1990 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 1990. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	??	??
	Liberal Democrat	??	??
	Liberal Party	??	??
	Independent	??	??
	Others	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1990

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	27			27	82%	56%	93,575
	Liberal Democrats	6			6	18%	33%	54,441
	Conservative	1			1	3%	7%	12,214
	Green	0			0	0%	3%	4,725
	Communist	0			0	0%	0.1%	213
	Democratic Anti Poll Tax	0			0	0%	0.04%	70

Ward results

Abercromby

Abercromby 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Hackett	1,802	73%
	Labour	Sarah Norman	1,745	71%
	Green	Laura Davenport	277	11%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Chowings	145	6%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Dyer	134	5%
	Conservative	Pauline Edwards	127	5%
	Conservative	D. Radcliffe	114	5%
	Communist	F. Carroll	107	4%
Majority			1,525
Turnout			2,458

As there were two vacancies for this seat, in order to allow comparison, only the votes for the highest scoring candidate for each party have been used to compile the statistics.

Aigburth

Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas McKittrick	2,778	46%
	Labour	R. Parkinson	2,151	36%
	Conservative	N.W. Liddell	662	11%
	Green	Joanne Cook	409	7%
Majority			672
Turnout			6,000

Allerton

Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Flo Clucas	2,750	44%
	Labour	K. E. Neary	2,236	36%
	Conservative	P. Lee	942	15%
	Green	R. E. Cantwell	228	4%
	SDP	R. E. Gould	135	2%
Majority			514
Turnout			6,291

Anfield

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. H. Oldfield	3,365	57%
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Best	2,319	39%
	Conservative	J. Mass	240	4%
Majority			1,047
Turnout			5,923

Arundel

Arundel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Duckworth	2,234	47%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Johnston	1,700	36%
	Conservative	D. W. Patmore	295	6%
	Green	G. Thomson	482	10%
	Democratic Anti Poll Tax	D. E. Huish	70	1%
Majority			534
Turnout			4,781

Breckfield

Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Prendergast	3,238	80%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Afford	581	14%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Bayley	210	5%
Majority			2,657
Turnout			4,029

Broadgreen

Broadgreen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Concepcion	3,489	54%
	Liberal Democrats	G. B. Smith	2,519	39%
	Conservative	M. Lind	310	5%
	Green	B. Turner	171	3%
Majority			970
Turnout			6,489

Childwall

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lady Doreen Jones	3,565	52%
	Labour	N.D. Fleet	2,022	29%
	Conservative	Helen Rigby	939	14%
	Green	M. S. Hughes	332	5%
Majority			1,543
Turnout			6,858

Church

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Len Tyrer	4,203	58%
	Labour	E. Taylor	1,812	25%
	Conservative	I. Bishop	911	13%
	Green	A. G. Maxwell	316	4%
Majority			2,391
Turnout			7,253

Clubmoor

Clubmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Noon	3,909	73%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Owen	869	16%
	Conservative	Paula Denovan	338	6%
	Green	Joan Best	165	3%
	Communist	K. F. McDonough	106	2%
Majority			3,040
Turnout			5,387

County

County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret McDaid	3,249	49%
	Liberal Democrats	Sybil Brookes	3,216	49%
	Conservative	J. F. Atkinson	115	2%
	SDP	Joan Sewell	37	1%
Majority			33
Turnout			6,617

Croxteth

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Bundred	3,682	53%
	Labour	J. Mooney	2,379	34%
	Conservative	G. E. Brandwood	656	9%
	Green	?	186	3%
	SDP	Marie Killen	46	1%
Majority			1,303
Turnout			6,949

Dingle

Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Brown	3,612	74%
	Liberal Democrats	S. P. Boddy	860	18%
	Conservative	R. D. Knox	189	4%
	Green	R. Spalding	224	5%
Majority			2,752
Turnout			4,885

Dovecot

Dovecot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. H. Scott	2,984	75%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mills	746	19%
	Conservative	W. H. Connolly	261	7%
Majority			2,238
Turnout			3,991

