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 |
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Registered | 127,884[1] |
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Turnout | 63,321, 49.51% ( 4.15%)[1][2][3] |
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| First party | Second party | | | | 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 | 11 | 12 | Popular vote | 82,294 | 51,153 | Percentage | 48.52% | 30.16% | Swing | 6.30 | 11.11 | | | 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 | 3 | | Popular vote | 20,540 | 5,860 | Percentage | 12.11% | 3.46% | Swing | 5.64 | 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 | 2 | | Popular vote | 4,308 | | Percentage | 2.54% | | Swing | 0.43 | | |
Council leader before election Labour | Council leader after election Labour | |
1994 local election in England
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
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 | 11 | 70.18 | 48.52 | 82,294 | 6.30 |
| Conservative | 10 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 17.54 | 30.16 | 51,153 | 11.11 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5.26 | 12.11 | 20,540 | 5.64 |
| Merton Park Residents | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 5.26 | 3.46 | 5,860 | 0.39 |
| Longthornton and Tamworth Residents | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.75 | 2.54 | 4,308 | 0.43 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 2.46 | 4,177 | 0.36 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.54 | 914 | 0.03 |
| West Barnes Independent Residents | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.17 | 286 | 1.36 |
| Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.04 | 63 | New |
Total | 57 | | | | | | 169,595 | |
Ward Results
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
Abbey
Abbey (3)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Maria P. Dingwall†[n 2] | 1,717 | 44.37 | 2.55 |
| Labour | Susan Assinen | 1,643 | | |
| Labour | Adrian P. Holt | 1,582 | | |
| Conservative | Anne M. Bottell | 820 | 21.34 | 11.41 |
| Conservative | Margaret A. Connon | 795 | | |
| Conservative | Philip N. Thorley | 761 | | |
| Green | Jacqueline L. Barrow | 589 | 15.87 | 5.96 |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth J. Barker | 382 | 8.70 | 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 | 0.58 |
| Independent | Muhammad M. Rahman | 80 | 2.16 | New |
| Independent | Abdul Kalam | 76 | 2.05 | New |
Registered electors | 6,944 | | 30 |
Turnout | 3,267 | 47.05 | 4.38 |
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.12 | 0.02 |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
Cannon Hill
Cannon Hill (3)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Michael Mannion | 1,631 | 46.35 | 8.98 |
| Labour | Charles Lucas | 1,611 | | |
| Labour | Brian White | 1,608 | | |
| Conservative | Thelma T. Earnshaw* | 1,195 | 33.16 | 15.87 |
| Conservative | Joan Pethen* | 1,146 | | |
| Conservative | Pauline Blythe | 1,130 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Larkin | 556 | 15.19 | 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 | | 58 |
Turnout | 3,547 | 53.50 | 6.16 |
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.08 | 0.10 |
| Labour gain from Conservative |
| Labour gain from Conservative |
| Labour gain from Conservative |
Colliers Wood
Colliers Wood (3)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Siobhain A. McDonagh* | 2,202 | 52.16 | 2.75 |
| Labour | Sheila Knight* | 1,945 | | |
| Labour | Reginald Flegg* | 1,901 | | |
| Green | Thomas J. Walsh | 896 | 23.18 | 2.73 |
| Conservative | Christopher S. Grayling | 568 | 13.87 | 10.78 |
| Conservative | Margaret Ali | 554 | | |
| Conservative | Shamima S. Hardcastle | 486 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm T. Geldart | 417 | 10.79 | New |
Registered electors | 7,584 | | 135 |
Turnout | 3,434 | 45.28 | 0.50 |
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.23 | 0.03 |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
Dundonald
Dundonald (3)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Michael A. Brunt* | 1,822 | 49.60 | 10.44 |
| Labour | Stephen J. Blann | 1,808 | | |
| Labour | John S. Pickover | 1,599 | | |
| Conservative | John A. Elvidge* | 1,045 | 28.40 | 6.56 |
| Conservative | Samantha L. George | 996 | | |
| Conservative | Robert S. Greenly | 953 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew L. Griffiths | 440 | 11.87 | 2.63 |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard J. Ladmore | 420 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham A. Stone | 390 | | |
