1998 Hillingdon London Borough Council election

1998 Hillingdon London Borough Council election

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All 69 council seats for Hillingdon London Borough Council 35 seats needed for a majority
Registered	177,334 [1]
Turnout	61,932, 34.92% ( 16.17) [1]
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 25 seats, 40.92% 43 seats, 44.59% Seats before 25 43 Seats won 32 31 Seat change 9 13 Popular vote 68,407 56,205 Percentage 47.33% 38.88% Swing 6.41 5.71   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Democrats Ind. Labour Party Last election 0 seats, 13.79% 1 seat, 0.60% Seats before 0 1 Seats won 4 0 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 18,846 Did not run Percentage 13.04% Did not run Swing 0.75 Did not run
Council Control before election Labour Council control after election No Overall Control

The 1998 Hillingdon London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hillingdon London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went into no overall control. ^[2]

Election result

Hillingdon London Borough Council elections 1998 ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	34	11	2	9	49.27	47.33	68,407	6.41
	Labour	31	1	13	12	44.93	38.88	56,205	5.71
	Liberal Democrats	4	4	0	4	5.80	13.04	18,846	0.75
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.47	676	New
	Socialist (GB)	0	0	0		0.00	0.21	300	New
	BNP	0	0	0		0.00	0.07	105	0.03
	Ind. Labour Party	0	0	1	1	0.00	Did not run	Did not run	Did not run
Total		69						144,539

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Barnhill

Barnhill (3) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Major* [n 1]	1,419	74.19	0.63
	Labour	Lindsay Bliss*	1,360
	Labour	Anthony Way† [n 2]	1,286
	Conservative	Nigel Barker	485	25.81	0.63
	Conservative	Arthur Preston	478
	Conservative	David Benson	451
Registered electors			6,850		218
Turnout			1,948	28.44	18.42
Rejected ballots			10	0.51	0.22
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Botwell

Botwell (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Allen*	1,012	72.57	0.28
	Labour	Timothy Freeman	970
	Conservative	Paul Bavington	397	27.43	0.28
	Conservative	Robert Taylor	352
Registered electors			4,889		141
Turnout			1,442	29.49	18.70
Rejected ballots			6	0.42	0.16
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bourne

Bourne (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shirley Harper-O'Neill	895	45.24	5.13
	Labour	John Morse*	893	44.21	2.22
	Conservative	Thomas Lackner	858
	Labour	Sabelo Rawana	820
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Jacobs	215	10.55	2.91
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Peach	194
Registered electors			5,188		95
Turnout			2,025	39.03	13.69
Rejected ballots			6	0.30	0.08
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Cavendish

Cavendish (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Carey	1,426	52.84	18.01
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Campbell	1,406
	Conservative	Keith Morris*	933	34.15	10.08
	Conservative	Conn Iggulden	897
	Labour	Jayne Grant	351	13.01	7.93
	Labour	Alan Gilbert	346
Registered electors			5,531		321
Turnout			2,735	49.45	8.30
Rejected ballots			2	0.07	0.03
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Charville

Charville (3) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Craxton*	1,158	47.42	6.23
	Labour	Edward Harris† [n 3]	1,110
	Labour	Stuart Ouseley	1,028
	Conservative	Kathleen Cooke	946	37.89	3.66
	Conservative	Mary O'Connor	876
	Conservative	Emile van Laer	812
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Dollimore	265	10.16	1.96
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Thomas	227
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Toms	214
	BNP	Mark Bringlow	105	4.53	New
Registered electors			7,315		9
Turnout			2,330	31.85	21.25
Rejected ballots			8	0.34	0.19
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Colham

Colham (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Archibald Morrison	624	47.28	5.29
	Labour	Mohammed Khursheed	567
	Conservative	Peter Robins	517	39.50	9.17
	Conservative	Janet Routledge	478
	Liberal Democrats	Florence Price	171	13.22	3.87
	Liberal Democrats	John Price	162
Registered electors			4,918		126
Turnout			1,325	26.94	21.83
Rejected ballots			9	0.68	0.59
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Cowley

