# 1990 London local elections

Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 3 May 1990.
All London borough council seats were up for election. The previous Borough elections in London were in 1986.
The elections saw a poor result for the recently formed Liberal Democrats, with the party losing 10% of its vote and 20 council seats. This decline was accompanied by success for the Conservatives, who gained 46 councillors and 1 council, while Labour lost 32 council seats and 1 council. The Green Party, fresh from winning 15% of the vote in the European elections one year previously, achieved a record vote share of 6% but elected no councillors. The party would not exceed this result again until 2006.

## Results summary

| Party | Votes won | % votes | Change | Seats | % seats | Change | Councils | Change |
| Labour | 938,805 | 38.9 | +1.5 | 926 | 48.4 | -31 | 14 | -1 |
| Conservative | 912,130 | 37.8 | +2.4 | 730 | 38.1 | +46 | 12 | +1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 344,125 | 14.2 | -9.8 | 227 | 11.9 | -22 | 3 | ±0 |
| Green | 141,569 | 5.9 | +4.7 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ±0 |
| Others | 79,301 | 3.3 | +1.3 | 31 | 1.6 | +7 | 0 | ±0 |
| No overall control | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3 | ±0 |
* Turnout: 2,383,990 voters cast ballots, a turnout of 48.2% (+2.7%).

## Council results

| Council | Previous control | Result | Details |
| Barking and Dagenham | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Barnet | Conservative | Conservative | Details |
| Bexley | Conservative | Conservative | Details |
| Brent | Labour | No overall control | Details |
| Bromley | Conservative | Conservative | Details |
| Camden | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Croydon | Conservative | Conservative | Details |
| Ealing | Labour | Conservative | Details |
| Enfield | Conservative | Conservative | Details |
| Greenwich | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Hackney | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Haringey | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Harrow | Conservative | Conservative | Details |
| Havering | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Hillingdon | No overall control | Conservative | Details |
| Hounslow | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Islington | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Kensington and Chelsea | Conservative | Conservative | Details |
| Kingston upon Thames | No overall control | No overall control | Details |
| Lambeth | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Lewisham | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Merton | Conservative | Labour | Details |
| Newham | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Redbridge | Conservative | Conservative | Details |
| Richmond upon Thames | Liberal | Liberal Democrats | Details |
| Southwark | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Sutton | Liberal | Liberal Democrats | Details |
| Tower Hamlets | Liberal | Liberal Democrats | Details |
| Waltham Forest | Labour | Labour | Details |
| Wandsworth | Conservative | Conservative | Details |
| Westminster | Conservative | Conservative | Details |

## Borough result maps

* Barking and Dagenham 1990 results map
* Barnet 1990 results map
* Bexley 1990 results map
* Brent 1990 results map
* Camden 1990 results map
* Hammersmith and Fulham 1990 results map
* Merton 1990 results map