# 1990 Hackney London Borough Council election

The 1990 Hackney Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Hackney London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council remained controlled by Labour.

## Election Results

1990 Hackney London Borough Council elections :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| | Labour | 48 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 80.00 | 55.87 | 66,979 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13.33 | 15.78 | 18,921 |
| | Conservative | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 6.67 | 23.09 | 27,684 |
| | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 5.17 | 6,192 |
| | Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.08 | 101 |
| Total | Total | 60 | | | | | | 119,877 |

## Ward Results

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

### Bronswood

Brownswood (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Clancy Etienne | 968 | 52.08 |
| | Labour | Lois Radice$^†$ | 963 | |
| | Conservative | Joseph Michael | 483 | 26.04 |
| | Conservative | Sushil K. Vig | 483 | |
| | Green | Suzanne V. Bosworth | 264 | 14.23 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emma T. Hutchinson | 153 | 7.65 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Hutchinson | 131 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,518 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,846 | 33.45 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.11 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Chatham

Chatham (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Foster Akusu* | 1,101 | 49.47 |
| | Labour | Tom Silverlock | 1,079 | |
| | Labour | Jacob A. Siaw | 1,008 | |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Lyons | 689 | 30.71 |
| | Conservative | Anne L. M. Hamilton Bruce | 660 | |
| | Conservative | Ian D. Leask | 632 | |
| | Green | Tomasina M. M. Morahan | 426 | 19.82 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,394 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,217 | 34.67 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.18 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Clissold

Clissold (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Christine Callum* | 1,641 | 76.83 |
| | Labour | Medlin Lewis$^†$ | 1,557 | |
| | Labour | William D. O'Connor | 1,459 | |
| | Conservative | George F. Mills | 482 | 23.17 |
| | Conservative | Helen Mills | 468 | |
| | Conservative | Philip McCullough | 454 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,941 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,281 | 32.86 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 32 | 1.40 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Dalston

Dalston (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Brian N. Marsh* | 1,108 | 47.12 |
| | Labour | Nicholas K. Tallentire | 1,034 | |
| | Labour | Mameisia Margai | 1,030 | |
| | Green | Jack E. Easton | 495 | 22.07 |
| | Conservative | Moira Gardiner | 389 | 16.10 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deborah Harrison | 366 | 14.71 |
| | Conservative | Gregory A. Alake | 358 | |
| | Conservative | Desmond Londt | 335 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lily West | 293 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,027 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,054 | 34.08 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.15 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### De Beauvoir

De Beauvoir (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas A. Brake* | 1,461 | 47.61 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Kerridge-Smith | 1,317 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John T. T. Richards | 1,287 | |
| | Labour | David Greene | 990 | 31.48 |
| | Labour | James Warner | 903 | |
| | Labour | Adu Seray-Wurie | 794 | |
| | Green | Nicholas G. Lee | 345 | 12.12 |
| | Conservative | Glenda J. Aussenberg | 261 | 8.78 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary M. Pender | 250 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony C. Whitehorn | 239 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,058 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,861 | 40.54 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.21 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |

### Eastdown

Eastdown (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Linda A. Hibberd* | 1,592 | 82.26 |
| | Labour | Campbell R.McK. Matheson | 1,442 | |
| | Labour | Shuja Shaikh* | 1,429 | |
| | Conservative | Richard W. Gregory | 331 | 17.74 |
| | Conservative | Lilian Lonsdale | 326 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Lonsdale | 306 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,750 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,012 | 29.81 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.84 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Haggerston

Haggerston (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Simon Matthews* | 956 | 45.94 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Beadle* | 798 | 39.66 |
| | Labour | Denise M. Robson | 754 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Sanderson | 678 | |
| | Conservative | Maria A. Murray | 182 | 9.19 |
| | Conservative | Harold Symons | 160 | |
| | Green | Simon K. Markson | 97 | 5.21 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,698 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,016 | 42.91 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.30 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Homerton

