Elections to Southwark Council were held on 5 May 1994, on the same day as other local elections happening around the country. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 37.53%.
Election results Southwark Local Election Result 1994[2] [3] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour 34 3 6 3 53.13 47.56 75,944 2.33 Liberal Democrats 27 6 0 6 42.19 39.16 62,543 12.87 Conservative 3 0 3 3 4.69 12.57 20,074 7.84 Militant Labour 0 0 0 0.00 0.30 482 New Green 0 0 0 0.00 0.26 410 1.74 Independent 0 0 0 0.00 0.06 99 New Communist 0 0 0 0.00 0.06 88 Third Way 0 0 0 0 0.03 53 New Total 64 159,693
Despite losing 3 net seats, Labour remained in control of the council with a 2 seat majority.
Ward results (*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
Abbey Abbey (2)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Alan S. Blake* 1,252 67.78 13.93 Liberal Democrats Steven H. Gauge* 1,188 Labour John D. Johnson† [n 1] 492 26.72 13.43 Labour Richard J. Livingstone 470 Third Way Frederick C.T. Gerrens 53 2.94 New Conservative Philip Hammond 52 2.56 3.44 Conservative Jon D. van der Walt 40 Registered electors 4,817 18 Turnout 1,875 38.92 2.13 Rejected ballots 0 0.00 0.28 Liberal Democrats hold Liberal Democrats hold
Alleyn Alleyn (2)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Cecile V. Lothian* 1,175 58.78 9.18 Labour Harry Canagasabey 1,126 Conservative Percy Gray 433 22.06 9.98 Conservative William P. Rowe 430 Liberal Democrats Shirley P. Theiner 379 19.15 10.92 Liberal Democrats John J. Egan 370 Registered electors 5,704 97 Turnout 2,111 37.01 5.95 Rejected ballots 0 0.00 0.25 Labour hold Labour hold
Barset Barset (2)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Christine D. Claridge 1,158 70.91 6.95 Labour Svetlana Kirov 1,049 Liberal Democrats Deborah M. Jones 294 18.62 New Liberal Democrats David Ramsey 286 Conservative Gladys Cobley 164 10.47 11.67 Conservative Roy Taylor 161 Registered electors 4,789 65 Turnout 1,573 32.85 0.13 Rejected ballots 6 0.38 0.56 Labour hold Labour hold
Bellenden Bellenden (3)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Howard A. Latham 2,080 68.07 11.37 Labour Mike Lee 2,044 Labour Anne V. Worsley 1,971 Liberal Democrats Alexander Baker 630 17.89 9.46 Liberal Democrats Robert J. Elbert 487 Liberal Democrats Frank J. Brean 486 Conservative Miranda Hardie 464 14.04 4.05 Conservative Angus J.C. Pritchard-Gordon 404 Conservative Sharon F. Spiers 388 Registered electors 8,537 150 Turnout 3,272 38.33 1.72 Rejected ballots 4 0.12 0.11 Labour hold Labour hold Labour hold
Bricklayers Bricklayers (2)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Graham Nash* 1,754 69.81 6.46 Liberal Democrats Anne Scovell* 1,677 Labour Robert J. Cornall 636 25.63 5.45 Labour Rosemary L. Whitlock 623 Conservative John A. Williams 118 4.56 1.01 Conservative Susan C. Hammond 105 Registered electors 6,791 704 Turnout 2,622 38.61 6.24 Rejected ballots 4 0.15 0.03 Liberal Democrats hold Liberal Democrats hold
Browning Browning (3)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Geoffrey M.A. Goldie* 1,582 60.70 3.61 Liberal Democrats Paul Cheesman* 1,574 Liberal Democrats James R. Munday 1,566 Labour Martin K. Green 924 34.44 2.61 Labour Peter S. Hore 885 Labour Michael F. Yates 869 Conservative Elizabeth E. Buckland 137 4.86 1.00 Conservative Alan Sheridan 133 Conservative Lilian M. Prince 107 Registered electors 7,953 463 Turnout 2,600 32.69 5.15 Rejected ballots 11 0.42 0.21 Liberal Democrats hold Liberal Democrats hold Liberal Democrats hold
