1998 Harrow London Borough Council election

1998 Harrow London Borough Council election

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all 63 seats up for election to Harrow London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
Registered	155,120 [1]
Turnout	56,846, 36.65 ( 12.23) [1]
First party Second party   Leader Robert W.F. Shannon [n 1] Christine A. Bednell [n 2] Party Labour Conservative Leader since 19 Feb 1998 [n 3] 18 July 1996 [n 4] Leader's seat Wealdstone Stanmore Park Last election 14 seats, 29.31% 17 seats, 33.83% Seats before 16 18 Seats won 32 20 Seat change 16 4 Popular vote 61,556 51,809 Percentage 39.48% 33.23% Swing 10.17 0.60   Third party Fourth party   Leader Christopher D. Noyce [n 5] John E. Cripps [n 6] Party Liberal Democrats Ind. Residents Leader since 7 Nov 1997 [n 7] 23 Apr 1998 [n 8] Leader's seat Rayners Lane Roxeth Last election 29 seats, 34.14% 3 seats, 2.58% Seats before 26 2 Seats won 9 2 Seat change 20 Popular vote 37,244 4,475 Percentage 23.89% 2.87% Swing 10.25 0.29
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election Labour

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. ^[10]

Election result

1998 Harrow London Borough Council elections ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	32	16	0	16	50.79	39.48	61,556	10.17
	Conservative	20	7	3	4	31.75	33.23	51,809	0.60
	Liberal Democrats	9	0	20	20	14.29	23.89	37,244	10.25
	Ind. Residents	2	0	0		3.17	2.87	4,475	0.29
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	0.26	405	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.16	252	0.02
	National Front	0	0	0		0.00	0.11	168	New
Total		63						155,909

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Canons

Canons (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John H. Cowan*	1,218	60.29	7.61
	Conservative	Janet R. Cowan† [n 9]	1,204
	Conservative	Richard D. Romain*	1,131
	Labour	Charles E. Blake	580	27.76	15.09
	Labour	Benjamin A. Novick	575
	Labour	Kathleen G. Kurji	481
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald D. Warshaw	257	11.95	22.70
	Liberal Democrats	David B. Sandford	237
	Liberal Democrats	Natoo Bhana	210
Registered electors			6,472		249
Turnout			2,119	32.74	15.66
Rejected ballots			12	0.57	0.40
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Centenary

Centenary (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mitzi J. Green	1,356	57.63	11.71
	Labour	Daniel Redford*	1,312
	Labour	Keekira A. Thammaiah*	1,269
	Conservative	Frank A. Budden	816	33.58	6.65
	Conservative	Manji K. Patel	781
	Conservative	Simon C. Pratt	697
	Liberal Democrats	Oenone J. Cox	219	8.78	5.06
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila A. O'Reilly	201
	Liberal Democrats	Michael R. Fierstone	180
Registered electors			6,906		228
Turnout			2,552	36.95	11.87
Rejected ballots			20	0.78	0.32
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Greenhill

Greenhill (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anastasia Attiki	937	40.55	10.66
	Labour	Howard S. Bluston	921
	Labour	Damian M. Krushner	856
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen de Beer*	739	31.36	13.20
	Liberal Democrats	Nahid Boethe*	685
	Conservative	Gary S. Hughes	685	28.09	2.54
	Liberal Democrats	Peter D. Budden*	675
	Conservative	Henry S.H. Venour	601
	Conservative	Amrit L. Mediratta	594
Registered electors			6,317		526
Turnout			2,426	38.40	12.71
Rejected ballots			10	0.41	0.07
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Harrow on the Hill

Harrow on the Hill (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eileen M. Kinnear*	1,087	36.86	4.88
	Conservative	Clive R. Scowen*	1,051
	Labour	Huw S. Davies	1,022	34.25	12.29
	Conservative	Mark Versallion	1,017
	Labour	Margaret A. Davine	992
	Labour	Chloe E. Smith	917
	Liberal Democrats	Judith A. Day	698	23.25	8.20
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan W. Rogers* [n 10]	665
	Liberal Democrats	Vipin P.M. Varsani	627
	Green	Matthew D. Peace	161	5.64	New
Registered electors			7,746		429
Turnout			2,993	38.64	5.49
Rejected ballots			15	0.50	0.28
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Conservative

