1998 Southwark London Borough Council election

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1998 Southwark Council election
Coat of arms of the London Borough of Southwark.svg
  1994
7 May 1998 (1998-05-07)
2002  

All 64 seats up for election to Southwark London Borough Council
33 seats needed for a majority
Registered161,781 [1]
Turnout53,202, 32.89% (Decrease2.svg 4.64) [1]
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderNiall T. DuffyUnknownUnknown
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since1997UnknownUnknown
Leader's seat Rye UnknownUnknown
Last election34 seats, 47.56%27 seats, 39.16%3 seats, 12.57%
Seats won33274
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1
Popular vote22,16617,4166,504
Percentage43.47%34.16%12.76%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.72Decrease2.svg 5.52Decrease2.svg 0.06

Council Control before election

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Labour

Council Control


Labour

Elections to Southwark Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 32.9%.

Contents

Background

In between the 1994 election and this election there were a total of 8 by-elections to replace councillors who resigned from their seat, however only 1 seat actually changed hands going from the Liberal Democrats to the Labour Party. [2] In addition to this change there were also 2 other Labour councillor who defected fo third parties, which meant the composition of the council just before the election was as follows: [3]

332632
LabourLib DemConservativeOther

Election result

1998 Southwark London Borough Council local election results [4] [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3334Decrease2.svg 151.5643.4722,166Decrease2.svg 2.72
  Liberal Democrats 2733Steady2.svg42.1934.1617,416Decrease2.svg 5.52
  Conservative 410Increase2.svg 16.2512.766,504Decrease2.svg 0.06
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.006.843,487Increase2.svg 6.18
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.001.43727Increase2.svg 1.27
  Socialist Labour 000Steady2.svg0.001.04530New
  National Democrats 000Steady2.svg0.000.31156New
Total64 50,986
Southwark Council voting history 1998 Southwark Council voting history slope chart.png
Southwark Council voting history

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

33274
LabourLib DemConservative

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abbey

Abbey (2) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Manchester** 1,023 67.6 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Thomas 818 54.0 −9.4
Labour John Lauder51033.7+7.5
Labour Keith Cross43628.8+3.7
Green Chloe Wilson805.3N/A
Conservative Peter Randall Johnson795.2+2.4
Conservative Eleanor Gayler714.7+2.6
Turnout 1,51432.5−6.4
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Linda Manchester was a sitting councillor for Riverside ward

Alleyn

Alleyn (2) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norma Gibbes 887 51.9 −3.8
Labour Howard Latham** 867 50.7 −2.6
Conservative Andrew Mitchell32418.9−1.6
Liberal Democrats Alexander Baker27916.3−2.7
Conservative Roger Prince27115.8−4.6
Liberal Democrats Henry Hardy23613.8−3.7
Green Sharon Hogan22313.0N/A
Turnout 1,71033.8−3.2
Labour hold
Labour hold

Howard Latham was a sitting councillor for Bellenden ward

Barset

Barset (2) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Claridge* 687 65.0 −8.9
Labour Charles Cherrill 597 56.5 −10.4
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hunt17416.5−2.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Allen17016.1−2.2
Conservative Michelle Lowe11210.6+0.1
Green Paul Barker11010.4N/A
Conservative Shirley Winchester989.3−1.0
Turnout 1,05724.6−8.2
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bellenden

Bellenden (3) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Heatley* 1,585 67.3 +3.7
Labour Patrick Kelly 1,428 60.7 −1.8
Labour Andrew Simmons 1,332 56.6 −3.7
Liberal Democrats Gareth Martin34414.6−4.7
Liberal Democrats Patricia Macnaughton34314.6−0.3
Liberal Democrats Albert Bosworth34214.5−0.4
Green June Veitch30212.8N/A
Conservative Rupert Cutler24110.2−4.0
Conservative John Davenport23810.1−2.3
Conservative Margaret Stewart2329.9−2.0
Turnout 2,35431.2−7.1
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Nash* 1,218 63.3 −3.7
Liberal Democrats Denise Capstick 1,194 62.1 −2.0
Labour Rupert Doyle51026.5+2.2
Labour Rosemary Whitlock46824.3+0.5
Conservative Julian Pratt774.0−0.5
Conservative Kenneth Norris542.8−1.2
Turnout 1,92429.1−9.5
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Browning

