1994 Hackney London Borough Council election

1994 Hackney London Borough Council election
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All 60 seats up for election to
Hackney London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered123,690[1]
Turnout47,296, 38.24% (Increase 2.16)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 48 seats, 55.87% 8 seats, 15.78% 4 seats, 23.09%
Seats before 46 7 7
Seats won 44 10 6
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 3 Decrease 1
Popular vote 66,507 22,592 26,147
Percentage 56.37% 19.15% 22.16%
Swing Increase 0.50 Increase 3.37 Decrease 0.93
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

The 1994 Hackney Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Hackney London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council.[2]

Background

Election result

1994 Hackney London Borough Council elections[3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 44 5 7 Decrease 2 73.33 56.37 66,507 Increase 0.50
  Liberal Democrats 10 4 1 Increase 3 16.67 19.15 22,592 Increase 3.37
  Conservative 6 3 4 Decrease 1 10.00 22.16 26,147 Decrease 0.93
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 2.16 2,553 Decrease 3.01
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.16 187 Increase 0.08
Total 60 117,986

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Brownswood

Brownswood (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter G. Kenyon 1,218 75.69 Increase23.61
Labour Mukhtar Ali 1,129
Conservative Joan Hillier 390 24.31 Decrease 1.73
Conservative Rita M. Thain 363
Registered electors 5,010 Decrease 508
Turnout 1,665 33.23 Decrease 0.22
Rejected ballots 17 1.02 Increase 0.91
Labour hold
Labour hold

Chatham

Chatham (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Goodchild†[n 1] 1,044 54.86 Increase 5.39
Labour Faruk Miah 938
Labour Jeffery Shenker 915
Liberal Democrats Helen Lane 489 26.29 New
Liberal Democrats David H. Peacock 457
Liberal Democrats Justin A. Lewis 443
Conservative Gillian M. Murray 354 18.85 Decrease11.86
Conservative Goknur Enver 327
Conservative Baysan M. Hassan 316
Registered electors 5,705 Decrease 689
Turnout 1,997 35.00 Increase 0.33
Rejected ballots 7 0.35 Increase 0.17
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Clissold

Clissold (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Meral Ece 1,390 58.29 Decrease18.54
Labour Christopher A. Gardiner 1,281
Labour William D. O'Connor* 1,262
Green Suzanne V. Bosworth 374 16.63 New
Liberal Democrats Kevin Brock 345 13.74 New
Liberal Democrats David C.S. Bartlett 312
Conservative Stephen T. Mansell 271 11.34 Decrease11.83
Liberal Democrats Philip G. Stark 269
Conservative Glenda Aussenberg 263
Conservative Pamela Y. Sills 232
Registered electors 6,265 Decrease 676
Turnout 2,158 34.45 Increase 1.59
Rejected ballots 8 0.37 Decrease 1.03
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Dalston

Dalston (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Pearson 1,113 60.29 Increase13.17
Labour Helen A. Cooper 1,099
Labour Nicholas K. Tallentire* 1,031
Liberal Democrats Neil Hughes 411 21.14 Increase 6.43
Liberal Democrats David A.C. Heigham 364
Liberal Democrats Linda Woodward 363
Conservative Colin Campbell 346 18.57 Increase 2.47
Conservative Christopher J. Ballingall 342
Conservative Clare M. Bramley 312
Registered electors 5,368 Decrease 659
Turnout 2,001 37.28 Increase 3.20
Rejected ballots 3 0.15 Steady
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

De Beauvoir

De Beauvoir (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John T.T. Richards*[n 2] 1,034 39.81 Increase 8.33
Labour Madeleine M. Spanswick 942
Labour Modomu Sillah 926
Conservative Philip McCullogh*[n 3] 911 35.69 Increase26.91
Conservative Robert C. Jones 845
Conservative Robert T. Richier 844
Liberal Democrats Norma Heigham 398 15.48 Decrease32.13
Liberal Democrats Merlin B.C. MIlner 368
Liberal Democrats Kay M. Stone 361
Green Nicholas G. Lee 219 9.02 Decrease 3.10
Registered electors 6,130 Decrease 928
Turnout 2,496 40.72 Increase 0.18
Rejected ballots 9 0.36 Increase 0.15
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Eastdown

