1990 Bexley London Borough Council election

1990 Bexley London Borough Council election
3 May 1990 (1990-05-03)
All 62 seats up for election to Bexley London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
Registered167,570[1]
Turnout83,902, 50.07%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Len Newton Donna Brierley Unknown
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 1977 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Upton Thameshead East Unknown
Seats before 36 15 11
Seats after 35 18 9[n 1]
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 3 Decrease 2
Popular vote 105,671 82,138 26,715
Percentage 48.05% 37.35% 12.15%
Map of the results of the 1990 Bexley London Borough council election.
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

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

Election result

1990 Bexley London Borough Council election[3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 35 2 3 Decrease 1 56.45 48.05 105,671
  Labour 18 3 0 Increase 3 29.03 37.35 82,138
  Liberal Democrats 9[n 1] 0 2 Decrease 2 14.52 12.15 26,715
  SDP 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.00 2.16 4,760
  Independents against Poll Tax 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.00 0.30 656
Total 62 219,940

Ward results

(*) - Indicates that the candidate is an incumbent councillor for that ward

(†) - Indicates a councillor who changed wards in between their last election and the current election

Barnehurst

Barnehurst (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Richard Gillespie 1,334 55.92
Conservative Ronald Barman* 1,273
Labour Kathleen Allen 762 29.03
Labour Charan Athwal 591
Liberal Democrats John Cudmore 381 15.05
Liberal Democrats Joan Longman 320
Registered electors 4,838
Turnout 2,507 51.82
Rejected ballots 3 0.12
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Barnehurst North

Barnehurst North (1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Bowes* 817 40.39
Labour Trevor Perrin 668 33.02
Lib Dem Focus Team Michael Longman 538 26.59
Registered electors 3,135
Turnout 2,025 64.59
Rejected ballots 2 0.10
Conservative hold

Belvedere

Belvedere (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Daniel Delaney* 2,489 57.24
Labour Richard Lucas 2,167
Labour Geoffrey Dixon*[n 2] 2,141
Conservative Hazel Adhihetty 1,739 42.76
Conservative John Mankerty 1,678
Conservative Terence Connor 1,662
Registered electors 9,637
Turnout 4,499 46.68
Rejected ballots 24 0.53
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Blackfen

Blackfen (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Barry Howard*[n 3] 1,233 49.66
Conservative Margaret Passey*[n 3] 1,212
Liberal Democrats Thomas Burnham 638 25.74
Labour Bernard Laker 637 24.60
Liberal Democrats Stephen Matthews 629
Labour Ernest Smith 575
Registered electors 5,273
Turnout 2,603 49.36
Rejected ballots 0 0.00
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Blendon and Penhill

Blendon and Penhill (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Beatrice Antenbring* 2,257 64.31
Conservative Joan Stewart* 2.226
Conservative Edward Warbey*[n 4] 2,177
Labour Ronnald Brown 871 24.94
Labour John Taylor 866
Labour Alan Griffiths 845
Liberal Democrats Angela Nurse 410 10.75
Liberal Democrats Margaret Shrimpton 366
Liberal Democrats Gillian Sathyamoorthy 338
Registered electors 7,467
Turnout 3,656 48.96
Rejected ballots 1 0.03
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bostall

Bostall (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Alfred Charlton* 2,174 53.90
Conservative Rita Sams*[n 5] 2,003
Conservative John Wilkinson*[n 6] 1,995
Labour Michael Barrett 1,255 30.77
Labour Ronald Perrin 1,164
Labour Elizabeth Rhodes 1,104
SDP Gordon Roberts 417 9.59
SDP Philip Satoor 345
SDP David Smith 337
Independents against Poll Tax Malcolm Macdonald 252 5.74
Independents against Poll Tax Thomas Johnson 207
Independents against Poll Tax Derek Rance 197
Registered electors 7,505
Turnout 4,045 60.03
Rejected ballots 4 0.10
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Brampton

