Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 36.0%.
Election result
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Ward results
Abbey
Rita Sergeant was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward
Alleyn
Percy Gray was a sitting councillor for College ward
Barset
Bellenden
Bricklayers
Browning
Patricia Matheson was a sitting councillor for Dockyard ward
Winston Stafford was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward
Brunswick
Burgess
Cathedral
Richard Shearman was a sitting councillor for Rotherhithe ward
Chaucer
College
Consort
David Fryer was a sitting councillor for Browning ward
Dockyard
Michael Geater was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward
Faraday
John Lauder was a sitting councillor for Brunswick ward
Friary
Ann Goss was a sitting councillor for Browning ward
Brian McKeon was a sitting councillor for Waverley ward
Liddle
Lyndhurst
John Edwards was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward
Newington
Riverside
Rotherhithe
Ruskin
Rye
St Giles
The Lane
Waverley
Pamela Smith was a sitting councillor for The Lane ward
By-Elections
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John E. Maurice.