1998 Havering London Borough Council election

1998 Havering London Borough Council election

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All 63 seats up for election to Havering London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
Registered	177,509 [1]
Turnout	60,891, 34.30% ( 11.64) [1]
First party Second party   Leader Wilfred C. Mills Unknown Party Labour Residents Leader since 1997 Unknown Leader's seat Hilldene Unknown Last election 31 seats, 43.87% 17 seats, 18.18% Seats before 27 21 Seats won 29 17 Seat change 2 Popular vote 55,964 37,407 Percentage 38.55% 25.77% Swing 5.32 7.59   Third party Fourth party   Leader Unknown Unknown Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since Unknown Unknown Leader's seat Unknown Unknown Last election 11 seats, 25.02% 4 seats, 11.65% Seats before 12 2 Seats won 14 3 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 40,493 8,139 Percentage 27.90% 5.61% Swing 2.88 6.04
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election No Overall Control

The 1998 Havering London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed in no overall control.

Electoral arrangements

63 councillors were elected from 25 wards. Each ward returned two or three councillors. The 1998 election was the last to use the wards established in 1978 (and subject to minor revision in 1994) with new boundaries in use for the next election in 2002. Councillors were elected for a four-year term.

Polling took place on 7 May 1998.

Results

Labour remained the largest group on the council, losing two seats to become three short of a majority. ^{[2] [3] [4]} The Labour Party lost two seats to the Conservatives in Collier Row ward, two seats to the Liberal Democrats in Oldchurch ward and one to the Residents Association in St Andrew's ward. Two seats were gained by Labour from the Liberal Democrats in Harold Wood ward. The Conservatives gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats in St Edward's ward.

1998 Havering London Borough Council election ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	29	3	5	2	46.03	38.55	55,964	5.32
	Residents	17	1	1		26.98	25.77	37,407	7.59
	Conservative	14	3	0	3	22.22	27.90	40,493	2.88
	Liberal Democrats	3	2	3	1	4.76	5.61	8,139	6.04
	Ind. Residents	0	0	0		0.00	1.58	2,302	New
	Third Way	0	0	0		0.00	0.59	851	0.12
Total		63						145,156

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Airfield

Airfield (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Emmett*	1,172	44.35	18.66
	Labour	Christopher Purnell*	1,093
	Labour	Benjamin Norwin	991
	Residents	Dorothy Gray	636	25.98	New
	Conservative	John Carter	482	18.52	1.95
	Conservative	Charles Morris	454
	Conservative	Nicholas Hughes	424
	Third Way	Jeannie Trueman	273	11.15	6.63
Registered electors			7,325		174
Turnout			2,080	28.40	14.94
Rejected ballots			6	0.29	0.26
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Ardleigh Green

Ardleigh Green (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Cahill	867	39.99	0.43
	Conservative	Mark Gadd	779
	Ind. Residents	Keith Donovan	605	27.65	New
	Labour	Janet Fisher	555	25.92	2.33
	Ind. Residents	Richard Arnold	533
	Labour	David Harding	512
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Spence	145	6.44	25.75
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Tegg	120
Registered electors			6,229		23
Turnout			2,187	35.11	10.44
Rejected ballots			7	0.32	0.18
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Brooklands

Brooklands (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eamonn Mahon	750	44.62	9.37
	Labour	Jeffery Stafford	663
	Residents	Charles Fancourt	406	25.39	13.57
	Residents	Carole Burnie	398
	Conservative	Henry Tebbutt	398	22.20	11.99
	Conservative	David Hayhow	305
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davies	126	7.80	New
	Liberal Democrats	John Deeks	121
Registered electors			5,594		11
Turnout			1,685	30.12	19.62
Rejected ballots			6	0.36	0.25
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Chase Cross

Chase Cross (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Rosindell*	2,067	81.03	19.99
	Conservative	Henry Tebbutt	1,730
	Labour	Paul Stygal	462	18.97	19.99
	Labour	Frederick Symes	427
Registered electors			5,484		18
Turnout			2,587	47.17	5.34
Rejected ballots			11	0.43	0.19
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Collier Row

Collier Row (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Curtin	883	51.58	14.79
	Conservative	Geoffrey Starns	828
	Labour	Patrick Ridley*	820	48.42	14.79
	Labour	Comfort Usukumah	786
Registered electors			5,498		93
Turnout			1,817	33.05	12.25
Rejected ballots			9	0.88	0.56
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Cranham East

Cranham East (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Jean Mitchell*	1,570	69.15	5.92
	Residents	Geoffrey Lewis*	1,465
	Labour	Anthony Gibbs	410	18.23	4.75
	Labour	John McKernan	390
	Conservative	Terence Lewis	251	9.32	4.46
	Conservative	Christine Scott	158
	Liberal Democrats	David Bowman	75	3.30	New
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Hall	70
Registered electors			5,410		10
Turnout			2,309	42.68	8.15
Rejected ballots			7	0.30	0.19
	Residents hold
	Residents hold

