1994 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election
5 May 1994
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| Registered | 116,856[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 64,945, 55.58%[1] ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1994 Richmond upon Thames Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.[2][3]
Background
Election result
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 43 | 1 | 7 | 82.69 | 46.78 | 80,699 | |||
| Conservative | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13.46 | 35.24 | 60,790 | |||
| Labour | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.85 | 17.91 | 30,892 | |||
| Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 117 | New | ||
| Total | 52 | 172,498 | |||||||
Ward results
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
Barnes
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Catharine Gent* | 1,891 | 48.89 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Westmorland* | 1,757 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Style* | 1,686 | |||
| Conservative | June Robinson | 1,551 | 40.72 | ||
| Conservative | Heather Britton | 1,461 | |||
| Conservative | John Yandle | 1,432 | |||
| Labour | Melvyn Gooding | 397 | 10.39 | ||
| Labour | Colin Patterson | 375 | |||
| Labour | Peter Hallam | 361 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,305 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,826 | 60.68 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.13 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Central Twickenham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Susan Lever | 1,063 | 38.96 | ||
| Conservative | Philip Northey | 1,022 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Coombs*[a] | 1,005 | 36.61 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Ward | 955 | |||
| Labour | Stephen Miller | 667 | 24.43 | ||
| Labour | Christopher Moss | 641 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,990 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,780 | 55.71 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.11 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
East Sheen
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sidney Grose* | 1,306 | 51.21 | ||
| Conservative | Timothy Rycroft | 1,282 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Morris | 976 | 38.58 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Brenda Curd | 973 | |||
| Labour | Penelope Curtis | 281 | 10.21 | ||
| Labour | John Fowler | 235 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,334 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,633 | 60.75 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.30 | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
East Twickenham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Rowlands* | 1,982 | 45.82 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Cornwell* | 1,875 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Laurence Mann | 1,824 | |||
| Conservative | Timothy Greenhough | 1,182 | 27.62 | ||
| Conservative | Maxwell Henderson-Begg | 1,144 | |||
| Labour | Feola Choat | 1,115 | 26.56 | ||
| Labour | Peter Saxton | 1,102 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew James | 1,100 | |||
| Labour | Doreen Vernon | 1,077 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,114 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,349 | 53.60 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.14 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Ham and Petersham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Jones* | 1,924 | 59.71 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Williams* | 1,915 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Raymond Hart* | 1,896 | |||
| Conservative | Ronald Proctor | 852 | 26.27 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Matthews | 838 | |||
| Conservative | Oliver Strebel | 832 | |||
| Labour | Alan Bazely | 483 | 14.02 | ||
| Labour | Pamela Risner | 450 | |||
| Labour | Percy Gourgey | 414 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,794 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,378 | 58.30 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.12 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Hampton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Bryan Woodriff* | 1,569 | 48.41 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Parslow*[b] | 1,557 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Marshall Lees | 1,494 | |||
| Conservative | Stuart Leamy | 1,134 | 34.96 | ||
| Conservative | Graham Norris | 1,117 | |||
| Conservative | Elizabeth Parsons | 1,085 | |||
| Labour | Christine Cross | 574 | 16.63 | ||
| Labour | Geoffrey Wheeler | 519 | |||
| Labour | Marcus Maclaine | 493 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,433 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,406 | 52.95 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.23 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Hampton Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Alexander | 1,567 | 42.18 | ||
| Conservative | Holly Champion | 1,517 | 40.07 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Martin | 1,469 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lynne Ferguson | 1463 | |||
| Conservative | Grant Clifford | 1392 | |||
| Conservative | Anne Woodward | 1366 | |||
| Labour | Sally Pearson | 667 | 17.75 | ||
| Labour | Fletcher Sowerby | 618 | |||
| Labour | Geoffrey Freitag | 607 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,561 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,689 | 56.23 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.22 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Hampton Nursery
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Maureen Woodriff* | 1,090 | 47.91 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Marion Quelch | 1,018 | |||
| Conservative | Margaret Williams | 695 | 30.82 | ||
| Conservative | June Cape | 661 | |||
| Labour | Martin Cross | 491 | 21.27 | ||
| Labour | David Stephenson | 444 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,809 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,310 | 48.03 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.22 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Hampton Wick
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gita Rae | 1,532 | 42.22 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Malcom McDougall* | 1,499 | |||
| Conservative | Tony Arbour | 1,481 | 40.47 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicolas Nicol | 1,432 | |||
| Conservative | Jean Matthews | 1,403 | |||
| Conservative | Joanne Manson | 1,395 | |||
| Labour | Eva Tutchell | 633 | 17.31 | ||
| Labour | Derek Tutchell | 612 | |||
| Labour | Gerard Ward | 586 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,240 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,737 | 51.61 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.16 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Heathfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robert King* | 1,859 | 49.08 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lizette Narain* | 1,810 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Jones* | 1,803 | |||
| Conservative | Thelma Haywood | 1,259 | 33.37 | ||