Brampton (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Stanley Carter* 2,273 51.44
Conservative John Raggett* 2,192
Conservative Peter Smith 2,096
Labour Jonathan Ashby 1,391 31.91
Labour Catherine Deadman 1,343
Labour Olive Squire 1,337
Lib Dem Focus Team Neil Arklie 608 13.38
Lib Dem Focus Team Doreen La Roche 553
Lib Dem Focus Team Stuart White 547
Independent William Turner 139 3.27
Registered electors 8,021
Turnout 4,321 53.87
Rejected ballots 3 0.07
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Christchurch

Christchurch (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Linda Bailey* 1,996 54.80
Conservative Valerie Clark 1,936
Conservative Kenneth Rider* 1,838
Labour Patricia Cooper 1,194 31.83
Labour Kenneth Duckworth 1,166
Labour Alan Scutt 990
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Hepworth 500 13.37
Liberal Democrats Nigel Jackson 458
Liberal Democrats Betty Lockington 449
Registered electors 7,927
Turnout 3,782 47.71
Rejected ballots 1 0.03
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Cray

Cray (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Harrington* 1,118 52.57
Conservative Charlotte Brewster 1,073
Labour Annie Bramley 1,021 47.43
Labour Richard Justham 957
Registered electors 4,179
Turnout 2,231 53.39
Rejected ballots 9 0.40
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Crayford

Crayford (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Raymond Allen* 2,123 51.18
Labour John Shepheard* 1,991
Labour June McKay*[n 7] 1,913
Conservative Maureen Wiltshire 1,535 38.14
Conservative Dudley French 1,491
Conservative Daisy Clement 1,466
SDP Pamela Holman 419 10.68
Registered electors 8,904
Turnout 4,209 47.27
Rejected ballots 3 0.07
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Danson

Danson (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Barry Standen* 1,756 47.11
Lib Dem Focus Team Susan Hall* 1,741
Lib Dem Focus Team Edward Shrimpton*[n 8] 1,683
Conservative Jasonn Haddon 1,333 35.00
Conservative Richard Suchorzewski 1,264
Conservative Clinton Welch 1,251
Labour Peter Ashlee 694 17.89
Labour David Prior 641
Labour Hilary Perrin 633
Registered electors 7,378
Turnout 3,888 52.70
Rejected ballots 2 0.05
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

East Wickham

East Wickham (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team John La Roche* 1,849 40.39
Lib Dem Focus Team Keith Le Pla* 1,831
Lib Dem Focus Team Colin Wright* 1,753
Conservative Tindall Pamela 1,470 31.56
Conservative Bryon Huson 1,402
Conservative John Waters 1,372
Labour John Barnshaw 1,279 28.06
Labour David Hammond 1,261
Labour Robert Grant 1,235
Registered electors 8,538
Turnout 4,722 55.31
Rejected ballots 4 0.08
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Erith

Erith (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Valentine Morgan* 2,017 55.12
Labour Ronald Browning* 1,989
Labour Singh Harbhajan* 1,836
Conservative Barry Chapman 1,322 35.28
Conservative Margaret Reeve 1,208
Conservative Carol Wilkinson 1,207
SDP Frederick Plank 339 9.60
Registered electors 8,062
Turnout 3,683 45.68
Rejected ballots 5 0.14
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Falconwood

Falconwood (1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Nigel Betts 699 42.03
Lib Dem Focus Team Roger Pryor* 680 40.89
Labour Gerda Slater 284 17.08
Registered electors 2,756
Turnout 1,665 60.41
Rejected ballots 1 0.06
Conservative gain from Lib Dem Focus Team

Lamorbey

Lamorbey (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Alice Brewster* 2,257 57.12
Conservative Graham Holland* 2,212
Conservative Ronald Passey* 2,097
Labour Timothy Drury 1,014 25.13
Labour John Hall 948
Labour Ernest Simpson 926
SDP Colin Brown 695 17.75
SDP Rosemary Gardner 679
SDP Theodora Plank 667
Registered electors 7,655
Turnout 4,094 53.48
Rejected ballots 7 0.17
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

North End

North End (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John Eastaugh* 2,296 67.04
Labour Colin Hargrave* 2,274
Labour David Ives* 2,187
Conservative David Cook 883 24.91
Conservative Marie Dwyer 874
Conservative David Wright 802
SDP Brian Reeves 320 9.34
Registered electors 8,362
Turnout 3,736 44.68
Rejected ballots 14 0.37
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Northumberland Heath

