1990 Merton London Borough Council election
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All 57 council seats up for election to Merton London Borough Council 29 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 126,284[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 67,764, 53.66%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Merton London Borough Council in London, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England and Scotland.
The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from the Conservatives with a majority of one seat.[3][4]
Background
[edit]At the last election, the Conservatives had gained a majority of one seat. In October 1989, they lost a by-election in Merton Park to Bridget Smith of the Merton Park Ward Residents Association, which had contested the by-election in opposition to the proposed extension of the A24 relief road.[5][6] This by-election result hung the council, but the Conservatives continued to govern Merton as a minority administration.[6]
This was the first whole council election which was contested by the MPWRA.
Results
[edit]The Conservatives lost their one-seat overall majority of the council to Labour, who themselves gained a one-seat overall majority of the council. The Merton Park Ward Residents Association won all three seats in Merton Park from the Conservatives; they have since maintained these seats in subsequent elections.[4]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 29 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
50.88 | 42.22 | 76,583 | ||
Conservative | 22 | 0 | 7 | ![]() |
38.60 | 41.27 | 74,857 | ||
Merton Park Residents | 3 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
5.26 | 3.07 | 5,567 | ||
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents | 3 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
5.26 | 2.11 | 3,822 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 6.47 | 11,741 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 2.82 | 5,106 | ||
West Barnes Independent Residents | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 1.53 | 2,781 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 0.51 | 932 | ||
Total | 57 | 181,389 |
In Durnsford, incumbent Conservative councillor and future Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May topped the poll. This was the last election she contested in Merton.
Ward Results
[edit]Abbey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marie-Louise de Villiers* | 1,769 | 46.92 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Martin* | 1,665 | ||
Labour | Ian Scott* | 1,620 | ||
Conservative | Diana Harris | 1,216 | 32.75 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Butt | 1,195 | ||
Conservative | Philip Thorley | 1,116 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Barry | 391 | 9.39 | |
Green | Wendy Flood | 320 | 8.91 | |
Liberal Democrats | Leonard Harvey | 315 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jean Spencer-Phillips | 304 | ||
Independent | Grace Giddins | 73 | 2.03 | |
Registered electors | 6,914 | |||
Turnout | 3,556 | 51.43 | ||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.14 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Cannon Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thelma Earnshaw* | 1,900 | 49.03 | |
Conservative | Joan Pethen* | 1,880 | ||
Conservative | Colin McCaul | 1,834 | ||
Labour | David Chapman | 1,448 | 37.37 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Lightfoot | 1,447 | ||
Labour | Brian White | 1,382 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Larkin | 563 | 13.60 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Pearce | 504 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen van Dulken | 490 | ||
Registered electors | 6,688 | |||
Turnout | 3,990 | 59.66 | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.18 | ||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Colliers Wood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Siobhain McDonagh* | 2,079 | 54.91 | |
Labour | Sheila Knight* | 1,834 | ||
Labour | Reginald Flegg | 1,694 | ||
Conservative | Maureen Petty | 922 | 24.65 | |
Conservative | Marcus Money-Chappelle | 871 | ||
Conservative | Babubhai Patel | 725 | ||
Green | Thomas Walsh | 696 | 20.45 | |
Registered electors | 7,449 | |||
Turnout | 3,410 | 45.78 | ||
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.26 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Dundonald
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sandra Cowling* | 1,649 | 39.16 | |
Labour | Michael Brunt | 1,516 | ||
Conservative | John Elvidge* | 1,424 | 34.96 | |
Labour | Charles Lucas | 1,373 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Grayling | 1,354 | ||
Conservative | Julian Samways | 1,275 | ||
Green | David Bezkorowajny | 643 | 16.64 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Ladmore | 363 | 9.24 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Houlihan | 355 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Katz | 353 | ||
Registered electors | 6,115 | |||
Turnout | 3,653 | 59.74 | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.19 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Conservative hold |
Durnsford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Theresa May* | 1,063 | 43.87 | |
Conservative | Barry Edwards | 1,049 | ||
Labour | Arthur Kennedy | 913 | 36.64 | |