| Green | Christina M. Langley | 356 | 10.13 | 6.51 |
Registered electors | 6,135 | | 20 |
Turnout | 3,437 | 56.02 | 3.72 |
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.15 | 0.04 |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
| Labour gain from Conservative |
Durnsford
Durnsford (2)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Arthur M. Kennedy | 1,055 | 45.03 | 8.39 |
| Labour | Kevin A. Beale | 1,027 | | |
| Conservative | Robert J. Clark | 824 | 35.64 | 8.23 |
| Conservative | Jean A. Fortescue | 824 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip C. Rumney | 318 | 13.45 | 1.73 |
| Liberal Democrats | Barry A. Fairbank | 303 | | |
| Green | Julia Garrett | 136 | 5.88 | 2.89 |
Registered electors | 4,283 | | 218 |
Turnout | 2,349 | 54.84 | 4.79 |
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.17 | 0.05 |
| Labour gain from Conservative |
| Labour gain from Conservative |
Figge's Marsh
Figge's Marsh (3)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David R. Proctor* | 2,003 | 55.23 | 3.95 |
| Labour | Daniel F. Connellan* | 1,953 | | |
| Labour | Geraldine P. Stanford* | 1,938 | | |
| Conservative | Nigel T.V. Dixon | 1,075 | 29.23 | 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 | 4.49 |
Registered electors | 7,347 | | 156 |
Turnout | 3,575 | 48.66 | 5.62 |
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.20 | 0.05 |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
Graveney
Graveney (2)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Linda C. Kirby* | 1,331 | 64.66 | 5.25 |
| Labour | Joseph B. Abrams* | 1,262 | | |
| Conservative | Hazel A. McDonald | 439 | 20.84 | 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 | | 21 |
Turnout | 2,119 | 49.92 | 0.64 |
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.42 | 0.18 |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
Hillside
Hillside (3)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | James D.R. Holmes | 1,360 | 45.71 | 5.73 |
| Conservative | Jason R. Garbutt | 1,352 | | |
| Conservative | David T. Williams* | 1,350 | | |
| Labour | Christine M. Bickerstaff | 879 | 28.63 | 8.35 |
| Labour | William Bailey | 871 | | |
| Labour | Laurence G. North | 793 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Louise N. Pugh | 550 | 18.23 | 5.01 |
| Liberal Democrats | Blaise C. Eglington | 539 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joan W. Pyke-Lees | 530 | | |
| Green | Richard J. Miller | 220 | 7.43 | 7.63 |
Registered electors | 6,683 | | 231 |
Turnout | 2,936 | 43.93 | 7.82 |
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.17 | 0.17 |
| Conservative hold |
| Conservative hold |
| Conservative hold |
Lavender
Lavender (2)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Anthony J. Colman* | 1,547 | 68.88 | 3.07 |
| Labour | Malcolm R. Searle†[n 3] | 1,401 | | |
| Conservative | Gordon H. Raymond | 424 | 18.83 | 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 | | 1,081 |
Turnout | 2,326 | 45.90 | 4.65 |
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.30 | 0.20 |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
Longthornton
Lower Morden
Lower Morden (3)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Cyril L. Gallant | 1,417 | 39.13 | 2.37 |
| Labour | Nicholas G. Draper | 1,365 | | |
| Conservative | Janet Jones* | 1,351 | 37.44 | 13.84 |
| 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 | 3.70 |
Registered electors | 6,662 | | 50 |
Turnout | 3,316 | 49.77 | 7.84 |
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.06 | 0.22 |
| Labour gain from Conservative |
| Labour gain from Conservative |
| Conservative hold |
Merton Park
Phipps Bridge
Phipps Bridge (3)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Thomas I. Munn | 2,019 | 59.60 | 9.02 |
| Labour | Paul Harper* | 2,015 | | |
| Labour | Judith C. Saunders | 1,844 | | |
| Conservative | Nicholas E. Brewer | 740 | 20.84 | 9.64 |
| Conservative | Oliver N. Colvile | 679 | | |
| Conservative | Vivianne J. Pallister | 635 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lorraine J. Snelling | 377 | 9.67 | 0.05 |
| Independent | Richard Law | 325 | 9.89 | 0.67 |
| Liberal Democrats | Konrad Brodzinski | 298 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marek Siemaszko | 279 | | |
Registered electors | 7,731 | | 50 |
Turnout | 3,453 | 44.66 | 2.46 |
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.14 | 0.05 |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
Pollards Hill
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 | | 231 |
Turnout | 3,031 | 48.86 | 4.57 |
