1990 Lewisham London Borough Council election

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

Registered176,519[1]
Turnout79,780, 45.20%[1]
Quick facts All 67 seats up for election to Lewisham London Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...
1990 Lewisham London Borough Council election
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3 May 1990 (1990-05-03)
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All 67 seats up for election to Lewisham London Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Registered176,519[1]
Turnout79,780, 45.20%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Steve Bullock Unknown Unknown
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 1988 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Sydenham East Unknown Unknown
Seats before 50 17 0
Seats won 58 6 3
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 11 Increase 3
Popular vote 108,070 60,225 12,138
Percentage 57.62% 32.11% 6.47%
Council control before election


Labour

 Council control after election


Labour

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Election result

More information Party, Seats ...
Lewisham local election result 1990[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 58 11 3 Increase 8 86.57 57.61 108,070
  Conservative 6 0 11 Decrease 11 8.95 32.11 60,225
  Liberal Democrats 3 3 0 Increase 3 4.48 6.47 12,138
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 2.94 5,513
  SDP 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.75 1,407
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.12 231
Total 67 187,584
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Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Bellingham

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Bellingham (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John O'Shea 1,725 67.29
Labour Ronald Stockbridge†[n 1] 1,583
Conservative Margaret Riddell 621 24.41
Conservative Walter Seabrook 579
Liberal Democrats Leslie Rowse 210 8.30
Liberal Democrats Jessie Vickers 198
Registered electors 6,025
Turnout 2,692 44.68
Rejected ballots 3 0.11
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Blackheath

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Blackheath (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Gavin Moore* 1,187 44.60
Labour Nicholas Taylor†[n 2] 1,011
Conservative Teresa O'Neill 1,001 38.64
Conservative Joshua Stevenson 902
Green Ronald Bailey 219 8.89
SDP Gillian Heyworth 217 7.87
SDP Gerald Dorey 171
Registered electors 4,772
Turnout 2,543 53.29
Rejected ballots 4 0.16
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Blythe Hill

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Blythe Hill (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James Eytle* 1,350 49.50
Labour Ashtaq Arain†[n 3] 1,220
Conservative James Collins 1,041 39.14
Conservative Gilly Greensitt 990
Green Veronica Gail 295 11.36
Registered electors 5,420
Turnout 2,676 49.37
Rejected ballots 8 0.30
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold
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Catford

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Catford (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Richard Soar†[n 4] 1,377 47.96
Conservative Theodore Yard* 1,331
Labour Stewart Elliott 1,140 39.99
Labour Vernon Tyley 1,117
Green Peter Marsden 340 12.04
Registered electors 5,873
Turnout 2,865 48.78
Rejected ballots 6 0.21
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Churchdown

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Churchdown (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Margaret Moran* 1,913 52.61
Labour Clive Jordan†[n 5] 1,832
Labour David Leah†[n 6] 1,796
Conservative Danny Bennett 1,369 38.73
Conservative Susan Bennett 1,361
Conservative Andrew Lee 1,351
Lib Dem Focus Team Janet Hurst 318 8.66
Lib Dem Focus Team Roger Anstey 317
Lib Dem Focus Team Ben Brooks 277
Registered electors 7,294
Turnout 3,882 53.22
Rejected ballots 8 0.21
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Crofton Park

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Crofton Park (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stephen Tennison 2,106 50.94
Labour Gurbakhsh Garcha* 1,928
Labour Clause Gonsalves 1,920
Conservative Derek Stone 1,130 28.23
Conservative Clarie Young 1,106
Conservative Michael Oyo 1,065
Green Stephen Stevens 812 20.84
Registered electors 8,219
Turnout 3,846 46.79
Rejected ballots 10 0.26
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Downham

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Downham (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Thomas Fowler*[n 7] 1,984 50.95
Lib Dem Focus Team Julian Hawkins 1,771
Lib Dem Focus Team Rachael Pitchford 1,715
Labour Grace Blyth 1,243 34.38
Labour Simon Parkes 1,233
Labour Norman Smith* 1,214
Conservative Audrey O'Donnell 557 14.67
Conservative Beverly Poole 511
Conservative David O'Neill 507
Registered electors 7,582
Turnout 4,079 53.80
Rejected ballots 6 0.15
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
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Drake

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Drake (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Michael Barry 2,034 60.09
Labour Obajimi Adefiranye 1,962
Labour Jarman Parmar 1,745
Green Thomas Gray 734 23.05
Conservative Martin Coombs 580 16.86
Conservative Michael Hathway 520
Conservative Ernest Deayton 510
Registered electors 8,163
Turnout 3,080 37.73
Rejected ballots 5 0.16
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Evelyn

