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1990 Merton London Borough Council election
All 57 council seats up for election ; to Merton London Borough Council; 29 seats needed for a majority
Registered	126,284
Turnout	67,764, 53.66%
Council leader before election; John Elvidge; Conservative	Council leader after election ; Geoff Smith; Labour

Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Merton London Borough Council in London, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England and Scotland.

The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from the Conservatives with a majority of one seat.^[3]^[4]

Background

At the last election, the Conservatives had gained a majority of one seat. In October 1989, they lost a by-election in Merton Park to Bridget Smith of the Merton Park Ward Residents Association, which had contested the by-election in opposition to the proposed extension of the A24 relief road.^[5]^[6] This by-election result hung the council, but the Conservatives continued to govern Merton as a minority administration.^[6]

This was the first whole council election which was contested by the MPWRA.

Results

The Conservatives lost their one-seat overall majority of the council to Labour, who themselves gained a one-seat overall majority of the council. The Merton Park Ward Residents Association won all three seats in Merton Park from the Conservatives; they have since maintained these seats in subsequent elections.^[4]

Merton Local Election Result 1990^[7]^[8]^{[n 1]}
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	29	4	0	4	50.88	42.22	76,583
	Conservative	22	0	7	7	38.60	41.27	74,857
	Merton Park Residents	3	3	0	3	5.26	3.07	5,567
	Longthornton and Tamworth Residents	3	0	0		5.26	2.11	3,822
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.00	6.47	11,741
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	2.82	5,106
	West Barnes Independent Residents	0	0	0		0.00	1.53	2,781
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.51	932
Total		57						181,389

In Durnsford, incumbent Conservative councillor and future Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May topped the poll. This was the last election she contested in Merton.

Ward Results

Abbey

Abbey (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marie-Louise de Villiers*	1,769	46.92
	Labour	Geoffrey Martin*	1,665
	Labour	Ian Scott*	1,620
	Conservative	Diana Harris	1,216	32.75
	Conservative	Kenneth Butt	1,195
	Conservative	Philip Thorley	1,116
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Barry	391	9.39
	Green	Wendy Flood	320	8.91
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Harvey	315
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Spencer-Phillips	304
	Independent	Grace Giddins	73	2.03
Registered electors			6,914
Turnout			3,556	51.43
Rejected ballots			5	0.14
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Cannon Hill

Cannon Hill (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thelma Earnshaw*	1,900	49.03
	Conservative	Joan Pethen*	1,880
	Conservative	Colin McCaul	1,834
	Labour	David Chapman	1,448	37.37
	Labour	Geoffrey Lightfoot	1,447
	Labour	Brian White	1,382
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Larkin	563	13.60
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Pearce	504
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen van Dulken	490
Registered electors			6,688
Turnout			3,990	59.66
Rejected ballots			7	0.18
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Colliers Wood

Colliers Wood (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Siobhain McDonagh*	2,079	54.91
	Labour	Sheila Knight*	1,834
	Labour	Reginald Flegg	1,694
	Conservative	Maureen Petty	922	24.65
	Conservative	Marcus Money-Chappelle	871
	Conservative	Babubhai Patel	725
	Green	Thomas Walsh	696	20.45
Registered electors			7,449
Turnout			3,410	45.78
Rejected ballots			9	0.26
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Dundonald

Dundonald (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sandra Cowling*	1,649	39.16
	Labour	Michael Brunt	1,516
	Conservative	John Elvidge*	1,424	34.96
	Labour	Charles Lucas	1,373
	Conservative	Christopher Grayling	1,354
	Conservative	Julian Samways	1,275
	Green	David Bezkorowajny	643	16.64
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ladmore	363	9.24
	Liberal Democrats	John Houlihan	355
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Katz	353
Registered electors			6,115
Turnout			3,653	59.74
Rejected ballots			7	0.19
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Durnsford

Durnsford (2)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Theresa May*	1,063	43.87
	Conservative	Barry Edwards	1,049
	Labour	Arthur Kennedy	913	36.64
	Labour	Nina Scowen	852
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Knibbs	317	11.72
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Rumney	246
	Green	Keith Parke	187	7.77
Registered electors			4,065
Turnout			2,424	59.63
Rejected ballots			3	0.12
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Figge's Marsh

