1994 Croydon London Borough Council election

Croydon Council Election, 1994
All 70 seats to Croydon London Borough Council; 36 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 1994 Croydon Council election.Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Leader of the Council before election; Peter Bowness; Conservative	Elected Leader ; Mary Walker; Labour

The 1994 Croydon Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Croydon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council.^[1]

Jason Perry, who was elected as the first Mayor of Croydon in 2022, was elected to the council for the first time at this election in Coulsdon East.

Background[edit]

Election result[edit]

Croydon Council election result 1994
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %
Labour	40	11	0	11	57.14	38.9
Conservative	30	0	11	11	42.86	42.5
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0	15.4
Independent	0	0	0		0

↓
40	30
Labour	Con

Ward results[edit]

Addiscombe[edit]

Addiscombe (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Jeremy P. Fitzpatrick	2,349
	Labour Co-op	Sean E. Fitzsimons	2,136
	Labour Co-op	Bernadette Khan	1,946
	Conservative	Martin W. Brown	1,784
	Conservative	Hella P. H. El-Droubie	1,572
	Conservative	Mohammad I. Khokhar	1,382
	Liberal Democrats	Kay L. Schilich	614
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia F. West	609
	Green	Russell N. Heath	543
	Independent	James P. Smyth	237
Majority			162
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Ashburton[edit]

Ashburton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edwin S. Arram	1,367
	Conservative	Avril E. M. Slipper	1,335
	Labour Co-op	Jean Walker	1,225
	Labour Co-op	Martin D. Walker	1,159
	Liberal Democrats	Paul F. West	622
	Liberal Democrats	George W. Schlich	612
Majority			110
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bensham Manor[edit]

Bensham Manor (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Paul R. Mee	2,650
	Labour Co-op	Alison J. Roberts	2,621
	Labour Co-op	Helen S. Salmon	2,519
	Conservative	Brendan T. Cullen	1,317
	Conservative	Gloria J. Hutchens	1,241
	Conservative	John L. Tooze	1,185
Majority			1,202
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Beulah[edit]

Beulah (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Roy A. Grantham	1,471
	Labour	Sherwan H. Chowdhury	1,454
	Conservative	Michael D. Fisher	1,365
	Conservative	Steven L. V. Hollands	1,289
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan R. Cope	402
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher M. Pocock	356
Majority			89
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Broad Green[edit]

Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Stuart Collins	2,230
	Labour	Rodney G. D. Matlock	2,171
	Labour	Peter L. Spalding	2,008
	Conservative	Eric S. Headlam	832
	Conservative	Keith B. Pearson	718
	Conservative	Donald S. Speakman	693
Majority			1,176
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Coulsdon East[edit]

Coulsdon East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Christopher Wright	2,228
	Conservative	Christine A. Prentice	2,105
	Conservative	Jason S. Perry	2,091
	Liberal Democrats	Ian R. Atkins	1,597
	Liberal Democrats	John P. Callen	1,547
	Liberal Democrats	Keith C. Jacobs	1,408
	Labour	Margaret Conway	736
	Labour	Michael P. J. Phelan	608
	Labour	Syed M. Hassan	570
Majority			494
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croham[edit]

Croham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter S. Bowness	2,556
	Conservative	John P.B. Hecks	2,533
	Conservative	Andrew D.W. Berry	2,511
	Liberal Democrats	Michael T.A. Bishopp	1,330
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher G. Peacock	1,294
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Saunders	1,249
	Labour	Maria T. Dennis	985
	Labour	Barry P. Buttigieg	955
	Labour	Jeffrey R. Primm	898
	Peoples Choice	Mark R.L. Samuel	122
Majority			1,181
Turnout			5,055	50.6
Registered electors			9,994
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairfield[edit]

Fairfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard J. Billington	2,505
	Conservative	Robert W. Coatman	2,465
	Conservative	Michael D. Wunn	2,359
	Labour	Alexander J. M. Burridge	1,517
	Labour	Robert J. Newman	1,479
	Labour	Richard B. Young	1,434
	Liberal Democrats	Philip H. Barron	809
	Liberal Democrats	Michael G. Gill	757
	Liberal Democrats	Christine T. Hardisty	739
	Chocolate Fudge Cake Party	John S. Cartwright	175
	The People's Choice	Deborah L. Edmonds	108
Majority			842
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fieldway[edit]

Fieldway (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	James L. Walker	1,508
	Labour Co-op	Mary M. Walker	1,411
	Conservative	John R. Miller	486
	Conservative	Dinah M. Matthews	433
Majority			925
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Heathfield[edit]

Heathfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Margaret V. Mead	2,260
	Conservative	Mary M. H. Horden	2,251
	Conservative	Andrew J. Pelling	2,199
	Labour	Mark Chapman	1,188
	Labour	Alan Buckfield	1,083
	Labour	David T. Petherbridge	946
	Liberal Democrats	David A. Holmes	774
	Liberal Democrats	Leo C. E. Held	711
	Liberal Democrats	Peter S. Ladanyi	667
	Independent	Michael T. Murphy	242
Majority			1,011
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kenley[edit]

Kenley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alan K. Carey	1,631
	Conservative	Brian G. Smith	1,480
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon E. Burnett	787
	Liberal Democrats	James M. T. Kirkwood	772
	Labour	William E. J. Richardson	492
	Labour	David P. Price	450
Majority			693
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Monks Orchard[edit]

Monks Orchard (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Derek R. Loughborough	2,326
	Conservative	Peter J. Campbell	2,308
	Labour	David L. Davies	900
	Labour	Lynette E. Murray	792
	Liberal Democrats	David G. Gosling	739
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Price	666
Majority			1,642
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Addington[edit]

