1990 Greenwich London Borough Council election

1990 Greenwich London Borough Council election
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62 seats for election to Greenwich London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
Registered157,515[1]
Turnout80,568, 51.15%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative SDP
Seats won 44 12 4
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Steady
Popular vote 59,701 28,689 21,135
Percentage 43.60% 20.95% 15.44%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Valley Party
Seats won 2[n 1] 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 6,381 14,838
Percentage 4.66% 10.84%
Before election before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

The 1990 Greenwich Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Greenwich London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]

Background

Election Result

1990 Greenwich London Borough Council elections[3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 44 5 4 Increase 1 70.97 43.60 59,701
  Conservative 12 2 2 Steady 19.35 20.95 28,689
  SDP 4 2 2 Steady 6.45 15.44 21,135
  Liberal Democrats 2[n 1] 1 2 Decrease 1 3.23 4.66 6,381
  Valley Party 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 10.84 14,838
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 3.20 4,379
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.77 1,047
  Fellowship 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.30 415
  Asian Council on Local Affairs 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.18 246
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.06 85
Total 62 136,916

Ward Results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abbey Wood

Abbey Wood (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
SDP David Lewis 1,418 48.64
SDP Terence A.J. Malone* 1,411
Labour John Wakefield 1,050 33.69
Labour Joga S. Minhas 910
Valley Party Gwendoline L. King 347 11.83
Valley Party Alexander Hayes 341
Green Jean Weston 170 5.84
Registered electors 5,613
Turnout 3,045 54.25
Rejected ballots 11 0.36
SDP hold
SDP hold

Arsenal

Arsenal (1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Lance G. Mulcahy* 575 53.89
SDP Julia W. Costello 290 27.18
Valley Party Mark B. Mansfield 162 15.18
Green Alan J. Cannon 40 3.75
Registered electors 2,776
Turnout 1,071 38.58
Rejected ballots 5 0.47
Labour hold

Avery Hill

Avery Hill (1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Edward J. Randall* 1,042 62.40
Labour Raymond G.A. Walker 304 18.20
Conservative Douglas F. Spooner 236 14.13
Valley Party David J. Fox 88 5.27
Registered electors 2,638
Turnout 1,674 63.46
Rejected ballots 4 0.24
Liberal Democrats hold

Blackheath

Blackheath (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Geoffrey E. Brighty 1,127 38.77
Conservative Robin Henderson* 1,116
Labour Claude D. Ramsey 655 22.46
Labour Anthony Maduagwu 644
SDP Vivienne W. Stone 603 20.32
SDP Judith D. Abbott 573
Green Robert H.J. McCracken 382 13.20
Valley Party Patrick M. Bristow 152 5.25
Valley Party Anthony J. Fowles 151
Registered electors 5,068
Turnout 2,824 55.72
Rejected ballots 3 0.11
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burrage

Burrage (1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Leonard L. Duvall 697 58.72
SDP Denise Gilbert 232 19.54
Valley Party Shaun Edwards 125 10.53
Green Margaret E. Bynorth 91 7.67
Asian Council on Local Affairs Rajwant S. Sidhu 42 3.54
Registered electors 2,690
Turnout 1,193 44.35
Rejected ballots 6 0.50
Labour hold

Charlton

Charlton (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David J.G. Picton* 1,288 49.69
Labour Sukdhev S. Sanghara 1,136
SDP Andrew J. Lines 433 15.58
Conservative Silvio P. Bentram 353 12.96
Valley Party Brian M. Bird 352 12.91
SDP Sanu Miah 326
Conservative Eve J. Jagusiewicz-Haines 279
Valley Party Dominic Crowe 277
Green Thomas Cunliffe 216 8.86
Registered electors 4,730
Turnout 2,537 53.64
Rejected ballots 1 0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold

Coldharbour

Coldharbour (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour William G.R. Jeavons* 1,150 42.17
Labour Peter M. Challis†[n 2] 1,108
Conservative Janet E. Parrett 1,004 36.50
Conservative Colin W. Rutt 949
Valley Party Robert P. Weeks 296 10.94
Valley Party Wendy J. Perfect 290
Liberal Democrats Peter J. Churchill 278 10.39
Registered electors 4,815
Turnout 2,739 56.88
Rejected ballots 3 0.11
Labour hold
Labour hold

Deansfield

Deansfield (1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Alec G. Miles* 743 48.03
Labour James Draper 496 32.06
Valley Party Victor C. Skinner 163 10.54
Liberal Democrats Shirley G. Broad 145 9.37
Registered electors 2,601
Turnout 1,553 59.71
Rejected ballots 8 0.52
Conservative hold

Eltham Park

Eltham Park (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Wendy Mitchell* 1,412 37.31
Conservative Kenneth L. Kear* 1,290
Labour Judith A. Harrington 981 25.79
Labour Stephen A. Slater 887
Independent Eileen W. Guthrie 490 13.53
Liberal Democrats John Hagyarrd 337 9.31
Valley Party Andrew Crouch 297 7.02
Green Jennifer R. Thornley 255 7.04
Valley Party Stephen E. Perfect 211
Registered electors 5,272
Turnout 3,248 61.61
Rejected ballots 6 0.18
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Eynsham

Eynsham (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
SDP John W. Rastall 1,115 45.05
SDP Barrie Groves 1,102
Labour Edward J. Fitzpatrick 1,037 38.34
Labour Simon J.S. Oelman* 851
Valley Party Christopher M. Budgen 195 6.78
Conservative Joseph Sinfield 159 6.46
Valley Party Barry Nugent 139
Green Rima E.T. Mutimer 83 3.37
Registered electors 4,840
Turnout 2,505 51.76
Rejected ballots 2 0.08
SDP gain from Labour
SDP gain from Labour

Ferrier

Ferrier (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James J. Gillman†[n 3] 860 45.92
Labour Edward A. McParland* 827
SDP Melanie S. Fletcher 369 18.23
Conservative Valerie A. Antcliffe 311 16.21
SDP Simon M. Millson 301
Conservative Margaret J. Campbell-Smith 294
Valley Party Kevin J. Merrick 199 10.39
Valley Party Nigel V. Taylor 182
Green Donald M.P. Caliendo 170 9.25
Registered electors 4,502
Turnout 1,865 41.43
Rejected ballots 4 0.21
Labour hold
Labour hold

Glyndon

Glyndon (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Clare M. Cronin 1,210 44.63
Labour Satish Rai 910
SDP Hilary E. Newton 579 23.75
SDP Michael L. Jahans 548
Valley Party Craig W.R. Harwood 303 11.16
Conservative Jean M. Cooper 267 11.24
Valley Party John J. Morris 226
Green Euan C. McPhee 180 7.58
Asian Council on Local Affairs Ravji D. Pindora 39 1.64
Registered electors 5,740
Turnout 2,448 42.65
Rejected ballots 3 0.12
Labour hold
Labour gain from SDP

Herbert

Herbert (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Samuel Coker 1,019 37.10
Labour Kantabai M. Patel* 833
Conservative John O'Brian 702 27.40
Conservative Charles W. Garth 665
Green Brian L. Barnett 336 13.46
Valley Party Richard S. Ayers 334 11.66
Liberal Democrats Edward Ottery 259 10.38
Valley Party Nicholas J. Bulien 248
Registered electors 5,171
Turnout 2,465 47.67
Rejected ballots 7 0.28
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hornfair

Hornfair (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Irene Hogben 1,261 47.14
Labour Robert E. Lewis 1,241
SDP John B. O'Keefe 474 17.14
Conservative Derek F. Lamb 462 16.81
SDP Sylvia Ross 435
Conservative Sheila J. Striling 429
Valley Party Andrew J. Keen 404 13.90
Valley Party Leslie N. Turner 334
Green Stephen V. Reeves 133 5.01
Registered electors 4,974
Turnout 2,770 55.69
Rejected ballots 6 0.22
Labour hold
Labour hold

