1990 Southwark London Borough Council election
# 1990 Southwark London Borough Council election

Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 36.0%.

## Election result

Southwark Local Election Result 1990 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labour | 37 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 57.8 | 47.66 | 30,902 | 3.02 |
| Liberal Democrats | 21 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 32.8 | 25.74 | 16,688 | 3.06 |
| Conservative | 6 | 0 | 0 | | 9.4 | 20.12 | 13,044 | 2.06 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 5.02 | 3,252 | 2.96 |
| Independent Labour Lion Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1.04 | 676 | New |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0.28 | 180 | New |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0.15 | 99 | 0.03 |

## Ward results

### Abbey

Abbey (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Blake* | 931 | 52.5 | -0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Gauge | 844 | 47.6 | +8.5 |
| | Labour | Ellen Brown | 687 | 38.7 | -3.2 |
| | Labour | Rita Sergeant** | 636 | 35.9 | -1.2 |
| | Conservative | Robert Berry | 104 | 5.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Betina Bilham-Ware | 93 | 5.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,774 | 36.8 | -2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

Rita Sergeant was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward

### Alleyn

Alleyn (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Josephine Clark | 1,209 | 50.3 | +6.7 |
| | Labour | Cecile Lothian | 1,140 | 47.4 | +5.8 |
| | Conservative | Miranda Hardie | 762 | 31.7 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Percy Gray** | 755 | 31.4 | +5.0 |
| | Green | Harriet Einsiedel | 240 | 10.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alistair Milne | 204 | 8.5 | -10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shirley Theiner | 185 | 7.7 | -10.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,403 | 43.0 | -3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

Percy Gray was a sitting councillor for College ward

### Barset

Barset (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Gary Halls | 1,176 | 74.8 | +16.3 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Morey | 1,123 | 71.4 | +18.6 |
| | Conservative | Charles Cooper | 329 | 20.9 | -10.5 |
| | Conservative | Peter Mason | 325 | 20.7 | -10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,573 | 32.7 | -8.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bellenden

Bellenden (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Bronwyn McKenna | 2,107 | 60.7 | +6.6 |
| | Labour | John McTernan* | 2,042 | 58.8 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Margaret Russell | 1,944 | 56.0 | +4.8 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Osborn | 698 | 20.1 | -2.6 |
| | Conservative | Victor Rutherford | 648 | 18.7 | -3.7 |
| | Green | Christopher Dodwell | 601 | 17.3 | +10.9 |
| | Conservative | Sharon Spiers | 599 | 17.3 | -4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Egan | 318 | 9.2 | -6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eileen Conn | 285 | 8.2 | -6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,471 | 40.0 | -0.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Nash | 1,671 | 61.3 | +8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Scovell | 1,602 | 58.8 | +7.6 |
| | Labour | Lindsay Thomas | 831 | 30.5 | -9.8 |
| | Labour | Isaac Bellinfante | 775 | 28.4 | -9.8 |
| | Conservative | Miles Baxter | 153 | 5.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Damian Cornell | 134 | 4.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,725 | 44.8 | -5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Browning

Browning (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Cheesman | 1,521 | 53.8 | +10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Goldie | 1,485 | 52.5 | +9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Matheson** | 1,464 | 51.8 | +13.0 |
| | Labour | Harry Canagasabey | 1,005 | 35.5 | -10.2 |
| | Labour | Ronald North | 1,002 | 35.4 | -8.0 |
| | Labour | Winston Stafford** | 895 | 31.6 | -11.2 |
| | Conservative | Helen Hall | 172 | 6.1 | -0.6 |
| | Conservative | Girish Pattni | 145 | 5.1 | -1.3 |
| | Conservative | Hui Man | 142 | 5.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,828 | 37.8 | +5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

Patricia Matheson was a sitting councillor for Dockyard ward

Winston Stafford was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward

### Brunswick

Brunswick (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Ian Driver | 1,598 | 68.1 | +10.7 |
| | Labour | John Maurice* | 1,596 | 68.1 | +11.1 |
| | Labour | Lilian Naish | 1,595 | 68.0 | +11.8 |
| | Conservative | Lilian Dawson | 543 | 23.2 | +10.8 |
| | Conservative | Douglas Mitchell | 480 | 20.5 | +9.3 |
| | Conservative | David Mason | 475 | 20.3 | +8.6 |
| | Communist | Eric Hodson | 99 | 4.2 | +1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,345 | 32.0 | -3.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Burgess

Burgess (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rose Colley* | 1,011 | 57.6 | +5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Holt | 944 | 53.8 | +9.0 |
| | Labour | Piers Corbyn* | 655 | 37.3 | -8.5 |
| | Labour | Jay Hall | 615 | 35.0 | -5.4 |
| | Conservative | Sheila Mackey | 59 | 3.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Stephen Mackey | 52 | 3.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,755 | 40.6 | -1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Cathedral

