1994 Merton London Borough Council election

1994 Merton London Borough Council election
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All 57 council seats up for election
to Merton London Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
Registered127,884[1]
Turnout63,321, 49.51% (Decrease 4.15%)[1][2][3]
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Leader Anthony J. Colman Unknown
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 1991 Unknown
Leader's seat Lavender Unknown
Last election 29 seats, 42.22% 22 seats, 41.27%
Seats won 40[4] 10
Seat change Increase 11 Decrease 12
Popular vote 82,294 51,153
Percentage 48.52% 30.16%
Swing Increase 6.30 Decrease11.11
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Unknown Unknown
Party Liberal Democrats Merton Park Residents
Leader since Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Unknown Unknown
Last election 0 seats, 6.47% 3 seats, 3.07%
Seats won 3 3
Seat change Increase 3 Steady
Popular vote 20,540 5,860
Percentage 12.11% 3.46%
Swing Increase 5.64 Increase 0.39
  Fifth party
 
Leader Robert B. Elgin[n 1]
Party Longthornton and Tamworth Residents
Leader since 1994
Leader's seat Longthornton
Last election 3 seats, 2.11%
Seats won 1
Seat change Decrease 2
Popular vote 4,308
Percentage 2.54%
Swing Increase 0.43
Council leader before election


Labour

Council leader after election


Labour

Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Merton London Borough Council in London, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.[5]

The whole council was up for election. As a result of changes in authority boundaries between Merton, Lambeth and Wandsworth, there were some minor ward boundary changes.[6]

Results[edit]

The Labour Party maintained its majority control of the council, increasing its majority from one seat to eleven seats.[7]

This was the first election in which the Liberal Democrats gained seats in Merton, winning all three seats on the ward of West Barnes from the Conservatives.[8] The Liberal Democrats had not stood in the ward in the last election,[3] and their predecessors, the SDP-Liberal Alliance, came last in the ward in the 1986 election, behind the Conservatives and Labour.[9]

This was also the last election which was contested by the Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Association, which lost two seats to Labour and whose only elected councillor no longer sat for the party by the time of the 1998 election.[7]

Merton Local Election Result 1994[10][11]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 40 11 0 Increase 11 70.18 48.52 82,294 Increase 6.30
  Conservative 10 0 12 Decrease 12 17.54 30.16 51,153 Decrease11.11
  Liberal Democrats 3 3 0 Increase 3 5.26 12.11 20,540 Increase 5.64
  Merton Park Residents 3 0 0 Steady 5.26 3.46 5,860 Increase 0.39
  Longthornton and Tamworth Residents 1 0 2 Decrease 2 1.75 2.54 4,308 Increase 0.43
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 2.46 4,177 Decrease 0.36
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.54 914 Increase 0.03
  West Barnes Independent Residents 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.17 286 Decrease 1.36
  Monster Raving Loony 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.04 63 New
Total 57 169,595

Ward Results[edit]

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abbey[edit]

Abbey (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maria P. Dingwall†[n 2] 1,717 44.37 Increase 2.55
Labour Susan Assinen 1,643
Labour Adrian P. Holt 1,582
Conservative Anne M. Bottell 820 21.34 Decrease11.41
Conservative Margaret A. Connon 795
Conservative Philip N. Thorley 761
Green Jacqueline L. Barrow 589 15.87 Increase 5.96
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth J. Barker 382 8.70 Decrease 0.69
Liberal Democrats Gail Moss 331
Liberal Democrats Julian D. Rudd 257
Independent Monowara Ahmad 108 2.91 New
Independent Grace L. Giddins 97 2.61 Increase 0.58
Independent Muhammad M. Rahman 80 2.16 New
Independent Abdul Kalam 76 2.05 New
Registered electors 6,944 Increase 30
Turnout 3,267 47.05 Decrease 4.38
Rejected ballots 4 0.12 Decrease 0.02
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Cannon Hill[edit]

Cannon Hill (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Mannion 1,631 46.35 Increase 8.98
Labour Charles Lucas 1,611
Labour Brian White 1,608
Conservative Thelma T. Earnshaw* 1,195 33.16 Decrease15.87
Conservative Joan Pethen* 1,146
Conservative Pauline Blythe 1,130
Liberal Democrats Peter Larkin 556 15.19 Increase 1.59
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Anderson 533
Liberal Democrats George L. Senior 502
Green Justin W. Craig 185 5.30 New
Registered electors 6,630 Decrease 58
Turnout 3,547 53.50 Decrease 6.16
Rejected ballots 3 0.08 Decrease 0.10
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Colliers Wood[edit]

