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1990 Newham London Borough Council election

The 1990 Newham London Borough Council election to the Newham London Borough Council was held on 3 May 1990. The whole council was up for election. turnout no change was 33.0%. Labour maintained its overwhelming majority.

1990 Newham London Borough Council election
← 1986 3 May 1990 (1990-05-03) 1990 →
All 60 seats up for election to Newham London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered157,951[1]
Turnout57,625, 36.48%[1]
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Leader Stephen Timms Unknown
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 1990 Unknown
Leader's seat Little Ilford Unknown
Seats before 60 0
Seats won 57 2
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 2
Popular vote 81,387 32,957
Percentage 60.08% 24.33%
  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Alec J. Kellaway Unknown
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Leader since 2 May 1987 Unknown
Leader's seat South Unknown
Seats before 0 0
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 10,599 9,192
Percentage 7.82% 6.78%
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Election result

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Newham Local Election Result 1990[2][3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 57 0 2   2 95.00 60.08 81,387
  Conservative 2 2 0   2 3.33 24.33 32,957
  Liberal Democrats 1 1 1   1.67 7.82 10,599
  Green 0 0 0   0.00 6.78 9,192
  Independent 0 0 0   0.00 0.99 1,340
Total 60 135,475

Background

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A total of 154 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 24 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party, whilst the Conservative Party ran 54 candidates. The Liberal Democrats ran 12 candidates as well as 3 candidates under the Liberal Democrat Focus Team banner. Other candidates running were 22 Greens and 3 Independents.

Election Results

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(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate from a different ward

Beckton

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Beckton (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Maureen Knight* 679 62.65
Labour Doris Maxwell 608
Conservative Margaret Byrne 384 37.35
Registered electors 3,840
Turnout 1033 26.90
Rejected ballots 6 0.58
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bemersyde

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Bemersyde (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David P. Kellaway 923 44.39
Labour Peter E. Landman* 918
Conservative Paul Clark 625 30.12
Liberal Democrats David J. Corney 306 12.24
Green Simon K. Bridgeland 275 13.25
Liberal Democrats William Robinson 201
Registered electors 4,376
Turnout 1854 42.37
Rejected ballots 6 0.32
Labour hold
Labour hold

Canning Town and Grange

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Canning Town and Grange (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Charles Whincup* 1,033 53.55
Labour Christopher B. Allen 1,020
Conservative Jean D. Boorman 525 27.37
Green Richard P. Sant 366 19.08
Registered electors 5,820
Turnout 1810 31.10
Rejected ballots 8 0.44
Labour hold
Labour hold

Castle

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Castle (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ronald S. Langton 1,125 58.86
Labour Sarah L. M. Murray* 1,092
Conservative Roy A. Bull 498 24.95
Conservative Dorothy M. Neal 441
Green Rosanne D. Goodwins 305 16.19
Registered electors 5,389
Turnout 1910 35.44
Rejected ballots 5 0.26
Labour hold
Labour hold

Central

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Central (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stanley Hopwood* 1,410 65.44
Labour Pallavi B. Patel 1,323
Conservative Dorothy L. Ford 457 19.24
Conservative Danuta A. Gradosiclska 347
Green Rupert W. H. Goodwins 320 15.32
Registered electors 5,576
Turnout 2066 37.05
Rejected ballots 17 0.82
Labour hold
Labour hold

Custom House & Silvertown

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Custom House and Silvertown (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour William A. Chapman* 1,340 50.12
Labour Julia C. I. Garfield* 1,321
Labour Kevin Gillespie 1,240
Conservative David C. Gladstone 931 35.00
Conservative Alan W. Taylor 897
Conservative Geraldine M. Alden 896
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth A. Campion 440 14.88
Liberal Democrats Peter R. W. Guest 376
Liberal Democrats Nicola F. Thomson 343
Registered electors 8,964
Turnout 2737 30.53
Rejected ballots 10 0.37
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Forest Gate

