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1998 Redbridge London Borough Council election
← 1994 7 May 1998 (1998-05-07) 2002 →
All 62 seats up for election to Redbridge London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
Registered173,873
Turnout62,050, 35.69% (Decrease 13.62)
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Elizabeth A. Pearce Unknown Unknown
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 1994 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Seven Kings Unknown Unknown
Last election 29 seats, 39.41% 24 seats, 38.48% 9 seats, 21.75%
Seats won 30 23 9
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 69,979 65,574 33,457
Percentage 41.21% 38.62% 19.71%
Swing Increase 1.80 Increase 0.14 Decrease 2.04
Council control before election


No Overall Control

Council control after election


No Overall Control

1998 local election in England, UK

The 1998 Redbridge Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Redbridge London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed in no overall control.

Background

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Election result

1998 Redbridge London Borough Council local elections
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 30 3 2 Increase 1 48.39 41.21 69,979 Increase 1.80
  Conservative 23 2 3 Decrease 1 37.10 38.62 65,574 Increase 0.14
  Liberal Democrats 9 0 0 Steady 14.51 19.71 33,457 Decrease 2.04
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.25 429 Decrease 0.01
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.11 183 New
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.10 173 New
Total 62 169,795

Ward results

(*) - indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Aldborough

Aldborough (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John P. Coombes* 1,453 55.48 Increase 8.95
Labour Desmon M. Thuriby* 1,346
Labour Kenneth M. Turner* 1,285
Conservative Vanessa C. Cole 927 37.24 Decrease 4.39
Conservative William G. McIntyre 914
Conservative Faith P. Watts 900
Liberal Democrats John O. Barmby 196 7.28 Decrease 4.56
Liberal Democrats Michael Dommett 170
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth A. Yeoman 170
Registered electors 6,720 Increase 79
Turnout 2,652 39.46 Decrease12.88
Rejected ballots 12 0.45 Increase 0.36
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Barkingside

Barkingside (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith E. Axon* 1,636 47.24 Increase 0.46
Conservative Graham F. Borrott* 1,629
Conservative Roy W. Brunnen* 1,592
Labour Norman A. Hilton 1,548 43.91 Increase 7.00
Labour Raj K. Chanan 1,494
Labour Edward G. Skelton 1,472
Liberal Democrats Valerie M. Taylor 306 8.85 Decrease 7.46
Liberal Democrats Anne J. Peterson 305
Liberal Democrats Albert Williamson 299
Registered electors 9,828 Increase 366
Turnout 3,666 37.30 Decrease 8.55
Rejected ballots 14 0.38 Increase 0.29
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bridge

Bridge (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Lawrence* 1,463 45.34 Increase 3.23
Conservative Claire Cooper 1,382
Conservative Morris Hickey* 1,360
Labour Barbara J. Cohen 1,241 37.94 Decrease 3.25
Labour Maureen E. Lambert 1,212
Labour Mohammed I. Sheikh 1,066
Liberal Democrats Colin D. Daren 357 11.13 Decrease 5.57
Liberal Democrats Madeline M. Sinclair 341
Liberal Democrats Nicolette A. Pashby 331
Socialist Labour Nicola J. Hoarau 173 5.59 New
Registered electors 9,389 Increase1,010
Turnout 3,284 34.98 Decrease14.32
Rejected ballots 13 0.40 Increase 0.28
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Chadwell

Chadwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gary P. Staight* 2,304 62.65 Increase15.
Liberal Democrats John Tyne 2,050
Liberal Democrats Ralph J. Scott* 2,048
Labour Andrew J. Walker 746 18.27 Decrease 4.64
Conservative Beatrice B. Corfield 722 19.07 Decrease10.85
Conservative Stewart Spivack 636
Conservative Maria I. Mbonye 591
Labour Ranjit S. Mudhar 561
Labour Bharat Pathak 560
Registered electors 9,696 Increase 629
Turnout 3,704 38.20 Decrease16.91
Rejected ballots 7 0.19 Increase 0.11
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Church End