Browning (3) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Bowman 1,198 52.6 −8.5
Liberal Democrats Roland Shannon 1,163 51.1 −9.7
Liberal Democrats Neil Watson 1,076 47.3 −13.2
Labour Anne Keane85337.5+1.8
Labour Angela Molloy82036.0+1.8
Labour Kevin McNicholas78834.6+1.0
Conservative Kenneth Duke592.6−2.7
Conservative Olga Grant572.5−2.6
Conservative Penelope Foord512.2−1.9
Turnout 2,27733.2+0.5
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Brunswick

Brunswick (3) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lillian Naish* 1,044 62.0 +3.1
Labour John Friary* 1,041 61.8 +3.5
Labour Robert Wingfield** 828 49.1 −12.1
Liberal Democrats Frances Blango28316.8−9.0
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Hook27116.1−9.4
Liberal Democrats Joyce Martin27116.1−7.4
Green Jenny Jones 26916.0N/A
Conservative Linda Stanbury1468.7+2.3
Conservative Steven Stanbury1317.8+1.9
Conservative Mark Tunstill1187.0+1.7
Turnout 1,68524.6−7.1
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Robert Wingfield was a sitting councillor for Newington ward

Burgess

Burgess (2) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Halley 769 47.7 −5.7
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Mizzi 763 47.3 +0.2
Labour Richard Livingstone**65840.8−1.5
Labour Simon McKeown63639.5−2.0
Green Tarik Theodorus533.3N/A
Conservative Charles Joseph483.0−1.4
Conservative Victoria Joseph432.7−0.1
Turnout 1,61239.7+3.1
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Richard Livingstone was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward

Cathedral

Cathedral (2) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Wines* 1,197 67.1 −7.8
Liberal Democrats Clifford Hodson 878 49.2 −18.2
Labour Jacqueline Gilmartin45225.3+6.1
Labour Michael Gibson**42824.0+7.1
Green David Turner794.4N/A
Conservative Beatrice Crabb603.4±0.0
Conservative Lucy Newmark492.7+0.2
Turnout 1,78433.1−8.6
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Michael Gibson was a sitting councillor for Waverley ward

Chaucer

Chaucer (3) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Lancashire* 1,315 47.9 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Alom Shaha 1,193 43.5 −1.9
Labour Henry Canagasabey** 1,167 42.5 −0.3
Labour Anne Worsley**1,15742.1−0.3
Liberal Democrats Raffaella Ayorinde1,10440.23.8
Liberal Democrats Robert Skelly1,09840.0−3.7
Conservative Susan Hardy1455.3±0.0
Conservative Frances Gray1425.2+1.3
Conservative Anne Peirce1063.9+0.5
Turnout 2,74535.7−3.2
Labour hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Henry Canagasabey was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward

Anne Worsley was a sitting councillor for Bellenden ward

College

College (2) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Humphreys* 1,245 52.6 +11.6
Conservative William Rowe 1,086 45.9 +7.5
Labour Carol Britton81034.2+1.9
Labour Ivan House79033.4+3.4
Liberal Democrats Patricia Mynott27311.5−14.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Newby 2349.9−15.1
Green Tamra Poorun883.7N/A
Turnout 2,36543.4−4.5
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Consort

Consort (2) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nicola Kutapan 514 48.3 −16.4
Labour Hassan Vahib* 437 41.0 −12.4
Liberal Democrats David Banks28626.9+4.8
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Salawu20118.9−1.6
Conservative Rachel Read11210.5−1.8
Conservative Doris Pearce11010.3+1.5
Green Brendan Connolly1019.5N/A
Socialist Labour Angela Ruddock888.3N/A
Turnout 1,06523.4−8.2
Labour hold
Labour hold

Dockyard

Dockyard (3) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Partridge* 1,899 54.7 −5.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Yates 1,888 54.3 −9.9
Liberal Democrats Columba Blango 1,830 52.7 −11.1
Labour Daniel Griffiths88625.5+1.2
Labour Shirley Oldhamstead82723.8−0.3
Labour Linda Oram81623.5+1.7
Conservative Percy Gray35110.1+3.5
Conservative Stephen Crabb3239.3+4.1
Conservative Ewan Wallace3129.0+4.3
Green Andrew Flude2025.8N/A
Independent Gary Cartwright1564.5N/A
Turnout 3,47426.2−8.5
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Faraday

