1994 Southwark London Borough Council election

1994 Southwark Council election
5 May 1994 (1994-05-05)
All 64 seats up for election to Southwark London Borough Council
33 seats needed for a majority
Registered176,850[1]
Turnout66,373, 37.53% ( 3.01)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won 34 27 3
Seat change 3 6 3
Popular vote 75,944 64,27 20,206
Percentage 47.01% 39.78% 12.51%
Council Control before election

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Labour

Council Control after election


Labour

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

Background

In the years between this election an the previous one there was only one by-election called to replace a councillor who had died, which resulted in the seat changing hands from the Labour Party to the Liberal Democrats. In addition, 2 Labour councillors became either members of third parties or independents and 1 seat held by the Liberal Democrats became vacant without enough time before the next election to hold a separate by-election. This meant the composition of the council just before the election was as follows:[2]

↓
34 21 6 2
Labour Lib Dem Conservative Other


Election result

Southwark Local Election Result 1994[3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 34 3 6 3 53.1 47.01 75,944
  Liberal Democrats 27 6 0 6 42.2 39.78 64,270
  Conservative 3 0 3 3 4.7 12.51 20,206
  Militant Labour 0 0 0 0.00 0.30 482
  Green 0 0 0 0.00 0.25 410
  Independent 0 0 0 0.00 0.06 99
  Communist 0 0 0 0.00 0.06 88
  Third Way 0 0 0 0.00 0.03 53
Total 64 161,552

After the election the composition of the council was as follows:

↓
34 27 3
Labour Lib Dem Conservative


Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Abbey

Abbey (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Blake* 1,252 66.8
Liberal Democrats Steven Gauge* 1,188 63.4
Labour John Johnson†[n 1] 492 26.2
Labour Richard Livingstone 470 25.1
Third Way Frederick Gerrens 53 2.8
Conservative Philip Hammond 52 2.8
Conservative Jon van der Walt 40 2.1
Registered electors 4,817 18
Turnout 1,875 38.92 2.13
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 0.28
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Alleyn

Alleyn (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cecile Lothian* 1,175 55.7
Labour Harry Canagasabey 1,126 53.3
Conservative Percy Gray 433 20.5
Conservative William Rowe 430 20.4
Liberal Democrats Shirley Theiner 379 18.0
Liberal Democrats John Egan 370 17.5
Registered electors 5,704 97
Turnout 2,111 37.01 5.95
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 0.25
Labour hold
Labour hold

Barset

Barset (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Claridge 1,158 73.9
Labour Svetlana Kirov 1,049 66.9
Liberal Democrats Deborah Jones 294 18.8
Liberal Democrats David Ramsey 286 18.3
Conservative Gladys Cobley 164 10.5
Conservative Roy Taylor 161 10.3
Registered electors 4,789 65
Turnout 1,573 32.85 0.13
Rejected ballots 6 0.38 0.56
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bellenden

Bellenden (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Howard Latham 2,080 63.6
Labour Mike Lee 2,044 62.5
Labour Anne Worsley 1,971 60.3
Liberal Democrats Alexander Baker 630 19.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Elbert 487 14.9
Liberal Democrats Frank Brean 486 14.9
Conservative Miranda Hardie 464 14.2
Conservative Angus Pritchard-Gordon 404 12.4
Conservative Sharon Spiers 388 11.9
Registered electors 8,537 150
Turnout 3,272 38.33 1.72
Rejected ballots 4 0.12 0.11
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Nash* 1,754 67.0
Liberal Democrats Anne Scovell* 1,677 64.1
Labour Robert Cornall 636 24.3
Labour Rosemary Whitlock 623 23.8
Conservative John Williams 118 4.5
Conservative Susan Hammond 105 4.0
Registered electors 6,791 704
Turnout 2,622 38.61 6.24
Rejected ballots 4 0.15 0.03
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Browning

Browning (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Goldie* 1,582 61.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Cheesman* 1,574 60.8
Liberal Democrats James Munday 1,566 60.5
Labour Martin Green 924 35.7
Labour Peter Hore 885 34.2
Labour Michael Yates 869 33.6
Conservative Elizabeth Buckland 137 5.3
Conservative Alan Sheridan 133 5.1
Conservative Lilian Prince 107 4.1
Registered electors 7,953 463
Turnout 2,600 32.69 5.15
Rejected ballots 11 0.42 0.21
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Brunswick

