1990 local election in England
Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 40.54%.
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 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 Browning 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 Chaucer 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 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 Rotherhithe 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 Notes ^ a b Includes results from Lib Dem Focus Team candidates ^ Sergeant was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward ^ Gray was a sitting councillor representing the College ward ^ Matheson was a sitting councillor reprsenting the Dockyard ward ^ Stafford was a sitting councillor representing the St. Giles ward ^ Shearmna was a sitting councillor representing the Rotherhithe ward ^ Fryer was a sitting councillor representing the Browning ward ^ Geater was a sitting councillor representing the St Giles ward ^ Lauder was a sitting councillor representing the Brunswick ward ^ Goss was a sitting councillor representing the Browning ward ^ McKeon was a sitting councillor representing the Waverley ward ^ Edwards was a sitting councillor representing the Ruskin ward ^ Smith was a sitting councillor representing The Lane ward References ^ 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. 134. Retrieved 11 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 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF) . London Datastore . London Research Centre. pp. 72–74, 134–135. Retrieved 9 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 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Southwark Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF) . Elections Centre . Plymouth University . pp. 8–9. Retrieved 10 April 2024 .