Colliers Wood (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Siobhain A. McDonagh* 2,202 52.16 Decrease 2.75
Labour Sheila Knight* 1,945
Labour Reginald Flegg* 1,901
Green Thomas J. Walsh 896 23.18 Increase 2.73
Conservative Christopher S. Grayling 568 13.87 Decrease10.78
Conservative Margaret Ali 554
Conservative Shamima S. Hardcastle 486
Liberal Democrats Malcolm T. Geldart 417 10.79 New
Registered electors 7,584 Increase 135
Turnout 3,434 45.28 Decrease 0.50
Rejected ballots 8 0.23 Decrease 0.03
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Dundonald[edit]

Dundonald (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael A. Brunt* 1,822 49.60 Increase10.44
Labour Stephen J. Blann 1,808
Labour John S. Pickover 1,599
Conservative John A. Elvidge* 1,045 28.40 Decrease 6.56
Conservative Samantha L. George 996
Conservative Robert S. Greenly 953
Liberal Democrats Matthew L. Griffiths 440 11.87 Increase 2.63
Liberal Democrats Richard J. Ladmore 420
Liberal Democrats Graham A. Stone 390
Green Christina M. Langley 356 10.13 Decrease 6.51
Registered electors 6,135 Increase 20
Turnout 3,437 56.02 Decrease 3.72
Rejected ballots 5 0.15 Decrease 0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Durnsford[edit]

Durnsford (2)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur M. Kennedy 1,055 45.03 Increase 8.39
Labour Kevin A. Beale 1,027
Conservative Robert J. Clark 824 35.64 Decrease 8.23
Conservative Jean A. Fortescue 824
Liberal Democrats Philip C. Rumney 318 13.45 Increase 1.73
Liberal Democrats Barry A. Fairbank 303
Green Julia Garrett 136 5.88 Decrease 2.89
Registered electors 4,283 Increase 218
Turnout 2,349 54.84 Decrease 4.79
Rejected ballots 4 0.17 Increase 0.05
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Figge's Marsh[edit]

Figge's Marsh (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David R. Proctor* 2,003 55.23 Increase 3.95
Labour Daniel F. Connellan* 1,953
Labour Geraldine P. Stanford* 1,938
Conservative Nigel T.V. Dixon 1,075 29.23 Decrease 8.96
Conservative Selvin Brown 1,054
Conservative Suresh Pandya 991
Liberal Democrats Antoinette McCabe 338 9.50 New
Green Francis E.R. Cluer 215 6.04 Decrease 4.49
Registered electors 7,347 Increase 156
Turnout 3,575 48.66 Decrease 5.62
Rejected ballots 7 0.20 Decrease 0.05
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Graveney[edit]

Graveney (2)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda C. Kirby* 1,331 64.66 Decrease 5.25
Labour Joseph B. Abrams* 1,262
Conservative Hazel A. McDonald 439 20.84 Decrease 9.25
Conservative Margaret G. Sheldrick 397
Liberal Democrats Jonathan P. Snelling 231 10.72 New
Liberal Democrats Marc J-Y. Plessier 199
Green Mary Wensley 76 3.79 New
Registered electors 4,245 Decrease 21
Turnout 2,119 49.92 Decrease 0.64
Rejected ballots 9 0.42 Decrease 0.18
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hillside[edit]

Hillside (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James D.R. Holmes 1,360 45.71 Decrease 5.73
Conservative Jason R. Garbutt 1,352
Conservative David T. Williams* 1,350
Labour Christine M. Bickerstaff 879 28.63 Increase 8.35
Labour William Bailey 871
Labour Laurence G. North 793
Liberal Democrats Louise N. Pugh 550 18.23 Increase 5.01
Liberal Democrats Blaise C. Eglington 539
Liberal Democrats Joan W. Pyke-Lees 530
Green Richard J. Miller 220 7.43 Decrease 7.63
Registered electors 6,683 Increase 231
Turnout 2,936 43.93 Decrease 7.82
Rejected ballots 5 0.17 Increase 0.17
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Lavender[edit]

Lavender (2)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony J. Colman* 1,547 68.88 Decrease 3.07
Labour Malcolm R. Searle†[n 3] 1,401
Conservative Gordon H. Raymond 424 18.83 Decrease 9.22
Conservative Dorothy G. Truman 382
Liberal Democrats Wendy Taylor 275 12.29 New
Liberal Democrats Patrick F. Macgabhann 251
Registered electors 5,067 Increase1,081
Turnout 2,326 45.90 Decrease 4.65
Rejected ballots 7 0.30 Increase 0.20
Labour hold
Labour hold

