1998 Brent London Borough Council election

1998 Brent London Borough Council election

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All 66 seats up for election to Brent London Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Registered	169,698 [1]
Turnout	62,548, 36.86% ( 11.48) [1]
First party Second party   Leader Paul A. Daisley Robert J. Blackman Party Labour Conservative Leader since 1993 1990 Leader's seat Harlesden Preston Last election 28 seats, 40.26% 33 seats, 43.96% Seats before 28 32 Seats won 43 19 Seat change 15 14 Popular vote 59,835 46,045 Percentage 47.74% 36.74% Swing 7.48 7.22   Third party Fourth party   Leader Unknown Chunilal V. Chavda [n 1] Party Liberal Democrats Ind. Conservative Leader since Unknown Unknown Leader's seat Unknown Preston Last election 5 seats, 14.13% Didn't run Seats before 5 1 Seats won 4 0 Seat change 1 Didn't run Popular vote 17,602 279 Percentage 14.04% 0.22% Swing 0.09 New
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election Labour

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. ^[2]

Background

Before the election Labour ran the council with the support of the Liberal Democrats. ^[3] 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. ^[4] The Conservatives required a 1% swing from the 1994 election to win a majority on the council, where previously no party had a majority. ^[5]

There was one by-election in the intervening years, however it didn't result in the seat changing hands. ^[6] In addition to this, a member of the Conservatives became an independent, meaning the composition of the council just before the election was as follows: ^[7]

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28	5	1	32
Labour	Lib Dem	Ind. Con	Con

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. ^{[3] [8]} 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. ^{[3] [8]} The Liberal Democrats failed to make gains and dropped from 5 to 4 councillors. ^[3] Overall turnout at the election was 36.8%, down from 48.3% in 1994. ^[9]

Brent local election result 1998 ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	43	16	1	15	65.15	47.74	59,835	7.48
	Conservative	19	1	15	14	28.79	36.74	46,045	7.22
	Liberal Democrats	4	0	1	1	6.06	14.04	17,602	0.09
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	0.57	716	0.26
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.57	710	New
	Ind. Con	0	0	0		0.00	0.22	279	New
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0		0.00	0.12	145	New
Total		66						125,332

After the elections, the composition of the council was as follows:

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43	4	19
Labour	Lib Dem	Con

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Alperton

Alperton (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel E. Brown*	1,310	54.04	4.41
	Liberal Democrats	John P. Rattray*	1,227
	Labour	Ronald H. Collman	720	26.86	0.46
	Labour	Leon H. Turini	541
	Conservative	Dineshkumar N. Mistry	271	9.90	5.25
	Independent	Ratnasabapathy Ananthanathan	216	9.20	New
	Conservative	Everton O. Williams	194
Registered electors			5,684		226
Turnout			2,495	43.90	8.02
Rejected ballots			19	0.76	0.51
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Barham

Barham (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lorber*	1,023	45.67	4.93
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony H.M. Hughes	898
	Labour	Victor L. Humphrey† [n 2]	603	26.58	1.74
	Conservative	Christie G. Fernandes	594	27.75	6.67
	Conservative	Bruce C. Embleton	573
	Labour	Anton J. Singarayer	515
Registered electors			5,079		168
Turnout			2,280	44.89	7.03
Rejected ballots			14	0.61	0.14
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Barnhill

Barnhill (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irwin Van Colle*	1,066	63.08	10.38
	Conservative	Suresh L. Kansagra	1,013
	Labour	Conal P. O'Connor	467	27.73	9.66
	Labour	Maureen A. Queally	467
	Liberal Democrats	Sydney Leigh	157	8.59	0.12
	Liberal Democrats	Ishaq Mohammed	126
Registered electors			4,893		337
Turnout			1,760	35.97	15.41
Rejected ballots			16	0.91	0.70
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Brentwater

Brentwater (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph L. Fox	1,409	52.62	5.77
	Labour	Akbertkhan M. Sarguroh	1,237
	Conservative	Alan J. Wall*	1,026	39.88	3.21
	Conservative	Ian C.S. Lyon	979
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Ayres	206	7.50	0.92
	Liberal Democrats	Gisele Sukhram	171
Registered electors			6,264		470
Turnout			2,709	43.25	10.48
Rejected ballots			16	0.59	0.17
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Brondesbury Park

Brondesbury Park (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith F. Ferry	1,068	49.48	9.32
	Labour	Gabrielle Kagan	1,054
	Conservative	Albert R. Wakelin*	762	34.09	9.07
	Conservative	Ghulam S. Qureshi	700
	Liberal Democrats	Madeleine K. Gaskin	224	8.98	1.07
	Liberal Democrats	Chunilal K. Hirani	161
	Green	Simone F. Aspis	160	7.46	0.83
Registered electors			6,102		768
Turnout			2,187	35.84	9.02
Rejected ballots			21	0.96	0.71
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Carlton

