1990 local election in England, UK
The 1990 Barking and Dagenham Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed overwhelmingly in overall control of the council.[2]
Background
102 candidates nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate and was the only party to do so. By contrast the Conservative Party ran only 33 candidates whilst the Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democratic Focus Team ran a combined 17.
Election result
Labour continued to win the overwhelming majority of seats - 44 out of 48. The Residents Association held their 3 seats. The Liberal Democratic Focus Team won 1 seat.
1990 Barking and Dagenham Local Elections[3][4] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 44 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 91.7 | 73.5 | 69,223 | |
| Residents | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 6.2 | 4.5 | 4,272 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1[n 1] | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2.1 | 7.8 | 7,372 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 13,233 | |
| Ind. Lib Dem | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 74 | |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 66 | |
Total | 48 | | | | | | 94,240 | |
Ward results
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
Abbey
Abbey (3 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Terence Bird* | 1,678 | 64.3 | −9.4 |
| Labour | Graham Bramley* | 1,581 | | |
| Labour | Mohammed Fani*[n 2] | 1,449 | | |
| Conservative | Danielle Flynn | 454 | 18.6 | +2.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Porter | 417 | 17.1 | −3.0 |
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.4 | N/A |
Turnout | 2,455 | 35.2 | −1.9 |
Registered electors | 6,983 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Alibon
Alibon (2 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ernest White* | 1,283 | 79.3 | +7.4 |
| Labour | Trevor Watson | 1,259 | | |
| Conservative | Leonard Pullen | 211 | 12.7 | +0.6 |
| Conservative | Lillian Pullen | 197 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Kelly | 127 | 7.9 | −4.2 |
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.2 |
Turnout | 1,697 | 37.5 | +5.6 |
Registered electors | 4,526 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Cambell
Cambell (3 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Mable Arnold | 2,024 | 85.9 | +5.7 |
| Labour | Wendola Bomberg | 1,853 | | |
| Labour | Ronald Whitbread†[n 3] | 1,842 | | |
| Conservative | Charles Bond | 361 | 14.1 | −5.7 |
| Conservative | David Izzard | 263 | | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.4 | N/A |
Turnout | 2,558 | 36.8 | +5.2 |
Registered electors | 6,958 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Chadwell Heath
Chadwell Heath (3 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Residents | Albert Gibbs* | 1,456 | 51.8 | −18.7 |
| Residents | Raymond Gowland* | 1,456 | | |
| Residents | Robert Jeyes* | 1,360 | | |
| Labour | Violet Gasson | 1,120 | 36.4 | +6.9 |
| Labour | Hilda Jones | 942 | | |
| Labour | Julie West | 938 | | |
| Conservative | David Jackson | 353 | 11.9 | N/A |
| Conservative | Karen Smith | 328 | | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Smith | 298 | | |
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.1 | N/A |
Turnout | 2,913 | 42.3 | +4.7 |
Registered electors | 6,881 | | |
| Residents hold | Swing | | |
| Residents hold | Swing | | |
| Residents hold | Swing | | |
Eastbrook
Eastbrook (3 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Richard Blackburn* | 1,860 | 80.1 | +21.2 |
| Labour | Frederick Tibble* | 1,804 | | |
| Labour | Lawrence Bunn* | 1,758 | | |
| Conservative | Malcolm Beatty | 485 | 19.9 | +2.6 |
| Conservative | Reginald Williams | 436 | | |
| Conservative | Charles McGinley | 428 | | |
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.2 | N/A |
Turnout | 2,478 | 35.6 | +3.0 |
Registered electors | 6,963 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Eastbury
Fanshawe
Fanshawe (3 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Frederick Jones* | 1,956 | 85.4 | +14.4 |
| Labour | Raymond Parkin*[n 4] | 1,827 | | |
| Labour | John Thomas* | 1,799 | | |
| Conservative | Robert Brownless | 277 | 11.6 | −12.8 |
| Conservative | Edward Holt | 256 | | |
| Conservative | William Whiter | 225 | | |
| Communist | Alfred Ott | 66 | 3.0 | −1.6 |
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.5 | N/A |
Turnout | 2,380 | 35.9 | +6.6 |
Registered electors | 6,620 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Gascoigne
Goresbrook
Goresbrook (2 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Alan Thomas* | 1,546 | 78.0 | |
| Labour | Terence Power | 1,507 | | |
| Conservative | Ivy Blanchard | 226 | 11.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Sparrow | 204 | 10.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.0 | N/A |
Turnout | 1,869 | 37.8 | +4.5 |
Registered electors | 4,950 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Heath
Heath (3 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Charles Fairbrass* | 1,994 | 81.0 | +17.1 |
| Labour | Sidney Kallar | 1,832 | | |
| Labour | John Lawrence* | 1,830 | | |
| Conservative | Sharon Keefe | 491 | 19.0 | +0.4 |
| Conservative | Joan Preston | 423 | | |
| Conservative | William Preston | 414 | | |
Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.6 | N/A |
Turnout | 2,585 | 36.1 | +3.9 |
Registered electors | 7,157 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Longbridge
Longbridge (3 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Robin Dixon | 1,398 | 47.2 | +18.2 |
| Labour | June van Roten | 1,318 | | |
| Labour | Nirmal Gill | 1,290 | | |
| Conservative | Brian Cook* | 1,264 | 43.3 | +6.2 |
| Conservative | Janice Izzard* | 1,228 | | |
| Conservative | John Seaman* | 1,184 | | |
| Lib Dem Focus Team | Brian Beadle | 304 | 9.6 | −24.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jayne Cooper | 264 | | |
| Lib Dem Focus Team | Richard Felton | 246 | | |
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.2 | N/A |
Turnout | 3,038 | 43.8 | +1.1 |
Registered electors | 6,935 | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Manor
Manor (2 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Alistair Hannah-Rogers* | 1,550 | 80.6 | +9.9 |
| Labour | Rita Hannah-Rogers | 1,483 | | |
| Conservative | Kay Needham | 232 | 11.7 | −2.1 |
| Conservative | Marcus Needham | 207 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Downs | 145 | 7.7 | −7.8 |
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.0 | N/A |
Turnout | 1,915 | 40.5 | +6.8 |
Registered electors | 4,732 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Marks Gate
Marks Gate (1 seat)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Maureen Worby*[n 5] | 785 | 83.3 | +35.5 |
| Conservative | Ernest Blackborow | 157 | 16.7 | N/A |
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.4 | N/A |
Turnout | 947 | 44.8 | +4.6 |
Registered electors | 2,114 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Parsloes
Parsloes (2 seats )[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Dias-Broughton* | 1,506 | 72.4 | +2.7 |
| Labour | Brian Walker* | 1,490 | | |
| Conservative | Barry Taylor | 323 | 15.6 | +1.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy Churchman | 247 | 11.9 | −4.0 |
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.3 | N/A |
Turnout | 1,992 | 39.0 | +3.7 |
Registered electors | 5,109 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
River
River (2 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Wainwright* | 1,224 | 80.3 | +37.0 |
| Labour | Inder Jamu*[n 6] | 1,103 | | |
| Conservative | John Dutton | 296 | 19.7 | +6.6 |
| Conservative | Peter Dutton | 273 | | |
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.6 | N/A |
Turnout | 1,621 | 33.2 | +1.8 |
Registered electors | 4,885 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Thames
Thames (2 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | George Shaw | 1,714 | 89.8 | +6.6 |
| Labour | Royston Patient | 1,680 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Samuel Hodge | 193 | 10.2 | −6.6 |
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.5 | N/A |
Turnout | 1,913 | 41.9 | +2.3 |
Registered electors | 4,564 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Triptons
Triptons (3 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | George Brooker | 2,052 | 71.6 | +0.5 |
| Labour | John Davis | 1,885 | | |
| Labour | Cameron Geddes | 1,672 | | |
| Conservative | Leonard Dutton | 441 | 16.9 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats | David Evans | 302 | 11.6 | −17.3 |
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.0 | N/A |
Turnout | 2,703 | 38.6 | +6.0 |
Registered electors | 6,993 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Valence
Valence (3 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jean Bruce* | Unopposed |
| Labour | Leonard Collins* | Unopposed |
| Labour | Bryan Osborn* | Unopposed |
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.0 | N/A |
Registered electors | 6,930[n 7] | | |
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | N/A |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Village
Village (3 seats)[3][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Darrin Best | 1,956 | 75.4 | +2.7 |
| Labour | Katherine Golden | 1,920 | | |
| Labour | William Dale | 1,914 | | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Coombs | 457 | 15.9 | −11.4 |
| Conservative | Terence Mallindine | 396 | | |
| Conservative | Royston Oliver | 367 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Carole Sparrow | 224 | 8.7 | N/A |
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | N/A |
Turnout | 2,652 | 35.6 | +4.8 |
Registered electors | 7,448 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
By-elections between 1990 and 1994
Alibon
Alibon by-election, 13 February 1992[5] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Patricia Twomey | 661 | 56.3 | −22.8 |
| Conservative | Margaret Jones | 264 | 22.5 | +9.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sean Healy | 249 | 21.2 | +13.4 |
Majority | 397 | 40.7 | N/A |
Turnout | 33.8 | 26.1 | −11.4 |
Registered electors | 4,503 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Trevor Watson.
Chadwell Heath
Chadwell Heath by-election, 2 April 1992[5] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Residents | Ronald Curtis | 1,107 | 49.3 | −0.4 |
| Labour | Violet Gasson | 819 | 36.5 | −1.7 |
| Conservative | John Graham | 318 | 14.2 | +14.2 |
Majority | 288 | 12.8 | N/A |
Turnout | | 33.3 | −9.0 |
Registered electors | 6,756 | | |
| Residents hold | Swing | | |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Raymond Gowland.
Notes
- ^ a b Results include those from candidates listed as Lib Dem Focus Team
- ^ Fani replaced Cllr. Abdul M. Khokhar after his resignation in 1989
- ^ Whitbread was a sitting councillor representing the Village ward
- ^ Parkin replaced Cllr. Ernest A. Turner after his death in 1988
- ^ Worby replaced Cllr. Donald I. Pepper after his resignation in 1988
- ^ Jamu replaced Cllr. Patricia A. Twomey after her resignation in 1988
- ^ Because the election was unopposed, this amount has not been included in the registered electors total for this election
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. 108. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 9–10, 108–109. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF).
- ^ a b "London Borough Council By-elections May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.