Faraday (3) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth Clark* 1,234 48.8 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Alfred Langley* 1,186 46.9 +1.1
Liberal Democrats David Noakes 1,121 44.3 −1.0
Labour Lorraine Lauder1,01240.0−0.3
Labour Lee Garrett99939.5−2.4
Labour Royston Webb92636.6−3.7
Conservative Charles Flower1626.4+1.0
Conservative Robert Hayward 1275.0−0.5
Conservative Robert Goodrick1084.3−0.9
Turnout 2,53029.8−10.1
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Friary

Friary (3) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barrie Hargrove* 845 52.8 +1.1
Labour Joan Khachik* 761 47.6 +1.3
Labour Frank Pemberton** 647 40.4 −5.7
Liberal Democrats Daniel Dougherty29918.7−20.7
Socialist Labour Ann Goss26516.6N/A
Socialist Labour Gloria Fagbenro26216.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Eliza Mann25215.8−20.5
Socialist Labour Tony Goss24815.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Keith Miller23814.9−21.3
Green Laurence Jones1459.1N/A
Conservative Leslie Brown1207.5+1.4
Conservative Ivy Brown1116.9+1.9
Conservative Iris Smith935.8+1.0
Turnout 1,60029.6−3.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Frank Pemberton was a sitting councillor for Rotherhithe ward, and was previously elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor

Liddle

Liddle (3) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Ellery* 891 57.9 −18.7
Labour William Kayada 794 51.6 −17.8
Labour William Skelly** 710 46.1 −18.6
Liberal Democrats Raouf Ben-Salem53434.7+21.5
Liberal Democrats Danny McCarthy*48831.7−37.7
Liberal Democrats Josephine Almond45629.6+18.9
Independent Maria Williams1298.4N/A
Green Caroline Jones805.2−1.7
Conservative Stephen Phillips553.6−2.8
Conservative Jane Maclaren483.1−1.5
Conservative Victor Smith473.1N/A
Turnout 1,53930.6+10.4
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

William Skelly was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward

Danny McCarthy was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glenn Cope 1,268 53.0 −6.1
Labour Nick Dolezal* 1,220 51.0 −6.4
Labour Dermot McInerney* 1,048 43.8 −13.7
Independent Ashwinkumar Tanna59825.0N/A
Green Rebecca Elvey36615.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Hugh Harris35414.8−3.6
Conservative Patrick Wollocombe33414.0−3.3
Conservative Angus Pritchard-Gordon33013.8−3.2
Conservative Christopher Pincher32013.4−2.9
Liberal Democrats Matt Flynn27911.7−6.4
Liberal Democrats Branko Markic2339.7−7.3
Turnout 2,39330.5−7.4
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Newington

Newington (3) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Pidgeon 1,528 49.7 +21.3
Liberal Democrats James Gurling 1,481 48.2 +20.2
Liberal Democrats Jelil Ladipo 1,418 46.2 +22.0
Labour Hannah McDonald*1,25540.9−13.7
Labour Leslie Alden1,15737.7−20.4
Labour Robert Smeath1,10435.9−15.0
Conservative Susan Hornby1514.9−4.2
Conservative Clive Jones1224.0−4.4
Conservative Brooks Newmark1123.6−4.5
Turnout 3,07239.0+2.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Riverside

Riverside (3) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Betty Olliffe* 1,306 50.0 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Alex L'Estrange 1,254 48.0 −2.5
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Stanton 1,225 46.9 +1.1
Labour Coral Newell1,02039.1+4.5
Labour Peter John1,00538.5+6.5
Labour Amanda Purdon89534.3+3.7
Conservative Stephen Holmes1305.0−7.6
Conservative John Liddiard1194.6−1.1
Conservative John Williams1124.3−1.0
Green Swadesh Poorun833.2N/A
Turnout 2,61135.6−3.2
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Beverley Bassom* 1,063 54.7 −5.1
Liberal Democrats Victor Jones* 1,037 53.3 −7.5
Liberal Democrats Niko Barr** 972 50.0 −13.2
Labour Neil Fell65633.7+11.7
Labour Robert Gasson65533.7+13.3
Labour Francis Treml45523.4+6.8
Conservative Nathan Chart1085.6+2.0
Conservative John McConnell934.8+1.3
Conservative Jon van der Walt663.4+0.5
Turnout 1,94530.3−9.7
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Niko Barr was a sitting councillor for Dockyard ward

