1994 Enfield London Borough Council election

1994 Enfield London Borough Council election
5 May 1994 (1994-05-05)
All 66 seats up for election to
Enfield London Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Registered192,473[1]
Turnout90,716, 47.13% (Decrease 0.84)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Jeffery L. Rodin Graham Eustance Unknown
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since Unknown 1988 Unknown
Leader's seat Bowes Willow Unknown
Last election 32 seats, 41.44% 34 seats, 49.73% 0 seats, 2.81%
Seats before 31 35 0
Seats won 41 25 0
Seat change Increase 10 Decrease 10 Steady
Popular vote 80,713 66,930 21,241
Percentage 47.56% 39.44% 12.52%
Swing Increase 6.12 Decrease 10.29 Increase 9.71
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Labour

The 1994 Enfield Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Enfield London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council.[2] This was the first Labour win in Enfield since 1964, ending 26 years of Conservative administration.

Background

Election result

1994 Enfield London Borough Council elections[3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 41 10 0 Increase 10 62.12 47.56 80,713 Increase 6.12
  Conservative 25 0 10 Decrease 10 37.88 39.44 66,930 Decrease 10.29
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 12.52 21,241 Increase 9.71
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.23 386 Decrease 0.03
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.18 300 Decrease 5.57
  Militant Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.08 139 New
Total 66 169,709

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Angel Road

Angel Road (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op John Connew* 1,249 65.62 Increase10.51
Labour Co-op Grave Loake* 1,144
Conservative Peter Lovell 497 26.92 Decrease10.57
Conservative Mamas Georgiu 484
Liberal Democrats Stanley Summerfield 160 7.46 New
Liberal Democrats Ivor Zeitman 111
Registered electors 4,808 Decrease 374
Turnout 2,022 42.05 Decrease 5.60
Rejected ballots 4 0.20 Steady
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Arnos

Arnos (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Yasemin Brett 1,345 59.82 Increase 9.11
Labour Alan Course* 1,286
Conservative Felicity Brown 690 29.77 Decrease 5.03
Conservative Nadezda Conway†[n 1] 619
Liberal Democrats Alan Stainer 260 10.41 New
Liberal Democrats Jagdish Bulsara 197
Registered electors 5,327 Decrease 351
Turnout 2,334 43.81 Decrease 2.19
Rejected ballots 6 0.26 Decrease 0.08
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bowes

Bowes (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Achilleas Georgiou* 1,541 61.92 Decrease11.67
Labour Jeffery Rodin* 1,476
Conservative Anthony White 660 27.00 Decrease10.58
Conservative Gilda Larkin-Sealey 656
Liberal Democrats Kevin Keane 296 11.08 New
Liberal Democrats Francis Jeyarajah 244
Registered electors 5,644 Decrease 21
Turnout 2,581 45.73 Decrease 1.42
Rejected ballots 5 0.19 Increase 0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bullsmoor

Bullsmoor (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Devitt 1,644 57.15 Increase11.98
Labour Co-op Patrick Cunneen* 1,567
Conservative Gillian Shadbolt 1,229 42.85 Decrease 3.66
Conservative Brian Tarrant* 1,179
Registered electors 6,047 Increase 15
Turnout 3,058 50.57 Increase 0.04
Rejected ballots 10 0.33 Increase 0.23
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour Co-op hold

Chase

Chase (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Yates* 1,345 47.04 Decrease 2.96
Conservative Grace Ford 1,342
Labour Doug Taylor 1,013 34.93 Increase 6.66
Labour Fiona Renny 983
Liberal Democrats Angus Macleod 538 18.03 Increase 9.80
Liberal Democrats Michael Wilson 492
Registered electors 6,100 Decrease 207
Turnout 3,010 49.34 Decrease 1.68
Rejected ballots 4 0.13 Increase 0.10
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Craig Park

Craig Park (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Fenton* 1,313 71.03 Increase 7.68
Labour Alexander Mattingly* 1,236
Conservative Michael Harding 393 20.11 Decrease 5.07
Conservative Nigel Schofield 328
Liberal Democrats Josephine Aron 179 8.86 New
Liberal Democrats David Osman 139
Registered electors 5,334 Decrease 272
Turnout 1,912 35.85 Decrease 3.27
Rejected ballots 4 0.21 Increase 0.12
Labour hold
Labour hold

Enfield Lock

Enfield Lock (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Christopher Bond* 1,644 55.26 Increase 7.59
Labour Co-op Patrick Horridge* 1,644
Conservative Linda Lloyd 1,346 44.74 Increase 3.36
Conservative Richard Farmbrough 1,315
Registered electors 6,842 Decrease 225
Turnout 3,181 46.49 Decrease 2.58
Rejected ballots 10 0.31 Increase 0.14
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Enfield Wash