Harrow Weald

Harrow Weald (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia M. Lyne*	1,067	42.34	17.73
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Graham*	1,019
	Liberal Democrats	Ahmed Marikar	870
	Labour	Colin S. Crouch	706	28.46	12.63
	Conservative	Richard I. Cowan	693	29.20	5.10
	Conservative	Gary M. Hunter	676
	Conservative	Brian R. Jones	670
	Labour	Michael Kinsey	653
	Labour	Patrick J. McManus	628
Registered electors			7,658		164
Turnout			2,513	32.82	14.44
Rejected ballots			16	0.64	0.56
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Hatch End

Hatch End (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian C. Knowles	1,417	55.34	4.22
	Conservative	Mary H. John*	1,382
	Conservative	Jean Lammiman*	1,342
	Labour	Susan E. Anderson	694	26.03	13.36
	Labour	John Solomon	660
	Labour	Patricia O. Skacel	594
	Liberal Democrats	James K. Jackson	520	18.63	16.02
	Liberal Democrats	Zia S. Baig	441
	Liberal Democrats	Paul B. Salter	433
Registered electors			7,191		968
Turnout			2,691	37.42	10.98
Rejected ballots			13	0.48	0.31
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Headstone North

Headstone North (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony H. Seymour	1,218	40.42	0.26
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola J. Lane*	1,208	39.17	5.22
	Conservative	Eric Silver	1,195
	Conservative	Khalid Mahmood	1,171
	Liberal Democrats	Michael R. Sayer	1,166
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Skipworth*	1,149
	Labour	Ernest M. Selby	618	20.40	4.95
	Labour	James P. Titmuss	600
	Labour	Sonalie Dharmarajah	591
Registered electors			7,831		211
Turnout			3,184	40.66	13.11
Rejected ballots			15	0.47	0.37
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Headstone South

Headstone South (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Stephenson	1,324	44.64	13.19
	Labour	Gillian M. Travers	1,167
	Labour	Anne E. Whitehead	1,143
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen B.A.F.H. Giles-Medhurst*	922	31.29	15.76
	Liberal Democrats	Clifford S. Thomas* [n 11]	870
	Liberal Democrats	John S.W. Branch*	755
	Conservative	Stephen W.J. Hall	434	15.08	2.09
	Conservative	Theresa M.A. Hyde	402
	Conservative	Richard M. Booth	391
	Green	Justin E. Challener	244	8.99	New
Registered electors			6,758		224
Turnout			2,693	39.85	10.55
Rejected ballots			23	0.85	0.73
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Kenton East

Kenton East (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Navin Shah*	1,404	63.10	1.25
	Labour	Albert K. Toms*	1,308
	Labour	Archie T. Foulds	1,303
	Conservative	John Hall	507	21.09	3.43
	Conservative	Edmund Costelloe	424
	Conservative	Jonathan Lemon	411
	Liberal Democrats	Mahendra Patel	404	15.81	2.18
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara M. Angell	335
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Jeffery	267
Registered electors			7,787		485
Turnout			2,461	31.60	13.50
Rejected ballots			12	0.49	0.16
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Kenton West

Kenton West (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cyril Davies† [n 12]	1,268	46.46	7.19
	Labour	Raymond J.L. Frogley*	1,210
	Labour	Sanjay J. Dighé	1,194
	Conservative	Joseph Grenfell*	973	35.94	4.02
	Conservative	Mayur H. Bhatt	959
	Conservative	Jeremy S. Zeid	908
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen J. Colledge	312	10.39	10.38
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony J. Thorne	270
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald de S. Jayasinghe	239
	Independent	Akil T. Dhalla	190	7.21	New
Registered electors			7,952		267
Turnout			2,788	35.06	12.14
Rejected ballots			19	0.68	0.57
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Marlborough

Marlborough (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann T. Groves*	1,226	52.19	11.72
	Labour	Phillip W. O'Dell	1,131
	Labour	Margaret E. Sims	1,008
	Liberal Democrats	Brian K. Campbell*	714	31.47	9.45
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen B. Campbell	662
	Liberal Democrats	Baldev K. Sharma	653
	Conservative	Peter Hardy	368	16.35	2.26
	Conservative	Margaret J. Carr	360
	Conservative	Joyce Osborn	326
Registered electors			6,989		524
Turnout			2,359	33.75	14.83
Rejected ballots			17	0.72
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Pinner