Ruskin

Ruskin (3) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tobias Eckersley* 1,703 46.3 +8.7
Labour Michelle Pearce* 1,604 43.6 +4.4
Conservative David Bradbury 1,602 43.5 +6.1
Conservative Irene Kimm1,52541.5+6.2
Labour Alan Firminger*1,51741.2+3.3
Labour Charlie Smith1,37937.5+3.2
Liberal Democrats Jean Halden3529.6−11.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Elbert3268.9−11.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Fletcher3138.5−11.2
Green Harriet Einsiedel2737.4+0.5
Turnout 3,67953.3−2.9
Conservative hold
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Rye

Rye (2) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Niall Duffy* 1,266 53.4 +3.1
Labour Dominic Thorncroft* 968 40.8 −3.9
Conservative Nicholas Vineall64327.1−8.1
Conservative Edwin Webster62426.3−6.1
Green Storm Poorun45819.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Ron Halden2249.4−3.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Valladeres1717.2−4.4
Turnout 2,37240.3−7.0
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Giles

St Giles (3) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephanie Elsy** 1,288 58.8 −4.5
Labour Anthony Ritchie* 1,251 57.1 −5.2
Labour Dora Dixon-Fyle 1,216 55.5 −4.9
Liberal Democrats Stuart Carr36516.7−2.3
Liberal Democrats Alison Farrow34415.7−3.0
Green Glynis Bell33615.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Samantha McDonough33515.3−3.3
Conservative Tania Brisby23610.8±0.0
Conservative Jeremy Hart2039.3−1.4
Socialist Labour Eileen Miles1848.4N/A
Conservative Margaret Fordham1828.3−1.8
Turnout 2,19129.1−0.3
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stephanie Elsy was a sitting councillor for Barset ward

The Lane

The Lane (2) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Cornall 842 46.3 +5.8
Labour Aubyn Graham** 756 41.6 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Colin Hunte70638.9−9.6
Liberal Democrats Krishnaveni Brown67136.9−10.6
Conservative George Humphreys1186.5+0.9
Green Roxana Rizvi1106.1N/A
Conservative Anthony Kimm1025.6+0.1
Turnout 1,81736.1−7.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Aubyn Graham was a sitting councillor for Lyndhurst ward

Waverley

Waverley (2) [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Barnard* 1,006 64.5 +11.3
Labour Vivienne Todd 897 57.5 +13.1
Liberal Democrats Karnagie Ayling26617.1−20.8
Liberal Democrats Rita Perrett-Hodson24115.4−20.1
Conservative Lilian Dawson18211.7+3.6
Conservative Rebecca Humphreys17511.2+4.1
Green Jason Evers1298.3N/A
Turnout 1,56033.2−10.1
Labour hold
Labour hold

By-Elections

Consort by-election, 15 October 1998 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne V. Worsley 919 58.5 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Colin A. Hunte47430.2+3.3
Socialist Labour Angela M. Ruddock704.5−3.8
Conservative Oliver H. Wooller543.4−7.1
Liberal Geoffrey M. A. Goldie533.4N/A
Majority 45028.3
Turnout 1,57034.0+10.6
Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Nicola A. Kutapan.

Rotherhithe by-election, 3 December 1998 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Hook 1,143 55.7 +2.4
Labour Peter C. John81339.6+5.9
National Democrats Gary Cartwright562.7N/A
Conservative Steven P. Bolton281.4−4.2
Green Storm S. Poorun110.5N/A
Majority 33016.1
Turnout 2,05132.0+1.7
Liberal Democrats hold

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Victor D. Jones.

Cathedral by-election, 22 July 1999 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bosch 750 59.6 +10.4
Labour Bernard M. Dainton45135.9+10.6
Conservative Ewan G. Wallace574.5+1.1
Majority 29923.7
Turnout 1,25827.0−6.1
Liberal Democrats hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Clifford J. Hodson.

Notes

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