1990 Islington London Borough Council election
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All 52 seats up for election to Islington London Borough Council 27 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 112,085[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 51,827, 46.24%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1990 Islington Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Islington Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Background
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Election Results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 49 | 13 | 0 | ![]() |
94.23 | 55.39 | 70,112 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 12 | ![]() |
5.77 | 7.61 | 9,630 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 17.37 | 21,991 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 6.80 | 8,610 | ||
Tenants and Residents | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 6.25 | 7,912 | ||
SDP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 5.68 | 7,186 | ||
Independent Liberal | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.00 | 0.75 | 948 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 0.15 | 192 | ||
Total | 52 | 16,581 |
Ward Results
[edit]Barnsbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan E. Herbert | 1,537 | 44.30 | |
Labour | Gordon Johnston | 1,508 | ||
Labour | Valda James | 1,488 | ||
SDP | Ann Brennan* | 793 | 20.76 | |
SDP | George A. Lambillion* | 744 | ||
SDP | Sylvia F. Smart | 587 | ||
Green | Annie Chipchase | 496 | 14.54 | |
Conservative | Alexandra C. Eldridge | 469 | 12.63 | |
Conservative | Martin R.C. Moyes | 419 | ||
Conservative | Irene G.L. Moore | 404 | ||
Tenants and Residents | Christine M.A. Rodgers | 265 | 7.77 | |
Registered electors | 6,445 | |||
Turnout | 3,152 | 48.91 | ||
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.10 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
Bunhill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terence J. Herbert* | 1,283 | 39.35 | |
Labour | Peter J. Noble | 1,224 | ||
Labour | Michael J. Devenney | 1,136 | ||
SDP | Joseph R. Trotter* | 979 | 26.87 | |
SDP | Jennifer A. Durlacher | 771 | ||
Conservative | Tracey A. Braddick | 761 | 24.34 | |
Conservative | Michael I. Williams | 759 | ||
SDP | Gidon Z. Cohen | 738 | ||
Conservative | Stephen M. McMinnies | 734 | ||
Green | Jeremy Brooks | 291 | 9.43 | |
Registered electors | 6,859 | |||
Turnout | 3,172 | 46.25 | ||
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.09 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
Labour hold |
Canonbury East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Bosi | 863 | 35.16 | |
Labour | Anne H.D. Gillman | 809 | ||
Tenants and Residents | Ernest J.W. Bayliss | 670 | 26.49 | |
Tenants and Residents | John E. Plummer | 589 | ||
Independent Liberal | James A. Doyle* | 560 | 19.93 | |
Independent Liberal | Alexander V. Miller | 388 | ||
Conservative | James A. Rooke | 236 | 9.34 | |
Green | Douglas F. Gleave | 216 | 9.08 | |
Conservative | Stanley H. Yass | 207 | ||
Registered electors | 4,807 | |||
Turnout | 2,384 | 49.59 | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.29 | ||
Labour gain from Independent Liberal | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
Canonbury West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas J. Simpson* | 962 | 44.97 | |
Labour | Howard L. Mann* | 913 | ||
Conservative | John E. Cable | 577 | 26.75 | |
Conservative | Margaret D. Reese | 539 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rowan G. Menzies | 314 | 13.75 | |
Green | Peter C. Powell | 303 | 14.53 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margot Dunn | 259 | ||
Registered electors | 4,254 | |||
Turnout | 2,091 | 49.15 | ||
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.29 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Clerkenwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul A. Matthews | 1,366 | 32.83 | |
Labour | Mark R. Hill | 1,232 | ||
Labour | John A. Worker | 1,160 | ||
Tenants and Residents | Helen M. Cagnoni | 907 | 22.77 | |
Tenants and Residents | Frederick Johns | 857 | ||
Tenants and Residents | Timothy F. Finch | 843 | ||
SDP | Philip G. Moss | 632 | 16.09 | |
SDP | Kevin P. O'Keefe | 619 | ||
SDP | David C. Tibbs | 590 | ||
Green | Karen S. Stack | 495 | 12.97 | |
Conservative | Rita M. Bromfield | 426 | 10.32 | |
Conservative | Jennifer J.B. Beattie | 406 | ||
Conservative | Reginald H. Brown | 349 | ||
Independent | Anthony W. Bright | 192 | 5.03 | |
Registered electors | 7,049 | |||
Turnout | 3,526 | 50.02 | ||
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.09 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
Gillespie
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Diane L. Burridge* | 1,215 | 62.81 | |
Labour | Jennifer M. Sands* | 1,128 | ||
Green | Andrew R. Myer | 300 | 16.08 | |
