1994 Southwark London Borough Council election

1994 Southwark London Borough Council election
5 May 1994 (1994-05-05)
All 64 seats up for election to Southwark London Borough Council
33 seats needed for a majority
Registered176,850[1]
Turnout66,373, 37.53%[1] (Decrease 3.01)
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Jeremy S. Fraser Unknown Unknown
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since 1993 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Newington Unknown Unknown
Last election 37 seats, 49.89% 21 seats, 26.29% 6 seats, 20.41%
Seats before 37 21 6
Seats won 34 27 3
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 6 Decrease 3
Popular vote 75,944 62,543 20,074
Percentage 47.56% 39.16% 12.57%
Swing Decrease 2.33 Increase 12.87 Decrease 7.84
Council Control before election


Labour

Council Control


Labour

Elections to Southwark Council were held on 5 May 1994, on the same day as other local elections happening around the country. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 37.53%.

Election results

1994 Southwark London Borough Council Local Election Results[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 34 3 6 Decrease 3 53.13 47.56 75,944 Decrease 2.33
  Liberal Democrats 27 6 0 Increase 6 42.19 39.16 62,543 Increase12.87
  Conservative 3 0 3 Decrease3 4.69 12.57 20,074 Decrease 7.84
  Militant Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.30 482 New
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.26 410 Decrease 1.74
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.06 99 New
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.06 88 Steady
  Third Way 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.03 53 New
Total 64 159,693

Despite losing 3 net seats, Labour remained in control of the council with a 2-seat majority.

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abbey

Abbey (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan S. Blake* 1,252 67.78 Increase13.93
Liberal Democrats Steven H. Gauge* 1,188
Labour John D. Johnson†[n 1] 492 26.72 Decrease13.43
Labour Richard J. Livingstone 470
Third Way Frederick C.T. Gerrens 53 2.94 New
Conservative Philip Hammond 52 2.56 Decrease 3.44
Conservative Jon D. van der Walt 40
Registered electors 4,817 Decrease 18
Turnout 1,875 38.92 Increase 2.13
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 Decrease 0.28
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Alleyn

Alleyn (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cecile V. Lothian* 1,175 58.78 Increase 9.18
Labour Harry Canagasabey 1,126
Conservative Percy Gray 433 22.06 Decrease 9.98
Conservative William P. Rowe 430
Liberal Democrats Shirley P. Theiner 379 19.15 Increase10.92
Liberal Democrats John J. Egan 370
Registered electors 5,704 Increase 97
Turnout 2,111 37.01 Decrease 5.95
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 Decrease 0.25
Labour hold
Labour hold

Barset

Barset (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine D. Claridge 1,158 70.91 Decrease 6.95
Labour Svetlana Kirov 1,049
Liberal Democrats Deborah M. Jones 294 18.62 New
Liberal Democrats David Ramsey 286
Conservative Gladys Cobley 164 10.47 Decrease11.67
Conservative Roy Taylor 161
Registered electors 4,789 Decrease 65
Turnout 1,573 32.85 Increase 0.13
Rejected ballots 6 0.38 Decrease 0.56
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bellenden

Bellenden (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Howard A. Latham 2,080 68.07 Increase11.37
Labour Mike Lee 2,044
Labour Anne V. Worsley 1,971
Liberal Democrats Alexander Baker 630 17.89 Increase 9.46
Liberal Democrats Robert J. Elbert 487
Liberal Democrats Frank J. Brean 486
Conservative Miranda Hardie 464 14.04 Decrease 4.05
Conservative Angus J.C. Pritchard-Gordon 404
Conservative Sharon F. Spiers 388
Registered electors 8,537 Decrease 150
Turnout 3,272 38.33 Decrease 1.72
Rejected ballots 4 0.12 Decrease 0.11
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Nash* 1,754 69.81 Increase 6.46
Liberal Democrats Anne Scovell* 1,677
Labour Robert J. Cornall 636 25.63 Decrease 5.45
Labour Rosemary L. Whitlock 623
Conservative John A. Williams 118 4.56 Decrease 1.01
Conservative Susan C. Hammond 105
Registered electors 6,791 Increase 704
Turnout 2,622 38.61 Decrease 6.24
Rejected ballots 4 0.15 Decrease 0.03
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Browning