Cowley (3) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Courtenay	1,245	45.99	11.47
	Conservative	David Simmonds	1,132
	Labour	Roderick Marshall	1,056	40.92	7.96
	Labour	Peter Maguire	952
	Labour	Peter Osborne*	933
	Conservative	Sarabjit Singh	928
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Filgate	320	13.09	3.51
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sims	307
Registered electors			7,050		94
Turnout			2,459	34.88	14.95
Rejected ballots			9	0.37	0.37
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Crane

Crane (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Oswell* [n 4]	1,044	71.35	1.22
	Labour	Clifford Pattenden	958
	Conservative	Derek Baxter	436	28.65	1.22
	Conservative	Cynnthia Robertson	368
Registered electors			4,988		194
Turnout			1,508	30.23	17.75
Rejected ballots			11	0.73	0.05
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Deansfield

Deansfield (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James O'Neill	1,131	48.95	2.27
	Conservative	Solveig Stone	1,079
	Labour	Ian Mitchell	736	32.29	21.03
	Labour	Phyllis Sharkey	722
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cox	471	18.76	New
	Liberal Democrats	Amirali Lakha	376
Registered electors			5,384		41
Turnout			2,343	43.52	13.03
Rejected ballots			4	0.17	0.42
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Eastcote

Eastcote (3) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Dann*	1,980	63.24	4.55
	Conservative	Graham Horn*	1,911
	Conservative	David Payne*	1,892
	Labour	Michael Roberts	628	20.42	0.25
	Labour	Graeme Matthews	623
	Labour	Anthony Scott	616
	Liberal Democrats	David Marshall	546	16.34	4.80
	Liberal Democrats	Garth Underwood	484
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Winterbotham	464
Registered electors			7,722		41
Turnout			3,053	39.54	11.68
Rejected ballots			13	0.43	0.28
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Harefield

Harefield (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandra Jenkins	899	46.20	10.16
	Conservative	Caroline Mutton	839
	Labour	Pauline Crawley*	838	41.95	12.54
	Labour	Anthony Burles*	740
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Jelfs	239	11.85	2.38
	Liberal Democrats	James Jelfs	207
Registered electors			5,346		471
Turnout			1,964	36.74	0.70
Rejected ballots			3	0.15	0.07
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Harlington

Harlington (3) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Neighbour*	1,247	53.20	2.04
	Labour	Graham Tomlin*	1,163
	Labour	Marion Way*	1,154
	Conservative	Marion Howell	640	27.80	5.12
	Conservative	Matthew Fitzpatrick	625
	Conservative	Philip Newman	597
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Little	538	14.66	11.50
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Grange	239
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy Taylor	205
	Independent	Robert Lewis	97	4.34	New
Registered electors			7,254		41
Turnout			2,179	30.04	20.31
Rejected ballots			4	0.18	0.18
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Heathrow

Heathrow (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Stocker*	920	56.87	4.36
	Labour	Michael Usher* [n 5]	864
	Conservative	Philip O'Connor	513	31.65	0.71
	Conservative	Neil O'Connor	480
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Nielsen	204	11.48	New
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Gunn	156
Registered electors			5,640		282
Turnout			1,640	29.08	20.53
Rejected ballots			9	0.55	0.32
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hillingdon East

Hillingdon East (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Horne† [n 6]	691	41.84	15.20
	Labour	Iain McIntosh	689
	Conservative	Michael Gibson† [n 7]	618	36.05	13.35
	Conservative	Ian Taylor	571
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Monk	217	12.10	1.49
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Vernaza	182
	Socialist (GB)	Julia Leonard† [n 8]	165	10.01	New
Registered electors			5,329		155
Turnout			1,657	31.09	23.82
Rejected ballots			3	0.18	0.07
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Independent Labour

