1998 Islington London Borough Council election

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The 1998 Islington Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. [1]

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Election result

The results saw the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties finish tied on 26 seats each, after the Liberal Democrats gained 12 seats. [2] The Liberal Democrat gains included taking the ward of Barnsbury, where the then Prime Minister Tony Blair had lived before becoming prime minister. [2] In the final seat Labour won by 3 votes after 5 recounts to prevent the Liberal Democrats from winning a majority. [2] This meant Labour was able to continue as the administration, relying on the casting vote of the Labour mayor Pat Haynes. [2]

Reasons for the losses for Labour were reported as being the council tax level, which was the highest in London, poor schools and the council's £800 million debt. [2]

At the same as the election Islington voted 81.55% in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 18.45% against, on a 34.15% turnout. [3] [4]

Islington Local Election Result 1998 [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 26+1450.041.444,391+15.3
  Labour 26−1350.040.643,388−8.8
  Conservative 0−106.36,369−6.0
  Green 006.36,366
  Independent 000.3266
  Socialist Labour 000.2154

Ward results

* - Existing Councillor seeking re-election.

Barnsbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bridget Fox 1,725
Liberal Democrats Alastair Loraine 1,623
Liberal Democrats Carol Powell 1,575
Labour Paula Kahn929
Labour Steven Barnett914
Labour Lloyd Child897
Green Robert Pearce211
Conservative Christopher Cox174
Tenants & ResidentsJohn Worker131
Conservative Martin Moyes111
Conservative Jonathan Small96
Turnout 8,386
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Bunhill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joseph Trotter 1,317
Liberal Democrats Rosetta Wooding 1,236
Liberal Democrats Jyoti Vaja 1,176
Labour Ian Darby555
Labour Theresa Debono487
Labour Hassan Asmal480
Socialist Labour Sharon Hayward154
Green Denise Bennett94
Conservative Peter Cuthbert78
Conservative Doris Daly76
Conservative Alam-Zeb Khan71
Turnout 5,724
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Canonbury East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Dearth 1,101
Liberal Democrats Richard Washington 1,026
Labour Andrew Bosi750
Labour Peter Lewis574
Green Judith Kleinman92
Conservative Timothy Devlin72
Conservative Duncan Reed59
Turnout 3,674
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

