1994 Bromley London Borough Council election

1994 Bromley London Borough Council election
5 May 1994 (1994-05-05)
All 60 seats to Bromley London Borough Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	223,365
Turnout	107,452, 48.11% ( 1.69)
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

1994 local election in England

The 1994 Bromley Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Bromley London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[2]

Background

The Conservatives went into the election defending a large majority won in 1990. However, that majority had been reduced by two when the Liberal Democrats gained Chelsfield & Goddington in the 1993 by-election.

Election result

The turnout across the borough was 48.1%, the second highest turn out in the council's history.

1994 Bromley London Borough Council local election results^[3]^[4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	32	0	10	10	53.33	41.31	102,483	8.82
	Liberal Democrats	21	14	0	14	35.00	36.75	91,167	12.53
	Labour	7	0	4	4	11.67	20.68	51,306	3.12
	Liberal FT	0	0	0		0.00	0.60	1,497	New
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	0.50	1,254	0.42
	SDP	0	0	0		0.00	0.16	390	0.49
Total		60						248,097

For the Conservatives, 40.9% was their lowest share of the vote of all the nine sets of elections to date and 32 was also their lowest number of seats won. Their overall majority of 4 seats was their lowest in the council's history. For the Liberal Democrats their 36.6% was their highest share of the vote and 21 the most number of seats won. The first past the post voting system was shown to have benefitted the Conservatives and worked against the Labour Party while the Liberal Democrats achieved a fair representation.

Ward results

Anerley

Anerley (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Gaster*	2,026	55.59	11.95
	Liberal Democrats	Bill MacCormick*	1,971
	Labour	Clinton McCree	1,172	32.17	3.46
	Labour	Corinna Smart	1,142
	Conservative	David Burch	447	12.24	0.68
	Conservative	Adrian Smith	432
Registered electors			8,127		447
Turnout			3,784	46.56	1.62
Rejected ballots			7	0.18	0.06
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Bickley

Bickley (3)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Dear*	2,748	58.19	4.04
	Conservative	Sheila Humphreys	2,723
	Conservative	Ingrid Buckley	2,687
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Chuter	1,163	23.95	1.85
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Room	1,110
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Woollett	1,083
	Labour	Alan Bartlett	878	17.87	2.20
	Labour	Elsie Herne	823
	Labour	Kenneth Herring	805
Registered electors			10,361		121
Turnout			4,887	47.17	3.36
Rejected ballots			5	0.10	0.01
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Biggin Hill

Biggin Hill (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Gostt	2,085	52.18	29.82
	Liberal Democrats	Walter Shekyls	1,978
	Conservative	David Haslam*	1,580	39.80	16.60
	Conservative	John Cokayne	1,520
	Labour	Leonard Hall	327	8.01	8.81
	Labour	Keith Galley	297
Registered electors			8,289		106
Turnout			4,081	49.23	2.74
Rejected ballots			5	0.12	0.01
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Bromley Common and Keston

Bromley Common and Keston (3)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Booth*	3,791	62.89	19.48
	Liberal Democrats	Elsie Phythian	3,410
	Liberal Democrats	Alexa Michael	3,336
	Conservative	Catherine Bustard*	1,600	26.15	15.11
	Conservative	Rose Covell	1,479
	Conservative	Neil Reddin	1,300
	Labour	Christopher Martin	627	10.96	4.37
	Labour	Robert Forman	612
	Labour	Pamela Remon	597
Registered electors			12,076		536
Turnout			5,897	48.83	1.82
Rejected ballots			8	0.14	0.03
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats hold

Chelsfield and Goddington

Chelsfield and Goddington (3)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Graem Peters^{[n 2]}**	3,491	58.27	18.99
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Chamarette	3,420
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hall	3,297
	Conservative	Judith Ellis*	1,949	32.57	17.03
	Conservative	Julian Grainger*	1,925
	Conservative	Anthony Youd	1,831
	Labour	Charles Hailes	548	9.16	1.96
	Labour	Odette Coram	530
	Labour	Carol Hannay	528
Registered electors			11,618		286
Turnout			6,114	52.63	2.04
Rejected ballots			7	0.11	0.01
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Chislehurst

