1990 Bromley London Borough Council election

1990 Bromley London Borough Council election

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3 May 1990 (1990-05-03)
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All 60 seats for election to Bromley London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered229,850[1]
Turnout114,460, 49.80%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Ernest D. Barkway Unknown Unknown
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 1986 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Hayes Unknown Unknown
Seats before 44 10 6[n 1]
Seats won 43 11 6
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 132,398 62,856 63,978
Percentage 50.13% 23.80% 24.22%

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 1990 Bromley Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Bromley 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]

Background

Election result

1990 Bromley London Borough Council elections[3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 43 1 2 Decrease 1 71.67 50.13 132,398
  Labour 11 1 0 Increase 1 18.33 23.80 62,856
  Liberal Democrats 6[n 1] 1 1 Steady 10.00 24.22 63,978
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.92 2,429
  SDP 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.65 1,708
  Ind. Conservative 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.28 741
Total 60 264,110

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

Anerley

Anerley (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Christopher Gaster* 1,873 43.64
Liberal Democrats Bill MacCormick 1,679
Labour Laurence Arterton 1,544 35.63
Labour Mark Mason 1,356
Conservative David Burch 571 12.92
Conservative Philip Haslop 480
Green Howard Fuller 318 7.81
Registered electors 8,574
Turnout 4131 48.18
Rejected ballots 5 0.12
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Bickley

Bickley (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative David Dear* 3,212 62.23
Conservative Margaret Moir* 3,174
Conservative Simon Randall* 3,109
Liberal Democrats Michael Chuter 1,137 22.10
Lib Dem Focus Team Keith Room 1,129
Lib Dem Focus Team Raymond Warner` 1,107
Labour Karen Benton 805 15.67
Labour Michael D'Arcy 799
Labour Gwendoline Mansfield 787
Registered electors 10,482
Turnout 5297 50.53
Rejected ballots 6 0.11
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Biggin Hill

Biggin Hill (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative David Haslam* 2,092 56.40
Conservative Arthur Edgington* 2,066
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Gostt 845 22.36
Lib Dem Focus Team Robert Hatch 802
Labour Keith Galley 620 16.82
Labour John Lewis 620
SDP Joan Welfare 163 4.42
Registered electors 8,183
Turnout 3804 46.49
Rejected ballots 5 0.13
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bromley Common and Keston

Bromley Common and Keston (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Paul Booth*[n 2] 2,876 43.41
Conservative Catherine Bustard 2,514 41.26
Lib Dem Focus Team Anthony Phillips 2,483
Conservative John Hawes* 2,465
Lib Dem Focus Team Walter Shekyls 2,407
Conservative Rose Covell 2,404
Labour David Blackman 980 15.33
Labour Mark Cole 919
Labour Stephen Mesure 844
Registered electors 12,612
Turnout 6388 50.65
Rejected ballots 11 0.17
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Conservative hold
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Conservative

Chelsfield and Goddington

Chelsfield and Goddington (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Reginald Adams* 3,164 49.60
Conservative Judith Ellis 3,090
Conservative Julian Grainger 3,035
Liberal Democrats Martyn McLennan 2,508 39.28
Liberal Democrats Justin Cockett 2,425
Liberal Democrats Violet Terrett 2,424
Labour Gillian Collins 730 11.12
Labour Ernest Roberts 687
Labour David Humphreys 665
Registered electors 11,904
Turnout 6508 54.67
Rejected ballots 8 0.12
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative hold

Chislehurst

Chislehurst (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Joan Bryant* 3,855 65.14
Conservative Kathleen Boughey 3,792
Conservative Joan Wykes* 3,717
Labour Andrew Amos 1,215 20.79
Labour Charles Phillips 1,210
Labour Paul Falkingham 1,203
Liberal Democrats John Kensit 855 14.07
Liberal Democrats Peter Kreps 817
Liberal Democrats Ian Magrath 783
Registered electors 12,766
Turnout 6131 48.03
Rejected ballots 10 0.16
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Clock House

Clock House (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative David Harding* 1,695 38.63
Labour Nicholas Field 1,475 35.22
Conservative Geoffrey Winnard 1,454
Labour Richard Jones 1,398
Lib Dem Focus Team Elisabeth Gee 1,100 26.15
Lib Dem Focus Team Kathleen Milward 1,031
Registered electors 8,115
Turnout 4279 52.73
Rejected ballots 11 0.26
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Copers Cope

