1994 Lewisham London Borough Council election

1994 Lewisham London Borough Council election
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5 May 1994 (1994-05-05)
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All 67 seats up for election
to Lewisham London Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Registered172,649[1]
Turnout70,751, 40.98% (Decrease 4.22)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Margaret Moran Unknown Andrew W.J. Lawrence[n 1]
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since 1993 Unknown 1994
Leader's seat Churchdown Unknown St Mildred
Last election 58 seats, 57.61% 3 seats, 6.47% 6 seats, 32.11%
Seats won 63 3 1
Seat change Increase 5 Steady Decrease 5
Popular vote 105,606 17,516 38,793
Percentage 64.51% 10.70% 23.70%
Swing Increase 6.90 Increase 4.23 Decrease 8.41
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Elections to Lewisham London Borough Council were held in May 1994. The whole council was up for election.

Lewisham local elections are held every four years, with the next due in 1998.

Election result

Lewisham local election result 1994[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 63 5 0 Increase 5 94.03 64.51 105,606 Increase 6.90
  Liberal Democrats 3 0 0 Steady 4.48 10.70 17,516 Increase 4.23
  Conservative 1 0 5 Decrease 5 1.49 23.70 38,793 Decrease 8.41
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.90 1,473 Decrease 2.04
  National Front 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.12 203 New
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.07 108 New
Total 67 163,699

Ward results

(*) - indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Bellingham

Bellingham (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John O'Shea* 1,591 78.47 Increase11.18
Labour Ronald Stockbridge* 1,515
Conservative Rosemary Pratt 426 21.53 Decrease 2.88
Conservative Margaret Smith 425
Registered electors 5,895 Decrease 130
Turnout 2,252 38.20 Decrease 6.48
Rejected ballots 4 0.18 Increase 0.07
Labour hold
Labour hold

Blackheath

Blackheath (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gavin Moore* 1,334 60.81 Increase16.21
Labour Heidi Nash 1,259
Conservative William Fox 554 25.41 Decrease13.23
Conservative Guy Marshall 529
Liberal Democrats David Porter 309 13.78 New
Liberal Democrats Eric Scott-Phillips 278
Registered electors 5,179 Increase 407
Turnout 2,287 44.16 Decrease 9.13
Rejected ballots 8 0.35 Increase 0.19
Labour hold
Labour hold

Blythe Hill

Blythe Hill (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Eytle* 1,273 55.72 Increase 6.22
Labour Sylvia Scott 1,092
Conservative Jonathan Fraser-Howells 446 19.69 Decrease19.45
Conservative Ruth Whitelaw 390
Liberal Democrats Carlton Christensen 278 13.09 New
Green John Gingell 244 11.49 Increase 0.13
Registered electors 5,073 Decrease 347
Turnout 2,140 42.18 Decrease 7.19
Rejected ballots 7 0.33 Increase 0.03
Labour hold
Labour hold

Catford

Catford (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Porter 1,185 47.43 Increase 7.44
Labour Carl Handley 1,125
Conservative Richard Greenwood*[n 2] 1,042 41.56 Decrease 6.40
Conservative Victor Atkinson 981
Liberal Democrats Brian Herring 270 11.01 New
Liberal Democrats Adebayo Adetona 265
Registered electors 5,787 Decrease 86
Turnout 2,618 45.24 Decrease 3.54
Rejected ballots 12 0.46 Increase 0.25
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Churchdown

Churchdown (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Moran* 1,844 57.86 Increase 5.25
Labour Clive Jordan* 1,730
Labour Foqia Hayee 1,624
Conservative Andrew Lee 713 22.64 Decrease16.09
Conservative Ghislaine Greensitt 667
Conservative Ronald Lee 653
Liberal Democrats Janet Hurst 584 19.50 Increase10.84
Registered electors 7,109 Decrease 185
Turnout 3,175 44.66 Decrease 8.56
Rejected ballots 5 0.16 Decrease 0.05
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Crofton Park

