1998 Barnet London Borough Council election

1998 Barnet London Borough Council election

←  1994 7 May 1998 (1998-05-07) 2002  →
All 60 seats to Barnet London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	225,836 [1]
Turnout	81,059, 35.89% ( 9.51) [1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Unknown Alan Williams Unknown Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since Unknown 1994 [n 1] Unknown Leader's seat Unknown Burnt Oak Unknown Last election 29 seats, 37.61% 25 seats, 41.07% 6 seats, 19.66% Seats before 27 24 6 Seats won 28 26 6 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 89,529 92,954 37,846 Percentage 39.77% 40.0% 16.81% Swing 2.16 0.31 2.85
Map of the results of the 1998 Barnet London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow..
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

The 1998 Barnet Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. ^[2]

Following the elections, the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition that had governed since 1994 continued in office. ^[3]

Background

In between the two elections there had been a total of four by-elections to replace councillors who had either died or resigned from their seat, however none of these by-elections resulted in the seat changing parties. ^[4] Just before the election there were a total of 3 vacancies that were too close to have a separate by-election, which meant that the council composition was as follows: ^[5]

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24	6	27	3
Labour	Lib Dem	Con	Vacant

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 35.9%.

1998 Barnet London Borough Council elections ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28	1	2	1	46.67	39.77	89,529	2.16
	Labour	26	2	1	1	43.33	41.29	92,954	0.31
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	0		10.00	16.81	37,846	2.85
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	2.11	4,747	0.65
	Natural Law	0	0	0		0.00	0.02	41	0.03
Total		60						225,117

After this election, the composition of the council was as follows:

↓

28	6	26
Labour	Lib Dem	Con

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Arkley

Arkley (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anita Campbell*	2,288	46.66	3.28
	Labour	Pamela Coleman*	2,075
	Labour	Pauline Coakley-Webb	2,072
	Conservative	Mark Johnson	1,907	39.35	5.95
	Conservative	Andrew Knight	1,795
	Conservative	Tony Mirza	1,724
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Godman	470	9.94	6.72
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Sullivan	460
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cole	441
	Green	Aniel Paranjpe	186	4.05	New
Registered electors			12,081		425
Turnout			4,754	39.35	9.97
Rejected ballots			12	0.25	0.08
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey Cooke	1,826	44.99	8.23
	Conservative	Andreas Tambourides	1,781	44.92	0.59
	Conservative	Lynne Hillan	1,774
	Labour	Paul Rogers	1,700
	Labour	Michael Marshall	1,689
	Conservative	Arik Yacobi	1,653
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Finlayson	446	10.09	7.64
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Watkins	383
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Wicksteed	341
Registered electors			10,854		503
Turnout			4,164	38.36	4.47
Rejected ballots			11	0.26	0.10
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan Turner*	1,844	75.40	3.20
	Labour	Alan Williams*	1,830
	Labour	Linda McFadyen† [n 2]	1,615
	Conservative	Peter Edwards	430	15.15	1.82
	Conservative	Urmil Bhatt	317
	Conservative	Keith Dyall	316
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Packer	289	9.45	0.93
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Hatchett	215
	Liberal Democrats	Henryk Feszczur	159
Registered electors			9,685		233
Turnout			2,649	27.35	15.43
Rejected ballots			19	0.72	0.55
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Childs Hill

Childs Hill (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Cohen*	1,422	43.13	8.21
	Liberal Democrats	Monroe Palmer	1,407
	Liberal Democrats	Susette Palmer*	1,380
	Labour	Lorna Noble	1,047	30.90	10.85
	Labour	Clare Fitzpatrick	1,015
	Labour	Keith Priddle	953
	Conservative	Jonathan Miller	872	25.97	2.64
	Conservative	Peter Sugarman	872
	Conservative	Marc Shaw	790
Registered electors			9,709		907
Turnout			3,461	35.65	8.49
Rejected ballots			22	0.64	0.41
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Colindale

Colindale (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danish Chopra* [n 3]	1,715	62.71	2.05
	Labour	Gillian Sargeant*	1,589
	Labour	Nathaniel Rudolf	1,464
	Conservative	Robert Linton	485	18.07	0.06
	Conservative	Kirit Patel	452
	Conservative	Yvonne Prentice	437
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Roycroft	337	12.94	2.81
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Patton	332
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Roberts	315
	Green	Ketan Majmudar	159	6.27	0.72
Registered electors			12,110		1,774
Turnout			2,799	23.11	16.62
Rejected ballots			13	0.46	0.24
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

East Barnet

East Barnet (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Jarvis*	2,041	43.44	0.56
	Labour	Usha Chopra*	1,962
	Conservative	Olwen Evans	1,942	42.06	6.02
	Conservative	Zoe Ford	1,914
	Labour	Brenda Sandford	1,914
	Conservative	James Hawthorn	1,873
	Liberal Democrats	David Keech	432	8.86	11.10
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Wardle	423
	Liberal Democrats	Renee Wheeler	351
	Green	Raymond White	256	5.64	New
Registered electors			11,427		297
Turnout			4,657	40.75	7.52
Rejected ballots			13	0.27	0.18
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