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Forest Gate (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Margaret P. Olley* 1,616 56.97
Labour Conor M. McAuley* 1,602
Labour Pamela Furness†[n 1] 1,599
Green Annette Degrandis 661 22.03
Green Morgan Kelly 644
Conservative William Bennett 608 21.00
Conservative Helena D. Bernstein 593
Conservative Pauline F. Finn 575
Green Paul S. J. Sandford 558
Registered electors 7,499
Turnout 2955 39.41
Rejected ballots 18 0.61
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Greatfield

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Greatfield (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Kevin J. Jenkins* 1,687 40.87
Conservative Sean Cadogan 1,592 41.88
Conservative Jacqueline M. Burns 1,524
Conservative Richard J. Arnopp 1,515
Labour Bryan A. Collier 1,515
Labour Kulwant S. Mangat 1,318
Liberal Democrats Matthew M. Huntbach 645 17.25
Liberal Democrats Adrian Cole 626
Registered electors 8,255
Turnout 3750 45.43
Rejected ballots 17 0.45
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Hudsons

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Hudsons (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Lyn C. Brown 1,248 50.95
Labour Frederick C. Jones* 1,211
Labour Graham J. Lane* 1,162
Conservative Josephine M. Child 864 35.37
Conservative Mark Taylor 851
Conservative Nicola M. Whitmore 800
Liberal Democrats Walter C. T. Tee 324 13.68
Registered electors 7,240
Turnout 2408 33.26
Rejected ballots 15 0.62
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Kensington

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Kensington (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Kenneth C.R. Massey* 1,680 74.72
Labour Abdul K. Sheikh 1,618
Conservative Brian Johnson 315 13.91
Conservative Stephen R. Blower 298
Green Rosalind M. Shanley Jordaan 251 11.37
Registered electors 5,405
Turnout 2284 42.26
Rejected ballots 11 0.48
Labour hold
Labour hold

Little Ilford

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Little Ilford (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stephen C. Timms* 1,738 57.74
Labour Patricia A. Heron* 1,683
Labour Bobby Thomas 1,660
Lib Dem Focus Team Valerie F. Leach 958 31.46
Lib Dem Focus Team Leslie E. Groombridge 921
Lib Dem Focus Team Alan H. Stewart 891
Conservative Vera E. Ingleby 324 10.80
Conservative Steven P. Nash 323
Conservative Khalid Z. Hussain 303
Registered electors 7,965
Turnout 3105 38.98
Rejected ballots 9 0.29
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Manor Park

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Manor Park (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Amarjit Singh* 1,806 59.74
Labour Leela L. Pendle 1,773
Labour Margaret Walls 1,768
Conservative Janet A. Lewis 733 24.07
Conservative Mary M. King 714
Conservative Diane E. Harley 707
Green Dennis L. Middlemitch 483 16.19
Registered electors 7,909
Turnout 3072 38.84
Rejected ballots 6 0.20
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Monega

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Monega (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Lewis E. Boyce* 1,692 75.98
Labour Frederick E. York* 1,597
Conservative John W. Douch 305 13.63
Conservative Joyce F. Douch 285
Green Richard G. Melville 225 10.39
Registered electors 5,592
Turnout 2236 39.99
Rejected ballots 15 0.67
Labour hold
Labour hold

New Town

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New Town (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Carol A. Knights 945 53.70
Labour John Isted†[n 2] 924
Independent Henry C. Cleghorn 663 25.67
Independent Susan J. Ward 591
Conservative Karen V. Brennan 216 11.32
Conservative Ana Z. McWilton 178
Green Kim L. Smith 162 9.30
Independent Dexter H. Hamoomansingh 86
Registered electors 5,108
Turnout 1956 38.29
Rejected ballots 3 0.15
Labour hold
Labour hold

Ordnance

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Ordnance (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Michael Brown†[n 3] 629 48.71
Labour Anne King* 619
Green Inge O'Toole 337 26.31
Conservative Charles R.P.G. Meaby 320 24.98
Registered electors 4,005
Turnout 1141 28.49
Rejected ballots 4 0.35
Labour hold
Labour hold

Park

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Park (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John F. Lock* 1,649 62.07
Labour Dominic G. Gough 1,640
Labour Akbar A. Chaudhary 1,624
Conservative June P. L. Colton 584 19.89
Conservative Brian I. Maze 503
Conservative Simon N. C. Pearce 489
Green Arthur L. Taylor 476 18.04
Registered electors 7,667
Turnout 2562 33.42
Rejected ballots 20 0.78
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Plaistow

