1994 Lewisham London Borough Council election

Elections to Lewisham London Borough Council were held in May 1994. The whole council was up for election.

1994 Lewisham London Borough Council election

← 1990 5 May 1994 (1994-05-05) 1998 →
All 67 seats up for election to Lewisham London Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Registered	172,649[1]
Turnout	70,751, 40.98% ( 4.22)[1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Margaret Moran Unknown Andrew W.J. Lawrence[n 1] Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader since 1993 Unknown 1994 Leader's seat Churchdown Unknown St Mildred Last election 58 seats, 57.61% 3 seats, 6.47% 6 seats, 32.11% Seats won 63 3 1 Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 105,606 17,516 38,793 Percentage 64.51% 10.70% 23.70% Swing 6.90 4.23 8.41
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Lewisham local elections are held every four years, with the next due in 1998.

Election result

Lewisham local election result 1994^[2][3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	63	5	0	5	94.03	64.51	105,606	6.90
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	0		4.48	10.70	17,516	4.23
	Conservative	1	0	5	5	1.49	23.70	38,793	8.41
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	0.90	1,473	2.04
	National Front	0	0	0		0.00	0.12	203	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.07	108	New
Total		67						163,699

Ward results

(*) - indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Bellingham

Bellingham (2)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John A. O'Shea*	1,591	78.47	11.18
	Labour	Ronald J. Stockbridge*	1,515
	Conservative	Rosemary A. Pratt	426	21.53	2.88
	Conservative	Margaret R. Smith	425
Registered electors			5,895		130
Turnout			2,252	38.20	6.48
Rejected ballots			4	0.18	0.07
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Blackheath

Blackheath (2)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin F. Moore*	1,334	60.81	16.21
	Labour	Heidi A. Nash	1,259
	Conservative	William J. Fox	554	25.41	13.23
	Conservative	Guy K.P. Marshall	529
	Liberal Democrats	David Porter	309	13.78	New
	Liberal Democrats	Eric J. Scott-Phillips	278
Registered electors			5,179		407
Turnout			2,287	44.16	9.13
Rejected ballots			8	0.35	0.19
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Blythe Hill

Blythe Hill (2)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James L.H. Eytle*	1,273	55.72	6.22
	Labour	Sylvia E. Scott	1,092
	Conservative	Jonathan Fraser-Howells	446	19.69	19.45
	Conservative	Ruth E. Whitelaw	390
	Liberal Democrats	Carlton Christensen	278	13.09	New
	Green	John Gingell	244	11.49	0.13
Registered electors			5,073		347
Turnout			2,140	42.18	7.19
Rejected ballots			7	0.33	0.03
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Catford

Catford (2)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan K. Porter	1,185	47.43	7.44
	Labour	Carl R. Handley	1,125
	Conservative	Richard Greenwood*[n 2]	1,042	41.56	6.40
	Conservative	Victor N. Atkinson	981
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Herring	270	11.01	New
	Liberal Democrats	Adebayo Adetona	265
Registered electors			5,787		86
Turnout			2,618	45.24	3.54
Rejected ballots			12	0.46	0.25
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Churchdown

Churchdown (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Moran*	1,844	57.86	5.25
	Labour	Clive R. Jordan*	1,730
	Labour	Foqia Hayee	1,624
	Conservative	Andrew J. Lee	713	22.64	16.09
	Conservative	Ghislaine P. Greensitt	667
	Conservative	Ronald E. Lee	653
	Liberal Democrats	Janet R. Hurst	584	19.50	10.84
Registered electors			7,109		185
Turnout			3,175	44.66	8.56
Rejected ballots			5	0.16	0.05
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Crofton Park

Crofton Park (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally P. Lovett	2,212	66.01	15.07
	Labour	Nicholas J.W. Taylor	2,187
	Labour	Gurbakhsh S. Garcha*	2,070
	Conservative	Pamela Barnes	682	18.50	9.73
	Conservative	Kate L. Hurley	593
	Conservative	David C. Furze	538
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Altwarg	506	15.49	New
Registered electors			7,872		347
Turnout			3,368	42.78	4.01
Rejected ballots			12	0.36	0.10
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Downham

Downham (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julian A. Hawkins*	1,730	57.87	6.92
	Liberal Democrats	Marc O. Morgan-Huws	1,712
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew M. Huntbach	1,664
	Labour	Dorothy Hyne	1,089	34.77	0.39
	Labour	Frances M. Neal	1,021
	Labour	Beverley Thompson	958
	Conservative	Clifford J.A. Simpson†[n 3]	221	7.36	7.31
	Conservative	Susan E. Bennett	219
	Conservative	Eglantine M. Draper	209
Registered electors			6,565		1,017
Turnout			3,340	50.88	2.92
Rejected ballots			8	0.24	0.09
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Drake