Cathedral (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Wines* | 1,353 | 60.5 | +19.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Shearman** | 1,221 | 54.6 | +15.7 |
| | Labour | Anne Worsley | 682 | 30.5 | -10.6 |
| | Labour | Shirley Reese | 649 | 29.0 | -11.4 |
| | Conservative | Harriette Blum | 159 | 7.1 | -3.5 |
| | Conservative | Mark Tunstill | 156 | 7.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,237 | 41.6 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

Richard Shearman was a sitting councillor for Rotherhithe ward

### Chaucer

Chaucer (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anna McGettigan* | 1,279 | 43.5 | +2.3 |
| | Labour | John Johnson | 1,263 | 42.9 | -4.9 |
| | Labour | Sonya Murison | 1,237 | 42.0 | -4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leroy Arscott | 1,195 | 40.6 | -2.4 |
| | Labour | Bernard White | 1,179 | 40.1 | -5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Skelly | 1,146 | 38.9 | -0.8 |
| | Green | Richard Laming | 251 | 8.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Maureen Jansen | 177 | 6.0 | -0.3 |
| | Conservative | James Gourlay | 137 | 4.7 | -1.0 |
| | Conservative | Jack Wolff | 123 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,943 | 37.0 | -0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### College

College (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Eriksen | 1,585 | 50.3 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Heather Kirby | 1,540 | 48.9 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Martin Chapman | 1,128 | 35.8 | +6.7 |
| | Labour | Gerda Glage | 1,114 | 35.4 | +7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Mynott | 399 | 12.7 | -6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eileen Neale | 372 | 11.8 | -6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,151 | 51.8 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Consort

Consort (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | David Fryer** | 1,254 | 69.1 | +4.8 |
| | Labour | Sally Keeble* | 1,253 | 69.1 | +8.3 |
| | Conservative | Leslie Brown | 429 | 23.6 | +9.9 |
| | Conservative | Michael Bungy | 387 | 21.3 | +9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,814 | 35.5 | +2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

David Fryer was a sitting councillor for Browning ward

### Dockyard

Dockyard (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Buxton | 1,807 | 46.8 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Denton | 1,772 | 45.9 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Kendrick* | 1,745 | 45.2 | -0.7 |
| | Labour | Rebecca Corfield | 1,290 | 33.4 | -10.3 |
| | Labour | Simon McKeown | 1,181 | 30.6 | -10.9 |
| | Labour | Michael Geater** | 1,170 | 30.3 | -10.3 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Phillips | 706 | 18.3 | +11.9 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Owen | 688 | 17.8 | +11.5 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Raca | 677 | 17.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,864 | 43.5 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

Michael Geater was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward

### Faraday

Faraday (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Alan Cotter | 1,546 | 51.3 | -13.6 |
| | Labour | Charles Cherrill | 1,505 | 50.0 | -14.5 |
| | Labour | John Lauder** | 1,451 | 48.2 | -15.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martine Bonner | 776 | 25.8 | +11.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Hall | 762 | 25.3 | +11.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Hunt | 711 | 23.6 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | Michael Roberts | 367 | 12.2 | -1.7 |
| | Conservative | David Sandford | 361 | 12.0 | -1.3 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Tomison | 350 | 11.6 | -0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,011 | 32.2 | +0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

John Lauder was a sitting councillor for Brunswick ward

### Friary

Friary (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Eric Godfrey | 1,128 | 49.4 | -20.9 |
| | Labour | Robert Wingfield* | 1,021 | 44.7 | -24.1 |
| | Labour | Marjorie Henriquez* | 958 | 42.0 | -27.9 |
| | Independent Labour Lion Team | Tony Goss* | 766 | 33.6 | -35.2 |
| | Independent Labour Lion Team | Ann Goss** | 704 | 30.8 | N/A |
| | Independent Labour Lion Team | Brian McKeon** | 558 | 24.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | John Board | 239 | 10.5 | -3.3 |
| | Conservative | Angela Meakin | 225 | 9.9 | -2.7 |
| | Conservative | Roy Taylor | 216 | 9.5 | -2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Allen | 139 | 6.1 | -6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Gray | 126 | 5.5 | -6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Sheehan | 111 | 4.9 | -6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,283 | 35.8 | +2.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

Ann Goss was a sitting councillor for Browning ward

Brian McKeon was a sitting councillor for Waverley ward

### Liddle

Liddle (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Mary Ellery* | 1,246 | 81.9 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Daniel McCarthy* | 1,079 | 70.9 | -2.1 |
| | Labour | Deborah Welch* | 1,028 | 67.6 | -1.9 |
| | Conservative | Lawrence Kennedy | 178 | 11.7 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative | Richard Malyon | 148 | 9.7 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Kola Olushola | 131 | 8.6 | +3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,521 | 18.1 | -6.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Aubyn Graham* | 1,846 | 53.0 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | Helen Shreeve | 1,738 | 49.9 | -2.4 |
| | Labour | Hassan Vahib | 1,570 | 45.1 | -6.7 |
| | Conservative | John Edwards** | 1,074 | 30.8 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Mark Marshall | 975 | 28.0 | -0.8 |
| | Conservative | Diana Ladas | 969 | 27.8 | -0.4 |
| | Green | Peter Reid | 453 | 13.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Farrow | 349 | 10.0 | -2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Newby | 343 | 9.8 | -2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,485 | 39.7 | -5.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

