1994 Merton London Borough Council election
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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.[4]
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.[5]
Results
The Labour Party maintained its majority control of the council, increasing its majority from one seat to eleven seats.[6]
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.[7] The Liberal Democrats had not stood in the ward in the last election,[2] and their predecessors, the SDP-Liberal Alliance, came last in the ward in the 1986 election, behind the Conservatives and Labour.[8]
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.[6]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 40 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
70.2% | 50.3% | 82,294 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 10 | 0 | 12 | ![]() |
17.5% | 31.3% | 51,153 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
5.3% | 12.5% | 20,540 | ![]() | |
Merton Park Residents | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3% | 3.6% | 5,860 | ![]() | |
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents | 1 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
1.8% | 2.6% | 4,308 | ![]() | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6% | 4,177 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 914 | n/a | |
West Barnes Independent Residents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 286 | ![]() | |
Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | n/a |
Results by Ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maria Dingwall | 1,717 | 52.6 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Susan Assinen | 1,643 | 50.4 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Adrian Holt | 1,582 | 48.5 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Anne Bottell | 820 | 25.1 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | Margaret Connon | 795 | 24.4 | −9.3 | |
Conservative | Philip Thorley | 761 | 23.3 | −8.1 | |
Green | Jacqueline Barrow | 589 | 18.1 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Barker | 382 | 11.7 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gail Moss | 331 | 10.1 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian Rudd | 257 | 7.9 | −0.7 | |
Independent | Monowara Ahmad | 108 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Grace Giddins | 97 | 3.0 | +0.9 | |
Independent | Muhammad Rahman | 80 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Abdul Kalam | 76 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,267 | 47.0 | −4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Mannion | 1,631 | 46.0 | +9.6 | |
Labour | Charles Lucas | 1,611 | 45.5 | +9.2 | |
Labour | Brian White | 1,608 | 45.4 | +10.7 | |
Conservative | Thelma Earnshaw* | 1,195 | 33.7 | −14.0 | |
Conservative | Joan Pethen* | 1,146 | 32.3 | −14.9 | |
Conservative | Pauline Blythe | 1,130 | 31.9 | −14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Larkin | 556 | 15.7 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Anderson | 533 | 15.0 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Senior | 502 | 14.2 | +1.9 | |
Green | Justin Craig | 185 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,547 | 53.5 | −6.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Siobhain McDonagh* | 2,202 | 64.3 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Sheila Knight* | 1,945 | 56.8 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Reginald Flegg* | 1,901 | 55.5 | +5.7 | |
Green | Thomas Walsh | 896 | 26.2 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Christopher Grayling | 568 | 16.6 | −10.5 | |
Conservative | Margaret Ali | 554 | 16.2 | −9.4 | |
Conservative | Shamima Hardcastle | 486 | 14.2 | −7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Geldart | 417 | 12.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,434 | 45.3 | −0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Brunt* | 1,822 | 53.1 | +11.5 | |
Labour | Stephen Blann | 1,808 | 52.7 | +7.5 | |
Labour | John Pickover | 1,599 | 46.6 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | John Elvidge* | 1,045 | 30.4 | −8.7 | |
Conservative | Samantha George | 996 | 29.0 | −8.1 | |
Conservative | Robert Greenly | 953 | 27.8 | −7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Griffiths | 440 | 12.8 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Ladmore | 420 | 12.2 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Stone | 390 | 11.4 | +1.7 | |
Green | Christina Langley | 356 | 10.4 | −7.2 | |
Turnout | 3,437 | 56.0 | −3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Kennedy | 1,055 | 45.0 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Kevin Beale | 1,027 | 43.8 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Clark | 824 | 35.1 | −8.8 | |
Conservative | Jean Fortescue | 824 | 35.1 | −8.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Rumney | 318 | 13.6 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Fairbank | 303 | 12.9 | −0.2 | |
Green | Julia Garrett | 136 | 5.8 | −1.9 | |
Turnout | 2,349 | 54.8 | −4.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Proctor* | 2,003 | 56.1 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Daniel Connellan* | 1,953 | 54.7 | +6.1 | |
