1994 Croydon London Borough Council election

Croydon Council Election, 1994

5 May 1994
All 70 seats to Croydon London Borough Council 36 seats needed for a majority
Registered	229,760[1]
Turnout	106,790, 46.48% ( 0.70)[1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mary Walker Peter Bowness Unknown Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since Unknown 1976 Unknown Leader's seat Fieldway Croham Unknown Last election 29 seats 41 seats, 50.16% 0 Seats before 30 40 0 Seats won 40[n 1] 30 0 Seat change 10 10 Popular vote 106,331 111,586 39,274 Percentage 40.78% 42.80% 15.07% Swing 3.05 7.36 5.99
Map of the results of the 1994 Croydon Council election.Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Leader of the Council before election Peter Bowness Conservative Elected Leader Mary Walker Labour

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

Jason Perry, who was elected as the first Mayor of Croydon in 2022, was elected to the council for the first time at this election in Coulsdon East.

Background

Election result

Croydon Council local election results 1994^[3][4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	40	11	0	11	57.14	40.78	106,331	3.05
	Conservative	30	0	11	11	42.86	42.80	111,586	7.36
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.00	15.07	39,274	5.99
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	0.60	1,555	1.55
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.45	1,172	New
	The People's Choice	0	0	0		0.00	0.14	355	0.11
	Ind. Residents	0	0	0		0.00	0.09	242	New
	Chocolate Fudge Cake Party	0	0	0		0.00	0.07	175	New
Total		70						260,690

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40	30
Labour	Con

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Addiscombe

Addiscombe (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jeremy Fitzpatrick*	2,349	41.92	1.16
	Labour Co-op	Sean Fitzsimons	2,136
	Labour Co-op	Bernadette Khan	1,946
	Conservative	Martin Brown	1,784	30.87	8.94
	Conservative	Hella El-Droubie	1,572
	Conservative	Mohammad Khokhar	1,382
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Schilich	614	11.96	3.67
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia West	609
	Green	Russell Heath	543	10.62	1.70
	Independent	James Smyth	237	4.63	New
Registered electors			10,215		142
Turnout			4,782	46.81	2.50
Rejected ballots			11	0.23	0.05
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Ashburton

Ashburton (2)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Arram*	1,367	42.75	3.53
	Conservative	Avril Slipper*	1,335
	Labour Co-op	Jean Walker	1,225	37.72	4.52
	Labour Co-op	Martin Walker	1,159
	Liberal Democrats	Paul West	622	19.53	9.84
	Liberal Democrats	George Schlich	612
Registered electors			6,532		93
Turnout			3,294	50.43	0.50
Rejected ballots			2	0.06	0.09
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bensham Manor

Bensham Manor (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Paul Mee*	2,650	67.54	3.20
	Labour Co-op	Alison Roberts*	2,621
	Labour Co-op	Helen Salmon*	2,519
	Conservative	Brendan Cullen	1,317	32.46	3.20
	Conservative	Gloria Hutchens	1,241
	Conservative	John Tooze	1,185
Registered electors			9,622		266
Turnout			4,368	45.40	0.50
Rejected ballots			21	0.48	0.03
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold

Beulah

Beulah (2)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Grantham	1,471	46.17	6.26
	Labour	Sherwan Chowdhury	1,454
	Conservative	Michael Fisher*	1,365	41.87	3.36
	Conservative	Steven Hollands*	1,289
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Cope	402	11.96	4.23
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Pocock	356
Registered electors			6,344		133
Turnout			3,336	52.59	4.02
Rejected ballots			7	0.21	0.08
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Broad Green

Broad Green (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Collins*[n 2]	2,230	74.06	4.80
	Labour	Rodney Matlock*	2,171
	Labour	Peter Spalding*	2,008
	Conservative	Eric Headlam	832	25.94	4.80
	Conservative	Keith Pearson	718
	Conservative	Donald Speakman	693
Registered electors			8,790		74
Turnout			3,352	38.13	3.35
Rejected ballots			16	0.48	0.04
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Coulsdon East