Enfield Wash (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Buckley 1,420 61.80 Increase 7.43
Labour James Shutt 1,256
Conservative Robert Farrow 847 38.20 Increase 2.18
Conservative Oliver Grigg 806
Registered electors 5,657 Decrease 321
Turnout 2,316 40.94 Decrease 2.30
Rejected ballots 14 0.60 Increase 0.48
Labour hold
Labour hold

Grange

Grange (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cecil Newell* 1,740 50.66 Decrease13.52
Conservative Glynis Vince 1,721
Liberal Democrats Christopher Jephcott 1,072 29.70 Increase18.51
Liberal Democrats George Garabetian 957
Labour Ronald Daultry 587 16.71 Increase 2.70
Labour Theresa Stafford 555
Green Olukorede Adeyemi 100 2.93 Decrease 7.69
Registered electors 6,478 Decrease 263
Turnout 3,532 54.52 Decrease 0.23
Rejected ballots 6 0.17 Increase 0.12
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Green Street

Green Street (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Forrest 1,479 57.86 Increase11.92
Labour Terence Smith 1,442
Conservative Bill Price* 1,121 42.14 Decrease 4.02
Conservative Gloria Price 1,006
Registered electors 5,668 Decrease 338
Turnout 2,702 47.67 Increase 1.28
Rejected ballots 12 0.44 Increase 0.33
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Grovelands

Grovelands (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Wright* 1,122 45.51 Decrease 7.97
Conservative Susan Rust 1,109
Labour Claire Jarvis 800 32.30 Increase12.02
Labour Paul Clark 783
Liberal Democrats Susan Hill 546 22.19 Increase10.88
Liberal Democrats John Hill 542
Registered electors 5,569 Decrease 58
Turnout 2,616 46.97 Decrease 2.03
Rejected ballots 7 0.27 Increase 0.16
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Highfield

Highfield (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Cole 1,463 53.09 Increase11.71
Labour Ian Borkett 1,375
Conservative John Egan* 1,104 38.83 Decrease 8.80
Conservative Lionel Zetter 971
Liberal Democrats George Kounis 262 8.08 New
Liberal Democrats Hui Ma 170
Registered electors 5,616 Decrease 249
Turnout 2,826 50.32 Increase 0.12
Rejected ballots 7 0.25 Increase 0.08
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Hoe Lane

Hoe Lane (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey Southwell* 1,564 55.41 Increase 1.36
Labour Co-op Verna Horridge 1,402
Conservative Paul Watts*[n 2] 1,019 34.42 Decrease 1.80
Conservative Mark Williams 823
Liberal Democrats Robin Wilson 272 10.16 New
Registered electors 6,224 Decrease 344
Turnout 2,834 45.53 Increase 2.70
Rejected ballots 1 0.04 Decrease 0.14
Labour hold
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Huxley

Huxley (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Savva* 1,584 63.12 Increase12.61
Labour Brian Barford†[n 3] 1,571
Conservative Mary Gosnell 735 28.16 Decrease11.66
Conservative Jack Parashou 673
Liberal Democrats Helen Osman 228 8.72 New
Liberal Democrats Stewart Selby 208
Registered electors 5,783 Decrease 399
Turnout 2,665 46.08 Decrease 3.71
Rejected ballots 6 0.23 Increase 0.10
Labour hold
Labour hold

Jubilee

Jubilee (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rita Smythe* 1,564 62.31 Increase 6.33
Labour Co-op Kathleen Prowse* 1,412
Conservative Mark Dingley 738 26.88 Decrease 5.76
Conservative Mohamed Gulamhusein 546
Liberal Democrats Paul Archer 271 10.80 New
Liberal Democrats Olive Kipling 244
Registered electors 5,736 Decrease 283
Turnout 2,663 47.43 Increase 0.79
Rejected ballots 3 0.11 Decrease 0.03
Labour hold
Labour Co-op hold

Latymer

Latymer (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mustafa Ibrahim* 1,395 65.01 Increase 2.75
Labour Phillip Sowter 1,372
Conservative Terence Smith 458 19.63 Decrease 6.76
Conservative Frank Thacker 377
Liberal Democrats Michael Steel 214 8.83 New
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Alam 162
Militant Labour Darrell Kavanagh 139 6.53 New
Registered electors 5,277 Decrease 490
Turnout 2,241 42.47 Decrease 0.79
Rejected ballots 6 0.27 Increase 0.23
Labour hold
Labour hold

