1990 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election

The 1990 Waltham Forest Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Waltham Forest London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]

1990 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election

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57 seats for election to Waltham Forest London Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
Registered161,922[1]
Turnout82,268, 50.81%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Clive Morton Unknown Unknown
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 3 May 1990 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Lea Bridge Unknown Unknown
Seats before 31 16 10
Seats won 30 16 11[n 1]
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 86,093 77,003 52,308
Percentage 38.84% 34.74% 23.60%

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Background

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Election result

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1990 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election[3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 30 3 4   1 57.89 38.84 86,093
  Conservative 16 0 0   22.81 34.74 77,003
  Liberal Democrats 11[n 1] 4 3   1 19.30 23.60 52,308
  Green 0 0 0   0.00 2.42 5,377
  Democrats and Commonwealth Party 0 0 0   0.00 0.25 549
  Independent 0 0 0   0.00 0.08 172
  Communist 0 0 0   0.00 0.07 166
Total 57 221,668

Ward results

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Cann Hall

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Cann Hall (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Clyde Kitson* 2,175 51.94
Lib Dem Focus Team Christopher Millington* 2,058
Lib Dem Focus Team Keith A. Rayner 2,007
Labour William J. Dennis 1,713 41.22
Labour Rita O'Reilly 1,661
Labour Simon P. Tucker 1,578
Conservative Mary I. Neilson-Hansen 291 6.84
Conservative Robert F. Pringle 279
Conservative Joan E. Smith 251
Registered electors 7,828
Turnout 4,165 53.21
Rejected ballots 5 0.12
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Cathall

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Cathall (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John J. Walsh* 2,217 61.30
Labour David J. Lee 2,142
Labour Terence V. Wheeler* 2,062
Conservative Kenneth C. Lovell 532 14.30
Conservative Julia M.C. Coltelli 487
Conservative Paul Stafford 478
Lib Dem Focus Team Lorraine Benstead 458 12.26
Lib Dem Focus Team Geraldine Shelley 415
Lib Dem Focus Team Peter J.W. Mason 410
Green Catherine L. Towers 330 9.45
Communist Eleanror D. Cowley 94 2.69
Registered electors 8,280
Turnout 3,443 41.58
Rejected ballots 6 0.17
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Chapel End

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Chapel End (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Lucille D. Wells* 1,756 37.75
Liberal Democrats Robert D. Belam 1,716
Liberal Democrats Graham A. Woolnough* 1,690
Conservative Joyce Q.L. Unwin 1,477 32.07
Conservative Anita L. Owen 1,475
Conservative Steven Strum 1,434
Labour Michael McD. Cummins 1,127 22.85
Labour Iain R. McWhinnie 1,002
Labour Neville Stephenson 996
Green David Downing 334 7.33
Registered electors 8,224
Turnout 4,591 55.82
Rejected ballots 2 0.04
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Chingford Green

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Chingford Green (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Michael C. Fish* 3,135 58.07
Conservative Michael J. Lewis* 3,062
Conservative Derek B. Arnold* 3,060
Liberal Democrats John D. Beanse 1,209 22.04
Liberal Democrats Cyril G. Abley 1,173
Liberal Democrats Keith J. Wenden 1,131
Labour Elizabeth J. Lee 694 12.40
Labour William J. Bayliss 689
Labour Richard C. Sweden 593
Green Peter A. Chipperfield 366 6.89
Independent Christine M. Yianni 32 0.60
Registered electors 8,875
Turnout 5,228 58.91
Rejected ballots 6 0.11
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Endlebury

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Endlebury (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Mladen Jovcic* 2,333 66.76
Conservative Waldemar T. Neilson-Hansen* 2,145
Labour Paul H. Connell 509 12.85
Liberal Democrats Andrew J. Crossley 433 12.70
Liberal Democrats Ian A. Paterson 418
Labour Mary J. Davey 352
Green John E. Morgan 258 7.69
Registered electors 6,264
Turnout 3,456 55.17
Rejected ballots 4 0.12
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Forest

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Forest (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Denis Liunberg* 1,599 39.27
Lib Dem Focus Team Simon G. Banks 1,589 38.89
Labour Shameem K.A. Mahmood 1,562
Lib Dem Focus Team Caroline A. Tynan 1,559
Labour Mohammad A. Chughtai 1,521
Lib Dem Focus Team James V. Tynan 1,489
Conservative George F. Ames 600 14.52
Conservative David A. Harris 571
Conservative Jean Wilkins 559
Green Hamish Macallion 291 7.32
Registered electors 8,110
Turnout 4,071 50.20
Rejected ballots 10 0.25
Labour hold
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Labour hold

