1990 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election
3 May 1990
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All 54 council seats up for election to Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 91,653[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 38,693, 42.22%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1990 Kensington and Chelsea Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]
Background
Election result
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 39 | 0 | 0 | 72.22 | 51.83 | 48,502 | |||
| Labour | 15 | 0 | 0 | 27.78 | 34.13 | 31,939 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.95 | 10,248 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 1,406 | |||
| ICP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 533 | |||
| SDP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 352 | |||
| RAP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 237 | |||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 198 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 95 | |||
| Corrective Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 79 | |||
| Total | 54 | 93,589 | |||||||
Ward results
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
Abingdon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Elizabeth Christmas* | 1,258 | 65.49 | |
| Conservative | William Carver | 1,241 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Munday* | 1,168 | ||
| Labour | Hussain Haider | 261 | 13.45 | |
| Labour | Edwin Passes | 260 | ||
| Labour | Reginald Pearce | 232 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Good | 215 | 10.29 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Donald Fair | 211 | ||
| Green | Harold Heckle | 201 | 10.77 | |
| Liberal Democrats | George Minto | 150 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,930 | |||
| Turnout | 1,870 | 37.93 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.11 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
Avondale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Benjamin Bousquet* | 1,540 | 65.95 | |
| Labour | Jennifer Forsyth* | 1,378 | ||
| Labour | Hugh Raven | 1,312 | ||
| Conservative | John Boden | 543 | 23.81 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Palmer | 507 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony Johnson | 476 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Wright | 219 | 10.24 | |
| Registered electors | 5,091 | |||
| Turnout | 2,381 | 46.77 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.25 | ||
| Labour hold | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||
Brompton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Hudson* | 606 | 72.66 | |
| Conservative | Simon Ingham | 557 | ||
| Labour | Mary Blanchet | 125 | 15.23 | |
| Labour | Matilda Edelman | 118 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Gould | 99 | 12.11 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Somers | 95 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,572 | |||
| Turnout | 850 | 33.05 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.47 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
Campden
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Briance | 1,401 | 71.18 | |
| Conservative | Yvonne Constance | 1,365 | ||
| Conservative | Primrose Palmer | 1,362 | ||
| Labour | Jane Armstrong | 361 | 18.11 | |
| Labour | Tanya Harrod | 359 | ||
| Labour | Clifford Simmons | 329 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Anderson | 223 | 10.71 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Crichton-Miller | 209 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Doreen Gorsky | 190 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,809 | |||
| Turnout | 2,036 | 42.34 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.25 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
Cheyne
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Corbet-Singleton | 1,135 | 71.82 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Wheeler* | 1,132 | ||
| Labour | Paul Marsh | 282 | 17.29 | |
| Labour | Peter Harvey | 263 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Muir | 181 | 10.89 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Smales | 163 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,973 | |||
| Turnout | 1,656 | 41.68 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.36 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
Church
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jean Craig | 943 | 68.17 | |
| Conservative | Adrian Fitzgerald* | 902 | ||
| Labour | John Keys | 323 | 22.82 | |
| Labour | Dennis Fuller | 295 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | William Somers | 141 | 9.01 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Yousuf Ali | 102 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,097 | |||
| Turnout | 1,448 | 46.76 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.07 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
Colville
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Robert Pope* | 1,423 | 65.25 | |
| Labour | Joanna Edward | 1,396 | ||
| Labour | Patricia Healy | 1,373 | ||
| Conservative | Pamela Davies | 476 | 20.60 | |
| Conservative | Edward Hutley | 436 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Sutcliffe | 410 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Ritchie | 209 | 9.76 | |
| Communist | Brian Nicholls | 94 | 4.39 | |