Longthornton[edit]

Longthornton (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patric J. Cunnane 1,474 39.24 Increase 6.52
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Robert B. Elgin* 1,450 39.77 Increase 0.59
Labour Steven D. Holt 1,437
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Gillian Elgin* 1,430
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Terry E. Ellis 1,428
Labour Mohammad A. Syed 1,341
Conservative Richard J. Gill 574 14.43 Decrease13.67
Conservative Ayman Akshar 500
Conservative Harris Yee-Chong 489
Liberal Democrats Caroline A. Plessier 237 6.56 New
Registered electors 7,252 Decrease 44
Turnout 3,709 51.14 Increase 2.62
Rejected ballots 5 0.13 Decrease 0.01
Labour gain from Longthornton and Tamworth Residents
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents hold
Labour gain from Longthornton and Tamworth Residents

Lower Morden[edit]

Lower Morden (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cyril L. Gallant 1,417 39.13 Increase 2.37
Labour Nicholas G. Draper 1,365
Conservative Janet Jones* 1,351 37.44 Decrease13.84
Conservative Terence J. Daniels 1,347
Labour Mark H. Springett 1,310
Conservative Peter J. Morss* 1,217
Liberal Democrats Patricia E. Pearce 529 15.17 New
Green Susan N. Boulding 288 8.26 Decrease 3.70
Registered electors 6,662 Decrease 50
Turnout 3,316 49.77 Decrease 7.84
Rejected ballots 2 0.06 Decrease 0.22
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Merton Park[edit]

Merton Park (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Merton Park Residents Neville E. Beddoe* 1,968 57.42 Increase 6.35
Merton Park Residents Bridget G. Smith* 1,948
Merton Park Residents Desmonde E.T. Child* 1,944
Labour Edmond H. Ceci 667 19.02 Increase 2.15
Conservative John L. Day 664 18.91 Decrease13.15
Labour Alison W. Morgan 645
Conservative Christopher P. Dyson 633
Conservative Anne Sparrow 632
Labour Aeronwen J. Griffiths 628
Liberal Democrats William A. Prosser 158 4.65 New
Registered electors 6,478 Increase 113
Turnout 3,423 52.84 Decrease 6.50
Rejected ballots 4 0.12 Increase 0.07
Merton Park Residents hold
Merton Park Residents hold
Merton Park Residents hold

Phipps Bridge[edit]

Phipps Bridge (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas I. Munn 2,019 59.60 Increase 9.02
Labour Paul Harper* 2,015
Labour Judith C. Saunders 1,844
Conservative Nicholas E. Brewer 740 20.84 Decrease 9.64
Conservative Oliver N. Colvile 679
Conservative Vivianne J. Pallister 635
Liberal Democrats Lorraine J. Snelling 377 9.67 Decrease 0.05
Independent Richard Law 325 9.89 Increase 0.67
Liberal Democrats Konrad Brodzinski 298
Liberal Democrats Marek Siemaszko 279
Registered electors 7,731 Increase 50
Turnout 3,453 44.66 Decrease 2.46
Rejected ballots 5 0.14 Decrease 0.05
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Pollards Hill[edit]

Pollards Hill (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frederick W.C. Flatt* 1,885 60.55 +14.3
Labour John H. Cole 1,864
Labour Patrick Tiernan 1,579
Conservative Beryl J. Akshar 731 23.15 -15.2
Conservative Kevin J. Shinkwin 681
Conservative Abdul H. Kanso 624
Liberal Democrats Patrick A. Howard 478 16.30 New
Registered electors 6,203 Decrease 231
Turnout 3,031 48.86 Decrease 4.57
Rejected ballots 9 0.30 Increase 0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Ravensbury[edit]

Ravensbury (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip M. Jones* 2,040 60.04 Increase 2.07
Labour Peter J. Smith 1,990
Labour Peter J. McCabe* 1,987
Conservative Stephen J. Ashcroft 623 17.39 Decrease 9.38
Conservative Thomas O.C. Harris 585
Conservative Michael F. Troy 535
Liberal Democrats Philip S. Knight 393 11.76 Increase 4.16
Green Julian Davidson 210 6.29 Increase 0.63
Independent Terence J. Sullivan 88 2.63 New
Monster Raving Loony Doris M. Wright 63 1.89 New
Registered electors 6,536 Decrease 50
Turnout 3,187 48.76 Decrease 4.98
Rejected ballots 6 0.19 Increase 0.08
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Raynes Park[edit]

