1998 Hackney London Borough Council election

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1998 Hackney London Borough Council elections
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All 60 seats to Hackney London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered116,157
Turnout38.24%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before44101
Seats won291712
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 15Increase2.svg 7Increase2.svg 11
Percentage48.33%28.33%20.00%
 Fourth party
 
Party Green
Seats before0
Seats won2
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2
Percentage3.33%
Council control before election

No overall control

Subsequent council control

No overall control

The 1998 Hackney London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998. All 60 members of Hackney London Borough Council were up for election. The elections took place as part of the 1998 London local elections.

Contents

Despite the losses, the Labour Party remained the largest party, but the council continued with no overall control. The Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party both made gains.

The Labour Party retained overall control of the council but saw a significant reduction in seats, losing 16 seats. The Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives made gains, with the Liberal Democrats increasing their seat count by 10 and the Conservatives by six.

Simultaneously, a referendum was held on whether there was support for establishing a Greater London Authority

The 1998 Hackney London Borough Council elections initially left the Labour Party without a working majority, holding 29 of the 60 available seats. Following a series of by-elections, Labour gained three additional seats, securing victories from both the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party, and thus achieving a working majority with 32 seats. The Liberal Democrats saw a reduction from 17 to 15 seats, while the Conservative Party increased their seats from 12 to 13, and the Green Party's representation decreased from 2 to 1 seat. This shift in council composition allowed Labour to establish stronger control over council decisions, including budgetary matters.

Background

Prior to the 1998 election, Labour had effectively lost control of Hackney Council, with no single party holding a majority. The election was part of a broader set of local elections across London and the UK, where several councils experienced shifts in control.

Electoral fraud

On 9 March 2001, two Hackney Borough Council councillors, Isaac Leibowitz, Conservative, and Zev Lieberman, Liberal Democrat were convicted of a major vote-rigging conspiracy related to the May 1998 local elections. They were found guilty of fraudulently adding names to the electoral roll to influence the election outcome in Hackney's Northwold ward.

The fraud involved registering fake voters, including using disused properties and misrepresenting addresses. It also included manipulating proxy votes. This led to a significant increase in proxy voting from 12 in 1994 to 241 in 1998, with a majority of the proxies voting for the Liberal Democrats.

Leibowitz and Lieberman were convicted of forgery and conspiracy to defraud. The scale of the fraud raised concerns about the integrity of the electoral process and the accuracy of the election results. [1]

Election result

In the 1998 Hackney Council election, no single party gained overall control of the council. The result reflected a broader trend observed in other boroughs during the same election cycle, where several councils transitioned to no overall control. The outcome was consistent with changes observed in other boroughs, where Labour gained control of Harrow, Brent, Lambeth, and Waltham Forest from a state of no overall control. Labour lost control of Hillingdon, Islington, and Hackney, where they had previously held a majority or significant influence.