Hillingdon North

Hillingdon North (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Rhodes	942	40.93	5.09
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Vernazza	919
	Labour	John Bebbington*	764	33.19	7.96
	Labour	John Lonsdale*	745
	Conservative	Colin Giddings	605	25.88	2.87
	Conservative	Jane Crease† [n 9]	572
Registered electors			5,116		41
Turnout			1,989	38.88	23.13
Rejected ballots			0	0.00
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Hillingdon West

Hillingdon West (3) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josephine Barrett	1,131	57.21	13.27
	Conservative	Valeries Robins	1,099
	Conservative	Alfred Langley*	1,086
	Labour	Paul Barker	600	28.85	10.23
	Labour	Jonathan Hill	536
	Labour	Sean McWhinnie	536
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Holland	288	13.94	3.04
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Bennett	277
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Filgate	243
Registered electors			7,458		63
Turnout			1,989	26.67	15.48
Rejected ballots			11	0.55	0.55
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Ickenham

Ickenham (3) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Griffith	2,626	67.49	8.11
	Conservative	Richard Barnes*	2,588
	Conservative	Raymond Puddifoot	2,576
	Labour	John Buckingham	847	20.86	0.89
	Labour	Linda Buckingham	809
	Labour	Deborah Needham	752
	Liberal Democrats	Montague Cooke	475	11.65	7.22
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Rudin	440
	Liberal Democrats	Shani Roberts	429
Registered electors			8,909		237
Turnout			3,983	44.71	10.57
Rejected ballots			11	0.28	0.28
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Manor

Manor (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Yarrow*	1,158	53.88	7.50
	Conservative	Mohammad Miraj	1,023
	Labour	Robert Nunn	587	28.41	0.72
	Labour	Peter McDonald	563
	Liberal Democrats	Kim Mathen	379	17.71	6.78
	Liberal Democrats	Norma Scott	338
Registered electors			5,527		137
Turnout			2,047	37.04	16.74
Rejected ballots			4	0.20	0.21
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Northwood

Northwood (3) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Benson	1,707	68.95	2.28
	Conservative	Scott Seaman-Digby	1,621
	Conservative	Albert Kanjee*	1,572
	Labour	Dorothy Blundell† [n 10]	462	17.34	2.75
	Labour	Gilbert Greenall	388
	Labour	Joseph Daniel	382
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Baker	363	13.71	5.03
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Woodnutt	329
	Liberal Democrats	Shelagh Marshall	282
Registered electors			7,556		370
Turnout			2,466	32.64	12.10
Rejected ballots			9	0.36	0.20
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Northwood Hills

Northwood Hills (3) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bishop*	1,357	55.20	3.32
	Conservative	Jonathan Bianco† [n 11]	1,318
	Conservative	Andrew Retter*	1,316
	Labour	Ruth Allan	770	27.84	0.86
	Labour	Susan Hull	625
	Labour	Margaret McDonald	618
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Scott	440	16.96	2.46
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard Grange	405
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Parsonage	381
Registered electors			7,762		409
Turnout			2,504	32.26	16.94
Rejected ballots			21	0.84	0.70
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Ruislip

Ruislip (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Kilbey*	1,426	63.76	10.41
	Conservative	Maurice Lancaster*	1,340
	Labour	Clifford Barton	467	21.16	0.61
	Labour	David Herriott	451
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Wilson	335	15.08	11.02
	Liberal Democrats	Franci Croce	319
Registered electors			5,580		32
Turnout			2,215	39.70	13.36
Rejected ballots			8	0.36	0.22
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

St Martins

St Martins (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Corthorne*	1,409	54.69	1.34
	Conservative	Douglas Mills*	1,279
	Labour	Alan Howard	548	21.42	0.87
	Labour	Trevor Richards	505
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Leighter	342	13.88	12.22
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bonner	340
	Independent	John Payton	246	10.01	New
Registered electors			5,842		294
Turnout			2,412	41.29	11.77
Rejected ballots			10	0.41	0.27
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Townfield