Crofton Park (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sally Lovett 2,212 66.01 Increase15.07
Labour Nicholas Taylor 2,187
Labour Gurbakhsh Garcha* 2,070
Conservative Pamela Barnes 682 18.50 Decrease 9.73
Conservative Kate Hurley 593
Conservative David Furze 538
Liberal Democrats Robin Altwarg 506 15.49 New
Registered electors 7,872 Decrease 347
Turnout 3,368 42.78 Decrease 4.01
Rejected ballots 12 0.36 Increase 0.10
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Downham

Downham (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Julian Hawkins* 1,730 57.87 Increase 6.92
Liberal Democrats Marc Morgan-Huws 1,712
Liberal Democrats Matthew Huntbach 1,664
Labour Dorothy Hyne 1,089 34.77 Increase 0.39
Labour Frances Neal 1,021
Labour Beverley Thompson 958
Conservative Clifford Simpson†[n 3] 221 7.36 Decrease 7.31
Conservative Susa Bennett 219
Conservative Eglantine Draper 209
Registered electors 6,565 Decrease1,017
Turnout 3,340 50.88 Decrease 2.92
Rejected ballots 8 0.24 Increase 0.09
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Drake

Drake (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Scott†[n 4] 1,706 58.19 Decrease 1.90
Labour Obajimi Adefiranye* 1,691
Labour Jarman Parmar* 1,631
Green Alexandra Murrell 508 17.64 Decrease 5.41
Liberal Democrats Keith Adderley 419 14.55 New
Conservative Thomas Barnes 334 9.62 Decrease 7.24
Conservative Judith Moorhouse 263
Conservative Peter Moorhouse 233
Registered electors 7,832 Decrease 331
Turnout 2,633 33.62 Decrease 4.11
Rejected ballots 10 0.38 Increase 0.22
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Evelyn

Evelyn (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Edmond* 1,664 69.54 Decrease 0.31
Labour Mark Nottingham* 1,557
Labour Mee Ng* 1,376
Liberal Democrats Peter Wells 414 18.79 New
Conservative Dawn Asplin 285 11.67 Decrease 3.50
Conservative William Warren 251
Conservative Audrey O'Donnell 234
Registered electors 7,330 Increase 757
Turnout 2,236 30.50 Decrease 6.38
Rejected ballots 6 0.27 Decrease 0.02
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Forest Hill

Forest Hill (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqueline Addison* 1,430 72.58 Increase 8.92
Labour John Paschoud 1,295
Conservative Margaret Ball 546 27.42 Decrease 8.92
Conservative Margaret Punyer 484
Registered electors 4,989 Decrease 271
Turnout 2,040 40.89 Decrease 3.44
Rejected ballots 13 0.64 Increase 0.13
Labour hold
Labour hold

Grinling Gibbons

Grinling Gibbons (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Brown* 1,533 63.68 Decrease 1.80
Labour James Mallory* 1,409
Labour Man Mohan* 1,351
Green Benjamin Beck 340 15.13 Decrease 4.67
Conservative Doris Addison 266 9.66 Decrease 5.06
Liberal Democrats Janet Scott-Phillips 259 11.53 New
Conservative Margaret Squires 202
Conservative William Titzell 182
Registered electors 7,293 Increase 166
Turnout 2,264 31.04 Decrease 3.57
Rejected ballots 9 0.40 Increase 0.08
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Grove Park

Grove Park (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Macdonald 1,166 54.30 Increase 4.81
Labour Ashtaq Arain†[n 5] 980
Conservative Barrie Anderson 658 31.58 Decrease 9.87
Conservative William Bellers 590
Liberal Democrats Charles Nunn 279 14.12 Increase 5.06
Liberal Democrats Mairghread Davies 278
Registered electors 5,011 Decrease 196
Turnout 2,160 43.11 Decrease 3.90
Rejected ballots 3 0.14 Increase 0.10
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hither Green

Hither Green (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Wilson 2,044 71.79 Increase 9.25
Labour Solomon Brown 1,943
Labour Anthony Link* 1,929
Conservative Barry Olley 837 28.21 Decrease 0.07
Conservative Hilda Newland 758
Conservative Philip Richards 729
Registered electors 8,184 Decrease 317
Turnout 3,134 38.29 Decrease 3.88
Rejected ballots 24 0.77 Increase 0.44
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Horiman

