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The 1998 Election to Waltham Forest Council, a borough in London. England was held in May 1998. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 1994 election.
Waltham Forest local elections are held every four years, with the next due and held in 2002. The Labour Party won majority control of the council.
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 30 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 52.63 | 43.08 | 60,808 | 4.29 | |
Conservative | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.32 | 23.36 | 32,979 | 4.71 | |
Liberal Democrats | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21.05 | 31.31 | 44,195 | 0.68 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.70 | 2,408 | 0.63 | ||
Ind. Residents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 267 | New | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 197 | New | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 171 | 0.43 | ||
Socialist (GB) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 135 | New | ||
Total | 57 | 141,160 |
Ward results
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
Cann Hall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Clyde Kitson* | 1,741 | 64.26 | 10.37 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith A. Rayner* | 1,652 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth J. Phillips* | 1,651 | |||
Labour | Jahungir Khan | 855 | 31.81 | 9.02 | |
Labour | Ian Leslie | 847 | |||
Labour | John J. Walsh | 795 | |||
Conservative | Mary Neilson-Hansen | 114 | 3.93 | 1.35 | |
Conservative | Adrian Fannon | 98 | |||
Conservative | David W. J. Hemsted | 96 | |||
Registered electors | 7,538 | 287 | |||
Turnout | 2,847 | 37.77 | 12.13 | ||
Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.63 | 0.55 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Cathall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Milton Martin | 1,143 | 62.17 | 3.49 | |
Labour | Shameem K. A. Highfield | 1,086 | |||
Labour | Terence V. Wheeler* | 1,071 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Abdul K. Mian | 321 | 17.46 | 1.70 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark B. Southall | 318 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Angela J. Wait | 288 | |||
Green | Stephen J. Clough | 193 | 10.91 | New | |
Conservative | Roger W. Hemsted | 175 | 9.46 | 0.98 | |
Conservative | Margery Williams | 165 | |||
Conservative | Edward H. Robinson | 162 | |||
Registered electors | 7,412 | 754 | |||
Turnout | 1,818 | 24.53 | 12.13 | ||
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.55 | 0.25 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Chapel End
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Patricia A. Atherton* | 1,402 | 47.68 | 4.73 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert D. Belam* | 1,395 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Graham A. Woolnough* | 1,354 | |||
Labour | Jack Kaye | 949 | 30.14 | 4.01 | |
Labour | Richard C. Sweden | 855 | |||
Labour | Mahesh Laheru | 820 | |||
Conservative | Christopher A. McMurray | 504 | 18.21 | 1.86 | |
Conservative | Eric V. Edis | 502 | |||
Conservative | Richard Y. McCauley | 502 | |||
BNP | Alan Gould | 141 | 5.11 | New | |
Registered electors | 7,825 | 92 | |||
Turnout | 3,003 | 38.38 | 11.80 | ||
Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.50 | 0.42 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Chingford Green
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael C. Fish* | 1,846 | 58.20 | 8.18 | |
Conservative | Derek B. Arnold* | 1,815 | |||
Conservative | Michael J. Lewis* | 1,721 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Henry A. Boyle | 719 | 21.56 | 7.48 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian A. Paterson | 677 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth J. Lee | 663 | 20.23 | 1.80 | |
Labour | Richard W. Davies | 618 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Mullington | 598 | |||
Labour | Rita O'Reilly | 590 | |||
Registered electors | 8,934 | 103 | |||
Turnout | 3,295 | 36.88 | 10.87 | ||
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.33 | 0.26 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Endlebury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter V. Herrington | 1,311 | 62.26 | 4.62 | |
