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1990 Southwark London Borough Council election
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3 May 1990 (1990-05-03)
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All 64 seats up for election to Southwark London Borough Council
33 seats needed for a majority
Registered171,625[1]
Turnout69,572, 40.54%[1]
  First party Second party
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Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before 42 15
Seats won 37 21[n 1]
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 5
Popular vote 30,902 16,688
Percentage 47.66% 25.74%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Conservative Independent Labour Lion Team
Seats before 6 1
Seats won 6 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 13,044 676
Percentage 20.12% 1.04%
Council control before election


Labour

 Council control after election


Labour

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 40.54%.

Background

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Election result

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Southwark local election result 1990[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 37 1 6 Decrease 5 57.81 47.66 30,902 Decrease 3.02
  Liberal Democrats 21[n 1] 5 0 Increase 5 32.81 25.74 16,688 Decrease 3.06
  Conservative 6 1 1 Steady 9.38 20.12 13,044 Increase 2.06
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 5.02 3,252 Increase 2.96
  Independent Labour Lion Team 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 1.04 676 New
  BNP 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.28 180 New
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.15 99 Decrease 0.03
Total 64 64,841
Southwark Council voting history

Ward results

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(*) - indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different seat than which they were elected to

Abbey

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Abbey (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Blake*[n 2] 931 52.5 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Steven Gauge 844 47.6 +8.5
Labour Ellen Brown 687 38.7 −3.2
Labour Rita Sergeant†[n 3] 636 35.9 −1.2
Conservative Robert Berry 104 5.9 N/A
Conservative Betina Bilham-Ware 93 5.2 N/A
Registered electors 4,835
Turnout 1,779 36.79
Rejected ballots 5 0.28
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Alleyn

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Alleyn (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Josephine Clark 1,209 50.3 +6.7
Labour Cecile Lothian 1,140 47.4 +5.8
Conservative Miranda Hardie 762 31.7 +3.0
Conservative Percy Gray† 755 31.4 +5.0
Green Harriet Einsiedel 240 10.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alistair Milne 204 8.5 −10.6
Liberal Democrats Shirley Theiner 185 7.7 −10.5
Registered electors 5,607
Turnout 2,409 42.96
Rejected ballots 6 0.25
Labour hold
Labour hold

Barset

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Barset (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Halls 1,176 74.8 +16.4
Labour Kenneth Morey 1,123 71.4 +18.6
Conservative Charles Cooper 329 20.9 +10.5
Conservative Peter Mason 325 20.7 +10.7
Registered electors 4,854
Turnout 1,588 32.72
Rejected ballots 15 0.94
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bellenden

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Bellenden (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bronwyn McKenna 2,107 60.7 +6.6
Labour John McTernan* 2,042 58.8 +5.0
Labour Margaret Russell 1,944 56.0 +4.8
Conservative Marjorie Osborn 698 20.1 −2.6
Conservative Victor Rutherford 648 18.7 −3.7
Green Christopher Dodwell 601 17.3 +10.9
Conservative Sharon Spiers 599 17.3 −4.8
Liberal Democrats John Egan 318 9.2 −5.9
Liberal Democrats Eileen Conn 285 8.2 −6.0
Registered electors 8,687
Turnout 3,479 40.05
Rejected ballots 8 0.23
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bricklayers

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Bricklayers (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Nash 1,671 61.3 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Scovell 1,602 58.8 +7.6
Labour Lindsay Thomas 831 30.5 −9.8
Labour Isaac Bellinfante 775 28.4 −9.8
Conservative Miles Baxter 153 5.6 N/A
Conservative Damian Cornell 134 4.9 N/A
Registered electors 6,087
Turnout 2,730 44.85
Rejected ballots 5 0.18
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Browning

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Browning (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Cheesman 1,521 53.8 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Alex Goldie 1,485 52.5 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Patricia Matheson†[n 4] 1,464 51.8 +13.0
Labour Harry Canagasabey 1,005 35.5 −10.2
Labour Ronald North 1,002 35.4 −8.0
Labour Winston Stafford†[n 5] 895 31.6 −11.2
Conservative Helen Hall 172 6.1 −0.6
Conservative Girish Pattni 145 5.1 −1.3
Conservative Hui Man 142 5.0 N/A
Registered electors 7,490
Turnout 2,834 37.84
Rejected ballots 6 0.21
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats hold