Figge's Marsh (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Proctor	1,930	51.28
	Labour	Daniel Connellan*	1,892
	Labour	Geraldine Stanford	1,864
	Conservative	David Lincoln	1,470	38.19
	Conservative	Lisa Preuveneers	1,424
	Conservative	Gladys Viola	1,338
	Green	Julie Gates	389	10.53
Registered electors			7,191
Turnout			3,903	54.28
Rejected ballots			6	0.15
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Graveney

Graveney (2)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda Kirby*	1,399	69.91
	Labour	Joseph Abrams*	1,328
	Conservative	David Woodhouse	607	30.09
	Conservative	Angela Scantlebury	567
Registered electors			4,266
Turnout			2,157	50.56
Rejected ballots			13	0.60
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hillside

Hillside (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Ashcroft*	1,875	51.44
	Conservative	Ralph Kenber	1,799
	Conservative	David Williams	1,788
	Labour	Christine Bickerstaff	771	20.28
	Labour	William Bailey	718
	Labour	Laurence North	666
	Green	Richard Miller	533	15.06
	Liberal Democrats	George Greene	518	13.22
	Liberal Democrats	Maja Katz	455
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Watson	430
Registered electors			6,452
Turnout			3,339	51.75
Rejected ballots			0	0.00
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Lavender

Lavender (2)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Colman	1,327	71.95
	Labour	Nathan Lee	1,324
	Conservative	John Ratcliffe	561	28.05
	Conservative	Keith Whipp	472
Registered electors			3,986
Turnout			2,015	50.55
Rejected ballots			2	0.10
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Longthornton

Longthornton (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Longthornton and Tamworth Residents	Robert Elgin*	1,315	39.18
	Longthornton and Tamworth Residents	Malcolm Searle*	1,260
	Longthornton and Tamworth Residents	Gillian Elgin	1,247
	Labour	Cyril Gallant	1,101	32.72
	Labour	Ronald Spurway	1,080
	Labour	Sheila Spurway	1,010
	Conservative	Pauline Blythe	981	28.10
	Conservative	Douglas Grahame	881
	Conservative	Renee Donnelly	880
Registered electors			7,296
Turnout			3,540	48.52
Rejected ballots			5	0.14
	Longthornton and Tamworth Residents hold
	Longthornton and Tamworth Residents hold
	Longthornton and Tamworth Residents hold

Lower Morden

Lower Morden (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Welsh	1,967	51.28
	Conservative	Janet Jones*	1,945
	Conservative	Peter Morss	1,864
	Labour	Eric Blackmore	1,447	36.76
	Labour	John Holland	1,390
	Labour	William Maguire	1,303
	Green	Robert Burrows	449	11.96
Registered electors			6,712
Turnout			3,867	57.61
Rejected ballots			11	0.28
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Merton Park

Merton Park (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Merton Park Residents	Bridget Smith*	1,947	51.07
	Merton Park Residents	Desmonde Child	1,815
	Merton Park Residents	Neville Beddoe	1,805
	Conservative	Harold Turner*	1,181	32.06
	Conservative	Anne Sparrow	1,174
	Conservative	John Day	1,141
	Labour	Patrick O'Sullivan	625	16.87
	Labour	Edmond Ceci	619
	Labour	Nicholas Morgan	594
Registered electors			6,365
Turnout			3,777	59.34
Rejected ballots			2	0.05
	Merton Park Residents gain from Conservative
	Merton Park Residents gain from Conservative
	Merton Park Residents gain from Conservative

Phipps Bridge

Phipps Bridge (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Harper*	1,798	50.58
	Labour	Keith Harris	1,778
	Labour	Gerard Harkin	1,671
	Conservative	Paul Nash	1,124	30.48
	Conservative	Michael Miles	1,071
	Conservative	Barry Theobald-Hicks	966
	Liberal Democrats	Stephan Brocklesby	375	9.72
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Snelling	352
	Independent	Richard Law	319	9.22
	Liberal Democrats	Marek Siemaszko	281
Registered electors			7,681
Turnout			3,619	47.12
Rejected ballots			7	0.19
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Pollards Hill

Pollards Hill (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick Flatt	1,651	45.77
	Labour	Maria Dingwall	1,582
	Conservative	Barbara Mansfield*	1,352	38.04
	Labour	Mohammad Syed	1,349
	Conservative	William Hall	1,290
	Conservative	David Justice	1,166
	Independent	John Cole*	540	16.19
Registered electors			6,434
Turnout			3,438	53.43
Rejected ballots			9	0.26
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Ravensbury

