1990 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

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3 May 1990 (1990-05-03)

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All 54 council seats up for election to Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority

Registered

91,653

Turnout

38,693, 42.22%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Seats won	39	15	0
Seat change
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

1990 local election in England, UK

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.

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Election result

1990 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough elections
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	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

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abingdon

Abingdon (3)
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

Avondale (3)
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

Brompton (2)
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

Campden (3)
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

Cheyne (2)
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

Church (2)
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

Colville (3)
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

Courtfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Anthony R.M. Coates	880	40.20
	Conservative	Edward J.M. Cox*	855
	Conservative	Andrew W.M. Fane*	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

Earls Court (3)
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

Golborne (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ann E. Bond*	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

Hans Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mary C. Glyn*	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

Holland (3)
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

Kelfield (2)
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

Norland (2)
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

North Stanley (2)
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

Pembridge (3)
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

Queen's Gate (3)
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

Redcliffe (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frances Taylor	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

Royal Hospital (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian McC. Donaldson	928	78.34
	Conservative	Edward J.W. Hess*	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

St Charles (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John R. Atkinson	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

South Stanley (2)
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

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

References

^ 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.
"London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
^ "1990 London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 54–55, 126–127. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
^ "Royal Borough of Kensing & Chelsea Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 13 March 2024.

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