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Evelyn (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Mary Edmond* 1,632 69.85
Labour Mark Nottingham 1,397
Labour Mee Ng* 1,377
Conservative Dawn Asplin 328 15.17
Conservative Derek Harris 317
Green Simon Denis 315 14.98
Conservative Lloyd Richardson 313
Registered electors 6,494
Turnout 2,268 34.92
Rejected ballots 10 0.44
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Forest Hill

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Forest Hill (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James Dowd†[n 8] 1,350 63.66
Labour Jacqueline Addison* 1,330
Conservative Michael Woolacott 809 36.34
Conservative Andrew Mnguni 720
Registered electors 5,260
Turnout 2,332 44.33
Rejected ballots 12 0.51
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Gringling Gibbons

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Grinling Gibbons (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David Brown 1,650 65.48
Labour James Mallory* 1,499
Labour Man Mohan* 1,413
Green Phillip Makepeace 460 19.80
Conservative Betty Purdham 356 14.72
Conservative Mark Mannix 340
Conservative Oswald Purdham 331
Registered electors 7,127
Turnout 2,467 34.61
Rejected ballots 8 0.32
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Grove Park

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Grove Park (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Arthur Banks 1,216 49.49
Labour Dorothy Hyne†[n 9] 1,133
Conservative William Bellers 1,004 41.45
Conservative Ronald Lee 963
Liberal Democrats Brian Herring 229 9.06
Liberal Democrats Johanna Brightwell 200
Registered electors 5,207
Turnout 2,448 47.01
Rejected ballots 1 0.04
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold
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Hither Green

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Hither Green (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Patrick Waylett* 2,065 62.54
Labour Paul Newing 2,045
Labour Anthony Link†[n 10] 2,041
Conservative Josephine Foster 966 28.28
Conservative Philip Richards 921
Conservative Blandie McLeod 895
Liberal Democrats Linda Hawkins 346 9.18
Liberal Democrats Michael Goldthorpe 256
Registered electors 8,501
Turnout 3,585 42.17
Rejected ballots 12 0.33
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Horniman

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Horniman (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Graeme Sandell†[n 11] 1,678 46.32
Labour David Whiting 1,649
Conservative Charles Cramp 1,592 43.62
Labour David Souter 1,566
Conservative Jeffrey Dodd*[n 12] 1,529
Conservative Margaret Punyer†[n 13] 1,488
Liberal Democrats Margaret Jupp 364 10.05
Liberal Democrats Alec Martin 343
Registered electors 7,999
Turnout 3,701 46.27
Rejected ballots 5 0.14
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
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Ladywell

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Ladywell (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Cathy Doyle 2,009 61.66
Labour Martin Garman 1,961
Labour James Stevenson* 1,742
Conservative Thelma Shilling 677 20.98
Conservative Shriley Fitz-Earle 637
Conservative Paul Kreling 629
Green Robert Shepperd 536 17.36
Registered electors 7,502
Turnout 3,086 41.14
Rejected ballots 9 0.29
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Manor Lee

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Manor Lee (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Madeliene Long* 1,672 55.69
Labour David Sullivan* 1,596
Conservative David Britton 699 23.18
Conservative Hilda Newland 661
Green Simon Anstis 363 12.37
SDP Jennifer Darnley 263 8.76
SDP Robert Furber 250
Registered electors 5,942
Turnout 2,984 50.22
Rejected ballots 3 0.10
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Marlowe

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Marlowe (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stephen Padmore* 1,773 83.35
Labour Terence Scott†[n 14] 1,695
Labour Edith Gayle 1,652
Conservative Barbara Warren 353 16.65
Conservative Paul Asplin 347
Conservative William Warren 322
Registered electors 6,573
Turnout 2,424 36.88
Rejected ballots 7 0.29
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Pepys

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Pepys (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Angela Cornforth 2,271 83.19
Labour Helen Dawson* 2,208
Labour Ian Page 2,188
Conservative William Mannix 473 16.81
Conservative Anne Bocking 443
Conservative David Carr 430
Registered electors 7,512
Turnout 3,045 40.54
Rejected ballots 19 0.62
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Perry Hill

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Perry Hill (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Colin Hastie 1,916 50.71
Labour Timothy Walsh 1,865
Labour Duncan Rodger 1,822
Conservative David Lloyd* 1,376 36.70
Conservative Simon Guest 1,370
Conservative Sheila Pikett 1,310
Green Laurel Silk 464 12.59
Registered electors 8,341
Turnout 3,797 45.52
Rejected ballots 9 0.24
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
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Rushey Green