Chislehurst (3)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Bryant*	3,236	55.64	9.50
	Conservative	Kathleen Boughey*	3,205
	Conservative	Joan Wykes*	3,050
	Labour	Charles Phillips	1,174	19.62	1.17
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Magrath	1,117	18.27	4.20
	Labour	Andrew Amos	1,102
	Labour	Paul Dyett	1,071
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Webster	1,060
	Liberal Democrats	George Watson	940
	Green	Paul Ryder	368	6.47	New
Registered electors			12,584		182
Turnout			5,764	45.80	2.23
Rejected ballots			16	0.28	0.12
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Clock House

Clock House (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Crowe	1,820	41.20	15.05
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Lockwood	1,749
	Labour	Deborah Russell	1,388	31.63	3.59
	Labour	Richard Watts	1,351
	Conservative	Alan Howarth	1,223	27.17	11.46
	Conservative	Roderick Reed	1,131
Registered electors			7,938		177
Turnout			4,533	57.11	4.38
Rejected ballots			10	0.22	0.04
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Copers Cope

Copers Cope (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Elgar*	1,438	55.44	9.46
	Conservative	Charles Priest*	1,294
	Liberal Democrats	Mavis Dowling	724	27.43	8.33
	Liberal Democrats	David Evans	627
	Labour	Janice Cooke	458	17.13	1.13
	Labour	Bryan Freake	385
Registered electors			6,289		16
Turnout			2,594	41.25	3.35
Rejected ballots			5	0.19	0.02
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Crofton

Crofton (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Rabbatts	2,598	56.37	23.94
	Liberal Democrats	Vivian Ross	2,513
	Conservative	Paul Bonter*	1,666	36.13	16.83
	Conservative	Peter Sturdy*	1,609
	Labour	Malcolm Barker	353	7.50	4.28
	Labour	Timothy Camm	326
Registered electors			8,025		225
Turnout			4,670	58.19	2.47
Rejected ballots			5	0.11	0.04
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Darwin

Darwin (1)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bloomfield*	1,191	69.20	3.95
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Stillwell	300	17.43	2.56
	Labour	Joyce Galley	230	13.37	1.39
Registered electors			3,252		149
Turnout			1,721	52.92	1.15
Rejected ballots			0	0.00	0.16
	Conservative hold

Eden Park

Eden Park (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Cooke*	1,496	47.69	10.00
	Conservative	Albert Miles*	1,431
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Gee	1,052	32.80	15.82
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Milward	962
	Labour	Gwendoline Edwards	662	19.51	5.82
	Labour	Andrew Price	535
Registered electors			7,150		226
Turnout			3,241	45.33	1.42
Rejected ballots			6	0.19	0.02
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Farnborough

Farnborough (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Hillier*	1,998	60.74	7.71
	Conservative	Eric Goodman*	1,950
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Clark	955	28.21	9.71
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Norris	878
	Labour	Peter Davenport	373	11.05	2.00
	Labour	Lynn Sellwood	344
Registered electors			7,164		142
Turnout			3,396	47.40	2.02
Rejected ballots			3	0.09	0.01
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hayes

Hayes (3)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Barkway*	2,859	56.98	0.97
	Conservative	Philip Jones*	2,780
	Conservative	Nigel Kelsh*	2,733
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Gill	1,196	23.81	11.37
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Manser	1,166
	Liberal Democrats	William Stott	1,137
	Labour	Elizabeth Johnstone	985	19.21	1.75
	Labour	Peter Rance	934
	Labour	Roy Shufflebotham	903
Registered electors			10,921		258
Turnout			5,164	47.29	2.54
Rejected ballots			15	0.31	0.27
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Kelsey Park