Copers Cope (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Christopher Elgar* 1,798 64.90
Conservative Charles Priest* 1,674
Labour Charlotte Atkins 533 19.10
Labour Eric Turner 489
Liberal Democrats David Evans 465 16.00
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Coninx 391
Registered electors 6,273
Turnout 2798 44.60
Rejected ballots 6 0.21
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Crofton

Crofton (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Paul Bonter* 2,361 52.96
Conservative Peter Sturdy* 2,359
Liberal Democrats Gillian Chamarette 1,455 32.43
Liberal Democrats Harry Silvester 1,434
Labour Geoffrey Ball 553 11.78
Labour Neil Thomas 497
SDP Christopher Taylor 126 2.83
Registered electors 8,250
Turnout 4597 55.72
Rejected ballots 7 0.15
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Darwin

Darwin (1)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Peter Bloomfield* 1,343 73.15
Labour Sylvia Whitlock 273 14.87
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Westbrook 220 11.98
Registered electors 3,401
Turnout 1839 54.07
Rejected ballots 3 0.16
Conservative hold

Eden Park

Eden Park (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Francis Cooke* 1,941 57.69
Conservative Albert Miles* 1,844
Labour Janice Cooke 892 25.33
Labour Jeremiah Mondry 769
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Cope 585 16.98
Liberal Democrats Mark Soady 529
Registered electors 7,376
Turnout 3448 46.75
Rejected ballots 6 0.17
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Farnborough

Farnborough (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Eric Goodman* 2,393 68.45
Conservative Jennifer Hiller* 2,348
Liberal Democrats Constance Baker 657 18.50
Liberal Democrats Eric Spencer 625
Labour Odette Coram 458 13.05
Labour George Cox 445
Registered electors 7,306
Turnout 3611 49.42
Rejected ballots 3 0.08
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hayes

Hayes (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ernest Barkway* 3,372 56.01
Conservative Philip Jones* 3,211
Conservative Nigel Kelsh* 3,157
Labour Daniel Carrigan 1,056 17.46
Labour Stephen Clarke 1,044
Labour Roy Shufflebotham 935
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Fitch 791 12.44
Liberal Democrats Catherine Stokes 700
Liberal Democrats Roy Southgate 672
Green Donald Baldwin 562 9.69
SDP William Faulder 255 4.40
Registered electors 11,179
Turnout 5570 49.83
Rejected ballots 2 0.04
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kelsey Park

Kelsey Park (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Maurice Mason* 2,397 70.56
Conservative Michael Tickner* 2,356
Liberal Democrats Hilary Gaster 548 15.76
Liberal Democrats Edward Whitaker 514
Labour Wheldon Roberts 463 13.68
Labour Neil Entwistle 459
Registered electors 6,850
Turnout 3478 50.77
Rejected ballots 17 0.49
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Lawrie Park & Kent House

Lawrie Park and Kent House (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Richard Foister* 1,498 39.09
Conservative John Lewis* 1,455
Labour Kenneth Ritchie 1,182 30.31
Labour David Sawkins 1,108
Lib Dem Focus Team Peter White 929 23.85
Lib Dem Focus Team Gerald Williams 872
Green James Strachan 255 6.75
Registered electors 7,380
Turnout 3832 51.92
Rejected ballots 1 0.03
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Martins Hill and Town

Martins Hill and Town (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Philip Hollobone 1,532 45.21
Conservative Anthony Wilkinson* 1,431
Labour Cecil Dean 886 26.45
Labour Susan Yates 847
Green Ederyn Williams 435 13.27
Liberal Democrats John Maydwell 287 8.72
Liberal Democrats Gordon Stephens 284
SDP Terence Simpson 208 6.35
Registered electors 7,375
Turnout 3204 43.44
Rejected ballots 3 0.09
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Mottingham

Mottingham (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ernest Dyer 1,953 52.85
Labour Gordon Yates 1,866
Conservative Michael Hennessey 1,201 33.23
Liberal Democrats Brian Taylor 524 13.92
Liberal Democrats John Hassall 481
Registered electors 7,433
Turnout 3894 52.39
Rejected ballots 8 0.21
Labour hold
Labour hold

Orpington Central

Orpington Central (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Christopher Maines* 2,011 51.34
Liberal Democrats Michael Norris* 1,978
Conservative Linda Archer 1,142 28.05
Conservative Martin Reef 1,038
Labour Richard Harcourt 825 20.61
Labour Grahame Kean 777
Registered electors 7,333
Turnout 4051 55.24
Rejected ballots 7 0.17
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Penge