Brunswick Brunswick (3)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ian D. Driver* 1,482 65.92 6.83 Labour Lilian V. Naish* 1,427 Labour John J. Friary 1,413 Liberal Democrats Vivien D. Maurice*[n 2] 626 27.63 New Liberal Democrats Philip J. Bonnington 617 Liberal Democrats Wendy E. O'Dowd 568 Conservative Anna-Louise McKinney 154 6.45 16.29 Conservative Douglas J. Mitchell 142 Conservative Douglas Pearce 128 Registered electors 7,665 291 Turnout 2,427 31.66 0.37 Rejected ballots 5 0.21 0.51 Labour hold Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Labour hold
Burgess Burgess (2)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Rose E. Colley* 887 52.45 6.15 Liberal Democrats Eileen J. Neale 782 Labour Simon J. McKeown 703 43.78 5.73 Labour Josephine E. Clark† [n 3] 690 Conservative Christina A. Coyle 73 3.77 0.42 Conservative Roger G. Prince 47 Registered electors 4,565 226 Turnout 1,671 36.60 3.96 Rejected ballots 9 0.54 0.26 Liberal Democrats hold Liberal Democrats hold
Cathedral Cathedral (2)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Hilary Wines* 1,604 76.00 15.03 Liberal Democrats Richard Shearman* 1,442 Labour Robert Smeath 412 19.31 12.24 Labour Nicola Kutapan 361 Conservative Susan Hardy 73 3.14 4.34 Conservative Peter Randall Johnson 53 Communist Marcella Fitzgerald 31 1.54 New Registered electors 5,148 267 Turnout 2,147 41.71 0.16 Rejected ballots 6 0.28 0.30 Liberal Democrats hold Liberal Democrats hold
Chaucer Chaucer (3)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Robert A. Bayne 1,461 47.54 4.89 Liberal Democrats Jennifer Thompson 1,415 Labour Stephan D.O. Lancashire 1,410 46.07 2.75 Liberal Democrats David C. Buxton† [n 4] 1,404 Labour Matt Tee 1,375 Labour Rebecca Tee 1,363 Conservative Ann E. Buckland 170 4.50 0.66 Conservative Lorraine A. Sheridan 125 Conservative Charles C. Hayward 110 Communist Joyce Fairchild 57 1.90 New Registered electors 8,264 296 Turnout 3,215 38.90 1.93 Rejected ballots 0 0.00 0.10 Liberal Democrats hold Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Labour hold
College College (2)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Mark E.K. Humphreys 1,202 41.25 9.66 Conservative Stephen P. Charge† [n 5] 1,124 Labour Sara E. Ives 947 32.39 4.13 Labour Alan Sharples 878 Liberal Democrats Patricia M. Mynott 752 26.36 13.79 Liberal Democrats Jonathan S. Price 733 Registered electors 6,121 32 Turnout 2,931 47.88 3.97 Rejected ballots 2 0.07 0.12 Conservative hold Conservative hold
Consort Consort (2)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ian Ritchie 1,040 64.91 10.54 Labour Hassan Vahib† [n 6] 858 Liberal Democrats Jacqueline E. Tomkins 356 23.46 New Liberal Democrats Graham Salt 329 Conservative Leslie N. Brown 198 11.63 12.92 Conservative Edmund Franc 141 Registered electors 5,126 28 Turnout 1,618 31.56 3.91 Rejected ballots 10 0.62 0.15 Labour hold Labour hold
Dockyard Dockyard (3)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Nicholas Baar 2,650 68.45 20.20 Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Denton* 2,634 Liberal Democrats Derek W. Partridge 2,479 Labour Benjamin H. Marshall 1,002 25.57 7.43 Labour Aveen E. McHugh 996 Labour Lindsay N.P. Thomas 902 Conservative Stephen C. Holmes 273 5.98 12.77 Conservative Anne Peirce 213 Conservative Mark J.R. Tunstill 192 Registered electors 11,939 3,024 Turnout 4,141 34.68 8.79 Rejected ballots 12 0.29 0.01 Liberal Democrats hold Liberal Democrats hold Liberal Democrats hold