Horniman (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stewart Elliott 1,584 47.42 Increase 1.10
Labour Angelina Simpson 1,490
Labour Tayo Oke 1,421
Conservative Angela Bradshaw 1,206 37.42 Decrease 6.20
Conservative Charles Cramp* 1,175
Conservative Anthony Patton 1,164
Liberal Democrats Eileen Collins 479 15.16 Increase 5.01
Registered electors 7,457 Decrease 542
Turnout 3,397 45.55 Increase 0.72
Rejected ballots 5 0.15 Increase 0.01
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Ladywell

Ladywell (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Miriam Eze-Iloghalu*[n 6] 1,772 68.77 Increase 7.11
Labour Paul Newing†[n 7] 1,745
Labour James Stevenson* 1,721
Liberal Democrats John James 450 17.72 New
Conservative Thelma Shilling 362 13.51 Decrease 7.47
Conservative Catherine Eaton 335
Conservative Gordon Lindsay 333
Registered electors 7,299 Decrease 203
Turnout 2,689 36.84 Decrease 4.30
Rejected ballots 6 0.22 Decrease 0.07
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Manor Lee

Manor Lee (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Madeliene Long* 1,762 70.00 Increase14.31
Labour David Sullivan* 1,658
Liberal Democrats Linda Hawkins 417 11.17 New
Conservative Caroline Barnett 390 14.74 Decrease 8.44
Conservative Eleanor Picton 329
Liberal Democrats Herbert Maltby 328
Registered electors 5,678 Decrease 264
Turnout 2,619 46.13 Decrease 4.09
Rejected ballots 7 0.27 Increase 0.17
Labour hold
Labour hold

Marlowe

Marlowe (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Padmore 1,676 67.52 Decrease15.83
Labour Eddie Capone 1,649
Labour Ruth Watt 1,564
Liberal Democrats Patrick Keaveney 412 15.66 New
Liberal Democrats Paula Keaveney 393
Liberal Democrats Alec Martin 329
Conservative Carolyn Freeman 227 8.41 Decrease 8.24
Conservative Paul Asplin 208
National Front Anthony Johnson 203 8.41 New
Conservative James Wright 175
Registered electors 7,495 Increase 922
Turnout 2,617 34.92 Decrease 1.96
Rejected ballots 6 0.23 Decrease 0.06
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Pepys

Pepys (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Cornforth* 2,128 84.57 Increase 1.38
Labour John Rudd*[n 8] 2,102
Labour Ian Page* 2,015
Conservative Iris Ward 420 15.43 Decrease 1.38
Conservative Vanessa Cregan 361
Conservative Frank Ward 360
Registered electors 7,451 Increase 61
Turnout 2,746 36.85 Decrease 3.69
Rejected ballots 16 0.58 Decrease 0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Perry Hill

Perry Hill (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Hastie* 2,018 57.04 Increase 6.33
Labour Alan Till*[n 9] 1,984
Labour Duncan Rodger* 1,961
Conservative Adam Hart 997 26.06 Decrease10.64
Conservative Huw Shooter 874
Conservative Khalid Sharif 852
Liberal Democrats Frederick Brown 589 16.90 New
Registered electors 8,034 Decrease 307
Turnout 3,572 44.46 Decrease 1.06
Rejected ballots 10 0.28 Increase 0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Rushey Green

Rushey Green (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Arnold* 1,530 72.64 Increase 5.02
Labour Bala Gnanapragasam 1,290
Conservative Charles Bradshaw 320 16.18 Decrease 6.87
Conservative Robert Mills 308
Liberal Democrats John Bennett 225 11.18 Increase 1.85
Liberal Democrats Roger Fortune 208
Registered electors 5,775 Decrease 464
Turnout 2,160 37.40 Decrease 2.19
Rejected ballots 4 0.19 Decrease 0.05
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Andrew