John Edwards was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward

### Newington

Newington (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Mark Howarth* | 2,016 | 58.2 | -1.4 |
| | Labour | Jeremy Fraser* | 1,996 | 57.6 | -1.2 |
| | Labour | Roy Kennedy* | 1,976 | 57.0 | -3.1 |
| | Conservative | Clive Jones | 601 | 17.3 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Doris Pearce | 558 | 16.1 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Douglas Pearce | 545 | 15.7 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neville Clemens | 414 | 12.0 | -2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Clemens | 395 | 11.4 | -1.9 |
| | Green | Pauline Christopher | 376 | 10.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shirley Petrucci | 306 | 8.8 | -4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,464 | 39.6 | +2.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Riverside

Riverside (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Cole | 1,358 | 47.2 | -7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Dunk* | 1,299 | 45.2 | -6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Molloy | 1,285 | 44.7 | -6.0 |
| | Labour | Coral Newell* | 1,172 | 40.8 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | Rupert Doyle | 1,034 | 36.0 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | Leonard Fisher | 978 | 34.0 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Richard Coultman | 247 | 8.6 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Powell | 236 | 8.2 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | Nicola Meaden | 206 | 7.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,875 | 42.7 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Pemberton* | 1,706 | 62.6 | +6.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victor Jones* | 1,649 | 60.5 | +10.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Bassom* | 1,584 | 58.1 | +11.1 |
| | Labour | John Burke | 743 | 27.3 | -9.6 |
| | Labour | David Brasier | 736 | 27.0 | -9.4 |
| | Labour | Alexander Coveney | 448 | 16.4 | -18.9 |
| | BNP | Stephen Tyler | 180 | 6.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Pippa Holt | 104 | 3.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Stephen Hill | 95 | 3.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | John van der Walt | 88 | 3.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,726 | 46.3 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Ruskin

Ruskin (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | David Bradbury | 1,900 | 43.0 | -2.1 |
| | Conservative | Tobias Eckersley | 1,894 | 42.9 | -1.3 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Charge | 1,890 | 42.8 | -0.5 |
| | Labour | David Stephens | 1,809 | 40.9 | +13.6 |
| | Labour | Richard Exel | 1,557 | 35.2 | +10.4 |
| | Labour | Wycliffe Kempadoo | 1,548 | 35.0 | +10.6 |
| | Green | Priscilla Waugh | 638 | 14.4 | +4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernard Webb | 463 | 10.5 | -11.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Benedict Rich | 435 | 9.8 | -10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Weedy | 396 | 9.0 | -10.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,420 | 57.8 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Rye

Rye (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Irene Kimm* | 1,447 | 43.6 | +5.7 |
| | Labour | Christopher Hughes | 1,425 | 43.0 | +5.9 |
| | Labour | Peter Crome | 1,401 | 42.2 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Trevor Pitman* | 1,361 | 41.0 | +3.8 |
| | Green | Garth Robertson | 282 | 8.5 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Watson | 206 | 6.2 | +8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hung Lee | 179 | 5.4 | -8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,316 | 50.6 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St Giles

St Giles (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | John Roberts | 1,765 | 61.2 | +7.4 |
| | Labour | Anthony Ritchie* | 1,699 | 58.9 | +2.5 |
| | Labour | Michael Idun | 1,627 | 56.4 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | James Lambert | 497 | 17.2 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | Archibald Norman | 473 | 16.4 | +6.5 |
| | Conservative | Bruce Embleton | 468 | 16.2 | +6.9 |
| | Green | David Donaldson | 411 | 14.3 | +9.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emma Hewett | 327 | 11.3 | -16.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Duff | 324 | 11.2 | -14.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Smith | 322 | 11.2 | -13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,883 | 32.5 | -4.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### The Lane

The Lane (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Leslie Alden* | 1,317 | 58.4 | +11.7 |
| | Labour | Ann Bernadt | 1,261 | 55.9 | +10.3 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Wilson | 534 | 23.7 | +8.0 |
| | Conservative | Peter Conkey | 532 | 23.6 | +8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Bonnington | 290 | 12.9 | -14.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Webster | 262 | 11.6 | -15.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,256 | 39.5 | -4.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Waverley

Waverley (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Michael Gibson | 1,313 | 49.7 | -6.0 |
| | Labour | Pamela Smith** | 1,273 | 48.2 | -1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Celia Cooke | 779 | 29.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Daws | 752 | 28.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | David Harvey | 466 | 17.7 | -12.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Withrington | 424 | 16.1 | -12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,640 | 47.9 | +3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

Pamela Smith was a sitting councillor for The Lane ward

## By-Elections

Brunswick by-election, 25 July 1991 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vivien D. Maurice | 1,076 | 50.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | Bernard White | 775 | 36.6 | -31.5 |
| | Conservative | Michael P. P. Bungy | 135 | 6.4 | -16.8 |
| | BNP | Stephen J. Tyler | 132 | 6.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 27.8 | -4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John E. Maurice.

