# 1990 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

The 1990 Kensington and Chelsea Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Election result

1990 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough elections :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| | Conservative | 39 | 0 | 0 | 72.22 | 51.83 | 48,502 |
| | Labour | 15 | 0 | 0 | 27.78 | 34.13 | 31,939 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.95 | 10,248 |
| | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 1,406 |
| | ICP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 533 |
| | SDP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 352 |
| | RAP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 237 |
| | Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 198 |
| | Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 95 |
| | Corrective Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 79 |
| Total | Total | 54 | | | | | 93,589 |

## Ward results

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

### Abingdon

Abingdon (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth M. Christmas* | 1,258 | 65.49 |
| | Conservative | William J.L. Carver | 1,241 | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan E.L. Munday* | 1,168 | |
| | Labour | Hussain Haider | 261 | 13.45 |
| | Labour | Edwin M. Passes | 260 | |
| | Labour | Reginald J. Pearce | 232 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy A. Good | 215 | 10.29 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald E. Fair | 211 | |
| | Green | Harold P. Heckle | 201 | 10.77 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George S. Minto | 150 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,930 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,870 | 37.93 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.11 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Avondale

Avondale (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Benjamin T. Bousquet* | 1,540 | 65.95 |
| | Labour | Jennifer M. Forsyth* | 1,378 | |
| | Labour | Hugh J.E. Raven | 1,312 | |
| | Conservative | John P. Boden | 543 | 23.81 |
| | Conservative | Matthew R. Palmer | 507 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony P. Johnson | 476 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Wright | 219 | 10.24 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,091 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,381 | 46.77 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.25 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Brompton

Brompton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David P.M. Hudson* | 606 | 72.66 |
| | Conservative | Simon E.C. Ingham | 557 | |
| | Labour | Mary G. Blanchet | 125 | 15.23 |
| | Labour | Matilda Edelman | 118 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen R. Gould | 99 | 12.11 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Somers | 95 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,572 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 850 | 33.05 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.47 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Campden

Campden (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard H. Briance | 1,401 | 71.18 |
| | Conservative | Yvonne J. Constance | 1,365 | |
| | Conservative | Primrose F. Palmer | 1,362 | |
| | Labour | Jane Armstrong | 361 | 18.11 |
| | Labour | Tanya O. Harrod | 359 | |
| | Labour | Clifford A. Simmons | 329 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip M. Anderson | 223 | 10.71 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James N. Crichton-Miller | 209 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doreen M. Gorsky | 190 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,809 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,036 | 42.34 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.25 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Cheyne

Cheyne (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John M. Corbet-Singleton | 1,135 | 71.82 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Wheeler* | 1,132 | |
| | Labour | Paul Marsh | 282 | 17.29 |
| | Labour | Peter A. Harvey | 263 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham P. Muir | 181 | 10.89 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul F. Smales | 163 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,973 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,656 | 41.68 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.36 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Church

Church (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jean M. Craig | 943 | 68.17 |
| | Conservative | Adrian J.A.D. Fitzgerald* | 902 | |
| | Labour | John F.S. Keys | 323 | 22.82 |
| | Labour | Dennis P. Fuller | 295 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | William A. Somers | 141 | 9.01 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yousuf Ali | 102 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,097 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,448 | 46.76 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.07 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Colville

Colville (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert Pope* | 1,423 | 65.25 |
| | Labour | Joanna L. Edward | 1,396 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Healy | 1,373 | |
| | Conservative | Pamela Davies | 476 | 20.60 |
| | Conservative | Edward T.W. Hutley | 436 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew H.W. Sutcliffe | 410 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon B. Ritchie | 209 | 9.76 |
| | Communist | Brian F. Nicholls | 94 | 4.39 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,126 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,229 | 43.48 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.45 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Courtfield

Courtfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sir Anthony R.M. Coates$^†$ | 880 | 40.20 |
| | Conservative | Edward J.M. Cox* | 855 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew W.M. Fane* | 830 | |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team | Susan N. Broidy | 627 | 27.78 |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team | Brian J. Orrell | 627 | |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team | Christopher P. Ramsay-Horler | 519 | |
| | ICP | Kenneth V. Young | 279 | 12.55 |
| | ICP | Paula D. Young | 254 | |
| | Labour | Caraline S. Brown | 189 | 8.18 |
| | Green | William W.H. Charlton | 185 | 8.70 |
| | Labour | Stephan A. Burke | 182 | |
| | Labour | Vivienne J. Robb | 151 | |
| | RAP | Kazimierz Przedmoyski | 55 | 2.59 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,605 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,025 | 43.97 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.25 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Earls Court

Earls Court (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Laurence A. Kenny* | 978 | 38.82 |
| | Conservative | John T. Bender | 906 | |
| | Conservative | Paul T.P. Warrick* | 887 | |
| | Labour | Martin P. Green | 524 | 20.88 |
| | Labour | Suky J. Macpherson | 515 | |
| | Labour | Barry R. Sharman | 451 | |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team | John G. Drake | 431 | 16.85 |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team | Vanessa G. Giles | 408 | |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team | Andrew M. Shepherd | 365 | |
| | Green | Eniko Kortvelyessy | 266 | 11.18 |
| | RAP | Elcie Montagu | 182 | 7.65 |
| | SDP | David A. Hyde | 88 | 3.53 |
| | SDP | John Martin | 80 | |
| | Corrective Party | Christine Ellis | 31 | 1.09 |
| | Corrective Party | Lindi St Clair | 31 | |
| | Corrective Party | Marilyn Fawcett | 17 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,909 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,204 | 37.30 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.18 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Goldborne

Golborne (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ann E. Bond* | 1,599 | 64.98 |
| | Labour | Bridget C.M. Hoier | 1,387 | |
| | Labour | Patrick A. Younge | 1,317 | |
| | Green | Nicola J. Easton | 226 | 10.24 |
| | Conservative | Olaf S. Clayton | 198 | 8.47 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas R. Hurd | 184 | |
| | Conservative | Justin R. Grant-Duff | 178 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James F. Barnett | 161 | 7.30 |
| | Communist | Edward S. Adams | 104 | 4.71 |
| | Independent | Len Green | 95 | 4.30 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,686 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,050 | 43.75 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.34 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Hans Town

Hans Town (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mary C. Glyn* | 1,224 | 79.21 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Paget-Brown* | 1,219 | |
| | Conservative | Desmon E.StA Harney* | 1,213 | |
| | Labour | Leslie D. Pain | 220 | 13.64 |
| | Labour | Anthony J.W. Price | 214 | |
| | Labour | Victor D. Schonfield | 197 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Drabble | 119 | 7.15 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela M. Le Franc | 116 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hannah R.D. Ali | 94 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,391 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,657 | 37.74 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.30 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Holland

Holland (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joan B. Hanham* | 1,458 | 70.50 |
| | Conservative | Bryan P. Levitt* | 1,412 | |
| | Conservative | Warwick M. Lightfoot* | 1,396 | |
| | Labour | Roger M.D. Dunn | 381 | 17.75 |
| | Labour | Leopold D. Barraclough | 364 | |
| | Labour | David C. Holland | 330 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert C.H. Boddington | 153 | 7.19 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Henry C. Pryor | 143 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh S. Venables | 140 | |
| | SDP | Thomas G. Heron | 98 | 4.56 |
| | SDP | Caiphas Chambati | 86 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,745 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,084 | 43.92 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.38 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Kelfield

Kelfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stephen P. Hoier* | 1,273 | 64.70 |
| | Labour | David Spry | 1,156 | |
| | Conservative | Sheila L. Robertson | 501 | 24.76 |
| | Conservative | Desmond A. Swayne | 428 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Owen | 211 | 10.54 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Irene Watson | 185 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,475 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,044 | 45.68 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.34 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Norland

