1990 Newham London Borough Council election
The 1990 Newham London Borough Council election to the Newham London Borough Council were held on 3 May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 33.0%. Labour maintained its overwhelming majority.
Election result[]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 57 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 55.7 | ||||
Conservative | 2 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 24.1 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 7.4 | ||||
Other parties | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 |
Background[]
A total of 154 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 24 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour party, whilst the Conservative party ran 54 candidates. The Liberal Democrats ran 12 candidates as well as 3 candidates under the Liberal Democrat Focus Team banner. Other candidates running were 22 Greens and 3 Independents.
Results by ward[]
Beckton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Knight | 679 | 63.9 | -6.5 | |
Labour | Doris Maxwell | 608 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Byrne | 384 | 36.1 | +20.1 | |
Turnout | 26.9 | -4.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,840 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bemersyde[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David P. Kellaway | 923 | 43.4 | -4.1 | |
Labour | Peter E. Landman | 918 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Paul Clark | 625 | 29.4 | +11.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David J. Corney | 306 | 14.4 | -20.5 | |
Green | Simon K. Bridgeland | 275 | 12.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | William Robinson | 201 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42.4 | +4.1 | |||
Registered electors | 4,376 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Canning Town & Grange[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Whincup | 1,033 | 53.7 | -13.8 | |
Labour | Christopher B. Allen | 1,020 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Jean D. Boorman | 525 | 27.3 | +12.6 | |
Green | Richard P. Sant | 366 | 19.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 35.4 | +8.9 | |||
Registered electors | 5,820 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Castle[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald S. Langton | 1,125 | 58.4 | -0.3 | |
Labour | Sarah L. M. Murray | 1,092 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Roy A. Bull | 498 | 25.8 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | Dorothy M. Neal | 441 | N/A | ||
Green | Rosanne D. Goodwins | 305 | 15.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 35.4 | -3.7 | |||
Registered electors | 5,389 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Central[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Hopwood | 1,410 | 54.0 | -10.5 | |
Labour | Pallavi B. Patel | 1,323 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Dorothy L. Ford | 457 | 20.9 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Danuta A. Gradosiclska | 347 | N/A | ||
Green | Rupert W. H. Goodwins | 320 | 15.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 31.7 | -6.3 | |||
Registered electors | 5,576 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Custom House & Silvertown[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William A. Chapman | 1,340 | 49.4 | -15.4 | |
Labour | Julia C. I. Garfield | 1,321 | N/A | ||
Labour | Kevin Gillespie | 1,240 | N/A | ||
Conservative | David C. Gladstone | 931 | 34.3 | +18.1 | |
Conservative | Alan W. Taylor | 897 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Geraldine M. Alden | 896 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth A. Campion | 440 | 30.5 | +11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter R. W. Guest | 376 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nicola F. Thomson | 343 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30.5 | +3.3 | |||
Registered electors | 8,964 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Forest Gate[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret P. Olley | 1,616 | 56.0 | -1.0 | |
Labour | Conor M. McAuley | 1,602 | N/A | ||
Labour | Pamela Furness | 1,599 | N/A | ||
Green | Annette Degrandis | 661 | 22.9 | +15.9 | |
Green | Morgan Kelly | 644 | N/A | ||
Conservative | William Bennett | 608 | 21.1 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | Helena D. Bernstein | 593 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Pauline F. Finn | 575 | N/A | ||
Green | Paul S. J. Sandford | 558 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39.4 | +2.0 | |||
Registered electors | 7,499 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Greatfield[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin J. Jenkins | 1,687 | 43.0 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Sean Cadogan | 1,592 | 40.6 | +17.7 | |
Conservative | Jacqueline M. Burns | 1,524 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Richard J. Arnopp | 1,515 | N/A | ||
Labour | Bryan A. Collier | 1,515 | N/A | ||
Labour | Kulwant S. Mangat | 1,318 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew M. Huntbach | 645 | 16.4 | -12.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Cole | 626 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45.4 | +4.3 | |||
Registered electors | 8,255 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Hudsons[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lyn C. Brown | 1,248 | 51.2 | -5.9 | |
Labour | Frederick C. Jones | 1,211 | N/A | ||
Labour | Graham J. Lane | 1,162 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Josephine M. Child | 864 | 35.5 | +16.0 | |
Conservative | Mark Taylor | 851 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Nicola M. Whitmore | 800 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats | Walter C. T. Tee | 324 | 13.3 | -10.1 | |
Turnout | 33.3 | +4.6 | |||
