1998 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

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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. [1]

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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. [2]

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. [3]

Kensington and Chelsea Local Election Result 1998 [4] [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 39072.252.536,936
  Labour 15027.832.923,121
  Liberal Democrats 00014.310,038
  Independent 0000.3234

Ward results

Abingdon (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Christmas1,046
Conservative Mark Field987
Conservative Jonathan Munday971
Labour Bruce Howard233
Liberal Democrats John Faulder232
Labour Anthony Spencer229
Labour Graham Robinson218
Liberal Democrats Kishwer Khan187
Liberal Democrats James Sandbach181
Turnout 4,284
Avondale (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Simon Blanchflower1,012
Labour Simon Stanley937
Labour Allah Lasharie904
Conservative David Lindsay454
Conservative Mark Fowler451
Conservative Amanda Sayers424
Liberal Democrats Robert Boddington247
Liberal Democrats David Shaw193
Liberal Democrats Alexander Werner172
Turnout 4,794
Brompton (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Hudson474
Conservative Shireen Ritchie 440
Labour John Manning107
Labour Deirdre O'Day106
Liberal Democrats Julia England105
Liberal Democrats Diana Tupper87
Turnout 1,319
Campden (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Ahern1,062
Conservative Christopher Buckmaster1,050
Conservative Robert Freeman1,042
Labour Jane Armstrong290
Liberal Democrats Michael Allen235
Labour Thomas Brown232
Liberal Democrats Imogen Caterer220
Labour John McIntosh218
Liberal Democrats Roberta Haseler163
Turnout 4,512
Cheyne (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Corbet-Singleton1,059
Conservative Paul Warrick953
Labour Margaret Corbett212
Labour Param Bhinder209
Liberal Democrats Ann Lawrence196
Liberal Democrats Valerie Chancellor148
Turnout 2,777
Church (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Fitzgerald651
Conservative Joanna Gardener629
Labour Caroline Ellis336
Labour Jacob Tompkins323
Liberal Democrats Susan Coats98
Liberal Democrats Andrew Coats96
Turnout 2,133
Colville (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Pope910
Labour Judith Blakeman879
Labour Patricia Healy818
Liberal Democrats Priscilla Congreve284
Conservative Nicola Cohen282
Conservative Graham Rhodes263
Conservative Jonathan Clamp261
Liberal Democrats Christine Ingham239
Liberal Democrats Patrick Mayers181
Turnout 4,117
Courtfield (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Coates781
Conservative Edward Cox743
Conservative Lawrence Holt730
Labour Jean Navassardian185
Labour Christine Robson184
Labour Robert Mingay178
Liberal Democrats Anthony Dunn114
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Somers106
Liberal Democrats Angele Vidal-Hall77
Turnout 3,098
Earls Court (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Phelps901
Conservative Thomas Fairhead781
Conservative Timothy Tannock771
Labour Joel Bishop657
Labour Christine Henry641
Labour Stephen Johnson577
Liberal Democrats Linda Wade491
Liberal Democrats John Drake471
Liberal Democrats Sarah Franks432
Independent Malcolm Spalding234
Turnout 5,956
Golborne (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Mason982
Labour Bridget Hoier954
Labour Stuart Shapro833
Liberal Democrats Aria Kovatzis192
Conservative Octavius Black 177
Liberal Democrats Frances Owen160
Conservative Terence Buxton156
Conservative Vaneeta Saroop154
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Pettit143
Turnout 3,751
Hans Town (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Coleridge936
Conservative Nicholas Paget-Brown 886
Conservative Mary Weale865
Labour Angela Lambert165
Labour Michael Henry158
Labour Robert Pandy139
Liberal Democrats Angela Le Franc114
Liberal Democrats Rodney Schwartz103
Liberal Democrats Guy Shanley102
Turnout 3,468
Holland (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Hanham999
Conservative Bryan Levitt939
Conservative Warwick Lightfoot 908
Labour Marian Kearney256
Labour Stephen Daly236
Labour Bernard Hamilton235
Liberal Democrats Christopher Shirley226
Liberal Democrats David Bewley208
Liberal Democrats Hugh Venables192
Turnout 4,199
Kelfield (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Cunningham914
Labour Stephen Hoier906
Conservative Gerard Hargreaves341
Conservative Ivan Rose265
Liberal Democrats Joe Tatton-Brown186
Liberal Democrats Caryle Harris154
Turnout 2,766
Norland (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Tomlin675
Conservative Brian Walker-Arnott656
Labour David MacFarlane258
Labour Hugh Raven232
Liberal Democrats Rose Hunt185
Liberal Democrats Gordon Ritchie141
Turnout 2,147
North Stanley (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Priscilla Frazer768
Conservative Merrick Cockell728
Labour Lesley-Anne Arnold217
Labour Stephen King216
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Patrick160
Liberal Democrats William Somers125
Turnout 2,214
Pembridge (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Isobel Campbell867
Conservative David Campion851
Conservative Doreen Weatherhead836
Labour Michael Cocks555
Labour Virginia Henley535
Labour Ann O'Hare511
Liberal Democrats John Campbell277
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Dowell232
Liberal Democrats Patrick Spencer213
Turnout 4,877
Queen's Gate (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Moylan845
Conservative Andrew Dalton842
Conservative Gary Mond822
Liberal Democrats Sally Galsworthy218
Labour Mary Blanchet179
Liberal Democrats Ann Ahern170
Labour Norma Morris170
Labour Natalie Pringle170
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Venebles164
Turnout 3,580
Redcliffe (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frances Taylor835
Conservative Alick Whitfield748
Conservative John Seidler739
Labour Margaret Delahey273
Liberal Democrats Barbara Woodthorpe Brown263
Labour Michael Costello249
Liberal Democrats Robert Woodthorpe Brown235
Liberal Democrats Emerson Roberts234
Labour Louis Vaini-Husar228
Turnout 3,804
Royal Hospital (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Donaldson681
Conservative Jeremy Edge633
Liberal Democrats Rosamund Pease124
Labour Alexander Pringle123
Labour John Wooten118
Liberal Democrats Carl Michel82
Turnout 1,761
St Charles (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rima Horton691
Labour John Atkinson671
Conservative Matthew Palmer366
Conservative Martin Wright272
Liberal Democrats Marion Parsons142
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Tatton Brown105
Turnout 2,247
South Stanley (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Timothy Boulton686
Labour Alastair Wood666
Conservative William Wellesley484
Conservative Peter Wilson456
Liberal Democrats Susan Pritchard124
Liberal Democrats Panayiotis Vardakis109
Turnout 2,525

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References

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  2. "Policy and politics: Local elections: How London voted for a mayor". The Guardian . 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  3. "Right-winger's Tory coup fails". Evening Standard . 19 May 1998. p. 4.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Results of the Local Council Elections May 1998" (PDF). Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  5. "Local Elections results". The Times . 9 May 1998. p. 46.