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Canonbury West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Ribezzo 985
Liberal Democrats Barbara Smith 955
Labour Diane Brace544
Labour Nicholas Stewart480
Conservative Carol-Anne Aitken89
Conservative Richard Campbell88
Green Robert Turner54
Turnout 3,195
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Clerkenwell (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ludford 1,783
Liberal Democrats Bruce Neave 1,449
Liberal Democrats George Allan 1,427
Labour Timothy Clark762
Labour Harriet Quiney672
Labour David Northcott576
Green Raymond Cunningham259
Conservative Gordon Dear162
Conservative Nicholas Roberts132
Conservative Margaret Reese118
Turnout 7,340
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Gillespie (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Greening 966
Labour Nigel Mason 751
Liberal Democrats Philip Middleton336
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Rorison312
Green Sara Meidan276
Conservative John Shields101
Conservative Rifat Bairam87
Turnout 2,829
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Highbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Creagh 1,107
Labour Maureen Leigh 1,052
Labour Jenny Rathbone 1,033
Green Christopher Ashby748
Green Malcolm Powell522
Green Patricia Tuson513
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Williams330
Liberal Democrats Mark Hornby321
Liberal Democrats Sheila Thornton313
Conservative Andrew Brooke227
Conservative Jean-Paul Floru199
Conservative James Barbaras191
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Turnout 6,556
Highview (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruairi McCourt 766
Labour Jennifer Sands 720
Green Michael Holloway223
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Griffiths177
Green Michele Wilson169
Liberal Democrats Ursula Craig148
Conservative Simon Matthews58
Conservative Bruce Picking55
Turnout 2,316
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hillmarton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Doreen Scott 1,028
Liberal Democrats Edward Featherstone 998
Labour Antonia Benedek781
Labour Phil Kelly *780
Green Mark Chilver165
Conservative Roy Taft82
Conservative Mahendra Oza59
Turnout 3,893
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Hillrise (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Clinton 1,036
Labour Milton Babulall 948
Labour Sheila Camp 940
Liberal Democrats Heather Eggins426
Liberal Democrats James Sanderson371
Liberal Democrats Philip Vaughan328
Conservative Maureen Campbell255
Green Victoria Olliver255
Conservative Simon Cooper180
Conservative Bryan Wilsher143
Turnout 4,882
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Holloway (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margot Dunn 1,338
Liberal Democrats Barry Kempton 1,290
Liberal Democrats Douglas Taylor 1,262
Labour Catriona Munro838
Labour David Sayer830
Labour Robert Dowd828
Green Sheena Etches138
Conservative Alan Reese99
Conservative Mark Rittner94
Conservative James Rooke91
Turnout 6,808
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Junction (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Burgess * 1,104
Labour Talal Karim 940
Labour Sandra Marks 934
Liberal Democrats Margaret Lally430
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Sidney347
Liberal Democrats Alford Reeves319
Green Angela Royston284
Green Ajay Burlingham-Johnson271
Conservative Charles Sharman167
Conservative Anthea Ward152
Turnout 4,948
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Mildmay (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Haynes 1,056
Labour Jennette Arnold 1,022
Labour Michael Boye-Anawomah 941
Liberal Democrats Anna Berent621
Liberal Democrats Andrew Crudgington500
Liberal Democrats Derek Jackson493
Green Grant Gilbert290
Conservative Adam Duguid277
Conservative Oriel Hutchinson273
Conservative Gary Moores252
Independent Margaret McDonnell135
Turnout 5,860
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Quadrant (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Barnes * 1,161
Liberal Democrats Laura Willoughby 992
Labour Philip Bird689
Labour Caspar Bowden569
Conservative Rebecca Baty274
Conservative Oliver Judge239
Green Susan Wilkinson141
Green Stefan Tobler88
Turnout 4,153
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
St George's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosemary Blackmore 1,357
Labour Walter Burgess 1,165
Labour Shonagh Methven 1,147
Liberal Democrats Jody Beveridge503
Liberal Democrats Paul Fox464
Green Mary Adshead450
Liberal Democrats Julian Glover411
Conservative Allan Saile216
Conservative Rosemarie Totvanian161
Conservative Glenn Timmermans152
Turnout 6,026
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St Mary (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Isobel Cox 1,299
Liberal Democrats Joan Coupland 1,298
Liberal Democrats Richard Heseltine 1,272
Labour Jessica Bawden815
Labour Paul Convery796
Labour Paul Jackson796
Green Mjka Scott149
Conservative Tracey Braddick118
Conservative Stephen McMinnies88
Conservative Lisa Ruffell79
Turnout 6,710
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
St Peter (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Maria Powell 1,548
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hitchins 1,480
Liberal Democrats Christopher Pryce 1,373
Labour Paula Beattie515
Labour Nicholas Butcher460
Labour Jenina Pendry350
Green Ura Kiefer155
Conservative Thomas Duke138
Conservative Peter Warren94
Conservative Ian Sparham-Souter90
Turnout 6,203
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Sussex (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Meg Hillier * 884
Labour Daniel Bonner 859
Liberal Democrats Graham Baker *856
Liberal Democrats Hewa Jaff719
Green Robin Latimer99
Green Swadesh Poorun54
Conservative Raymond Muggeridge38
Conservative John Wilkin33
Turnout 3,542
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Thornhill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Perry 828
Labour Edna Griffiths 735
Liberal Democrats Patricia Peel411
Liberal Democrats Michael Aspell376
Green Nicola Baird143
Conservative Stanley Morris142
Conservative Stephen Kreppel139
Turnout 2,774
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Tollington (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger McKenzie 1,178
Labour Barbara Sidnell 1,149
Labour Derek Sawyer 1,103
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Macmillan418
Liberal Democrats Matthew Ryan386
Green James Goggin385
Liberal Democrats David Tibbs358
Turnout 4,977
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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