1998 Ealing London Borough Council election

1998 Ealing London Borough Council election

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All 69 seats up for election to Ealing London Borough Council 35 seats needed for a majority
Registered	210,753 [1]
Turnout	70,523, 33.46% ( 16.07) [1]
First party Second party   Leader John L. Cudmore Unknown Party Labour Conservative Leader since 1994 Unknown Leader's seat Heathfield Unknown Last election 48 seats, 49.34% 20 seats, 39.51% Seats before 47 19 Seats won 53 15 Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 91,714 58,025 Percentage 50.43% 31.91% Swing 1.09 7.60   Third party Fourth party   Leader Unknown Neal G. Underwood [n 1] Party Liberal Democrats Green Leader since Unknown Unknown Leader's seat Unknown Mandeville (lost) Last election 3 seats, 9.45% 0 seats 1.35% Seats before 3 1 Seats won 3 0 Seat change Popular vote 22,552 6,495 Percentage 12.40 3.57% Swing 2.95 2.22
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 1998 Ealing Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Ealing London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[2]

Background

The composition of the council didn't change much since the election in 1994.

There were four by-elections, with only the Argyle by-election resulting in a seat changing parties, with it changing from Conservative to Labour. ^[3] In addition to these by-elections, Cllr. Neal G. Underwood changed allegiance from Labour to the Green Party and one seat was left vacant shortly before the 1998 election.

As a result of these changes, the composition of the council just before the election was as follows: ^[4]

↓

47	1	3	19	1
Labour	Green	LD	Con	Vacant

Election result

1998 Ealing London Borough Council Elections ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	53	6	1	5	74.65	50.43	91,714	1.09
	Conservative	15	1	6	5	21.13	31.91	58,025	7.60
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	0		4.22	12.40	22,552	2.95
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	3.57	6,495	2.22
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		0.00	1.69	3,066	New
Total		71

The election was a victory for the ruling Labour Party, increasing the number of seats they held by five. The Green Party lost its only seat, which it had gained through a defection in the intervening years, with Labour regaining the seat.

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

↓

53	3	15
Labour	LD	Con

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Argyle

Argyle (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Ansell*	1,516	42.77	1.60
	Conservative	Ian Gibb*	1,405
	Conservative	Brian Castle	1,365
	Labour	Patricia Seers† [n 2]	1,324	34.86	1.28
	Labour	Harbans Anand† [n 3]	1,086
	Labour	Renu Sharma	1,083
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Davies	649	14.34	0.99
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Rowley	469
	Liberal Democrats	Rusi Dalai	319
	Green	Astra Seibe	268	8.02	0.68
Registered electors			9,465		337
Turnout			3,487	36.84	12.93
Rejected ballots			21	0.60	0.51
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Costons

Costons (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Evans	1,371	44.92	7.29
	Conservative	Edith Hetherington*	1,255	42.80	8.78
	Labour	Swarn Kang	1,153
	Labour	Alan Mathison	1,136
	Conservative	Graham Weeks*	1,127
	Conservative	Jason Stacey	1,106
	Liberal Democrats	Olive Douglas	405	12.28	1.49
	Liberal Democrats	Madeliene Jay	262
Registered electors			8,152		473
Turnout			2,991	36.69	12.65
Rejected ballots			18	0.60	0.39
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Dormers Wells

Dormers Wells (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rajinder Mann*	1,625	60.07	1.72
	Labour	Surinder Varma	1,534
	Labour	Mohammad Aslam	1,532
	Conservative	William Patterson	488	17.56	15.28
	Conservative	Barbara Oliver	466
	Conservative	Jane Perry	417
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Kendrick	337	11.62	2.81
	Green	Sarah Rapley	280	10.76	New
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Olive	268
Registered electors			9,890		1,053
Turnout			2,821	28.52	19.14
Rejected ballots			15	0.53	0.17
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Ealing Common

Ealing Common (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Brown*	1,232	38.52	7.48
	Conservative	Ian Green*	1,230
	Conservative	Eileen Harris	1,165
	Labour	Alan Jones	1,073	29.66	1.96
	Labour	Benjamin Royappa	884
	Labour	Trapti Bartia	836
	Liberal Democrats	Nikki Thomson	732	20.70	6.08
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Ball	687
	Liberal Democrats	John Maycock	530
	Green	Peter Burton	349	11.12	4.59
Registered electors			10,031		984
Turnout			3,139	31.29	15.80
Rejected ballots			17	0.54	0.45
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elthorne