Brunswick (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Driver* 1,482 61.2
Labour Lilian Naish* 1,427 58.9
Labour John Friary 1,413 58.3
Liberal Democrats Vivien Maurice*[n 2] 626 25.8
Liberal Democrats Philip Bonnington 617 25.5
Liberal Democrats Wendy O'Dowd 568 23.5
Conservative Anna-Louise McKinney 154 6.4
Conservative Douglas Mitchell 142 5.9
Conservative Douglas Pearce 128 5.3
Registered electors 7,665 291
Turnout 2,427 31.66 0.37
Rejected ballots 5 0.21 0.51
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Burgess

Burgess (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rose Colley* 887 53.4
Liberal Democrats Eileen Neale 782 47.1
Labour Simon McKeown 703 42.3
Labour Josephine Clark†[n 3] 690 41.5
Conservative Christina Coyle 73 4.4
Conservative Roger Prince 47 2.8
Registered electors 4,565 226
Turnout 1,671 36.60 3.96
Rejected ballots 9 0.54 0.26
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Cathedral

Cathedral (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Wines* 1,604 74.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Shearman* 1,442 67.4
Labour Robert Smeath 412 19.2
Labour Nicola Kutapan 361 16.9
Conservative Susan Hardy 73 3.4
Conservative Peter Randall Johnson 53 2.5
Communist Marcella Fitzgerald 31 1.4
Registered electors 5,148 267
Turnout 2,147 41.71 0.16
Rejected ballots 6 0.28 0.30
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Chaucer

Chaucer (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Bayne 1,461 45.4
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Thompson 1,415 44.0
Labour Stephan Lancashire 1,410 43.9
Liberal Democrats David Buxton†[n 4] 1,404 43.7
Labour Matt Tee 1,375 42.8
Labour Rebecca Tee 1,363 42.4
Conservative Ann Buckland 170 5.3
Conservative Lorraine Sheridan 125 3.9
Conservative Charles Hayward 110 3.4
Communist Joyce Fairchild 57 1.8
Registered electors 8,264 296
Turnout 3,215 38.90 1.93
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 0.10
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Labour hold

College

College (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Humphreys 1,202 41.0
Conservative Stephen Charge†[n 5] 1,124 38.4
Labour Sara Ives 947 32.3
Labour Alan Sharples 878 30.0
Liberal Democrats Patricia Mynott 752 25.7
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Price 733 25.0
Registered electors 6,121 32
Turnout 2,931 47.88 3.97
Rejected ballots 2 0.07 0.12
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Consort

Consort (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Ritchie 1,040 64.7
Labour Hassan Vahib†[n 6] 858 53.4
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Tomkins 356 22.1
Liberal Democrats Graham Salt 329 20.5
Conservative Leslie Brown 198 12.3
Conservative Edmund Franc 141 8.8
Registered electors 5,126 28
Turnout 1,618 31.56 3.91
Rejected ballots 10 0.62 0.15
Labour hold
Labour hold

Dockyard

Dockyard (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Barr 2,650 64.2
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Denton* 2,634 63.8
Liberal Democrats Derek Partridge 2,479 60.0
Labour Benjamin Marshall 1,002 24.3
Labour Aveen McHugh 996 24.1
Labour Lindsay Thomas 902 21.8
Conservative Stephen Holmes 273 6.6
Conservative Anne Peirce 213 5.2
Conservative Mark Tunstill 192 4.7
Registered electors 11,939 3,024
Turnout 4,141 34.68 8.79
Rejected ballots 12 0.29 0.01
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Faraday

Faraday (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth Clark 1,762 46.5
Liberal Democrats Alfred Langley 1,735 45.8
Liberal Democrats Donnachadh McCarthy 1,719 45.3
Labour Charles Cherrill* 1,588 41.9
Labour John Lauder* 1,529 40.3
Labour Lorraine Lauder 1,527 40.3
Conservative Robert Hayward 207 5.5
Conservative Lucy Newmark 205 5.4
Conservative Jennifer Handscomb 197 5.2
Registered electors 9,531 168
Turnout 3,804 39.91 7.71
Rejected ballots 13 0.34 0.21
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Friary