Carlton (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary H. Arnold	874	77.42	6.74
	Labour	John Lebor*	768
	Conservative	Shane D. Andrews	165	13.44	1.76
	Conservative	Ibrar A. Qureshi	120
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe Ryle	97	9.15	1.79
Registered electors			4,061		53
Turnout			1,169	28.79	13.92
Rejected ballots			25	2.14	1.61
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Chamberlayn

Chamberlayne (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles P. Lemmon	1,196	49.53	4.63
	Labour	Jon D. Godfrey*	1,138
	Conservative	Christopher D. Rees	879	37.01	7.10
	Conservative	John Warren*	865
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan D. Pincus	165	6.79	0.81
	Green	Philip P. Dymond	157	6.67	1.66
	Liberal Democrats	Jack K. Papasavva	155
Registered electors			5,353		544
Turnout			2,422	45.25	12.62
Rejected ballots			20	0.83	0.47
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Church End

Church End (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sebastian D. Long*	624	49.96	4.80
	Labour	Bobby Thomas*	617
	Conservative	Ratilal D.B. Shah	518	39.90	3.04
	Conservative	David M. Gauke	473
	Liberal Democrats	Dudley S. Gaskin	127	10.14	1.76
	Liberal Democrats	Robert M.G. Wenley	125
Registered electors			4,572		485
Turnout			1,389	30.38	13.00
Rejected ballots			10	0.72	0.33
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Cricklewood

Cricklewood (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol A. Shaw*	1,282	55.03	0.10
	Conservative	Jack J. Sayers*	1,191
	Labour	George E. Crane† [n 3]	853	37.69	3.40
	Labour	James E. Powney	841
	Liberal Democrats	Christian N. Baker	200	7.28	0.53
	Liberal Democrats	Azwar Mohammed	127
Registered electors			6,140		1,045
Turnout			2,419	39.40	14.40
Rejected ballots			17	0.70	0.44
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Fryent

Fryent (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence K. Pardoe	1,197	52.27	19.12
	Labour	Asish Sengupta	1,027
	Conservative	Joel D.C. Games*	839	37.74	19.83
	Conservative	Peter A. Nelke*	767
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Gordon	248	9.99	2.28
	Liberal Democrats	Steven E. Billam	177
Registered electors			5,899		422
Turnout			2,310	39.16	7.76
Rejected ballots			18	0.78	0.59
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Gladstone

Gladstone (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael J. Lyon	1,069	48.63	8.37
	Labour	Abdul Sattar-Butt	964
	Conservative	Edward E. Lazarus*	959	44.65	6.77
	Conservative	Francis A. Torrens*	908
	Liberal Democrats	William Anderson	170	6.72	2.12
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair W. MacEwan	111
Registered electors			5,574		214
Turnout			2,222	39.86	13.72
Rejected ballots			16	0.72	0.27
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Harlesden

Harlesden (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul A. Daisley*	819	75.59	4.90
	Labour	Ann M. Reeder*	757
	Conservative	Sanjaykumar Patel	148	13.96	3.55
	Conservative	Rosaline E. Owaka	143
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Fahey	127	10.45	2.13
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda M. Shuttleworth	91
Registered electors			3,977		83
Turnout			1,170	29.42	11.08
Rejected ballots			9	0.77	0.64
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Kensal Rise

Kensal Rise (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bertha J. Joseph*	910	76.48	28.15
	Labour	Helga Gladbaum*	833
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey D. Walley	160	12.90	2.66
	Liberal Democrats	Eamon A. Ryan	134
	Conservative	Kenneth D. Sinclair	126	10.62	12.52
	Conservative	Smart O. Owaka	116
Registered electors			4,058		295
Turnout			1,256	30.95	13.85
Rejected ballots			14	1.11	0.69
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Kenton

Kenton (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur R. Steel*	1,480	59.79	10.38
	Conservative	Sean O'Sullivan† [n 4]	1,410
	Labour	Dorothy M. Bryson	733	29.91	11.72
	Labour	Mary B. Daly	713
	Liberal Democrats	Annie S.S. Bliss	256	10.30	1.34
	Liberal Democrats	Bridget Kelly	242
Registered electors			6,962		562
Turnout			2,485	35.69	13.56
Rejected ballots			14	0.68	0.49
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Kilburn

Kilburn (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter G. Pendsay*	1,023	66.36	11.69
	Labour	Mary P. Cribbin*	955
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth M. Clark	272	14.22	1.98
	Conservative	Stephen J. Batten	264	15.80	12.96
	Conservative	Mohammad A. Chugtai	207
	Liberal Democrats	Roger M. Crouch	152
	Socialist Alliance	Philip Kent	54	3.62	New
Registered electors			4,847		182
Turnout			1,595	32.91	11.21
Rejected ballots			18	1.13	0.68
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Kingsbury

Kingsbury (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald R. Colwill*	1,084	51.95	9.27
	Conservative	Carupiah Selvarajah	1,004
	Labour	William Mears	834	40.18	9.62
	Labour	Malcolm D. Gosling	781
	Liberal Democrats	Alan H. Klein	180	7.86	0.36
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney A. Saunders	136
Registered electors			6,115		442
Turnout			2,234	36.53	13.00
Rejected ballots			19	0.85	0.64
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Manor

Manor (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew J. Ammerlaan*	923	60.53	1.35
	Labour	Yusuf M. Giwa*	773
	Conservative	Akua Abban-Davis	230	14.02	16.85
	Liberal Democrats	John Chapman	228	15.17	5.23
	Liberal Democrats	Donald N. MacArthur	197
	Conservative	Harry Quainoo	163
	Green	Sally D. Ibbotson	144	10.28	New
Registered electors			4,812
Turnout			1,459	30.32	14.24
Rejected ballots			15	1.03	0.73
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Mapesbury

Mapesbury (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice E. Long*	1,081	51.41	6.52
	Labour	Ian M. Bellia	926
	Conservative	Peter J.C. Czarniecki*	784	36.99	11.04
	Conservative	Pamela V. O'Brien	660
	Liberal Democrats	James D. Heath	128	5.51	1.57
	Green	Donald N. Lowe	119	6.10	New
	Liberal Democrats	Emma E. Talbot	87
Registered electors			5,248		469
Turnout			1,984	37.81	11.66
Rejected ballots			12	0.61	0.06
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

Preston

Preston (3) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert J. Blackman*	1,922	53.90	7.94
	Conservative	Harshadbhai B. Patel* [n 5]	1,734
	Conservative	Thomas P. Taylor*	1,731
	Labour	Eileen Macklin	1,019	29.94	1.75
	Labour	Cyril McGovern	1,014
	Labour	George Macklin	959
	Ind. Conservative	Chunilal V. Chavda† [n 6]	279	8.37	New
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Thomas	260	7.79	2.18
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Bunce-Linsell	259
Registered electors			9,156		548
Turnout			3,298	36.02	9.82
Rejected ballots			21	0.64	0.26
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Queen's Park

Queen's Park (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil B. Nerva	1,038	66.16	24.63
	Labour	Sarah V. Walker	1,005
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony M. Spitzel	340	20.27	16.42
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wharton	286
	Conservative	Wendy E. MacHugh	217	13.57	3.52
	Conservative	Jennifer A. Seaton-Brown	202
Registered electors			3,912		358
Turnout			1,632	41.72	13.51
Rejected ballots			18	1.10	0.59
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Queensbury

Queensbury (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rameshchandra S. Patel	832	49.81	8.22
	Conservative	Eric G. McDonald*	738	45.10	10.90
	Labour	Anthony J. Burleton	733
	Conservative	Mohammad Rizvi	679
	Liberal Democrats	Hilda Glazer	94	5.09	2.68
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Kornfeld	66
Registered electors			4,480		326
Turnout			1,732	38.66	7.25
Rejected ballots			11	0.64	0.27
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Roe Green

Roe Green (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William J. Dromey	1,183	54.84	2.44
	Labour	John F. Duffy† [n 7]	1,178
	Conservative	Navinchandra R. Patel	855	38.98	3.52
	Conservative	Peter Golds*	823
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne R. Williamson	155	6.18	1.08
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony F. Littman	111
Registered electors			5,653		571
Turnout			2,321	41.06	11.71
Rejected ballots			11	0.47	0.32
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Roundwood

Roundwood (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Bacchus*	753	52.86	17.61
	Labour	Mohammad Zakriya	625
	Independent	James Fitzpatrick	416	31.91	New
	Conservative	Jean M. Chopping	135	10.20	4.47
	Conservative	Abid A. Ashary	131
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Rich	74	5.03	2.37
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad W. Khokhar	57
Registered electors			4,265		55
Turnout			1,262	29.59	9.97
Rejected ballots			15	1.19	0.55
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Andrews

St Andrews (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Harrod*	690	47.72	2.23
	Conservative	James R. O'Sullivan	636	46.19	1.99
	Conservative	Naginbhai B. Parmar	607
	Labour	Aston E. Walters	594
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Durnford	86	6.09	0.24
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Luby	78
Registered electors			3,817		578
Turnout			1,462	38.30	13.53
Rejected ballots			12	0.82	0.47
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