Elthorne (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julia Clements-Elliot† [n 4]	1,498	53.50	3.97
	Labour	Edward Coleman*	1,437
	Labour	Margaret Majumdar*	1,323
	Conservative	Niranjan Mangal	587	21.23	14.06
	Conservative	William Perry	570
	Conservative	Russel Simpson	533
	Green	Sebastian Diamond	409	14.07	1.11
	Green	Deborah Miles	398
	Green	Christopher Spruce	313
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Pidoux	312	11.20	New
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Pidoux	282
Registered electors			9,208		615
Turnout			2,867	31.14	15.68
Rejected ballots			37	1.29	1.07
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Glebe

Glebe (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jasbir Anand	2,018	70.57	2.99
	Labour	Umesh Chander*	1,962
	Labour	Rabindara Pathak*	1,916
	Socialist Labour	Resham Samra	310	10.43	New
	Socialist Labour	David Morgan	271
	Conservative	Iris Forster	240	7.42	8.52
	Conservative	Noreen Gibson	214
	Green	Nicholas Goodwin	185	6.64	3.85
	Conservative	Myrtle Marshall	166
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jones	139	4.94	New
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gooch	136
Registered electors			9,195		540
Turnout			2,771	30.14	16.06
Rejected ballots			21	0.76	0.23
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hanger Lane

Hanger Lane (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Yerolemou*	1,388	50.77	11.51
	Conservative	Ian Potts*	1,351
	Conservative	Nigel Sumner*	1,317
	Labour	Sherrel Brett	937	32.75	8.16
	Labour	Vijay Amin	848
	Labour	Keith Fraser† [n 5]	832
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Brooks	506	16.48	3.35
	Liberal Democrats	Michael O'Connor	419
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Salaun	392
Registered electors			9,249		925
Turnout			2,883	31.17	15.71
Rejected ballots			28	0.97	0.59
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Heathfield

Heathfield (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Brookes*	1,467	62.33	2.05
	Labour	John Cudmore*	1,452
	Labour	Yvonne Johnson*	1,415
	Conservative	Sheila Brown	622	23.30	5.19
	Conservative	John Peach	539
	Conservative	Jamal Khan	459
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Alcock	375	14.37	3.14
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Winkfield	356
	Liberal Democrats	Hugo Studholme	268
Registered electors			8,841		492
Turnout			2,599	29.40	15.38
Rejected ballots			23	0.88	0.64
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hobbayne

Hobbayne (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phyllis Greenhead	1,468	56.09	6.64
	Labour	Stephen Sears*	1,453
	Labour	Royston Price*	1,274
	Conservative	Tim Frost	618	23.67	8.47
	Conservative	Miranda Oakley	608
	Conservative	Alison Frost	544
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Harvey	318	11.59	1.35
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Miller	260
	Green	Katrin Fitzherbert	260	8.65	0.48
	Green	Luke Fitzherbert	201
	Green	Brian Outten	186
Registered electors			8,178		369
Turnout			2,687	32.86	20.16
Rejected ballots			29	1.08	0.79
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Horsenden

Horsenden (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Varley*	1,218	54.14	13.91
	Labour	Shital Manro	1,140
	Conservative	David Freeman*	840	37.11	3.49
	Conservative	Martin Mallam	776
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Wilson	193	8.75	10.42
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Hankinson	188
Registered electors			5,665		325
Turnout			2,371	41.85	13.11
Rejected ballots			17	0.72	0.38
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Mandeville

Mandeville (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Reeves	1,159	41.37	12.16
	Labour	Neill Richardson	1,052
	Conservative	Peter Downham	1,017	38.24	8.23
	Conservative	Joan Trinder	991
	Labour	Robert Khan	961
	Conservative	Allan Ilsley	924
	Green	Neal Underwood* [n 6]	507	14.69	New
	Green	Steven Brown	330
	Green	Meike Lawrence	289
	Liberal Democrats	Dietlinde Hatherall	162	5.69	New
	Liberal Democrats	Myer Salaman	129
Registered electors			7,848		2
Turnout			2,762	35.19	16.90
Rejected ballots			16	0.58	0.03
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ranjit Dheer* [n 7]	1,520	66.55	11.42
	Labour	Tej Bagha*	1,507
	Labour	Madhavrao Patil*	1,464
	Conservative	Shaukat Ali	320	13.00	9.03
	Socialist Labour	Steven Cowan	315	12.71	New
	Socialist Labour	Sukant Chandan	306
	Conservative	June Regan	281
	Conservative	George Lafford	276
	Socialist Labour	Iris Cremer	237
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Thomas	180	7.74	New
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Rundell	168
Registered electors			9,354		507
Turnout			2,498	26.71	16.83
Rejected ballots			19	0.76	0.09
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Northcote

