1998 Harrow London Borough Council election

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The 1998 Harrow Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Harrow London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

Background

Election result

Ward results

Canons

Canons [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Cowan 1,218 20.6
Conservative Janet Cowan 1,204 20.4
Conservative Richard Romain 1,131 19.1
Labour Charles Blake5809.8
Labour Benjamin Novick5759.7
Labour Kathleen Kurji4818.1
Liberal Democrats Ronald Warshaw2574.3
Liberal Democrats David Sandford2374.0
Liberal Democrats Natoo Bhana2103.5
Total votes5,893 100
Turnout 32.7

Centenary

Centenary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mitzi Green 1,356 19.8
Labour Daniel Redford 1,312 19.2
Labour Keekira Thammaiah 1,269 18.5
Conservative Frank Budden81611.9
Conservative Manji Patel78111.4
Conservative Simon Pratt69710.2
Liberal Democrats Oenone Cox2193.2
Liberal Democrats Sheila O'Reilly2.96.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Fierstone1802.6
Total votes6,831 100
Turnout 37.0

Greenhill

Greenhill [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Anastasia Attiki 937 13.9
Labour Howard Bluston 921 13.7
Labour Damian Krushner 856 12.7
Liberal Democrats Maureen de Beer73911.0
Liberal Democrats Nahid Boethe68510.2
Conservative Gary Hughes68510.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Budden67510.0
Conservative Henry Venour6018.9
Conservative Amrit Mediratta5948.8
Total votes6,693 100
Turnout 38.4

Harrow on the Hill

Harrow on the Hill [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Eileen Kinnear 1,087 13.1
Conservative Clive Scowen 1,051 12.7
Labour Huw Davies 1,022 12.4
Conservative Mark Versallion1,01712.3
Labour Margaret Davine99212.0
Labour Chloe Smith91711.1
Liberal Democrats Judith Day6988.4
Liberal Democrats Duncan Rogers6658.0
Liberal Democrats Vipinparakash Varsani6277.6
Green Matthew Peace1611.9
Total votes8,237 100
Turnout 38.6

Harrow Weald

Harrow Weald [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Lyne 1,067 15.2
Liberal Democrats Mary Graham 1,019 14.5
Liberal Democrats Ahmed Marikar 870 12.4
Labour Colin Crouch70610.1
Conservative Richard Cowan6939.9
Conservative Gary Hunter6769.6
Conservative Brian Jones6709.5
Labour Michael Kinsey6539.3
Labour Patrick McManus6288.9
Total votes6,982 100
Turnout 32.8

Hatch End

Hatch End [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Adrian Knowles 1,417 18.9
Conservative Mary John 1,382 18.4
Conservative Jean Lammiman 1,342 17.9
Labour Susan Anderson6949.2
Labour John Solomon6608.8
Labour Patricia Skacel5947.9
Liberal Democrats James Jackson5206.9
Liberal Democrats Zia Baig4415.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Salter4335.7
Total votes7,483 100
Turnout 37.4

Headstone North

Headstone North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Anthony Seymour 1,218 13.6
Liberal Democrats Nicola Lane 1,208 13.5
Conservative Eric Silver 1,195 13.4
Conservative Khalid Mahmood1,17113.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Sayer1,16613.0
Liberal Democrats Janet Skipworth1,14912.8
Labour Ernest Selby6186.9
Labour James Titmuss6006.7
Labour Sonalie Dharmarajah5916.6
Total votes8,916 100
Turnout  40.7

Headstone South

Headstone South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour William Stephenson 1,324 17.3
Labour Gillian Travers 1,167 15.2
Labour Anne Whitehead 1,143 14.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Giles-Medhurst92212.0
Liberal Democrats Clifford Thomas87011.3
Liberal Democrats John Branch7559.8
Conservative Stephen Hall4345.6
Conservative Theresa Hyde4025.2
Conservative Richard Booth3915.1
Green Justin Challener2443.1
Total votes7,652 100
Turnout 39.8

