1990 Bromley London Borough Council election
3 May 1990
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All 60 seats for election to Bromley London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 229,850[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 114,460, 49.80%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 43 | 1 | 2 | 71.67 | 50.13 | 132,398 | |||
| Labour | 11 | 1 | 0 | 18.33 | 23.80 | 62,856 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 6[n 1] | 1 | 1 | 10.00 | 24.22 | 63,978 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.92 | 2,429 | |||
| SDP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.65 | 1,708 | |||
| Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 741 | |||
| Total | 60 | 264,110 | |||||||
Ward results
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
Anerley
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.