Homerton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kenrick E. Hanson* | 1,314 | 74.76 |
| | Labour | Sharon Patrick$^†$ | 1,216 | |
| | Conservative | Julian Eagle | 444 | 25.24 |
| | Conservative | Patrick Pender | 409 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,993 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,822 | 36.49 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 20 | 1.10 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Kings Park

Kings Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Martin J. O'Connor | 1,012 | 69.99 |
| | Labour | Mohammad S. Siddiqui | 899 | |
| | Conservative | Joan Mertens | 431 | 30.01 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Mertens | 389 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,845 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,493 | 30.82 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.80 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Leabridge

Leabridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jane F. Reeves | 1,362 | 60.20 |
| | Labour | Andrew S. Buttress | 1,340 | |
| | Labour | Abdul G. Mulla* | 1,301 | |
| | Green | David J. Fitzpatrick | 482 | 20.76 |
| | Conservative | Gerard V. Bulger | 457 | 19.04 |
| | Conservative | Elsie M. Baverstock | 439 | |
| | Green | Rowena Field | 437 | |
| | Conservative | Edith G. Finnie | 369 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,459 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,387 | 36.96 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.29 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Moorfields

Moorfields (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Luke J. Maughan-Pawsey* | 1,117 | 66.29 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Wintle* | 1,104 | |
| | Labour | Edith Edwards | 512 | 27.15 |
| | Labour | Rosina Lowe | 398 | |
| | Conservative | Valerie A. Brown | 119 | 6.56 |
| | Conservative | Angela Kilmartin | 101 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,972 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,838 | 36.97 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.38 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### New River

New River (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael B. Desmond | 1,326 | 42.00 |
| | Labour | Mark A. Williams | 1,321 | |
| | Conservative | Bernard Aussenberg* | 1,317 | 40.89 |
| | Labour | Julia J. M. Rizzolo | 1,302 | |
| | Conservative | Ian A. Kleinberg | 1,264 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher D. Sills* | 1,263 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maurice S. Owen | 301 | 9.42 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zalkind Y. Wise | 301 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David J. Collins | 284 | |
| | Green | Derek B. Moir | 241 | 7.69 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,363 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,141 | 42.66 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.29 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### North Defoe

North Defoe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John B. Burnell | 1,049 | 60.88 |
| | Labour | Tommy Sheppard$^†$ | 1,004 | |
| | Green | Yen-Chit Chong | 377 | 22.35 |
| | Conservative | Ann V. McGinley | 289 | 16.77 |
| | Conservative | Pamela Y. Sills | 276 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,780 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,633 | 43.20 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.31 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Northfield

Northfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Abraham Lew$^†$ | 1,166 | 55.54 |
| | Labour | Anthony Goodchild | 1,105 | |
| | Labour | Jane Linden | 1,097 | |
| | Conservative | Rodney B. Coleman | 633 | 27.84 |
| | Conservative | Michael J. Donaghue | 572 | |
| | Conservative | Timothey J. D. Richardson | 485 | |
| | Green | Jose A. Martin | 336 | 16.62 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,369 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,042 | 32.06 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.44 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Northwold

Northwold (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Foley* | 1,277 | 58.90 |
| | Labour | Mavis McCallum$^†$ | 1,214 | |
| | Labour | Francis P. Reedy | 1,112 | |
| | Conservative | Henreid Kasselman | 420 | 20.33 |
| | Conservative | Eileen Baldock | 416 | |
| | Conservative | Gavin M. Harris | 408 | |
| | Green | Mahmood Bham | 273 | 12.92 |
| | Green | Clara Slater | 254 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stanley Kinn | 184 | 7.85 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas E. Bridges | 148 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Hyman | 148 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,452 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,142 | 33.20 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.23 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Queensbridge

Queensbridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John R. B. Drummond | 1,307 | 47.44 |
| | Labour | Peter W. J. Watson$^†$ | 1,219 | |
| | Labour | Jean Khote$^†$ | 1,196 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David R. Green | 914 | 34.83 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Bridges | 911 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine A. Beadle | 907 | |
| | Green | Charles L. Acton | 274 | 10.48 |
| | Conservative | Iris Hone | 194 | 7.25 |
| | Conservative | June Pipe | 192 | |
| | Conservative | William Hone | 183 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,501 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,702 | 36.02 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.07 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Rectory

Rectory (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John A. McCafferty* | 1,413 | 62.41 |
| | Labour | Jeshuran Lamb | 1,365 | |
| | Labour | James J. N. Macfoy* | 1,295 | |
| | Green | Christine M. Taig | 371 | 17.05 |
| | Conservative | Joan Hillier | 307 | 13.05 |
| | Conservative | Coral J. Meadows | 296 | |
| | Conservative | James K. Tawaih | 250 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane L. Crosby | 175 | 7.49 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Giles Turner | 172 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katherine Wolfe | 142 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,599 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,165 | 32.81 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.37 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### South Defoe

South Defoe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Anne St Clair Miller | 986 | 64.49 |
| | Labour | Patrick J. Corrigan* | 950 | |
| | Green | Mischa-Anna Borris | 286 | 19.05 |
| | Conservative | Ann B. M. Brenells | 263 | 16.46 |
| | Conservative | Paul Brenells | 230 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,148 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,502 | 36.21 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.13 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Springfield

Springfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Josef H. Lobenstein* | 1,475 | 50.26 |
| | Conservative | Adrian P. Burbanks | 1,267 | |
| | Conservative | Eric Ollerenshaw | 1,262 | |
| | Labour | Gordon McIntosh | 1,139 | 42.47 |
| | Labour | Kort Robinson | 1,128 | |
| | Labour | Dele Ojo | 1,118 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David R. Ash | 195 | 7.27 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry J. King | 195 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Moseley | 188 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,746 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,858 | 42.37 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.38 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Victoria

Victoria (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David A. Bell | 1,306 | 41.13 |
| | Labour | Lewis Goldberg | 1,188 | |
| | Labour | Ali M. B. Uddin | 997 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth K. Balfour | 708 | 21.38 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah G. Turner | 569 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark N. Smulian | 539 | |
| | Green | Leonard Lucas | 525 | 18.55 |
| | Conservative | Derek Mahoney | 482 | 15.37 |
| | Conservative | Cheuk C. Tang | 414 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Trend | 409 | |
| | Communist | Patricia F. Turnbull | 101 | 3.57 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,003 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,698 | 33.71 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.33 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Wenlock

Wenlock (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Moseley* | 1,641 | 70.16 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie L. Carlow | 1,594 | |
| | Labour | John F. J. Bloom | 546 | 21.99 |
| | Labour | Momodu Sillah | 467 | |
| | Conservative | Hilda Chapman | 112 | 4.68 |
| | Conservative | Gloria I. Alake | 103 | |
| | Green | David R. Cuthbertson | 73 | 3.17 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,062 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,340 | 46.23 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.13 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |

### Westdown

Westdown (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jan Burnell* | 856 | 84.53 |
| | Labour | Jonathan Slater* | 815 | |
| | Conservative | Kehinde Aromire | 167 | 15.47 |
| | Conservative | Minnie Howland | 139 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,727 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,108 | 29.73 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.54 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Wick

Wick (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Georgina M. C. Nicholas | 1,247 | 47.93 |
| | Labour | Harold Shaw | 1,190 | |
| | Labour Co-op | Gerald Ross | 1,116 | |
| | Conservative | Michelle D. Hart | 685 | 26.32 |
| | Conservative | Agnes Thompson | 652 | |
| | Green | Simon Jamieson | 636 | 25.75 |
| | Conservative | Janet Londt | 613 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,785 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,341 | 34.50 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.43 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold |