1990 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

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]

1990 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

← 1986 3 May 1990 (1990-05-03) 1994 →

All 54 council seats up for election to Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
Registered91,653[1]
Turnout38,693, 42.22%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won 39 15 0
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 48,502 31,939 10,248
Percentage 51.83% 34.13% 10.95%

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

Background

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Election result

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1990 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough elections[3][4]
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

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(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abingdon

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Abingdon (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Elizabeth M. Christmas* 1,258 65.49
Conservative William J.L. Carver 1,241
Conservative Jonathan E.L. Munday* 1,168
Labour Hussain Haider 261 13.45
Labour Edwin M. Passes 260
Labour Reginald J. Pearce 232
Liberal Democrats Jeremy A. Good 215 10.29
Liberal Democrats Donald E. Fair 211
Green Harold P. Heckle 201 10.77
Liberal Democrats George S. Minto 150
Registered electors 4,930
Turnout 1,870 37.93
Rejected ballots 2 0.11
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Avondale

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Avondale (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Benjamin T. Bousquet* 1,540 65.95
Labour Jennifer M. Forsyth* 1,378
Labour Hugh J.E. Raven 1,312
Conservative John P. Boden 543 23.81
Conservative Matthew R. Palmer 507
Conservative Anthony P. 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

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Brompton (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative David P.M. Hudson* 606 72.66
Conservative Simon E.C. Ingham 557
Labour Mary G. Blanchet 125 15.23
Labour Matilda Edelman 118
Liberal Democrats Stephen R. 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

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Campden (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Richard H. Briance 1,401 71.18
Conservative Yvonne J. Constance 1,365
Conservative Primrose F. Palmer 1,362
Labour Jane Armstrong 361 18.11
Labour Tanya O. Harrod 359
Labour Clifford A. Simmons 329
Liberal Democrats Philip M. Anderson 223 10.71
Liberal Democrats James N. Crichton-Miller 209
Liberal Democrats Doreen M. Gorsky 190
Registered electors 4,809
Turnout 2,036 42.34
Rejected ballots 5 0.25
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Cheyne

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Cheyne (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John M. Corbet-Singleton 1,135 71.82
Conservative Jonathan Wheeler* 1,132
Labour Paul Marsh 282 17.29
Labour Peter A. Harvey 263
Liberal Democrats Graham P. Muir 181 10.89
Liberal Democrats Paul F. Smales 163
Registered electors 3,973
Turnout 1,656 41.68
Rejected ballots 6 0.36
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Church

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Church (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Jean M. Craig 943 68.17
Conservative Adrian J.A.D. Fitzgerald* 902
Labour John F.S. Keys 323 22.82
Labour Dennis P. Fuller 295
Liberal Democrats William A. 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

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Colville (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Robert Pope* 1,423 65.25
Labour Joanna L. Edward 1,396
Labour Patricia Healy 1,373
Conservative Pamela Davies 476 20.60
Conservative Edward T.W. Hutley 436
Conservative Andrew H.W. Sutcliffe 410
Liberal Democrats Gordon B. Ritchie 209 9.76
Communist Brian F. 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

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Courtfield (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sir Anthony R.M. Coates[n 1] 880 40.20
Conservative Edward J.M. Cox* 855
Conservative Andrew W.M. Fane*[n 2] 830
Lib Dem Focus Team Susan N. Broidy 627 27.78
Lib Dem Focus Team Brian J. Orrell 627
Lib Dem Focus Team Christopher P. Ramsay-Horler 519
ICP Kenneth V. Young 279 12.55
ICP Paula D. Young 254
Labour Caraline S. Brown 189 8.18
Green William W.H. Charlton 185 8.70
Labour Stephan A. Burke 182
Labour Vivienne J. 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

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Earls Court (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Laurence A. Kenny* 978 38.82
Conservative John T. Bender 906
Conservative Paul T.P. Warrick* 887
Labour Martin P. Green 524 20.88
Labour Suky J. Macpherson 515
Labour Barry R. Sharman 451
Lib Dem Focus Team John G. Drake 431 16.85
Lib Dem Focus Team Vanessa G. Giles 408
Lib Dem Focus Team Andrew M. Shepherd 365
Green Eniko Kortvelyessy 266 11.18
RAP Elcie Montagu 182 7.65
SDP David A. 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

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Golborne (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ann E. Bond*[n 3] 1,599 64.98
Labour Bridget C.M. Hoier 1,387
Labour Patrick A. Younge 1,317
Green Nicola J. Easton 226 10.24
Conservative Olaf S. Clayton 198 8.47
Conservative Nicholas R. Hurd 184
Conservative Justin R. Grant-Duff 178
Liberal Democrats James F. Barnett 161 7.30
Communist Edward S. 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