New Addington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Geraint R. Davies	2,150
	Labour	Trevor J. Laffin	2,012
	Labour	Valerie Shawcross	1,912
	Conservative	William J. Eastoe	906
	Conservative	Roy T. Miller	843
	Conservative	Paul McCombie	794
Majority			1,006
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Norbury[edit]

Norbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Peter W. Hopson	2,082
	Labour	Margaret R. Mansell	2,074
	Labour	Shafiqul I. Khan	2,039
	Conservative	Geoffrey Geraghty	1,967
	Conservative	Colin Johnston	1,940
	Conservative	Bryan J. Kendall	1,934
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela E. Freeman	609
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Morley	426
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl R. Pocock	422
Majority			72
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Purley[edit]

Purley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Graham J. Bass	2,428
	Conservative	Peter J. F. Macdonald	2,410
	Conservative	Derek G. Millard	2,347
	Liberal Democrats	Jenefer G. A. Riley	1,512
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela A. Randall	1,473
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah J. Newton	1,431
	Labour	Michael G. Ryan	811
	Labour	Richard M. Plackett	803
	Labour	Paul A. Ryan	707
	Green	Shirley R. L. Ings	236
	Green	Bruce J. Horner	221
Majority			835
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rylands[edit]

Rylands (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mark Hourston	1,693
	Labour	Karen A. Jewitt	1,625
	Conservative	James N. W. Bullen	1,068
	Conservative	Owen W. Thompson	961
Majority			557
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sanderstead[edit]

Sanderstead (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Bruce T. H. Marshall	2,083
	Conservative	Graham T. W. Speed	2,024
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin T. Howard-Jones	1,104
	Liberal Democrats	Barry D. Stocker	909
	Labour	Roger D. Wicks	636
	Labour	Jean-Paul Irtelli	634
	The People's Choice	Neville Sprague	125
Majority			920
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Selsdon[edit]

Selsdon (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard H. R. Adamson	2,060
	Conservative	Dudley S. Mead	1,973
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Shuttleworth	1,475
	Liberal Democrats	Edna G. Wickham	1,341
	Labour	William L. Brown	509
	Labour	Linda N. Nazarko	449
	Independent	Alan E. Sales	87
Majority			498
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norwood[edit]

South Norwood (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Clive B. Fraser	1,991
	Labour	Jenny Bushell	1,935
	Labour	Michael Jewitt	1,927
	Conservative	David Lipman	1,563
	Conservative	Eric J. Kings	1,456
	Conservative	Pauline Miles	1,408
	Liberal Democrats	Philip J. Brown	467
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Perry	446
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Hardy-McBride	443
Majority			364
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Spring Park[edit]

Spring Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Janet A. Marshall	2,396
	Conservative	Denis E. Perry	2,302
	Labour	Vanessa C. Fry	1,228
	Labour	Stephen C. Moyse	1,129
	Green	Andrew P. Bebington	555
Majority			1,074
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thornton Heath[edit]

Thornton Heath (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Adrian S. Dennis	2,363
	Labour	Wallace W. Garratt	2,274
	Labour	Raj Chandarana	2,182
	Conservative	Robert G. Oliver	1,175
	Conservative	Bernard K. Ampaw	1,078
Majority			1,007
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Upper Norwood[edit]

Upper Norwood (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Patrick T. Ryan	1,696
	Labour Co-op	Ian G. Payne	1,491
	Conservative	Margaret C. V. Parfitt	1,396
	Conservative	David J. Macsweeney	1,372
Majority			95
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Waddon[edit]

Waddon (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Christopher R. Allen	2,094
	Labour	Marilyn K. Allen	2,019
	Labour	Charles E. Burling	1,888
	Conservative	Rex A.J. Calvert	1,490
	Conservative	Bryan E. Coatman	1,479
	Conservative	Mervyn R. Gatland	1,375
	Liberal Democrats	Graham J. Axford	792
	Liberal Democrats	Henry J. Norton	759
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Barnett	728
	Independent	Peter J. Collier	449
Majority			398
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West Thornton[edit]

West Thornton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Elaine A. Gibbon	2,354
	Labour	Clarence A. McKenzie	2,284
	Labour	Gwendolyn E. Bernard	2,230
	Conservative	Alan E. Aylmer	1,152
	Conservative	Roger C. Taylor	1,115
	Conservative	Eileen P. Seaborn	1,075
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Russell	564
Majority			1,078
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitehorse Manor[edit]

Whitehorse Manor (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Peter J. Champion	2,159
	Labour	Nuala O'Neill	2,102
	Labour	Toni E. Letts	2,042
	Conservative	Peter R. C. Davis	865
	Conservative	Ian J. Parker	803
	Conservative	Jill Thomas	794
	Independent	Stanley H. Wells	399
Majority			1,177
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodcote & Coulsdon West[edit]

Woodcote & Coulsdon West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Maurice A. Folwer	2,325
	Conservative	Anna Hawkins	2,293
	Conservative	David J. Osland	2,238
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret R. A. Billenness	1,686
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor J. Austin	1,612
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne A. Jacobs	1,561
	Labour	Ernest C. King	709
	Labour	Ronald E. Rowland	686
	Labour	Mohammad S. Hoda	642
Majority			552
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodside[edit]

Woodside (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Brian P. Finegan	1,470
	Labour Co-op	Anthony J. Newman	1,409
	Conservative	Derek W. Dorey	967
	Conservative	Joanna L. M. W. Oliver	924
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary J. Waterhouse
Majority			442
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ "London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994 including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

[London_1994_election-1] "London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994 including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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