1990 Lewisham London Borough Council election
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All 67 seats up for election to Lewisham London Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Registered176,519
Turnout79,780, 45.2%
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 58 6 3
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 11 Increase 3
Popular vote 108,070 60,225 12,138
Percentage 57.6% 32.1% 6.5%
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Elections to Lewisham London Borough Council were held in May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 39.6%.

Election result

Lewisham Local Election Result 1990[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 58 11 3 Increase 8 86.6 57.6 108,070
  Conservative 6 0 11 Decrease 11 8.9 32.1 60,225
  Liberal Democrats 3 3 0 Increase 3 4.5 6.5 12,138
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.9 5,513
  SDP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.8 1,407
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 231
Total 67 187,566

Ward results

Bellingham

Bellingham (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John A. O'Shea 1,725
Labour Ronald J. Stockbridge 1,583
Conservative Margaret Riddell 621
Conservative Walter L. Seabrook 579
Liberal Democrats Leslie J. Rowse 210
Liberal Democrats Jessie D. Vickers 198
Registered electors 6,025
Turnout 2,692 44.7
Rejected ballots 3 0.1
Labour hold
Labour hold

Blackheath

Blackheath (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Gavin F. Moore 1,187
Labour Nicholas J.W. Taylor 1,011
Conservative Teresa A. O'Neill 1,001
Conservative Joshua M. Stevenson 902
Green Ronald E. Bailey 219
SDP Gillian R. Heyworth 217
SDP Gerald M. Dorey 171
Registered electors 4,772
Turnout 2,543 53.3
Rejected ballots 4 0.2
Labour hold
Labour hold

Blythe Hill

Blythe Hill (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James L.H. Eytle 1,350
Labour Ashtaq Arain 1,220
Conservative James J. Collins 1,041
Conservative Gilly Greensitt 990
Green Veronica M. Gail 295
Registered electors 5,420
Turnout 2,676 49.4
Rejected ballots 8 0.3
Labour hold
Labour hold

Catford

Catford (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Richard H. Soar 1,377
Conservative Theodore J.B. Yard 1,331
Labour Stewart L. Elliott 1,140
Labour Vernon C. Tyley 1,117
Green Peter R. Marsden 340
Registered electors 5,873
Turnout 2,865 48.8
Rejected ballots 6 0.2
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Churchdown

Churchdown (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Margaret Moran 1,913
Labour Clive R. Jordan 1,832
Labour David leah 1,796
Conservative Danny R. Bennett 1,369
Conservative Susan E. Bennett 1,361
Conservative Andrew J. Lee 1,351
Lib Dem Focus Team Jan et R. Hurst 318
Lib Dem Focus Team Roger H. Anstey 317
Lib Dem Focus Team Ben L. Brooks 277
Registered electors 7,294
Turnout 3,882 53.2
Rejected ballots 8 0.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Crofton Park

Crofton Park (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stephen Tennison 2,106
Labour Gurbakhsh S. 1,928
Labour Clause O. Gonsalves 1,920
Conservative Derek A. Stone 1,130
Conservative Clarie E. Young 1,106
Conservative Michael Oyo 1,065
Green Stephen R. Stevens 812
Registered electors 8,219
Turnout 3,846 46.8
Rejected ballots 10 0.3
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Downham

Downham (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Thomas L. Fowler 1,984
Lib Dem Focus Team Julian A. Hawkins 1,771
Lib Dem Focus Team Rachael M. Pitchford 1,715
Labour Grace Blyth 1,243
Labour Simon B. Parkes 1,233
Labour Norman Smith 1,214
Conservative Audrey J. O'Donnell 557
Conservative Beverly H. Poole 511
Conservative David O'Neill 507
Registered electors 7,582
Turnout 4,079 53.8
Rejected ballots 6 0.1
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