Norland (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ernest P. Tomlin* | 902 | 58.25 |
| | Conservative | Brian R. Walker-Arnott* | 883 | |
| | Labour | Barbara S. Atkinson | 374 | 23.61 |
| | Labour | Roger A. Fuller | 350 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rose Hunt | 296 | 18.13 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher K. Shirley | 259 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,212 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,588 | 49.44 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.32 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### North Stanley

North Stanley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Priscilla Frazer | 1,012 | 61.30 |
| | Conservative | Merrick R. Cockell* | 1,005 | |
| | Labour | Michael G. Evans | 509 | 28.80 |
| | Labour | Rena Valeh | 439 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eben Phillips | 171 | 9.90 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul J. Omar | 154 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,910 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,751 | 44.78 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.63 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Pembridge

Pembridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Isobel A.W. Campbell | 1,122 | 47.47 |
| | Conservative | David G. Campton* | 1,089 | |
| | Conservative | Doreen M. Weatherhead* | 1,053 | |
| | Labour | Stephen P. Daly | 643 | 27.18 |
| | Labour | Marian P. Kearney | 631 | |
| | Labour | Richard C. Hawkins | 595 | |
| | Green | Ajay Burlingham-Johnson | 338 | 14.75 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John M. Campbell | 281 | 10.60 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sian T. Roberts | 240 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick D. Spencer | 209 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,046 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,241 | 44.41 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.18 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Queen's Gate

Queen's Gate (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Timothy R. Coleridge* | 1,307 | 74.28 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth A. Russell* | 1,250 | |
| | Conservative | Daniel M.G. Moylan | 1,246 | |
| | Labour | Sean M.P. Keeley | 259 | 14.47 |
| | Labour | Richard M. Jordan | 242 | |
| | Labour | Ian R. Mackrill | 241 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen J.R. Dawson | 197 | 11.25 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Rott | 191 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Venables | 187 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,598 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,795 | 39.04 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.22 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Redcliffe

Redcliffe (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frances Taylor$^†$ | 1,147 | 63.85 |
| | Conservative | Patrick J. Gillford | 1,125 | |
| | Conservative | Alick C. Whitfield | 1,088 | |
| | Labour | Patricia M. Fuller | 409 | 22.63 |
| | Labour | Andrew Dawson | 397 | |
| | Labour | Alexander J.S. Pringle | 386 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katerina Porter | 245 | 13.51 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Woodthorpe-Browne | 234 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie M. Macdonald-Weissenborn | 233 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,117 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,903 | 37.19 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.37 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Royal Hospital

Royal Hospital (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ian McC. Donaldson | 928 | 78.34 |
| | Conservative | Edward J.W. Hess* | 880 | |
| | Labour | Keith L. Cunningham | 143 | 11.26 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Penelope Pocock | 123 | 10.40 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edna McGregor | 117 | |
| | Labour | Natalie M. Pringle | 117 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,153 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,236 | 39.20 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.16 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### St Charles

St Charles (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John R. Atkinson$^†$ | 1,115 | 67.88 |
| | Labour | Rima E. Horton* | 1,082 | |
| | Conservative | Lynne P.A. Bishop | 379 | 22.17 |
| | Conservative | Moira C. Swayne | 338 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joe Tatton-Brown | 161 | 9.94 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,946 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,738 | 44.04 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.29 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### South Stanley

South Stanley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Timothy Boulton* | 1,042 | 53.03 |
| | Labour | Robert A. Weems | 885 | |
| | Conservative | Nicholas H.E. Millard | 552 | 29.81 |
| | Conservative | Paul J. Jones | 531 | |
| | Green | Elizabeth A. Raven-Hill | 190 | 10.45 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary England | 145 | 6.71 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Panayiotis K. Vardakis | 99 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,262 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,907 | 44.74 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.32 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |