1990 Southwark London Borough Council election

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 36.0%.

1990 Southwark Council election

← 1986 3 May 1990 1994 →
All council seats
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Seats won 37 21 6 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 30,902 16,688 13,044 Percentage 47.66% 25.74% 20.12% Swing 3.02 3.06 2.06
Council Control before election Labour Council Control Labour

Election result

 

Southwark Local Election Result 1990^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	37	0	6	6	57.8	47.66	30,902	3.02
	Liberal Democrats	21	6	0	6	32.8	25.74	16,688	3.06
	Conservative	6	0	0		9.4	20.12	13,044	2.06
	Green	0	0	0		0	5.02	3,252	2.96
	Independent Labour Lion Team	0	0	0		0	1.04	676	New
	BNP	0	0	0		0	0.28	180	New
	Communist	0	0	0		0	0.15	99	0.03

 

Southwark Council voting history

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Blake*	931	52.5	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Gauge	844	47.6	+8.5
	Labour	Ellen Brown	687	38.7	-3.2
	Labour	Rita Sergeant**	636	35.9	-1.2
	Conservative	Robert Berry	104	5.9	N/A
	Conservative	Betina Bilham-Ware	93	5.2	N/A
Turnout			1,774	36.8	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Rita Sergeant was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward

Alleyn

Alleyn (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josephine Clark	1,209	50.3	+6.7
	Labour	Cecile Lothian	1,140	47.4	+5.8
	Conservative	Miranda Hardie	762	31.7	+3.0
	Conservative	Percy Gray**	755	31.4	+5.0
	Green	Harriet Einsiedel	240	10.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Milne	204	8.5	-10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Theiner	185	7.7	-10.5
Turnout			2,403	43.0	-3.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Percy Gray was a sitting councillor for College ward

Barset

Barset (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Halls	1,176	74.8	+16.3
	Labour	Kenneth Morey	1,123	71.4	+18.6
	Conservative	Charles Cooper	329	20.9	-10.5
	Conservative	Peter Mason	325	20.7	-10.7
Turnout			1,573	32.7	-8.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bellenden

Bellenden (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bronwyn McKenna	2,107	60.7	+6.6
	Labour	John McTernan*	2,042	58.8	+5.0
	Labour	Margaret Russell	1,944	56.0	+4.8
	Conservative	Marjorie Osborn	698	20.1	-2.6
	Conservative	Victor Rutherford	648	18.7	-3.7
	Green	Christopher Dodwell	601	17.3	+10.9
	Conservative	Sharon Spiers	599	17.3	-4.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Egan	318	9.2	-6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Conn	285	8.2	-6.0
Turnout			3,471	40.0	-0.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Nash	1,671	61.3	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Scovell	1,602	58.8	+7.6
	Labour	Lindsay Thomas	831	30.5	-9.8
	Labour	Isaac Bellinfante	775	28.4	-9.8
	Conservative	Miles Baxter	153	5.6	N/A
	Conservative	Damian Cornell	134	4.9	N/A
Turnout			2,725	44.8	-5.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Browning

Browning (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Cheesman	1,521	53.8	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Goldie	1,485	52.5	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Matheson**	1,464	51.8	+13.0
	Labour	Harry Canagasabey	1,005	35.5	-10.2
	Labour	Ronald North	1,002	35.4	-8.0
	Labour	Winston Stafford**	895	31.6	-11.2
	Conservative	Helen Hall	172	6.1	-0.6
	Conservative	Girish Pattni	145	5.1	-1.3
	Conservative	Hui Man	142	5.0	N/A
Turnout			2,828	37.8	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Patricia Matheson was a sitting councillor for Dockyard ward

Winston Stafford was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward

Brunswick

Brunswick (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Driver	1,598	68.1	+10.7
	Labour	John Maurice*	1,596	68.1	+11.1
	Labour	Lilian Naish	1,595	68.0	+11.8
	Conservative	Lilian Dawson	543	23.2	+10.8
	Conservative	Douglas Mitchell	480	20.5	+9.3
	Conservative	David Mason	475	20.3	+8.6
	Communist	Eric Hodson	99	4.2	+1.1
Turnout			2,345	32.0	-3.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Burgess

Burgess (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rose Colley*	1,011	57.6	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Holt	944	53.8	+9.0
	Labour	Piers Corbyn*	655	37.3	-8.5
	Labour	Jay Hall	615	35.0	-5.4
	Conservative	Sheila Mackey	59	3.4	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Mackey	52	3.0	N/A
Turnout			1,755	40.6	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Cathedral