Everton

Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. A. Allen	1,895	94%
	Liberal Democrats	J.S. Thomson	128	6%
Majority			1,767
Turnout			2,023

Fazakerley

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Brazier	3,743	77%
	Liberal Democrats	J. J. Johnston	782	16%
	Conservative	G. Breckell	355	7%
Majority			2,961
Turnout			4,880

Gillmoss

Gillmoss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Jennings	3,479	78%
	Liberal Democrats	George Mann	526	12%
	Conservative	S. North	255	6%
	Green	Susan Ellison	183	4%
Majority			2,953
Turnout			4,443

Granby

Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gideon Ben-Tovim	2,633	80%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Priddie	282	9%
	Conservative	Henrietta Edwards	150	5%
	Green	W. Jenkins	180	5%
	?	?	61	2%
Majority			2,351
Turnout			3,306

Grassendale

Grassendale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beatrice Fraenkel	3,994	62%
	Labour	D. Dunphy	1,358	21%
	Conservative	Audrey Ogden	858	13%
	Green	E. Goldsmith	278	4%
Majority			2,636
Turnout			6,488

Kensington

Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Keenan	2,438	50%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Doran	2,344	48%
	Conservative	R. Bethell	93	2%
	SDP	Joan Reece	40	1%
Majority			94
Turnout			4,915

Melrose

Melrose

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Booth	4,146	84%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Parker	619	13%
	Conservative	Anne Nugent	175	4%
Majority			3,527
Turnout			4,940

Netherley

Netherley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Wilson	2,373	84%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Clein	316	11%
	Conservative	W. Dobinson	123	4%
Majority			2,057
Turnout			2,812

Old Swan

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Williams	3,342	64%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Berman	1,190	23%
	Conservative	G. Powell	465	9%
	Green	I. Gilmour	217	4%
Majority			2,152
Turnout			5,214

Picton

Picton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Hogan	3,057	53%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Heritty	2,214	38%
	Green	J. Hulton	287	5%
	Conservative	K. Watkin	163	3%
	SDP	L. Devereux	49	1%
Majority			843
Turnout			5,770

Pirrie

Pirrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Edwards	3,948	82%
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Doran	606	13%
	Conservative	P. Aldcroft	234	5%
Majority			3,342
Turnout			4,788

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Doyle	3,008	55%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Millea	2,115	39%
	Conservative	A. Fayer	196	4%
	Green	Lucy Williams	107	2%
Majority			893
Turnout			5,426

Smithdown

Smithdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Juliet Herzog	2,632	67%
	Liberal Democrats	P. McGrath	1,093	28%
	Conservative	Denise O'Leary	96	2%
	Green	J. Stevenson	84	2%
Majority			1,539
Turnout			3,905

Speke

Speke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Cannon	2,789	85%
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Clein	305	9%
	Conservative	G. Harden	194	6%
Majority			2,484
Turnout			3,288

Tuebrook

Tuebrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Gorton	2,629	47%
	Liberal Democrats	N. Cardwell	2,537	45%
	Conservative	Edna Rodick	262	5%
	Green	R. Morris	167	3%
Majority			92
Turnout			5,595

Valley

Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Ruse	2,799	75%
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Brown	485	13%
	Conservative	S. Lever	241	6%
	Green	A. Willan	224	6%
Majority			2,314
Turnout			3,749

Vauxhall

Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Snell	2,320	95%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Grocott	80	3%
	Conservative	R. Fairclough	49	2%
Majority			2,240
Turnout			2,449

Warbreck

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Hughes	3,617	53%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Roberts	2,957	43%
	Conservative	Dorothy Gray	268	4%
Majority			660
Turnout			6,842

Woolton

Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Fitzsimmons	1,831	29%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Brown	1,802	29%
	Labour	A. Gallagher	1,142	18%
	Green	?	208	3%
Majority			29
Turnout			6,280