1998 Greenwich London Borough Council election

1998 Greenwich London Borough Council election

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All 62 seats up for election to Greenwich London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
Registered	151,916 [1]
Turnout	48,986, 32.25% ( 15.35) [1]
First party Second party   Leader Leonard L. Duvall Unknown Party Labour Conservative Leader since 1992 Unknown Leader's seat Burrage Unknown Last election 47 seats, 55.39% 8 seats, 22.41% Seats before 46 9 Seats won 52 8 Seat change 5 Popular vote 46,910 22,509 Percentage 57.88% 27.77% Swing 2.49 5.36   Third party Fourth party   Leader Unknown Unknown Party Liberal Democrats SDP Leader since Unknown Unknown Leader's seat Unknown Unknown Last election 3 seats, 15.13% 4 seats, 4.76% Seats before 3 4 Seats won 2 0 Seat change 1 4 Popular vote 9,893 Did not run Percentage 12.21% Did not run Swing 2.92 4.76
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

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

The election saw a number of independent candidates contest seats and the election saw candidates standing as Greens against the Millennium Dome, Conservatives Against Town Hall Corruption, Populist Keep Our Pound and the Corrective Party. ^[3] However the Labour party was always seen as highly likely to remain in control of the council. ^[3]

At the same as the election Greenwich saw 74.8% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 25.2% against, on a 32.4% turnout. ^[4]

Election result

Greenwich local election result 1998 ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	52	6	1	5	83.87	57.88	46,910	2.49
	Conservative	8	1	1		12.90	27.77	22,509	5.36
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	1	1	3.23	12.21	9,893	2.92
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	0.51	412	0.90
	Fellowship	0	0	0		0.00	0.46	375	0.06
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.00	0.38	307	New
	Greenwich People against cuts	0	0	0		0.00	0.25	198	New
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.20	164	0.02
	Ind. Conservative	0	0	0		0.00	0.18	146	New
	Corrective Party	0	0	0		0.00	0.09	74	New
	Populist Party	0	0	0		0.00	0.07	60	New
	SDP	0	0	4	4	0.00	0.00	0	4.76
Total		62						81,048

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abbey Wood

Abbey Wood (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Mardner	979	65.46	27.62
	Labour	Derek Steedman† [n 1]	888
	Liberal Democrats	David Scales	292	19.92	16.72
	Liberal Democrats	Graciella Grigg	276
	Conservative	Kenneth Bailey	230	14.62	New
	Conservative	Gillian Thomas	187
Registered electors			5,269		144
Turnout			1,575	29.89	23.05
Rejected ballots			10	0.63	0.34
	Labour gain from SDP
	Labour gain from SDP

Arsenal

Arsenal (1) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian O'Sullivan† [n 2]	398	87.09	10.47
	Conservative	Norman Gough	59	12.91	5.69
Registered electors			2,436		4
Turnout			463	19.01	19.10
Rejected ballots			6	1.30	1.08
	Labour hold

Avery Hill

Avery Hill (1) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Pattenden	564	53.21	15.22
	Labour	John Littlefield	364	34.34	15.21
	Conservative	Brian Weller	132	12.45	0.01
Registered electors			2,466		49
Turnout			1,051	42.62	11.54
Rejected ballots			1	0.10	0.12
	Liberal Democrats hold

Blackheath

Blackheath (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brighty*	1,099	47.12	4.52
	Conservative	Hugh Harris	1,017
	Labour	Mary Mills	860	37.94	2.20
	Labour	Nigel Cairns	844
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Smart	348	14.94	3.05
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gerrard	323
Registered electors			5,170		205
Turnout			2,322	44.91	6.95
Rejected ballots			9	0.39	0.20
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Burrage

Burrage (1) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Len Duvall*	471	76.58	3.23
	Conservative	Norah Mandeville	76	12.36	1.60
	Greenwich People against cuts	Richard Newton	68	11.06	New
Registered electors			2,490		41
Turnout			621	24.94	16.63
Rejected ballots			6	0.97	0.48
	Labour hold

Charlton

Charlton (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Grant	1,020	67.12	0.80
	Labour	Sajid Jawaid† [n 3]	909
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Smith	236	16.42	1.87
	Conservative	Patricia Rabbitt	184	11.31	2.48
	Conservative	John Kelk	141
	Corrective	Lindi St Clair	74	5.15	New
Registered electors			4,832		327
Turnout			1,506	31.17	14.65
Rejected ballots			14	0.93	0.69
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Coldharbour

