1994 Southwark London Borough Council election

1994 Southwark Council election
All council seats
Council Control before election; .; Labour	Council Control ; ; Labour

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1994. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 36.5%.

Election result edit

Southwark Local Election Result 1994^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	34	3	6	3	53.1	46.16	28,611	1.5
Liberal Democrats	27	6	0	6	42.2	39.66	24,580	13.92
Conservative	3	0	3	3	4.7	12.87	7,976	7.25
Green	0	0	0		0	0.66	410	4.36
Militant Labour	0	0	0		0	0.26	161	New
Independent	0	0	0		0	0.16	99	New
Communist	0	0	0		0	0.14	88	0.01
Third Way	0	0	0		0	0.09	53	New

Southwark Council voting history

Ward results edit

Abbey edit

Abbey (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Blake*	1,252	66.8	+14.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Gauge*	1,188	63.4	+15.8
	Labour	John Johnson**	492	26.2	-12.5
	Labour	Richard Livingstone	470	25.1	-10.8
	Third Way	Frederick Gerrens	53	2.8	N/A
	Conservative	Philip Hammond	52	2.8	-3.1
	Conservative	Jon van der Walt	40	2.1	-3.1
Turnout			1,875	38.9	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

John Johnson was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward

Alleyn edit

Alleyn (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecile Lothian*	1,175	55.7	+8.3
	Labour	Harry Canagasabey	1,126	53.3	+3.0
	Conservative	Percy Gray	433	20.5	-10.9
	Conservative	William Rowe	430	20.4	-11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Theiner	379	18.0	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Egan	370	17.5	+9.0
Turnout			2,111	37.0	-6.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Barset edit

Barset (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Claridge	1,158	73.9	-0.9
	Labour	Svetlana Kirov	1,049	66.9	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Jones	294	18.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Ramsey	286	18.3	N/A
	Conservative	Gladys Cobley	164	10.5	-10.4
	Conservative	Roy Taylor	161	10.3	-10.4
Turnout			1,567	32.8	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bellenden edit

Bellenden (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howard Latham	2,080	63.6	+2.9
	Labour	Mike Lee	2,044	62.5	+3.7
	Labour	Anne Worsley	1,971	60.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Baker	630	19.3	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Elbert	487	14.9	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Brean	486	14.9	N/A
	Conservative	Miranda Hardie	464	14.2	-5.9
	Conservative	Angus Pritchard-Gordon	404	12.4	-6.3
	Conservative	Sharon Spiers	388	11.9	-5.4
Turnout			3,268	38.3	-1.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bricklayers edit

Bricklayers (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Nash*	1,754	67.0	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Scovell*	1,677	64.1	+5.3
	Labour	Robert Cornall	636	24.3	-6.2
	Labour	Rosemary Whitlock	623	23.8	-4.6
	Conservative	John Williams	118	4.5	-1.1
	Conservative	Susan Hammond	105	4.0	-0.9
Turnout			2,618	38.6	-6.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Browning edit

Browning (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Goldie*	1,582	61.1	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Cheesman*	1,574	60.8	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Munday	1,566	60.5	+8.7
	Labour	Martin Green	924	35.7	+0.2
	Labour	Peter Hore	885	34.2	-1.2
	Labour	Michael Yates	869	33.6	+2.0
	Conservative	Elizabeth Buckland	137	5.3	-0.8
	Conservative	Alan Sheridan	133	5.1	±0.0
	Conservative	Lilian Prince	107	4.1	-0.9
Turnout			2,589	32.7	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brunswick edit

Brunswick (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Driver*	1,482	61.2	-6.9
	Labour	Lilian Naish*	1,427	58.9	-9.1
	Labour	John Friary	1,413	58.3	-9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Maurice*	626	25.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bonnington	617	25.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy O'Dowd	568	23.5	N/A
	Conservative	Anna-Louise McKinney	154	6.4	-16.8
	Conservative	Douglas Mitchell	142	5.9	-14.6
	Conservative	Douglas Pearce	128	5.3	-15.0
Turnout			2,422	31.7	-0.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Burgess edit