Eastdown (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda A. Hibberd* 1,510 82.08 Decrease 0.18
Labour Laz M. Oleforo 1,328
Labour Shuja Shaikh* 1,299
Conservative Lilian Lonsdale 371 17.92 Increase 0.18
Conservative Grace K. Foresythe 286
Conservative Peter Lonsdale 247
Registered electors 5,927 Decrease 823
Turnout 1,874 31.62 Increase 1.81
Rejected ballots 21 1.12 Increase 0.28
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Haggerston

Haggerston (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon S. Matthews* 1,032 55.25 Increase 9.31
Labour Jeremy S. Killingray 925
Liberal Democrats Colin Beadle* 703 38.32 Decrease 1.34
Liberal Democrats Justin M.McK More 655
Conservative Patrick Butler 121 6.43 Decrease 2.76
Conservative Carole A. Crawford 106
Registered electors 4,202 Decrease 496
Turnout 1,908 45.41 Increase 2.50
Rejected ballots 6 0.31 Increase 0.01
Labour hold
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Homerton

Homerton (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenrick E. Hanson* 1,028 64.14 Decrease10.62
Labour Sharon R. Patrick* 953
Liberal Democrats Jackie A. Christie 261 16.31 New
Liberal Democrats Christine A. Beadle 243
Green Kate de Selincourt 161 10.42 New
Conservative Elsie M. Baverstock 155 9.13 Decrease16.11
Conservative Clare A.E. Crawford 127
Registered electors 4,567 Decrease 426
Turnout 1,548 33.90 Decrease 2.59
Rejected ballots 5 0.32 Decrease 0.78
Labour hold
Labour hold

Kings Park

Kings Park (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon B. Parkes 925 74.94 Increase 4.95
Labour Mohammad S. Siddiqui* 922
Liberal Democrats David A.J. Bentley 178 14.36 New
Liberal Democrats David R. Ash 176
Conservative Barbara A. Campbell 138 10.71 Decrease19.30
Conservative Gavin J. Gardiner 126
Registered electors 3,920 Decrease 925
Turnout 1,318 33.62 Increase 2.80
Rejected ballots 2 0.15 Decrease 0.65
Labour hold
Labour hold

Leabridge

Leabridge (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher J. Bryant*[n 4] 1,252 52.94 Decrease 7.26
Labour Jane F. Reeves* 1,208
Labour Jacob M. Grosskopf 1,136
Conservative Asif Patel 654 26.09 Increase 7.05
Conservative Heather E. Whitelaw 598
Conservative Maureen B. Middleton 521
Green Ian N.C. Busby 259 11.43 Decrease 9.33
Liberal Democrats Christopher H. Noyes 224 9.54 New
Liberal Democrats Carol Hartwell 220
Liberal Democrats Simon H. Taylor 204
Registered electors 6,111 Decrease 348
Turnout 2,319 37.95 Increase 0.99
Rejected ballots 9 0.39 Increase 0.10
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Moorfields

Moorfields (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Iain D.F. Pigg 915 61.73 Decrease 4.56
Liberal Democrats Alison J. Rothwell 901
Labour Richard Black 431 28.69 Increase 1.54
Labour Keith A. Meredith 413
Conservative Robert Brooks 145 9.59 Increase 3.03
Conservative Gloria I.F. Alake 137
Registered electors 4,300 Decrease 672
Turnout 1,634 38.00 Increase 1.03
Rejected ballots 7 0.43 Increase 0.05
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

New River

New River (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernard V. Peretz 1,701 57.06 Increase15.06
Labour Michael Desmond* 1,427
Labour David J. Phillips 1,382
Conservative Bernard Aussenberg* 1,096 34.43 Decrease 6.46
Conservative Leslie Stoners 928
Conservative Cozens T. Braide 697
Liberal Democrats Michael Moseley 250 8.50 Decrease 0.92
Liberal Democrats Mark N. Smulian 198
Registered electors 6,529 Decrease 834
Turnout 2,772 42.46 Decrease 0.20
Rejected ballots 10 0.36 Increase 0.07
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