Raynes Park (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret A. Brierly 1,482 43.13 Decrease 7.96
Conservative Robert S.K. Bell 1,411
Conservative Michael G. Miles 1,383
Labour Sandra E.M. Thorogood 1,067 30.08 Increase 4.37
Labour Michael J. Mroczek 962
Labour Mark A. Vines-Forman 954
Liberal Democrats Nicola J. Savile-Tucker 664 19.67 Increase 9.05
Liberal Democrats David P. Hurst 647
Liberal Democrats Kevin McGuinness 639
Green Andrew S. Taylor 235 7.11 Decrease 5.47
Registered electors 7,130 Increase 154
Turnout 3,304 46.34 Decrease 7.90
Rejected ballots 6 0.18 Increase 0.13
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St. Helier[edit]

St. Helier (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alec Leaver* 1,994 61.35 Increase 4.94
Labour Steven G. Conquest 1,860
Labour Michael A. Spacey 1,797
Conservative Keith W.A. Guy 745 22.92 Decrease 9.88
Conservative Michael P. McGrory 716
Conservative John Telford 650
Liberal Democrats Susan A.E. Simmonds 346 10.16 New
Liberal Democrats Nicholas R.G. Wren 303
Liberal Democrats Ademola O. Akinmade 288
Green Stephen C. Boulding 171 5.57 Decrease 5.22
Registered electors 6,381 Decrease 144
Turnout 3,202 50.18 Decrease 3.89
Rejected ballots 2 0.06 Decrease 0.11
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Trinity[edit]

Trinity (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kingsley J. Abrams* 1,519 43.73 Increase 6.32
Labour Patrick R. O'Sullivan 1,433
Labour Paul D.L. Barasi 1,427
Conservative Richard Aitken-Davies 981 28.60 Decrease 1.88
Conservative Diana M. Harris 942
Conservative Simon J. Elliott 941
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Deeley 590 16.71 Decrease 3.19
Liberal Democrats Anthony A.W. Dix 543
Liberal Democrats Neil R. Rennie 540
Green Sarah J. Miskin 226 6.77 Decrease 5.44
Independent Mohammad A. Karim 140 4.19 New
Registered electors 5,688 Decrease 44
Turnout 3,239 56.94 Increase 2.77
Rejected ballots 3 0.09 Increase 0.06
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Village[edit]

Village (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger A. Farrance 1,551 56.66 Decrease 1.82
Conservative Sarah L. Newton 1,544
Conservative Allan H. Jones* 1,502
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth M.G. Robins 583 19.45 Increase 7.21
Liberal Democrats Marilyn H. Rumney 516
Labour Denise M. Leggett 494 17.57 Increase 2.03
Labour Duncan Michael 485
Liberal Democrats Richard K. Tibbetts 479
Labour Sittampalam D. Balarajah 446
Green Margaret A. Garrett 171 6.32 Decrease 7.42
Registered electors 5,929 Increase 19
Turnout 2,663 44.91 Decrease 8.05
Rejected ballots 1 0.04 Decrease 0.03
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

West Barnes[edit]

West Barnes (3)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alison L. Willott 1,386 33.76 New
Liberal Democrats Iain D.StC Dysart 1,330
Liberal Democrats Nicholas P. Harris 1,275
Labour Laurence J. Naylor 1,093 27.23 Decrease 2.90
Labour Barry L.T. Edwards 1,083
Conservative Margaret A. Grant 1,066 26.60 Decrease18.98
Conservative Paul A. Hannan 1,052
Labour Stephen K. Nixon 1,044
Conservative Kenneth M. Butt 1,026
Independent Roger I. Logan 286 7.26 New
Green Jennifer H. Barrow 203 5.15 New
Registered electors 6,976 Increase 35
Turnout 3,804 54.53 Decrease 2.96
Rejected ballots 4 0.11 Increase 0.03
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Elgin is the defacto leader as he is the only councillor the party has
  2. ^ Dingwall was a sitting councillor representing the Pollards Hill
  3. ^ Searle was a sitting councillor representing the Longthornton ward. Searle was elected initially elected as a Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Association councillor

References[edit]

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  6. ^ "The Lambeth, Merton and Wandsworth (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
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  9. ^ London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986 (PDF). London Residuary Body - Research and Intelligence Unit. 1986. p. 56.
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