Faraday Faraday (3)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Ruth K. Clark 1,762 49.83 21.09 Liberal Democrats Alfred C. Langley 1,735 Liberal Democrats Donnachadh McCarthy 1,719 Labour Charles Cherrill* 1,588 44.35 13.16 Labour John J. Lauder* 1,529 Labour Lorraine Lauder 1,527 Conservative Robert A. Hayward 207 5.82 7.93 Conservative Lucy M. Newmark 205 Conservative Jennifer J. Handscomb 197 Registered electors 9,531 168 Turnout 3,804 39.91 7.71 Rejected ballots 13 0.34 0.21 Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Friary Friary (3)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Linda Bailey 1,086 52.99 2.80 Labour Joan C. Khachik 972 Labour Sonya J.H. Murison† [n 7] 968 Liberal Democrats Christopher J. Berry 828 41.18 35.12 Liberal Democrats Rand J. Guebert 763 Liberal Democrats Jonathan N. Hunt 761 Conservative Ivy A. Brown 129 5.83 5.17 Conservative May Beaumont 104 Conservative Nicola A. Eldridge 101 Registered electors 6,332 81 Turnout 2,106 33.26 2.56 Rejected ballots 5 0.24 0.37 Labour hold Labour hold Labour hold
Liddle Liddle (3)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Mary Ellery* 1,315 74.22 13.81 Labour Daniel McCarthy* 1,191 Labour Abdur-Rahman O. Olayiwola 1,111 Liberal Democrats David Banks 226 12.61 New Liberal Democrats John Landels 205 Liberal Democrats Rachel Ogunsanya 183 Green Jennifer H. Wilson 119 7.32 New Conservative Dennis Herbert 110 5.85 6.12 Conservative Vassos Christodoulou 79 Registered electors 8,526 39 Turnout 1,720 20.17 2.06 Rejected ballots 4 0.23 0.81 Labour hold Labour hold Labour hold
Lyndhurst Lyndhurst (3)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Aubyn Graham* 1,933 62.59 13.83 Labour Dermot McInerney 1,881 Labour Nick Dolezal 1,878 Liberal Democrats Alistair Milne 603 19.23 9.41 Liberal Democrats Paul Heatley 591 Conservative Eleanor Gayler 565 18.18 10.38 Conservative Olga Grant 556 Liberal Democrats Richard Newby 556 Conservative Doris Pearce 533 Registered electors 8,647 133 Turnout 3,278 37.91 1.82 Rejected ballots 8 0.24 0.15 Labour hold Labour hold Labour hold
Newington Newington (3)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Jeremy S. Fraser* 1,876 60.64 0.37 Labour Hannah J. McDonald 1,764 Labour Robert I. Wingfield† [n 8] 1,642 Liberal Democrats Gillian I. Clemens 916 29.89 18.66 Liberal Democrats Ann Christmas 904 Liberal Democrats Sarah M. Gurling 783 Conservative Philip M. Dixon 293 9.47 7.68 Conservative Felicity E. Malyon 271 Conservative Richard J. Malyon 262 Registered electors 8,902 127 Turnout 3,240 36.40 3.16 Rejected ballots 11 0.34 0.14 Labour hold Labour hold Labour hold
Riverside Riverside (3)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats George H. Dunk* 1,461 54.33 3.89 Liberal Democrats Betty Olliffe 1,374 Liberal Democrats Linda Manchester 1,326 Labour Coral A. Newell 1,002 36.74 3.99 Labour Charles A. Sawer 926 Labour John T. Howard 885 Conservative Robert G. Hughes 364 8.93 0.10 Conservative Jacqueline L. Newbury 165 Conservative William Woods 154 Registered electors 7,473 726 Turnout 2,901 38.82 3.85 Rejected ballots 8 0.28 0.14 Liberal Democrats hold Liberal Democrats hold Liberal Democrats hold
Rotherhithe Rotherhithe (3)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Frank Pemberton* 1,537 67.39 3.19 Liberal Democrats Victor D. Jones* 1,480 Liberal Democrats Jacqueline E. Bassom* 1,454 Labour David C. Brasier 536 21.66 3.38 Labour William J.R. Griffiths 497 Labour Carl A. Upsall 403 Militant Labour Joan Francis 168 7.28 New Militant Labour Lynn Kelly 159 Militant Labour Julie Donovan 155 Conservative Joyce S. Coomber 88 3.66 0.08 Conservative Frances M. Gray 84 Conservative Sarah J. Phillips 70 Registered electors 6,108 208 Turnout 2,446 40.05 6.24 Rejected ballots 13 0.53 0.35 Liberal Democrats hold Liberal Democrats hold Liberal Democrats hold
