title: 1990 Liverpool City Council election
text: # 1990 Liverpool City Council election
  
  Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 3 May 1990. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
  
  After the election, the composition of the council was:
  
  | Party | Seats | ± |
  | - | - | - |
  | Labour | ?? | ?? |
  | Liberal Democrat | ?? | ?? |
  | Liberal Party | ?? | ?? |
  | Independent | ?? | ?? |
  | Others | ?? | ?? |
  
  ## Election result
  
  Liverpool Local Election Result 1990 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | 27 | 27 | 82% | 56% | 93,575 |
  | Liberal Democrats | 6 | 6 | 18% | 33% | 54,441 |
  | Conservative | 1 | 1 | 3% | 7% | 12,214 |
  | Green | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3% | 4,725 |
  | Communist | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.1% | 213 |
  | Democratic Anti Poll Tax | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.04% | 70 |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  ### Abercromby
  
  Abercromby 2 seats :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | K. Hackett | 1,802 | 73% |
  | | Labour | Sarah Norman | 1,745 | 71% |
  | | Green | Laura Davenport | 277 | 11% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Chowings | 145 | 6% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Dyer | 134 | 5% |
  | | Conservative | Pauline Edwards | 127 | 5% |
  | | Conservative | D. Radcliffe | 114 | 5% |
  | | Communist | F. Carroll | 107 | 4% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,525 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,458 | |
  
  As there were two vacancies for this seat, in order to allow comparison, only the votes for the highest scoring candidate for each party have been used to compile the statistics.
  
  ### Aigburth
  
  Aigburth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Douglas McKittrick | 2,778 | 46% |
  | | Labour | R. Parkinson | 2,151 | 36% |
  | | Conservative | N.W. Liddell | 662 | 11% |
  | | Green | Joanne Cook | 409 | 7% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 672 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,000 | |
  
  ### Allerton
  
  Allerton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Flo Clucas | 2,750 | 44% |
  | | Labour | K. E. Neary | 2,236 | 36% |
  | | Conservative | P. Lee | 942 | 15% |
  | | Green | R. E. Cantwell | 228 | 4% |
  | | SDP | R. E. Gould | 135 | 2% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 514 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,291 | |
  
  ### Anfield
  
  Anfield :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | S. H. Oldfield | 3,365 | 57% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Veronica Best | 2,319 | 39% |
  | | Conservative | J. Mass | 240 | 4% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,047 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,923 | |
  
  ### Arundel
  
  Arundel :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | A. Duckworth | 2,234 | 47% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mary Johnston | 1,700 | 36% |
  | | Conservative | D. W. Patmore | 295 | 6% |
  | | Green | G. Thomson | 482 | 10% |
  | | Democratic Anti Poll Tax | D. E. Huish | 70 | 1% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 534 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,781 | |
  
  ### Breckfield
  
  Breckfield :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Frank Prendergast | 3,238 | 80% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Karen Afford | 581 | 14% |
  | | Conservative | Elizabeth Bayley | 210 | 5% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,657 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,029 | |
  
  ### Broadgreen
  
  Broadgreen :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Tony Concepcion | 3,489 | 54% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | G. B. Smith | 2,519 | 39% |
  | | Conservative | M. Lind | 310 | 5% |
  | | Green | B. Turner | 171 | 3% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 970 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,489 | |
  
  ### Childwall
  
  Childwall :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Lady Doreen Jones | 3,565 | 52% |
  | | Labour | N.D. Fleet | 2,022 | 29% |
  | | Conservative | Helen Rigby | 939 | 14% |
  | | Green | M. S. Hughes | 332 | 5% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,543 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,858 | |
  
  ### Church
  
  Church :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Len Tyrer | 4,203 | 58% |
  | | Labour | E. Taylor | 1,812 | 25% |
  | | Conservative | I. Bishop | 911 | 13% |
  | | Green | A. G. Maxwell | 316 | 4% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,391 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,253 | |
  
  ### Clubmoor
  
  Clubmoor :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | K. Noon | 3,909 | 73% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Owen | 869 | 16% |
  | | Conservative | Paula Denovan | 338 | 6% |
  | | Green | Joan Best | 165 | 3% |
  | | Communist | K. F. McDonough | 106 | 2% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,040 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,387 | |
  
  ### County
  
  County :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Margaret McDaid | 3,249 | 49% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Sybil Brookes | 3,216 | 49% |
  | | Conservative | J. F. Atkinson | 115 | 2% |
  | | SDP | Joan Sewell | 37 | 1% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 33 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,617 | |
  
  ### Croxteth
  
  Croxteth :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Bundred | 3,682 | 53% |
  | | Labour | J. Mooney | 2,379 | 34% |
  | | Conservative | G. E. Brandwood | 656 | 9% |
  | | Green | ? | 186 | 3% |
  | | SDP | Marie Killen | 46 | 1% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,303 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,949 | |
  
  ### Dingle
  
  Dingle :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Joan Brown | 3,612 | 74% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | S. P. Boddy | 860 | 18% |
  | | Conservative | R. D. Knox | 189 | 4% |
  | | Green | R. Spalding | 224 | 5% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,752 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,885 | |
  
