Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 3 May 1990.
All London borough council seats were up for election. The previous Borough elections in London were in 1986.
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. The Green Party, fresh from winning 15% of the vote in the European elections one year previously, achieved a record vote share of 6% but elected no councillors. The party would not exceed this result again until 2006.
Results summary
Party Votes won % votes Change Seats % seats Change Councils Change Labour 938,805 38.9 +1.5 926 48.4 -31 14 -1 912,130 37.8 +2.4 730 38.1 +46 12 +1 344,125 14.2 -9.8 227 11.9 -22 3 ±0 141,569 5.9 +4.7 0 0 ±0 0 ±0 Others 79,301 3.3 +1.3 31 1.6 +7 0 ±0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 ±0
Turnout: 2,383,990 voters cast ballots, a turnout of 48.2% (+2.7%).
Council results Council Previous control Result Details Barking and Dagenham Details Barnet Details Bexley Details Brent Details Bromley Details Camden Details Croydon Details Ealing Details Enfield Details Greenwich Details Hackney Details Hammersmith and Fulham Details Haringey Details Harrow Details Havering Details Hillingdon Details Hounslow Details Islington Details Kensington and Chelsea Details Kingston upon Thames Details Lambeth Details Lewisham Details Merton Details Newham Details Redbridge Details Richmond upon Thames Details Southwark Details Sutton Details Tower Hamlets Details Waltham Forest Details Wandsworth Details Westminster Details
Borough result maps
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