Conservative | Mladen Jovcic* | 1,271 | |||
Labour | Stephen J. Pierpoint | 403 | 17.43 | 1.95 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathleen G. Mudie | 325 | 14.76 | 8.22 | |
Labour | Krit G. S. Serai | 320 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Monica Phemister | 287 | |||
Green | Joan Allen | 115 | 5.55 | New | |
Registered electors | 6,269 | 15 | |||
Turnout | 2,185 | 34.85 | 9.49 | ||
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.41 | 0.16 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Forest
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed F. Rahman* | 1,691 | 53.95 | 6.09 | |
Labour | Kabal S. Dhillon* | 1,479 | |||
Labour | Simon P. Tucker | 1,453 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Shafiq | 1,078 | 36.96 | 7.97 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patrick C. Smith | 1,066 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter A. Strachan | 1,023 | |||
Conservative | Thomas Kelly | 285 | 9.09 | 1.88 | |
Conservative | David Evans | 268 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas J. Purkis | 226 | |||
Registered electors | 7,752 | 151 | |||
Turnout | 3,025 | 39.02 | 11.53 | ||
Rejected ballots | 35 | 1.16 | 0.89 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Grove Green
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tarsem S. Bhogal* | 1,203 | 47.89 | 7.21 | |
Labour | Jane A. Duran | 1,133 | |||
Labour | Andrew J. Lock* | 1,108 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nazir A. Butt | 821 | 32.30 | 6.30 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohamed H. Bagas | 772 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jeniffer E. Sullivan | 730 | |||
Green | William J. Measure | 277 | 11.56 | 3.37 | |
Conservative | Rosemary A. Holman | 226 | 8.25 | 2.46 | |
Conservative | Barbara I. Martin | 193 | |||
Conservative | Pamela A. Jovcic | 173 | |||
Registered electors | 7,782 | 209 | |||
Turnout | 2,439 | 31.34 | 11.31 | ||
Rejected ballots | 31 | 1.27 | 1.09 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Hale End
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas A. Norman* | 850 | 37.18 | 0.14 | |
Conservative | Lesley A. Finlayson* | 833 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Joan M. Carder | 723 | 31.92 | 1.34 | |
Liberal Democrats | John D. Beanse | 722 | |||
Labour | Martin J. Dore | 597 | 26.09 | 1.39 | |
Labour | Jennifer A. Williams | 584 | |||
Green | Michael P. Farrell | 109 | 4.82 | 2.58 | |
Registered electors | 5,487 | 131 | |||
Turnout | 2,336 | 42.57 | 10.94 | ||
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.34 | 0.27 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Hatch Lane
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey A. Walker* | 1,297 | 43.73 | 4.68 | |
Conservative | Marion J. Fitzgerald | 1,287 | |||
Conservative | Laurie Braham* | 1,232 | |||
Labour | Stewart B. Blackledge | 1,121 | 37.06 | 8.13 | |
Labour | David G. Hayes | 1,072 | |||
Labour | Gerard A. Lyons | 1,041 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Frank Brown | 371 | 11.79 | 10.87 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet R. Hoskins | 341 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John G. Smith-Pryor | 317 | |||
Green | Robert F. Tatam | 216 | 7.43 | New | |
Registered electors | 8,253 | 38 | |||
Turnout | 2,946 | 35.70 | 8.70 | ||
Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.44 | 0.25 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
High Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liaquat Ali* | 1,402 | 47.68 | 6.34 | |
Labour | David M. S. Blunt | 1,351 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Wheatley | 1,321 | 42.91 | 12.45 | |
Labour | Aktar Beg* | 1,199 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mohammad S. Diwan | 1,144 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Franklyn E. Georges | 1.091 | |||
Conservative | Fiona J. Buchanan | 288 | 9.41 | 6.12 | |
Conservative | Robert J. Brock | 267 | |||
Conservative | Riaz A. Butt | 225 | |||
Registered electors | 7,974 | 124 | |||
Turnout | 3,086 | 38.70 | 6.08 | ||
Rejected ballots | 22 | 0.71 | 0.49 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
