1998 Redbridge London Borough Council election

1998 Redbridge London Borough Council election

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All 62 seats up for election to Redbridge London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
Registered	173,873 [1]
Turnout	62,050, 35.69% ( 13.62) [1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Elizabeth A. Pearce Unknown Unknown Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 1994 Unknown Unknown Leader's seat Seven Kings Unknown Unknown Last election 29 seats, 39.41% 24 seats, 38.48% 9 seats, 21.75% Seats won 30 23 9 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 69,979 65,574 33,457 Percentage 41.21% 38.62% 19.71% Swing 1.80 0.14 2.04
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election No Overall Control

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

Background

In between the 1994 election and this election there were a total of 5 by-election to replace councillor who either resigned from their seats or who died in office, however none of them resulted in seats changing parties. ^[3] In addition to these by-elections there was a single seat that became vacant with too little time to hold a by-election, which meant the composition of the council just before the election was as follows: ^[4]

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28	9	24	1
Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative	Vacant

Election result

1998 Redbridge London Borough Council local elections ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	30	3	2	1	48.39	41.21	69,979	1.80
	Conservative	23	2	3	1	37.10	38.62	65,574	0.14
	Liberal Democrats	9	0	0		14.51	19.71	33,457	2.04
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.25	429	0.01
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	0.11	183	New
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		0.00	0.10	173	New
Total		62						169,795

After the election the composition of the council was as follows:

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30	9	23
Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative

Ward results

(*) - indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Aldborough

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Coombes* [n 1]	1,453	55.48	8.95
	Labour	Desmond Thurlby*	1,346
	Labour	Kenneth Turner*	1,285
	Conservative	Vanessa Cole	927	37.24	4.39
	Conservative	William McIntyre	914
	Conservative	Faith Watts	900
	Liberal Democrats	John Barmby	196	7.28	4.56
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dommett	170
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Yeoman	170
Registered electors			6,720		79
Turnout			2,652	39.46	12.88
Rejected ballots			12	0.45	0.36
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Barkingside

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Axon*	1,636	47.24	0.46
	Conservative	Graham Borrott* [n 2]	1,629
	Conservative	Roy Brunnen*	1,592
	Labour	Norman Hilton† [n 3]	1,548	43.91	7.00
	Labour	Raj Chanan	1,494
	Labour	Edward Skelton	1,472
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Taylor	306	8.85	7.46
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Peterson	305
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Williamson	299
Registered electors			9,828		366
Turnout			3,666	37.30	8.55
Rejected ballots			14	0.38	0.29
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bridge

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lawrence*	1,463	45.34	3.23
	Conservative	Claire Cooper	1,382
	Conservative	Morris Hickey*	1,360
	Labour	Barbara Cohen	1,241	37.94	3.25
	Labour	Maureen Lambert	1,212
	Labour	Mohammed Sheikh	1,066
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Daren	357	11.13	5.57
	Liberal Democrats	Madeline Sinclair	341
	Liberal Democrats	Nicolette Pashby	331
	Socialist Labour	Nicola Hoarau	173	5.59	New
Registered electors			9,389		1,010
Turnout			3,284	34.98	14.32
Rejected ballots			13	0.40	0.28
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Chadwell

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Staight*	2,304	62.65	15.
	Liberal Democrats	John Tyne	2,050
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Scott*	2,048
	Labour	Andrew Walker	746	18.27	4.64
	Conservative	Beatrice Corfield	722	19.07	10.85
	Conservative	Stewart Spivack	636
	Conservative	Maria Mbonye	591
	Labour	Ranjit Mudhar	561
	Labour	Bharat Pathak	560
Registered electors			9,696		629
Turnout			3,704	38.20	16.91
Rejected ballots			7	0.19	0.11
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Church End

Church End (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Hoskins*	1,836	63.60	3.45
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Cleaver*	1,810
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Hoskins*	1,763
	Conservative	Christopher MCummins	677	23.05	3.70
	Conservative	Joy Debenham-Burton	673
	Conservative	John Steinberg	610
	Labour	David Pearce	412	13.35	0.25
	Labour	John Ubsdell	370
	Labour	Saied Siddiqi	353
Registered electors			7,978		487
Turnout			3,025	37.92	14.33
Rejected ballots			16	0.53	0.40
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Clayhall

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Weinberg*	1,639	54.69	0.74
	Conservative	Ronald Barden*	1,612
	Conservative	John Lovell*	1,564
	Labour	Sylvia Crockford	1,111	35.97	3.19
	Labour	Mary Tuffin	1,050
	Labour	Hafiz Majid	1,006
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Robertson	311	9.34	3.93
	Liberal Democrats	Alison McBrayne	261
	Liberal Democrats	Valmar Stevens	250
Registered electors			10,059		504
Turnout			3,163	31.44	15.85
Rejected ballots			14	0.44	0.20
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Clementswood