Drake

Drake (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Michael J. Barry 2,034
Labour Obajimi Adefiranye 1,962
Labour Jarman S. Parmar 1,745
Green Thomas J. Gray 734
Conservative Martin Coombs 580
Conservative Michael S.D. Hathway 520
Conservative Ernest H. Deayton 510
Registered electors 8,163
Turnout 3,080 37.7
Rejected ballots 5 0.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Evelyn

Evelyn (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Mary I. Edmond 1,632
Labour Mark E. Nottingham 1,397
Labour Mee L. Ng 1,377
Conservative Dawn W. Asplin 328
Conservative Derek Harris 317
Green Simon R.M.K. Denis 315
Conservative Lloyd S. Richardson 313
Registered electors 6,494
Turnout 2,268 34.9
Rejected ballots 10 0.4
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Forest Hill

Forest Hill (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James P. Dowd 1,350
Labour Jacqueline A. Addison 1,330
Conservative Michael G. Woolacott 809
Conservative Andrew E.M. Mnguni 720
Registered electors 5,260
Turnout 2,332 44.3
Rejected ballots 12 0.5
Labour hold
Labour hold

Gringling Gibbons

Grinling Gibbons (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David Brown 1,650
Labour James Mallory 1,499
Labour Man Mohan 1,413
Green Phillip Makepeace 460
Conservative Betty A. Purdham 356
Conservative Mark W. Mannix 340
Conservative Oswald Purdham 331
Registered electors 7,127
Turnout 2,467 34.6
Rejected ballots 8 0.3
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Grove Park

Grove Park (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Arthur J.C. Banks 1,216
Labour Dorothy Hyne 1,133
Conservative William L. Bellers 1,004
Conservative Ronald E. Lee 963
Liberal Democrats Brian Herring 229
Liberal Democrats Johanna C. Brightwell 200
Registered electors 5,207
Turnout 2,448 47.0
Rejected ballots 1 0.04
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Hither Green

Hither Green (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Patrick Waylett 2,065
Labour Paul Newing 2,045
Labour Anthony F. LInk 2,041
Conservative Josephine M. Foster 966
Conservative Philip Richards 921
Conservative Blandie McLeod 895
Liberal Democrats Linda F. Hawkins 346
Liberal Democrats Michael Goldthorpe 256
Registered electors 8,501
Turnout 3,585 42.2
Rejected ballots 12 0.3
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Horniman

Horniman (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Graeme J. Sandell 1,678
Labour David J. Whiting 1,649
Conservative Charles R. Cramp 1,592
Labour David N. Souter 1,566
Conservative Jeffrey T. Dodd 1,529
Conservative Margaret A. Punyer 1,488
Liberal Democrats Margaret E. Jupp 364
Liberal Democrats Alec O. Martin 343
Registered electors 7,999
Turnout 3,701 46.3
Rejected ballots 5 0.1
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Ladywell

Ladywell (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Cathy Doyle 2,009
Labour Martin J. Garman 1,961
Labour James Stevenson 1,742
Conservative Thelma H. Shilling 677
Conservative Shriley A. Fitz-Earle 637
Conservative Paul A.J. Kreling 629
Green Robert P. Sheppard 536
Registered electors 7,502
Turnout 3,086 41.1
Rejected ballots 9 0.3
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Manor Lee

Manor Lee (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Madeliene M. Long 1,672
Labour David P. Sullivan 1,596
Conservative David S. Britton 699
Conservative Hilda Newland 661
Green Simon J. Anstis 363
SDP Jennifer R. Darnley 263
SDP Robert J. Furber 250
Registered electors 5,942
Turnout 2,984 50.2
Rejected ballots 3 0.1
Labour hold
Labour hold

Marlowe

Marlowe (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stephen Padmore 1,773
Labour Terence C. Scott 1,695
Labour Edith D. Gayle 1,652
Conservative Barbara J. Warren 353
Conservative Paul Asplin 347
Conservative William A. Warren 322
Registered electors 6,573
Turnout 2,424 36.9
Rejected ballots 7 0.3
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Pepys