Registered electors | 7,240 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kensington[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth C. R. Massey | 1,680 | 74.8 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Abdul K. Sheikh | 1,618 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Brian Johnson | 315 | 14.0 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Stephen R. Blower | 298 | N/A | ||
Green | Rosalind M. Shanley Jordaan | 251 | 11.2 | +9.0 | |
Turnout | 42.3 | -1.7 | |||
Registered electors | 5,405 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Little Ilford[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen C. Timms | 1,738 | 57.5 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Patricia A. Heron | 1,683 | N/A | ||
Labour | Bobby Thomas | 1,660 | N/A | ||
Lib Dem Focus Team | Valerie F. Leach | 958 | 31.7 | -6.3 | |
Lib Dem Focus Team | Leslie E. Groombridge | 921 | N/A | ||
Lib Dem Focus Team | Alan H. Stewart | 891 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Vera E. Ingleby | 324 | 10.7 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Steven P. Nash | 323 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Khalid Z. Hussain | 303 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39.0 | -8.9 | |||
Registered electors | 7,965 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Manor Park[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amarjit Singh | 1,806 | 59.8 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Leela L. Pendle | 1,773 | N/A | ||
Labour | Margaret Walls | 1,768 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Janet A. Lewis | 733 | 24.3 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Mary M. King | 714 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Diane E. Harley | 707 | N/A | ||
Green | Dennis L. Middlemitch | 483 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 38.8 | -1.3 | |||
Registered electors | 7,909 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Monega[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lewis E. Boyce | 1,692 | 76.1 | +15.0 | |
Labour | Frederick E. York | 1,597 | N/A | ||
Conservative | John W. Douch | 305 | 13.7 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Joyce F. Douch | 285 | N/A | ||
Green | Richard G. Melville | 225 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 40.0 | +1.5 | |||
Registered electors | 5,592 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
New Town[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carol A. Knights | 945 | 47.6 | -19.3 | |
Labour | John Isted | 924 | N/A | ||
Independent | Henry C. Cleghorn | 663 | 33.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Susan J. Ward | 591 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Karen V. Brennan | 216 | 10.9 | -6.5 | |
Conservative | Ana Z. McWilton | 178 | N/A | ||
Green | Kim L. Smith | 162 | 8.2 | +4.1 | |
Independent | Dexter H. Hamoomansingh | 86 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38.3 | +8.8 | |||
Registered electors | 5,108 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ordnance[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Brown | 629 | 48.9 | -24.4 | |
Labour | Anne King | 619 | N/A | ||
Green | Inge O'Toole | 337 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles R.P.G. Meaby | 320 | 24.9 | +13.9 | |
Turnout | 28.5 | +2.3 | |||
Registered electors | 4,005 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Park[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John F. Lock | 1,649 | 60.9 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Dominic G. Gough | 1,640 | N/A | ||
Labour | Akbar A. Chaudhary | 1,624 | N/A | ||
Conservative | June P. L. Colton | 584 | 21.6 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Brian I. Maze | 503 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Simon N. C. Pearce | 489 | N/A | ||
Green | Arthur L. Taylor | 476 | 17.6 | +8.7 | |
Turnout | 33.4 | +0.6 | |||
Registered electors | 7,667 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Plaistow[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean A. Manley | 1,118 | 49.7 | -13.4 | |
Labour | Anand N. Patil | 1,022 | N/A | ||
Labour | Riaz Ahmed | 1,047 | N/A | ||
Green | Philip H. Rimmer | 693 | 25.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert F. Williams | 673 | 24.8 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Sylvia L. Williams | 622 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35.3 | +6.7 | |||
Registered electors | 6,442 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Plashet[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Khawar M. Khawaja | 1,442 | 59.8 | +19.7 | |
Labour | Judith A. Jorsling | 1,410 | N/A | ||
Labour | Clive M. Troubman | 1,282 | N/A | ||
Green | Helen C. Jarvis | 585 | 20.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Barry W. Roberts | 557 | 19.6 | +1.3 | |
Green | Amanda J. Sandford | 553 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Sylvia E. Neal | 549 | N/A | ||
Green | Harjinder S. Flora | 533 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Ronald L. Poon-Affatt | 437 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36.1 | +2.7 | |||
Registered electors | 8,186 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St Stephens[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda A. Jordan | 1,432 | 72.0 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Dharam Sahdev | 1,381 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Brendan M. Morley | 290 | 14.6 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | June M. Eason | 281 | N/A | ||
Green | Julie Jackson | 266 | 13.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 38.3 | +0.9 | |||
Registered electors | 5,108 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
South[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alec J. Kellaway | 1,661 | 36.9 | +12.5 | |
Labour | Thomas A. Jenkinson | 1,505 | 33.4 | -11.3 | |
Labour | Alexander Thomson | 1,415 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen T. Bell | 1,357 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Damian P. J. Sutton | 1,338 | 29.7 | -1.2 | |