Friary (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Bailey 1,086 51.7
Labour Joan Khachik 972 46.3
Labour Sonya Murison†[n 7] 968 46.1
Liberal Democrats Christopher Berry 828 39.4
Liberal Democrats Rand Guebert 763 36.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hunt 761 36.2
Conservative Ivy Brown 129 6.1
Conservative May Beaumont 104 5.0
Conservative Nicola Eldridge 101 4.8
Registered electors 6,332 81
Turnout 2,106 33.26 2.56
Rejected ballots 5 0.24 0.37
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Liddle

Liddle (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Ellery* 1,315 76.6
Labour Daniel McCarthy* 1,191 69.4
Labour Abdur-Rahman Olayiwola 1,111 64.7
Liberal Democrats David Banks 226 13.2
Liberal Democrats John Landels 205 11.9
Liberal Democrats Rachel Ogunsanya 183 10.7
Green Jennifer Wilson 119 6.9
Conservative Dennis Herbert 110 6.4
Conservative Vassos Christodoulou 79 4.6
Registered electors 8,526 39
Turnout 1,720 20.17 2.06
Rejected ballots 4 0.23 0.81
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aubyn Graham* 1,933 59.1
Labour Dermot McInerney 1,881 57.5
Labour Nick Dolezal 1,878 57.4
Liberal Democrats Alistair Milne 603 18.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Heatley 591 18.1
Conservative Eleanor Gayler 565 17.3
Conservative Olga Grant 556 17.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Newby 556 17.0
Conservative Doris Pearce 533 16.3
Registered electors 8,647 133
Turnout 3,278 37.91 1.82
Rejected ballots 8 0.24 0.15
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Newington

Newington (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Fraser* 1,876 58.1
Labour Hannah McDonald 1,764 54.6
Labour Robert Wingfield†[n 8] 1,642 50.9
Liberal Democrats Gillian Clemens 916 28.4
Liberal Democrats Ann Christmas 904 28.0
Liberal Democrats Sarah Gurling 783 24.2
Conservative Philip Dixon 293 9.1
Conservative Felicity Malyon 271 8.4
Conservative Richard Malyon 262 8.1
Registered electors 8,902 127
Turnout 3,240 36.40 3.16
Rejected ballots 11 0.34 0.20
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Riverside

Riverside (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats George Dunk* 1,461 50.5
Liberal Democrats Betty Olliffe 1,374 47.5
Liberal Democrats Linda Manchester 1,326 45.8
Labour Coral Newell 1,002 34.6
Labour Charles Sawer 926 32.0
Labour John Howard 885 30.6
Conservative Robert Hughes 364 12.6
Conservative Jacqueline Newbury 165 5.7
Conservative William Woods 154 5.3
Registered electors 7,473 726
Turnout 2,901 38.82 3.85
Rejected ballots 8 0.28 0.14
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Frank Pemberton* 1,537 63.2
Liberal Democrats Victor Jones* 1,480 60.8
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Bassom* 1,454 59.8
Labour David Brasier 536 22.0
Labour William Griffiths 497 20.4
Labour Carl Upsall 403 16.6
Militant Labour Joan Francis 168 6.9
Militant Labour Lynn Kelly 159 6.5
Militant Labour Julie Donovan 155 6.4
Conservative Joyce Coomber 88 3.6
Conservative Frances Gray 84 3.5
Conservative Sarah Phillips 70 2.9
Registered electors 6,108 208
Turnout 2,433 40.05 6.24
Rejected ballots 13 0.53 0.35
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Ruskin

Ruskin (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michelle Pearce 1,651 39.2
Labour Alan Firminger 1,594 37.9
Conservative Tobias Eckersley* 1,584 37.6
Conservative David Bradbury* 1,577 37.4
Conservative David Harvey 1,486 35.3
Labour Usman Khalid 1,445 34.3
Liberal Democrats Gareth Martin 866 20.6
Liberal Democrats Anna McGettigan†[n 9] 841 20.0
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Mitchell 829 19.7
Green Robert Goodman 291 6.9
Registered electors 7,488 171
Turnout 4,211 56.24 1.55
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 0.14
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Rye

Rye (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Niall Duffy 1,493 50.3
Labour Dominic Thorncroft 1,329 44.7
Conservative Irene Kimm* 1,045 35.2
Conservative Alan Buddles 964 32.4
Liberal Democrats Alison Farrow 382 12.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Watson 344 11.6
Independent Garth Robertson 99 3.3
Registered electors 6,311 254
Turnout 2,986 47.31 3.26
Rejected ballots 15 0.50 0.38
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