Coldharbour (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacques Devaux*	1,075	64.31	8.18
	Labour	John Kelly	873
	Conservative	Philip Dean	572	35.69	4.48
	Conservative	Frank Hodgson	509
Registered electors			4,472		95
Turnout			1,663	37.19	15.91
Rejected ballots			5	0.30	0.28
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Deansfield

Deansfield (1) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alec Miles*	569	49.87	2.22
	Labour	Arthur Bonner	452	39.61	3.96
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Woodcraft	120	10.52	6.18
Registered electors			2,626		51
Turnout			1,146	43.64	15.16
Rejected ballots			5	0.44	0.11
	Conservative hold

Eltham Park

Eltham Park (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dermot Poston*	1,295	46.28	2.85
	Conservative	James Simpson*	1,141
	Labour	David Coleman	1,000	36.06	1.68
	Labour	Martin Roffe	898
	Liberal Democrats	John Hagyard	405	15.39	6.79
	Independent	Russell White	60	2.28	New
Registered electors			4,839		74
Turnout			2,571	53.13	6.97
Rejected ballots			5	0.19	0.05
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Eynsham

Eynsham (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barrie Groves* [n 4]	680	68.63	27.58
	Labour	Ismail Danesi	668
	Conservative	Pierre Cope	180	17.57	New
	Conservative	Harry Barnes	165
	Liberal Democrats	Bonnie Soanes	140	13.80	New
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Grigg	131
Registered electors			4,839		571
Turnout			2,571	53.13	1.94
Rejected ballots			5	0.19	0.05
	Labour gain from SDP
	Labour gain from SDP

Ferrier

Ferrier (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mavis Best	678	70.53	8.63
	Labour	Deborah Smith*	641
	Conservative	Valerie Antcliffe	279	29.47	11.08
	Conservative	Margaret Campbell-Smith	272
Registered electors			4,441		281
Turnout			1,055	23.76	18.16
Rejected ballots			13	1.23	0.83
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Glyndon

Glyndon (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Austen*	907	82.14	0.04
	Labour	John Wakefield*	740
	Conservative	Jean Cooper	215	17.86	0.04
	Conservative	Dorothy Withers	143
Registered electors			5,386		351
Turnout			1,201	22.30	16.75
Rejected ballots			17	1.42	0.15
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Herbert

Herbert (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Jones	753	49.94	3.52
	Labour	Rajwant Sidhu	594
	Conservative	Samuel Coker* [n 5]	488	32.26	5.68
	Conservative	Catherine McGonagle	382
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Ottery	240	17.80	1.57
Registered electors			5,028		98
Turnout			1,461	29.06	13.29
Rejected ballots			13	0.89	0.51
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hornfair

Hornfair (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Gillman*	1,029	77.38	12.31
	Labour	Robert Lewis*	849
	Conservative	Sheila Stirling	298	22.62	7.89
	Conservative	Pamela Swann	251
Registered electors			4,452		112
Turnout			1,361	30.57	16.98
Rejected ballots			9	0.66	0.29
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Kidbrooke

Kidbrooke (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Adams*	741	43.33	4.03
	Labour	John Cove* [n 6]	712
	Conservative	Daniel Cocker	596	34.30	7.85
	Conservative	Stephen Landeryou	554
	Fellowship	Ronald Mallone	375	22.37	2.66
Registered electors			4,611		24
Turnout			1,662	36.04	12.71
Rejected ballots			6	0.36	0.18
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Lakedale

Lakedale (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Boothe* [n 7]	671	54.83	10.77
	Labour	Barbara Barwick	629
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Payne	164	11.68	9.79
	Independent	Sidney Stacey	164	13.83	New
	Conservative	Joan Harvey-Bailey	133	11.22	1.71
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Pinnington	113
	Green	James Otter	100	8.44	New
Registered electors			4,756		314
Turnout			1,181	24.83	16.50
Rejected ballots			9	0.76	0.43
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Middle Park