Ravensbury (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Cowling	1,982	57.97
	Labour	Philip Jones*	1,941
	Labour	Peter McCabe*	1,914
	Conservative	Alfred Atkins	990	28.77
	Conservative	Janette Williams	964
	Conservative	Keith Guy	945
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Knight	268	7.60
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Simmonds	254
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Dix	242
	Green	Helen Willis	190	5.66
Registered electors			6,586
Turnout			3,539	53.74
Rejected ballots			4	0.11
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Raynes Park

Raynes Park (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Aitken-Davies*	2,062	51.09
	Conservative	Andrew Chamberlain*	2,010
	Conservative	Kathleen Lewis	1,973
	Labour	David Herbert	1,087	25.71
	Labour	David Heaton	980
	Labour	Alison Morgan	975
	Green	Ian Funnell	496	12.58
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Tibbetts	429	10.62
	Liberal Democrats	David Whiting	422
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Vanes	407
Registered electors			6,976
Turnout			3,784	54.24
Rejected ballots			2	0.05
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

St. Helier

St Helier (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alec Leaver*	1,980	56.41
	Labour	Geoffrey Smith*	1,879
	Labour	Andrew Vail	1,831
	Conservative	Donald Carr	1,123	32.80
	Conservative	Gordon Mackay	1,100
	Conservative	Peter Reid	1,086
	Green	Stephen Boulding	363	10.79
Registered electors			6,525
Turnout			3,528	54.07
Rejected ballots			6	0.17
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Trinity

Trinity (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kingsley Abrams*	1,254	37.41
	Labour	Mazhar-Ul Khan	1,165
	Labour	Christopher Watson	1,157
	Conservative	Ian Mortimer	1,009	30.48
	Conservative	Hugh Treseder	954
	Conservative	Brian Terrett	951
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Rennie	658	19.90
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Richardson	649
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Willott	594
	Green	Keith O'Neill	389	12.21
Registered electors			5,732
Turnout			3,105	54.17
Rejected ballots			1	0.03
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Village

Village (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dirk Hazell*	1,958	58.48
	Conservative	Allan Jones*	1,915
	Conservative	John Watson*	1,888
	Labour	Nicholas Draper	522	15.54
	Labour	Denise Leggett	520
	Labour	John Gumbley	489
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Robins	479	12.24
	Green	Vaughan Flood	451	13.74
	Liberal Democrats	John Field	378
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Rumney	349
Registered electors			5,910
Turnout			3,130	52.96
Rejected ballots			4	0.07
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

West Barnes

West Barnes (3)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dorothy Truman*	1,792	45.58
	Conservative	Percy Marchant	1,731
	Conservative	Michael Menhinick	1,698
	Labour	Nigel Duncan	1,217	30.13
	Labour	Barry Edwards	1,144
	Labour	Laurence Naylor	1,088
	West Barnes Independent Residents	Roger Logan	961	24.29
	West Barnes Independent Residents	Brian Parkin	918
	West Barnes Independent Residents	John Nicholson	902
Registered electors			6,941
Turnout			3,990	57.49
Rejected ballots			3	0.08
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Notes and references

Notes

^ The Liberal Democrat vote count includes three candidates who stood in Phipps Bridge under the description of "Liberal Democrat Focus Team".

References

^ ^a ^b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borugh Council Elections - 3 May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 130. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
^ "Merton Council Elections 2002" (PDF). Merton Electoral Services. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990 (PDF). London Research Centre. ISBN 1852611154. Retrieved 29 March 2015. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ ^a ^b "Merton Council Election Results 1964-2012" (PDF). Merton Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ "Merton Park Ward Residents Association". mertonpark.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Forum Issue No. 40" (PDF). Autumn 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 63–64, 130–131. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Merton Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 16 April 2024.

[9] The Liberal Democrat vote count includes three candidates who stood in Phipps Bridge under the description of "Liberal Democrat Focus Team".

[Turnout-1] Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borugh Council Elections - 3 May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 130. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

[2] "Merton Council Elections 2002" (PDF). Merton Electoral Services. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[London_1990_election-3] Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990 (PDF). London Research Centre. ISBN 1852611154. Retrieved 29 March 2015. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

[:2-4] "Merton Council Election Results 1964-2012" (PDF). Merton Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

[:0-5] "Merton Park Ward Residents Association". mertonpark.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2018.

[:1-6] "Forum Issue No. 40" (PDF). Autumn 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2018.

[electionResults-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 63–64, 130–131. Retrieved 16 April 2024.

[electionsCentre-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Merton Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 16 April 2024.

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