St Raphael's

St. Raphael's (3) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David C. Coughlin	1,125	71.27	25.82
	Labour	Ann M. John*	1,106
	Labour	Kantibhai J. Patel	996
	Conservative	Emanuel P. Henry	317	18.28	4.63
	Conservative	Natalie Colwill	283
	Conservative	Manibhai Hathalia	228
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen V. Barker	208	10.45	4.13
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher J. Queen	146
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Scott	119
Registered electors			7,132		738
Turnout			1,763	24.72	11.58
Rejected ballots			28	1.59	1.03
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Stonebridge

Stonebridge (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Columbus M. Moloney*	568	62.91	1.17
	Labour	Robert K. Hamadi	543
	Liberal Democrats	Rosa Gordon	142	14.55	4.25
	Conservative	Bhiku M. Patel	133	13.70	5.71
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Lewis	115
	Conservative	Abdul Rehman	109
	Independent	Kanwal H. Shergill	78	8.84	New
Registered electors			3,491		77
Turnout			992	28.42	8.40
Rejected ballots			17	1.71	1.55
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Sudbury

Sudbury (3) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Uma N. Fernandes*	1,086	36.02	9.31
	Conservative	Cormach J. Moore*	1,010
	Conservative	Neil D.G. Rands	990
	Labour	Christopher Alexis	984	31.16	9.97
	Liberal Democrats	John D. Lewis	975	32.82	0.66
	Liberal Democrats	Violet M.M. Steele	944
	Liberal Democrats	Henry J. Melzack	893
	Labour	Mohammad A.-U. Hoda	845
	Labour	Lewis C. Hodgetts	841
Registered electors			7,426		575
Turnout			3,077	41.44	7.98
Rejected ballots			20	0.65	0.50
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Sudbury Court

Sudbury Court (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gideon G.A. Fiegel*	985	49.43	11.86
	Conservative	Vanessa H. Howells*	927
	Labour	Mary P. Finnegan	864	42.19	14.57
	Labour	Deborah M. Kafka	768
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Lorber	175	8.37	2.72
	Liberal Democrats	Alan C. Johnston† [n 8]	149
Registered electors			5,955		862
Turnout			2,051	34.44	8.23
Rejected ballots			18	0.88	0.51
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Tokyngton

Tokyngton (3) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alec Castle	1,451	49.68	5.69
	Labour	Orugbani N. Douglas	1,427
	Conservative	Nicola Blackman*	1,365	44.32	8.36
	Labour	Dhirajlal G. Kataria	1,318
	Conservative	Janet Graham	1,227
	Conservative	Manibhai D. Patel*	1,152
	Liberal Democrats	Diana F. Lewis	198	6.00	2.67
	Liberal Democrats	Chandrakant C. Patel	190
	Liberal Democrats	Nathalal Hingorani	119
Registered electors			7,632		401
Turnout			3,059	40.08	15.21
Rejected ballots			14	0.46	0.16
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Wembley Central

Wembley Central (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lincoln A. Beswick*	1,035	41.31	2.40
	Labour	Tullah Persaud† [n 9]	905
	Liberal Democrats	Chandubhai J. Patel	817	33.07	5.54
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie L. Brown	736
	Conservative	Harihar Patel	644	25.62	7.94
	Conservative	Pearl H.A. Mordish	559
Registered electors			5,808		633
Turnout			2,579	44.40	13.69
Rejected ballots			14	0.54	0.27
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Willesden Green

Willesden Green (2) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley A. Jones	1,179	61.59	5.11
	Labour	Ahmad Shahzad	947
	Conservative	Gabriel Reynolds	345	19.03	11.78
	Conservative	Mohammed A. Chughtai	312
	Green	Brian H. Orr	136	7.88	1.98
	Liberal Democrats	Arvindbhai V. Patel	134	6.23	0.58
	Socialist Alliance	Stanley E. Keable	91	5.27	New
	Liberal Democrats	Farhana Salama	81
Registered electors			5,331		632
Turnout			1,775	33.30	13.71
Rejected ballots			19	1.07	0.80
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Notes

1. Chavda was the defacto leader as he was the only member on the council
2. Humphrey was a sitting councillor representing the St Raphael's ward
3. Crane was a sitting councillor representing the Willesden Green ward
4. O'Sullivan was a sitting councillor representing the Tokyngton ward
5. Patel was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr. Alan J. Kemp in 1996 ^[6]
6. Chavda was a sitting councillor representing the Roe Green ward
7. Duffy was a sitting councillor representing the Willesden Green ward
8. Johnston was a sitting councillor representing the Barham ward
9. Persaud was a sitting councillor representing the Stonebridge ward

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