Middle Park (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Harris*	974	65.36	5.41
	Labour	Barry Taylor*	860
	Conservative	Dingle Clark	238	15.75	5.44
	Conservative	Margaret Joel	204
	Ind. Conservative	Andrew Graham	146	10.41	New
	Liberal Democrats	William Hewer	124	8.48	5.26
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Potter	114
Registered electors			4,903		66
Turnout			1,480	29.98	17.11
Rejected ballots			7	0.47	0.17
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

New Eltham

New Eltham (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Mepsted*	1,019	45.52	3.24
	Conservative	Sidney Nicholson	942
	Labour	Peter May*	938	41.34	0.97
	Labour	Maresa Kingston	843
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Lewis	235	10.17	7.18
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Churchill	203
	Greenwich People Against Cuts	Julius Cortes	64	2.97	New
Registered electors			5,202		124
Turnout			2,268	43.60	11.70
Rejected ballots			8	0.35	0.24
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Nightingale

Nightingale (1) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Scott*	344	72.88	3.02
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Diplock	79	16.74	5.21
	Conservative	Elsie Drew	49	10.38	8.23
Registered electors			2,551		112
Turnout			481	18.86	18.86
Rejected ballots			7	1.46	1.13
	Labour hold

Palace

Palace (1) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter King*	515	44.36	0.55
	Labour	Andrew Thompson	475	40.91	2.07
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Blackburn	171	14.73	1.52
Registered electors			3,656		809
Turnout			1,156	31.62	18.82
Rejected ballots			2	0.17	0.03
	Conservative hold

Plumstead Common

Plumstead Common (1) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria Morse*	528	65.59	0.84
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Mitchell	133	16.52	4.54
	Conservative	Vera Dempsey	97	12.05	0.47
	Green	David Harbud	47	5.84	New
Registered electors			2,756		103
Turnout			811	29.43	22.74
Rejected ballots			6	0.74	0.60
	Labour hold

Rectory Field

Rectory Field (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Cornforth	796	62.70	7.69
	Labour	Gary Parker	744
	Liberal Democrats	Walter Mayhew	286	19.91	1.72
	Conservative	John Day	226	17.39	5.08
	Liberal Democrats	Lez Stonnard	203
	Conservative	Maureen Robinson	201
Registered electors			4,618		305
Turnout			1,333	28.87	14.65
Rejected ballots			5	0.38	0.22
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Alfege

St Alfege (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Roberts*	683	38.52	10.52
	Labour	Kantabai Patel*	625
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Hill	550	31.27	10.31
	Liberal Democrats	Daphne Stevens	512
	Conservative	Brian Buckley	362	20.32	4.26
	Conservative	Hugh O'Leary	328
	Green	Gary Holden	168	9.89	4.05
Registered electors			4,508		44
Turnout			1,740	38.60	6.87
Rejected ballots			4	0.23	0.08
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Mary's

St Mary's (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas McShee	658	67.98	0.15
	Labour	John Fahy*	654
	Conservative	Gbola Oba	318	32.02	17.55
	Conservative	Christopher Phillips† [n 8]	300
Registered electors			4,474		213
Turnout			1,125	25.15	9.18
Rejected ballots			5	0.44	0.06
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Nicholas

St Nicholas (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alistair Macrae* [n 9]	656	62.61	0.54
	Labour	Claudia Slee*	635
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Derrick-Reeve	204	19.79	4.24
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Jenkins	204
	Conservative	Elisabeth Maisey	188	17.60	4.78
	Conservative	Cecelia Meers	175
Registered electors			4,877		122
Turnout			1,203	24.67	17.98
Rejected ballots			22	1.83	1.48
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Sherard

Sherard (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Hayes*	897	68.13	9.48
	Labour	Quentin Marsh*	858
	Conservative	Lynda Craker	324	24.34	8.96
	Conservative	Charles Joel	303
	Green	Terence Liddle	97	7.53	New
Registered electors			5,091		25
Turnout			1,361	26.73	22.41
Rejected ballots			8	0.59	0.43
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury (1) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Hayes*	621	52.81	3.65
	Conservative	Lewis Sergeant	489	41.58	1.61
	Greenwich Residents against cuts	Gerald Sizer	66	5.61	New
Registered electors			2,363		8
Turnout			1,182	50.02	10.62
Rejected ballots			6	0.51	0.37
	Labour hold