Church End (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard H. Hoskins* 1,836 63.60 Increase 3.45
Liberal Democrats Hugh R. Cleaver* 1,810
Liberal Democrats Maureen J. Hoskins* 1,763
Conservative Christopher M. G. Cummins 677 23.05 Decrease 3.70
Conservative Joy Debenham-Burton 673
Conservative John B. M. Steinberg 610
Labour David J. Pearce 412 13.35 Increase 0.25
Labour John A. Ubsdell 370
Labour Saied Siddiqi 353
Registered electors 7,978 Increase 487
Turnout 3,025 37.92 Decrease14.33
Rejected ballots 16 0.53 Increase 0.40
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Clayhall

Clayhall (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan E. Weinberg* 1,639 54.69 Increase 0.74
Conservative Ronald I. Barden* 1,612
Conservative John R. Lovell* 1,564
Labour Sylvia A. Crockford 1,111 35.97 Increase 3.19
Labour Mary E. Tuffin 1,050
Labour Hafiz Majid 1,006
Liberal Democrats Barbara Robertson 311 9.34 Decrease 3.93
Liberal Democrats Alison E. McBrayne 261
Liberal Democrats Valmar Stevens 250
Registered electors 10,059 Increase 504
Turnout 3,163 31.44 Decrease15.85
Rejected ballots 14 0.44 Increase 0.20
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Clementswood

Clementswood (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Falz A. Noor* 1,463 53.20 Decrease 6.44
Labour Simon Green* 1,438
Labour Peter J. Laugharne* 1,310
Conservative Surendra Patel 996 33.35 Increase 4.80
Conservative Mohammed A. Inayat 888
Conservative Satish C. Gautum 756
Liberal Democrats John M. Collis 401 13.45 Increase 1.64
Liberal Democrats Leslie P. Hutchines 334
Liberal Democrats Helen F. Glanfield 330
Registered electors 8,638 Increase 772
Turnout 3,022 34.98 Decrease11.18
Rejected ballots 22 0.73 Increase 0.65
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Cranbrook

Cranbrook (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Elliman* 1,521 47.58 Increase 4.97
Conservative Glenn C. Corfield 1,421
Conservative Asaf B. Mirza* 1,421
Labour Michael Fitzmaurice 1,346 42.90 Increase 2.27
Labour Munawar Hussain 1,316
Labour Gary D. Scottow 1,272
Liberal Democrats Saroj C. Sharma 304 9.52 Decrease 7.94
Liberal Democrats Stephen H. Simons 298
Liberal Democrats Rochelle L. Markovitch 271
Registered electors 8,222 Increase 469
Turnout 3,362 40.89 Decrease15.40
Rejected ballots 19 0.57 Increase 0.46
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Fairlop

Fairlop (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joyce E. Ryan* 1,385 46.16 Increase 4.45
Labour Royston F. Emmett 1,307 44.88 Increase 4.20
Conservative Lee Scott 1,280
Labour Ronald W. Wyatt 1,270
Conservative Robert A. Cole 1,265
Labour Mary T. Lambert* 1,244
Liberal Democrats Graham A. Harvey 317 8.95 Decrease 8.66
Liberal Democrats Peter W. Briggs 226
Liberal Democrats Joan E. Moody 219
Registered electors 8,292 Increase 31
Turnout 3,005 36.24 Decrease11.72
Rejected ballots 12 0.40 Increase 0.37
Conservative hold
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Fullwell

Fullwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold W. Moth 1,358 51.51 Increase 1.67
Conservative Laurence N. Davies 1,333
Conservative Alan T. Hughes* 1,320
Labour Jeffrey Fox 889 30.59 Decrease 4.12
Labour Joseph Hoedemaker 809
Labour Kamal Qureshi 684
Liberal Democrats Janice E. Cudmore 489 17.90 Increase 2.45
Liberal Democrats Andrew P. Martin 460
Liberal Democrats Dominic J. D. Black 445
Registered electors 8,666 Increase 134
Turnout 2,836 32.73 Decrease10.93
Rejected ballots 19 0.67 Increase 0.59
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Goodmayes

Goodmayes (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sidney Middleburgh* 643 52.38 Increase 6.29
Labour David A. Radford 588
Conservative Keith R. Langford 369 29.49 Decrease 5.25
Conservative Shahlab Baig 324
Liberal Democrats Frank A. S. Marsh 233 18.13 Increase 7.11
Liberal Democrats Narendra Dattani 193
Registered electors 3,949 Increase 491
Turnout 1,284 32.51 Decrease20.93
Rejected ballots 13 1.01 Increase 0.90
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hainault

Hainault (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John W. Fairley-Churchill* 1,070 59.62 Increase 2.20
Labour Richard W. Newcombe* 1,056
Labour Edmund R. B. Peake* 1,039
Conservative Sheila M. Moth 530 29.33 Increase 1.24
Conservative Sonia J. Macdonald 525
Conservative Barbara M. Wilson 502
Liberal Democrats Kathleen M. Black 221 11.06 Decrease 3.42
Liberal Democrats Robert J. Wright 192
Liberal Democrats Peter L. Prager 174
Registered electors 7,003 Decrease 12
Turnout 1,892 27.02 Decrease18.64
Rejected ballots 8 0.42 Increase 0.30
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Loxford

Loxford (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Muhammed Javed* 1,655 53.97 Decrease15.34
Labour Sharon Speller 1,417
Labour Faredoon K. Maravala* 1,296
Conservative Mohammed Zamir 832 24.02 Increase 4.66
Conservative Pakizah B. Baig 627
Conservative Alexei M. Hindoian 485
Independent Sayeed Akhtar 329 12.19 New
Liberal Democrats Peter R. Clack 309 9.82 Decrease 1.51
Liberal Democrats Leslie M. Everest 270
Liberal Democrats Jitendra K. Sahgal 216
Registered electors 9,565 Increase1,383
Turnout 2,896 30.28 Decrease14.37
Rejected ballots 33 1.14 Increase 0.87
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Mayfield

Mayfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lesley R. Hilton* 1,567 54.44 Increase 3.93
Labour Reginald Golding 1,547
Labour Ayodhiya Parkash 1,528
Conservative David R. Clarke 1,225 36.85 Increase 2.11
Conservative Arthur L. G. Leggatt 1,011
Conservative Mohammed A. Shaikh 906
Liberal Democrats Eric N. G. Papworth 314 8.71 Decrease 6.04
Liberal Democrats Edwin D. Potkins 216
Liberal Democrats Richard S. Torney 213
Registered electors 9,271 Increase 739
Turnout 3,203 34.55 Decrease15.60
Rejected ballots 12 0.37 Increase 0.21
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Monkhams

Monkhams (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda A. Huggett 1,795 62.26 Increase 1.08
Conservative Michael J. Stark* 1,795
Conservative James P. O'Shea 1,789
Liberal Democrats Michael J. McElarney 626 20.43 Decrease 2.54
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey M. Seeff 589
Liberal Democrats Percy W. C. Lomax 550
Labour Daniel J. Douglas 519 17.31 Increase 1.46
Labour Nicholas W. Hayes 514
Labour Georgina J. Lynch 463
Registered electors 8,213 Increase 563
Turnout 3,035 36.95 Decrease 9.95
Rejected ballots 11 0.36 Increase 0.14
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Newbury

Newbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gayle E. Evans 1,744 62.95 Increase10.67
Labour Greer C. Nicholson* 1,704
Labour Dev R. Sharma* 1,688
Conservative Darshan K. Sharma 746 26.29 Decrease10.71
Conservative Mohammad Bashir 713
Conservative Shatrugham S. Parmar 686
Liberal Democrats Amelia M. Olive 377 10.76 Increase 0.04
Liberal Democrats Walter L. Staight 276
Liberal Democrats Deanna Seef 225
Registered electors 8,518 Increase 535
Turnout 3,032 35.60 Decrease17.38
Rejected ballots 37 1.22 Increase 0.98
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Roding

