1998 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election

1998 Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council election ^[1]

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All 50 seats to Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
Registered	111,776 [2]
Turnout	38,201, 34.18% ( 12.09) [2]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Andrew Slaughter Unknown Unknown Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 1996 Unknown Unknown Leader's seat Gibbs Green Unknown Unknown Last election 33 seats, 53.44% 15 seats, 35.9% 2 seats, 10.66% Seats before 34 [n 1] 14 [n 2] 1 Seats won 36 14 0 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 40,634 28,302 7,842 Percentage 52.86% 36.82% 10.20% Swing 0.58 1.42 0.46
Map of the results of the 1998 Hammersmith and Fulham council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 1998 Hammersmith and Fulham Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[5]

Election result

The Labour Party won 36 seats (on a 49.7% share of the vote) - a gain of 3 seats from the previous election, and maintained control of the council. The Conservative Party won 14 seats (with 37.4% of the vote) - a loss of 1 seat from their previous result. The Liberal Democrats lost the two seats they previously held, winning 12.6% of the votes cast. ^[5]

1998 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election results ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	36	4	3	1	72.00	52.86	40,634	0.58
	Conservative	14	4	4		28.00	36.82	28,302	1.42
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	1	0.00	10.20	7,842	0.46
	Communist League	0	0	0		0.00	0.12	90	New
Total		50						76,868

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Addison

Addison (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Siobhan Coughlan	1,035	57.39	1.82
	Labour	Ghassan Karian	887
	Conservative	Jolyon N. Neubert	422	24.99	2.01
	Conservative	Michael J. Woolton	415
	Liberal Democrats	George M. Collie	295	17.62	5.31
Registered electors			5,178		666
Turnout			1,686	32.56	13.16
Rejected ballots			25	1.48	1.29
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Avonmore

Avonmore (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sonya Hilton*	728	45.58	3.44
	Labour	Keith A. Mallinson*	697	42.41	1.57
	Conservative	James W. Browne	684
	Labour	Frederick Inniss	617
	Liberal Democrats	Julie C. Perrin	186	12.01	1.88
Registered electors			4,597		568
Turnout			1,570	34.15	7.05
Rejected ballots			12	0.76	0.76
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour gain from Conservative

Broadway

Broadway (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth M. Cartwright*	831	65.72	9.35
	Labour	Huw Davies† [n 3]	816
	Conservative	Tara J. Douglas-Home	283	20.11	8.46
	Conservative	Bozidar Zabavnik	221
	Liberal Democrats	Martin W.M. Bryant	203	14.17	0.89
	Liberal Democrats	Henry C. Braund	152
Registered electors			3,910		220
Turnout			1,354	34.63	13.88
Rejected ballots			18	1.33	1.22
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Brook Green

Brook Green (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Johnson*	916	47.46	4.06
	Labour	Polly Hicks	885
	Conservative	John A. Hennessy*	823	42.05	0.93
	Conservative	Margaret R. Massey	773
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna R. Gill	233	10.49	4.99
	Liberal Democrats	Ilona O.H. Lepper	165
Registered electors			5,451		776
Turnout			1,995	36.60	10.39
Rejected ballots			6	0.30	0.07
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Colehill

Colehill (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adronie E. Alford*	834	59.66	7.37
	Conservative	Christopher J. Round	806
	Labour	Paul Richards	410	29.72	6.06
	Labour	Winifred Watson	407
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanna Harris	146	10.62	1.31
Registered electors			4,703		431
Turnout			1,402	29.81	15.67
Rejected ballots			7	0.50	0.40
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

College Park and Old Oak

College Park and Old Oak (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wesley Harcourt*	967	74.15	2.32
	Labour	Reginald McLaughlin*	935
	Labour	Melanie Smallman† [n 4]	863
	Conservative	Linda Scanlon	224	15.87	2.73
	Conservative	Theresa P. Coen	205
	Conservative	Anthony J. Sulivan	163
	Liberal Democrats	William W.M. Chambre	143	9.98	0.41
	Liberal Democrats	William Wiggin	125
	Liberal Democrats	William J.G.R. Yonge	104
Registered electors			4,754		432
Turnout			1,387	29.18	11.28
Rejected ballots			10	0.72	0.48
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Coningham