Slade

Slade (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Challis† [n 10]	976	51.33	5.90
	Labour	Ann Hutchinson	874
	Liberal Democrats	David Woodhead*	725	38.74	6.55
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Headon	671
	Conservative	Emily Head	195	9.93	0.65
	Conservative	Joyce Bowe	163
Registered electors			4,991		19
Turnout			1,956	39.19	20.21
Rejected ballots			13	0.66	0.53
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe (1) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Woodcraft*	672	55.91	0.21
	Labour	Mary Peltier	332	27.62	7.75
	Conservative	Steven Coules	183	15.22	9.21
	Liberal	Henry Middleton	15	1.25	New
Registered electors			2,794		116
Turnout			1,219	43.63	13.80
Rejected ballots			6	0.49	0.36
	Liberal Democrats hold

Tarn

Tarn (1) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Malone† [n 11]	477	48.43	12.28
	Conservative	Derek Richards*	432	43.86	1.87
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Hewer	76	7.72	10.40
Registered electors			2,426		14
Turnout			980	40.40	6.77
Rejected ballots			1	0.10	0.16
	Labour gain from Conservative

Thamesmead Moorings

Thamesmead Moorings (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Brooks* [n 12]	648	70.24	9.01
	Labour	Peter Kotz*	551
	Conservative	Laura Murphy	138	15.23	4.98
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Durham	124	14.53	5.66
	Conservative	Ray Maisey	122
Registered electors			5,230		415
Turnout			929	17.76	16.80
Rejected ballots			7	0.75	0.63
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Trafalgar

Trafalgar (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marian Moseley*	911	68.32	4.65
	Labour	James Gillman*	907
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Briscoe	290	19.39	3.09
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Renouf	226
	Conservative	Andrew Growdon	176	12.29	2.50
	Conservative	Jennifer Jones	151
Registered electors			4,927		237
Turnout			1,465	29.73	14.83
Rejected ballots			12	0.82	0.72
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Vanbrugh

Vanbrugh (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Grant	979	54.42	5.10
	Labour	David Picton† [n 13]	899
	Conservative	Douglas Ellison	537	29.90	6.05
	Conservative	Liz Truss	495
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Broad	311	15.68	1.93
	Liberal Democrats	David Richardson	230
Registered electors			4,853		150
Turnout			1,820	37.50	10.04
Rejected ballots			8	0.44	0.22
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Well Hall

Well Hall (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Freeman	1,220	58.28	6.35
	Labour	Raymond Walker*	1,188
	Conservative	Albert Hills	865	41.72	6.17
	Conservative	Sarah McAllister	859
Registered electors			5,145		106
Turnout			2,220	43.15	16.01
Rejected ballots			21	0.95	0.61
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

West

West (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen O'Mara	771	64.34	1.16
	Labour	Jaghir Sekhon*	595
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Lloyd	275	23.08	2.17
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Smith	215
	Conservative	Sarah Phillips	160	12.58	1.01
	Conservative	Richard Thwaites	107
Registered electors			4,526		494
Turnout			1,220	26.96	15.18
Rejected ballots			20	1.64	1.52
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Woolwich Common

Woolwich Common (2) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gurdip Dhillon*	754	75.35	10.23
	Labour	Terry Hales	716
	Conservative	Guy Hatch	244	24.65	5.41
	Conservative	Elizabeth Harris	237
Registered electors			4,446		147
Turnout			1,104	24.83	14.92
Rejected ballots			16	1.45	1.04
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Notes

1. Steedman was a sitting councillor representing the Rectory Field ward
2. O'Sullivan was a sitting councillor representing the St Mary's ward
3. Jawaid was a sitting councillor representing the Lakedale ward
4. Groves was originally elected as an SDP councillor but he later defected to Labour
5. Coker was originally elected as a Labour councillor but later defected to the Conservatives
6. Cove was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Shahzad in 1997 ^[9]
7. Boothe was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Gordon-Peiniger in 1995 ^[9]
8. Phillips was a sitting councillor representing the Blackheath ward
9. Macrae was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Barratt in 1996 ^[9]
10. Challis was a sitting councillor representing the Coldharbour ward
11. Malone was a sitting councillor representing the Abbey Wood ward. He was originally elected as an SDP councillor but later defected to Labour
12. Brooks was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Ramsey in 1997 ^[9]
13. Picton was a sitting councillor representing the Charlton ward

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