North Defoe

North Defoe (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John B. Burnell* 1,027 67.83 Increase 6.95
Labour Brian N. Marsh†[n 5] 912
Green Misha-Anna Borris 267 18.25 Decrease 4.10
Green Yen C. Chong 255
Conservative Michael Donoghue 205 13.92 Decrease 2.85
Conservative Ann V. McGinley 192
Registered electors 3,621 Decrease 159
Turnout 1,514 41.81 Decrease 1.39
Rejected ballots 6 0.40 Increase 0.09
Labour hold
Labour hold

Northfield

Northfield (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shabsy Lipschitz 1,291 50.24 Increase22.40
Conservative Medlin Lewis 1,234
Conservative Christopher D. Sills 1,172
Labour Denise M. Robson*[n 6] 1,085 40.66 Decrease14.88
Labour Hubert A. Adams 997
Labour Harold Shaw†[n 7] 910
Green Vicky Olliver 223 9.09 Decrease 7.53
Registered electors 5,698 Decrease 671
Turnout 2,476 43.45 Increase11.39
Rejected ballots 4 0.16 Decrease 0.28
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Northwold

Northwold (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Isaac Leibowitz*[n 8] 1,366 60.86 Increase 1.96
Labour Ian Sharer 1,330
Labour Cynthia Thomas O-Garrow 1,236
Conservative Ellen T. McCarthy 508 22.14 Increase 1.81
Conservative Ismail Omerji 468
Conservative Andrew S. Sloan 456
Green Paul Thomas 366 16.99 Decrease 4.07
Registered electors 5,906 Decrease 546
Turnout 2,112 35.76 Increase 2.56
Rejected ballots 13 0.62 Increase 0.39
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Queensbridge

Queensbridge (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Allen*[n 9] 1,447 53.75 Increase 6.31
Labour Hetty V. Peters 1,404
Labour Peter W.J. Watson* 1,388
Liberal Democrats Irene S. Fawkes 986 36.82 Increase 1.99
Liberal Democrats Michael C. McNulty 966
Liberal Democrats Atique Choudhury 953
Conservative Victoria M. Gardiner 268 9.43 Increase 2.18
Conservative Gregory A. Alake 263
Conservative Mohammad A. Kaiserimam 214
Registered electors 6,729 Decrease 772
Turnout 2,758 40.99 Increase 4.97
Rejected ballots 4 0.15 Increase 0.08
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Rectory

Rectory (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeshuran Lamb* 1,540 87.77 Increase25.36
Labour John A. McCafferty* 1,540
Labour Gerald Ross†[n 10] 1,462
Conservative Coral J. Meadows 260 12.23 Decrease 0.82
Conservative Ahmed Mehter 187
Conservative Fatima Mehter 185
Registered electors 6,010 Decrease 589
Turnout 1,969 32.76 Decrease 0.05
Rejected ballots 20 1.02 Increase 0.65
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

South Defoe

South Defoe (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne St Clair Miller* 969 68.28 Decrease 3.79
Labour Patrick Corrigan* 860
Green Peter M. Mennim 264 19.70 Increase 0.65
Conservative Caroline L. Fazzani 166 12.01 Decrease 4.45
Conservative John N. Parker 156
Registered electors 3,809 Decrease 339
Turnout 1,287 33.79 Decrease 2.42
Rejected ballots 6 0.47 Decrease 0.34
Labour hold
Labour hold

Springfield

Springfield (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josef Lobenstein* 1,619 53.43 Increase 3.17
Conservative Eric Ollerenshaw* 1,468
Conservative David C. Harmer 1,450
Labour Dennis L. Sawyerr 1,139 39.96 Decrease 2.51
Labour Gordon C. McIntosh 1,129
Labour Paul A. Wilkins 1,124
Communist Monty Goldman 187 6.61 New
Registered electors 6,763 Increase 17
Turnout 2,929 43.31 Increase 0.94
Rejected ballots 11 0.38 Steady
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Victoria