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Plaistow (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Jean A. Manley 1,350 46.78
Labour Anand N. Patil* 1,105
Labour Riaz Ahmed 1,078
Green Philip H. Rimmer 692 27.48
Conservative Robert F. Williams 673 25.74
Conservative Sylvia L. Williams 622
Registered electors 6,442
Turnout 2277 35.35
Rejected ballots 9 0.40
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Plashet

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Plashet (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Khawar M. Khawaja 1,442 56.27
Labour Judith A. Jorsling†[n 4] 1,410
Labour Clive M. Troubman 1,282
Green Helen C. Jarvis 585 22.74
Conservative Barry W. Roberts 557 20.99
Green Amanda J. Sandford 553
Conservative Sylvia E. Neal 549
Green Harjinder S. Flora 533
Conservative Ronald L. Poon-Affatt 437
Registered electors 8,186
Turnout 2958 36.13
Rejected ballots 21 0.71
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Stephens

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St Stephens (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Linda A. Jordan* 1,432 71.82
Labour Dharam Sahdev 1,381
Conservative Brendan M. Morley 290 14.60
Conservative June M. Eason 281
Green Julie Jackson 266 13.58
Registered electors 5,108
Turnout 1991 38.98
Rejected ballots 8 0.40
Labour hold
Labour hold

South

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South (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Alec J. Kellaway* 1,661 34.39
Labour Thomas A. Jenkinson* 1,505 33.81
Labour Alexander Thomson†[n 5] 1,415
Liberal Democrats Stephen T. Bell 1,357
Conservative Damian P. J. Sutton 1,338 31.80
Labour Neil J. Wilson 1,323
Conservative Laurence B. Springthorpe 1,322
Liberal Democrats Paul R. Willett 1,269
Registered electors 11,025
Turnout 4277 38.79
Rejected ballots 12 0.29
Liberal Democrats hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stratford

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Stratford (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James C. Riley* 937 54.35
Labour James G. Newstead* 936
Conservative William G. Flynn 314 16.71
Liberal Democrats Martin P. J. Edwardes 281 16.30
Conservative Armyn Hennessy 262
Green Charles F. Seber 218 12.64
Registered electors 4,994
Turnout 1640 32.84
Rejected ballots 9 0.55
Labour hold
Labour hold

Upton

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Upton (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Mian M. Aslam* 1,827 66.57
Labour Shama Ahmad 1,780
Labour Andrew P. Zachariades 1,702
Conservative Christine M. Hodgson 517 17.30
Conservative Simon J. L. Linford 450
Green Anthony R. Kelly 429 16.13
Conservative John Lowry 412
Registered electors 7,590
Turnout 2601 34.27
Rejected ballots 13 0.50
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Wall End

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Wall End (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Sarah J. Reeves* 1,888 55.26
Labour Theodore L. Etherden* 1,827
Labour Bashir Ul-Hafeez* 1,564
Conservative Alexander G. Hope-Thomson 892 27.38
Conservative Peter J. Doe 879
Conservative Henry J. F. Prendergast 846
Green Nicholas Oakes 553 17.36
Registered electors 8,254
Turnout 3187 38.61
Rejected ballots 18 0.56
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

West Ham

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West Ham (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ronald N. Manley* 1,116 60.83
Labour James E. Goodman 1,052
Conservative Kelvin C. V. McWilton 445 22.33
Conservative Luigi Peluso 351
Green Richard H. Thomas 300 16.84
Registered electors 5,742
Turnout 1815 31.61
Rejected ballots 15 0.83
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

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  1. ^ Pamela was previously a councillor for Upton
  2. ^ John was a councillor for West Ham
  3. ^ Michael was a councillor for the Park ward
  4. ^ Judith was a councillor for the Custom House and Silvertown ward
  5. ^ Alexander was a councillor for Plaistow ward

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. 132. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
  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 "London Borough Council Elections 3 May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  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 "London Borough of Newham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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