Conservative | Sylvia M.L. Macdonald-Jones | 286 | 14.58 | |
Conservative | William D. Thomas | 258 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip D. Middleton | 136 | 6.54 | |
Liberal Democrats | David N. Pollard | 108 | ||
Registered electors | 3,969 | |||
Turnout | 1,865 | 46.99 | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.38 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Highbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin S. Arthurs* | 1,662 | 46.27 | |
Labour | Milton K. Babulall | 1.507 | ||
Labour | Bob Crossman†[4] | 1,495 | ||
Green | Christopher M. Ashby | 809 | 24.07 | |
Conservative | Colin T. Dancer | 497 | 13.60 | |
Conservative | Richard J. Edmunds | 457 | ||
Conservative | Peter B. Moody | 417 | ||
Tenants and Residents | Edward G. Bedford | 364 | 9.10 | |
Tenants and Residents | George H. Howard | 248 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia A. Tuson | 239 | 6.96 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liam P.B. Cowdrey | 235 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Fernyhough | 228 | ||
Registered electors | 6,417 | |||
Turnout | 2,977 | 46.39 | ||
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.30 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Highview
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Leigh* | 1,203 | 64.31 | |
Labour | Robert A. Mowle | 994 | ||
Green | Thurston G. Arrowsmith | 335 | 19.60 | |
Conservative | Barry J. Gibbs | 285 | 16.09 | |
Conservative | Caroline R. Whitfield | 264 | ||
Registered electors | 3,596 | |||
Turnout | 1,708 | 47.50 | ||
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.53 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Hillmarton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur L. Bell* | 1,286 | 57.75 | |
Labour | Philip J. Kelly | 1,187 | ||
Conservative | Alan Johnson | 427 | 19.56 | |
Conservative | Roy P.C. Taft | 410 | ||
Green | Ann C. Wainwright | 277 | 12.93 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Johnson | 252 | 9.76 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Sidney | 165 | ||
Registered electors | 4,700 | |||
Turnout | 2,147 | 45.68 | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.33 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Hillrise
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan M. Clinton | 1,731 | 58.65 | |
Labour | John Burke | 1,664 | ||
Labour | Dina Kleanthous | 1,525 | ||
Green | Roger B. Whitney | 511 | 18.28 | |
Conservative | Merryl S. Cave | 391 | 13.66 | |
Conservative | David R. Starkey | 385 | ||
Conservative | Elizabeth M. Stephens | 371 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sarah A. Ludford | 272 | 9.41 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Hubbard | 254 | ||
Registered electors | 6,018 | |||
Turnout | 2,668 | 44.33 | ||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.19 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Holloway
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edna Griffiths | 1,396 | 50.85 | |
Labour | Leo J.C. McKinstry | 1,295 | ||
Labour | David L. Yorath | 1,271 | ||
Tenants and Residents | Patrick McCann | 595 | 18.63 | |
Tenants and Residents | Mary E. Churchward | 436 | ||
Tenants and Residents | John Saunders | 421 | ||
Conservative | Evelyn Johnson | 351 | 12.16 | |
Conservative | Alan J.M. Reese | 322 | ||
Green | Hilary A. Hutcheon | 279 | 10.74 | |
Conservative | Mark A.H. Rittner | 276 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia M. Duncan | 227 | 7.62 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret H. Chester | 189 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia M. Peel | 178 | ||
Registered electors | 6,248 | |||
Turnout | 2,709 | 43.36 | ||
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.37 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Junction
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Candy Atherton* | 1,929 | 58.80 | |
Labour | Robert G. Durack | 1,810 | ||
Labour | Taha T. Karim* | 1,631 | ||
Green | Mary H. Adshead | 716 | 23.52 | |
Conservative | Kingsley G. Manning | 567 | 17.67 | |
Conservative | Christine P. Cardow | 553 | ||
Conservative | Robin J. Cave | 493 | ||
Registered electors | 6,441 | |||
Turnout | 2,932 | 45.52 | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.24 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Mildmay
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick E. Haynes* | 1,869 | 51.06 | |
Labour | Sheila A. Camp | 1,767 | ||
Labour | Derek A. Sawyer* | 1,551 | ||
Conservative | Clive D. Blackwood | 678 | 18.75 | |
Conservative | Raymond L.J. Muggeridge | 655 | ||
Green | Richard C. Salmon | 641 | 18.93 | |
Conservative | Mahendra S. Oza | 571 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anna Berent | 446 | 11.25 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen R. Hatch | 356 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Tasker | 341 | ||