East Finchley

East Finchley (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Gordon*	2,750	62.10	3.46
	Labour	Alison Moore	2,547
	Labour	Philip Yeoman	2,529
	Conservative	Barry Neville	850	19.50	0.76
	Conservative	Mike Freer	822
	Conservative	Graham Old	786
	Green	Noel Lynch	577	9.28	1.74
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Arram	458	9.13	0.95
	Liberal Democrats	Elinor Edwards	358
	Green	Sally Rose	355
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Darrer	334
	Green	Denis Vigay	237
Registered electors			11,698		672
Turnout			4,542	38.83	12.04
Rejected ballots			26	0.57	0.46
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Edgware

Edgware (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Spencer* [n 4]	1,642	49.87	1.13
	Conservative	Malcolm Lester*	1,592
	Conservative	Joan Scannell*	1,532
	Labour	Maree Glass	1,206	36.35	2.71
	Labour	Harold Waterman	1,148
	Labour	Alan Sloam	1,120
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Farbey	324	9.35	8.27
	Liberal Democrats	June Burton	323
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Iwi	247
	Green	Jonathan Mulberg	141	4.43	New
Registered electors			11,692		547
Turnout			3,382	28.93	10.50
Rejected ballots			35	1.03	0.85
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Finchley

Finchley (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eva Greenspan*	1,973	46.03	2.66
	Conservative	Leslie Sussman*	1,882
	Conservative	Barbara Langstone*	1,829
	Labour	Clare Furniss	1,523	35.55	5.43
	Labour	Ilan Jacobs	1,441
	Labour	Mary McGuirk	1,425
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Davis	501	9.55	5.75
	Green	Ashley Gunstock	365	8.87	2.98
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Druiff	346
	Liberal Democrats	Millicent Watkins	332
Registered electors			10,572		701
Turnout			4,105	38.83	7.57
Rejected ballots			18	0.44	0.09
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Friern Barnet

Friern Barnet (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Chapman	2,107	49.73	3.02
	Conservative	Brian Salinger*	1,966
	Conservative	John Tiplady*	1,924
	Labour	Ross Houston	1,407	33.90	2.75
	Labour	Timothy Roberts	1,372
	Labour	Dilip Mitra	1,310
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Ferguson	446	10.45	6.20
	Liberal Democrats	Tanya Jordan	426
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Wicksteed	388
	Green	Miranda Dunn	238	5.92	New
Registered electors			11,232		560
Turnout			4,153	36.97	9.91
Rejected ballots			12	0.29	0.13
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Marshall	2,649	53.77	10.25
	Conservative	Peter Skolar	2,073
	Conservative	Yasman Naghar	2,024
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Harris	1,312	28.76	11.20
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Hajioff	1,229
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Deller	1,068
	Labour	Carol Kohli	531	11.35	5.17
	Labour	Anthony Hulstrom	450
	Labour	Polly Napper	443
	Green	Louise Gunstock	256	6.12	New
Registered electors			10,265		510
Turnout			4,314	42.03	0.22
Rejected ballots			23	0.53	0.19
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Golders Green

Golders Green (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvin Cohen*	1,946	49.33	8.78
	Conservative	Abraham Dunner	1,946
	Conservative	Christopher Harris	1,762
	Labour	David Robinson	1,617	41.26	11.40
	Labour	Alan Schneiderman	1,579
	Labour	Matthew Staples	1,533
	Liberal Democrats	Olive Ellner	397	9.41	17.29
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lusher	344
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Kovar	338
Registered electors			10,783		908
Turnout			4,139	38.38	3.87
Rejected ballots			23	0.56	0.22
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hadley

Hadley (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Katia David	2,674	46.80	12.75
	Conservative	Hazel Mammatt*	2,654
	Conservative	Kantilal Patel*	2,456
	Labour	Michael Campbell	1,984	33.19	4.14
	Labour	Marianne Haylett	1,791
	Labour	Lawrence Williams	1,746
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Marsh	785	12.65	8.85
	Liberal Democrats	David Nowell	725
	Liberal Democrats	Brigid Povah	594
	Green	Timothy Riley	408	7.36	1.90
Registered electors			14,209		613
Turnout			5,611	39.49	6.83
Rejected ballots			33	0.59	0.51
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hale

Hale (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Blomer	1,523	44.03	3.96
	Labour	Ruth Nyman	1,498
	Conservative	Brian Gordon	1,393	38.49	4.09
	Labour	Julian Stern	1,379
	Conservative	Michael Slipman	1,253
	Conservative	Prafulla Patel	1,201
	Liberal Democrats	James Creighton	658	17.48	0.13
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Jacobs	557
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Pattison	532
Registered electors			10,489		668
Turnout			3,655	34.85	12.35
Rejected ballots			28	0.77	0.62
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Hendon