  ### Dovecot
  
  Dovecot :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | I. H. Scott | 2,984 | 75% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Norman Mills | 746 | 19% |
  | | Conservative | W. H. Connolly | 261 | 7% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,238 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,991 | |
  
  ### Everton
  
  Everton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | G. A. Allen | 1,895 | 94% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | J.S. Thomson | 128 | 6% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,767 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,023 | |
  
  ### Fazakerley
  
  Fazakerley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | J. Brazier | 3,743 | 77% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | J. J. Johnston | 782 | 16% |
  | | Conservative | G. Breckell | 355 | 7% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,961 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,880 | |
  
  ### Gillmoss
  
  Gillmoss :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Tony Jennings | 3,479 | 78% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | George Mann | 526 | 12% |
  | | Conservative | S. North | 255 | 6% |
  | | Green | Susan Ellison | 183 | 4% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,953 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,443 | |
  
  ### Granby
  
  Granby :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Gideon Ben-Tovim | 2,633 | 80% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | H. Priddie | 282 | 9% |
  | | Conservative | Henrietta Edwards | 150 | 5% |
  | | Green | W. Jenkins | 180 | 5% |
  | | ? | ? | 61 | 2% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,351 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,306 | |
  
  ### Grassendale
  
  Grassendale :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Beatrice Fraenkel | 3,994 | 62% |
  | | Labour | D. Dunphy | 1,358 | 21% |
  | | Conservative | Audrey Ogden | 858 | 13% |
  | | Green | E. Goldsmith | 278 | 4% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,636 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,488 | |
  
  ### Kensington
  
  Kensington :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Ann Keenan | 2,438 | 50% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Frank Doran | 2,344 | 48% |
  | | Conservative | R. Bethell | 93 | 2% |
  | | SDP | Joan Reece | 40 | 1% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,915 | |
  
  ### Melrose
  
  Melrose :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Dawn Booth | 4,146 | 84% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | D. Parker | 619 | 13% |
  | | Conservative | Anne Nugent | 175 | 4% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,527 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,940 | |
  
  ### Netherley
  
  Netherley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Catherine Wilson | 2,373 | 84% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | J. Clein | 316 | 11% |
  | | Conservative | W. Dobinson | 123 | 4% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,057 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,812 | |
  
  ### Old Swan
  
  Old Swan :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | K. Williams | 3,342 | 64% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | J. Berman | 1,190 | 23% |
  | | Conservative | G. Powell | 465 | 9% |
  | | Green | I. Gilmour | 217 | 4% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,152 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,214 | |
  
  ### Picton
  
  Picton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Susan Hogan | 3,057 | 53% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | H. Heritty | 2,214 | 38% |
  | | Green | J. Hulton | 287 | 5% |
  | | Conservative | K. Watkin | 163 | 3% |
  | | SDP | L. Devereux | 49 | 1% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 843 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,770 | |
  
  ### Pirrie
  
  Pirrie :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | W. Edwards | 3,948 | 82% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Doran | 606 | 13% |
  | | Conservative | P. Aldcroft | 234 | 5% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,342 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,788 | |
  
  ### St. Mary's
  
  St. Mary's :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | J. Doyle | 3,008 | 55% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Peter Millea | 2,115 | 39% |
  | | Conservative | A. Fayer | 196 | 4% |
  | | Green | Lucy Williams | 107 | 2% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 893 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,426 | |
  
  ### Smithdown
  
  Smithdown :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Juliet Herzog | 2,632 | 67% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | P. McGrath | 1,093 | 28% |
  | | Conservative | Denise O'Leary | 96 | 2% |
  | | Green | J. Stevenson | 84 | 2% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,539 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,905 | |
  
  ### Speke
  
  Speke :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | K. Cannon | 2,789 | 85% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Clein | 305 | 9% |
  | | Conservative | G. Harden | 194 | 6% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,484 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,288 | |
  
  ### Tuebrook
  
  Tuebrook :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Anne Gorton | 2,629 | 47% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | N. Cardwell | 2,537 | 45% |
  | | Conservative | Edna Rodick | 262 | 5% |
  | | Green | R. Morris | 167 | 3% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 92 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,595 | |
  
  ### Valley
  
  Valley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Frank Ruse | 2,799 | 75% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Kay Brown | 485 | 13% |
  | | Conservative | S. Lever | 241 | 6% |
  | | Green | A. Willan | 224 | 6% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,314 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,749 | |
  
  ### Vauxhall
  
  Vauxhall :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | W. Snell | 2,320 | 95% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | B. Grocott | 80 | 3% |
  | | Conservative | R. Fairclough | 49 | 2% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,240 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,449 | |
  
  ### Warbreck
  
  Warbreck :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | G. Hughes | 3,617 | 53% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Richard Roberts | 2,957 | 43% |
  | | Conservative | Dorothy Gray | 268 | 4% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 660 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,842 | |
  
  ### Woolton
  
  Woolton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | S. Fitzsimmons | 1,831 | 29% |
  | | Liberal Democrats | B. Brown | 1,802 | 29% |
  | | Labour | A. Gallagher | 1,142 | 18% |
  | | Green | ? | 208 | 3% |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 29 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,280 | |
  