Kidbrooke

Kidbrooke (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James P.B. Coughlan* 1,033 30.79
Conservative Giles J. Brennand 990 29.99
Labour Martin J. Rogers 977
Conservative Hugh R. Harris 967
Fellowship Ronald S. Mallone 415 12.72
SDP Irene Hegg 400 11.61
SDP Eileen A. McNeill 357
Valley Party Robert J. Taylor 326 9.99
Green Tania Caliendo 160 4.90
Registered electors 4,892
Turnout 2,955 60.40
Rejected ballots 8 0.27
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Lakedale

Lakedale (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ashrath R.L. Francis 1,105 49.01
Labour Sajid Jawaid 1,033
SDP Patricia D. Smith 438 19.67
SDP Carol J. Wilson 419
Conservative Emily Bennett 233 10.68
Valley Party Brian L. Smart 178 8.07
Valley Party Roger G. Taylor 174
Asian Council on Local Affairs Babubhai Master 165 7.57
Green Satya Kaur 124 5.00
Green Shiv C. Singh 93
Registered electors 4,796
Turnout 2,198 45.83
Rejected ballots 5 0.23
Labour hold
Labour hold

Middle Park

Middle Park (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Philip Graham†[n 4] 1,338 59.05
Labour Robert C. Harris 1,283
Valley Party Paul M. Ellis 576 21.94
Liberal Democrats Richard J. Shayler 422 19.01
Valley Party Christopher A. Wilkins 398
Registered electors 5,317
Turnout 2,439 45.87
Rejected ballots 37 1.52
Labour hold
Labour hold

New Eltham

New Eltham (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Dorothy O. Mepsted* 1,341 38.02
Conservative Martin Gooding 1,238
Labour Paul N. Harrington 976 28.74
Labour Alexander McG. Stratton 973
Independent Christopher J. Nicklin 506 14.91
Valley Party Jonathan Bangs 370 8.75
Liberal Democrats Paul W. Hurren 325 9.58
Valley Party Evalyn Waterman 224
Registered electors 5,541
Turnout 3,188 57.53
Rejected ballots 12 0.38
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Nightingale

Nightingale (1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Andrew Y. Gordon 683 65.80
Valley Party Peter M. Finch 133 12.81
Conservative Roy W. Mapes 126 12.14
Liberal Democrats Trevor G. Wilkins 96 9.25
Registered electors 2,492
Turnout 1,048 42.05
Rejected ballots 6 0.57
Labour hold

Palace

Palace (1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Peter J.H. King* 673 47.76
Labour Thomas Carter 408 28.96
Liberal Democrats Joan M. Macqueen 122 8.66
Valley Party John H. West 116 8.23
Green Patrick P. Pridham 90 6.39
Registered electors 2,750
Turnout 1,411 51.31
Rejected ballots 2 0.14
Conservative hold

Plumstead Common

Plumstead Common (1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Victoria E. Morse 762 52.48
SDP Doris M. Horne 269 18.53
Conservative Elsie R. Frost 221 15.22
Valley Party Darren J. Risby 118 8.12
Green Julia A. Cowdell 82 5.65
Registered electors 2,789
Turnout 1,453 52.10
Rejected ballots 1 0.07
Labour hold

Rectory Field

Rectory Field (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Victor J. Farlie* 1,016 43.24
Labour Norman R. Adams* 1,005
SDP Richard C. Hewson 529 21.22
SDP Roderick M. Wright 462
Conservative Paul D. Cummins 382 15.10
Conservative Zita Martinez 323
Valley Party Sandra D. Pace 286 12.23
Valley Party Paul G. Messeter 285
Green David T. Sharman 192 8.21
Registered electors 4,736
Turnout 2,408 50.84
Rejected ballots 5 0.21
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Alfege

