
Turnout 3,080 37.73
Rejected ballots 5 0.16
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Evelyn

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Evelyn (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Mary I. Edmond* 1,632 69.85
Labour Mark E. Nottingham 1,397
Labour Mee L. Ng* 1,377
Conservative Dawn W. Asplin 328 15.17
Conservative Derek Harris 317
Green Simon R.M.K. Denis 315 14.98
Conservative Lloyd S. Richardson 313
Registered electors 6,494
Turnout 2,268 34.92
Rejected ballots 10 0.44
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Forest Hill

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Forest Hill (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James P. Dowd[n 8] 1,350 63.66
Labour Jacqueline A. Addison* 1,330
Conservative Michael G. Woolacott 809 36.34
Conservative Andrew E.M. Mnguni 720
Registered electors 5,260
Turnout 2,332 44.33
Rejected ballots 12 0.51
Labour hold
Labour hold

Gringling Gibbons

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Grinling Gibbons (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David Brown 1,650 65.48
Labour James Mallory* 1,499
Labour Man Mohan* 1,413
Green Phillip Makepeace 460 19.80
Conservative Betty A. Purdham 356 14.72
Conservative Mark W. Mannix 340
Conservative Oswald Purdham 331
Registered electors 7,127
Turnout 2,467 34.61
Rejected ballots 8 0.32
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Grove Park

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Grove Park (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Arthur J.C. Banks 1,216 49.49
Labour Dorothy Hyne[n 9] 1,133
Conservative William L. Bellers 1,004 41.45
Conservative Ronald E. Lee 963
Liberal Democrats Brian Herring 229 9.06
Liberal Democrats Johanna C. Brightwell 200
Registered electors 5,207
Turnout 2,448 47.01
Rejected ballots 1 0.04
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Hither Green

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Hither Green (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Patrick Waylett* 2,065 62.54
Labour Paul Newing 2,045
Labour Anthony F. Link[n 10] 2,041
Conservative Josephine M. Foster 966 28.28
Conservative Philip Richards 921
Conservative Blandie McLeod 895
Liberal Democrats Linda F. Hawkins 346 9.18
Liberal Democrats Michael Goldthorpe 256
Registered electors 8,501
Turnout 3,585 42.17
Rejected ballots 12 0.33
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Horniman

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Horniman (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Graeme J. Sandell[n 11] 1,678 46.32
Labour David J. Whiting 1,649
Conservative Charles R. Cramp 1,592 43.62
Labour David N. Souter 1,566
Conservative Jeffrey T. Dodd*[n 12] 1,529
Conservative Margaret A. Punyer[n 13] 1,488
Liberal Democrats Margaret E. Jupp 364 10.05
Liberal Democrats Alec O. Martin 343
Registered electors 7,999
Turnout 3,701 46.27
Rejected ballots 5 0.14
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Ladywell

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Ladywell (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Cathy Doyle 2,009 61.66
Labour Martin J. Garman 1,961
Labour James Stevenson* 1,742
Conservative Thelma H. Shilling 677 20.98
Conservative Shriley A. Fitz-Earle 637
Conservative Paul A.J. Kreling 629
Green Robert P. Sheppard 536 17.36
Registered electors 7,502
Turnout 3,086 41.14
Rejected ballots 9 0.29
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Manor Lee

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Manor Lee (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Madeliene M. Long* 1,672 55.69
Labour David P. Sullivan* 1,596
Conservative David S. Britton 699 23.18
Conservative Hilda Newland 661
Green Simon J. Anstis 363 12.37
SDP Jennifer R. Darnley 263 8.76
SDP Robert J. Furber 250
Registered electors 5,942
Turnout 2,984 50.22
Rejected ballots 3 0.10
Labour hold
Labour hold

Marlowe

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Marlowe (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stephen Padmore* 1,773 83.35
Labour Terence C. Scott[n 14] 1,695
Labour Edith D. Gayle 1,652
Conservative Barbara J. Warren 353 16.65
Conservative Paul Asplin 347
Conservative William A. Warren 322
Registered electors 6,573
Turnout 2,424 36.88
Rejected ballots 7 0.29
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Pepys

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Pepys (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Angela J. Cornforth 2,271 83.19
Labour Helen A.H. Dawson* 2,208
Labour Ian G. Page 2,188
Conservative William Mannix 473 16.81
Conservative Anne Bocking 443
Conservative David E. Carr 430
Registered electors 7,512
Turnout 3,045 40.54
Rejected ballots 19 0.62
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Perry Hill

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Perry Hill (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Colin S. Hastie 1,916 50.71
Labour Timothy Walsh 1,865
Labour Duncan R. Rodger 1,822
Conservative David C. Lloyd* 1,376 36.70
Conservative Simon Guest 1,370
Conservative Sheila E. Pikett 1,310
Green Laurel Silk 464 12.59
Registered electors 8,341
Turnout 3,797 45.52
Rejected ballots 9 0.24
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Rushey Green

