1998 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

1998 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

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54 seats up for election to Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority
Registered	102,291 [1]
Turnout	28,644, 28.00% ( 8.89) [1]
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 39 seats, 48.23% 15 seats, 32.07% 0 seats, 16.37% Seats won 39 15 0 Seat change Popular vote 36,936 23,121 10,038 Percentage 50.37 31.53% 13.69% Swing 2.14 0.54 2.68
Council control before election Conservative Party (UK) Council control after election Conservative Party (UK)

The 1998 Kensington and Chelsea Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[2]

At the same election, the Kensington and Chelsea saw 70.3% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 29.7% against, on a 27.9% turnout. ^[3]

Election result

Following the election the Conservative leader of the council, Joan Hanham, was challenged for the leadership of the party group by Daniel Moylan, but Hanham won a ballot of the Conservative councillors to remain leader. ^[4]

Kensington and Chelsea Local Election Result 1998 ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39	0	0		72.22	50.37	36,936	2.14
	Labour	15	0	0		27.78	31.53	23,121	0.54
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.00	13.69	10,038	2.68
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.32	234	0.12
Total		54						73,329

Ward results

(*) - indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abingdon

Abingdon (3) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth M. Christmas*	1,046	70.12	7.84
	Conservative	Mark C. Field*	987
	Conservative	Jonathan E.L. Munday*	971
	Labour	Bruce K. Howard	233	15.87	3.71
	Liberal Democrats	John S. Faulder	232	14.01	3.21
	Labour	Anthony Spencer	229
	Labour	Graham C. Robinson	218
	Liberal Democrats	Kishwer Khan	187
	Liberal Democrats	James P.C. Sandbach	181
Registered electors			5,488		652
Turnout			1,537	28.01	5.88
Rejected ballots			12	0.78	0.60
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Avondale

Avondale (3) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon W. Blanchflower	1,012	59.51	3.16
	Labour	Simon H.F. Stanley	937
	Labour	Allah Y.M. Lasharie*	904
	Conservative	David C. Lindsay	454	27.72	1.75
	Conservative	Mark H. Fowler	451
	Conservative	Amanda J. Sayers	424
	Liberal Democrats	Robert C.H. Boddington	247	12.77	1.41
	Liberal Democrats	David L. Shaw	193
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander T. Werner	172
Registered electors			5,417		327
Turnout			1,709	31.55	9.47
Rejected ballots			15	0.88	0.59
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Brompton

Brompton (2) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David P.M. Hudson*	474	69.29	0.62
	Conservative	Shireen O. Ritchie	440
	Labour	John C. Manning	107	16.15	2.74
	Labour	Deirdre K. O'Day	106
	Liberal Democrats	Julian P. England	105	14.56	3.36
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Tupper	87
Registered electors			2,839		332
Turnout			702	24.73	5.31
Rejected ballots			8	1.14	0.87
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Campden

Campden (3) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard T.M. Ahern	1,062	69.90	2.21
	Conservative	Christopher M. Buckmaster*	1,050
	Conservative	Robert J. Freeman	1,042
	Labour	Jane Armstrong	290	16.40	0.30
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Allen	235	13.70	2.51
	Labour	Thomas W. Brown	232
	Liberal Democrats	Imogen A. Caterer	220
	Labour	John McK. McIntosh	218
	Liberal Democrats	Roberta B. Haseler	163
Registered electors			5,252		349
Turnout			1,572	29.93	7.94
Rejected ballots			15	0.95	0.73
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Cheyne

Cheyne (2) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John M. Corbet-Singleton*	1,059	72.45	1.44
	Conservative	Paul T.P. Warrick† [n 1]	953
	Labour	Margaret A.T. Corbett	212	15.16	1.25
	Labour	Param Bhinder	209
	Liberal Democrats	Ann E. Lawrence	196	12.39	2.69
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie E. Chancellor	148
Registered electors			4,494		433
Turnout			1,460	32.49	7.01
Rejected ballots			13	0.89	0.69
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Church

Church (2) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian J.A.D. Fitzgerald*	651	60.01	0.83
	Conservative	Joanna M. Gardener	629
	Labour	Caroline Ellis	336	30.90	15.28
	Labour	Jacob A. Tompkins	323
	Liberal Democrats	Susan J. Coats	98	9.09	2.84
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew J.S. Coats	96
Registered electors			3,225		60
Turnout			1,119	34.70	4.26
Rejected ballots			1	0.09	0.23
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Colville