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Rushey Green (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ian Arnold 1,622 67.62
Labour Mahmuda Kabir 1,363
Conservative Alan Heasman 516 23.05
Conservative Winifred Emons 501
Liberal Democrats Brigitte Covell 206 9.33
Liberal Democrats Robert Parker 206
Registered electors 6,239
Turnout 2,470 39.59
Rejected ballots 6 0.24
Labour hold
Labour hold
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St Andrew

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St Andrew (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Michael Holder 1,063 37.71
Labour Keith Morton 1,004
Conservative Robert Curtis 926 32.57
Conservative Russel White 859
Lib Dem Focus Team Peter Vickers 817 29.72
Lib Dem Focus Team Philip Easton 813
Registered electors 5,770
Turnout 2,920 50.61
Rejected ballots 10 0.34
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
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St Margaret

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St Margaret (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Roma Williams* 1,406 50.05
Labour Eric Richards 1,356
Conservative Fiona Antcliffe 1,029 37.22
Conservative Ruth EWhitelaw 1,025
Liberal Democrats Alan Ross 239 8.52
Liberal Democrats Anthony Aldous 231
Independent Labour John Palmer 128 4.20
Independent Labour Michael Dickson 103
Registered electors 5,384
Turnout 2,880 53.49
Rejected ballots 6 0.21
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
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St Mildred

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St Mildred (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Andrew Lawrence 2,051 47.89
Conservative Eva Scarles* 1,954
Conservative Clifford Simpson*[n 15] 1,922
Labour William Cook 1,762 39.85
Labour Glyn Alsworth 1,676
Labour Alfred Levene 1,493
SDP Stephen O'Connor 506 12.26
Registered electors 8,490
Turnout 4,377 51.55
Rejected ballots 12 0.27
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Sydenham East

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Sydenham East (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Christine Best* 1,854 54.85
Labour Steve Bullock 1,747
Labour Alan Pegg* 1,692
Conservative Henriette Dodd 1,045 31.16
Conservative Rosemary Pratt 981
Conservative Jacqueline White 980
Green Ronald Wilson 450 13.99
Registered electors 7,637
Turnout 3,264 42.74
Rejected ballots 5 0.15
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Sydenham West

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Sydenham West (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Martin Taylor* 1,702 49.51
Labour William McLaughlin 1,693
Labour Sinna Mani†[n 16] 1,590
Conservative Frederick Trollope 1,212 35.51
Conservative Eric Penny 1,186
Conservative David Searle 1,177
Liberal Democrats Mark Bennett 284 7.15
Green Jane Hornsey 280 7.83
Green Lee Hornsey 245
Liberal Democrats Inge-Lore Sommerfield 225
Liberal Democrats Jose Aradas 211
Registered electors 7,988
Turnout 3,568 44.67
Rejected ballots 1 0.03
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
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Whitefoot

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Whitefoot (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Carl Kisicki 1,200 51.58
Labour Sylvia Scott 1,177
Conservative Eric Coombs* 965 40.22
Conservative Josie Martin 888
Liberal Democrats Catherine Ross 203 8.20
Liberal Democrats Patricia Yendell 175
Registered electors 5,205
Turnout 2,501 48.05
Rejected ballots 1 0.04
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Stockbridge was a sitting councillor representing the Churchdown ward
  2. [2]
    Taylor was a sitting councillor representing the Evelyn ward
  3. [3]
    Arain was a sitting councillor representing the Pepys ward
  4. [4]
    Soar was a sitting councillor representing the Horniman ward, a seat he won in 1989 after the death of Cllr D'Cruze
  5. [5]
    Jordan was a sitting councillor representing the Ladywell ward
  6. [6]
    Leah was a sitting councillor representing the Marlowe ward
  7. [7]
    Fowler replaced Cllr Bradley after his death in 1987
  8. [8]
    Dowd was a sitting councillor representing the Drake ward
  9. [9]
    Hyne was a sitting councillor representing the Whitefoot ward
  10. [10]
    Link was a sitting councillor representing the Crofton Park ward
  11. [11]
    Sandell was a sitting councillor representing the Forest Hill ward
  12. [12]
    Dodd replaced Cllr Evans after his resignation in 1986
  13. [13]
    Punyer was a sitting councillor representing the St Andrew ward
  14. [14]
    Scott was a sitting councillor representing the Grove Park ward
  15. [15]
    Simpson replaced Cllr Ball after his resignation in 1989
  16. [16]
    Mani was a sitting councillor representing the Crofton Park ward

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