Roding (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian G. Bond* 1,776 51.70 Decrease 4.78
Liberal Democrats Felicity A. Banks 1,721
Liberal Democrats Anthony G. Boyland 1,664
Conservative Anthony J. Loffhagen 964 28.05 Decrease 2.28
Conservative Paul J. Chapman 951
Conservative Fatema P. Hussain 885
Labour Henry J. Garratt 582 17.24 Increase 4.68
Labour John G. Cullen 574
Labour Martin D. Chew 565
Independent Martin Levin 100 3.01 New
Registered electors 8,682 Increase 572
Turnout 3,444 39.67 Decrease13.67
Rejected ballots 10 0.29 Increase 0.04
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Seven Kings

Seven Kings (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth A. Pearce* 1,343 52.77 Decrease 3.23
Labour Maganbhai G. Patel* 1,317
Labour Robert C. Littlewood* 1,245
Conservative Rajinder S. Athwal 969 36.76 Increase 5.12
Conservative Ashok Kumar 908
Conservative Beryl F. Waghorn 843
Liberal Democrats Ian H. Ward 314 10.47 Decrease 1.89
Liberal Democrats Francis M. Macdonald 276
Liberal Democrats Dawood Dhooma 185
Registered electors 7,838 Increase 239
Turnout 2,762 35.24 Decrease 9.15
Rejected ballots 18 0.65 Increase 0.41
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Snaresbrook

Snaresbrook (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gregor J. Eglin 1,492 44.71 Increase 3.02
Conservative Peter R. Goody* 1,411 44.37 Decrease 0.69
Conservative Suzanne M. Nolan 1,366
Labour Lucille Manning 1,354
Conservative Anthony Lenaghan 1,335
Labour Samuel D. Morgan 1,298
Liberal Democrats William C. Madge 353 10.92 Decrease 2.33
Liberal Democrats Ralph N. Stevens 337
Liberal Democrats John P. Swallow 322
Registered electors 7,928 Increase 640
Turnout 3,248 40.97 Decrease10.39
Rejected ballots 4 0.12 Increase 0.09
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Valentines

Valentines (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John D. Brindley* 1,198 51.52 Increase10.69
Labour Elaine Norman* 1,071
Labour Virendra K. Tewari* 1,011
Conservative Stephanie Burtt 629 27.47 Decrease 0.91
Conservative Shaheen Yasin 576
Conservative Tarlochan Sian 544
Liberal Democrats George G. Hogarth 321 12.39 Decrease 1.45
Liberal Democrats Allan M. Wright 236
Liberal Democrats Susan D. Hamlyn 232
Green Brian J. Curtis 183 8.62 New
Registered electors 7,560 Increase 596
Turnout 2,197 29.06 Decrease19.83
Rejected ballots 10 0.46 Increase 0.34
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Wanstead

Wanstead (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon T. George 1,461 45.08 Increase 9.19
Labour Jeffery Edelman 1,450
Conservative Allan C. Burgess* 1,413 40.90 Decrease 1.33
Labour Allan W. Tuffin 1,346
Conservative Thomas C. W. Howl* 1,232
Conservative Michael J. Borrott* 1,217
Liberal Democrats Janet M. Cornish 536 14.02 Decrease 7.86
Liberal Democrats Pamela A. Winborne 419
Liberal Democrats James M. Swallow 369
Registered electors 7,858 Increase 269
Turnout 3,338 42.48 Decrease 8.44
Rejected ballots 10 0.30 Decrease 0.11
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Notes

  1. Coombes replaced Cllr Raymond A. Ward after his resignation in 1994
  2. Borrott replaced Cllr. Thomas F. Cobb after her resignation in 1996
  3. Hilton was a sitting councillor representing the Newbury ward
  4. Emmett was a sitting councillor representing the Loxford ward
  5. Lanford was a sitting councillor representing the Cranbrook ward
  6. Newcombe replaced Cllr. Linda Perham after her resignation in 1997
  7. Golding was a sitting councillor representing the Goodmayes ward
  8. Nicolson replaced Cllr. Brian R. Myers after his death in 1996
  9. Littlewood replaced Cllr. David A. Masters after his resignation in 1996

References

  1. ^ 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. 212. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  2. "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. ^ 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. 142–144, 212–213. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  4. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Redbridge Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  5. ^ 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. 145. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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