Coulsdon East (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Wright*	2,228	49.84	3.92
	Conservative	Christine Prentice*[n 3]	2,105
	Conservative	Jason Perry	2,091
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Atkins	1,597	35.31	11.17
	Liberal Democrats	John Callen	1,547
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Jacobs	1,408
	Labour	Margaret Conway	736	14.85	1.57
	Labour	Michael Phelan	608
	Labour	Syed Hassan	570
Registered electors			9,333		91
Turnout			4,517	48.40	0.70
Rejected ballots			2	0.04	0.05
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Croham

Croham (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bowness*	2,556	51.78	0.98
	Conservative	John Hecks*	2,533
	Conservative	Andrew Berry	2,511
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bishopp	1,330	26.39	0.28
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Peacock	1,294
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Saunders	1,249
	Labour	Maria Dennis	985	19.34	6.80
	Labour	Barry Buttigieg	955
	Labour	Jeffrey Primm	898
	Peoples Choice	Mark Samuel	122	2.49	0.97
Registered electors			9,994		61
Turnout			5,055	50.58	0.17
Rejected ballots			4	0.08	0.06
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Fairfield

Fairfield (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Billington^†[n 4]	2,505	49.15	3.98
	Conservative	Robert Coatman*	2,465
	Conservative	Michael Wunn*	2,359
	Labour	Alexander Burridge	1,517	29.71	4.72
	Labour	Robert Newman	1,479
	Labour	Richard Young	1,434
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Barron	809	15.45	7.96
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Gill	757
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Hardisty	739
	Chocolate Fudge Cake Party	John Cartwright	175	3.52	New
	The People's Choice	Deborah Edmonds	108	2.17	New
Registered electors			11,666		140
Turnout			4,998	42.84	1.69
Rejected ballots			16	0.32	0.16
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Fieldway

Fieldway (2)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	James Walker*	1,508	76.04	2.47
	Labour Co-op	Mary Walker*	1,411
	Conservative	John Miller	486	23.96	2.47
	Conservative	Dinah Matthews	433
Registered electors			5,846		447
Turnout			2,112	36.13	0.84
Rejected ballots			7	0.33	0.08
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold

Heathfield

Heathfield (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Mead*	2,260	52.41	12.72
	Conservative	Mary Horden*	2,251
	Conservative	Andrew Pelling^†[n 5]	2,199
	Labour	Mark Chapman	1,188	25.12	3.22
	Labour	Alan Buckfield	1,083
	Labour	David Petherbridge	946
	Liberal Democrats	David Holmes	774	16.80	New
	Liberal Democrats	Leo Held	711
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Ladanyi	667
	Ind. Residents	Michael Murphy	242	5.67	New
Registered electors			9,193		97
Turnout			4,375	47.59	18.85
Rejected ballots			4	0.09	0.17
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Kenley

Kenley (2)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Carey*	1,631	55.43	7.17
	Conservative	Brian Smith*	1,480
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Burnett	787	27.79	12.31
	Liberal Democrats	James Kirkwood	772
	Labour	William Richardson	492	16.78	2.63
	Labour	David Price	450
Registered electors			6,713		129
Turnout			2,972	44.27	0.77
Rejected ballots			8	0.29	0.19
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Monks Orchard

Monks Orchard (2)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Loughborough*	2,326	59.93	5.56
	Conservative	Peter Campbell	2,308
	Labour	David Davies	900	21.88	3.19
	Labour	Lynette Murray	792
	Liberal Democrats	David Gosling	739	18.18	New
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Price	666
Registered electors			7,977		80
Turnout			4,076	51.10	1.57
Rejected ballots			10	0.25	0.20
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

New Addington

New Addington (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geraint Davies*	2,150	70.48	1.48
	Labour	Trevor Laffin^†[n 6]	2,012
	Labour	Val Shawcross	1,912
	Conservative	William Eastoe	906	29.52	1.48
	Conservative	Roy Miller	843
	Conservative	Paul McCombie	794
Registered electors			8,546		146
Turnout			3,322	38.87	0.08
Rejected ballots			18	0.54	0.39
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Norbury