Brunswick

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Brunswick (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Driver 1,598 68.1 +10.7
Labour John Maurice* 1,596 68.1 +11.1
Labour Lilian Naish 1,595 68.0 +11.8
Conservative Lilian Dawson 543 23.2 +10.8
Conservative Douglas Mitchell 480 20.5 +9.3
Conservative David Mason 475 20.3 +8.6
Communist Eric Hodson 99 4.2 +1.1
Registered electors 7,374
Turnout 2,362 32.03
Rejected ballots 17 0.72
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Burgess

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Burgess (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rose Colley* 1,011 57.6 +5.8
Liberal Democrats Ronald Holt 944 53.8 +9.0
Labour Piers Corbyn* 655 37.3 −8.5
Labour Jay Hall 615 35.0 −5.4
Conservative Sheila Mackey 59 3.4 N/A
Conservative Stephen Mackey 52 3.0 N/A
Registered electors 4,339
Turnout 1,755 40.56
Rejected ballots 5 0.28
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Cathedral

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Cathedral (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Wines* 1,353 60.5 +19.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Shearman†[n 6] 1,221 54.6 +15.7
Labour Anne Worsley 682 30.5 −10.6
Labour Shirley Reese 649 29.0 −11.4
Conservative Harriette Blum 159 7.1 −3.5
Conservative Mark Tunstill 156 7.0 N/A
Registered electors 5,415
Turnout 2,250 41.55
Rejected ballots 13 0.58
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Chaucer

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Chaucer (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anna McGettigan*[n 7] 1,279 43.5 +2.3
Labour John Johnson 1,263 42.9 −4.9
Labour Sonya Murison 1,237 42.0 −4.3
Liberal Democrats Leroy Arscott 1,195 40.6 −2.4
Labour Bernard White 1,179 40.1 −5.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Skelly 1,146 38.9 −0.8
Green Richard Laming 251 8.5 N/A
Conservative Maureen Jansen 177 6.0 −0.3
Conservative James Gourlay 137 4.7 −1.0
Conservative Jack Wolff 123 4.2 N/A
Registered electors 7,968
Turnout 2,946 36.97
Rejected ballots 3 0.10
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Labour hold
Labour hold

College

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College (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Eriksen 1,585 50.3 +2.7
Conservative Heather Kirby 1,540 48.9 +3.7
Labour Martin Chapman 1,128 35.8 +6.7
Labour Gerda Glage 1,114 35.4 +7.5
Liberal Democrats Patricia Mynott 399 12.7 −6.4
Liberal Democrats Eileen Neale 372 11.8 −6.9
Registered electors 6,089
Turnout 3,157 51.85
Rejected ballots 6 0.19
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Consort

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Consort (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Fryer†[n 8] 1,254 69.1 +4.8
Labour Sally Keeble* 1,253 69.1 +8.3
Conservative Leslie Brown 429 23.6 +9.9
Conservative Michael Bungy 387 21.3 +9.8
Registered electors 5,154
Turnout 1,828 35.47
Rejected ballots 14 0.77
Labour hold
Labour hold

Dockyard

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Dockyard (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Buxton 1,807 46.8 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Denton 1,772 45.9 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Ronald Kendrick* 1,745 45.2 −0.7
Labour Rebecca Corfield 1,290 33.4 −10.3
Labour Simon McKeown 1,181 30.6 −10.9
Labour Michael Geater†[n 9] 1,170 30.3 −10.3
Conservative Christopher Phillips 706 18.3 +11.9
Conservative Thomas Owen 688 17.8 +11.5
Conservative Andrew Raca 677 17.5 N/A
Registered electors 8,915
Turnout 3,875 43.47
Rejected ballots 11 0.28
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Faraday

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Faraday (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Cotter 1,546 51.3 −13.6
Labour Charles Cherrill 1,505 50.0 −14.5
Labour John Lauder†[n 10] 1,451 48.2 −15.3
Liberal Democrats Martine Bonner 776 25.8 +11.1
Liberal Democrats Linda Hall 762 25.3 +11.4
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hunt 711 23.6 +12.8
Conservative Michael Roberts 367 12.2 −1.7
Conservative David Sandford 361 12.0 −1.3
Conservative Maureen Tomison 350 11.6 −0.8
Registered electors 9,363
Turnout 3,015 32.20
Rejected ballots 4 0.13
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Friary