Ward result

Brownswood (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter G. Kenyon 855
Labour Linda Smith 714
Liberal Democrats Joyce Alexander233
Green Klaus Graichen226
Liberal Democrats Mark N. Smulan198
Conservative Joan Hillier156
Conservative Irene M. Lewington153
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Clissold (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lorraine Monk 937
Labour John M. Hudson 916
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Anderson814
Labour Brian N. Marsh776
Liberal Democrats David Mackey669
Liberal Democrats Abraham-Samuel Jacobson596
Green Ian B. Wingrove457
Conservative June R. Eaton114
Conservative David W. Balcombe111
Conservative John A.W. Moir96
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Queensbridge (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Williams 983
Liberal Democrats Vernon E. Williams 959
Liberal Democrats Hettie V. Peters 951
Liberal Democrats Anthony S. Terrill881
Labour Nihal U. Fernando870
Labour Emma M. Plouviez851
Green Daphne U. Boyce145
Conservative Wendy Fuller129
Conservative Maureen Mgaza116
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Chatham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Darbyshire 924
Labour Naomi Russell 893
Labour Sally Mulready 862
Liberal Democrats Maryam Hafezji396
Liberal Democrats Menachem Beitél387
Liberal Democrats Mark B. Ukandu370
Conservative Elsie M. Baverstock182
Conservative Stephen Giff145
Conservative Alfred G. Suskin124
Socialist Party (UK) Paul Heron109
Socialist Party (UK) Christian Newby70
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Dalston (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David A.J. Bentley 1,055
Liberal Democrats Philip Pearson 937
Liberal Democrats Meral H. Ece838
Labour Fiona E. Alderton809
Labour Samantha A. Lloyd770
Labour Richard Blanco763
Green Jack E. Easton239
Conservative Christopher J. Ballingall122
Conservative David C. Harmer72
Conservative Winston G. Henry68
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
De Beauvoir (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher P. O'Leary 997
Labour Andrew Windross 942
Labour Frances E. Pearson 929
Labour Peter J.I. Snell891
Conservative James A. Spencer886
Conservative Alexander Ellis877
Liberal Democrats John Bird402
Liberal Democrats Irene S. Fawkes316
Liberal Democrats Edward Garber264
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Eastdown (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Corrigan 803
Labour Bharti Patel 702
Labour Stephen Sartain 696
Labour Linda A. Hibberd666
Liberal Democrats Kenneth E. Hanson610
Liberal Democrats Paula Granger594
Conservative Lilian Lonsdale110
Conservative Peter Lonsdale82
Conservative Pamela Y. Sills72
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Haggerston (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William G. Nicholson 731
Labour David Young 668
Liberal Democrats Anthony Goodchild561
Liberal Democrats Mark Pursey488
Conservative Andrew Boff348
Conservative Bruce Spenser306
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Homerton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharon R. Patrick 641
Labour Robin J. Cornell 545
Liberal Democrats Celya A. Maxted194
Liberal Democrats Melvin E.C. Minter190
Green Michael C. Walsh172
Socialist Labour Robert W. Adams139
Conservative Julia D. Cole114
Conservative Martin Summers95
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Kings Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Simon B. Parkes 680
Labour Mohammad S. Siddiqui 672
Conservative Hyman Kern136
Conservative Giulio Rapaciulo96
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Leabridge (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bonnie Miller 928
Labour Anthony H. Milton 846
Labour Abdul G. Mulla 757
Conservative Heather Whitewall590
Conservative Faruk Miah587
Conservative Shuja Shaikh585
Green Yesin Hussein299
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Shenker255
Socialist Labour Peter J. Morton229
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
New River (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David J. Phillips 1,343
Conservative Jacob M. Grosskopf 1,267
Conservative Maureen B. Middleton 1,241
Labour Michael B. Desmond941
Labour Rosa Gomez917
Labour John W. Small841
Green Catherine S. Murphy262
Conservative gain from Swing
Conservative gain from Swing
Conservative gain from Swing
North Defoe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Yen C. Chong 661
Green Paul A. Carswell 554
Labour James E. Carswell 455
Labour John McGafferty406
Labour Ann V. McGinley125
Conservative Michael J. Donoghue121
Socialist Alliance (UK) Anne Murphy52
Green gain from Swing
Green gain from Swing
Northfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Medlin Lewis 1,058
Conservative Bernard V. Peretz 1,048
Conservative Christopher D. Sills 1,044
Labour Victoria L. Murco679
Labour Michael I.G. Bartlet647
Labour Sunday A. Owogumbu629
Green Lucy Sommers236
Conservative hold Swing
South Defoe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian C. Peacock 471
Labour Jules Pipe 458
Green Mischa A. Borris226
Green Jon George212
Labour Philip G. Stark156
Liberal Democrats Keith L. Sexton127
Socialist Labour Jennifer Burnett98
Conservative Paul Brenells82
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Northwold (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian D. Scharer 1,098
Liberal Democrats Shahid M. Ahchala 1,073
Liberal Democrats Zev Lieberman 1,019
Labour Daphne McAllister887
Labour Joko N. Mafcoy810
Labour Safeer A. Shaikh774
Green Julie A. Hathaway316
Conservative Gordon Bell227
Conservative Grace Forsythe211
Conservative Linda Hardy184
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Springfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Heinz I. Lobenstein 1,406
Conservative Isaac Leibowitz 1,330
Conservative Eric Ollenhauser 1,323
Labour Linda A. Kelly790
Labour Dennis Sawyer728
Labour Ian S. Thompson704
CPI Monty Goldman92
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Victoria (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Howard Hyman 1,046
Liberal Democrats Patricia McGuiness 994
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Montgomery 980
Labour Jason Cox965
Labour Geoffrey Horn897
Labour Faizullah Khan847
Conservative Barbara Campbell122
Conservative Patricia Birgell109
CPI Doris E. Snelgrove81
BNP Victor J. Dooley65
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wenlock (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kevin N. Daws 809
Liberal Democrats Kay M. Stone 716
Labour Emma F. Burnell373
Labour Patricia M.L. Webster312
BNP Kate McKay89
Conservative Caroline I. Fazzani47
Conservative Rita Than18
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Westdown (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie P. Grimble 596
Labour David H. Manion 493
Liberal Democrats Kevin Brock162
Green Nicholas Lee151
Liberal Democrats Jerry H. Parana-Hetty134
Conservative Angela Kilmartin62
Conservative Peter Fazzani58
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Wick (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Hughes 1,233
Liberal Democrats Andrew J. Bridgwater 1,154
Liberal Democrats Adrian J. Gee-Turner 1,108
Labour Elizabeth Clowes608
Labour Allan Hilton589
Labour William O'Connor513
Conservative Ann B. Brenells117
Conservative Yann Leclercq100
Conservative Irene C. Wonderling84
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Moorfields (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David J. Candlin 887
Conservative Lorraine C. Fahey 830
Labour Ian W. Blunt349
Labour Dylan Jeffery306
Liberal Democrats John Henderson146
Liberal Democrats Tat C. Kong136
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Wenlock (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kevin N. Daws 809
Liberal Democrats Kay M. Stone 716
Labour Emma F. Burnell373
Labour Patricia M.L. Webster312
BNP Kate McKay89
Conservative Caroline I. Fazzani47
Conservative Rita Than18
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