Browning (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey M.A. Goldie* 1,582 60.70 Increase 3.61
Liberal Democrats Paul Cheesman* 1,574
Liberal Democrats James R. Munday 1,566
Labour Martin K. Green 924 34.44 Decrease 2.61
Labour Peter S. Hore 885
Labour Michael F. Yates 869
Conservative Elizabeth E. Buckland 137 4.86 Decrease 1.00
Conservative Alan Sheridan 133
Conservative Lilian M. Prince 107
Registered electors 7,953 Increase 463
Turnout 2,600 32.69 Decrease 5.15
Rejected ballots 11 0.42 Increase 0.21
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Brunswick

Brunswick (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian D. Driver* 1,482 65.92 Decrease 6.83
Labour Lilian V. Naish* 1,427
Labour John J. Friary 1,413
Liberal Democrats Vivien D. Maurice*[n 2] 626 27.63 New
Liberal Democrats Philip J. Bonnington 617
Liberal Democrats Wendy E. O'Dowd 568
Conservative Anna-Louise McKinney 154 6.45 Decrease16.29
Conservative Douglas J. Mitchell 142
Conservative Douglas Pearce 128
Registered electors 7,665 Increase 291
Turnout 2,427 31.66 Decrease 0.37
Rejected ballots 5 0.21 Decrease 0.51
Labour hold
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour hold

Burgess

Burgess (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rose E. Colley* 887 52.45 Decrease 6.15
Liberal Democrats Eileen J. Neale 782
Labour Simon J. McKeown 703 43.78 Increase 5.73
Labour Josephine E. Clark†[n 3] 690
Conservative Christina A. Coyle 73 3.77 Increase 0.42
Conservative Roger G. Prince 47
Registered electors 4,565 Increase 226
Turnout 1,671 36.60 Decrease 3.96
Rejected ballots 9 0.54 Increase 0.26
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Cathedral

Cathedral (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Wines* 1,604 76.00 Increase15.03
Liberal Democrats Richard Shearman* 1,442
Labour Robert Smeath 412 19.31 Decrease12.24
Labour Nicola Kutapan 361
Conservative Susan Hardy 73 3.14 Decrease 4.34
Conservative Peter Randall Johnson 53
Communist Marcella Fitzgerald 31 1.54 New
Registered electors 5,148 Decrease 267
Turnout 2,147 41.71 Increase 0.16
Rejected ballots 6 0.28 Decrease 0.30
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Chaucer

Chaucer (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert A. Bayne 1,461 47.54 Increase 4.89
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Thompson 1,415
Labour Stephan D.O. Lancashire 1,410 46.07 Increase 2.75
Liberal Democrats David C. Buxton†[n 4] 1,404
Labour Matt Tee 1,375
Labour Rebecca Tee 1,363
Conservative Ann E. Buckland 170 4.50 Decrease 0.66
Conservative Lorraine A. Sheridan 125
Conservative Charles C. Hayward 110
Communist Joyce Fairchild 57 1.90 New
Registered electors 8,264 Increase 296
Turnout 3,215 38.90 Increase 1.93
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 Decrease 0.10
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Labour hold

College

College (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark E.K. Humphreys 1,202 41.25 Decrease 9.66
Conservative Stephen P. Charge†[n 5] 1,124
Labour Sara E. Ives 947 32.39 Decrease 4.13
Labour Alan Sharples 878
Liberal Democrats Patricia M. Mynott 752 26.36 Increase13.79
Liberal Democrats Jonathan S. Price 733
Registered electors 6,121 Increase 32
Turnout 2,931 47.88 Decrease 3.97
Rejected ballots 2 0.07 Decrease 0.12
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Consort

Consort (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Ritchie 1,040 64.91 Decrease10.54
Labour Hassan Vahib†[n 6] 858
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline E. Tomkins 356 23.46 New
Liberal Democrats Graham Salt 329
Conservative Leslie N. Brown 198 11.63 Decrease12.92
Conservative Edmund Franc 141
Registered electors 5,126 Decrease 28
Turnout 1,618 31.56 Decrease 3.91
Rejected ballots 10 0.62 Decrease 0.15
Labour hold
Labour hold

Dockyard

Dockyard (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Baar 2,650 68.45 Increase20.20
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Denton* 2,634
Liberal Democrats Derek W. Partridge 2,479
Labour Benjamin H. Marshall 1,002 25.57 Decrease 7.43
Labour Aveen E. McHugh 996
Labour Lindsay N.P. Thomas 902
Conservative Stephen C. Holmes 273 5.98 Decrease12.77
Conservative Anne Peirce 213
Conservative Mark J.R. Tunstill 192
Registered electors 11,939 Increase3,024
Turnout 4,141 34.68 Decrease 8.79
Rejected ballots 12 0.29 Increase 0.01
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Faraday