Northcote (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Manjit Mahal* [n 8]	1,519	62.38	22.85
	Labour	Gurdip Sahota* [n 8]	1,327
	Labour	Ram Perdesi*	1,277
	Socialist Labour	Harpal Brar	606	24.62	New
	Socialist Labour	Surinder Cheema	546
	Socialist Labour	Jagdev Samra	475
	Conservative	Joseph Harris	198	7.55	7.22
	Conservative	Nina Bressey	168
	Conservative	Audrey Shaw	133
	Liberal Democrats	Lyn Woodcock	120	5.45	New
Registered electors			8,018		473
Turnout			2,433	30.34	14.78
Rejected ballots			26	1.07	0.22
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Northfield

Northfield (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph O'Neill*	1,484	44.23	1.91
	Labour	Kieron Gavan*	1,478
	Labour	Simon Woodroofe*	1,414
	Conservative	David Scott	1,042	29.23	9.50
	Conservative	Anita Kapoor	958
	Conservative	Harbans Devsi	892
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Hurst	582	15.50	2.99
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Thornhill	518
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Gorbutt	433
	Green	Derek Allord-Brown	364	11.04	4.60
Registered electors			9,837		788
Turnout			3,830	38.93	17.70
Rejected ballots			29	0.76	0.60
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Perivale

Perivale (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Payne*	1,197	50.22	4.06
	Labour	Inderjeet Nijhar† [n 9]	1,128
	Conservative	Stewart Jackson† [n 10]	940	40.41	2.41
	Conservative	David Gold	931
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Cummings	233	9.37	1.65
	Liberal Democrats	John Ducker	201
Registered electors			6,092		670
Turnout			2,547	41.81	10.07
Rejected ballots			20	0.79	0.58
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Pitshanger

Pitshanger (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Young*	1,809	46.24	9.71
	Conservative	Dianna Pagan*	1,736
	Conservative	Audrey Hider*	1,668
	Labour	Ruddy Davis	1,038	25.99	3.20
	Labour	Michael Fraenkel	987
	Labour	Michael Kilker	905
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Harris	707	16.81	2.00
	Liberal Democrats	Francesco Fruzza	602
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kitchener	586
	Green	John Ainsworth	412	10.96	4.51
Registered electors			9,553		460
Turnout			3,687	38.60	13.97
Rejected ballots			31	0.84	0.80
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Ravenor

Ravenor (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Murray*	1,651	50.34	2.81
	Labour	Jill Stokoe	1,356
	Labour	Leonara Thomson	1,322
	Conservative	William Brooks	1,183	39.67	3.17
	Conservative	Vladimir Kopecky	1,125
	Conservative	Dorothy McGinty	1,103
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Dee	304	9.99	0.36
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Murphy	269
Registered electors			8,461		172
Turnout			3,103	36.67	18.15
Rejected ballots			29	0.93	0.57
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Southfield

Southfield (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Mitchell*	1,471	45.43	9.04
	Liberal Democrats	Harvey Rose*	1,421
	Liberal Democrats	Kieran Ryan	1,366
	Labour	Colin Bastin	942	27.13	3.02
	Labour	Francis Reedy	805
	Labour	Renu Singh	796
	Conservative	Ian Dunbar	686	21.68	9.25
	Conservative	Gareth Williams	685
	Conservative	Paul Hill	661
	Green	Christina Meiklejohn	180	5.76	3.23
Registered electors			8,397		723
Turnout			3,362	40.04	12.29
Rejected ballots			11	0.33	0.09
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Springfield

Springfield (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Delaney*	1,276	55.42	4.00
	Labour	Stephen Donnelly	1,254
	Labour	Margaret Payne	1,207
	Conservative	Ellen Delaney	806	34.36	4.26
	Conservative	Glenn Murphy	770
	Conservative	Mary Macleod	741
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Bailey	254	10.21	0.25
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Grabowski	236
	Liberal Democrats	Donald O'Connell	199
Registered electors			8,854		674
Turnout			2,358	26.63	23.82
Rejected ballots			7	0.30	0.23
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Vale