Kelsey Park (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Tickner*	2,091	60.16	10.40
	Conservative	Stephen Oxenbridge	2,066
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Egan-Wyer	921	26.07	10.31
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Whitaker	880
	Labour	Neil Entwhistle	489	13.77	0.08
	Labour	Geraldine Scanlan	462
Registered electors			6,992		142
Turnout			3,583	51.24	0.47
Rejected ballots			6	0.17	0.32
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Lawrie Park and Kent House

Lawrie Park and Kent House (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Foister*	1,277	35.73	3.36
	Conservative	John Lewis*	1,263
	Labour	Catherine Boyle	1,153	32.05	1.74
	Labour	Andrew Barber	1,124
	Liberal FT	Peter White	785	21.07	New
	Liberal FT	Gerald Williams	712
	Liberal Democrats	Reginald Adams	435	11.14	12.71
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Roberts	357
Registered electors			7,351		29
Turnout			3,710	50.47	1.45
Rejected ballots			8	0.22	0.19
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Martins Hill and Town

Martins Hill and Town (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Ayres	1,442	41.52	32.80
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Warner	1,335
	Conservative	Michael Turner	1,249	36.02	9.19
	Conservative	Anthony Wilkinson*	1,161
	Labour	Cecil Dean	574	14.65	11.80
	Labour Co-op	Susan Yates	405
	Green	Frances Speed	173	5.17	8.10
	SDP	Martin McCabe	88	2.63	3.72
Registered electors			7,416		41
Turnout			3,416	46.06	2.62
Rejected ballots			3	0.09
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Mottingham

Mottingham (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Dyer*	1,475	52.38	0.47
	Labour	Robert Yeldham	1,280
	Conservative	Dennis Boughey	827	31.43	1.79
	Conservative	Michael Hennessey	826
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Ford	462	16.19	2.27
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Taylor	389
Registered electors			6,414		1,019
Turnout			2,807	43.76	8.63
Rejected ballots			6	0.21
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Orpington Central

Orpington Central (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Maines*	2,264	67.59	16.25
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Norris*	2,194
	Conservative	William Huntingdon-Thresher	599	18.01	10.04
	Conservative	Harry Stranger	589
	Labour	Harold Barker	485	14.40	6.21
	Labour	Steven Collinson	465
Registered electors			6,854		479
Turnout			3,385	49.39	5.85
Rejected ballots			3	0.09	0.08
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Penge

Penge (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Mansfield*	1,326	45.13	4.94
	Labour	Peter Fookes*	1,241
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Ward	1,063	36.52	26.49
	Liberal Democrats	Sonia Whitaker	1,015
	Conservative	John De'Giovanni	529	18.35	9.30
	Conservative	Anthony Mills	515
Registered electors			6,923		485
Turnout			3,021	43.64	1.12
Rejected ballots			8	0.26	0.04
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Petts Wood and Knoll

Petts Wood and Knoll (3)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Woods*	2,983	52.54	0.32
	Conservative	Joan Hatcher	2,963
	Conservative	Anthony Owen	2,932
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Bye	1,903	33.03	16.32
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Edwards	1,877
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Cockett	1,801
	Labour	Christopher Price	855	14.43	1.56
	Labour Co-op	Rosalie Huzzard	794
	Labour Co-op	Graeme Burton	790
Registered electors			11,749		161
Turnout			5,902	50.23	4.07
Rejected ballots			6	0.10	0.04
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Plaistow and Sundridge

Plaistow and Sundridge (3)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Andrew*	2,392	43.91	12.12
	Conservative	Paul Jemetta*	2,291
	Conservative	Dorothy Laird*	2,269
	Liberal Democrats	Lennard Woods	1,281	24.20	5.59
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Deves	1,272
	Labour	Robert Armstrong	1,252	22.09	3.27
	Labour	Michael King	1,144
	Labour	Nicholas Wright	1,102
	Green	Joyce Brown	517	9.80	New
Registered electors			11,273		277
Turnout			4,988	44.25	2.72
Rejected ballots			2	0.04	0.24
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