Cranham West

Cranham West (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Louisa Sinclair*	2,095	77.60	7.12
	Residents	Joan Lewis*	1,997
	Labour	Tom Horlock	325	12.21	1.12
	Labour	Henry Miller	319
	Conservative	Jean Curtin	248	9.24	6.95
	Conservative	Patrick Curtin	239
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Thomas	34	0.95	New
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Thomas	16
Registered electors			5,467		24
Turnout			2,692	49.24	6.11
Rejected ballots			4	0.15	0.12
	Residents hold
	Residents hold

Elm Park

Elm Park (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ray Harris	1,640	50.22	2.70
	Labour	Jack Hopelman*	1,638
	Labour	Janet Davis	1,592
	Conservative	Ronald Clifford	1,143	31.90	8.53
	Conservative	Norman Forster	1,054
	Conservative	David Lel	896
	Third Way	Graham Williamson	578	17.88	0.76
Registered electors			8,786		173
Turnout			3,154	35.90	13.29
Rejected ballots			24	0.76	0.69
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Emerson Park

Emerson Park (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Gardner† [n 1]	1,019	43.23	8.10
	Conservative	Paul Rochford	981
	Labour	Maureen Scott	594	23.78	2.79
	Ind. Residents	Anthony Benton	591	25.16	New
	Ind. Residents	James Saunders	573
	Labour	Ronald Whitworth	506
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Watkins	184	7.83	14.27
	Liberal Democrats	Garry White	178
Registered electors			7,226		57
Turnout			2,442	33.79	10.46
Rejected ballots			11	0.45	0.32
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Gidea Park

Gidea Park (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Valerie Evans*	1,010	44.36	3.45
	Residents	Ian Wilkes*	995
	Conservative	Edward Eden	896	38.34	0.47
	Conservative	Robert Whitton	837
	Labour	Francis Bland	403	17.30	3.92
	Labour	John Daly	379
Registered electors			5,644		17
Turnout			2,366	41.92	6.27
Rejected ballots			7	0.30	0.23
	Residents hold
	Residents hold

Gooshays

Gooshays (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Robinson	1,118	58.13	10.48
	Labour	William Harrison*	1,070
	Labour	Yvonne Cornell	1,067
	Conservative	Margaret Gardner	337	17.22	2.14
	Residents	Eric Staggs	331	15.63	New
	Residents	Ian Stocker	318
	Conservative	Eileen Rosindell	306
	Residents	Joan Street	226
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Coles	185	9.02	3.01
	Liberal Democrats	Rosina Martin	174
	Liberal Democrats	John Porter	146
Registered electors			7,643		132
Turnout			1,979	25.89	16.77
Rejected ballots			4	0.20	0.20
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hacton

Hacton (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Barbara Reith*	1,544	53.22	5.00
	Residents	Eileen Cameron	1,522
	Residents	Ivor Cameron*	1,517
	Labour	Susan Jiggens	849	29.12	6.52
	Labour	Richard Harradine	836
	Labour	Bryan Vincent	823
	Conservative	Sidney Ball	537	17.66	1.52
	Conservative	Maureen Carter	494
	Conservative	Donald Cawthorne	490
Registered electors			8,802		245
Turnout			3,066	34.83	17.03
Rejected ballots			2	0.07	0.25
	Residents hold
	Residents hold
	Residents hold

Harold Wood

Harold Wood (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Coles*	1,079	31.96	9.20
	Labour	Brian Eagling	1,061	34.16	2.46
	Labour	Caroline Wood	1,054
	Labour	Neil Stanton	999
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Sanderson	947
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Taffs	888
	Conservative	Edward Bates	693	22.03	5.11
	Conservative	Malcolm Brace	679
	Conservative	Georgina Galpin	637
	Residents	Jeffrey	397	11.85	New
	Residents	Patrick Curtis	358
	Residents	Martin Davin	325
Registered electors			8,377		245
Turnout			3,167	37.81	9.94
Rejected ballots			7	0.22	0.07
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Heath Park

Heath Park (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Munday*	1,270	57.12	9.96
	Conservative	Michael White† [n 2]	1,212
	Labour	John McCole	701	31.00	1.33
	Labour	Richard Packer	646
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Turner	279	11.88	8.63
	Liberal Democrats	Madge Mulliner	237
Registered electors			6,563		57
Turnout			2,303	35.09	8.30
Rejected ballots			8	0.35	0.21
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Heaton

Heaton (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Clark	1,159	62.09	6.67
	Labour	Ruby Latham*	1,149
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn*	1,143
	Conservative	Richard Wilson	392	19.00	0.57
	Residents	Winifred Davies	361	18.91	New
	Residents	David Evans	357
	Conservative	David Eden	343
	Residents	Peter Galloway	333
	Conservative	Jeanne Eden	321
Registered electors			8,287		196
Turnout			2,046	24.69	11.69
Rejected ballots			11	0.54	0.41
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hilldene

Hilldene (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfrid Mills*	1,088	73.20	1.93
	Labour	David Hill	1,085
	Labour	Ann Roberts	1,042
	Conservative	John Neill	442	26.80	8.32
	Conservative	Cornelius Desmond	372
	Conservative	Andrew Everett	363
Registered electors			6,043		255
Turnout			1,647	27.25	15.29
Rejected ballots			11	0.67	0.63
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hylands

