1998 Southwark London Borough Council election

Elections to Southwark Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 32.9%.

1998 Southwark Council election

← 1994 7 May 1998 (1998-05-07) 2002 →

All 64 seats up for election to Southwark London Borough Council
33 seats needed for a majority
Registered161,781[1]
Turnout53,202, 32.89% (Decrease 4.64)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Niall T. Duffy Unknown Unknown
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since 1997 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Rye Unknown Unknown
Last election 34 seats, 47.56% 27 seats, 39.16% 3 seats, 12.57%
Seats won 33 27 4
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 58,887 46,288 16,664
Percentage 46.28% 36.37% 13.10%
Swing Decrease 1.28 Decrease 2.79 Increase 0.53

Council Control before election

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Labour

Council Control


Labour

Election result

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1998 Southwark London Borough Council local elections[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes /−
  Labour 33 3 4   1 51.56 46.28 58,887   1.28
  Liberal Democrats 27 3 3   42.19 36.37 46,288   2.79
  Conservative 4 1 0   1 6.25 13.10 16,664   0.53
  Green 0 0 0   0.00 2.74 3,487   2.48
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0   0.00 0.82 1,047 New
  Independent 0 0 0   0.00 0.57 727   0.51
  National Democrats 0 0 0   0.00 0.12 156 New
Total 64 127,256
 
Southwark Council voting history

Ward results

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(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Abbey

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Abbey (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Manchester[n 1] 1,023 59.44   8.34
Liberal Democrats Richard K. Thomas 818
Labour John J. Lauder 510 30.55   3.83
Labour Co-op Keith C. Cross 436
Green Chloe Wilson 80 5.17 New
Conservative Peter A. Randall Johnson 79 4.84   2.28
Conservative Eleanor Gayler 71
Registered electors 4,684   133
Turnout 1,523 32.51   6.41
Rejected ballots 9 0.59   0.59
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Alleyn

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Alleyn (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norma U. Gibbes 887 52.99   5.79
Labour Howard A. Latham[n 2] 867
Conservative Andrew M. Mitchell 324 17.98   4.08
Liberal Democrats Alexander J. Baker 279 15.56   3.59
Conservative Roger Prince 271
Liberal Democrats Henry S. Hardy 236
Green Sharon L. Hogan 223 13.47 New
Registered electors 5,100   604
Turnout 1,724 33.80   3.21
Rejected ballots 14 0.81   0.81
Labour hold
Labour hold

Barset

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Barset (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine D. Claridge* 687 62.39   8.52
Labour Charles Cherrill 597
Liberal Democrats Jonathan N. Hunt 174 16.72   1.90
Liberal Democrats Mark C. Allen 170
Conservative Michelle Lowe 112 10.20   0.27
Green Paul Barker 110 10.69 New
Conservative Shirley L. Winchester 98
Registered electors 4,332   457
Turnout 1,065 24.58   8.27
Rejected ballots 8 0.75   0.37
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bellenden

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Bellenden (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet F. Heatley*[n 3] 1,585 62.15   5.92
Labour Patrick Kelly 1,428
Labour Andrew Simmons 1,332
Liberal Democrats Gareth P. Martin 344 14.72   3.17
Liberal Democrats Patricia A. Macnaughton 343
Liberal Democrats Albert F. Bosworth 342
Green June D. Veitch 302 12.96 New
Conservative Rupert Cutler 241 10.17   3.87
Conservative John Davenport 238
Conservative Margaret Stewart 232
Registered electors 7,612   925
Turnout 2,373 31.17   7.16
Rejected ballots 19 0.80   0.68
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bricklayers

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Bricklayers (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Nash* 1,218 68.50   1.31
Liberal Democrats Denise M. Capstick 1,194
Labour Rupert J. Doyle 510 27.78   2.15
Labour Rosemary L. Whitlock 468
Conservative Julian R. Pratt 77 3.72   0.84
Conservative Kenneth M. J. Norris 54
Registered electors 6,670   121
Turnout 1,940 29.09   9.52
Rejected ballots 16 0.82   0.67
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Browning

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Browning (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Bowman 1,198 56.67   4.03
Liberal Democrats Roland G. Shannon 1,163
Liberal Democrats Neil C. Watson 1,076
Labour Anne Keane 853 40.58   6.14
Labour Angela C. Molloy 820
Labour Kevin J. McNicholas 788
Conservative Kenneth Duke 59 2.75   2.11
Conservative Olga Grant 57
Conservative Penelope Foord 51
Registered electors 6,868  1,085
Turnout 2,283 33.24   0.55
Rejected ballots 6 0.26   0.16
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Brunswick