Merryhills

Merryhills (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victor James* 1,375 55.12 Decrease11.13
Conservative Jennifer Sharkey 1,260
Labour Peter King 687 27.31 Increase 5.85
Labour Gladys Stanbridge 619
Liberal Democrats Terence McGee 425 17.57 New
Liberal Democrats Paul Price 414
Registered electors 5,218 Decrease 135
Turnout 2,595 49.73 Decrease 1.92
Rejected ballots 6 0.23 Decrease 0.02
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Oakwood

Oakwood (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Conway* 1,076 48.30 Decrease 1.91
Conservative Patricia Dawson* 999
Labour Charles Hislop 824 34.81 Increase 7.76
Labour Sukumar Mazumdar 672
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Shakery 375 16.89 Increase 6.00
Liberal Democrats Harry Kahn 350
Registered electors 5,349 Decrease 169
Turnout 2,337 43.69 Decrease 2.44
Rejected ballots 8 0.34 Increase 0.18
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Palmers Green

Palmers Green (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Aves 1,644 52.99 Increase26.78
Labour Charalambos Charalambous 1,619
Conservative Alan Barker 1,029 31.88 Decrease24.38
Conservative Clive Goldwater* 935
Liberal Democrats Glenton Haddock 467 15.13 Increase 5.79
Liberal Democrats Ian Swinton 464
Registered electors 6,372 Increase 116
Turnout 3,234 50.75 Decrease 3.42
Rejected ballots 1 0.03 Decrease 0.09
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Ponders End

Ponders End (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Costello 1,458 69.71 Increase16.58
Labour Ivor Wiggett 1,424
Conservative Andrew Jordon 661 30.29 Decrease 0.15
Conservative Neil Hulka 590
Registered electors 5,567 Decrease 239
Turnout 2,231 40.08 Decrease 0.45
Rejected ballots 6 0.27 Decrease 0.58
Labour hold
Labour hold

Raglan

Raglan (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Celia Gooch 1,456 46.72 Decrease 8.65
Conservative Doreen Mardon* 1,453
Labour Elizabeth Mason†[n 4] 1,305 41.91 Increase11.42
Labour Anthony Farrington 1,304
Liberal Democrats Trevor Stone 358 11.36 New
Liberal Democrats Timothy Hoof 350
Registered electors 6,766 Increase 123
Turnout 3,293 48.67 Decrease 0.46
Rejected ballots 6 0.18 Steady
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St Alphege

St Alphege (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Kinsler* 1,509 62.07 Increase 8.21
Labour Leonard Nicolls* 1,472
Conservative Audrey Stacey 712 28.56 Decrease 7.99
Conservative Roger Vince 660
Liberal Democrats William Glass 227 9.37 New
Liberal Democrats Richard Carrington 222
Registered electors 5,969 Increase 70
Turnout 2,536 42.49 Increase 0.21
Rejected ballots 2 0.08 Increase 0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Marks

St Marks (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Mason* 1,524 54.70 Increase12.99
Labour Andrew Stafford 1,420
Conservative Jacqueline Harding* 1,024 36.53 Decrease 8.40
Conservative Celia McNeice 941
Liberal Democrats Barbara Adams 253 8.77 New
Liberal Democrats Michael Spinks 218
Registered electors 5,004 Decrease 259
Turnout 2,825 56.45 Increase 0.42
Rejected ballots 5 0.18 Increase 0.11
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

St Peters

St Peters (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Robb 1,426 65.25 Increase 6.32
Labour Eric Smythe* 1,420
Conservative Christine Marlow 546 24.03 Decrease 6.32
Conservative Harry Marlow 502
Liberal Democrats Brendan Malone 241 10.73 New
Liberal Democrats Shaun Sanders 226
Registered electors 5,691 Decrease 565
Turnout 2,345 41.21 Increase 1.06
Rejected ballots 2 0.09 Decrease 0.15
Labour hold
Labour hold

Southbury

Southbury (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley Carter 1,579 48.72 Increase 7.78
Labour Patrcia Hyder 1,548
Conservative Frank Nellis* 1,261 38.47 Decrease 8.78
Conservative Richard Stacy* 1,209
Liberal Democrats Harold Nelson 443 12.81 New
Liberal Democrats Simon Price 379
Registered electors 6,447 Decrease 178
Turnout 3,359 52.10 Increase 1.17
Rejected ballots 2 0.06 Decrease 0.15
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Southgate Green

Southgate Green (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pamela Adams* 1,089 46.66 Decrease 6.35
Conservative Peter Elvidge* 1,035
Labour Michael Brett†[n 5] 792 32.29 Increase10.26
Labour Terence Gueizelar 677
Liberal Democrats Bertina Frost 486 21.05 Increase10.06
Liberal Democrats Eric Staunton 472
Registered electors 5,684 Decrease 128
Turnout 2,438 42.89 Increase 0.22
Rejected ballots 3 0.12 Increase 0.08
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Town