St Andrew (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Holder* 1,140 45.88 Increase 8.17
Labour Claude Gonsalves†[n 10] 1,132
Liberal Democrats Tudor Griffiths 688 26.25 Decrease 3.47
Liberal Democrats Andrew Smith 612
Conservative Peter Vickers 586 23.51 Decrease 9.06
Conservative Robert Light 578
Independent Russell White 108 4.36 New
Registered electors 5,533 Decrease 237
Turnout 2,633 47.59 Decrease 3.02
Rejected ballots 8 0.30 Decrease 0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Margaret

St Margaret (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glyn Austin 1,596 60.72 Increase10.67
Labour David Whiting†[n 11] 1,412
Conservative John Welsh 608 24.30 Decrease12.92
Conservative Richard Town 596
Liberal Democrats Ben Brooks 371 14.98 Increase 6.46
Registered electors 5,266 Decrease 118
Turnout 2,508 47.63 Decrease 5.86
Rejected ballots 3 0.12 Decrease 0.09
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Mildred

St Mildred (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glyn Alsworth 1,819 43.96 Increase 4.11
Labour Kelly Conway 1,752
Conservative Andrew Lawrence* 1,707 41.93 Decrease 5.95
Conservative David Britton 1,694
Labour Mahmuda Kabir 1,627
Conservative David McInnes 1,559
Liberal Democrats Patrick McKee 613 14.10 New
Liberal Democrats Brenda Pooley 537
Liberal Democrats Evelyn Sumption 519
Registered electors 8,781 Increase 291
Turnout 4,309 49.07 Decrease 2.48
Rejected ballots 9 0.21 Decrease 0.06
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Sydenham East

Sydenham East (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Best* 1,783 64.18 Increase 9.33
Labour Steve Bullock* 1,636
Labour Alan Pegg* 1,551
Conservative Henriette Dodd 587 21.07 Decrease10.09
Conservative Irene Dodd 536
Conservative Roger Pawley 508
Green Ronald Wilson 381 14.76 Increase 0.77
Registered electors 7,219 Decrease 418
Turnout 2,724 37.73 Decrease 5.01
Rejected ballots 9 0.33 Increase 0.18
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sydenham West

Sydenham West (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liam Curran 1,852 57.81 Increase 8.30
Labour Harold Feather 1,775
Labour William McLaughlin 1,716
Conservative Colin Ockendon 729 22.52 Decrease12.99
Conservative Pamela Shooter 677
Conservative David Waugh 677
Liberal Democrats Mark Bennett 606 19.67 Increase12.52
Registered electors 7,677 Decrease 311
Turnout 3,102 40.41 Decrease 4.26
Rejected ballots 10 0.32 Increase 0.29
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Whitefoot

Whitefoot (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liam Carlisle 992 53.02 Increase 1.44
Labour Carl Kisicki* 939
Conservative Eric Coombs 629 33.37 Decrease 6.85
Conservative Allan Chambers 586
Liberal Democrats Russell Day 259 13.61 Increase 5.41
Liberal Democrats William Hawkins 236
Registered electors 4,865 Decrease 340
Turnout 2,028 41.69 Decrease 6.36
Rejected ballots 3 0.15 Increase 0.11
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

  1. ^ Lawrence is the de facto local party leader due to being the only Conservative councillor
  2. ^ Greenwood replaced Cllr Yard after his resignation in 1992
  3. ^ Simpson was a sitting councillor representing the St Mildred ward
  4. ^ Scott was a sitting councillor representing the Marlowe ward
  5. ^ Arain was a sitting councillor representing the Blythe Hill ward
  6. ^ Eze-Iloghalu replaced Cllr Doyle after his resignation in 1992
  7. ^ Newing was a sitting councillor representing the Hither Green ward
  8. ^ Rudd replaced Cllr Dawson after her resignation in 1991
  9. ^ Till replaced Cllr Walsh after his death in 1992
  10. ^ Gonsalves was a sitting councillor representing the Crofton Park ward
  11. ^ Whiting was a sitting councillor representing the Horniman

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. 212. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 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 aa Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 126–129, 210–213. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 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 aa Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Lewisham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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