Burgess (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rose Colley*	887	53.4	-4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Neale	782	47.1	-6.7
	Labour	Simon McKeown	703	42.3	+5.0
	Labour	Josephine Clark**	690	41.5	+6.5
	Conservative	Christina Coyle	73	4.4	+1.0
	Conservative	Roger Prince	47	2.8	-0.2
Turnout			1,662	36.6	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Josephine Clark was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward

Cathedral edit

Cathedral (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Wines*	1,604	74.9	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Shearman*	1,442	67.4	+12.8
	Labour	Robert Smeath	412	19.2	-11.3
	Labour	Nicola Kutapan	361	16.9	-12.1
	Conservative	Susan Hardy	73	3.4	-3.7
	Conservative	Peter Randall Johnson	53	2.5	-4.5
	Communist	Marcella Fitzgerald	31	1.4	N/A
Turnout			2,141	41.7	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chaucer edit

Chaucer (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Bayne	1,461	45.4	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Thompson	1,415	44.0	+3.4
	Labour	Stephan Lancashire	1,410	43.9	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Buxton**	1,404	43.7	+4.8
	Labour	Matt Tee	1,375	42.8	+0.8
	Labour	Rebecca Tee	1,363	42.4	+2.3
	Conservative	Ann Buckland	170	5.3	-0.7
	Conservative	Lorraine Sheridan	125	3.9	-0.8
	Conservative	Charles Hayward	110	3.4	-0.8
	Communist	Joyce Fairchild	57	1.8	N/A
Turnout			3,215	38.9	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

David Buxton was a sitting councillor for Dockyard ward

College edit

College (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Humphreys	1,202	41.0	-9.3
	Conservative	Stephen Charge**	1,124	38.4	-10.5
	Labour	Sara Ives	947	32.3	-3.5
	Labour	Alan Sharples	878	30.0	-5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Mynott	752	25.7	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Price	733	25.0	+13.2
Turnout			2,929	47.9	-3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stephen Charge was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward

Consort edit

Consort (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Ritchie	1,040	64.7	-4.4
	Labour	Hassan Vahib**	858	53.4	-15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Tomkins	356	22.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Salt	329	20.5	N/A
	Conservative	Leslie Brown	198	12.3	-11.3
	Conservative	Edmund Franc	141	8.8	-12.5
Turnout			1,608	31.6	-3.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hassan Vahib was a sitting councillor for Lyndhurst ward

Dockyard edit

Dockyard (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Barr	2,650	64.2	+17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Denton*	2,634	63.8	+17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Partridge	2,479	60.0	+14.8
	Labour	Benjamin Marshall	1,002	24.3	-9.1
	Labour	Aveen McHugh	996	24.1	-6.5
	Labour	Lindsay Thomas	902	21.8	-8.5
	Conservative	Stephen Holmes	273	6.6	-11.7
	Conservative	Anne Peirce	213	5.2	-12.6
	Conservative	Mark Tunstill	192	4.7	-12.8
Turnout			4,129	34.7	-8.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Faraday edit

Faraday (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Clark	1,762	46.5	+20.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alfred Langley	1,735	45.8	+20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Donnachadh McCarthy	1,719	45.3	+21.7
	Labour	Charles Cherrill*	1,588	41.9	-8.1
	Labour	John Lauder*	1,529	40.3	-7.9
	Labour	Lorraine Lauder	1,527	40.3	-11.0
	Conservative	Robert Hayward	207	5.5	-6.7
	Conservative	Lucy Newmark	205	5.4	-7.4
	Conservative	Jennifer Handscomb	197	5.2	-6.4
Turnout			3,791	39.9	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Friary edit

Friary (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Bailey	1,086	51.7	+2.3
	Labour	Joan Khachik	972	46.3	+1.6
	Labour	Sonya Murison**	968	46.1	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Berry	828	39.4	+33.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rand Guebert	763	36.3	+30.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Hunt	761	36.2	+31.3
	Conservative	Ivy Brown	129	6.1	-4.4
	Conservative	May Beaumont	104	5.0	-4.9
	Conservative	Nicola Eldridge	101	4.8	-4.7
Turnout			2,101	33.3	-2.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sonya Murison was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward

Liddle edit

Liddle (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Ellery*	1,315	76.6	-5.3
	Labour	Daniel McCarthy*	1,191	69.4	-1.5
	Labour	Abdur-Rahman Olayiwola	1,111	64.7	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Banks	226	13.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Landels	205	11.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Ogunsanya	183	10.7	N/A
	Green	Jennifer Wilson	119	6.9	N/A
	Conservative	Dennis Herbert	110	6.4	-5.3
	Conservative	Vassos Christodoulou	79	4.6	-5.1
Turnout			1,716	20.2	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Lyndhurst edit

Lyndhurst (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aubyn Graham*	1,933	59.1	+6.1
	Labour	Dermot McInerney	1,881	57.5	+7.6
	Labour	Nick Dolezal	1,878	57.4	+12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Milne	603	18.4	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Heatley	591	18.1	N/A
	Conservative	Eleanor Gayler	565	17.3	-13.5
	Conservative	Olga Grant	556	17.0	-11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Newby	556	17.0	+7.2
	Conservative	Doris Pearce	533	16.3	-11.5
Turnout			3,270	37.9	-1.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Newington edit

Newington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Fraser*	1,876	58.1	+0.5
	Labour	Hannah McDonald	1,764	54.6	-3.6
	Labour	Robert Wingfield**	1,642	50.9	-6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Clemens	916	28.4	+17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Christmas	904	28.0	+16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Gurling	783	24.2	+15.4
	Conservative	Philip Dixon	293	9.1	-8.2
	Conservative	Felicity Malyon	271	8.4	-7.7
	Conservative	Richard Malyon	262	8.1	-7.6
Turnout			3,229	36.4	-3.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Robert Wingfield was a sitting councillor for Friary ward

Riverside edit

Riverside (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Dunk*	1,461	50.5	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Olliffe	1,374	47.5	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Manchester	1,326	45.8	+1.1
	Labour	Coral Newell	1,002	34.6	-6.2
	Labour	Charles Sawer	926	32.0	-4.0
	Labour	John Howard	885	30.6	-3.4
	Conservative	Robert Hughes	364	12.6	+4.0
	Conservative	Jacqueline Newbury	165	5.7	-2.5
	Conservative	William Woods	154	5.3	-1.9
Turnout			2,893	38.8	-3.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rotherhithe edit

Rotherhithe (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Pemberton*	1,537	63.2	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Jones*	1,480	60.8	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Bassom*	1,454	59.8	+1.7
	Labour	David Brasier	536	22.0	-5.0
	Labour	William Griffiths	497	20.4	-6.9
	Labour	Carl Upsall	403	16.6	+0.2
	Militant Labour	Joan Francis	168	6.9	N/A
	Militant Labour	Lynn Kelly	159	6.5	N/A
	Militant Labour	Julie Donovan	155	6.4	N/A
	Conservative	Joyce Coomber	88	3.6	-0.2
	Conservative	Frances Gray	84	3.5	±0.0
	Conservative	Sarah Phillips	70	2.9	-0.3
Turnout			2,433	40.0	-6.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ruskin edit

Ruskin (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Pearce	1,651	39.2	-1.7
	Labour	Alan Firminger	1,594	37.9	+2.7
	Conservative	Tobias Eckersley*	1,584	37.6	-5.3
	Conservative	David Bradbury*	1,577	37.4	-5.6
	Conservative	David Harvey	1,486	35.3	-7.5
	Labour	Usman Khalid	1,445	34.3	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Martin	866	20.6	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anna McGettigan**	841	20.0	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Mitchell	829	19.7	+10.7
	Green	Robert Goodman	291	6.9	-7.5
Turnout			4,211	56.2	-1.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anna McGettigan was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward

Rye edit

Rye (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Niall Duffy	1,493	50.3	+7.3
	Labour	Dominic Thorncroft	1,329	44.7	+2.5
	Conservative	Irene Kimm*	1,045	35.2	-8.4
	Conservative	Alan Buddles	964	32.4	-8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Farrow	382	12.9	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Watson	344	11.6	+5.4
	Independent	Garth Robertson	99	3.3	-5.2
Turnout			2,971	47.3	-3.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Giles edit

St Giles (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent Feiner	1,654	63.3	+2.1
	Labour	Anthony Ritchie*	1,627	62.3	+3.4
	Labour	William Skelly	1,579	60.4	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Allen	496	19.0	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Mason	489	18.7	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Ashworth	487	18.6	+7.4
	Conservative	Clive Jones	283	10.8	-6.4
	Conservative	Hugh McKinney	280	10.7	-5.7
	Conservative	Peter Lengyel	264	10.1	-6.1
Turnout			2,613	29.4	-3.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

The Lane edit

The Lane (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Harrison	1,201	48.5	+35.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Williams	1,177	47.5	+35.9
	Labour	Leslie Alden*	1,002	40.5	-17.9
	Labour	Ann Bernadt*	1,001	40.4	-15.5
	Conservative	John Davenport	138	5.6	-18.1
	Conservative	Andrew Mitchell	135	5.5	-18.1
Turnout			2,477	43.4	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Waverley edit

Waverley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Gibson*	1,252	53.2	+3.5
	Labour	Fycsene Sheilds	1,046	44.4	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Watson	892	37.9	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Skelly	835	35.5	+7.0
	Conservative	Heather Kirby**	191	8.1	-9.6
	Conservative	Diana Ladas	168	7.1	-9.0
Turnout			2,354	43.3	-4.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heather Kirby was a sitting councillor for College ward

By-Elections edit

Browning by-election, 27 April 1995^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah M. Gurling	1,378	56.5	-4.0
	Labour	Charles Cherrill	855	35.0	-0.7
	Ind. Liberal Democrat	Ronald A. Mcl. North	112	4.6	N/A
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark	95	3.9	-1.4
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. James R. Munday.

Bellenden by-election, 4 May 1995^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet F. Heatley	1,790	73.4	+10.9
	Conservative	Sharon F. Spiers	260	10.7	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander J. Baker	257	10.5	-8.8
	Ind. Liberal Democrat	David Osborne	133	5.5	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Mike Lee.

Dockyard by-election, 27 July 1995^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra R. Dunk	1,236	60.4	-3.4
	Labour	Robert J. Gasson	642	31.4	+7.1
	Conservative	Percy Gray	167	8.2	+1.6
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Elizabeth Denton.

Friary by-election, 3 August 1995^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barrie J. Hargrove	909	56.6	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline V. Pidgeon	650	40.5	+1.1
	Ind. Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline E. Tomkins	46	2.9	N/A
Turnout			1,605
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sonya J. H. Murison.

Barset by-election, 26 October 1995^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephanie E. Elsy	734	77.9	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	David C. Buxton	118	12.5	-6.3
	Conservative	Robert Hayward	90	9.6	-0.9
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Svetlana Kirov.

Chaucer by-election, 7 December 1995^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard J. Livingstone	1,125	50.1	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert J. S. Skelly	1,025	45.6	+0.2
	Independent Green	Doreen M. Robinson	97	4.3	N/A
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Robert A. Bayne.

Browning by-election, 20 March 1996^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce L. Hales	1,191	64.1	+3.3
	Labour	Eudora Dixon-Fyle	668	35.9	+0.2
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Paul Cheesman.

Waverley by-election, 23 October 1997^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael S. Barnard	410	79.6	+35.2
	Conservative	Rebecca M. Humphreys	105	20.4	+12.3
Majority			305	59.2
Turnout			515	11.3	-32.0
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Eyscene Sheilds.

References edit

^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1994). Local Elections Handbook 1994. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

[1] Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1994). Local Elections Handbook 1994. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.

[London_1998_election-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

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