Vale (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katherine Crawford	923	53.57	2.03
	Labour	Judith Field	797
	Conservative	Roger Fox	497	29.87	8.65
	Conservative	Christine Magnowska	462
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Slater	158	9.72	0.22
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Joachim	154
	Green	Adam Porter	110	6.85	New
Registered electors			5,100		344
Turnout			1,693	33.20	14.80
Rejected ballots			18	1.06	0.53
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Victoria

Victoria (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Gray	1,007	61.94	7.78
	Labour	Philip Portwood*	1,001
	Conservative	Janet Young	419	25.38	11.28
	Conservative	Norma Haythorn	404
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Allwright	239	12.68	3.49
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Rose	172
Registered electors			5,623		421
Turnout			1,765	31.39	13.67
Rejected ballots			10	0.57	0.44
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Walpole

Walpole (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Benn*	2,017	50.99	5.29
	Labour	Peter Wicks	1,793
	Labour	Virendra Sharma† [n 11]	1,743
	Conservative	Geoffrey Belson	884	23.09	12.53
	Conservative	Sheila Day	831
	Conservative	Felix Rebello	800
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Brooke	559	13.72	0.23
	Liberal Democrats	John Mitchell	503
	Green	Margaret Dobson	443	12.20	New
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Revesz	432
Registered electors			9,920		813
Turnout			3,678	37.08	16.49
Rejected ballots			23	0.63	0.51
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Waxlow

Waxlow (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gurcharan Singh*	1,534	58.24	5.08
	Labour	Manjit Keith	1,509
	Labour	Kamaljit Dhindsa	1,507
	Conservative	Anthony Nolder	725	27.36	9.32
	Conservative	Doreen Power	721
	Conservative	Michael Pack	691
	Liberal Democrats	Fay Edinborough	375	14.40	New
Registered electors			8,839		363
Turnout			2,653	30.01	16.14
Rejected ballots			23	0.87	0.54
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

West End

West End (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Bond*	1,439	56.25	0.95
	Labour	Ernest Dunckley*	1,338
	Labour	Frank Impey*	1,192
	Conservative	Susan Emment	678	26.64	7.20
	Conservative	Avril Hyde	626
	Conservative	Kathryn Kent	576
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Ducker	251	9.80	1.05
	Liberal Democrats	Ida Goodwin	210
	Green	Brian Gooch	204	7.31	New
	Green	Alastair Perkins	140
Registered electors			8,783		143
Turnout			2,542	28.94	17.76
Rejected ballots			20	0.79	0.64
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Wood End

Wood End (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Gordon	1,287	43.08	5.31
	Conservative	Brenda Hall*	1,183	42.25	1.37
	Labour	Richard Porter† [n 12]	1,179
	Conservative	Diane Varney*	1,175
	Conservative	Zena Laneryou	1,165
	Labour	Mark Karinski	1,127
	Green	Earnon Kilduff	261	8.00	New
	Green	Lisa Kilduff	243
	Liberal Democrats	Helen McKay	225	6.67	3.99
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Miller	186
	Green	Anthony Agius	163
	Liberal Democrats	John Seymour	145
Registered electors			8,200		429
Turnout			2,996	36.54	16.89
Rejected ballots			18	0.60	0.43
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Notes

1. As the Green Party's only councillor he was the defacto leader of the Green Party in Ealing Council
2. Seers was a sitting councillor representing the Vale ward
3. Anand was a sitting councillor representing the Waxlow ward
4. Clements-Elliot was a sitting councillor representing the Waxlow ward
5. Fraser was a sitting councillor representing the Victoria ward
6. Underwood was originally elected as a Labour Councillor but later defected to the Green Party
7. Dheer was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Jasbinder Birk ^[3]
8. Mahal and Sahota were elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Chanan Lachhar and the resignation of Cllr Tara Dyal ^[3]
9. Nijhar was a sitting councillor representing the Elthorne ward
10. Jackson was a sitting councillor representing the Wood End ward
11. Sharma was a sitting councillor representing the Dormers Wells ward
12. Porter was a sitting councillor representing the Ravenor ward

References

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