1998 Brent London Borough Council election

The 1998 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. ^[1]

Background

Before the election Labour ran the council with the support of the Liberal Democrats. ^[2] However the Conservatives targeted the council with the Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Norman Fowler, predicting that the Conservatives would make gains in Brent. ^[3] The Conservatives required a 1% swing from the 1994 election to win a majority on the council, where previously no party had a majority. ^[4]

Election result

The Labour party took a 20-seat majority on the council after gaining 15 seats, with the gains including taking all of the seats in Fryent and Roe Green wards and 1 seat in Queensbury ward from the Conservatives. ^{[2] [5]} The Conservatives put their defeat in Brent down to the popularity of the national Labour government and unhappiness at the closure of Edgware General Hospital's casualty department by the previous Conservative government. ^{[2] [5]} The Liberal Democrats failed to make gains and dropped from 5 to 4 councillors. ^[2] Overall turnout at the election was 36.8%, down from 48.3% in 1994. ^[6]

Brent local election result 1998 ^[7]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	43			+15	65.2	47.2	29,124
	Conservative	19			-13	28.8	35.4	21,855
	Liberal Democrats	4			-1	6.1	14.5	8,936
	Green	0			0	0	1.2	716
	Independent	0			-1	0	1.1	710
	Others	0			0	0	0.7	424

Ward results

Alperton (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Brown	1,310
	Liberal Democrats	John Rattray	1,227
	Labour	Ronald Collman	720
	Labour	Leon Turini	541
	Conservative	Dineshkumar Mistry	271
	Independent	Ratnasabapathy Ananthanathan	216
	Conservative	Everton Williams	194
Turnout			4,479	43.9

Barham (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lorber	1,023
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Hughes	898
	Labour	Victor Humphrey	603
	Conservative	Christie Fernandes	594
	Conservative	Bruce Embleton	573
	Labour	Anton Singarayer	515
Turnout			4,206	44.9

Barnhill (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irwin Van Colle	1,066
	Conservative	Suresh Kansagra	1,013
	Labour	Conal O'Connor	467
	Labour	Maureen Queally	467
	Liberal Democrats	Sydney Leigh	157
	Liberal Democrats	Ishaq Mohammed	126
Turnout			3,296	35.9

Brentwater (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Fox	1,409
	Labour	Akbertkhan Sarguroh	1,237
	Conservative	Alan Wall	1,026
	Conservative	Ian Lyon	979
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Ayres	206
	Liberal Democrats	Gisele Sukhram	171
Turnout			5,028	43.2

Brondesbury Park (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Ferry	1,068
	Labour	Gabrielle Kagan	1,054
	Conservative	Albert Wakelin	762
	Conservative	Ghulam Qureshi	700
	Liberal Democrats	Madeleine Gaskin	224
	Liberal Democrats	Chunilal Hirani	161
	Green	Simone Aspis	160
Turnout			4,129	35.8

Carlton (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Arnold	874
	Labour	John Lebor	768
	Conservative	Shane Andrews	165
	Conservative	Ibrar Qureshi	120
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe Ryle	97
Turnout			2,024	28.8

Chamberlayne (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Lemmon	1,196
	Labour	Jon Godfrey	1,138
	Conservative	Christopher Rees	879
	Conservative	John Warren	865
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Pincus	165
	Green	Philip Dymond	157
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Papasavva	155
Turnout			4,555	45.2

Church End (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorman Long	624
	Labour	Bobby Thomas	617
	Conservative	Ratilal Shah	518
	Conservative	David Gauke	473
	Liberal Democrats	Dudley Gaskin	127
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wenley	125
Turnout			2,484	30.4

Cricklewood (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Shaw	1,282
	Conservative	Jack Sayers	1,191
	Labour	George Crane	853
	Labour	James Powney	841
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Baker	200
	Liberal Democrats	Azwar Mohammed	127
Turnout			4,494	39.4

Fryent (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence Pardoe	1,197
	Labour	Asish Sengupta	1,027
	Conservative	Joel Games	839
	Conservative	Peter Nelke	767
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Gordon	248
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Billam	177
Turnout			4,255	39.1

Gladstone (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Lyon	1,069
	Labour	Abdul Sattar-Butt	964
	Conservative	Edward Lazarus	959
	Conservative	Francis Torrens	908
	Liberal Democrats	William Anderson	170
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair MacEwan	111
Turnout			4,181	39.8

Harlesden (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Daisley	819
	Labour	Ann Reeder	757
	Conservative	Sanjaykumar Patel	148
	Conservative	Rosaline Owaka	143
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Fahey	127
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Shuttleworth	91
Turnout			2,085	29.4

Kensal Risa (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bertha Joseph	910
	Labour	Helga Gladbaum	833
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Walley	160
	Liberal Democrats	Eamon Ryan	134
	Conservative	Kenneth Sinclair	126
	Conservative	Smart Owaka	116
Turnout			2,279	30.8

Kenton (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Steel	1,480
	Conservative	Sean O'Sullivan	1,410
	Labour	Dorothy Bryson	733
	Labour	Mary Daly	713
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Bliss	256
	Liberal Democrats	Bridget Kelly	242
Turnout			4,834	35.7

Kilburn (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Pendsay	1,023
	Labour	Mary Cribbin	955
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Clark	272
	Conservative	Stephen Batten	264
	Conservative	Mohammad Chugtai	207
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Crouch	152
	Socialist Alliance	Philip Kent	54
Turnout			2,927	32.9