Labour | Geraldine Stanford* | 1,938 | 54.3 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Nigel Dixon | 1,075 | 30.1 | −7.6 | |
Conservative | Selvin Brown | 1,054 | 29.5 | −7.0 | |
Conservative | Suresh Pandya | 991 | 27.8 | −6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Antoinette McCabe | 338 | 9.5 | N/A | |
Green | Francis Cluer | 215 | 6.0 | −4.0 | |
Turnout | 3,575 | 48.7 | −5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Kirby* | 1,331 | 63.1 | −2.2 | |
Labour | Joseph Abrams* | 1,262 | 59.8 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Hazel McDonald | 439 | 20.8 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Margaret Sheldrick | 397 | 18.8 | −7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Snelling | 231 | 10.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Marc Plessier | 199 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Green | Mary Wensley | 76 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,119 | 49.9 | −0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Holmes | 1,360 | 46.4 | −9.8 | |
Conservative | Jason Garbutt | 1,352 | 46.1 | −7.8 | |
Conservative | David Williams* | 1,350 | 46.1 | −7.4 | |
Labour | Christine Bickerstaff | 879 | 30.0 | +6.9 | |
Labour | William Bailey | 871 | 29.7 | +8.2 | |
Labour | Laurence North | 793 | 27.1 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Pugh | 550 | 18.8 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Blaise Eglington | 539 | 18.4 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joan Pyke-Lees | 530 | 18.1 | +5.2 | |
Green | Richard Miller | 220 | 7.5 | −8.5 | |
Turnout | 2,936 | 43.9 | −7.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Colman* | 1,547 | 66.7 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Malcolm Searle | 1,401 | 60.4 | −5.4 | |
Conservative | Gordon Raymond | 424 | 18.3 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Truman | 382 | 16.5 | +6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Taylor | 275 | 11.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Macgabhann | 251 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,326 | 45.9 | −4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patric Cunnane | 1,474 | 39.8 | +8.7 | |
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents | Robert Elgin* | 1,450 | 39.1 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Steven Holt | 1,437 | 38.8 | +8.2 | |
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents | Gillian Elgin* | 1,430 | 38.6 | +3.3 | |
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents | Terry Ellis | 1,428 | 38.6 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Mohammad Syed | 1,341 | 36.2 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Richard Gill | 574 | 15.5 | −12.3 | |
Conservative | Ayman Akshar | 500 | 13.5 | −11.4 | |
Conservative | Harris Yee-Chong | 489 | 13.2 | −11.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Plessier | 237 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,709 | 51.1 | +2.6 | ||
Labour gain from Longthornton and Tamworth Residents | Swing | ||||
Longthornton and Tamworth Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Longthornton and Tamworth Residents | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cyril Gallant | 1,417 | 42.8 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Nicholas Draper | 1,365 | 41.2 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Janet Jones* | 1,351 | 40.8 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Terence Daniels | 1,347 | 40.6 | −10.4 | |
Labour | Mark Springett | 1,310 | 39.5 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Peter Morss* | 1,217 | 36.7 | −11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Pearce | 529 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Green | Susan Boulding | 288 | 8.7 | −2.9 | |
Turnout | 3,316 | 49.8 | −7.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Merton Park Residents | Neville Beddoe* | 1,968 | 57.6 | +9.8 | |
Merton Park Residents | Bridget Smith* | 1,948 | 57.0 | +8.9 | |
Merton Park Residents | Desmonde Child* | 1,944 | 56.9 | +8.8 | |
Labour | Edmond Ceci | 667 | 19.5 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | John Day | 664 | 19.4 | −10.8 | |
Labour | Alison Morgan | 645 | 18.9 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Christopher Dyson | 633 | 18.5 | −12.8 | |
Conservative | Anne Sparrow | 632 | 18.5 | −12.6 | |
Labour | Aeronwen Griffiths | 628 | 18.4 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Prosser | 158 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,423 | 52.8 | −6.5 | ||
Merton Park Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Merton Park Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Merton Park Residents hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Munn | 2,019 | 58.6 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Paul Harper* | 2,015 | 58.4 | +8.6 | |
Labour | Judith Saunders | 1,844 | 53.5 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Brewer | 740 | 21.5 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Oliver Colvile | 679 | 19.7 | −10.0 | |
Conservative | Vivianne Pallister | 635 | 18.4 | −8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Snelling | 377 | 10.9 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Richard Law | 325 | 9.4 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Konrad Brodzinski | 298 | 8.6 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marek Siemaszko | 279 | 8.1 | +0.3 | |