Town (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Audrey Thacker*[n 6] 1,499 48.93 Decrease 5.97
Conservative Stephen Wortley†[n 7] 1,390
Labour Frances Howard 1,002 33.76 Increase 8.05
Labour Gregory Coombs 992
Liberal Democrats James Hanchett 514 17.31 Increase 7.37
Liberal Democrats Sheila Macleod 508
Registered electors 5,650 Decrease 235
Turnout 3,116 55.15 Increase 3.05
Rejected ballots 8 0.26 Increase 0.10
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Trent

Trent (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Burrowes 1,694 61.11 Decrease10.28
Conservative Anne Pearce* 1,580
Labour Stephen Mann 558 19.82 Increase 5.91
Liberal Democrats Richard Davey 519 19.07 Increase10.58
Liberal Democrats Susan Finlay 503
Labour Philip Rowe 503
Registered electors 6,611 Decrease 69
Turnout 2,858 43.23 Decrease 3.79
Rejected ballots 8 0.28 Increase 0.15
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Village

Village (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Jackson* 1,579 52.79 Decrease13.69
Conservative John Wyatt* 1,485
Labour William Glover 1,003 32.53 Increase 8.94
Labour Katherine Tordoff 884
Liberal Democrats John Arend 428 14.68 New
Liberal Democrats William Meldrum 423
Registered electors 6,221 Decrease 220
Turnout 3,079 49.49 Decrease 2.02
Rejected ballots 3 0.10 Increase 0.01
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Weir Hall

Weir Hall (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sian Walker* 1,431 62.24 Increase 7.73
Labour Andreas Constantinides* 1,410
Conservative Jean Creber 721 29.92 Decrease 7.06
Conservative Andrew Murray 644
Liberal Democrats Tobias Simon 187 7.84 New
Liberal Democrats David Springall 171
Registered electors 5,743 Increase 108
Turnout 2,454 42.73 Decrease 5.45
Rejected ballots 5 0.20 Decrease 0.13
Labour hold
Labour hold

Willow

Willow (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Eustance* 1,390 40.83 Decrease15.43
Conservative Michael Rye 1,255
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Chatfield 1,175 35.12 Increase25.78
Liberal Democrats Michael Hopkins 1,100
Labour Alan Swain 781 24.04 Decrease 2.17
Labour Paul Renny 776
Registered electors 6,066 Decrease 190
Turnout 3,430 56.54 Increase 2.37
Rejected ballots 4 0.12 Steady
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Winchmore Hill

Winchmore Hill (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terence Neville* 1,037 37.28 Decrease11.95
Conservative Peter Perryman* 988
Labour Keith Blackburn 778 26.65 Increase 6.51
Labour Barry Schwartz 670
Liberal Democrats Joy Wiggett 397 14.50 Increase 6.99
Liberal Democrats Roy Raeburn 391
Independent Audrey Kirby 386 14.21 Increase 3.88
Green Frederick Clark 200 7.36 Decrease 5.43
Registered electors 5,721 Decrease 249
Turnout 2,641 46.16 Decrease 2.13
Rejected ballots 2 0.08 Decrease 0.06
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Worcesters

Worcesters (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Evans*[n 8] 1,472 43.66 Increase 6.63
Labour William Chapman 1,456 44.23 Decrease 3.74
Labour John Gorton 1,437
Conservative Alan Yole 1,384
Liberal Democrats Fiona Macleod 416 12.11 Increase 5.18
Liberal Democrats Frank Stockwell 375
Registered electors 6,284 Increase 78
Turnout 3,452 54.93 Decrease 3.37
Rejected ballots 7 0.20 Increase 0.06
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Notes

  1. ^ Conway was a sitting councillor representing the Trent
  2. ^ Watts replaced Cllr Vladimir Goddard after his death in 1990[5]
  3. ^ Barford was a sitting councillor representing the Highfield ward
  4. ^ Mason was a sitting councillor representing the Huxley ward
  5. ^ Brett was a sitting councillor representing the St Peters ward
  6. ^ Thacker replaced Cllr Roger Brooke after his death in 1990[5]
  7. ^ Wortley was a sitting councillor representing the Grovelands ward
  8. ^ Evans replaced Cllr James Porter after his 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. 198. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  2. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994 including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. 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 y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 52–55, 198–199. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 6 July 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 y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Enfield Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 11–13. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis; Vaid, Lovedeep. "London Borough Council By-elections - May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 25–26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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.