Ruskin Ruskin (3)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michelle Pearce 1,651 36.79 1.20 Labour Alan Firminger 1,594 Conservative Tobias W.H. Eckersley* 1,584 36.47 4.71 Conservative David S. Bradbury* 1,577 Conservative David J. Harvey 1,486 Labour Usman Khalid 1,445 Liberal Democrats Gareth P. Martin 866 19.89 10.52 Liberal Democrats Anna McGettigan† [n 9] 841 Liberal Democrats Jonathan S. Mitchell 829 Green Robert N. Goodman 291 6.85 7.01 Registered electors 7,488 171 Turnout 4,211 56.24 1.55 Rejected ballots 0 0.00 0.14 Labour gain from Conservative Labour gain from Conservative Conservative hold
Rye Rye (2)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Niall T. Duffy 1,493 49.03 6.11 Labour Dominic J. Thorncroft 1,329 Conservative Irene A. Kimm* 1,045 34.92 7.73 Conservative Alan J. Buddles 964 Liberal Democrats Alison Farrow 382 12.61 6.75 Liberal Democrats Christine M. Watson 344 Independent Garth P.W. Robertson 99 3.44 New Registered electors 6,311 254 Turnout 2,986 47.31 3.26 Rejected ballots 15 0.50 0.38 Labour gain from Conservative Labour hold
St Giles St Giles (3)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Vincent C. Feiner 1,654 67.87 9.47 Labour Anthony G. Ritchie* 1,627 Labour William Skelly 1,579 Liberal Democrats Mark Allen 496 20.57 9.44 Liberal Democrats Sandra R. Mason 489 Liberal Democrats Roy F. Ashworth 487 Conservative Clive W. Jones 283 11.56 4.89 Conservative Hugh P. McKinney 280 Conservative Peter Lengyel 264 Registered electors 8,918 38 Turnout 2,626 29.45 3.07 Rejected ballots 13 0.50 0.33 Labour hold Labour hold Labour hold
The Lane The Lane (2)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Sarah J. Harrison 1,201 51.07 37.91 Liberal Democrats Nigel P. Williams 1,177 Labour Leslie H. Alden* 1,002 43.04 18.40 Labour Ann P. Bernadt* 1,001 Conservative John G. Davenport 138 5.88 19.52 Conservative Andrew M. Mitchell 135 Registered electors 5,726 3 Turnout 2,483 43.36 3.88 Rejected ballots 6 0.24 0.03 Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Waverley Waverley (2)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael A. Gibson* 1,252 52.39 0.75 Labour Fycsene Sheilds 1,046 Liberal Democrats Neil C. Watson 892 39.40 8.81 Liberal Democrats Robert J. Skelly 835 Conservative Heather Kirby† [n 10] 191 8.21 9.56 Conservative Diana M. Ladas 168 Registered electors 5,469 44 Turnout 2,369 43.32 4.62 Rejected ballots 15 0.63 0.52 Labour hold Labour hold
Notes ^ Johnson was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward ^ Maurice replaced Cllr. John E. Maurice after his death in 1991 ^ Clark was a sitting councillor reprsenting the Alleyn ward ^ Buxton was a sitting councillor representing the Dockyard ward ^ Charge was a sitting councillor representing the Ruskin ward ^ Vahib was a sitting councillor representing the Lyndhurst ward ^ Murison was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward ^ Wingfield was a sitting councillor representing the Friary ward ^ McGettigan was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward ^ Kirby was a sitting councillor representing the College ward References ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF) . London Datastore . London Research Centre. p. 216. Retrieved 17 May 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 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994" (PDF) . London Datastore . London Research Centre. pp. 155–158, 216–217. Retrieved 15 May 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 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Southwark Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF) . London Datastore . Plymouth University . pp. 9–11. Retrieved 15 May 2024 .