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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 176,519[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 79,780, 45.20%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Lewisham London Borough Council were held in May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 39.6%.
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 58 | 11 | 3 | ![]() | 86.57 | 57.61 | 108,070 | ||
Conservative | 6 | 0 | 11 | ![]() | 8.95 | 32.11 | 60,225 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | 4.48 | 6.47 | 12,138 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.00 | 2.94 | 5,513 | ||
SDP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.00 | 0.75 | 1,407 | ||
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.00 | 0.12 | 231 | ||
Total | 67 | 187,584 |
Ward results
[edit](*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
Bellingham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
[edit]- ^ Stockbridge was a sitting councillor representing the Churchdown ward
- ^ Taylor was a sitting councillor representing the Evelyn ward
- ^ Arain was a sitting councillor representing the Pepys ward
- ^ Soar was a sitting councillor representing the Horniman ward, a seat he won in 1989 after the death of Cllr. Kenneth D'Cruze
- ^ Jordan was a sitting councillor representing the Ladywell ward
- ^ Leah was a sitting councillor representing the Marlowe ward
- ^ Fowler replaced Cllr. Thomas I. Bradley after his death in 1987
- ^ Dowd was a sitting councillor representing the Drake ward
- ^ Hyne was a sitting councillor representing the Whitefoot ward
- ^ Link was a sitting councillor representing the Crofton Park ward
- ^ Sandell was a sitting councillor representing the Forest Hill ward
- ^ Dodd replaced Cllr. Christopher P. Evans after his resignation in 1986
- ^ Punyer was a sitting councillor representing the St Andrew ward
- ^ Scott was a sitting councillor representing the Grove Park ward
- ^ Simpson replaced Cllr. Humphrey J. Ball after his resignation in 1989
- ^ Mani was a sitting councillor representing the Crofton Park ward
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.