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.30 | 0.04 |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
| Labour gain from Conservative |
Ravensbury
Ravensbury (3)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Philip M. Jones* | 2,040 | 60.04 | 2.07 |
| Labour | Peter J. Smith | 1,990 | | |
| Labour | Peter J. McCabe* | 1,987 | | |
| Conservative | Stephen J. Ashcroft | 623 | 17.39 | 9.38 |
| Conservative | Thomas O.C. Harris | 585 | | |
| Conservative | Michael F. Troy | 535 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip S. Knight | 393 | 11.76 | 4.16 |
| Green | Julian Davidson | 210 | 6.29 | 0.63 |
| Independent | Terence J. Sullivan | 88 | 2.63 | New |
| Monster Raving Loony | Doris M. Wright | 63 | 1.89 | New |
Registered electors | 6,536 | | 50 |
Turnout | 3,187 | 48.76 | 4.98 |
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.19 | 0.08 |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
Raynes Park
Raynes Park (3)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Margaret A. Brierly | 1,482 | 43.13 | 7.96 |
| Conservative | Robert S.K. Bell | 1,411 | | |
| Conservative | Michael G. Miles | 1,383 | | |
| Labour | Sandra E.M. Thorogood | 1,067 | 30.08 | 4.37 |
| Labour | Michael J. Mroczek | 962 | | |
| Labour | Mark A. Vines-Forman | 954 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicola J. Savile-Tucker | 664 | 19.67 | 9.05 |
| Liberal Democrats | David P. Hurst | 647 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin McGuinness | 639 | | |
| Green | Andrew S. Taylor | 235 | 7.11 | 5.47 |
Registered electors | 7,130 | | 154 |
Turnout | 3,304 | 46.34 | 7.90 |
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.18 | 0.13 |
| Conservative hold |
| Conservative hold |
| Conservative hold |
St. Helier
St. Helier (3)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Alec Leaver* | 1,994 | 61.35 | 4.94 |
| Labour | Steven G. Conquest | 1,860 | | |
| Labour | Michael A. Spacey | 1,797 | | |
| Conservative | Keith W.A. Guy | 745 | 22.92 | 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 | 5.22 |
Registered electors | 6,381 | | 144 |
Turnout | 3,202 | 50.18 | 3.89 |
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.06 | 0.11 |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
Trinity
Trinity (3)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Kingsley J. Abrams* | 1,519 | 43.73 | 6.32 |
| Labour | Patrick R. O'Sullivan | 1,433 | | |
| Labour | Paul D.L. Barasi | 1,427 | | |
| Conservative | Richard Aitken-Davies | 981 | 28.60 | 1.88 |
| Conservative | Diana M. Harris | 942 | | |
| Conservative | Simon J. Elliott | 941 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Deeley | 590 | 16.71 | 3.19 |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony A.W. Dix | 543 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil R. Rennie | 540 | | |
| Green | Sarah J. Miskin | 226 | 6.77 | 5.44 |
| Independent | Mohammad A. Karim | 140 | 4.19 | New |
Registered electors | 5,688 | | 44 |
Turnout | 3,239 | 56.94 | 2.77 |
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
| Labour hold |
Village
Village (3)[10][11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Roger A. Farrance | 1,551 | 56.66 | 1.82 |
| Conservative | Sarah L. Newton | 1,544 | | |
| Conservative | Allan H. Jones* | 1,502 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth M.G. Robins | 583 | 19.45 | 7.21 |
| Liberal Democrats | Marilyn H. Rumney | 516 | | |
| Labour | Denise M. Leggett | 494 | 17.57 | 2.03 |
| Labour | Duncan Michael | 485 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard K. Tibbetts | 479 | | |
| Labour | Sittampalam D. Balarajah | 446 | | |
| Green | Margaret A. Garrett | 171 | 6.32 | 7.42 |
Registered electors | 5,929 | | 19 |
Turnout | 2,663 | 44.91 | 8.05 |
Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Conservative hold |
| Conservative hold |
| Conservative hold |
West Barnes
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 | 2.90 |
| Labour | Barry L.T. Edwards | 1,083 | | |
| Conservative | Margaret A. Grant | 1,066 | 26.60 | 18.98 |
| 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 | | 35 |
Turnout | 3,804 | 54.53 | 2.96 |
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.11 | 0.03 |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Notes
- ^ Elgin is the defacto leader as he is the only councillor the party has
- ^ Dingwall was a sitting councillor representing the Pollards Hill
- ^ Searle was a sitting councillor representing the Longthornton ward. Searle was elected initially elected as a Longthornton and Tamworth Residents Association councillor
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