Coningham (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Graham*	1,368	61.15	8.52
	Labour	Josephine Wicks*	1,165
	Labour	Timothy Stanley† [n 5]	1,039
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Owen	390	18.98	3.77
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila J. Shuttleworth	349
	Conservative	Mark A. Loveday	308	15.25	0.12
	Conservative	Elizabeth Mills	298
	Conservative	Hugh M. Robertson	285
	Communist League	Celia Pugh	90	4.62	New
Registered electors			7,539		1,087
Turnout			2,008	26.63	14.30
Rejected ballots			26	1.29	0.95
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Crabtree

Crabtree (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam C. Gray*	973	46.76	6.12
	Conservative	Mark R. Simonds	904	46.52	3.16
	Conservative	Timothy S. Janman	889
	Labour	Simon Risley	829
	Liberal Democrats	Tamara Dragadze	135	6.72	2.87
	Liberal Democrats	Donald J-L A.O.A.Gray-Raus	124
Registered electors			4,297		409
Turnout			2,037	47.41	4.98
Rejected ballots			11	0.54	0.44
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Eel Brook

Eel Brook (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donal Blaney	810	47.65	15.51
	Conservative	Gregory W. Hands	810
	Labour	David L. Gwynne	582	32.79	0.37
	Labour	Hugh Jaeger	533
	Liberal Democrats	Jon P. Burden	346	19.56	15.88
	Liberal Democrats	Huw Lloyd-James	319
Registered electors			4,341		337
Turnout			1,772	40.82	13.40
Rejected ballots			4	0.23	0.09
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Labour

Gibbs Green

Gibbs Green (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Slaughter*	775	59.81	3.84
	Labour	Charles W. Treloggan* [n 6]	765
	Conservative	Rowena H.S Everson	354	25.20	6.24
	Conservative	Jocelyn L. Ormon	295
	Liberal Democrats	Anne C. Lloyd-James	193	14.99	2.40
Registered electors			5,153		671
Turnout			1,335	25.91	17.62
Rejected ballots			9	0.67	0.57
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Grove

Grove (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Allen	992	56.62	2.50
	Labour	Stephen Cowan	860
	Conservative	Amand J. Lloyd-Harris	487	28.55	3.95
	Conservative	Edward M. Wilson	447
	Liberal Democrats	Michael P. Andrew	249	14.83	1.45
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie P. Emmerson	236
Registered electors			4,680		411
Turnout			1,747	37.33	10.20
Rejected ballots			15	0.86	0.66
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Margravine

Margravine (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Araminta Birdsey	802	65.87	5.98
	Labour	Lisa Homan	790
	Conservative	Albert Crosby	280	22.92	5.04
	Conservative	Pamela Hurst	274
	Liberal Democrats	Sorcha Cassidy	146	11.21	0.94
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Watkins	125
Registered electors			4,292		299
Turnout			1,289	30.03	19.61
Rejected ballots			15	1.16	0.96
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Normand

Normand (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Caruana*	775	47.04	6.02
	Labour	David Williams† [n 7]	711
	Conservative	Magnus J. Burroughe	670	42.07	7.11
	Conservative	Nicholas J.S. Addyman	659
	Liberal Democrats	Gabrielle Minken	172	10.89	1.09
Registered electors			4,294		58
Turnout			1,602	37.31	10.55
Rejected ballots			13	0.81	0.47
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Palace

Palace (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emile P. Al-Uzaizi*	1,345	73.05	3.68
	Conservative	Andrew P. Ground*	1,316
	Labour	Adam Farrar	315	17.29	3.30
	Labour	Francis J. Lukey	315
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra E. Sugden	176	9.66	0.38
Registered electors			4,124		209
Turnout			1,843	44.69	7.80
Rejected ballots			12	0.65	0.50
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Ravenscourt

Ravenscourt (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona Evans-Lothian	881	51.33	8.36
	Labour	Hefin Rees	856
	Conservative	Angela F.I. Clarke*	677	37.29	4.72
	Conservative	Sally A. Roberts	585
	Liberal Democrats	Brian R. Gallagher	233	11.38	0.21
	Liberal Democrats	Hassan Zaidi	152
Registered electors			4,325		442
Turnout			1,791	41.41	8.68
Rejected ballots			10	0.56	0.46
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Sands End

Sands End (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brendan Bird*	933	52.37	1.29
	Labour	Colin Pavelin	868
	Conservative	Mark J. Littlewood	642	37.34	1.81
	Conservative	Grace H. Oliver	642
	Liberal Democrats	William Bagwell	177	10.29	0.52
Registered electors			5,202		625
Turnout			1,738	33.41	12.23
Rejected ballots			11	0.63	0.44
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John L. Garrett*	706	44.09	0.45
	Conservative	Tristram J. Kennedy Harper	696	46.59	1.38
	Conservative	Alexander P. Karmel	684
	Labour	Ashok Patel	600
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair J. Brett	138	9.32	1.83
Registered electors			3,858		456
Turnout			1,512	39.19	9.78
Rejected ballots			15	0.99	0.93
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Starch Green

Starch Green (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Hillman	1,010	56.86	3.00
	Labour	Gregory Wilkinson	949
	Conservative	Richard E. Buxton	484	26.94	3.32
	Conservative	Trevor Lloyd-Jones	444
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Berry	279	16.20	0.31
Registered electors			4,266		207
Turnout			1,721	40.34	10.71
Rejected ballots			13	0.76	0.47
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Sulivan

Sulivan (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald A. Wombwell*	970	62.34	8.15
	Conservative	Nicholas B. Botterill* [n 8]	967
	Labour	Vera Godden	467	28.23	6.15
	Labour	Thomas W. Butler	410
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Bonser	167	9.43	2.00
	Liberal Democrats	Allan W. McKelvie	126
Registered electors			4,332		328
Turnout			1,645	37.97	11.88
Rejected ballots			7	0.43	0.23
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Town

Town (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen J. Greenhalgh* [n 9]	795	60.95	5.85
	Conservative	Antony Lillis† [n 10]	744
	Labour	Allison Bartlett	382	27.05	4.28
	Labour	Joseph Moriah	301
	Liberal Democrats	Nathaniel J. Green	163	12.00	1.57
	Liberal Democrats	Graham P. Muir	140
Registered electors			4,802		487
Turnout			1,323	27.55	17.20
Rejected ballots			9	0.68	0.32
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Walham

Walham (2) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances M. Stainton*	857	46.58	2.18
	Labour	Jenny Vaughan	833	44.46	5.29
	Conservative	Allen J. Mills	806
	Labour	Rory Vaughan	754
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Day	167	8.96	3.12
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Day	153
Registered electors			5,539		553
Turnout			1,897	34.25	10.74
Rejected ballots			9	0.47	0.20
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

White City & Shepherds Bush

White City and Shepherds Bush (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Browne*	1,362	78.17	6.21
	Labour	Ivan Gibbons	1,305
	Labour	Jafar Khaled*	1,132
	Liberal Democrats	Michael R. Boudry	217	11.75	2.17
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew T. Sweeting	200
	Conservative	Theresa A. Villiers	199	10.08	4.04
	Conservative	Andrew D. Brierley	169
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy C. Leunig	154
	Conservative	James F. Bullock	122
Registered electors			6,205		131
Turnout			1,884	30.36	10.77
Rejected ballots			25	1.33	1.06
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Wormholt

Wormholt (3) ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Aherne*	1,053	67.27	4.93
	Labour	Sally Powell*	995
	Labour	Stephen Burke*	982
	Conservative	Jonathon Collett	287	17.98	7.21
	Conservative	Timothy L. Kevan	262
	Conservative	John E.J. Pickthorn	261
	Liberal Democrats	Natasha Julien	234	14.74	2.27
	Liberal Democrats	Tanya Coen-D'Arcy	215
	Liberal Democrats	Christina V. Kearney	215
Registered electors			5,934		231
Turnout			1,663	28.02	14.06
Rejected ballots			14	0.84	0.63
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Notes

1. They did have 35 seats but shortly before the election one of their seats became vacant without enough time to hold a by-election ^[3]
2. Conservatives lost 1 seat in a by-election following the resignation of Cllr. Guy Mortimer in 1996 ^{[4] [3]}
3. Davies was a sitting councillor representing the Ravenscourt ward
4. Smallman was a sitting councillor representing the Crabtree ward, a ward she was elected to in a by-election following the resignation of Cllr. Guy Mortimer in 1996 ^[4]
5. Stanley was a sitting councillor representing the Starch Green ward
6. Treloggan was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Iain Coleman in 1997 ^[4]
7. Williams was a sitting councillor representing the Starch Green ward
8. Notterill was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr. Jonathan J. Maiden in 1996 ^[4]
9. Greenhalgh was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Antony C. Glover in 1995/96 ^[4]
10. Lillis was a sitting Councillor representing the Colehill ward

References

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2. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 200. Retrieved 28 June 2025. .
3. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 67. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
4. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 71. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
5. "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
6. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 69–71, 198, 200–201. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
7. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 7 June 2025.