1990 Southwark London Borough Council election

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 40.54%.

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
Registered	171,625[1]
Turnout	69,572, 40.54%[1]
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Seats before 43 15 6 Seats won 37 21[n 1] 6 Seat change 3 5 1 Popular vote 81,241 42,802 33,231 Percentage 49.89% 26.29% 20.41%   Fourth party   Party Independent Labour Lion Party Seats before 1 Seats won 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 2,028 Percentage 1.24%
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Election result

Southwark Local Election Result 1990^[2][3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	37	2	5	3	57.81	49.89	81,241
	Liberal Democrats	21[n 1]	5	0	5	32.81	26.29	42,802
	Conservative	6	0	1	1	9.38	20.41	33,231
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	2.00	3,252
	Independent Labour Lion Team	0	0	1	1	0.00	1.24	2,028
	BNP	0	0	0		0.00	0.11	180
	Communist	0	0	0		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†[n 2]	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

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†[n 3]	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

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†[n 4]	1,464
	Labour	Harry Canagasabey	1,005	37.05
	Labour	Ronald A.McI. North	1,002
	Labour	Winston W. Stafford†[n 5]	895
	Conservative	Helen G. Hall	172	5.86
	Conservative	Girish Pattni	145
	Conservative	Hui L. Man	142
Registered electors			7,490
Turnout			2834	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

Brunswick

Brunswick (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian D. Driver	1,598	72.75
	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	3.35
	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†[n 6]	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			2250	41.55
Rejected ballots			13	0.58
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

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			2946	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†[n 7]	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

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†[n 8]	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

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†[n 9]	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

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†[n 10]	704
	Independent Labour Lion Team	Brian W. McKeon†[n 11]	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

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†[n 12]	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

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†[n 13]	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

Notes

1. Includes results from Lib Dem Focus Team candidates
2. Sergeant was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
3. Gray was a sitting councillor representing the College ward
4. Matheson was a sitting councillor representing the Dockyard ward
5. Stafford was a sitting councillor representing the St. Giles ward
6. Shearmna was a sitting councillor representing the Rotherhithe ward
7. Fryer was a sitting councillor representing the Browning ward
8. Geater was a sitting councillor representing the St Giles ward
9. Lauder was a sitting councillor representing the Brunswick ward
10. Goss was a sitting councillor representing the Browning ward
11. McKeon was a sitting councillor representing the Waverley ward
12. Edwards was a sitting councillor representing the Ruskin ward
13. Smith was a sitting councillor representing The Lane ward