Pinner (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mavis L. Champagnie*	1,644	63.01	4.91
	Conservative	Andrew R. Olins*	1,636
	Conservative	Anthony C. Cocksedge*	1,595
	Labour	Jeffrey C. Gallant	633	23.72	3.75
	Labour	Timothy Oelman	616
	Labour	Michael J. Heavey	586
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie N. Moss	374	13.27	8.66
	Liberal Democrats	Ian C. Green	346
	Liberal Democrats	Martin G. Land	307
Registered electors			7,677		278
Turnout			2,748	35.80	9.56
Rejected ballots			15	0.55	0.37
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Pinner West

Pinner West (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles C. Mote	1,461	47.74	6.58
	Conservative	Graham M. Howard	1,434
	Conservative	John W. Nickolay	1,383
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica M. Chamberlain† [n 13]	835	27.22	19.83
	Liberal Democrats	Graham D. Finch*	816
	Labour	Joseph T. Lilley	795	25.04	13.25
	Liberal Democrats	David J. Walster*	788
	Labour	Kenneth W. Moss	758
	Labour	Asoke K. Dutta	691
Registered electors			7,206		80
Turnout			3,191	44.28	12.41
Rejected ballots			22	0.69	0.54
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Rayners Lane

Rayners Lane (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher D. Noyce*	1,443	47.47	15.40
	Liberal Democrats	Prakash K. Nandhra*	1,226
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair J.McL. Alexander*	1,199
	Conservative	Herbert W. Crossman† [n 14]	819	28.92	5.60
	Conservative	Raymond M. Arnold	775
	Conservative	Heather Murgett	762
	Labour	Rajeshri N. Shah	674	23.61	9.80
	Labour	Sean Jinks	673
	Labour	Namachivaya Idaikkadar	577
Registered electors			6,852		222
Turnout			2,872	41.91	11.32
Rejected ballots			9	0.31	0.17
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Ridgeway

Ridgeway (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian E. Gate* [n 15]	1,283	42.51	18.06
	Labour	Paul E. Fox† [n 16]	1,147
	Labour	Norman Stillerman	1,067
	Liberal Democrats	Alanna C.L. Coombes	847	29.87	12.57
	Conservative	Leonard G.C. Harsant	824	27.62	5.49
	Liberal Democrats	Edward P. Tiley	819
	Liberal Democrats	Adrien P. Smith* [n 17]	791
	Conservative	Paul S. Osborn	747
	Conservative	John B. Rennie	701
Registered electors			7,102		228
Turnout			3,025	42.59	10.20
Rejected ballots			12	0.40	0.34
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour hold

Roxbourne

Roxbourne (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert W. Currie	1,447	52.17	15.97
	Labour	Manoharan Dharmarajah	1,381
	Labour	Mark P. Ingram	1,323
	Liberal Democrats	John C. Skipworth*	773	27.76	16.76
	Liberal Democrats	Robert G. Prowse*	769
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald J. Smith	667
	Conservative	Stephen R. Dixon	576	20.07	0.78
	Conservative	Lily J. Nickolay	546
	Conservative	Norman S. Stevenson	475
Registered electors			7,611		333
Turnout			2,920	38.37	14.80
Rejected ballots			23	0.79	0.66
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Roxeth

Roxeth (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Residents	Charles E.M. Cox	1,540	49.97	1.05
	Ind. Residents	John E. Cripps*	1,529
	Labour	Jeremy J. Miles* [n 18]	1,423	44.41	10.74
	Ind. Residents	Christopher A. Hastie	1,406
	Labour	Michael J. Miller	1,318
	Labour	Michael G. Tushaw	1,236
	National Front	Gerald S. Hutchins	168	5.63	New
Registered electors			7,552		206
Turnout			3,193	42.28	6.90
Rejected ballots			15	0.47	0.28
	Ind. Residents hold
	Ind. Residents hold
	Labour hold

Stanmore Park

Stanmore Park (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Camilla M.A. Bath*	1,356	61.29	1.52
	Conservative	Marilyn J. Ashton	1,346
	Conservative	Christine A. Bednell*	1,307
	Labour	Jeffrey A. Anderson	624	26.48	4.47
	Labour	Connie P. Williams	555
	Labour	Vincent M.G. Masterson	553
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Harns	318	12.23	5.99
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Warshaw	282
	Liberal Democrats	Marion C.M. Garner-Patel	200
Registered electors			7,799		236
Turnout			2,362	30.29	10.43
Rejected ballots			18	0.76	0.63
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Stanmore South

Stanmore South (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon W. Brown*	1,479	62.09	4.41
	Labour	Keith Burchell* [n 19]	1,418
	Labour	Robert H. Lawrence*	1,334
	Conservative	Jody L. Best	591	24.89	6.14
	Conservative	Paul Lennon	591
	Conservative	Stewart Bolasco	514
	Liberal Democrats	Jaydeep K. Patel	369	13.02	1.73
	Liberal Democrats	Susan M. Bartrick	294
	Liberal Democrats	Graham J. Lippiatt	224
Registered electors			9,267		674
Turnout			2,688	29.01	18.12
Rejected ballots			31	1.15	0.93
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Wealdstone

Wealdstone (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cyril B. Harrison* [n 20]	1,562	69.72	15.49
	Labour	Ann L. Swalne*	1,439
	Labour	Robert W.F. Shannon*	1,421
	Conservative	Paul L.R. Stanley	389	14.93	5.64
	Liberal Democrats	Norman F. Taylor	342	12.42	12.78
	Conservative	Eleanor J. Zeid	335
	Liberal Democrats	Peter A. Fletcher	249
	Conservative	Rosamund J. Taylor	223
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth E. Garraway	197
	Independent	Mohammed Taj	62	2.93	New
Registered electors			6,886		355
Turnout			2,270	32.97	13.96
Rejected ballots			19	0.84	0.61
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Wemborough

Wemborough (3) ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne D. Diamond*	1,124	40.44	11.71
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence J. Cox*	1,113
	Conservative	David J. Ashton	988	34.84	0.27
	Liberal Democrats	Ranjit Ramsaran	863
	Conservative	Sherin Aminossehe	842
	Conservative	Keith D. Nelson-Tomsen	840
	Labour	Colin J. Gray	661	24.72	11.44
	Labour	Alan G. Blann	642
	Labour	Nizam A. Ismail	592
Registered electors			7,561		198
Turnout			2,798	37.01	13.96
Rejected ballots			17	0.61	0.42
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Notes

1. Shannon was the leader of the Labour Party group as of this meeting on the 23 April 1998 ^[2] and at a meeting held just after the election ^[3]
2. Bednell was still leader of the Conservative group in the last meeting before the election ^[2] and the first meeting just after the election ^[3]
3. Shannon was first mentioned as leader of the Labour Group in the minutes of a meeting ^[4] that took place on 19 Feb 1998
4. Bednell was first referenced as leader of the Harrow Conservative Group in the minutes of a meeting held on 18 July 1996, so at some time between the last meeting on the 25 April 1996 and then she replaced Cllr Romain as leader ^[5]
5. Noyce was identified as leader of the Liberal Democrats in Harrow Council in the minutes of the last meeting held before the election on 23 April 1998 ^[2]
6. Cripps was referenced as a leader of the Independent Residents Group both in a meeting held just before the election On 23 April 1998 ^[2] and in the first meeting after the election on 20 May 1998 ^[3]
7. The earliest mention by name of Noyce being the leader of the Liberal Democrats is from am meeting held on the 14 July 1994, ^[6] however he was briefly replaced By Cllr. Wiseman from 18 July 1996 ^[7] until sometime between 17 July 1997 ^[8] and the 7 November 1997
8. The earliest reference to Cllr. Cripps being the leader is in the minutes of a meeting that took place on the 23 April 1998 ^[9]
9. Cowan was a sitting councillor representing the Kenton West ward
10. Rogers was originally elected as a Conservative but has since switched allegiance to the Liberal Democrats
11. Thomas was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Derek R. Wiseman ^[14]
12. Davies was a sitting councillor representing the Kenton East ward
13. Chamberlain was a sitting councillor representing the Marlborough ward
14. Crossman was a sitting councillor representing the Ridgeway ward
15. Gate was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Andrew D. Wiseman in 1997 ^[14]
16. Fox was a sitting councillor representing the Centenary ward
17. Smith was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Norah B. Murphy in 1995 ^[14]
18. Miles was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr. Alan W. Hamlin ^[14]
19. Burchell was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Tony J. McNulty ^[14]
20. Harrison was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Gareth B. Thomas ^[14]

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