Kenton East

Kenton East [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Navin Shah 1,404 22.0
Labour Albert Toms 1,308 20.5
Labour Archie Foulds 1,303 20.4
Conservative John Hall5077.9
Conservative Edmund Costelloe4246.6
Conservative Jonathan Lemon4116.4
Liberal Democrats Mahendra Patel4046.3
Liberal Democrats Barbara Angell3355.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Jeffery2674.1
Total votes6,363 100
Turnout 31.6

Kenton West

Kenton West [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Cyril Davies 1,268 16.8
Labour Raymond Frogley 1,210 16.0
Labour Sanjay Dighé 1,194 15.8
Conservative Joseph Grenfell97312.9
Conservative Mayur Bhatt95912.7
Conservative Jeremy Zeid90812.0
Liberal Democrats Eileen Colledge3124.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony Thorne2703.5
Liberal Democrats Gerald de Jayasinghe2393.1
Independent Akil Dhalla1902.5
Total votes7,523 100
Turnout 35.1

Marlborough

Marlborough [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ann Groves 1,226 19.0
Labour Phillip O'Dell 1,131 17.5
Labour Margaret Sims 1,008 15.6
Liberal Democrats Brian Campbell71411.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Campbell66210.2
Liberal Democrats Baldev Sharma65310.1
Conservative Peter Hardy5.75.6
Conservative Margaret Carr3605.5
Conservative Joyce Osborn3265.0
Total votes6,448 100
Turnout 33.8

Pinner

Pinner [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Mavis Champagnie 1,644 21.2
Conservative Andrew Olins 1,636 21.1
Conservative Anthony Cocksedge 1,595 20.6
Labour Jeffrey Gallant6338.1
Labour Timothy Oelman6167.9
Labour Michael Heavey5867.5
Liberal Democrats Leslie Moss3744.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Green3464.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Land3073.9
Total votes7,737 100
Turnout 35.8

Pinner West

Pinner West [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Charles Mote 1,461 16.3
Conservative Graham Howard 1,434 16.0
Conservative John Nickolay 1,383 15.4
Liberal Democrats Veronica Chamberlain8359.3
Liberal Democrats Graham Finch8169.1
Labour Joseph Lilley7958.8
Liberal Democrats David Walster7888.7
Labour Kenneth Moss7588.4
Labour Asoke Dutta6917.7
Total votes8,961 100
Turnout  44.3

Rayners Lane

Rayners Lane [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Noyce 1,443 17.7
Liberal Democrats Prakash Nandhra 1,226 15.0
Liberal Democrats Alastair Alexander 1,199 14.7
Conservative Herbert Crossman81910.0
Conservative Raymond Arnold7759.5
Conservative Heather Murgett7629.3
Labour Rajeshri Shah6748.2
Labour Sean Jinks6738.2
Labour Namachivaya Idaikkadar5777.0
Total votes8,148 100
Turnout 41.9

Ridgeway

Ridgeway [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Brian Gate 1,283 15.5
Labour Paul Fox 1,147 13.9
Labour Norman Stillerman 1,067 12.9
Liberal Democrats Alanna Coombes84710.2
Conservative Leonard Harsant82410.0
Liberal Democrats Edward Tiley8199.9
Liberal Democrats Adrien Smith9.610.1
Conservative Paul Osborn7479.0
Conservative John Rennie7018.5
Total votes8,226 100
Turnout 42.6
Roxbourne (3)
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Roxeth (3)
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Stanmore Park (3)
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Stanmore South (3)
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Wealdstone (3)
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Wemborough (3)
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References

  1. ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Canons" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Centenary" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Greenhill" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Harrow on the Hill" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Harrow Weald" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Hatch End" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Headstone North" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Headstone South" (PDF).
  10. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Kenton East" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Kenton West" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Marlborough" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Pinner" (PDF).
  14. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Pinner West" (PDF).
  15. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Rayners Lane" (PDF).
  16. ↑ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Ridgeway" (PDF).
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