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Rushey Green (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ian Arnold 1,622 67.62
Labour Mahmuda Kabir 1,363
Conservative Alan M. Heasman 516 23.05
Conservative Winifred Emons 501
Liberal Democrats Brigitte Covell 206 9.33
Liberal Democrats Robert A. Parker 206
Registered electors 6,239
Turnout 2,470 39.59
Rejected ballots 6 0.24
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Andrew

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St Andrew (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Michael V. Holder 1,063 37.71
Labour Keith R. Morton 1,004
Conservative Robert B. Curtis 926 32.57
Conservative Russell J.K. White 859
Lib Dem Focus Team Peter Vickers 817 29.72
Lib Dem Focus Team Philip G. Easton 813
Registered electors 5,770
Turnout 2,920 50.61
Rejected ballots 10 0.34
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

St Margaret

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St Margaret (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Roma Williams* 1,406 50.05
Labour Eric Richards 1,356
Conservative Fiona A. Antcliffe 1,029 37.22
Conservative Ruth E.M.J. Whitelaw 1,025
Liberal Democrats Alan W.P. Ross 239 8.52
Liberal Democrats Anthony M. Aldous 231
Independent Labour John Palmer 128 4.20
Independent Labour Michael K. Dickson 103
Registered electors 5,384
Turnout 2,880 53.49
Rejected ballots 6 0.21
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

St Mildred

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St Mildred (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Andrew W.J. Lawrence 2,051 47.89
Conservative Eva M. Scarles* 1,954
Conservative Clifford J.A. Simpson*[n 15] 1,922
Labour William J. Cook 1,762 39.85
Labour Glyn Alsworth 1,676
Labour Alfred Levene 1,493
SDP Stephen V. O'Connor 506 12.26
Registered electors 8,490
Turnout 4,377 51.55
Rejected ballots 12 0.27
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Sydenham East

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Sydenham East (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Christine A. Best* 1,854 54.85
Labour Steve Bullock 1,747
Labour Alan E. Pegg* 1,692
Conservative Henriette L. Dodd 1,045 31.16
Conservative Rosemary A. Pratt 981
Conservative Jacqueline C. White 980
Green Ronald P. Wilson 450 13.99
Registered electors 7,637
Turnout 3,264 42.74
Rejected ballots 5 0.15
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sydenham West

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Sydenham West (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Martin Taylor* 1,702 49.51
Labour William G.V. McLaughlin 1,693
Labour Sinna Mani[n 16] 1,590
Conservative Frederick J.W. Trollope 1,212 35.51
Conservative Eric A. Penny 1,186
Conservative David Searle 1,177
Liberal Democrats Mark A. Bennett 284 7.15
Green Jane Hornsey 280 7.83
Green Lee Hornsey 245
Liberal Democrats Inge-Lore Sommerfield 225
Liberal Democrats Jose A. Aradas 211
Registered electors 7,988
Turnout 3,568 44.67
Rejected ballots 1 0.03
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Whitefoot

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Whitefoot (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Carl P. Kisicki 1,200 51.58
Labour Sylvia E. Scott 1,177
Conservative Eric J. Coombs* 965 40.22
Conservative Josie O. Martin 888
Liberal Democrats Catherine Ross 203 8.20
Liberal Democrats Patricia Yendell 175
Registered electors 5,205
Turnout 2,501 48.05
Rejected ballots 1 0.04
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Notes

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  1. ^ Stockbridge was a sitting councillor representing the Churchdown ward
  2. ^ Taylor was a sitting councillor representing the Evelyn ward
  3. ^ Arain was a sitting councillor representing the Pepys ward
  4. ^ Soar was a sitting councillor representing the Horniman ward, a seat he won in 1989 after the death of Cllr. Kenneth D'Cruze
  5. ^ Jordan was a sitting councillor representing the Ladywell ward
  6. ^ Leah was a sitting councillor representing the Marlowe ward
  7. ^ Fowler replaced Cllr. Thomas I. Bradley after his death in 1987
  8. ^ Dowd was a sitting councillor representing the Drake ward
  9. ^ Hyne was a sitting councillor representing the Whitefoot ward
  10. ^ Link was a sitting councillor representing the Crofton Park ward
  11. ^ Sandell was a sitting councillor representing the Forest Hill ward
  12. ^ Dodd replaced Cllr. Christopher P. Evans after his resignation in 1986
  13. ^ Punyer was a sitting councillor representing the St Andrew ward
  14. ^ Scott was a sitting councillor representing the Grove Park ward
  15. ^ Simpson replaced Cllr. Humphrey J. Ball after his resignation in 1989
  16. ^ Mani was a sitting councillor representing the Crofton Park ward

References

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  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). p. 130. Retrieved 17 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 aa Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Lewisham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University.
  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 aa Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 60–62, 130–131. Retrieved 28 February 2024.