All 1,914 on all 32 London boroughs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 48.2% ( 2.7%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by Borough in 1990. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Local governmentelections took place inLondon, and some other parts of theUnited Kingdom on Thursday 3 May 1990.
AllLondon borough council seats were up for election. The previous Borough elections in London were in 1986.[1]
The elections saw a poor result for the recently formed Liberal Democrats, with the party losing 10% of its vote and 20 council seats. This decline was accompanied by success for the Conservatives, who gained 46 councillors and 1 council, while Labour lost 32 council seats and 1 council. TheGreen Party, fresh from winning 15% of the vote in theEuropean elections one year previously, achieved a record vote share of 6% but elected no councillors. The party would not exceed this result again until2006.
| Party[2] | Votes won | % votes | Change | Seats | % seats | Change | Councils | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 938,805 | 38.9 | +1.5 | 926 | 48.4 | -31 | 14 | -1 | |
| Conservative | 912,130 | 37.8 | +2.4 | 730 | 38.1 | +46 | 12 | +1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 344,125 | 14.2 | -9.8 | 227 | 11.9 | -22 | 3 | ±0 | |
| Green | 141,569 | 5.9 | +4.7 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Others | 79,301 | 3.3 | +1.3 | 31 | 1.6 | +7 | 0 | ±0 | |
| No overall control | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3 | ±0 | |
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