Cathedral (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Wines*	1,353	60.5	+19.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Shearman**	1,221	54.6	+15.7
	Labour	Anne Worsley	682	30.5	-10.6
	Labour	Shirley Reese	649	29.0	-11.4
	Conservative	Harriette Blum	159	7.1	-3.5
	Conservative	Mark Tunstill	156	7.0	N/A
Turnout			2,237	41.6	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Richard Shearman was a sitting councillor for Rotherhithe ward

Chaucer

Chaucer (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anna McGettigan*	1,279	43.5	+2.3
	Labour	John Johnson	1,263	42.9	-4.9
	Labour	Sonya Murison	1,237	42.0	-4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Leroy Arscott	1,195	40.6	-2.4
	Labour	Bernard White	1,179	40.1	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Skelly	1,146	38.9	-0.8
	Green	Richard Laming	251	8.5	N/A
	Conservative	Maureen Jansen	177	6.0	-0.3
	Conservative	James Gourlay	137	4.7	-1.0
	Conservative	Jack Wolff	123	4.2	N/A
Turnout			2,943	37.0	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

College

College (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Eriksen	1,585	50.3	+2.7
	Conservative	Heather Kirby	1,540	48.9	+3.7
	Labour	Martin Chapman	1,128	35.8	+6.7
	Labour	Gerda Glage	1,114	35.4	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Mynott	399	12.7	-6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Neale	372	11.8	-6.9
Turnout			3,151	51.8	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Consort

Consort (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Fryer**	1,254	69.1	+4.8
	Labour	Sally Keeble*	1,253	69.1	+8.3
	Conservative	Leslie Brown	429	23.6	+9.9
	Conservative	Michael Bungy	387	21.3	+9.8
Turnout			1,814	35.5	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

David Fryer was a sitting councillor for Browning ward

Dockyard

Dockyard (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Buxton	1,807	46.8	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Denton	1,772	45.9	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Kendrick*	1,745	45.2	-0.7
	Labour	Rebecca Corfield	1,290	33.4	-10.3
	Labour	Simon McKeown	1,181	30.6	-10.9
	Labour	Michael Geater**	1,170	30.3	-10.3
	Conservative	Christopher Phillips	706	18.3	+11.9
	Conservative	Thomas Owen	688	17.8	+11.5
	Conservative	Andrew Raca	677	17.5	N/A
Turnout			3,864	43.5	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Michael Geater was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward

Faraday

Faraday (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Cotter	1,546	51.3	-13.6
	Labour	Charles Cherrill	1,505	50.0	-14.5
	Labour	John Lauder**	1,451	48.2	-15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martine Bonner	776	25.8	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Hall	762	25.3	+11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Hunt	711	23.6	+9.8
	Conservative	Michael Roberts	367	12.2	-1.7
	Conservative	David Sandford	361	12.0	-1.3
	Conservative	Maureen Tomison	350	11.6	-0.8
Turnout			3,011	32.2	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

John Lauder was a sitting councillor for Brunswick ward

Friary

Friary (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Godfrey	1,128	49.4	-20.9
	Labour	Robert Wingfield*	1,021	44.7	-24.1
	Labour	Marjorie Henriquez*	958	42.0	-27.9
	Independent Labour Lion Team	Tony Goss*	766	33.6	-35.2
	Independent Labour Lion Team	Ann Goss**	704	30.8	N/A
	Independent Labour Lion Team	Brian McKeon**	558	24.4	N/A
	Conservative	John Board	239	10.5	-3.3
	Conservative	Angela Meakin	225	9.9	-2.7
	Conservative	Roy Taylor	216	9.5	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Allen	139	6.1	-6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Gray	126	5.5	-6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Sheehan	111	4.9	-6.5
Turnout			2,283	35.8	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ann Goss was a sitting councillor for Browning ward

Brian McKeon was a sitting councillor for Waverley ward

Liddle

Liddle (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Ellery*	1,246	81.9	+2.6
	Labour	Daniel McCarthy*	1,079	70.9	-2.1
	Labour	Deborah Welch*	1,028	67.6	-1.9
	Conservative	Lawrence Kennedy	178	11.7	+4.3
	Conservative	Richard Malyon	148	9.7	+3.2
	Conservative	Kola Olushola	131	8.6	+3.3
Turnout			1,521	18.1	-6.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aubyn Graham*	1,846	53.0	+1.9
	Labour	Helen Shreeve	1,738	49.9	-2.4
	Labour	Hassan Vahib	1,570	45.1	-6.7
	Conservative	John Edwards**	1,074	30.8	+1.4
	Conservative	Mark Marshall	975	28.0	-0.8
	Conservative	Diana Ladas	969	27.8	-0.4
	Green	Peter Reid	453	13.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Farrow	349	10.0	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Newby	343	9.8	-2.9
Turnout			3,485	39.7	-5.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