Colville (3) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Pope*	910	63.32	1.22
	Labour	Judith M. Blakeman† [n 2]	879
	Labour	Patricia Healy*	818
	Liberal Democrats	Priscilla Congreve	284	17.10	4.48
	Conservative	Nicola Cohen	282	19.58	3.25
	Conservative	Graham Rhodes	263
	Conservative	Jonathan Clamp	261
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Ingham	239
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Mayers	181
Registered electors			5,466		342
Turnout			1,505	27.53	9.47
Rejected ballots			25	1.66	1.45
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Courtfield

Courtfield (3) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony R.M. Coates*	781	72.76	24.79
	Conservative	Edward J.M. Cox*	743
	Conservative	Lawrence A. Holt*	730
	Labour	Jean Navassardian	185	17.66	8.79
	Labour	Christine Robson	184
	Labour	Robert Mingay	178
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony P. Dunn	114	9.59	33.57
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Somers	106
	Liberal Democrats	Angele M. Vidal-Hall	77
Registered electors			5,680		1,066
Turnout			1,205	21.21	11.52
Rejected ballots			8	0.66
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Earls Court

Earls Court (3) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Phelps*	901	38.18	3.68
	Conservative	Thomas E. Fairhead*	781
	Conservative	Timothy C.A. Tannock	771
	Labour	Joel A.M. Bishop	657	29.19	0.91
	Labour	Christine M. Henry	641
	Labour	Stephen R. Johnson	577
	Liberal Democrats	Linda A. Wade	491	21.70	5.64
	Liberal Democrats	John G. Drake	471
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah J. Franks	432
	Independent	Malcolm D. Spalding	234	10.93	New
Registered electors			7,208		836
Turnout			1,914	26.55	8.13
Rejected ballots			9	0.47	0.20
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Golborne

Golborne (3) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Mason*	982	73.82	5.11
	Labour	Bridget Hoier*	954
	Labour	Stuart H. Shapro	833
	Liberal Democrats	Aria A. Kovatzis	192	13.20	3.71
	Conservative	Octavius O.I.C. Black	177	12.98	1.40
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Owen	160
	Conservative	Terence M. Buxton	156
	Conservative	Vaneeta Saroop	154
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Pettit	143
Registered electors			5,159		161
Turnout			1,460	28.30	11.34
Rejected ballots			35	2.40	1.84
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hans Town

Hans Town (3) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy R. Coleridge	936	77.48	3.89
	Conservative	Nicholas Paget-Brown*	886
	Conservative	Mary C. Weale*	865
	Labour	Angela M. Lambert	165	13.32	0.98
	Labour	Michael M. Henry	158
	Labour	Robert M. Pandy	139
	Liberal Democrats	Angela M. Le Franc	114	9.20	4.87
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney S. Schwartz	103
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Shanley	102
Registered electors			5,087		891
Turnout			1,244	24.45	8.20
Rejected ballots			0	0.00
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Holland

Holland (3) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan B. Hanham*	999	67.78
	Conservative	Bryan P. Levitt*	939
	Conservative	Warwick Lightfoot*	908
	Labour	Marian P. Kearney	256	17.31
	Labour	Stephen P. Daly	236
	Labour	Bernard Hamilton	235
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher K. Shirley	226	14.91
	Liberal Democrats	David K. Bewley	208
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh S. Venables	192
Registered electors			5,593
Turnout			1,537	27.48
Rejected ballots			21	1.37
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Kelfield

Kelfield (2) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith L. Cunningham*	914	65.80	3.07
	Labour	Stephen P. Hoier*	906
	Conservative	Gerard N. Hargreaves	341	21.91	0.79
	Conservative	Ivan F. Rose	265
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Tatton-Brown	186	12.29	2.28
	Liberal Democrats	Caryle B. Harris	154
Registered electors			4,739		361
Turnout			1,403	29.61	10.61
Rejected ballots			13	0.93	0.59
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Norland

Norland (2) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest P. Tomlin*	675	62.00	0.46
	Conservative	Brian R. Walker-Arnott*	656
	Labour	David C.N. MacFarlane	258	22.82	2.72
	Labour	Hugh J.E. Raven	232
	Liberal Democrats	Rose Hunt	185	15.18	2.26
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon B. Ritchie	141
Registered electors			3,374		162
Turnout			1,122	33.25	11.30
Rejected ballots			4	0.36	0.15
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