St Alfege (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Adele Gordon-Peiniger 966 41.53
Labour Deborah L. Smith 937
Conservative David C. Binsted 539 22.43
Conservative Tamara I. Martinez 489
SDP Norman G. Marcus 461 18.06
SDP Lilly H. Stuart 367
Green Anthony W. Pearson 214 9.34
Valley Party Adam Beales 198 8.64
Valley Party Brian R. Smith 198
Registered electors 4,745
Turnout 2,346 49.44
Rejected ballots 1 0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Mary's

St Mary's (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John Fahy 952 51.73
Labour Brian R. O' Sullivan* 934
SDP Terry G. McElroy 436 21.39
SDP Ronald T. Morgan-Welldone 343
Valley Party David G. Long 329 17.66
Valley Party Danny Hayes 315
Green Kim S. Brown 168 9.22
Registered electors 4,836
Turnout 1,911 39.52
Rejected ballots 14 0.73
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Nicholas

St Nicholas (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Roger Hook 1,072 42.82
Labour Thelma Purcell 949
SDP Pamela M. Carter 582 22.66
SDP Ramon L. Martin 488
Conservative Joan I. Harvey-Bailey 391 15.88
Conservative Peter M. Manns 359
Valley Party Scott Forrest 239 9.70
Valley Party Cliver T. Collett 218
Green Simon D. Baines 211 8.94
Registered electors 5,197
Turnout 2,485 47.82
Rejected ballots 5 0.20
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sherard

Sherard (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Robert J. Callow*[n 5] 1,744 61.02
Labour Quentin Marsh* 1,361
Valley Party Kevin J. Fox 992 38.98
Registered electors 5,507
Turnout 2,616 47.50
Rejected ballots 52 1.99
Labour hold
Labour hold

Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury (1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Lewis C. Sergeant* 559 35.14
Labour George McManus 387 24.32
SDP Lynn Blade 375 23.57
Green Peter J. Tinsley 153 9.62
Valley Party Colin R. Holland 117 7.35
Registered electors 2,485
Turnout 1,592 64.06
Rejected ballots 1 0.06
Conservative hold

Slade

Slade (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John E. Austin-Walker 1,081 37.47
Labour Annette F. Barratt 1,019
Lib Dem Focus Team David J. Woodhead* 961 34.08
Lib Dem Focus Team Paula E. Mitchel 949
Conservative Joyce Bowe 514 18.31
Conservative Anthony R. Salter 511
Valley Party Stavros Demetriades 292 10.14
Valley Party Kenneth Dudman 275
Registered electors 5,180
Turnout 3,020 58.30
Rejected ballots 3 0.10
Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team
Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team

Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe (1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Brian J. Woodcraft 674 40.87
Conservative Antony C. Glover 531 32.20
Labour John O. Shlackman 378 22.92
Valley Party John G. Biggs 66 4.00
Registered electors 2,692
Turnout 1,652 61.37
Rejected ballots 2 0.12
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Conservative

Tarn

Tarn (1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Derek M. Richards* 691 50.18
Labour Stephen T. Clarke 431 31.30
Valley Party Stephen T. Clarke 138 10.02
Liberal Democrats Richard L. Carter 117 8.50
Registered electors 2,580
Turnout 1,379 53.45
Rejected ballots 1 0.07
Conservative hold

Thamesmead Moorings

Thameshead Moorings (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Edward H. Claridge* 926 44.35
Labour Patricia E. Claridge 810
SDP Donald J. Austen* 759 35.41
SDP George A. Kennedy 627
Conservative Stanley C. Fieldgate 173 8.07
Conservative Stanley Wignall 142
Valley Party Simon Caddock 112 5.26
Valley Party Bernard E. Taylor 93
Green Robin Stott 90 4.60
Independent Labour Theodore J. du Sauzay 45 2.30
Registered electors 4,997
Turnout 2,025 40.52
Rejected ballots 2 0.10
Labour gain from SDP
Labour hold