Norbury (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Hopson	2,082	45.91	2.60
	Labour	Margaret Mansell	2,074
	Labour	Shafiqul Khan	2,039
	Conservative	Geoffrey Geraghty	1,967	43.29	2.94
	Conservative	Colin Johnston*	1,940
	Conservative	Bryan Kendall*	1,934
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Freeman	609	10.80	0.34
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Morley	426
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Pocock	422
Registered electors			9,046		270
Turnout			4,815	53.23	1.17
Rejected ballots			7	0.15	0.08
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Purley

Purley (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Bass*[n 7]	2,428	49.18	1.78
	Conservative	Peter Macdonald*	2,410
	Conservative	Derek Millard*	2,347
	Liberal Democrats	Jenefer Riley	1,512	30.23	16.02
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Randall	1,473
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Newton	1,431
	Labour	Michael Ryan	811	15.89	3.61
	Labour	Richard Plackett	803
	Labour	Paul Ryan	707
	Green	Shirley Ings	236	4.70	3.44
	Green	Bruce Horner	221
Registered electors			10,985		44
Turnout			5,018	45.68	0.45
Rejected ballots			6	0.12	0.02
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Rylands

Rylands (2)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Hourston	1,693	62.04	7.89
	Labour	Karen Jewitt	1,625
	Conservative	James Bullen	1,068	37.96	7.89
	Conservative	Owen Thompson	961
Registered electors			5,720		64
Turnout			2,904	50.77	0.98
Rejected ballots			20	0.69	0.20
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Sanderstead

Sanderstead (2)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Marshall*	2,083	53.76	12.77
	Conservative	Graham Speed*	2,024
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Howard-Jones	1,104	26.35	8.06
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Stocker	909
	Labour	Roger Wicks	636	16.62	1.44
	Labour	Jean-Paul Irtelli	634
	The People's Choice	Neville Sprague	125	3.27	New
Registered electors			7,790		330
Turnout			3,955	50.77	0.62
Rejected ballots			7	0.18	0.08
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Selsdon

Selsdon (2)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Adamson*	2,060	50.54	18.06
	Conservative	Dudley Mead*	1,973
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Shuttleworth	1,475	35.28	18.78
	Liberal Democrats	Edna Wickham	1,341
	Labour	William Brown	509	12.00	2.90
	Labour	Linda Nazarko	449
	Independent	Alan Sales	87	2.18	New
Registered electors			7,467		85
Turnout			4,094	54.83	3.07
Rejected ballots			2	0.05
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

South Norwood

South Norwood (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Fraser	1,991	50.30	11.36
	Labour	Jenny Bushell	1,935
	Labour	Michael Jewitt	1,927
	Conservative	David Lipman*	1,563	38.05	3.18
	Conservative	Eric Kings*	1,456
	Conservative	Pauline Miles	1,408
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Brown	467	11.65	0.93
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Perry	446
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Hardy-McBride	443
Registered electors			8,808		297
Turnout			4,125	46.83	1.91
Rejected ballots			18	0.44	0.29
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Spring Park

Spring Park (2)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Marshall*	2,396	57.53	11.12
	Conservative	Denis Perry*	2,302
	Labour	Vanessa Fry	1,228	28.88	2.47
	Labour	Stephen Moyse	1,129
	Green	Andrew Bebington	555	13.59	New
Registered electors			7,522		189
Turnout			4,069	54.09	1.22
Rejected ballots			10	0.25	0.19
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Thornton Heath

Thornton Heath (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Dennis*	2,363	66.85	17.64
	Labour	Wallace Garratt*	2,274
	Labour	Raj Chandarana	2,182
	Conservative	Robert Oliver	1,175	33.15	0.44
	Conservative	Bernard Ampaw	1,078
Registered electors			9,197		310
Turnout			3,911	42.52	0.88
Rejected ballots			34	0.87	0.68
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Upper Norwood