By-elections

Clissold

An by-election was held after the resignation of Cllr Loarraine Monk, on 22 October 1998

Clissold (By-Election)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vicki L. Munro 747 42.6
Liberal Democrats Paula Grainger68939.3
Green Julie A. Hathaway26415.0
Conservative Bruce Spenser1478.4
Ind. Labour Party Kevin V. Johnston663.8
Labour hold Swing

North Defoe

An by-election was held after the resignation of Cllr Paul Thomas, on 21 January 1998. The election led to the Greens losing one of their two seats on the council, being gained by Labour

North Defoe (By-Election)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James E. Carswell 581 43.4
Green Mischa A. Borris54841.0
Liberal Democrats Sarah-Jane Pratten1007.5
Conservative Yann Leclercq423.1
Independent Socialist PartyAnne Murphy372.8
Labour gain from Green Swing

Rectory

An by-election was held after the resignation of Cllr Irfan Malik, on 15 July 1998.

Rectory (By-Election)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Samantha A. Lloyd 941 52.7
Conservative Shuja Shaikh47526.6
Liberal Democrats Steven R. Laing1639.1
Green Isabel Lane1226.8
Independent Breen L.L. Lewis844.7
Labour hold Swing

King's Park

An by-election was held after the disqualification of Cllr Simon Parkes, on 13 January 2000.

Kings Park (By-Election)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sunday A. Ogunwobi 582 66.8
Liberal Democrats Kenrick E. Hanson19021.8
Conservative James A. Spencer8910.2
Labour hold Swing

Wick

An by-election was held after the disqualification of Cllr Neil Hughes, on 12 October 2000. Labour gained Wick from the Liberal Democrats.

Wick (By-Election)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jessica Webb 496 40.5
Liberal Democrats Kenrick E. Hanson42334.6
Socialist Alliance (UK) Diana Swingler13410.9
Conservative Alexander Ellis998.1
Independent Adrian K. Peacock252.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Northwold

An by-election was held after the disqualification of Cllr Zev Liberman, on 7 June 2001. Labour gained Northwold from the Liberal Democrats.

Northwold (By-Election)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael B. Desmond 1,260 42.0
Liberal Democrats Dawood E. Akhoon64521.5
Green Isabel Lane34211.4
Conservative Pamela Y. Sills2518.4
Socialist Alliance (UK) Diana L. Swingler1876.2
Independent John G. Kelly1454.8
Humanist Cambell R. McK. Matheson1454.8
Independent Adrian K. Peacock240.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Queensbridge

An by-election was held after the resignation of Cllr Vernon Williams, on 7 June 2001. Labour gained Northwold from the Liberal Democrats.

Queensbridge (By-Election)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Travers 1,907 59.8
Liberal Democrats Celya A. Maxted72422.7
Conservative Andrew Boff35511.1
Socialist Alliance (UK) Michael L. Matthews-Dublin2026.3
Labour hold Swing

Springfield

An by-election was held after the disqualification of Cllr Isaac Leibowitz, on 7 June 2001. Labour gained Northwold from the Liberal Democrats.

Springfield (By-Election)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacob Landau 1,269 37.4
Liberal Democrats Linda A. Kelly122736.1
Humanist Bruce Spenser40111.8
Liberal Democrats Steven R. Laing2056.0
Green William J. Childley1695.0
Independent Anetta P. Gluckstein1243.7
Conservative hold Swing
Council Control Before and After By-Elections [2]
PartySeats BeforeSeats Gained/LostTotal Seats After
     Labour Party (UK) 29Increase2.svg 332
     Conservative Party (UK) 12Increase2.svg 113
     Liberal Democrats (UK) 17Decrease2.svg 215
     Green Party of England and Wales 2Decrease2.svg 11

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  2. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 2002" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2024.

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