Grove Green

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Grove Green (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Tarsem S. Bhogal* 2,022 48.11
Labour Brett Haran* 1,993
Labour Paul E. Redcliffe* 1,936
Lib Dem Focus Team Cameron M. Black 1,230 29.32
Lib Dem Focus Team Nazir A. Butt 1,210
Lib Dem Focus Team Daniel McCormick 1,187
Conservative Irene Carter 593 14.06
Conservative Lesley Hope 583
Conservative David Hoey 564
Green Jacky Carpenter 351 8.51
Registered electors 8,231
Turnout 4,136 50.25
Rejected ballots 8 0.19
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hale End

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Hale End (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Lesley A. Finlayson 1,738 54.96
Conservative Douglas A. Norman 1,731
Labour Patrick R. Hart 750 23.12
Labour Sally L. Odde 709
Liberal Democrats Sylvia A. Bird 440 10.71
Green Robert F. Tatam 354 11.21
Liberal Democrats Syed Hashmi 235
Registered electors 5,511
Turnout 3,186 57.81
Rejected ballots 5 0.16
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hatch Lane

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Hatch Lane (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Laurie Braham* 2,484 53.90
Conservative Jane Watts* 2,458
Conservative Dennis W. Sullivan* 2,418
Labour Jeffrey G. Blay 1,225 25.97
Labour Donald W. Henry 1,210
Labour Sadie P. Shinkins 1,110
Liberal Democrats Edna Harper 588 11.63
Liberal Democrats Kathleen G. Mudie 512
Liberal Democrats Arthur J. Wright 488
Green Richard D. Barton 387 8.50
Registered electors 8,582
Turnout 4,613 53.75
Rejected ballots 6 0.13
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

High Street

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High Street (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John W. Wylie 1,855 47.00
Labour Mohammed F. Rahman* 1,791
Labour Aktar Beg 1,766
Conservative Jacqueline A. Bates 1,153 29.26
Conservative Frederick J. Page 1,113
Conservative Thomas H. Kelly 1,102
Lib Dem Focus Team Derek John 903 21.71
Lib Dem Focus Team Peter L. Leighton 873
Lib Dem Focus Team Abu Y.M. Abdul Wadud 722
Democrats and Commonwealth Nasri Islam 84 2.03
Democrats and Commonwealth Ishaq Masih 72
Registered electors 8,082
Turnout 4,108 50.83
Rejected ballots 8 0.19
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Higham Hill

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Higham Hill (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Robert J. Carey 1,571 58.33
Lib Dem Focus Team Robert A. Carey 1,441
Labour Robert T. Robson 677 25.95
Labour Kenneth R. Sanders 662
Conservative James P. Ryan 410 15.72
Conservative Malcolm G.N. Fordyce 402
Registered electors 4,999
Turnout 2,744 54.89
Rejected ballots 3 0.11
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

Hoe Street

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Hoe Street (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Sylvia A. Poulsen 2,632 50.18
Labour Eric G. Sizer* 2,294
Labour Crispin R. St Hill 2,105
Conservative Iain C. Dale 1,231 25.46
Conservative Doris V. Agass 1,195
Conservative Geoffrey Chinosky 1,141
Green Stephen W. Lambert 606 12.97
Lib Dem Focus Team Frank Blewett 472 9.40
Lib Dem Focus Team Michael T. Tall 428
Lib Dem Focus Team Norman F. Enders 418
Democrats and Commonwealth Mukhtar Ahmed 103 1.99
Democrats and Commonwealth Anwar-ul-Mulk Chaudhry 83
Registered electors 9,044
Turnout 4,532 50.11
Rejected ballots 10 0.22
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Larkswood

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Larkswood (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Eric G. Williams 3,044 59.69
Conservative William J. Emmins 2,954
Conservative Michael E. Saile 2,949
Labour Georgina E. Day 1,087 20.73
Labour Ian Etherington 1,015
Labour Christopher P. Duran 1,005
Liberal Democrats Cynthia J. Wenden 542 10.73
Liberal Democrats Monica Phemister 539
Liberal Democrats Michael R. Foulds 528
Green David J. Bates 442 8.85
Registered electors 9,736
Turnout 5,083 52.21
Rejected ballots 2 0.04
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Lea Bridge