Higham Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert A. Carey* | 781 | 44.70 | 22.06 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter D. Woolcott | 679 | |||
Labour | Peter J. Barnett | 599 | 35.15 | 9.98 | |
Labour | Karen E. Dunphie | 549 | |||
Ind. Residents | David R. W. Bracegirdle | 152 | 8.18 | New | |
Conservative | Douglas Buchanan | 149 | 8.54 | 0.43 | |
Conservative | Philip M. Hallsworth | 130 | |||
Ind. Residents | Reginald F. Reed | 115 | |||
BNP | Terence R. Cooper | 56 | 3.43 | New | |
Registered electors | 4,882 | 156 | |||
Turnout | 1,756 | 35.97 | 14.59 | ||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.28 | 0.08 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Hoe Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sylvia A. Poulsen* | 1,504 | 51.33 | 1.18 | |
Labour | Eric G. Sizer* | 1,461 | |||
Labour | Mohammed N. Nasim* | 1,328 | |||
Conservative | Jenny Buzzard | 501 | 17.14 | 3.18 | |
Conservative | Paul J. Buzzard | 497 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia I. Wardell | 483 | 14.28 | 1.02 | |
Green | Stephen W. Lambert | 481 | 17.25 | 5.38 | |
Conservative | Khan Mehboob | 435 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Aslam | 366 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Liaquat Ali | 345 | |||
Registered electors | 9,001 | 245 | |||
Turnout | 2,803 | 31.14 | 12.87 | ||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.75 | 0.50 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Larkswood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John F. Walter* | 1,482 | 51.71 | 0.46 | |
Conservative | Michael Thompson* | 1,445 | |||
Conservative | Eric G. Williams* | 1,400 | |||
Labour | Carolyn M. Brown | 949 | 33.28 | 4.94 | |
Labour | David Evans | 930 | |||
Labour | Patricia A. Evans | 906 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Violet P. Wells | 445 | 15.01 | 5.40 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geraldine F. McElarney | 409 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Keith J. Wanden | 402 | |||
Registered electors | 10,086 | 245 | |||
Turnout | 3,048 | 30.22 | 12.60 | ||
Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.39 | 0.08 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Lea Bridge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anthony J. Buckley* | 1,226 | 54.63 | 8.23 | |
Labour | Sarah A. Buckley* | 1,206 | |||
Labour | Roberto Bruni | 1,062 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mehor Khan | 628 | 28.33 | 12.87 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kay-Lorraine Andrews | 607 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mashoodul F. Qureshi | 577 | |||
Conservative | Barbara E. Strank | 377 | 17.04 | 1.41 | |
Conservative | Susan F. Webb | 362 | |||
Conservative | John T. Strank | 351 | |||
Registered electors | 7,818 | 323 | |||
Turnout | 2,410 | 30.83 | 7.00 | ||
Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.83 | 0.51 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Leyton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert F. Sullivan* | 1,636 | 49.60 | 3.03 | |
Liberal Democrats | Loretta Hodges* | 1,615 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Charles H. Tuckey* | 1,549 | |||
Labour | Christopher A. Robbins | 1,306 | 39.58 | 7.78 | |
Labour | Paul E. Redcliffe | 1,272 | |||
Labour | Clive W. Morton | 1,253 | |||
Socialist (GB) | Louise H. Thompson | 135 | 4.18 | New | |
Green | David I. Smith | 117 | 3.63 | New | |
Conservative | Geoffrey G. Carr | 105 | 3.01 | New | |
Conservative | Victor G. Thompson | 97 | |||
Conservative | Nicola J. Thompson | 89 | |||
Registered electors | 7,845 | 499 | |||
Turnout | 3,343 | 42.61 | 6.11 | ||
Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.48 | 0.18 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Leytonstone
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jennifer C. Gray* | 1,398 | 47.53 | 4.02 | |
Labour | Huw M. Morgan-Thomas* | 1,268 | |||
Labour | Clyde W. Loakes | 1,237 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John C. Howard | 808 | 29.11 | 4.28 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shahnaz S. Malik | 807 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Antony W. Gammage | 775 | |||
Green | Maureen C. C. Measure | 246 | 8.99 | 1.02 | |