North Stanley

North Stanley (2) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Priscilla Frazer*	768	67.57	9.80
	Conservative	Merrick R.Cockell*	728
	Labour	Lesley-Anne Arnold	217	19.56	0.33
	Labour	Stephen C. King	216
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy E. Patrick	160	12.87	1.84
	Liberal Democrats	William A. Somers	125
Registered electors			4,329		76
Turnout			1,153	26.63	7.16
Rejected ballots			13	1.13	1.13
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Pembridge

Pembridge (3) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isobel A.W. Campbell*	867	52.37	1.63
	Conservative	David G. Campion*	851
	Conservative	Doreen M. Weatherhead*	836
	Labour	Michael A.K. Cocks	555	32.83	6.60
	Labour	Virginia A. Henley	535
	Labour	Ann V. O'Hare	511
	Liberal Democrats	John M. Campbell	277	14.80	4.97
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa C.D. de la C. Dowell	232
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick D. Spencer	213
Registered electors			5,588		494
Turnout			1,754	31.39	8.40
Rejected ballots			14	0.80	0.70
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Queen's Gate

Queen's Gate (3) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel M.G. Moylan*	845	70.10	2.19
	Conservative	Andrew S. Dalton*	842
	Conservative	Gary S. Mond* [n 3]	822
	Liberal Democrats	Sally E.G. Galsworthy	218	15.42	0.26
	Labour	Mary G. Blanchet	179	14.50	1.95
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Ahern	170
	Labour	Norma F. Morris	170
	Labour	Natalie M. Pringle	170
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy J. Venables	164
Registered electors			5,366		872
Turnout			1,262	23.52	9.68
Rejected ballots			12	0.95	0.82
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Redcliffe

Redcliffe (3) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Taylor*	835	61.04	19.82
	Conservative	Alick Whitfield*	748
	Conservative	John N.P. Seidler	739
	Labour	Margaret G. Delahey	273	19.72	7.24
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Woodthorpe Brown	263	19.24	11.37
	Labour	Michael S. Costello	249
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Woodthorpe Brown	235
	Liberal Democrats	Emerson E. Roberts	234
	Labour	Louis G. Vaini-Husar	228
Registered electors			5,601		457
Turnout			1,375	24.55	8.93
Rejected ballots			11	0.80	0.74
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Royal Hospital

Royal Hospital (2) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian McC. Donaldson*	681	74.62	1.11
	Conservative	Jeremy O.C. Edge	633
	Liberal Democrats	Rosamund D.B. Pease	124	11.70	2.96
	Labour	Alexander J.S. Pringle	123	13.68	1.85
	Labour	John L. Wooten	118
	Liberal Democrats	Carl H. Michel	82
Registered electors			3,553		383
Turnout			937	26.37	7.10
Rejected ballots			9	0.96	0.77
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

St Charles

St Charles (2) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rima E. Horton*	691	60.62	5.46
	Labour	John R. Atkinson*	671
	Conservative	Matthew R. Palmer	366	28.39	4.64
	Conservative	Martin J. Wright	272
	Liberal Democrats	Marion M. Parsons	142	10.99	0.81
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra M. Tatton Brown	105
Registered electors			4,353		541
Turnout			1,414	32.48	7.16
Rejected ballots			11	0.78	0.71
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

South Stanley

South Stanley (2) ^{[5] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy Boulton*	686	53.54	6.25
	Labour	Alastair Wood* [n 4]	666
	Conservative	William V. Wellesley	484	37.23	7.16
	Conservative	Peter D. Wilson	456
	Liberal Democrats	Susan B. Pritchard	124	9.23	0.79
	Liberal Democrats	Panayiotis K. Vardakis	109
Registered electors			4,570		262
Turnout			1,260	27.57	15.54
Rejected ballots			12	0.95	0.79
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Notes

1. Warrick was a sitting councillor representing the Earls Court ward
2. Blakeman was a sitting councillor representing the Avondale ward
3. Mond was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr. Elizabeth A. Russell in 1996 ^[9]
4. Wood was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Robert A. Weems in 1995 ^[9]

References

1. 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. 206. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
2. "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian . 9 May 1998. p. 16.
3. "Policy and politics: Local elections: How London voted for a mayor". The Guardian . 9 May 1998. p. 16.
4. "Right-winger's Tory coup fails". Evening Standard . London. 19 May 1998. p. 4.
5. "Results of the Local Council Elections May 1998" (PDF). Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
6. "Local Elections results". The Times . 9 May 1998. p. 46.
7. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 108–110, 206–207. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
8. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michae l. "Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
9. 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. 110. Retrieved 22 May 2025.