Victoria (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine P. Courtney 1,332 48.35 Increase26.97
Liberal Democrats Howard Hyman*[n 11] 1,300
Liberal Democrats Celya A. Maxted 1,233
Labour Mavis McCallum†[n 12] 1,214 44.63 Decrease 3.00
Labour Lewis Goldberg* 1,213
Labour Abdul G. Mulla†[n 13] 1,140
Conservative Gavin G. Gardiner 213 7.02 Decrease 7.23
Conservative Marion R.A. Desmond 196
Conservative Nick C.C. Tang 153
Registered electors 7,003 Decrease1,000
Turnout 2,867 40.94 Increase 7.23
Rejected ballots 10 0.35 Increase 0.02
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats hold

Wenlock

Wenlock (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Valerie L. Carlow* 1,110 63.39 Decrease 6.77
Liberal Democrats Kevin N. Daws 1,043
Labour Janet E. Burnell 504 28.49 Increase 6.50
Labour David A. Harry 463
Conservative Hilda M. Chapman 151 8.12 Increase 3.44
Conservative Anthony D.J. Macdonald 125
Registered electors 4,468 Decrease 594
Turnout 1,774 39.70 Decrease 6.53
Rejected ballots 3 0.17 Increase 0.04
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Westdown

Westdown (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie P. Grimble 902 85.21 Increase 0.68
Labour William J. Leadbitter 849
Conservative John A. Campbell 161 14.79 Decrease 0.68
Conservative Donald G. Ridealgh 142
Registered electors 3,323 Increase 404
Turnout 1,140 34.31 Increase 4.58
Rejected ballots 16 1.40 Increase 0.86
Labour hold
Labour hold

Wick

Wick (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter D. Hoye*[n 14] 1,411 47.76 Decrease26.38
Liberal Democrats Adrian Frost 1,332
Liberal Democrats Keith L. Steventon 1,218
Labour Mary Browning 1,143 38.13 Decrease 3.00
Labour Samantha A. Lloyd 1,077
Labour John W. Small 943
Conservative Elizabeth S.M. Mellen 230 8.14 Decrease 7.23
Conservative Roger H. Durowse 224
Conservative Christopher P. O'Leary 221
Green Brenda G. Puech 165 5.97 Decrease12.58
Registered electors 7,003 Decrease1,000
Turnout 2,867 40.94 Increase 7.23
Rejected ballots 10 0.35 Increase 0.02
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats hold

Notes

  1. ^ Goodchild was a sitting councillor representing the Northfield ward
  2. ^ Richards was originally elected as a Liberal Democrat but resigned the whip since then, first becoming a Conservative councillor before switching to Labour[5]
  3. ^ McCullogh replaced Cllr. Thomas A. Brake after his resignation in 1991[5]
  4. ^ Bryant replaced Cllr. Andrew S. Buttress after his resignation in 1993[5]
  5. ^ Marsh was a sitting councillor representing the Dalston ward
  6. ^ Robson replaced Cllr. Jane Linden after her resignation in 1991[5]
  7. ^ Shaw was a sitting councillor representing the Wick ward
  8. ^ Leibowitz was elected alongside Ian D. Leask to replace Cllr. Paul Foley and Cllr. Francis P. Reedy after their resignations[5]
  9. ^ Allen replaced Cllr. Jean Khote after their resignation in 1991[5]
  10. ^ Ross was a sitting councillor representing the Wick ward
  11. ^ Hyman replaced Cllr. Ali M. B. Uddin after their disqualification in 1991[5]
  12. ^ McCallum was a sitting councillor representing the Northwold ward
  13. ^ Mulla was a sitting councillor representing the Leabridge ward
  14. ^ Hoye replaced Cllr. Georgina M.C. Nicholas after her resignation in 1992[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 200. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  2. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994 including Results from the European Elections" (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 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 65–68, 200–201. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  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 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Hackney Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis; Vaid, Lovedeep. "London Borough Council By-elections - May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 29–31. Retrieved 30 June 2024.