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Friary (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Godfrey 1,128 49.4 −20.9
Labour Robert Wingfield*[n 11] 1,021 44.7 −24.1
Labour Marjorie Henriquez* 958 42.0 −27.9
Independent Labour Lion Team Tony Goss* 766 33.6 −35.2
Independent Labour Lion Team Ann Goss†[n 12] 704 30.8 N/A
Independent Labour Lion Team Brian McKeon†[n 13] 558 24.4 N/A
Conservative John Board 239 10.5 −3.3
Conservative Angela Meakin 225 9.9 −2.7
Conservative Roy Taylor 216 9.5 −2.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Allen 139 6.1 −6.8
Liberal Democrats Sandra Gray 126 5.5 −6.7
Liberal Democrats Anne Sheehan 111 4.9 −6.5
Registered electors 6,413
Turnout 2,297 35.8
Rejected ballots 14
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Liddle

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Liddle (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Ellery* 1,246 81.9 +2.6
Labour Daniel McCarthy* 1,079 70.9 −2.1
Labour Deborah Welch*[n 14] 1,028 67.6 −1.9
Conservative Lawrence Kennedy 178 11.7 +4.3
Conservative Richard Malyon 148 9.7 +3.2
Conservative Kola Olushola 131 8.6 +3.3
Registered electors 8,487
Turnout 1,537 18.11
Rejected ballots 16 1.04
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lyndhurst

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Lyndhurst (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aubyn Graham* 1,846 53.0 +1.9
Labour Helen Shreeve 1,738 49.9 −2.4
Labour Hassan Vahib 1,570 45.1 −6.7
Conservative John Edwards†[n 15] 1,074 30.8 +1.4
Conservative Mark Marshall 975 28.0 −0.8
Conservative Diana Ladas 969 27.8 −0.4
Green Peter Reid 453 13.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alison Farrow 349 10.0 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Newby 343 9.8 −2.9
Registered electors 8,780
Turnout 3,488 39.73
Rejected ballots 3 0.09
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Newington

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Newington (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Howarth* 2,016 58.2 −1.4
Labour Jeremy Fraser* 1,996 57.6 −1.2
Labour Roy Kennedy* 1,976 57.0 −3.1
Conservative Clive Jones 601 17.3 +2.8
Conservative Doris Pearce 558 16.1 +2.0
Conservative Douglas Pearce 545 15.7 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Neville Clemens 414 12.0 −2.6
Liberal Democrats Gillian Clemens 395 11.4 −1.9
Green Pauline Christopher 376 10.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Shirley Petrucci 306 8.8 −4.6
Registered electors 8,775
Turnout 3,471 39.56
Rejected ballots 7 0.20
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Riverside

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Riverside (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Cole 1,358 47.2 −7.1
Liberal Democrats George Dunk* 1,299 45.2 −6.8
Liberal Democrats Patricia Molloy 1,285 44.7 −6.0
Labour Coral Newell*[n 16] 1,172 40.8 +4.6
Labour Rupert Doyle 1,034 36.0 +0.4
Labour Leonard Fisher 978 34.0 +1.0
Conservative Richard Coultman 247 8.6 +2.2
Conservative Anthony Powell 236 8.2 +4.6
Conservative Nicola Meaden 206 7.2 N/A
Registered electors 6,747
Turnout 2,879 42.67
Rejected ballots 4 0.14
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Rotherhithe

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Rotherhithe (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Frank Pemberton* 1,706 62.6 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Victor Jones* 1,649 60.5 +10.9
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Bassom* 1,584 58.1 +11.1
Labour John Burke 743 27.3 −9.6
Labour David Brasier 736 27.0 −9.4
Labour Alexander Coveney 448 16.4 −18.9
BNP Stephen Tyler 180 6.6 N/A
Conservative Pippa Holt 104 3.8 N/A
Conservative Stephen Hill 95 3.5 N/A
Conservative John van der Walt 88 3.2 N/A
Registered electors 5,900
Turnout 2,731 46.29
Rejected ballots 5 0.18
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Ruskin

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Ruskin (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Bradbury 1,900 43.0 −2.1
Conservative Tobias Eckersley 1,894 42.9 −1.3
Conservative Stephen Charge 1,890 42.8 −0.5
Labour David Stephens 1,809 40.9 +13.6
Labour Richard Exel 1,557 35.2 +8.4
Labour Wycliffe Kempadoo 1,548 35.0 +10.6
Green Priscilla Waugh 638 14.4 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Bernard Webb 463 10.5 −11.1
Liberal Democrats Benedict Rich 435 9.8 −10.8
Liberal Democrats John Weedy 396 9.0 −10.5
Registered electors 7,659
Turnout 4,426 57.79
Rejected ballots 6 0.14
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Rye