Penge (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Patricia Mansfield*[n 3] 1,610 50.07
Labour Peter Fookes 1,463
Conservative Malcolm Hyland 905 27.65
Conservative Khalid Sharif 793
Green Simonm Clayton 376 12.25
Liberal Democrats Tina Boultbee 327 10.03
Liberal Democrats Reginald Adams 288
Registered electors 7,408
Turnout 3150 42.52
Rejected ballots 7 0.22
Labour hold
Labour hold

Petts Wood and Knoll

Petts Wood and Knoll (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Joan Hatcher* 3,797 52.86
Conservative Peter Woods 3,666
Conservative Anthony Owen*[n 4] 3,589
Liberal Democrats Jean Dearle 1,216 16.71
Liberal Democrats Christopher Bratt 1,186
Liberal Democrats Jean Tinsley 1,092
Labour Rosalie Huzzard 958 12.87
Labour Marcus Shellard 872
Labour Richard Watts 860
Ind. Conservative Brian Atkinson 741 10.63
Green Heli Williams 483 6.93
Registered electors 11,910
Turnout 6467 54.30
Rejected ballots 4 0.06
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Plaistow and Sundridge

Plaistow and Sundridge (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Raymond Ainsby 2,926 56.03
Conservative Dorothy Laird* 2,843
Conservative Paul Jemetta 2,797
Labour Robert Armstrong 1,343 25.36
Labour Michael King 1,298
Labour Nicholas Wright 1,234
Liberal Democrats Michael Deves 959 18.61
Liberal Democrats William Scally 944
Liberal Democrats Lennard Woods 941
Registered electors 11,555
Turnout 5427 46.97
Rejected ballots 15 0.28
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St. Mary Cray

St Mary Cray (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John Holbrook* 2,541 49.62
Labour Mark Smith* 2,362
Labour Susan Polydorou 2,320
Conservative Richard Jackson 1,764 35.24
Conservative Timothy Stevens 1,691
Conservative Lionel O'Hara 1,675
Liberal Democrats Duncan Borrowman 772 15.14
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Lander 742
Liberal Democrats Robert Woollett 692
Registered electors 11,382
Turnout 5213 45.80
Rejected ballots 9 0.17
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Paul's Cray

St Paul's Cray (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Selwyn Ward* 2,350 41.07
Labour Colin Willetts 2,312
Labour Christopher Purnell 2,195
Lib Dem Focus Team Thomas Hawthorne 2,083 36.31
Lib Dem Focus Team George Watson 2,035
Lib Dem Focus Team Stephen Wilson 1,946
Conservative Bernard Cobley 1,273 22.62
Conservative Gladys Hobbs 1,253
Conservative Edna Bensaid 1,250
Registered electors 12,270
Turnout 6027 49.12
Rejected ballots 10 0.17
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Shortlands

Shortlands (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Charnley* 2,699 68.61
Conservative Brian Reading* 2,560
Liberal Democrats Jane Green 746 18.63
Liberal Democrats Olive Chapman 682
Labour Robert Hughes 491 12.76
Labour Richard Seabrook 486
Registered electors 7,715
Turnout 3928 50.91
Rejected ballots 8 0.20
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

West Wickham North

West Wickham North (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Montague Blazey* 2,184 64.98
Conservative Brian Humphrys* 2,175
Lib Dem Briefing Team Graham Radford 715 20.77
Lib Dem Briefing Team Peter Ward 679
Labour Russell Miller 492 14.25
Labour Richard Richards 463
Registered electors 7,054
Turnout 3470 49.19
Rejected ballots 7 0.20
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

West Wickham South

West Wickham South (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Kenneth Crask* 2,452 64.12
Conservative John Gray* 2,366
Labour Jean Gibbons 527 13.84
Labour Peter Rance 512
SDP Richard Cox 492 12.72
SDP Richard Redden 464
Liberal Democrats Clive Barton 360 9.32
Liberal Democrats Susan Ford 340
Registered electors 7,764
Turnout 3918 50.46
Rejected ballots 5 0.13
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Notes

  1. ^ a b includes results from candidates listed under Lib Dem Focus Team and Lib Dem Briefing Team
  2. ^ Booth replaced Cllr Smith after his resignation in 1988
  3. ^ Mansfield replaced Cllr Mansfield after his death in 1988
  4. ^ Owen replaced Cllr Edwards

References

  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "1990 London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 112. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  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 y z aa Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "1990 London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 18–20, 112–113. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 30 March 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 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Bromley Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 30 March 2024.