Townfield (3) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Hill	1,697	61.47	7.87
	Labour	Dalip Chand*	1,676
	Labour	Jeanne Smith	1,664
	Conservative	Sandra Anderson	789	26.34	4.32
	Conservative	Michael Kirby	750
	Conservative	Imtiaz Ahmad	619
	Independent	Hamid Farooqi	333	12.19	New
Registered electors			8,450		428
Turnout			2,809	33.24	17.13
Rejected ballots			25	0.89	0.40
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Uxbridge North

Uxbridge North (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Cooper*	1,229	61.92	9.38
	Conservative	Michael Heywood*	1,118
	Labour	Doreen Dell	453	20.24	6.14
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Gill	338	17.84	3.24
	Labour	Sameena Khan	314
Registered electors			5,000		113
Turnout			2,327	46.54	7.38
Rejected ballots			31	1.33	1.03
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Uxbridge South

Uxbridge South (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Jonas	729	52.11	8.98
	Labour	Anne O'Shea† [n 12]	689
	Conservative	David Hare	659	47.89	22.33
	Conservative	David Routledge	644
Registered electors			4,057		26
Turnout			1,430	35.25	15.33
Rejected ballots			16	1.12	0.97
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

West Drayton

West Drayton (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Banks	1,271	57.04	18.90
	Conservative	Dipak Patel	1,172
	Labour	Leigh Farrow	668	28.53	18.05
	Labour	Ashok Rator	554
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Hooker	309	14.43	0.84
Registered electors			5,256		65
Turnout			1,989	37.84	14.42
Rejected ballots			0	0.00	0.18
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Wood End

Wood End (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Gardner*	916	55.19	5.99
	Labour	Peter Ryerson*	839
	Conservative	Albert Tyrrell	519	32.04	6.09
	Conservative	Sian Kelly	500
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Bell	203	12.77	0.10
Registered electors			5,004		103
Turnout			1,609	32.15	18.94
Rejected ballots			7	0.44	0.20
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Yeading

Yeading (3) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Allam	1,191	57.84	7.06
	Labour	Parmjit Dhanda	1,043
	Labour	Mahan Dhillon	984
	Conservative	Bruce Howell	573	29.49	5.61
	Conservative	Andrew Teebay	545
	Conservative	Mohammad Bamber	523
	Socialist (GB)	Lee Ellery	235	12.67	New
Registered electors			7,173		615
Turnout			1,917	26.73	20.63
Rejected ballots			14	0.73	0.09
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Yiewsley

Yiewsley (2) ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Banks	715	45.56	10.99
	Conservative	Mark Chester	713
	Labour	Paul Harmsworth*	694	41.96	23.47
	Labour	Norman Nunn-Price† [n 13]	621
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Gee	205	12.48	New
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Wainwright	186
Registered electors			5,240		40
Turnout			1,638	31.26	16.25
Rejected ballots			7	0.43	0.09
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Notes

1. Major was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Gulab Sharma in 1996. ^[5]
2. Way was a sitting Councillor representing the Yeading ward.
3. Harris was a sitting councillor representing the Barnhill ward
4. Oswell was elected in a by-election trigerred by the death of Cllr Christopher Mullen in 1995 ^[5]
5. Usher was elected in a by-election triggered by the Death of Cllr Philip Kordun in 1997 ^[5]
6. Horne was a sitting councillor representing the Deansfield ward
7. Gibson was a sitting councillor representing the Hillingdon West ward
8. Leonard was a sitting councillor representing the Yeading ward. she was elected as a Labour councillor but decided to run this election with the Socialist Party of Great Britain
9. Crease was a sitting councillor representing the Hillingdon West ward
10. Blundell was a sitting councillor representing the West Drayton ward
11. Bianco was a sitting councillor representing the Northwood ward
12. O'Shea was a sitting councillor representing the Deansfield ward
13. Nunn-Price was a sitting councillor representing the Bourne 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. 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. 92–95, 202, 204–205. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
4. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Hillingdon Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 25 May 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. p. 95. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2025.