Conservative | Amanda Comber | 235 | 8.12 | 5.49 | |
Conservative | Sylvia M. Herrington | 216 | |||
Conservative | Michael E. Williams | 216 | |||
Independent | Roderick M. Milroy | 171 | 6.25 | New | |
Registered electors | 7,531 | 723 | |||
Turnout | 2,643 | 35.09 | 7.77 | ||
Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.45 | 0.22 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Lloyd Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Evan M. Jones* | 1,149 | 58.38 | 8.57 | |
Labour | Martin J. O'Connor | 1,129 | |||
Labour | Narinder S. Matharoo* | 983 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stanley D. Forecast | 417 | 22.32 | 2.48 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter H. S. Hatton | 416 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Hopkins | 414 | |||
Conservative | Cuthbert Brewster | 371 | 19.30 | 0.10 | |
Conservative | Carolyn E. Edis | 360 | |||
Conservative | Andrew P. J. Hemsted | 347 | |||
Registered electors | 7,563 | 694 | |||
Turnout | 2,114 | 27.95 | 12.90 | ||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.99 | 0.84 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
St James Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Diana S. Murray* | 1,245 | 49.83 | 4.85 | |
Labour | Tahir Kamal | 1,162 | |||
Labour | Graham Smith | 1,153 | |||
Conservative | Ashgar Ali | 693 | 22.86 | 10.11 | |
Conservative | Christine L. Pollinger | 470 | |||
Conservative | David H. Webb | 470 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Yousaff Khan | 452 | 15.05 | 3.29 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Younis | 351 | |||
Green | Thomas Ruxton | 292 | 12.26 | 4.30 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed S. Sheikh | 272 | |||
Registered electors | 9,392 | 327 | |||
Turnout | 2,539 | 27.03 | 11.83 | ||
Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.67 | 0.54 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John M. Gover* | 1,080 | 45.52 | 2.50 | |
Labour | Margaret L. Broadley | 1,022 | 41.62 | 13.40 | |
Conservative | Jeremy R. Evans* | 1,018 | |||
Conservative | Nial Finlayson* | 997 | |||
Labour | Michael P. Jeremiah | 917 | |||
Labour | Nicholas L. Russell | 891 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David A. Young | 325 | 12.85 | 8.47 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith A. Hardy | 286 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jane A. Croucher | 263 | |||
Registered electors | 8,254 | 141 | |||
Turnout | 2,453 | 29.72 | 8.67 | ||
Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.73 | 0.48 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Wood Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela M. Bean* | 1,522 | 41.15 | 0.59 | |
Labour | Chris Dunn | 1,367 | |||
Labour | Peter J. Dawe | 1,365 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter L. Leighton* | 1,316 | 37.14 | 8.48 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert S. Meadowcroft | 1,275 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sean Meiszner* | 1,248 | |||
Conservative | Michael J. Caplan | 394 | 11.20 | 2.62 | |
Conservative | Tina McMurray | 389 | |||
Conservative | Jude T. Lobendham | 375 | |||
Green | Christine J. Olende | 362 | 10.51 | New | |
Registered electors | 8,588 | 192 | |||
Turnout | 3,315 | 38.60 | 11.19 | ||
Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.42 | 0.35 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
Notes
- Williams was a sitting councillor representing the High Street ward
- Wheatley was a sitting councillor representing the Higham Hill ward
- Redcliffe was a sitting councillor representing the Grove Green ward
- Bean replaced Cllr. Neal A. Chubb after his resignation in 1997
References
- ^ 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. 216. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ 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. 172–174, 216–217. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Waltham Forest Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - Including the Greater London Authority referendum results - By-election" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 174. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
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