| Conservative | Philip Perry | 1,252 | |||
| Conservative | Patricia Pipe | 1,208 | |||
| Labour | Yvonne McNamara | 694 | 17.55 | ||
| Labour | Patricia Hunt | 662 | |||
| Labour | Keith Walters | 601 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,161 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,949 | 55.15 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.20 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Kew
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Serge Lourie* | 1,891 | 46.66 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Miller* | 1,848 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Barnett | 1,786 | |||
| Conservative | Diana Guy | 1,448 | 35.54 | ||
| Conservative | Simon Owens | 1,384 | |||
| Conservative | William Conchie | 1,377 | |||
| Labour | Barnaby Leons-Marder | 611 | 14.84 | ||
| Labour | Pamela Leons-Marder | 605 | |||
| Labour | Celia Stevens | 541 | |||
| Ind. Conservative | Margaret Harrison | 117 | 2.96 | New | |
| Registered electors | 6,939 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,115 | 59.30 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.15 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Mortlake
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Razzall* | 1,578 | 52.40 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Fenwick* | 1,526 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Farthing†[c] | 1,508 | |||
| Conservative | Jane West | 900 | 30.41 | ||
| Conservative | John Saunders | 898 | |||
| Conservative | Ross Hendry | 878 | |||
| Labour | Brian Matthews | 523 | 17.19 | ||
| Labour | Edward Masters | 511 | |||
| Labour | Ann Neimer | 478 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,824 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,130 | 53.74 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.29 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Palewell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Hamwee* | 1,674 | 46.86 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Josephine Summers* | 1,615 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Manners* | 1,547 | |||
| Conservative | Martin Graham | 1,491 | 41.48 | ||
| Conservative | Neville Otty | 1,415 | |||
| Conservative | Olivia Jabourian | 1,376 | |||
| Labour | William Genders | 428 | 11.66 | ||
| Labour | Christopher Green | 420 | |||
| Labour | Ronald Lumborg | 354 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,894 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,569 | 60.55 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.14 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Richmond Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Weber | 1,429 | 44.29 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Miller* | 1,398 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Pierce* | 1,395 | |||
| Conservative | Simon Edwards | 1,296 | 40.29 | ||
| Conservative | Alexander Redman | 1,278 | |||
| Conservative | David Sparrow | 1,267 | |||
| Labour | Alan Laird | 541 | 15.42 | ||
| Labour | Arnold Barfield | 465 | |||
| Labour | Joy Mostyn | 464 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,985 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,348 | 55.94 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.18 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Richmond Town
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Cornish* | 1,267 | 50.39 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Carthew* | 1,194 | |||
| Conservative | Philip Taylor | 845 | 34.51 | ||
| Conservative | Rodney Bennett | 841 | |||
| Labour | Garry Graham | 370 | 15.10 | ||
| Labour | Susan Jenkins | 368 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,400 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,593 | 58.93 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.15 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
South Twickenham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Geoff Pope* | 1,552 | 39.66 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Carr | 1,374 | |||
| Conservative | Douglas Orchard | 1,369 | 37.73 | ||
| Conservative | Nora Millar | 1,357 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Topol | 1,336 | |||
| Conservative | Mark Lloyd | 1,330 | |||
| Labour | Terence Smith | 838 | 22.61 | ||
| Labour | Kenneth Nelson | 808 | |||
| Labour | Stephen Guichard | 783 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,207 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,749 | 52.02 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.13 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Teddington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Elengorn* | 2,070 | 53.51 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elaine Pippard* | 2,035 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Morgan | 1,953 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Temlett | 1,108 | 28.60 | ||
| Conservative | Simon Lamb | 1,082 | |||
| Conservative | Iain Naughton | 1,047 | |||
| Labour | Kevin Gilligan | 700 | 17.89 | ||
| Labour | Christopher Boaler | 673 | |||
| Labour | Theresa Rowe | 653 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,293 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,976 | 54.52 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.18 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
West Twickenham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Gold | 1,087 | 41.26 | ||
| Labour | Elizabeth Mackenzie | 1,023 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Piers Allen | 978 | 37.78 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh Brenchley* | 953 | |||
| Conservative | Penelope-Jane Hollis | 540 | 20.96 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Hollis | 531 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,674 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,683 | 57.40 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.22 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Whitton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Mackinney* | 1,692 | 47.25 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Georgina Mackinney* | 1,667 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Warren* | 1,612 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Pearce | 1,250 | 35.19 | ||
| Conservative | Norma Rowles | 1,232 | |||
| Conservative | Kevin Ross | 1,220 | |||
| Labour | Paul Thompson | 642 | 17.56 | ||
| Labour | John Ennals | 625 | |||
| Labour | Andrew Warmington | 582 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,899 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,725 | 53.99 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.19 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Notes
- ^ Coombs replaced Cllr Anthony Johnson after his resignation in 1992
- ^ Parslow replaced Cllr Gavin Alexander after his death in 1993
- ^ Farthing was a sitting councillor representing the Richmond Hill ward
References
- ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 216. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council Elections" (PDF). Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council. Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. pp. 150–152, 214–217. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 9–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.