John Edwards was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward

Newington

Newington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Howarth*	2,016	58.2	-1.4
	Labour	Jeremy Fraser*	1,996	57.6	-1.2
	Labour	Roy Kennedy*	1,976	57.0	-3.1
	Conservative	Clive Jones	601	17.3	+3.2
	Conservative	Doris Pearce	558	16.1	+1.6
	Conservative	Douglas Pearce	545	15.7	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Clemens	414	12.0	-2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Clemens	395	11.4	-1.9
	Green	Pauline Christopher	376	10.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Petrucci	306	8.8	-4.6
Turnout			3,464	39.6	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Riverside

Riverside (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Cole	1,358	47.2	-7.1
	Liberal Democrats	George Dunk*	1,299	45.2	-6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Molloy	1,285	44.7	-6.0
	Labour	Coral Newell*	1,172	40.8	+4.6
	Labour	Rupert Doyle	1,034	36.0	+0.4
	Labour	Leonard Fisher	978	34.0	+1.0
	Conservative	Richard Coultman	247	8.6	+2.2
	Conservative	Anthony Powell	236	8.2	+4.6
	Conservative	Nicola Meaden	206	7.2	N/A
Turnout			2,875	42.7	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Pemberton*	1,706	62.6	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Jones*	1,649	60.5	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Bassom*	1,584	58.1	+11.1
	Labour	John Burke	743	27.3	-9.6
	Labour	David Brasier	736	27.0	-9.4
	Labour	Alexander Coveney	448	16.4	-18.9
	BNP	Stephen Tyler	180	6.6	N/A
	Conservative	Pippa Holt	104	3.8	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Hill	95	3.5	N/A
	Conservative	John van der Walt	88	3.2	N/A
Turnout			2,726	46.3	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ruskin

Ruskin (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bradbury	1,900	43.0	-2.1
	Conservative	Tobias Eckersley	1,894	42.9	-1.3
	Conservative	Stephen Charge	1,890	42.8	-0.5
	Labour	David Stephens	1,809	40.9	+13.6
	Labour	Richard Exel	1,557	35.2	+10.4
	Labour	Wycliffe Kempadoo	1,548	35.0	+10.6
	Green	Priscilla Waugh	638	14.4	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Webb	463	10.5	-11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Rich	435	9.8	-10.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Weedy	396	9.0	-10.5
Turnout			4,420	57.8	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rye

Rye (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irene Kimm*	1,447	43.6	+5.7
	Labour	Christopher Hughes	1,425	43.0	+5.9
	Labour	Peter Crome	1,401	42.2	+3.3
	Conservative	Trevor Pitman*	1,361	41.0	+3.8
	Green	Garth Robertson	282	8.5	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Watson	206	6.2	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hung Lee	179	5.4	-8.1
Turnout			3,316	50.6	+3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Giles

St Giles (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Roberts	1,765	61.2	+7.4
	Labour	Anthony Ritchie*	1,699	58.9	+2.5
	Labour	Michael Idun	1,627	56.4	+6.7
	Conservative	James Lambert	497	17.2	+6.7
	Conservative	Archibald Norman	473	16.4	+6.5
	Conservative	Bruce Embleton	468	16.2	+6.9
	Green	David Donaldson	411	14.3	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Hewett	327	11.3	-16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Duff	324	11.2	-14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Smith	322	11.2	-13.6
Turnout			2,883	32.5	-4.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

The Lane

The Lane (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Alden*	1,317	58.4	+11.7
	Labour	Ann Bernadt	1,261	55.9	+10.3
	Conservative	Malcolm Wilson	534	23.7	+8.0
	Conservative	Peter Conkey	532	23.6	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bonnington	290	12.9	-14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Webster	262	11.6	-15.8
Turnout			2,256	39.5	-4.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Waverley

Waverley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Gibson	1,313	49.7	-6.0
	Labour	Pamela Smith**	1,273	48.2	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Celia Cooke	779	29.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Daws	752	28.5	N/A
	Conservative	David Harvey	466	17.7	-12.4
	Conservative	Peter Withrington	424	16.1	-12.7
Turnout			2,640	47.9	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Pamela Smith was a sitting councillor for The Lane ward

By-Elections

Brunswick by-election, 25 July 1991^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien D. Maurice	1,076	50.8	N/A
	Labour	Bernard White	775	36.6	-31.5
	Conservative	Michael P. P. Bungy	135	6.4	-16.8
	BNP	Stephen J. Tyler	132	6.2	N/A
Turnout				27.8	-4.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John E. Maurice.

References

1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
2. "London Borough Council By-elections May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.