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Brunswick (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lillian V. Naish* 1,044 58.97   6.95
Labour John J. Friary* 1,041
Labour Robert I. Wingfield[n 4] 828
Liberal Democrats Frances Blango 283 16.70  10.93
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey S. Hook 271
Liberal Democrats Joyce Martin 271
Green Jenny Jones 269 16.34 New
Conservative Linda F. Stanbury 146 8.00   1.55
Conservative Steven G. Stanbury 131
Conservative Mark J. R. Tunstill 118
Registered electors 6,883   782
Turnout 1,690 24.55   7.11
Rejected ballots 5 0.30   0.09
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Burgess

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Burgess (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jeremy W. Halley 769 50.68   1.77
Liberal Democrats Kenneth A. Mizzi 763
Labour Richard J. Livingstone[n 5] 658 42.81   0.97
Labour Simon J. McKeown 636
Green Tarik I. L. Theodorus 53 3.51 New
Conservative Charles Joseph 48 3.01   0.76
Conservative Victoria Joseph 43
Registered electors 4,084   481
Turnout 1,623 39.74 3.1
Rejected ballots 11 0.68   0.14
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Cathedral

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Cathedral (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary J. Wines* 1,197 64.40  11.60
Liberal Democrats Clifford J. Hodson 878
Labour Jacqueline Gilmartin 452 27.31   8.00
Labour Michael A. Gibson[n 6] 428
Green David W. Turner 79 4.90 New
Conservative Beatrice Crabb 60 3.38   0.24
Conservative Lucy M. Newmark 49
Registered electors 5,424   276
Turnout 1,794 33.08   8.63
Rejected ballots 10 0.56   0.28
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Chaucer

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Chaucer (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen D. O. Lancashire* 1,315 49.00  19.07
Liberal Democrats Alom Shaha 1,193 45.71  27.82
Labour Henry Canagasabey[n 7] 1,167
Labour Anne V. Worsley[n 8] 1,157
Liberal Democrats Raffaella Ayorinde 1,104
Liberal Democrats Robert J. Skelly 1,098
Conservative Susan Hardy 145 5.29   8.75
Conservative Frances M.Gray 142
Conservative Anne Peirce 106
Registered electors 7,711   553
Turnout 2,749 35.65   3.25
Rejected ballots 4 0.15   0.15
Labour hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Labour hold

College

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College (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Humphreys* 1,245 50.52   9.27
Conservative William P. Rowe 1,086
Labour Carol Britton 810 34.68   2.29
Labour Ivan M. House 790
Liberal Democrats Patricia M. Mynott 273 10.99  15.37
Liberal Democrats Richard M. Newby 234
Green Tamra M. Poorun 88 3.81 New
Registered electors 5,478   643
Turnout 2,375 43.36   4.52
Rejected ballots 10 0.42   0.35
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Consort

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Consort (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nicola A. Kutapan 514 46.44  18.47
Labour Hassan Vahib* 437
Liberal Democrats David G. Banks 286 23.78   0.32
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Salawu 201
Conservative Rachel M. Read 122 11.33   0.30
Conservative Doris J. Pearce 110
Green Brendan P. Connolly 101 9.86 New
Socialist Labour Angela M. Ruddock 88 8.59 New
Registered electors 4,614   512
Turnout 1,079 23.39   8.17
Rejected ballots 14 1.30   0.68
Labour hold
Labour hold

Dockyard

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Dockyard (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Derek W. Partridge* 1,899 55.04   5.66
Liberal Democrats Anne Yates 1,888
Liberal Democrats Columba M. J. Blango 1,830
Labour Daniel C. Griffiths 886 24.78   9.66
Labour Shirley Oldhamstead 827
Labour Linda C. Oram 816
Conservative Percy Gray 351 9.66   4.80
Conservative Stephen Crabb 323
Conservative Ewan G. Wallace 312
Green Andrew Flude 202 5.94 New
National Democrats Gary Cartwright 156 4.59 New
Registered electors 13,377  1,438
Turnout 3,499 26.16   8.48
Rejected ballots 25 0.71   0.42
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Faraday

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Faraday (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth K. Clark* 1,234 51.51   1.68
Liberal Democrats Alfred C. Langley* 1,186
Liberal Democrats David Noakes 1,121
Labour Lorraine Lauder 1,012 42.72   1.63
Labour Lee R. Garrett 999
Labour Royston A. J. Webb 926
Conservative Charles W. Flower 162 5.77   0.05
Conservative Robert A. Hayward 127
Conservative Robert C. Goodrick 108
Registered electors 8,596   935
Turnout 2,561 29.79  10.12
Rejected ballots 31 1.21   0.87
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Friary