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Hans Town (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Mary C. Glyn*[n 4] 1,224 79.21
Conservative Nicholas Paget-Brown* 1,219
Conservative Desmon E.StA Harney* 1,213
Labour Leslie D. Pain 220 13.64
Labour Anthony J.W. Price 214
Labour Victor D. Schonfield 197
Liberal Democrats Thomas Drabble 119 7.15
Liberal Democrats Angela M. Le Franc 116
Liberal Democrats Hannah R.D. Ali 94
Registered electors 4,391
Turnout 1,657 37.74
Rejected ballots 5 0.30
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Holland

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Holland (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Joan B. Hanham* 1,458 70.50
Conservative Bryan P. Levitt* 1,412
Conservative Warwick M. Lightfoot* 1,396
Labour Roger M.D. Dunn 381 17.75
Labour Leopold D. Barraclough 364
Labour David C. Holland 330
Liberal Democrats Robert C.H. Boddington 153 7.19
Liberal Democrats Henry C. Pryor 143
Liberal Democrats Hugh S. Venables 140
SDP Thomas G. 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

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Kelfield (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stephen P. Hoier* 1,273 64.70
Labour David Spry 1,156
Conservative Sheila L. Robertson 501 24.76
Conservative Desmond A. 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

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Norland (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ernest P. Tomlin* 902 58.25
Conservative Brian R. Walker-Arnott* 883
Labour Barbara S. Atkinson 374 23.61
Labour Roger A. Fuller 350
Liberal Democrats Rose Hunt 296 18.13
Liberal Democrats Christopher K. Shirley 259
Registered electors 3,212
Turnout 1,588 49.44
Rejected ballots 5 0.32
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

North Stanley

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North Stanley (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Priscilla Frazer 1,012 61.30
Conservative Merrick R. Cockell* 1,005
Labour Michael G. Evans 509 28.80
Labour Rena Valeh 439
Liberal Democrats Eben Phillips 171 9.90
Liberal Democrats Paul J. Omar 154
Registered electors 3,910
Turnout 1,751 44.78
Rejected ballots 11 0.63
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Pembridge

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Pembridge (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Isobel A.W. Campbell 1,122 47.47
Conservative David G. Campton* 1,089
Conservative Doreen M. Weatherhead* 1,053
Labour Stephen P. Daly 643 27.18
Labour Marian P. Kearney 631
Labour Richard C. Hawkins 595
Green Ajay Burlingham-Johnson 338 14.75
Liberal Democrats John M. Campbell 281 10.60
Liberal Democrats Sian T. Roberts 240
Liberal Democrats Patrick D. 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

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Queen's Gate (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Timothy R. Coleridge* 1,307 74.28
Conservative Elizabeth A. Russell* 1,250
Conservative Daniel M.G. Moylan 1,246
Labour Sean M.P. Keeley 259 14.47
Labour Richard M. Jordan 242
Labour Ian R. Mackrill 241
Liberal Democrats Stephen J.R. 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

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Redcliffe (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Frances Taylor[n 5] 1,147 63.85
Conservative Patrick J. Gillford 1,125
Conservative Alick C. Whitfield 1,088
Labour Patricia M. Fuller 409 22.63
Labour Andrew Dawson 397
Labour Alexander J.S. Pringle 386
Liberal Democrats Katerina Porter 245 13.51
Liberal Democrats Robert Woodthorpe-Browne 234
Liberal Democrats Leslie M. 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

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Royal Hospital (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ian McC. Donaldson 928 78.34
Conservative Edward J.W. Hess*[n 6] 880
Labour Keith L. Cunningham 143 11.26
Liberal Democrats Penelope Pocock 123 10.40
Liberal Democrats Edna McGregor 117
Labour Natalie M. Pringle 117
Registered electors 3,153
Turnout 1,236 39.20
Rejected ballots 2 0.16
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St Charles

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St Charles (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John R. Atkinson[n 7] 1,115 67.88
Labour Rima E. Horton* 1,082
Conservative Lynne P.A. Bishop 379 22.17
Conservative Moira C. 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

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South Stanley (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Timothy Boulton* 1,042 53.03
Labour Robert A. Weems 885
Conservative Nicholas H.E. Millard 552 29.81
Conservative Paul J. Jones 531
Green Elizabeth A. Raven-Hill 190 10.45
Liberal Democrats Mary England 145 6.71
Liberal Democrats Panayiotis K. Vardakis 99
Registered electors 4,262
Turnout 1,907 44.74
Rejected ballots 6 0.32
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

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  1. ^ Coates was a sitting councillor representing the Pembridge ward
  2. ^ Fane replaced Cllr. James N. Arbuthnot after his resignation in 1987
  3. ^ Bond replaced Cllr. Patrick J. Allen-Smyth after his resignation in 1989
  4. ^ Glyn replaced Cllr. Muriel Gumbel after her death in 1987
  5. ^ Taylor was a sitting councillor representing Campden ward
  6. ^ Hess replaced Cllr. Christopher H. Nickols after his death in 1988
  7. ^ Atkinson was a sitting councillor representing the South Stanley ward, after replacing Cllr. Neil J. Kearney following his resignation in 1988

References

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  1. ^ 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. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. ^ 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. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  4. ^ 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.