| Registered electors | 5,126 | |||
| Turnout | 2,229 | 43.48 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.45 | ||
| Labour hold | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||
Courtfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony Coates†[n 1] | 880 | 40.20 | |
| Conservative | Edward Cox* | 855 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Fane*[n 2] | 830 | ||
| Lib Dem Focus Team | Susan Broidy | 627 | 27.78 | |
| Lib Dem Focus Team | Brian Orrell | 627 | ||
| Lib Dem Focus Team | Christopher Ramsay-Horler | 519 | ||
| ICP | Kenneth Young | 279 | 12.55 | |
| ICP | Paula Young | 254 | ||
| Labour | Caraline S. Brown | 189 | 8.18 | |
| Green | William Charlton | 185 | 8.70 | |
| Labour | Stephan Burke | 182 | ||
| Labour | Vivienne Robb | 151 | ||
| RAP | Kazimierz Przedmoyski | 55 | 2.59 | |
| Registered electors | 4,605 | |||
| Turnout | 2,025 | 43.97 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.25 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
Earls Court
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Laurence Kenny* | 978 | 38.82 | |
| Conservative | John Bender | 906 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Warrick* | 887 | ||
| Labour | MartinGreen | 524 | 20.88 | |
| Labour | Suky J. Macpherson | 515 | ||
| Labour | Barry Sharman | 451 | ||
| Lib Dem Focus Team | John Drake | 431 | 16.85 | |
| Lib Dem Focus Team | Vanessa G. Giles | 408 | ||
| Lib Dem Focus Team | Andrew Shepherd | 365 | ||
| Green | Eniko Kortvelyessy | 266 | 11.18 | |
| RAP | Elcie Montagu | 182 | 7.65 | |
| SDP | David Hyde | 88 | 3.53 | |
| SDP | John Martin | 80 | ||
| Corrective Party | Christine Ellis | 31 | 1.09 | |
| Corrective Party | Lindi St Clair | 31 | ||
| Corrective Party | Marilyn Fawcett | 17 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,909 | |||
| Turnout | 2,204 | 37.30 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.18 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
Goldborne
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ann Bond*[n 3] | 1,599 | 64.98 | |
| Labour | Bridget Hoier | 1,387 | ||
| Labour | Patrick Younge | 1,317 | ||
| Green | Nicola Easton | 226 | 10.24 | |
| Conservative | Olaf Clayton | 198 | 8.47 | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Hurd | 184 | ||
| Conservative | Justin Grant-Duff | 178 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James Barnett | 161 | 7.30 | |
| Communist | Edward Adams | 104 | 4.71 | |
| Independent | Len Green | 95 | 4.30 | |
| Registered electors | 4,686 | |||
| Turnout | 2,050 | 43.75 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.34 | ||
| Labour hold | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||
Hans Town
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mary Glyn*[n 4] | 1,224 | 79.21 | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Paget-Brown* | 1,219 | ||
| Conservative | Desmon Harney* | 1,213 | ||
| Labour | Leslie Pain | 220 | 13.64 | |
| Labour | Anthony Price | 214 | ||
| Labour | Victor Schonfield | 197 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Drabble | 119 | 7.15 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Le Franc | 116 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hannah Ali | 94 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,391 | |||
| Turnout | 1,657 | 37.74 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.30 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
Holland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joan Hanham* | 1,458 | 70.50 | |
| Conservative | Bryan Levitt* | 1,412 | ||
| Conservative | Warwick Lightfoot* | 1,396 | ||
| Labour | Roger Dunn | 381 | 17.75 | |
| Labour | Leopold Barraclough | 364 | ||
| Labour | David Holland | 330 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Boddington | 153 | 7.19 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Henry Pryor | 143 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh Venables | 140 | ||
| SDP | Thomas Heron | 98 | 4.56 | |
| SDP | Caiphas Chambati | 86 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,745 | |||
| Turnout | 2,084 | 43.92 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.38 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
Kelfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stephen Hoier* | 1,273 | 64.70 | |
| Labour | David Spry | 1,156 | ||
| Conservative | Sheila Robertson | 501 | 24.76 | |
| Conservative | Desmond Swayne | 428 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Owen | 211 | 10.54 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Irene Watson | 185 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,475 | |||
| Turnout | 2,044 | 45.68 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.34 | ||
| Labour hold | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||
Norland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ernest Tomlin* | 902 | 58.25 | |
| Conservative | Brian Walker-Arnott* | 883 | ||
| Labour | Barbara Atkinson | 374 | 23.61 | |
| Labour | Roger Fuller | 350 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rose Hunt | 296 | 18.13 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Shirley | 259 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,212 | |||
| Turnout | 1,588 | 49.44 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.32 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
North Stanley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Priscilla Frazer | 1,012 | 61.30 | |