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Friary (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barrie J. Hargrove*[n 9] 845 49.24   3.75
Labour Joan C. Khachik* 761
Labour Frank F. Pemberton[n 10] 647
Liberal Democrats Daniel Dougherty 299 17.24  23.94
Socialist Labour Ann Goss 265 16.94 New
Socialist Labour Gloria O. Fagbenro 262
Liberal Democrats Eliza P. Mann 252
Socialist Labour Tony D. Goss 248
Liberal Democrats Keith Miller 238
Green Laurence P. Jones 145 9.51 New
Conservative Leslie N. Brown 120 7.08   1.25
Conservative Ivy A. M. Brown 111
Conservative Iris G. Smith 93
Registered electors 5,440   892
Turnout 1,610 29.60   3.66
Rejected ballots 10 0.62   0.38
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Liddle

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Liddle (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Ellery* 891 51.51  22.71
Labour William B. Kayada 794
Labour William Skelly[n 11] 710
Liberal Democrats Raouf Ben-Salem 534 31.79  19.18
Liberal Democrats Danny McCarthy*[n 12] 488
Liberal Democrats Josephine Almond 456
Independent Maria M. G. Williams 129 8.32 New
Green Caroline E. Jones 80 5.16   2.16
Conservative Stephen G. B. Phillips 55 3.23   2.62
Conservative Jane S. Maclaren 48
Conservative Victor H. Smith 47
Registered electors 5,046  3,480
Turnout 1,543 30.58  10.41
Rejected ballots 4 0.26   0.03
Labour hold
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour hold

Lyndhurst

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Lyndhurst (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glenn Cope 1,268 42.72  19.87
Labour Nick Dolezal* 1,220
Labour Dermot T. A. McInerney* 1,048
Independent Ashwinkumar Tanna 598 21.67 New
Green Rebecca E. Elvey 366 13.26 New
Liberal Democrats Hugh M. Harris 354 10.46   8.77
Conservative Patrick Wollocombe 334 11.89   6.29
Conservative Angus Pritchard-Gordon 330
Conservative Christopher Pincher 320
Liberal Democrats Matt Flynn 279
Liberal Democrats Branko Markic 233
Registered electors 7,906   741
Turnout 2,415 30.55   7.36
Rejected ballots 22 0.91   0.67
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Newington

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Newington (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Caroline V. Pidgeon 1,528 53.16  23.27
Liberal Democrats James C. Gurling 1,481
Liberal Democrats Jelil I. Ladipo 1,418
Labour Hannah J. McDonald* 1,255 42.22  18.42
Labour Leslie H. Alden 1,157
Labour Robert J. Smeath 1,104
Conservative Susan Hornby 151 4.62   4.85
Conservative Clive W. Jones 122
Conservative Brooks Newmark 112
Registered electors 7,930   972
Turnout 3,094 39.02   2.62
Rejected ballots 22 0.71   0.37
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Riverside

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Riverside (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Betty F. Olliffe* 1,306 51.74   2.59
Liberal Democrats Alex L'Estrange 1,254
Liberal Democrats Nicholas P. Stanton 1,225
Labour Coral A. Newell 1,020 39.92   3.18
Labour Peter C. John 1,005
Labour Amanda J. Purdon 895
Conservative Stephen C. Holmes 130 4.93   4.00
Conservative John M. Liddiard 119
Conservative John A. Williams 112
Green Swadesh Poorun 83 3.40 New
Registered electors 7,379   94
Turnout 2,627 35.60   3.22
Rejected ballots 16 0.61   0.33
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Rotherhithe

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Rotherhithe (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Beverley Bassom 1,063 60.18   7.21
Liberal Democrats Victor D. Jones* 1,037
Liberal Democrats Niko S. A. Baar[n 13] 972
Labour Neil J. Fell 656 34.59  12.93
Labour Robert J. Gasson 655
Labour Co-op Francis Treml 455
Conservative Nathan Chart 108 5.23   1.57
Conservative John N. McConnell 93
Conservative Jon D. van der Walt 66
Registered electors 6,455   347
Turnout 1,956 30.30   9.75
Rejected ballots 11 0.56   0.03
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Ruskin