Hendon (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Finn*	1,487	37.08	6.29
	Conservative	Maureen Braun	1,349
	Conservative	Andrew Sherling* [n 5]	1,293
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Palin	1,226	30.24	11.99
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Davies† [n 6]	1,164
	Labour	Aubrey Ross	1,105	27.29	3.61
	Labour	Francis Deutsch	1,022
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Hooker	977
	Labour	Margaret Onokah	912
	Green	Georgia Theodorou	200	5.39	2.09
Registered electors			12,279		1,096
Turnout			3,867	31.49	8.58
Rejected ballots			10	0.26	0.52
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Mill Hill

Mill Hill (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Casey*	2,469	56.81	16.29
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Axworthy	2,348
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Davies*	2,339
	Conservative	Mary Gallagher	1,083	25.21	13.79
	Conservative	Richard Martyn	1,053
	Conservative	Leslie Pym† [n 7]	1,040
	Labour	William Parnaby	652	14.36	6.12
	Labour	Pijushkanti Bhattacharyya	622
	Labour	Mohan Samarasinhe	535
	Green	Gillian Dunne	152	3.62	New
Registered electors			11,545		828
Turnout			4,289	37.15	7.18
Rejected ballots			9	0.21	0.08
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

St Paul's

St Paul's (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kitty Lyons*	2,332	51.87	5.90
	Labour	Katherine McGuirk*	2,214
	Labour	James Tierney*	2,182
	Conservative	Mary Phillips	1,427	31.57	7.99
	Conservative	Ida Westbrook	1,359
	Conservative	Jonathan Shrank	1,308
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Beales	421	8.63	0.56
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh L'Estrange	362
	Green	Edelgard Vaswani	343	7.93	2.64
	Liberal Democrats	lngeborg Graber	336
Registered electors			10,732		590
Turnout			4,423	41.21	14.69
Rejected ballots			18	0.41	0.27
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Totteridge

Totteridge (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victor Lyon*	2,472	54.94	7.25
	Conservative	Brian Coleman	2,457
	Conservative	Kevin Edson*	2,415
	Labour	Katherine Rounce	1,273	27.60	3.72
	Labour	Michael O'Donnell	1,246
	Labour	Victoria Spawls	1,171
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Brewer	518	10.53	7.88
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Wildsmith	450
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Jordan	439
	Green	Joy Boustred	268	6.01	New
	Natural Law	Diane Derksen	41	0.92	1.66
Registered electors			11,628		536
Turnout			4,483	38.55	4.99
Rejected ballots			18	0.40	0.15
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

West Hendon

West Hendon (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Agnes Slocombe*	1,408	47.98	4.82
	Labour	Arun Ghosh	1,407
	Labour	Ansuya Sodha	1,215
	Conservative	James Fluss	979	34.66	7.61
	Conservative	Angela Shine	978
	Conservative	Rene Braun	954
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Coward	344	11.25	1.71
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Dodd	302
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Rodwell	299
	Green	Christine Antoniou	171	6.11	1.06
Registered electors			10,707		569
Turnout			3,057	28.55	10.55
Rejected ballots			23	0.75	0.25
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Woodhouse

Woodhouse (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Cross*	2,521	53.87	1.07
	Labour	Beverley Pearce	2,358
	Labour	Barry Rawlings	2,288
	Conservative	Mary Russell	1,236	27.10	9.07
	Conservative	Roy Treeby	1,209
	Conservative	Peter Yallouros	1,160
	Green	Solomon Natelson	435	9.81	New
	Liberal Democrats	David Ive	413	9.22	1.81
	Liberal Democrats	Barrie Manson	407
	Liberal Democrats	Joy Manson	407
Registered electors			12,139		208
Turnout			4,555	37.52	15.43
Rejected ballots			23	0.50	0.22
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Notes

1. As leader of the council, unknown when he became the leader of the Labour Group
2. McFadyen was a sitting councillor representing the Arkley ward
3. Chopra was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Thomas Mckendry in 1996, a councillor who had also been elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Ellis Hillman a few months earlier ^[4]
4. Spencer was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Julian Czarny in 1996 ^[4]
5. Cllr Sherling was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Edward Bunn in 1996 ^[4]
6. Davies was a sitting councillor representing the Childs Hill ward
7. Pym was a sitting councillor representing the Hale ward

References

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2. "Local Elections results". The Times . 9 May 1998. p. 46.
3. Mason, Rowena; Stewart, Heather (30 April 2022). "Rebel Tory MPs fear Boris Johnson could trigger autumn general election". The Guardian . London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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5. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Changes 1994-98" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 5. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
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