Labour | Nina Scowen | 852 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Knibbs | 317 | 11.72 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Rumney | 246 | ||
Green | Keith Parke | 187 | 7.77 | |
Registered electors | 4,065 | |||
Turnout | 2,424 | 59.63 | ||
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.12 | ||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Figge's Marsh
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Proctor | 1,930 | 51.28 | |
Labour | Daniel Connellan* | 1,892 | ||
Labour | Geraldine Stanford | 1,864 | ||
Conservative | David Lincoln | 1,470 | 38.19 | |
Conservative | Lisa Preuveneers | 1,424 | ||
Conservative | Gladys Viola | 1,338 | ||
Green | Julie Gates | 389 | 10.53 | |
Registered electors | 7,191 | |||
Turnout | 3,903 | 54.28 | ||
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.15 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Graveney
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Kirby* | 1,399 | 69.91 | |
Labour | Joseph Abrams* | 1,328 | ||
Conservative | David Woodhouse | 607 | 30.09 | |
Conservative | Angela Scantlebury | 567 | ||
Registered electors | 4,266 | |||
Turnout | 2,157 | 50.56 | ||
Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.60 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Hillside
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Ashcroft* | 1,875 | 51.44 | |
Conservative | Ralph Kenber | 1,799 | ||
Conservative | David Williams | 1,788 | ||
Labour | Christine Bickerstaff | 771 | 20.28 | |
Labour | William Bailey | 718 | ||
Labour | Laurence North | 666 | ||
Green | Richard Miller | 533 | 15.06 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Greene | 518 | 13.22 | |
Liberal Democrats | Maja Katz | 455 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Watson | 430 | ||
Registered electors | 6,452 | |||
Turnout | 3,339 | 51.75 | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Lavender
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Colman | 1,327 | 71.95 | |
Labour | Nathan Lee | 1,324 | ||
Conservative | John Ratcliffe | 561 | 28.05 | |
Conservative | Keith Whipp | 472 | ||
Registered electors | 3,986 | |||
Turnout | 2,015 | 50.55 | ||
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.10 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Longthornton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents | Robert Elgin* | 1,315 | 39.18 | |
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents | Malcolm Searle* | 1,260 | ||
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents | Gillian Elgin | 1,247 | ||
Labour | Cyril Gallant | 1,101 | 32.72 | |
Labour | Ronald Spurway | 1,080 | ||
Labour | Sheila Spurway | 1,010 | ||
Conservative | Pauline Blythe | 981 | 28.10 | |
Conservative | Douglas Grahame | 881 | ||
Conservative | Renee Donnelly | 880 | ||
Registered electors | 7,296 | |||
Turnout | 3,540 | 48.52 | ||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.14 | ||
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents hold | ||||
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents hold | ||||
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents hold |
Lower Morden
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Welsh | 1,967 | 51.28 | |
Conservative | Janet Jones* | 1,945 | ||
Conservative | Peter Morss | 1,864 | ||
Labour | Eric Blackmore | 1,447 | 36.76 | |
Labour | John Holland | 1,390 | ||
Labour | William Maguire | 1,303 | ||
Green | Robert Burrows | 449 | 11.96 | |
Registered electors | 6,712 | |||
Turnout | 3,867 | 57.61 | ||
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.28 | ||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Merton Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Merton Park Residents | Bridget Smith* | 1,947 | 51.07 | |
Merton Park Residents | Desmonde Child | 1,815 | ||
Merton Park Residents | Neville Beddoe | 1,805 | ||
Conservative | Harold Turner* | 1,181 | 32.06 | |
Conservative | Anne Sparrow | 1,174 | ||
Conservative | John Day | 1,141 | ||
Labour | Patrick O'Sullivan | 625 | 16.87 | |
Labour | Edmond Ceci | 619 | ||
Labour | Nicholas Morgan | 594 | ||
Registered electors | 6,365 | |||
Turnout | 3,777 | 59.34 | ||
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.05 | ||
Merton Park Residents gain from Conservative | ||||
Merton Park Residents gain from Conservative | ||||
Merton Park Residents gain from Conservative |
Phipps Bridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Harper* | 1,798 | 50.58 | |
Labour | Keith Harris | 1,778 | ||
Labour | Gerard Harkin | 1,671 | ||
Conservative | Paul Nash | 1,124 | 30.48 | |
Conservative | Michael Miles | 1,071 | ||
Conservative | Barry Theobald-Hicks | 966 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephan Brocklesby | 375 | 9.72 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Snelling | 352 | ||
Independent | Richard Law | 319 | 9.22 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marek Siemaszko | 281 | ||
Registered electors | 7,681 | |||
Turnout | 3,619 | 47.12 | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.19 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Pollards Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Flatt | 1,651 | 45.77 | |
Labour | Maria Dingwall | 1,582 | ||
Conservative | Barbara Mansfield* | 1,352 | 38.04 | |
Labour | Mohammad Syed | 1,349 | ||
Conservative | William Hall | 1,290 | ||
Conservative | David Justice | 1,166 | ||