Drake (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence C. Scott†[n 4]	1,706	58.19	1.90
	Labour	Obajimi Adefiranye*	1,691
	Labour	Jarman S. Parmar*	1,631
	Green	Alexandra M. Murrell	508	17.64	5.41
	Liberal Democrats	Keith H. Adderley	419	14.55	New
	Conservative	Thomas W. Barnes	334	9.62	7.24
	Conservative	Judith F. Moorhouse	263
	Conservative	Peter J. Moorhouse	233
Registered electors			7,832		331
Turnout			2,633	33.62	4.11
Rejected ballots			10	0.38	0.22
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Evelyn

Evelyn (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary I. Edmond*	1,664	69.54	0.31
	Labour	Mark E. Nottingham*	1,557
	Labour	Mee L. Ng*	1,376
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wells	414	18.79	New
	Conservative	Dawn W. Asplin	285	11.67	3.50
	Conservative	William Warren	251
	Conservative	Audrey J. O'Donnell	234
Registered electors			7,330		757
Turnout			2,236	30.50	6.38
Rejected ballots			6	0.27	0.02
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Forest Hill

Forest Hill (2)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline A. Addison*	1,430	72.58	8.92
	Labour	John Paschoud	1,295
	Conservative	Margaret D. Ball	546	27.42	8.92
	Conservative	Margaret A. Punyer	484
Registered electors			4,989		271
Turnout			2,040	40.89	3.44
Rejected ballots			13	0.64	0.13
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Grinling Gibbons

Grinling Gibbons (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Brown*	1,533	63.68	1.80
	Labour	James Mallory*	1,409
	Labour	Man Mohan*	1,351
	Green	Benjamin S. Beck	340	15.13	4.67
	Conservative	Doris Addison	266	9.66	5.06
	Liberal Democrats	Janet N. Scott-Phillips	259	11.53	New
	Conservative	Margaret R. Squires	202
	Conservative	William T. Titzell	182
Registered electors			7,293		166
Turnout			2,264	31.04	3.57
Rejected ballots			9	0.40	0.08
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Grove Park

Grove Park (2)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Macdonald	1,166	54.30	4.81
	Labour	Ashtaq Arain†[n 5]	980
	Conservative	Barrie P. Anderson	658	31.58	9.87
	Conservative	William L. Bellers	590
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Nunn	279	14.12	5.06
	Liberal Democrats	Mairghread S. Davies	278
Registered electors			5,011		196
Turnout			2,160	43.11	3.90
Rejected ballots			3	0.14	0.10
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hither Green

Hither Green (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David C. Wilson	2,044	71.79	9.25
	Labour	Solomon U. Brown	1,943
	Labour	Anthony F. Link*	1,929
	Conservative	Barry J. Olley	837	28.21	0.07
	Conservative	Hilda Newland	758
	Conservative	Philip Richards	729
Registered electors			8,184		317
Turnout			3,134	38.29	3.88
Rejected ballots			24	0.77	0.44
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Horiman

Horniman (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stewart L. Elliott	1,584	47.42	1.10
	Labour	Angelina Simpson	1,490
	Labour	Tayo Oke	1,421
	Conservative	Angela Bradshaw	1,206	37.42	6.20
	Conservative	Charles R. Cramp*	1,175
	Conservative	Anthony T. Patton	1,164
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen L. Collins	479	15.16	5.01
Registered electors			7,457		542
Turnout			3,397	45.55	0.72
Rejected ballots			5	0.15	0.01
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ladywell

Ladywell (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miriam Eze-Iloghalu*[n 6]	1,772	68.77	7.11
	Labour	Paul Newing†[n 7]	1,745
	Labour	James Stevenson*	1,721
	Liberal Democrats	John E. James	450	17.72	New
	Conservative	Thelma H. Shilling	362	13.51	7.47
	Conservative	Catherine Eaton	335
	Conservative	Gordon P. Lindsay	333
Registered electors			7,299		203
Turnout			2,689	36.84	4.30
Rejected ballots			6	0.22	0.07
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Manor Lee

Manor Lee (2)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Madeliene M. Long*	1,762	70.00	14.31
	Labour	David P. Sullivan*	1,658
	Liberal Democrats	Linda F. Hawkins	417	11.17	New
	Conservative	Caroline P.F. Barnett	390	14.74	8.44
	Conservative	Eleanor M. Picton	329
	Liberal Democrats	Herbert F.P. Maltby	328
Registered electors			5,678		264
Turnout			2,619	46.13	4.09
Rejected ballots			7	0.27	0.17
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Marlowe

Marlowe (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Padmore	1,676	67.52	15.83
	Labour	Eddie Capone	1,649
	Labour	Ruth M. Watt	1,564
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Keaveney	412	15.66	New
	Liberal Democrats	Paula C. Keaveney	393
	Liberal Democrats	Alec O. Martin	329
	Conservative	Carolyn R. Freeman	227	8.41	8.24
	Conservative	Paul Asplin	208
	National Front	Anthony Johnson	203	8.41	New
	Conservative	James Wright	175
Registered electors			7,495		922
Turnout			2,617	34.92	1.96
Rejected ballots			6	0.23	0.06
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Pepys