Pepys (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Angela J. Cornforth 2,271
Labour Helen A.H. Dawson 2,208
Labour Ian G. Page 2,188
Conservative William Mannix 473
Conservative Anne Bocking 443
Conservative David E. Carr 430
Registered electors 7,512
Turnout 3,045 40.5
Rejected ballots 19 0.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Perry Hill

Perry Hill (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Colin S. Hastie 1,916
Labour Timothy Walsh 1,865
Labour Duncan R. Rodger 1,822
Conservative David C. Lloyd 1,376
Conservative Simon Guest 1,370
Conservative Sheila E. Pikett 1,310
Green Laurel Silk 464
Registered electors 8,341
Turnout 3,797 45.5
Rejected ballots 9 0.2
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Rushey Green

Rushey Green (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ian Arnold 1,622
Labour Mahmuda 1,363
Conservative Alan M. Heasman 516
Conservative Winifred Emons 501
Liberal Democrats Brigitte Covell 206
Liberal Democrats Robert A. Parker 206
Registered electors 6,239
Turnout 2,470 39.6
Rejected ballots 6 0.2
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Andrew

St Andrew (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Michael V. Holder 1,063
Labour Keith R. Morton 1,004
Conservative Robert B. Curtis 926
Conservative Russell J.K. White 859
Lib Dem Focus Team Peter Vickers 817
Lib Dem Focus Team Philip G. Easton 813
Registered electors 5,770
Turnout 2,920 50.6
Rejected ballots 10 0.3
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

St Margaret

St Margaret (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Roma Williams 1,406
Labour Eric Richards 1,356
Conservative Fiona A. Antcliffe 1,029
Conservative Ruth E.M.J. Whitelaw 1,025
Liberal Democrats Alan W.P. Ross 239
Liberal Democrats Anthony M. Aldous 231
Independent Labour John Palmer 128
Independent Labour Michael K. Dickson 103
Registered electors 5,384
Turnout 2,880 53.5
Rejected ballots 6 0.2
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

St Mildred

St Mildred (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Andrew W.J. Lawrence 2,051
Conservative Eva M. Scarles 1,954
Conservative Clifford J.A. Simpson 1,922
Labour William J. Cook 1,762
Labour Glyn Alsworth 1,676
Labour Alfred Levene 1,493
SDP Stephen V. O'Connor 506
Registered electors 8,490
Turnout 4,377 51.6
Rejected ballots 12 0.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Sydenham East

Sydenham East (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Christine A. Best 1,854
Labour Steve Bullock 1,747
Labour Alan E. Pegg 1,692
Conservative Henriette L. Dodd 1,045
Conservative Rosemary A. Pratt 981
Conservative Jacqueline C. White 980
Green Ronald P. Wilson 450
Registered electors 7,637
Turnout 3,264 42.7
Rejected ballots 5 0.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sydenham West

Sydenham West (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Martin Taylor 1,702
Labour William G.V. McLaughlin 1,693
Labour Sinna Mani 1,590
Conservative Frederick J.W. Trollope 1,212
Conservative Eric A. Penny 1,186
Conservative David Searle 1,177
Liberal Democrats Mark A. Bennett 284
Green Jane Hornsey 280
Green Lee Hornsey 245
Liberal Democrats Inge-Lore Sommerfield 225
Liberal Democrats Jose A. Aradas 211
Registered electors 7,988
Turnout 3,568 44.7
Rejected ballots 1 0.03
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Whitefoot

Whitefoot (2)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Carl P. Kisicki 1,200
Labour Sylvia E. Scott 1,177
Conservative Eric J. Coombs 965
Conservative Josie O. Martin 888
Liberal Democrats Catherine Ross 203
Liberal Democrats Patricia Yendell 175
Registered electors 5,205
Turnout 2,501 48.0
Rejected ballots 1 0.04
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

References

  1. ^ 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 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Lewisham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University.
  2. ^ 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 "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 60–62, 130–131. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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