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Lea Bridge (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Erdine L. King 1,888 53.22
Labour Clive W. Morton* 1,872
Labour Meher Khan 1,814
Conservative Irene M. Mayo 1,025 29.08
Conservative Edward C. Smith 1,023
Conservative John William Fosh 996
Lib Dem Focus Team Jennifer A. Ford 520 13.69
Lib Dem Focus Team Jennifer E. Sullivan 457
Lib Dem Focus Team Mariette T. Mason 456
Independent George D. Kennington 140 4.01
Registered electors 8,216
Turnout 3,670 44.67
Rejected ballots 9 0.25
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Leyton

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Leyton (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Robert F. Sullivan 1,892 46.38
Lib Dem Focus Team David H. Worsfold 1,832
Labour Denis K. Gray 1,831 44.64
Lib Dem Focus Team Angela J. Wait 1,810
Labour Jennifer Gray 1,773
Labour Jonathan Wray 1,723
Conservative David M. Evans 328 7.52
Conservative Iain J. Mackie 287
Conservative Roger W. Hemsted 282
Democrats and Commonwealth Hafeez-ul-Haque 58 1.46
Registered electors 8,384
Turnout 4,219 50.32
Rejected ballots 10 0.24
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team

Leytonstone

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Leytonstone (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Eva E. Edworthy* 2,274 54.05
Labour Patrick J. Hayes 2,153
Labour Huw M. Morgan-Thomas 2,002
Conservative Nial Finlayson 904 22.17
Conservative Raymond E. Luker 896
Conservative Roger Kapur 836
Green Catherine E. Girvan 549 13.85
Lib Dem Focus Team Christopher Gould 450 9.94
Lib Dem Focus Team Dennis Hallam 369
Lib Dem Focus Team Huw G. Jenkins 364
Registered electors 8,224
Turnout 3,834 46.62
Rejected ballots 6 0.16
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lloyd Park

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Lloyd Park (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Evan M. Jones 1,823 42.05
Labour John M. Pearson 1,735
Labour Narinder S. Matheroo* 1,581
Conservative Gillian S. Langford 1,444 34.66
Conservative Jacqueline A. Middlemiss 1,404
Conservative Susan F. Webb 1,388
Lib Dem Focus Team James A. Kingsland 487 11.66
Green Thomas H. Cole 474 11.63
Lib Dem Focus Team David R.W. Bracegirdle 470
Lib Dem Focus Team Jeremy R. Dauncey 469
Registered electors 8,251
Turnout 4,078 49.42
Rejected ballots 6 0.15
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St James Street

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St James Street (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Franklyn E. Georges 1,952 45.53
Labour Sylbert Rudder 1,918
Labour Amarjit S. Devgun 1,912
Conservative Robert W. Bates 1,187 25.95
Conservative Chris J. Galley 1,117
Conservative Nerea N. Osore 991
Green Angela V. Osore 635 15.01
Lib Dem Focus Team Farid Ahmed 428 10.04
Lib Dem Focus Team Jonathan Myall 424
Lib Dem Focus Team Richard L. Tidmarsh 423
Democrats and Commonwealth Imtiaz Qadir 80 1.77
Communist Gerald W. Pocock 72 1.70
Democrats and Commonwealth Munir Ullah 69
Registered electors 9,732
Turnout 4,132 42.46
Rejected ballots 7 0.17
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Valley

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Valley (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Stanley D. Pay 2,476 63.25
Conservative Jeremy R. Evans 2,346
Conservative Christine Smith 2,339
Labour Terence J. Donovan 960 24.19
Labour Jonathan E. Brind 901
Labour John R. Holmes 877
Liberal Democrats Henry A. Boyle 491 12.56
Liberal Democrats Joylon W. Walker 475
Liberal Democrats Joan M. Carder 457
Registered electors 8,411
Turnout 4,121 49.00
Rejected ballots 11 0.27
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wood Street

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Wood Street (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour William G. Anstey 1,870 38.31
Labour Jack Kaye 1,711
Labour William D. Shepherd 1,662
Conservative Deborah M. Dobinson 1,522 32.32
Conservative Jonathan P. Dobinson 1,484
Lib Dem Focus Team Patricia A. Atherton 1,448 29.37
Conservative Graham F. Sinclair 1,418
Lib Dem Focus Team Terence C. Messenger 1,316
Lib Dem Focus Team Angela M. Tall 1,257
Registered electors 8,938
Turnout 4,858 54.35
Rejected ballots 7 0.14
Labour hold
Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team
Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team

Notes

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  1. ^ a b includes results from Lib Dem Focus Team candidates

References

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  1. ^ a b Minors, Micheal; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 138. Retrieved 7 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 "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 79–81, 138–139.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "London Borough of Waltham Forest Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 8–9.