Labour | Neil J. Wilson | 1,323 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Laurence B. Springthorpe | 1,322 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul R. Willett | 1,269 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38.8 | +5.1 | |||
Registered electors | 11,025 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Stratford[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James C. Riley | 937 | 53.5 | -8.0 | |
Labour | James G. Newstead | 936 | N/A | ||
Conservative | William G. Flynn | 314 | 17.9 | -0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin P. J. Edwardes | 281 | 16.1 | -0.1 | |
Conservative | Armyn Hennessy | 262 | N/A | ||
Green | Charles F. Seber | 218 | 12.5 | +8.5 | |
Turnout | 32.8 | +6.2 | |||
Registered electors | 4,994 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Upton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mian M. Aslam | 1,827 | 65.9 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Shama Ahmad | 1,780 | N/A | ||
Labour | Andrew P. Zachariades | 1,702 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Christine M. Hodgson | 517 | 18.6 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Simon J. L. Linford | 450 | N/A | ||
Green | Anthony R. Kelly | 429 | 15.5 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | John Lowry | 412 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34.3 | -2.9 | |||
Registered electors | 7,590 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wall End[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sarah J. Reeves | 1,888 | 56.6 | +9.1 | |
Labour | Theodore L. Etherden | 1,827 | N/A | ||
Labour | Bashir Ul-Hafeez | 1,564 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Alexander G. Hope-Thomson | 892 | 26.8 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | Peter J. Doe | 879 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Henry J. F. Prendergast | 846 | N/A | ||
Green | Nicholas Oakes | 553 | 16.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 38.6 | -0.9 | |||
Registered electors | 8,254 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
West Ham[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald N. Manley | 1,116 | 60.0 | -4.8 | |
Labour | James E. Goodman | 1,052 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Kelvin C. V. McWilton | 445 | 23.9 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Luigi Peluso | 351 | N/A | ||
Green | Richard H. Thomas | 300 | 16.1 | +12.6 | |
Turnout | 31.6 | +0.7 | |||
Registered electors | 5,742 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
By-elections between 1990 and 1994[]
Bemersyde[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Clark | 552 | 35.0 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Neil J. Wilson | 524 | 33.2 | -10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Leslie E. Groombridge | 410 | 26.0 | +11.6 | |
Green | Philip H. Rimmer | 91 | 5.8 | -7.1 | |
Majority | 28 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36.3 | -6.1 | |||
Registered electors | 4,353 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David Kellaway.
Forest Gate[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glynis A. Carpenter | 1,094 | 46.7 | -9.3 | |
Conservative | Richard J. Arnopp | 634 | 27.0 | +5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen T. Bell | 489 | 20.9 | N/A | |
Green | Arthur L. Taylor | 128 | 5.4 | -17.5 | |
Majority | 460 | 19.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31.1 | -8.3 | |||
Registered electors | 7,586 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Pamela Furness.
Central[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian K. Corbett | 711 | 56.9 | -7.6 | |
Conservative | Thirugnanam Rameshan | 416 | 33.3 | +12.4 | |
Green | Arthur L. Taylor | 122 | 9.8 | -4.8 | |
Majority | 295 | 23.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22.2 | -13.2 | |||
Registered electors | 5,648 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Pallavi B. Patel.
Little IIford[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew R. Baikie | 836 | 43.8 | -13.7 | |
Labour | Robert A. Wales | 772 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats | Leslie E. Groombridge | 580 | 30.8 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathleen V. King | 551 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Colin C. Robinson | 485 | 25.4 | +14.7 | |
Conservative | Gary C. Whitmarsh | 449 | N/A | ||
Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24.1 | -14.9 | |||
Registered electors | 7,952 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllrs. Patricia A. Heron & Bobby Thomas.
Greatfield[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary C. Whitmarsh | 818 | 38.3 | -2.3 | |
Labour | Derek W. Jones | 780 | 36.6 | -6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathleen V. King | 536 | 25.1 | +8.7 | |
Majority | 38 | 1.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26.1 | -19.3 | |||
Registered electors | 8,202 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sean Cadogan.
Custom House & Silvertown[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher T. Rackley | 1,137 | 45.5 | -3.9 | |
Conservative | David C. Gladstone | 999 | 40.0 | +5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Holland | 306 | 12.2 | -4.0 | |
Liberal | Elizabeth Olam | 56 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 138 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28.7 | -1.8 | |||
Registered electors | 8,714 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kevin Gillespie.
Park[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Saunders | 987 | 61.2 | -17.9 | |
Conservative | Charles Mealy | 276 | 17.1 | -3.8 | |
Green | Ian Trebetherick | 214 | 13.3 | N/A | |
Anti-Federalist League | Gerard Batten | 75 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Lord T. Jug | 60 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 711 | 44.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22.7 | -10.7 | |||
Registered electors | 7,125 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Dominic G. Gough.
References[]
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- Council elections in the London Borough of Newham
- 1990 London Borough council elections