Faraday (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth K. Clark 1,762 49.83 Increase21.09
Liberal Democrats Alfred C. Langley 1,735
Liberal Democrats Donnachadh McCarthy 1,719
Labour Charles Cherrill* 1,588 44.35 Decrease13.16
Labour John J. Lauder* 1,529
Labour Lorraine Lauder 1,527
Conservative Robert A. Hayward 207 5.82 Decrease 7.93
Conservative Lucy M. Newmark 205
Conservative Jennifer J. Handscomb 197
Registered electors 9,531 Increase 168
Turnout 3,804 39.91 Increase 7.71
Rejected ballots 13 0.34 Increase 0.21
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Friary

Friary (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Bailey 1,086 52.99 Increase 2.80
Labour Joan C. Khachik 972
Labour Sonya J.H. Murison†[n 7] 968
Liberal Democrats Christopher J. Berry 828 41.18 Increase35.12
Liberal Democrats Rand J. Guebert 763
Liberal Democrats Jonathan N. Hunt 761
Conservative Ivy A. Brown 129 5.83 Decrease 5.17
Conservative May Beaumont 104
Conservative Nicola A. Eldridge 101
Registered electors 6,332 Decrease 81
Turnout 2,106 33.26 Decrease 2.56
Rejected ballots 5 0.24 Decrease 0.37
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Liddle

Liddle (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Ellery* 1,315 74.22 Decrease13.81
Labour Daniel McCarthy* 1,191
Labour Abdur-Rahman O. Olayiwola 1,111
Liberal Democrats David Banks 226 12.61 New
Liberal Democrats John Landels 205
Liberal Democrats Rachel Ogunsanya 183
Green Jennifer H. Wilson 119 7.32 New
Conservative Dennis Herbert 110 5.85 Decrease 6.12
Conservative Vassos Christodoulou 79
Registered electors 8,526 Increase 39
Turnout 1,720 20.17 Decrease 2.06
Rejected ballots 4 0.23 Decrease 0.81
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aubyn Graham* 1,933 62.59 Increase13.83
Labour Dermot McInerney 1,881
Labour Nick Dolezal 1,878
Liberal Democrats Alistair Milne 603 19.23 Increase 9.41
Liberal Democrats Paul Heatley 591
Conservative Eleanor Gayler 565 18.18 Decrease10.38
Conservative Olga Grant 556
Liberal Democrats Richard Newby 556
Conservative Doris Pearce 533
Registered electors 8,647 Decrease 133
Turnout 3,278 37.91 Decrease 1.82
Rejected ballots 8 0.24 Increase 0.15
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Newington

Newington (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy S. Fraser* 1,876 60.64 Increase 0.37
Labour Hannah J. McDonald 1,764
Labour Robert I. Wingfield†[n 8] 1,642
Liberal Democrats Gillian I. Clemens 916 29.89 Increase18.66
Liberal Democrats Ann Christmas 904
Liberal Democrats Sarah M. Gurling 783
Conservative Philip M. Dixon 293 9.47 Decrease 7.68
Conservative Felicity E. Malyon 271
Conservative Richard J. Malyon 262
Registered electors 8,902 Increase 127
Turnout 3,240 36.40 Decrease 3.16
Rejected ballots 11 0.34 Increase 0.14
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Riverside

Riverside (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats George H. Dunk* 1,461 54.33 Increase 3.89
Liberal Democrats Betty Olliffe 1,374
Liberal Democrats Linda Manchester 1,326
Labour Coral A. Newell 1,002 36.74 Decrease 3.99
Labour Charles A. Sawer 926
Labour John T. Howard 885
Conservative Robert G. Hughes 364 8.93 Increase 0.10
Conservative Jacqueline L. Newbury 165
Conservative William Woods 154
Registered electors 7,473 Increase 726
Turnout 2,901 38.82 Decrease 3.85
Rejected ballots 8 0.28 Increase 0.14
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Frank Pemberton* 1,537 67.39 Increase 3.19
Liberal Democrats Victor D. Jones* 1,480
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline E. Bassom* 1,454
Labour David C. Brasier 536 21.66 Decrease 3.38
Labour William J.R. Griffiths 497
Labour Carl A. Upsall 403
Militant Labour Joan Francis 168 7.28 New
Militant Labour Lynn Kelly 159
Militant Labour Julie Donovan 155
Conservative Joyce S. Coomber 88 3.66 Decrease 0.08
Conservative Frances M. Gray 84
Conservative Sarah J. Phillips 70
Registered electors 6,108 Increase 208
Turnout 2,446 40.05 Decrease 6.24
Rejected ballots 13 0.53 Increase 0.35
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Ruskin