Turnout | 3,453 | 44.7 | −2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Flatt* | 1,885 | 62.4 | +14.3 | |
Labour | John Cole | 1,864 | 61.7 | +46.0 | |
Labour | Patrick Tiernan | 1,579 | 52.3 | +13.0 | |
Conservative | Beryl Akshar | 731 | 24.2 | −15.2 | |
Conservative | Kevin Shinkwin | 681 | 22.5 | −15.1 | |
Conservative | Abdul Kanso | 624 | 20.6 | −13.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Howard | 478 | 15.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,031 | 48.9 | −4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Jones* | 2,040 | 64.1 | +9.2 | |
Labour | Peter Smith | 1,990 | 62.6 | +6.5 | |
Labour | Peter McCabe* | 1,987 | 62.5 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Stephen Ashcroft | 623 | 19.6 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | Thomas Harris | 585 | 18.4 | −8.9 | |
Conservative | Michael Troy | 535 | 16.8 | −9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Knight | 393 | 12.4 | +4.8 | |
Green | Julian Davidson | 210 | 6.6 | +1.2 | |
Independent | Terence Sullivan | 88 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Doris Wright | 63 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,187 | 48.8 | −4.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Brierly | 1,482 | 46.3 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Bell | 1,411 | 44.1 | −9.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Miles | 1,383 | 43.2 | −9.0 | |
Labour | Sandra Thorogood | 1,067 | 33.3 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Michael Mroczek | 962 | 30.1 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Mark Vines-Forman | 954 | 29.8 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicola Savile-Tucker | 664 | 20.1 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hurst | 647 | 19.6 | +8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin McGuinness | 639 | 19.4 | +8.6 | |
Green | Andrew Taylor | 235 | 7.1 | −6.0 | |
Turnout | 3,304 | 46.3 | −7.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alec Leaver* | 1,994 | 62.3 | +6.1 | |
Labour | Steven Conquest | 1,860 | 58.1 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Michael Spacey | 1,797 | 56.2 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Keith Guy | 745 | 23.3 | −8.6 | |
Conservative | Michael McGrory | 716 | 22.4 | −8.8 | |
Conservative | John Telford | 650 | 20.3 | −10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Simmonds | 346 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Wren | 303 | 9.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ademola Akinmade | 288 | 9.0 | N/A | |
Green | Stephen Boulding | 171 | 5.3 | −5.0 | |
Turnout | 3,202 | 50.2 | −3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kingsley Abrams* | 1,519 | 46.9 | +6.5 | |
Labour | Patrick O'Sullivan | 1,433 | 44.3 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Paul Barasi | 1,427 | 44.1 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | Richard Aitken-Davies | 981 | 30.3 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Diana Harris | 942 | 29.1 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Simon Elliott | 941 | 29.1 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Deeley | 590 | 18.2 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Dix | 543 | 16.8 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Rennie | 540 | 16.7 | −4.5 | |
Green | Sarah Miskin | 226 | 7.0 | −5.5 | |
Independent | Mohammad Karim | 140 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,239 | 56.9 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Farrance | 1,551 | 58.3 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Sarah Newton | 1,544 | 58.0 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | Allan Jones* | 1,502 | 56.4 | −4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Robins | 583 | 21.9 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Rumney | 516 | 19.4 | +8.2 | |
Labour | Denise Leggett | 494 | 18.6 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Duncan Michael | 485 | 18.2 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Tibbetts | 479 | 18.0 | +5.9 | |
Labour | Sittampalam Balarajah | 446 | 16.8 | +1.2 | |
Green | Margaret Garrett | 171 | 6.4 | −8.0 | |
Turnout | 2,663 | 44.9 | −8.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alison Willott | 1,386 | 36.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Iain Dysart | 1,330 | 35.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Harris | 1,275 | 33.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Laurence Naylor | 1,093 | 28.8 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Barry Edwards | 1,083 | 28.5 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Margaret Grant | 1,066 | 28.1 | −16.8 | |
Conservative | Paul Hannan | 1,052 | 27.7 | −15.7 | |
Labour | Stephen Nixon | 1,044 | 27.5 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Butt | 1,026 | 27.0 | −15.6 | |
Independent | Roger Logan | 286 | 7.5 | −16.6 | |
Green | Jennifer Barrow | 203 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,804 | 54.5 | −3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
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