Hylands (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Shaw*	1,393	50.64	11.15
	Labour	May Whitelock† [n 3]	1,371
	Labour	Michael Wood*	1,296
	Conservative	Martin Sinclair	1,064	38.44	16.16
	Conservative	Anthony Fawcett	1,019
	Conservative	John Ross	999
	Liberal Democrats	David Bruck	298	10.93	0.97
	Liberal Democrats	Reginald Leavens	291
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Rabone	287
Registered electors			9,149		199
Turnout			2,823	30.86	13.22
Rejected ballots			11	0.39	0.34
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Mawney

Mawney (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pamela Craig	1,389	57.10	4.03
	Labour	Sheila McCole*	1,316
	Labour	Robert Kilbey*	1,242
	Conservative	Derek Price	1,081	42.90	10.31
	Conservative	Martin Smith	1,037
	Conservative	Jamsheed Khan	847
Registered electors			8,469		29
Turnout			2,594	30.63	13.98
Rejected ballots			10	0.39	0.34
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Oldchurch

Oldchurch (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Meyer	723	50.30	New
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Zetter	679
	Labour	Tony Gordon*	523	33.37	34.91
	Labour	Tony Rew*	407
	Conservative	Keith Prince	245	16.33	15.39
	Conservative	Frederick Thompson	210
Registered electors			5,131		208
Turnout			1,490	29.04	6.14
Rejected ballots			3	0.20	0.49
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Rainham

Rainham (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Ellis*	1,742	54.34	10.96
	Labour	Harry Webb*	1,657
	Labour	Brian Kent*	1,569
	Residents	Malvin Brown	956	31.37	New
	Conservative	Nicola Everett	480	14.29	20.41
	Conservative	Coral Sinclair	415
	Conservative	Geoffrey Woods	412
Registered electors			9,410		1
Turnout			2,886	30.67	9.29
Rejected ballots			5	0.17	0.20
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Rise Park

Rise Park (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Symonds*	1,025	44.88	2.00
	Conservative	Joseph Webster	920
	Residents	John Shrimpton	706	32.49	New
	Residents	Michael Winter	702
	Labour	Alan Fenn	516	22.63	16.11
	Labour	Joseph Macveigh	465
Registered electors			5,881		32
Turnout			2,244	38.16	9.26
Rejected ballots			7	0.31	0.09
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

St Andrew's

St Andrew's (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Christopher Oliver*	1,423	45.76	19.86
	Residents	John Mylod*	1,416
	Residents	Michael Winter	1,272
	Labour	Georgina Carr	960	31.18	10.48
	Labour	Graham Carr*	948
	Labour	Terence Matthews	893
	Conservative	Pauline Orrin	711	23.06	9.38
	Conservative	Thomas Orrin	703
	Conservative	Richard Strauss	657
Registered electors			8,867		112
Turnout			3,148	35.50	11.26
Rejected ballots			4	0.13	0.04
	Residents hold
	Residents hold
	Residents gain from Labour

St Edward's

St Edward's (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Connelly	560	29.77	5.68
	Conservative	Wendy Thompson	526
	Residents	George Montgomery	447	22.62	New
	Labour	George Taylor† [n 4]	445	24.12	4.36
	Liberal Democrats	Eden Mulliner	436	23.49	12.58
	Labour	Caroline Warren	435
	Liberal Democrats	David Williams	421
	Residents	Pamela Wilkes	378
Registered electors			5,215		140
Turnout			1,918	36.78	9.78
Rejected ballots			2	0.10	0.11
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

South Hornchurch

South Hornchurch (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Leonard Long*	1,134	44.76	10.14
	Residents	Reginald Whitney*	1,012
	Labour	Thomas Binding	964	40.22	4.60
	Residents	Wendy Clark	951
	Labour	Leslie Reid	927
	Labour	David Burn	892
	Conservative	Dennis Bull	391	15.02	5.54
	Conservative	Guy Gower	331
	Conservative	Iris Cotier	317
Registered electors			8,476		42
Turnout			2,450	28.91	25.62
Rejected ballots			4	0.16	0.03
	Residents hold
	Residents hold
	Labour gain from Residents

Upminster

Upminster (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Linda Hawthorn*	3,012	78.87	10.49
	Residents	Owen Ware*	2,935
	Residents	Muriel Mylod*	2,902
	Labour	Patricia Brown	480	11.56	0.30
	Labour	David Scott	412
	Labour	Renato Martins	405
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	372	9.57	10.19
	Conservative	Carol Roberts	344
Registered electors			8,533		74
Turnout			3,811	44.66	10.25
Rejected ballots			5	0.13	0.02
	Residents hold
	Residents hold
	Residents hold

Notes

1. Gardner was a sitting councillor representing the Ardleigh Green ward
2. White was a sitting councillor representing the Chase Cross ward
3. Whitelock was a sitting councillor representing the Airfield ward
4. Taylor was a sitting councillor representing the Brooklands ward

References

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2. "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
3. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Havering Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
4. "1998 London Borough of Havering local election results". Havering Council. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
5. 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. 86–89, 202–203. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
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