Upper Norwood (2)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Patrick Ryan*[n 8]	1,696	53.53	12.74
	Labour Co-op	Ian Payne	1,491
	Conservative	Margaret Parfitt*	1,396	46.47	3.88
	Conservative	David Macsweeney	1,372
Registered electors			6,052		69
Turnout			3,168	52.35	1.66
Rejected ballots			11	0.35	0.16
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative
	Labour Co-op hold

Waddon

Waddon (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Allen*	2,094	42.95	6.50
	Labour	Marilyn Allen*	2,019
	Labour	Charles Burling*[n 9]	1,888
	Conservative	Rex Calvert	1,490	31.09	12.50
	Conservative	Bryan Coatman	1,479
	Conservative	Mervyn Gatland	1,375
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Axford	792	16.32	9.36
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Norton	759
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Barnett	728
	Independent	Peter Collier	449	9.64	New
Registered electors			9,993		279
Turnout			4,680	46.83	3.61
Rejected ballots			13	0.28	0.05
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

West Thornton

West Thornton (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine Gibbon*	2,354	57.70	6.32
	Labour	Clarence McKenzie*	2,284
	Labour	Gwendolyn Bernard*	2,230
	Conservative	Alan Aylmer	1,152	28.08	4.86
	Conservative	Roger Taylor	1,115
	Conservative	Eileen Seaborn	1,075
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Russell	564	14.22	1.46
Registered electors			9,808		164
Turnout			4,315	43.99	1.34
Rejected ballots			7	0.16	0.10
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Whitehorse Manor

Whitehorse Manor (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Champion*	2,159	63.26	6.34
	Labour	Nuala O'Neill*	2,102
	Labour	Toni Letts*	2,042
	Conservative	Peter Davis	865	24.72	6.78
	Conservative	Ian Parker	803
	Conservative	Jill Thomas	794
	Independent	Stanley Wells	399	12.01	New
Registered electors			9,405		42
Turnout			3,536	37.60	0.98
Rejected ballots			11	0.31	0.17
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Woodcote & Coulsdon West

Woodcote and Coulsdon West (3)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Fowler*	2,325	49.85	4.26
	Conservative	Anna Hawkins*	2,293
	Conservative	David Osland	2,238
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Billenness	1,686	35.34	17.83
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Austin	1,612
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Jacobs	1,561
	Labour	Ernest King	709	14.81	3.55
	Labour	Ronald Rowland	686
	Labour	Mohammad Hoda	642
Registered electors			10,844		158
Turnout			4,764	43.93	0.89
Rejected ballots			1	0.02	0.04
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Woodside

Woodside (2)^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Brian Finegan	1,470	50.72	2.25
	Labour Co-op	Anthony Newman	1,409
	Conservative	Derek Dorey	967	33.32	13.71
	Conservative	Joanna Oliver	924
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Waterhouse	453	15.96	New
Registered electors			6,442		55
Turnout			2,877	44.66	2.53
Rejected ballots			3	0.10	0.45
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold

Notes

1. Labours results include those from candidates running under the Labour and Co-operative Party name
2. Collins replaced Cllr Slatcher after his resignation in 1993^[5]
3. Prentice replaced Cllr Taylor after her resignation in 1992^[5]
4. Billington was a sitting councillor representing the Addiscombe ward
5. Pelling was a sitting councillor representing the Coulsdon East ward
6. Laffin was a sitting councillor representing the Thornton Heath ward
7. Bass replaced Cllr Congdon after his resignation in 1992
8. Ryan replaced Cllr Yaxley following his death in 1992^[5]
9. Burling replaced Cllr Allan after her resignation in 1993^[5]

References

1. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 196. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
2. "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.
3. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 39–42, 196–197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
4. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Croydon Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
5. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis; Vaid, Lovedeep. "London Borough Council By-elections - May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 21–22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2024.