Pepys (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela J. Cornforth*	2,128	84.57	1.38
	Labour	John C. Rudd*[n 8]	2,102
	Labour	Ian G. Page*	2,015
	Conservative	Iris B. Ward	420	15.43	1.38
	Conservative	Vanessa J. Cregan	361
	Conservative	Frank G. Ward	360
Registered electors			7,451		61
Turnout			2,746	36.85	3.69
Rejected ballots			16	0.58	0.04
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Perry Hill

Perry Hill (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin S. Hastie*	2,018	57.04	6.33
	Labour	Alan R. Till*[n 9]	1,984
	Labour	Duncan R. Rodger*	1,961
	Conservative	Adam D. Hart	997	26.06	10.64
	Conservative	Huw L. Shooter	874
	Conservative	Khalid Sharif	852
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick R. Brown	589	16.90	New
Registered electors			8,034		307
Turnout			3,572	44.46	1.06
Rejected ballots			10	0.28	0.04
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Rushey Green

Rushey Green (2)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Arnold*	1,530	72.64	5.02
	Labour	Bala Gnanapragasam	1,290
	Conservative	Charles R. Bradshaw	320	16.18	6.87
	Conservative	Robert Mills	308
	Liberal Democrats	John A. Bennett	225	11.18	1.85
	Liberal Democrats	Roger B. Fortune	208
Registered electors			5,775		464
Turnout			2,160	37.40	2.19
Rejected ballots			4	0.19	0.05
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Andrew

St Andrew (2)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael V. Holder*	1,140	45.88	8.17
	Labour	Claude Gonsalves†[n 10]	1,132
	Liberal Democrats	Tudor Griffiths	688	26.25	3.47
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Smith	612
	Conservative	Peter Vickers	586	23.51	9.06
	Conservative	Robert S. Light	578
	Independent	Russell J.K. White	108	4.36	New
Registered electors			5,533		237
Turnout			2,633	47.59	3.02
Rejected ballots			8	0.30	0.04
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Margaret

St Margaret (2)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glyn Austin	1,596	60.72	10.67
	Labour	David J. Whiting†[n 11]	1,412
	Conservative	John T. Welsh	608	24.30	12.92
	Conservative	Richard Town	596
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Brooks	371	14.98	6.46
Registered electors			5,266		118
Turnout			2,508	47.63	5.86
Rejected ballots			3	0.12	0.09
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Mildred

St Mildred (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glyn Alsworth	1,819	43.96	4.11
	Labour	Kelly A. Conway	1,752
	Conservative	Andrew W.J. Lawrence*	1,707	41.93	5.95
	Conservative	David S. Britton	1,694
	Labour	Mahmuda Kabir	1,627
	Conservative	David J. McInnes	1,559
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick A. McKee	613	14.10	New
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda W. Pooley	537
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn M. Sumption	519
Registered electors			8,781		291
Turnout			4,309	49.07	2.48
Rejected ballots			9	0.21	0.06
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Sydenham East

Sydenham East (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Best*	1,783	64.18	9.33
	Labour	Steve Bullock*	1,636
	Labour	Alan E. Pegg*	1,551
	Conservative	Henriette L. Dodd	587	21.07	10.09
	Conservative	Irene V.M. Dodd	536
	Conservative	Roger G. Pawley	508
	Green	Ronald P. Wilson	381	14.76	0.77
Registered electors			7,219		418
Turnout			2,724	37.73	5.01
Rejected ballots			9	0.33	0.18
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Sydenham West

Sydenham West (3)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liam K. Curran	1,852	57.81	8.30
	Labour	Harold R. Feather	1,775
	Labour	William G. McLaughlin	1,716
	Conservative	Colin S. Ockendon	729	22.52	12.99
	Conservative	Pamela B.B. Shooter	677
	Conservative	David M. Waugh	677
	Liberal Democrats	Mark A. Bennett	606	19.67	12.52
Registered electors			7,677		311
Turnout			3,102	40.41	4.26
Rejected ballots			10	0.32	0.29
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Whitefoot

Whitefoot (2)^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liam M. Carlisle	992	53.02	1.44
	Labour	Carl P. Kisicki*	939
	Conservative	Eric J. Coombs	629	33.37	6.85
	Conservative	Allan Chambers	586
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Day	259	13.61	5.41
	Liberal Democrats	William C. Hawkins	236
Registered electors			4,865		340
Turnout			2,028	41.69	6.36
Rejected ballots			3	0.15	0.11
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Notes

1. Lawrence is the de facto local party leader due to being the only Conservative councillor
2. Greenwood replaced Cllr. Theodore J.B. Yard after his resignation in 1992
3. Simpson was a sitting councillor representing the St Mildred ward
4. Scott was a sitting councillor representing the Marlowe ward
5. Arain was a sitting councillor representing the Blythe Hill ward
6. Eze-Iloghalu replaced Cllr. Cathy Doyle after his resignation in 1992
7. Newing was a sitting councillor representing the Hither Green ward
8. Rudd replaced Cllr. Helen A.H. Dawson after her resignation in 1991
9. Till replaced Cllr. Timothy Walsh after his death in 1992
10. Gonsalves was a sitting councillor representing the Crofton Park ward
11. Whiting was a sitting councillor representing the Horniman