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Falz Noor*	1,463	53.20	6.44
	Labour	Simon Green*	1,438
	Labour	Peter Laugharne*	1,310
	Conservative	Surendra Patel	996	33.35	4.80
	Conservative	Mohammed Inayat	888
	Conservative	Satish Gautum	756
	Liberal Democrats	John Collis	401	13.45	1.64
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Hutchines	334
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Glanfield	330
Registered electors			8,638		772
Turnout			3,022	34.98	11.18
Rejected ballots			22	0.73	0.65
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Cranbrook

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Elliman*	1,521	47.58	4.97
	Conservative	Glenn Corfield	1,421
	Conservative	Asaf Mirza*	1,421
	Labour	Michael Fitzmaurice	1,346	42.90	2.27
	Labour	Munawar Hussain	1,316
	Labour	Gary Scottow	1,272
	Liberal Democrats	Saroj Sharma	304	9.52	7.94
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Simons	298
	Liberal Democrats	Rochelle Markovitch	271
Registered electors			8,222		469
Turnout			3,362	40.89	15.40
Rejected ballots			19	0.57	0.46
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Fairlop

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joyce Ryan*	1,385	46.16	4.45
	Labour	Royston Emmett† [n 4]	1,307	44.88	4.20
	Conservative	Lee Scott	1,280
	Labour	Ronald Wyatt	1,270
	Conservative	Robert Cole	1,265
	Labour	Mary Lambert*	1,244
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Harvey	317	8.95	8.66
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Briggs	226
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Moody	219
Registered electors			8,292		31
Turnout			3,005	36.24	11.72
Rejected ballots			12	0.40	0.37
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Fullwell

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Moth	1,358	51.51	1.67
	Conservative	Laurence Davies	1,333
	Conservative	Alan Hughes*	1,320
	Labour	Jeffrey Fox	889	30.59	4.12
	Labour	Joseph Hoedemaker	809
	Labour	Kamal Qureshi	684
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Cudmore	489	17.90	2.45
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Martin	460
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Black	445
Registered electors			8,666		134
Turnout			2,836	32.73	10.93
Rejected ballots			19	0.67	0.59
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Goodmayes

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sidney Middleburgh*	643	52.38	6.29
	Labour	David Radford	588
	Conservative	Keith Langford† [n 5]	369	29.49	5.25
	Conservative	Shahlab Baig	324
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Marsh	233	18.13	7.11
	Liberal Democrats	Narendra Dattani	193
Registered electors			3,949		491
Turnout			1,284	32.51	20.93
Rejected ballots			13	1.01	0.90
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hainault

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Fairley-Churchill*	1,070	59.62	2.20
	Labour	Richard Newcombe* [n 6]	1,056
	Labour	Edmund Peake*	1,039
	Conservative	Sheila Moth	530	29.33	1.24
	Conservative	Sonia Macdonald	525
	Conservative	Barbara Wilson	502
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Black	221	11.06	3.42
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wright	192
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Prager	174
Registered electors			7,003		12
Turnout			1,892	27.02	18.64
Rejected ballots			8	0.42	0.30
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Loxford

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Muhammed Javed*	1,655	53.97	15.34
	Labour	Sharon Speller	1,417
	Labour	Faredoon Maravala*	1,296
	Conservative	Mohammed Zamir	832	24.02	4.66
	Conservative	Pakizah Baig	627
	Conservative	Alexei Hindoian	485
	Independent	Sayeed Akhtar	329	12.19	New
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Clack	309	9.82	1.51
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Everest	270
	Liberal Democrats	Jitendra Sahgal	216
Registered electors			9,565		1,383
Turnout			2,896	30.28	14.37
Rejected ballots			33	1.14	0.87
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Mayfield

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Hilton*	1,567	54.44	3.93
	Labour	Reginald Golding† [n 7]	1,547
	Labour	Ayodhiya Parkash	1,528
	Conservative	David Clarke	1,225	36.85	2.11
	Conservative	Arthur Leggatt	1,011
	Conservative	Mohammed Shaikh	906
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Papworth	314	8.71	6.04
	Liberal Democrats	Edwin Potkins	216
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Torney	213
Registered electors			9,271		739
Turnout			3,203	34.55	15.60
Rejected ballots			12	0.37	0.21
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Monkhams