Kingsbury (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Colwill	1,084
	Conservative	Carupiah Selvarajah	1,004
	Labour	William Mears	834
	Labour	Malcolm Gosling	781
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Klein	180
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Saunders	136
Turnout			4,019	36.5

Manor (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Ammerlaan	923
	Labour	Moore Giwa	773
	Conservative	Akua Abban-Davis	230
	Liberal Democrats	John Chapman	228
	Liberal Democrats	Donald MacArthur	197
	Conservative	Harry Quainoo	163
	Green	Sally Ibbotson	144
Turnout			2,658	30.3

Mapesbury (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Long	1,081
	Labour	Ian Bellia	926
	Conservative	Peter Czarniecki	784
	Conservative	Pamela O'Brien	660
	Liberal Democrats	James Heath	128
	Green	Donald Lowe	119
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Talbot	87
Turnout			3,785	37.8

Preston (3 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Blackman	1,922
	Conservative	Harshadbhai Patel	1,734
	Conservative	Thomas Taylor	1,731
	Labour	Eileen Macklin	1,019
	Labour	Cyril McGovern	1,014
	Labour	George Macklin	959
	Conservative Independent	Chunilal Chavda	279
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Thomas	260
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Bunce-Linsell	259
Turnout			9,177	36.0

Queen's Park (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Nerva	1,038
	Labour	Sarah Walker	1,005
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Spitzel	340
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wharton	286
	Conservative	Wendy MacHugh	217
	Conservative	Jennifer Seaton-Brown	202
Turnout			3,088	41.8

Queensbury (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rameshchandra Patel	832
	Conservative	Eric McDonald	738
	Labour	Anthony Burleton	733
	Conservative	Mohammad Rizvi	679
	Liberal Democrats	Hilda Glazer	94
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Kornfeld	66
Turnout			3,142	38.6

Roe Green (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Dromey	1,183
	Labour	John Duffy	1,178
	Conservative	Navinchandra Patel	855
	Conservative	Peter Golds	823
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Williamson	155
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Littman	111
Turnout			4,305	41.1

Roundwood (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Bacchus	753
	Labour	Mohammad Zakriya	625
	Independent	James Fitzpatrick	416
	Conservative	Jean Chopping	135
	Conservative	Abid Ashary	131
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Rich	74
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Khokhar	57
Turnout			2,191	29.5

Stonebridge (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Columbus Moloney	568
	Labour	Robert Hamadi	543
	Liberal Democrats	Rosa Gordon	142
	Conservative	Bhiku Patel	133
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Lewis	115
	Conservative	Abdul Rehman	109
	Independent	Kanwal Shergill	78
Turnout			1,688	27.4

St. Andrews (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Harrod	690
	Conservative	James O'Sullivan	636
	Conservative	Naginbhai Parmar	607
	Labour	Aston Walters	594
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Durnford	86
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Luby	78
Turnout			2,691	38.3

St. Raphael's (3 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Coughlin	1,125
	Labour	Ann John	1,106
	Labour	Kantibhai Patel	996
	Conservative	Emanuel Henry	317
	Conservative	Natalie Colwill	283
	Conservative	Manibhai Hathalia	228
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Barker	208
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Queen	146
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Scott	119
Turnout			4,528	24.1

Sudbury (3 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Uma Fernandes	1,086
	Conservative	Cormach Moore	1,010
	Conservative	Neil Rands	990
	Labour	Christopher Alexis	984
	Liberal Democrats	John Lewis	975
	Liberal Democrats	Violet Steele	944
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Melzack	893
	Labour	Mohammad Hoda	845
	Labour	Lewis Hodgetts	841
Turnout			8,568	41.4

Sudbury Court (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gideon Fiegel	985
	Conservative	Vanessa Howells	927
	Labour	Mary Finnegan	864
	Labour	Deborah Kafka	768
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Lorber	175
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Johnston	149
Turnout			3,868	34.4

Tokyngton (3 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alec Castle	1,451
	Labour	Orugbani Douglas	1,427
	Conservative	Nicola Blackman	1,365
	Labour	Dhirajlal Kataria	1,318
	Conservative	Janet Graham	1,227
	Conservative	Manibhai Patel	1,152
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Lewis	198
	Liberal Democrats	Chandrakant Patel	190
	Liberal Democrats	Nathalal Hingorani	119
Turnout			8,447	40.1

Wembley Central (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lincoln Beswick	1,035
	Labour	Tullah Persaud	905
	Liberal Democrats	Chandubhai Patel	817
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Brown	736
	Conservative	Harihar Patel	644
	Conservative	Pearl Mordish	559
Turnout			4,696	44.4

Willesden Green (2 seats) ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Jones	1,179
	Labour	Ahmad Shahzad	947
	Conservative	Gabriel Reynolds	345
	Conservative	Mohammed Chughtai	312
	Green	Brian Orr	136
	Liberal Democrats	Arvindbhai Patel	134
	Socialist Alliance	Stanley Keable	91
	Liberal Democrats	Farhana Salama	81
Turnout			3,225	33.3

References

1. "Local Elections results". The Times . NewsBank. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
2. Brown, David (16 May 1998). "Labour shrugs off 'barmy' tag to sweep back to power in Brent". Greater London, Kent, and Surrey Counties Publications. NewsBank.
3. Hencke, David (17 April 1998). "Tories expect council gains". The Guardian . NewsBank.
4. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (19 April 1998). "A Tory target in the town halls - Election". The Sunday Times . NewsBank. p. 8.
5. "Brent". Greater London, Kent, and Surrey Counties Publications. NewsBank. 16 May 1998.
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7. "Year Tables". 19 December 2015.
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