Independent | John Cole* | 540 | 16.19 | |
Registered electors | 6,434 | |||
Turnout | 3,438 | 53.43 | ||
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.26 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
Conservative hold |
Ravensbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Cowling | 1,982 | 57.97 | |
Labour | Philip Jones* | 1,941 | ||
Labour | Peter McCabe* | 1,914 | ||
Conservative | Alfred Atkins | 990 | 28.77 | |
Conservative | Janette Williams | 964 | ||
Conservative | Keith Guy | 945 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Knight | 268 | 7.60 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Simmonds | 254 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Dix | 242 | ||
Green | Helen Willis | 190 | 5.66 | |
Registered electors | 6,586 | |||
Turnout | 3,539 | 53.74 | ||
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.11 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Raynes Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Aitken-Davies* | 2,062 | 51.09 | |
Conservative | Andrew Chamberlain* | 2,010 | ||
Conservative | Kathleen Lewis | 1,973 | ||
Labour | David Herbert | 1,087 | 25.71 | |
Labour | David Heaton | 980 | ||
Labour | Alison Morgan | 975 | ||
Green | Ian Funnell | 496 | 12.58 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Tibbetts | 429 | 10.62 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Whiting | 422 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Samantha Vanes | 407 | ||
Registered electors | 6,976 | |||
Turnout | 3,784 | 54.24 | ||
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.05 | ||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
St. Helier
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alec Leaver* | 1,980 | 56.41 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Smith* | 1,879 | ||
Labour | Andrew Vail | 1,831 | ||
Conservative | Donald Carr | 1,123 | 32.80 | |
Conservative | Gordon Mackay | 1,100 | ||
Conservative | Peter Reid | 1,086 | ||
Green | Stephen Boulding | 363 | 10.79 | |
Registered electors | 6,525 | |||
Turnout | 3,528 | 54.07 | ||
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.17 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Trinity
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kingsley Abrams* | 1,254 | 37.41 | |
Labour | Mazhar-Ul Khan | 1,165 | ||
Labour | Christopher Watson | 1,157 | ||
Conservative | Ian Mortimer | 1,009 | 30.48 | |
Conservative | Hugh Treseder | 954 | ||
Conservative | Brian Terrett | 951 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Neil Rennie | 658 | 19.90 | |
Liberal Democrats | Deborah Richardson | 649 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alison Willott | 594 | ||
Green | Keith O'Neill | 389 | 12.21 | |
Registered electors | 5,732 | |||
Turnout | 3,105 | 54.17 | ||
Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.03 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Village
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dirk Hazell* | 1,958 | 58.48 | |
Conservative | Allan Jones* | 1,915 | ||
Conservative | John Watson* | 1,888 | ||
Labour | Nicholas Draper | 522 | 15.54 | |
Labour | Denise Leggett | 520 | ||
Labour | John Gumbley | 489 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Robins | 479 | 12.24 | |
Green | Vaughan Flood | 451 | 13.74 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Field | 378 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Rumney | 349 | ||
Registered electors | 5,910 | |||
Turnout | 3,130 | 52.96 | ||
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.07 | ||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
West Barnes
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dorothy Truman* | 1,792 | 45.58 | |
Conservative | Percy Marchant | 1,731 | ||
Conservative | Michael Menhinick | 1,698 | ||
Labour | Nigel Duncan | 1,217 | 30.13 | |
Labour | Barry Edwards | 1,144 | ||
Labour | Laurence Naylor | 1,088 | ||
West Barnes Independent Residents | Roger Logan | 961 | 24.29 | |
West Barnes Independent Residents | Brian Parkin | 918 | ||
West Barnes Independent Residents | John Nicholson | 902 | ||
Registered electors | 6,941 | |||
Turnout | 3,990 | 57.49 | ||
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.08 | ||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Notes and references
[edit]Notes
- ^ The Liberal Democrat vote count includes three candidates who stood in Phipps Bridge under the description of "Liberal Democrat Focus Team".
References
- ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borugh Council Elections - 3 May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 130. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Merton Council Elections 2002" (PDF). Merton Electoral Services. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990 (PDF). London Research Centre. ISBN 1852611154. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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ignored (help) - ^ a b "Merton Council Election Results 1964-2012" (PDF). Merton Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ "Merton Park Ward Residents Association". mertonpark.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Forum Issue No. 40" (PDF). Autumn 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 63–64, 130–131. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Merton Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 16 April 2024.