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda	1,795	62.26	1.08
	Conservative	Michael Stark*	1,795
	Conservative	James O'Shea	1,789
	Liberal Democrats	Michael McElarney	626	20.43	2.54
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Seeff	589
	Liberal Democrats	Percy Lomax	550
	Labour	Daniel Douglas	519	17.31	1.46
	Labour	Nicholas Hayes	514
	Labour	Georgina Lynch	463
Registered electors			8,213		563
Turnout			3,035	36.95	9.95
Rejected ballots			11	0.36	0.14
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Newbury

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gayle Evans	1,744	62.95	10.67
	Labour	Greer Nicholson* [n 8]	1,704
	Labour	Dev Sharma*	1,688
	Conservative	Darshan Sharma	746	26.29	10.71
	Conservative	Mohammad Bashir	713
	Conservative	Shatrugham Parmar	686
	Liberal Democrats	Amelia Olive	377	10.76	0.04
	Liberal Democrats	Walter Staight	276
	Liberal Democrats	Deanna Seef	225
Registered electors			8,518		535
Turnout			3,032	35.60	17.38
Rejected ballots			37	1.22	0.98
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Roding

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Bond*	1,776	51.70	4.78
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity Banks	1,721
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Boyland	1,664
	Conservative	Anthony Loffhagen	964	28.05	2.28
	Conservative	Paul Chapman	951
	Conservative	Fatema Hussain	885
	Labour	Henry Garratt	582	17.24	4.68
	Labour	John Cullen	574
	Labour	Martin Chew	565
	Independent	Martin Levin	100	3.01	New
Registered electors			8,682		572
Turnout			3,444	39.67	13.67
Rejected ballots			10	0.29	0.04
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Seven Kings

Seven Kings (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Pearce*	1,343	52.77	3.23
	Labour	Maganbhai Patel*	1,317
	Labour	Robert Littlewood* [n 9]	1,245
	Conservative	Rajinder Athwal	969	36.76	5.12
	Conservative	Ashok Kumar	908
	Conservative	Beryl Waghorn	843
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Ward	314	10.47	1.89
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Macdonald	276
	Liberal Democrats	Dawood Dhooma	185
Registered electors			7,838		239
Turnout			2,762	35.24	9.15
Rejected ballots			18	0.65	0.41
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Snaresbrook

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gregor Eglin	1,492	44.71	3.02
	Conservative	Peter Goody*	1,411	44.37	0.69
	Conservative	Suzanne Nolan	1,366
	Labour	Lucille Manning	1,354
	Conservative	Anthony Lenaghan	1,335
	Labour	Samuel Morgan	1,298
	Liberal Democrats	William Madge	353	10.92	2.33
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Stevens	337
	Liberal Democrats	John Swallow	322
Registered electors			7,928		640
Turnout			3,248	40.97	10.39
Rejected ballots			4	0.12	0.09
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Valentines

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Brindley*	1,198	51.52	10.69
	Labour	Elaine Norman*	1,071
	Labour	Virendra Tewari*	1,011
	Conservative	Stephanie Burtt	629	27.47	0.91
	Conservative	Shaheen Yasin	576
	Conservative	Tarlochan Sian	544
	Liberal Democrats	George Hogarth	321	12.39	1.45
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Wright	236
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Hamlyn	232
	Green	Brian Curtis	183	8.62	New
Registered electors			7,560		596
Turnout			2,197	29.06	19.83
Rejected ballots			10	0.46	0.34
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Wanstead

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon George	1,461	45.08	9.19
	Labour	Jeffery Edelman	1,450
	Conservative	Allan Burgess*	1,413	40.90	1.33
	Labour	Allan Tuffin	1,346
	Conservative	Thomas Howl*	1,232
	Conservative	Michael Borrott*	1,217
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Cornish	536	14.02	7.86
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Winborne	419
	Liberal Democrats	James Swallow	369
Registered electors			7,858		269
Turnout			3,338	42.48	8.44
Rejected ballots			10	0.30	0.11
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Notes

1. Coombes was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Raymond Ward in 1994 ^[3]
2. Borrott was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Thomas Cobb in 1996 ^[3]
3. Hilton was a sitting councillor representing the Newbury ward
4. Emmett was a sitting councillor representing the Loxford ward
5. Lanford was a sitting councillor representing the Cranbrook ward
6. Newcombe was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Linda Perham in 1997 ^[3]
7. Golding was a sitting councillor representing the Goodmayes ward
8. Nicolson was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Brian Myers in 1996 ^[3]
9. Littlewood was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr David Masters in 1996 ^[3]

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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 - By-elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 145. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
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