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Ruskin (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tobias W. H. Eckersley* 1,703 43.36   6.89
Labour Michelle E. Pearce* 1,604 40.40   3.93
Conservative David S. Bradbury 1,602
Conservative Irene A. Kimm 1,525
Labour Alan Firminger* 1,517
Labour Charlie Smith 1,379
Liberal Democrats Jean M. Halden 352 8.90  10.99
Liberal Democrats Robert J. Elbert 326
Liberal Democrats Stephen Fletcher 313
Green Harriet A. V. Einsiedel 273 7.35   0.50
Registered electors 6,934   554
Turnout 3,699 53.35   2.89
Rejected ballots 20 0.54   0.54
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour hold
Conservative hold
Rye (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Niall Duffy* 1,266 46.43   2.60
Labour Dominic J. Thorncroft* 968
Conservative Nicholas Vineall 643 26.33   8.59
Conservative Edwin Webster 624
Green Storm S. Poorun 458 19.04 New
Liberal Democrats Ron Halden 224 8.21   4.40
Liberal Democrats Mark J. Valladeres 171
Registered electors 5,893   418
Turnout 2,376 40.32   6.99
Rejected ballots 4 0.17   0.33
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Giles

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St Giles (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephanie E. Elsy[n 14] 1,288 53.80  14.07
Labour Anthony G. Ritchie* 1,251
Labour Dora Dixon-Fyle 1,216
Liberal Democrats Stuart Carr 365 14.96   5.61
Liberal Democrats Alison Farrow 344
Green Glynis Bell 336 14.44 New
Liberal Democrats Samantha L. C. McDonough 335
Conservative Tania A. T. B. Brisby 236 8.90   2.66
Conservative Jeremy J. Hart 203
Socialist Labour Eileen Miles 184 7.91 New
Conservative Margaret Fordham 182
Registered electors 7,590  1,328
Turnout 2,210 29.12   0.33
Rejected ballots 19 0.86   0.36
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

The Lane

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The Lane (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert J. Cornall 842 46.80   3.76
Labour Aubyn StJ. Graham[n 15] 756
Liberal Democrats Colin A. Hunte 706 40.32  10.75
Liberal Democrats Krishnaveni Brown 671
Conservative George A. Humphreys 118 6.44   0.56
Green Roxana Rizvi 110 6.44 New
Conservative Anthony M. Kimm 102
Registered electors 5,067   659
Turnout 1,829 36.10   7.26
Rejected ballots 12 0.66   0.42
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Waverley

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Waverley (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael S. Barnard*[n 16] 1,006 62.91  10.52
Labour Vivienne Todd 897
Liberal Democrats Karnagie Ayling 266 16.76  22.64
Liberal Democrats Rita J. Perrett-Hodson 241
Conservative Lilian J. Dawson 182 11.80   3.59
Conservative Rebecca M. Humphreys 175
Green Jason H. Evers 129 8.53 New
Registered electors 4,708   761
Turnout 1,565 33.24  10.08
Rejected ballots 5 0.32   0.31
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

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  1. ^ Manchester was a sitting councillor representing the Riverside ward
  2. ^ Latham was a sitting councillor representing the Bellenden ward
  3. ^ Healtey replaced Cllr. Mike Lee after his resignation in 1995[4]
  4. ^ Wingfield was a sitting councillor representing the Newington ward
  5. ^ Livingstone was a sitting councillo representing the Chaucer ward. Livingstone had previously replaced Cllr. Robert A. Bayne after his resignation in 1995[4]
  6. ^ Gibson was a sitting councillor representing the Waverley
  7. ^ Canagasabey was a sitting councillor representing the Alleyn ward
  8. ^ Worsley was a sitting councillor representing the Bellenden ward
  9. ^ Hargrove replaced Cllr. Sonya J. H. Murison after her resignation in 1995[4]
  10. ^ Pemberton was a sitting councillor representing the Rotherhithe ward. He was elected as a Liberal Democrat at the last election
  11. ^ Skelly was a sitting councillor representing the St Giles ward
  12. ^ McCarthy was elected as a Labour councillor at the last election and has since switched parties
  13. ^ Baar was a sitting councillor representing the Dockyard ward
  14. ^ Elsy was a sitting councillor representing the Barset ward. Elsy was elected to that seat to replaced Cllr. Svetlana Kirov after her resignation in 1995[4]
  15. ^ Graham was a sitting councillor representing the Lyndhurst ward
  16. ^ Barnard replaced Cllr. Fyscene Sheilds after they resigned in 1997[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - Including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 214. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 153–156, 212, 214–215. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Southwark Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - By-elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 157. Retrieved 22 November 2024.