Trafalgar

Trafalgar (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Elizabeth J. Farmer* 1,203 49.41
Labour Roger J. Taylor 1,161
SDP Beverley J.A. Elliot 375 14.09
Conservative Robert B. Browne-Clayton 347 13.55
Conservative Angela C.M. Casey 300
SDP Trevor L. Thomas 299
Valley Party David R. Archer 285 10.54
Valley Party John A. Stickings 218
Green Martin Sewell 196 8.19
Liberal Democrats Anthony J.W. Renouf 101 4.22
Registered electors 5,085
Turnout 2,486 48.89
Rejected ballots 4 0.16
Labour hold
Labour hold

Vanbrugh

Vanbrugh (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Doreen J. Bigwood†[n 6] 1,049 36.79
Labour Anthony M. Moon 921
Conservative Beryl Blackaby 702 25.22
Conservative Judith R. Vickery 648
SDP Janet Grylls 354 12.40
SDP Jacqueline J.L. Newman 310
Green James M. Plummer 244 9.11
Valley Party Gary V. Hannant 196 7.10
Lib Dem Focus Team Christophjer P. McGinty 191 5.98
Valley Party Craig V. Norris 184
Lib Dem Focus Team John H. Stride 129
Independent Trevor W. Allman 51 1.91
Independent Labour Christopher Fay 40 1.49
Registered electors 4,847
Turnout 2,609 53.83
Rejected ballots 2 0.08
Labour hold
Labour hold

Well Hall

Well Hall (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Clive S. Efford* 1,344 41.45
Conservative Philip W. Dean* 1,295 40.34
Labour Michael R. Hayes 1,260
Conservative Dingle Clark 1,238
Valley Party Stephen N. Dixon 372 10.79
Valley Party Keith A. Crowhurst 305
Liberal Democrats Helen V. Wilkins 233 7.42
Registered electors 5,062
Turnout 2,340 46.23
Rejected ballots 8 0.34
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative gain from Labour

West

West (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Willkiam F. Strong* 1,101 53.01
Labour Sabiha Shahzad 1,012
SDP James J. Caslake 401 18.55
SDP Andrew J. Kemshell 338
Conservative Nicholas C. Gough 262 12.84
Conservative Jeremy B. Wise 249
Green Audrey M. Bull 190 9.53
Valley Party Rosina E. Larking 122 6.07
Valley Party Marlon A. Seton 119
Registered electors 3,727
Turnout 1,108 29.73
Rejected ballots 3 0.27
Labour hold
Labour hold

Woolwich Common

Woolwich Common (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Gurdip S. Dhillon* 965 45.66
Labour Henry Pike 887
SDP Terence O'Brien 544 26.43
SDP Michael V. Slavin*[n 7] 528
Valley Party Richard D. Grove 246 11.24
Conservative Patience Salter 230 11.29
Conservative Catherine Magonigle 227
Valley Party Terry J. Lloyd 209
Green James F. Hodgson 109 5.38
Registered electors 6,785
Turnout 2,341 34.50
Rejected ballots 4 0.17
Labour hold
Labour gain from SDP

Notes

  1. ^ a b Includes results from candidates registered as "Lib Dem Focus Team
  2. ^ Challis was a sitting councillor for the Nightingale ward
  3. ^ Gillman was a sitting councillor for the Hornfair ward
  4. ^ Graham was a sitting councillor representing the Eynsham ward
  5. ^ Callow replaced Cllr. Mervyn A. Jeffrey after their resignation in 1987
  6. ^ Bigwood was a sitting councillor representing the St Alfege ward
  7. ^ Slavin replaced Cllr. Nicholas Smith after his resignation in 1987

References

  1. ^ a b "1990 London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 118. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  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 ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak "1990 London Borough Council Election Results - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 31–34.
  4. ^ 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 ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak "London Borough of Greenwich Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 9–11.