Ruskin (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michelle Pearce 1,651 36.79 Increase 1.20
Labour Alan Firminger 1,594
Conservative Tobias W.H. Eckersley* 1,584 36.47 Decrease 4.71
Conservative David S. Bradbury* 1,577
Conservative David J. Harvey 1,486
Labour Usman Khalid 1,445
Liberal Democrats Gareth P. Martin 866 19.89 Increase10.52
Liberal Democrats Anna McGettigan†[n 9] 841
Liberal Democrats Jonathan S. Mitchell 829
Green Robert N. Goodman 291 6.85 Decrease 7.01
Registered electors 7,488 Decrease 171
Turnout 4,211 56.24 Decrease 1.55
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 Decrease 0.14
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Rye

Rye (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Niall T. Duffy 1,493 49.03 Increase 6.11
Labour Dominic J. Thorncroft 1,329
Conservative Irene A. Kimm* 1,045 34.92 Decrease 7.73
Conservative Alan J. Buddles 964
Liberal Democrats Alison Farrow 382 12.61 Increase 6.75
Liberal Democrats Christine M. Watson 344
Independent Garth P.W. Robertson 99 3.44 New
Registered electors 6,311 Decrease 254
Turnout 2,986 47.31 Decrease 3.26
Rejected ballots 15 0.50 Increase 0.38
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

St Giles

St Giles (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vincent C. Feiner 1,654 67.87 Increase 9.47
Labour Anthony G. Ritchie* 1,627
Labour William Skelly 1,579
Liberal Democrats Mark Allen 496 20.57 Increase 9.44
Liberal Democrats Sandra R. Mason 489
Liberal Democrats Roy F. Ashworth 487
Conservative Clive W. Jones 283 11.56 Decrease 4.89
Conservative Hugh P. McKinney 280
Conservative Peter Lengyel 264
Registered electors 8,918 Increase 38
Turnout 2,626 29.45 Decrease 3.07
Rejected ballots 13 0.50 Increase 0.33
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

The Lane

The Lane (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah J. Harrison 1,201 51.07 Increase37.91
Liberal Democrats Nigel P. Williams 1,177
Labour Leslie H. Alden* 1,002 43.04 Decrease18.40
Labour Ann P. Bernadt* 1,001
Conservative John G. Davenport 138 5.88 Decrease19.52
Conservative Andrew M. Mitchell 135
Registered electors 5,726 Decrease 3
Turnout 2,483 43.36 Increase 3.88
Rejected ballots 6 0.24 Decrease 0.03
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Waverley

Waverley (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael A. Gibson* 1,252 52.39 Increase 0.75
Labour Fycsene Sheilds 1,046
Liberal Democrats Neil C. Watson 892 39.40 Increase 8.81
Liberal Democrats Robert J. Skelly 835
Conservative Heather Kirby†[n 10] 191 8.21 Decrease 9.56
Conservative Diana M. Ladas 168
Registered electors 5,469 Decrease 44
Turnout 2,369 43.32 Decrease 4.62
Rejected ballots 15 0.63 Increase 0.52
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

  1. ^ Johnson was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
  2. ^ Maurice replaced Cllr. John E. Maurice after his death in 1991
  3. ^ Clark was a sitting councillor representing the Alleyn ward
  4. ^ Buxton was a sitting councillor representing the Dockyard ward
  5. ^ Charge was a sitting councillor representing the Ruskin ward
  6. ^ Vahib was a sitting councillor representing the Lyndhurst ward
  7. ^ Murison was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
  8. ^ Wingfield was a sitting councillor representing the Friary ward
  9. ^ McGettigan was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
  10. ^ Kirby was a sitting councillor representing the College ward

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. 216. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  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 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 155–158, 216–217. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  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 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Southwark Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Plymouth University. pp. 9–11. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
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