Registered electors | 7,332 | |||
Turnout | 3,237 | 44.15 | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.22 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Quadrant
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David P. Barnes* | 1,246 | 51.69 | |
Labour | Jane Mackay | 1,111 | ||
Conservative | Jennifer Moody | 578 | 25.16 | |
Conservative | Mark C. Field | 569 | ||
Green | John V. Hindes | 315 | 13.81 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline M. Callow | 228 | 9.34 | |
Liberal Democrats | Raymond C. James | 198 | ||
Registered electors | 4,879 | |||
Turnout | 2,290 | 46.94 | ||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.22 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
St George's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Adamson | 1,748 | 56.06 | |
Labour | Sandra Marks | 1,611 | ||
Labour | Avramakis P. Messis | 1,454 | ||
Green | Beatrice M. Rolph | 718 | 25.10 | |
Conservative | Kenneth E.J. Graham | 555 | 18.84 | |
Conservative | Nigel P.G. Boardman | 549 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Hynes | 513 | ||
Registered electors | 6,311 | |||
Turnout | 2,737 | 43.37 | ||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.18 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
St Mary
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clare E. Jeapes | 1,157 | 47.84 | |
Labour | Gregory J, Hayman | 1,149 | ||
Labour | Paul E. Convery | 1,114 | ||
Conservative | Mark Eldridge | 451 | 17.46 | |
Conservative | Barry F. Mason | 405 | ||
Conservative | Joshua R. Porter | 391 | ||
Green | Paul J. Gasson | 383 | 16.07 | |
SDP | Maureen Brennan | 277 | 10.24 | |
Tenants and Residents | Christine Clements | 235 | 8.39 | |
SDP | Fenella J. Durlacher | 234 | ||
SDP | Doris K.A. Rogers | 222 | ||
Tenants and Residents | William A. Maffreu | 198 | ||
Tenants and Residents | Sylvester Li | 168 | ||
Registered electors | 4,913 | |||
Turnout | 2,285 | 46.51 | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.31 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
St Peter
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Maria Powell* | 1,648 | 44.36 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher J. Pryce* | 1,460 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Hitchins | 1,335 | ||
Labour | Christina L. Glover | 1,078 | 29.44 | |
Labour | Piers M. Herbert | 979 | ||
Labour | Michael Boye-Anawomah | 893 | ||
Green | Hilary M. Nimmo | 331 | 9.91 | |
Conservative | Thomas R.M. Duke | 315 | 9.01 | |
Conservative | Alan M. Spinney | 286 | ||
Tenants and Residennts | George A. Estcourt | 243 | 7.28 | |
Registered electors | 6,314 | |||
Turnout | 3,149 | 49.87 | ||
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.29 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Sussex
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret E. Hodge | 1,261 | 66.56 | |
Labour | Christopher M.B. King | 1,194 | ||
Green | Ronald I Fraser | 341 | 18.48 | |
Conservative | Ina Long | 279 | 14.96 | |
Conservative | Nigel V.A. Shervey | 273 | ||
Registered electors | 4,286 | |||
Turnout | 1,947 | 45.43 | ||
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.51 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Thornhill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Ian P. Perry | 1,301 | 63.77 | |
Labour | Alan J. Laws | 1,205 | ||
Conservative | Stephen A. Kreppel | 360 | 17.96 | |
Green | Robin W. Latimer | 359 | 18.27 | |
Conservative | Stephen Heather | 345 | ||
Registered electors | 4,575 | |||
Turnout | 1,975 | 43.17 | ||
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.20 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Tollington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth M. Davies | 1,798 | 56.64 | |
Labour | Susan A. Southgate | 1,630 | ||
Labour | Martin J. McCloghry | 1,586 | ||
Green | Janet L. Anderson | 494 | 16.75 | |
Tenants and Residents | Arthur Perry | 327 | 9.86 | |
Conservative | Diana Harrison | 319 | 10.41 | |
Conservative | Derek Harvey | 314 | ||
Conservative | Neil D. Kerr | 289 | ||
Tenant and Residents | Ramesh J. Joshi | 288 | ||
Tenants and Residents | Paul A. Stockton-Agostini | 258 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Mayer | 217 | 6.34 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew T. Ryan | 181 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mark C. Thatcher | 164 | ||
Registered electors | 6,672 | |||
Turnout | 2,876 | 43.11 | ||
Rejected ballots | 25 | 0.87 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
References
[edit]- ^ 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 21 April 2024.
- ^ 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. 51–53, 126–127. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "London Borough of Islington Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ resigned from gillespie ward in late 1988/early 1989