Northumberland Heath (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Derek Enticknap†[n 9] 1,987 52.56
Labour Shirley Gadson 1,880
Labour Ann Wheelock 1,865
Conservative Eric Reid 1,745 47.44
Conservative Philip Read 1,729
Conservative Robert Parish 1,702
Registered electors 7,787
Turnout 4,037 51.84
Rejected ballots 13 0.32
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

St Mary's

St Mary's (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Colin Campbell 2,998 64.51
Conservative Alfred Catterall* 2,917
Conservative Colin Tandy* 2,853
Labour Harold Davis 1,094 23.53
Labour David Hinds 1,076
Labour Sylvia Malt 1,029
SDP Michael Gardner 542 11.96
Registered electors 8,585
Turnout 4,505 52.48
Rejected ballots 8 0.18
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St Michael's

St Michael's (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Beryl Brand* 1,600 36.86
Lib Dem Focus Team Eileen Wetheridge 1,436
Lib Dem Focus Team Steven Levine 1,430
Conservative Irmgard Hall 1,408 34.27
Conservative Neil Sayers 1,389
Conservative Andrew Wicks 1,356
Labour Doreen Cameron 1,193 28.87
Labour Alan Deadman 1,166
Labour James Love 1,138
Registered electors 7,776
Turnout 4,278 55.02
Rejected ballots 3 0.07
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Sidcup East

Sidcup East (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative June Slaughter* 2,252 54.69
Conservative Margaret Flint* 2,240
Conservative Michael Slaughter* 2,214
Labour Carol Richardson 1,376 33.30
Labour Margaret O'Neill 1,359
Labour Margaret Gostelow 1,348
Liberal Democrats Ann Atkins 510 12.01
Liberal Democrats Dennis King 496
Liberal Democrats Patrick Spurge 466
Registered electors 8,468
Turnout 4,272 50.45
Rejected ballots 4 0.09
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Sidcup West

Sidcup West (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Malcolm Ketley* 2,450 64.55
Conservative Peter Hadley 2,425
Conservative Kenneth McAndrew* 2,336
Labour Ian McGill 863 22.15
Labour Peter Leaver 811
Labour Brian Preston 800
Liberal Democrats Angela Hamill 554 13.29
Liberal Democrats Gillian Scott 483
Liberal Democrats Helen Mabbs 449
Registered electors 7,866
Turnout 3,903 49.62
Rejected ballots 6 0.15
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Thamesmead East

Thamesmead East (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Donna Brierly* 2,101 63.56
Labour Frank Barratt 2,014
Labour Ronald Brierly 1,903
Conservative Michael Crouch 1,198 36.44
Conservative Andrew Murray 1,168
Conservative Eric Wilcox 1,084
Registered electors 9,617
Turnout 3,205 33.33
Rejected ballots 14 0.44
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Upton

Upton (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Roy Ashmole* 1,999 51.97
Conservative Leonard Newton* 1,909
Conservative Brian Sams* 1,852
Labour William Beazley 1,403 36.63
Labour Selwyn Cooper 1,395
Labour James Sharp 1,262
Liberal Democrats Margaret Davey 431 11.40
Liberal Democrats Frances Moore 424
Liberal Democrats Barbara Peters 408
Registered electors 7,834
Turnout 3,986 50.88
Rejected ballots 2 0.05
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Notes

  1. ^ a b Results include those from candidates listed under the name Lib Dem Focus Team
  2. ^ Dixon replaced Cllr Camp after her resignation in 1988
  3. ^ a b Howard and Passey replaced Cllrs Boyd and Rose after their resignations in 1987
  4. ^ Warbey replaced Cllr Cassidy after his resignation in 1988
  5. ^ Sams replaced Cllr Belcham after his resignation in 1988
  6. ^ Wilkinson replaced Cllr Bale after their death in 1987
  7. ^ McKay replaced Cllr Penton after his resignation in 1988
  8. ^ Shrimpton replaced Cllr Greville after his resignation in 1986
  9. ^ Enticknap was a sitting councillor representing the Belvedere ward

References

  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016.
  2. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. 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 - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 13–15, 110–111. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016.
  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 Bexley Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 8–9.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.