1998 Harrow London Borough Council election

1998 local election in England

The 1998 Harrow Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Harrow London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council.

Background

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Election result

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Ward results

Canons

Canons
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Cowan	1,218	20.6
	Conservative	Janet Cowan	1,204	20.4
	Conservative	Richard Romain	1,131	19.1
	Labour	Charles Blake	580	9.8
	Labour	Benjamin Novick	575	9.7
	Labour	Kathleen Kurji	481	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Warshaw	257	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Sandford	237	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Natoo Bhana	210	3.5
Total votes			5,893	100
Turnout				32.7

Centenary

Centenary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mitzi Green	1,356	19.8
	Labour	Daniel Redford	1,312	19.2
	Labour	Keekira Thammaiah	1,269	18.5
	Conservative	Frank Budden	816	11.9
	Conservative	Manji Patel	781	11.4
	Conservative	Simon Pratt	697	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Oenone Cox	219	3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila O'Reilly	2.9	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Fierstone	180	2.6
Total votes			6,831	100
Turnout				37.0

Greenhill

Greenhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anastasia Attiki	937	13.9
	Labour	Howard Bluston	921	13.7
	Labour	Damian Krushner	856	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen de Beer	739	11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Nahid Boethe	685	10.2
	Conservative	Gary Hughes	685	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Budden	675	10.0
	Conservative	Henry Venour	601	8.9
	Conservative	Amrit Mediratta	594	8.8
Total votes			6,693	100
Turnout				38.4

Harrow on the Hill

Harrow on the Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eileen Kinnear	1,087	13.1
	Conservative	Clive Scowen	1,051	12.7
	Labour	Huw Davies	1,022	12.4
	Conservative	Mark Versallion	1,017	12.3
	Labour	Margaret Davine	992	12.0
	Labour	Chloe Smith	917	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Day	698	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Rogers	665	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Vipinparakash Varsani	627	7.6
	Green	Matthew Peace	161	1.9
Total votes			8,237	100
Turnout				38.6

Harrow Weald

Harrow Weald
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Lyne	1,067	15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Graham	1,019	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ahmed Marikar	870	12.4
	Labour	Colin Crouch	706	10.1
	Conservative	Richard Cowan	693	9.9
	Conservative	Gary Hunter	676	9.6
	Conservative	Brian Jones	670	9.5
	Labour	Michael Kinsey	653	9.3
	Labour	Patrick McManus	628	8.9
Total votes			6,982	100
Turnout				32.8

Hatch End

Hatch End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Adrian Knowles	1,417	18.9
	Conservative	Mary John	1,382	18.4
	Conservative	Jean Lammiman	1,342	17.9
	Labour	Susan Anderson	694	9.2
	Labour	John Solomon	660	8.8
	Labour	Patricia Skacel	594	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Jackson	520	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Zia Baig	441	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Salter	433	5.7
Total votes			7,483	100
Turnout				37.4

Headstone North

Headstone North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Seymour	1,218	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Lane	1,208	13.5
	Conservative	Eric Silver	1,195	13.4
	Conservative	Khalid Mahmood	1,171	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Sayer	1,166	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Skipworth	1,149	12.8
	Labour	Ernest Selby	618	6.9
	Labour	James Titmuss	600	6.7
	Labour	Sonalie Dharmarajah	591	6.6
Total votes			8,916	100
Turnout				40.7

Headstone South

Headstone South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Stephenson	1,324	17.3
	Labour	Gillian Travers	1,167	15.2
	Labour	Anne Whitehead	1,143	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Giles-Medhurst	922	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Clifford Thomas	870	11.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Branch	755	9.8
	Conservative	Stephen Hall	434	5.6
	Conservative	Theresa Hyde	402	5.2
	Conservative	Richard Booth	391	5.1
	Green	Justin Challener	244	3.1
Total votes			7,652	100
Turnout				39.8

Kenton East

Kenton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Navin Shah	1,404	22.0
	Labour	Albert Toms	1,308	20.5
	Labour	Archie Foulds	1,303	20.4
	Conservative	John Hall	507	7.9
	Conservative	Edmund Costelloe	424	6.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Lemon	411	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mahendra Patel	404	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Angell	335	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Jeffery	267	4.1
Total votes			6,363	100
Turnout				31.6

Kenton West

Kenton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Cyril Davies	1,268	16.8
	Labour	Raymond Frogley	1,210	16.0
	Labour	Sanjay Dighé	1,194	15.8
	Conservative	Joseph Grenfell	973	12.9
	Conservative	Mayur Bhatt	959	12.7
	Conservative	Jeremy Zeid	908	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Colledge	312	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Thorne	270	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald de Jayasinghe	239	3.1
	Independent	Akil Dhalla	190	2.5
Total votes			7,523	100
Turnout				35.1

Marlborough

Marlborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ann Groves	1,226	19.0
	Labour	Phillip O'Dell	1,131	17.5
	Labour	Margaret Sims	1,008	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Campbell	714	11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Campbell	662	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Baldev Sharma	653	10.1
	Conservative	Peter Hardy	5.7	5.6
	Conservative	Margaret Carr	360	5.5
	Conservative	Joyce Osborn	326	5.0
Total votes			6,448	100
Turnout				33.8

Pinner

Pinner
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mavis Champagnie	1,644	21.2
	Conservative	Andrew Olins	1,636	21.1
	Conservative	Anthony Cocksedge	1,595	20.6
	Labour	Jeffrey Gallant	633	8.1
	Labour	Timothy Oelman	616	7.9
	Labour	Michael Heavey	586	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Moss	374	4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Green	346	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Land	307	3.9
Total votes			7,737	100
Turnout				35.8

Pinner West

Pinner West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Mote	1,461	16.3
	Conservative	Graham Howard	1,434	16.0
	Conservative	John Nickolay	1,383	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Chamberlain	835	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Finch	816	9.1
	Labour	Joseph Lilley	795	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Walster	788	8.7
	Labour	Kenneth Moss	758	8.4
	Labour	Asoke Dutta	691	7.7
Total votes			8,961	100
Turnout				44.3

Rayners Lane

Rayners Lane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Noyce	1,443	17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Prakash Nandhra	1,226	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Alexander	1,199	14.7
	Conservative	Herbert Crossman	819	10.0
	Conservative	Raymond Arnold	775	9.5
	Conservative	Heather Murgett	762	9.3
	Labour	Rajeshri Shah	674	8.2
	Labour	Sean Jinks	673	8.2
	Labour	Namachivaya Idaikkadar	577	7.0
Total votes			8,148	100
Turnout				41.9

Ridgeway

Ridgeway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Gate	1,283	15.5
	Labour	Paul Fox	1,147	13.9
	Labour	Norman Stillerman	1,067	12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alanna Coombes	847	10.2
	Conservative	Leonard Harsant	824	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Tiley	819	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Adrien Smith	9.6	10.1
	Conservative	Paul Osborn	747	9.0
	Conservative	John Rennie	701	8.5
Total votes			8,226	100
Turnout				42.6

Roxbourne (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Roxeth (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Stanmore Park (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Stanmore South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Wealdstone (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Wemborough (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

References

"London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Canons" (PDF).
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Centenary" (PDF).
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Greenhill" (PDF).
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Harrow on the Hill" (PDF).
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Harrow Weald" (PDF).
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Hatch End" (PDF).
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Headstone North" (PDF).
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Headstone South" (PDF).
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Kenton East" (PDF).
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Kenton West" (PDF).
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Marlborough" (PDF).
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Pinner" (PDF).
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Pinner West" (PDF).
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Rayners Lane" (PDF).
"Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Ridgeway" (PDF).

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