St Mary Cray

St Mary Cray (3)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Holbrook*	2,087	47.02	2.60
	Labour Co-op	Susan Polydrou*	1,888
	Labour Co-op	Gordon Yates^†^{[n 3]}	1,780
	Conservative	Pamela Brockhurst	1,162	27.19	8.05
	Conservative	Leonard Cruse	1,103
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Bailey	1,072	25.79	10.65
	Conservative	Anne Barrow	1,061
	Liberal Democrats	Ernest Lovell	1,057
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Hawthorne	1,027
Registered electors			10,612		770
Turnout			4,405	41.51	4.29
Rejected ballots			7	0.16	0.01
	Labour hold
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold

St Paul's Cray

St Paul's Cray (3)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Hawthorne	2,892	52.36	16.05
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Curry	2,536
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Borrowman	2,526
	Labour	Colin Willetts*	1,866	34.13	6.94
	Labour	Christopher Purnell*	1,699
	Labour	Richard Hart	1,620
	Conservative	Bernard Cobley	729	13.51	9.11
	Conservative	Edna Bensaid	685
	Conservative	Jason Hadden	637
Registered electors			11,460		810
Turnout			5,446	47.52	1.60
Rejected ballots			9	0.17
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Shortlands

Shortlands (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Haslop	2,143	57.83	10.78
	Conservative	Malcolm Hyland	1,985
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Gaster	901	25.02	6.39
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Machray	884
	Labour	Simon Dawe	441	11.66	1.10
	Labour	Robert Hughes	391
	Green	Francis Locke	196	5.49	New
Registered electors			7,665		50
Turnout			3,618	47.20	3.71
Rejected ballots			2	0.06	0.14
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

West Wickham North

West Wickham North (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*Carole Hubbard^{[n 4]}**	1,814	53.34	11.64
	Conservative	Brian Humphrys*	1,779
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Fitch	1,278	36.54	15.77
	Liberal Democrats	John Maydwell	1,183
	Labour	Timothy Craddock	358	10.12	4.13
	Labour	Gwendolen Pole	323
Registered electors			7,005		49
Turnout			3,504	50.02	0.83
Rejected ballots			9	0.26	0.06
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

West Wickham South

West Wickham South (2)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gray*	2,125	53.31	10.81
	Conservative	Leonard Tutt	1,927
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Radford	1,046	25.87	16.52
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Stevens	919
	Labour	Raymond Mooney	491	12.87	0.97
	Labour	Jane Taylor	486
	SDP	Richard Redden	302	7.95	4.77
Registered electors			7,857		93
Turnout			3,821	48.63	1.83
Rejected ballots			6	0.16	0.03
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Notes

^ Results include those from candidates listed under Labour Co-op
^ Peters replaced Cllr Adams after his resignation in 1993^[5]
^ Yates was a sitting councillor representing the Mottingham ward
^ Hubbard replaced Cllr Blazey after their resignation in 1992^[5]

References

^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "1994 London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Including Results from the European Elections - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 194. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
^ "London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994 including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
^ 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 z aa Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 27–30, 194–195. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
^ 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 z aa Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Bromley Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis; Vaid, Lovedeep. "London Borough Council By-elections - May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

[2] Results include those from candidates listed under Labour Co-op

[7] Peters replaced Cllr Adams after his resignation in 1993^[5]

[8] Yates was a sitting councillor representing the Mottingham ward

[9] Hubbard replaced Cllr Blazey after their resignation in 1992^[5]

[Turnout-1] Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "1994 London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Including Results from the European Elections - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 194. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2024.

[London_1994_election-3] "London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994 including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

[electionResults-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 z aa Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 27–30, 194–195. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2024.

[electionsCentre-5] ^ 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 z aa Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Bromley Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 28 October 2024.

[byElections-6] Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis; Vaid, Lovedeep. "London Borough Council By-elections - May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2024.