St Giles

St Giles (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vincent Feiner 1,654 63.3
Labour Anthony Ritchie* 1,627 62.3
Labour William Skelly 1,579 60.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Allen 496 19.0
Liberal Democrats Sandra Mason 489 18.7
Liberal Democrats Roy Ashworth 487 18.6
Conservative Clive Jones 283 10.8
Conservative Hugh McKinney 280 10.7
Conservative Peter Lengyel 264 10.1
Registered electors 8,918 38
Turnout 2,626 29.45 3.07
Rejected ballots 13 0.50 0.33
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

The Lane

The Lane (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Harrison 1,201 48.5
Liberal Democrats Nigel Williams 1,177 47.5
Labour Leslie Alden* 1,002 40.5
Labour Ann Bernadt* 1,001 40.4
Conservative John Davenport 138 5.6
Conservative Andrew Mitchell 135 5.5
Registered electors 5,726 3
Turnout 2,483 43.36 3.88
Rejected ballots 6 0.24 0.03
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Waverley

Waverley (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Gibson* 1,252 53.2
Labour Fycsene Sheilds 1,046 44.4
Liberal Democrats Neil Watson 892 37.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Skelly 835 35.5
Conservative Heather Kirby†[n 10] 191 8.1
Conservative Diana Ladas 168 7.1
Registered electors 5,469 44
Turnout 2,369 43.32 4.62
Rejected ballots 15 0.63 0.52
Labour hold
Labour hold

By-Elections

Browning by-election, 27 April 1995[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Gurling 1,378 56.5
Labour Charles Cherrill 855 35.0
Ind. Lib Dem Ronald North 112 4.6
Conservative Brooks Newmark 95 3.9
Turnout 2,440
Liberal Democrats hold

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

Bellenden by-election, 4 May 1995[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Heatley 1,790 73.4
Conservative Sharon Spiers 260 10.7
Liberal Democrats Alexander Baker 257 10.5
Ind. Lib Dem David Osborne 133 5.5
Turnout
Labour hold

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

Dockyard by-election, 27 July 1995[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Dunk 1,236 60.4
Labour Robert Gasson 642 31.4
Conservative Percy Gray 167 8.2
Turnout 2,045
Liberal Democrats hold

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

Friary by-election, 3 August 1995[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barrie Hargrove 909 56.6
Liberal Democrats Caroline Pidgeon 650 40.5
Ind. Lib Dem Jacqueline Tomkins 46 2.9
Turnout 1,605
Labour hold

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

Barset by-election, 26 October 1995[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephanie Elsy 734 77.9
Liberal Democrats David Buxton 118 12.5
Conservative Robert Hayward 90 9.6
Turnout 942
Labour hold

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

Chaucer by-election, 7 December 1995[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Livingstone 1,125 50.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Skelly 1,025 45.6
Independent Green Doreen Robinson 97 4.3
Turnout 2,247
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

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

Browning by-election, 20 March 1996[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Hales 1,191 64.1
Labour Eudora Dixon-Fyle 668 35.9
Turnout 1,859
Liberal Democrats hold

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

Waverley by-election, 23 October 1997[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Barnard 410 79.6
Conservative Rebecca Humphreys 105 20.4
Majority 305 59.2
Turnout 515
Labour hold

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

Notes

  1. ^ Johnson was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
  2. ^ Maurice was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr John E. Maurice in 1991[5]
  3. ^ Clark was a sitting councillor representing the Alleyn ward
  4. ^ Buxton was a sitting councillor representing the Dockyard ward
  5. ^ Charge was a sitting councillor representing the Ruskin ward
  6. ^ Vahib was a sitting councillor representing the Lyndhurst ward
  7. ^ Murison was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
  8. ^ Wingfield was a sitting councillor representing the Friary ward
  9. ^ McGettigan was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
  10. ^ Kirby was a sitting councillor representing the College ward

References

  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - including Results from the European Elections - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 216. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  2. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Including Results from the European Elections - Changes 1990-94" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 153. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 155–158, 216–217. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Southwark Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Plymouth University. pp. 9–11. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  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 26 December 2025.
  6. ^ 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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