| Conservative | Merrick Cockell* | 1,005 | ||
| Labour | Michael Evans | 509 | 28.80 | |
| Labour | Rena Valeh | 439 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Eben Phillips | 171 | 9.90 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Omar | 154 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,910 | |||
| Turnout | 1,751 | 44.78 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.63 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
Pembridge
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Isobel Campbell | 1,122 | 47.47 | |
| Conservative | David Campton* | 1,089 | ||
| Conservative | Doreen Weatherhead* | 1,053 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Daly | 643 | 27.18 | |
| Labour | Marian Kearney | 631 | ||
| Labour | Richard Hawkins | 595 | ||
| Green | Ajay Burlingham-Johnson | 338 | 14.75 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Campbell | 281 | 10.60 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sian Roberts | 240 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick Spencer | 209 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,046 | |||
| Turnout | 2,241 | 44.41 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.18 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
Queen's Gate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Timothy Coleridge* | 1,307 | 74.28 | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Russell* | 1,250 | ||
| Conservative | Daniel Moylan | 1,246 | ||
| Labour | Sean Keeley | 259 | 14.47 | |
| Labour | Richard Jordan | 242 | ||
| Labour | Ian Mackrill | 241 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Dawson | 197 | 11.25 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Rott | 191 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Venables | 187 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,598 | |||
| Turnout | 1,795 | 39.04 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.22 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
Redcliffe
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frances Taylor†[n 5] | 1,147 | 63.85 | |
| Conservative | Patrick Gillford | 1,125 | ||
| Conservative | Alick Whitfield | 1,088 | ||
| Labour | Patricia Fuller | 409 | 22.63 | |
| Labour | Andrew Dawson | 397 | ||
| Labour | Alexander Pringle | 386 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Katerina Porter | 245 | 13.51 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Woodthorpe-Browne | 234 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Leslie Macdonald-Weissenborn | 233 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,117 | |||
| Turnout | 1,903 | 37.19 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.37 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
Royal Hospital
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ian Donaldson | 928 | 78.34 | |
| Conservative | Edward Hess*[n 6] | 880 | ||
| Labour | Keith Cunningham | 143 | 11.26 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Penelope Pocock | 123 | 10.40 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Edna McGregor | 117 | ||
| Labour | Natalie Pringle | 117 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,153 | |||
| Turnout | 1,236 | 39.20 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.16 | ||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative hold | ||||
St Charles
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Atkinson†[n 7] | 1,115 | 67.88 | |
| Labour | Rima Horton* | 1,082 | ||
| Conservative | Lynne Bishop | 379 | 22.17 | |
| Conservative | Moira Swayne | 338 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Tatton-Brown | 161 | 9.94 | |
| Registered electors | 3,946 | |||
| Turnout | 1,738 | 44.04 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.29 | ||
| Labour hold | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||
South Stanley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Timothy Boulton* | 1,042 | 53.03 | |
| Labour | Robert Weems | 885 | ||
| Conservative | Nicholas Millard | 552 | 29.81 | |
| Conservative | Paul Jones | 531 | ||
| Green | Elizabeth Raven-Hill | 190 | 10.45 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary England | 145 | 6.71 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Panayiotis Vardakis | 99 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,262 | |||
| Turnout | 1,907 | 44.74 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.32 | ||
| Labour hold | ||||
| Labour hold | ||||
Notes
- ^ Coates was a sitting councillor representing the Pembridge ward
- ^ Fane replaced Cllr James Arbuthnot after his resignation in 1987
- ^ Bond replaced Cllr Patrick Allen-Smyth after his resignation in 1989
- ^ Glyn replaced Cllr. Muriel Gumbel after her death in 1987
- ^ Taylor was a sitting councillor representing Campden ward
- ^ Hess replaced Cllr Christopher Nickols after his death in 1988
- ^ Atkinson was a sitting councillor representing the South Stanley ward, after replacing Cllr Neil Kearney following his resignation in 1988
References
- ^ a b 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. 126. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "1990 London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 54–55, 126–127. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Royal Borough of Kensing & Chelsea Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 13 March 2024.