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Rye (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Irene Kimm* 1,447 43.6 +5.7
Labour Christopher Hughes 1,425 43.0 +5.9
Labour Peter Crome 1,401 42.2 +3.3
Conservative Trevor Pitman*[n 17] 1,361 41.0 +3.8
Green Garth Robertson 282 8.5 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Watson 206 6.2 −8.2
Liberal Democrats Hung Lee 179 5.4 −8.1
Registered electors 6,565
Turnout 3,320 50.57
Rejected ballots 4 0.12
Conservative hold
Labour hold

St Giles

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St Giles (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Roberts 1,765 61.2 +7.4
Labour Anthony Ritchie* 1,699 58.9 +2.5
Labour Michael Idun 1,627 56.4 +6.7
Conservative James Lambert 497 17.2 +6.7
Conservative Archibald Norman 473 16.4 +6.5
Conservative Bruce Embleton 468 16.2 +6.9
Green David Donaldson 411 14.3 +9.1
Liberal Democrats Emma Hewett 327 11.3 −16.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Duff 324 11.2 −14.0
Liberal Democrats Helen Smith 322 11.2 −13.6
Registered electors 8,880
Turnout 2,888 32.52
Rejected ballots 5 0.17
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

The Lane

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The Lane (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leslie Alden* 1,317 58.4 +11.7
Labour Ann Bernadt 1,261 55.9 +10.3
Conservative Malcolm Wilson 534 23.7 +8.0
Conservative Peter Conkey 532 23.6 +8.4
Liberal Democrats Philip Bonnington 290 12.9 −14.5
Liberal Democrats Thomas Webster 262 11.6 −15.8
Registered electors 5,729
Turnout 2,262 39.48
Rejected ballots 6 0.26
Labour hold
Labour hold

Waverley

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Waverley (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Gibson 1,313 49.7 −6.0
Labour Pamela Smith†[n 18] 1,273 48.2 −1.3
Liberal Democrats Celia Cooke 779 29.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kevin Daws 752 28.5 N/A
Conservative David Harvey 466 17.7 −12.4
Conservative Peter Withrington 424 16.1 −12.7
Registered electors 5,513
Turnout 2,643 47.94
Rejected ballots 3 0.11
Labour hold
Labour hold

By-Elections

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Brunswick by-election, 25 July 1991[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vivien Maurice 1,076 50.8 N/A
Labour Bernard White 775 36.6 −21.5
Conservative Michael Bungy 135 6.4 −16.8
BNP Stephen Tyler 132 6.2 N/A
Registered electors 7,645
Total votes 2,118 27.7
Turnout 27.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Maurice.

Notes

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  1. 1 2 Includes results from Lib Dem Focus Team candidates
  2. ↑ Blake was election in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Kenneth Carlisle in 1988[4]
  3. ↑ Sergeant was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
  4. ↑ Matheson was a sitting councillor representing the Dockyard ward
  5. ↑ Stafford was a sitting councillor representing the St Giles ward
  6. ↑ Shearman was a sitting councillor representing the Rotherhithe ward
  7. ↑ McGettigan was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Linda Oram in 1988[4]
  8. ↑ Fryer was a sitting councillor representing the Browning ward
  9. ↑ Geater was a sitting councillor representing the St Giles ward
  10. ↑ Lauder was a sitting councillor representing the Brunswick ward
  11. ↑ Wingfield was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. David Main in 1989[4]
  12. ↑ Goss was a sitting councillor representing the Browning ward
  13. ↑ McKeon was a sitting councillor representing the Waverley ward
  14. ↑ Welch was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Ali Balli in 1987[4]
  15. ↑ Edwards was a sitting councillor representing the Ruskin ward
  16. ↑ Coral was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Joan Price in 1988[4]
  17. ↑ Pitman was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Elsie Headley in 1987[4]
  18. ↑ Smith was a sitting councillor representing The Lane

References

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  1. 1 2 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 72–74, 134–135. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Southwark Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990 - By-elections for London borough councillors, May 1986 to May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 155–156. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  5. ↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis; Vaid, Lovedeep. "London Borough Council By-elections May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 66. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
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