1998 Southwark London Borough Council election

1998 Southwark Council election

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All 64 seats up for election to Southwark London Borough Council 33 seats needed for a majority
Registered	161,781 [1]
Turnout	53,202, 32.89% ( 4.64) [1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Niall T. Duffy Unknown Unknown Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader since 1997 Unknown Unknown Leader's seat Rye Unknown Unknown Last election 34 seats, 47.56% 27 seats, 39.16% 3 seats, 12.57% Seats won 33 27 4 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 58,887 46,288 16,664 Percentage 46.28% 36.37% 13.10% Swing 1.28 2.79 0.53
Council Control before election . 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%.

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]

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33	26	3	2
Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative	Other

Election result

1998 Southwark London Borough Council Local Election Results ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	33	3	4	1	51.56	46.28	58,887	1.28
	Liberal Democrats	27	3	3		42.19	36.37	46,288	2.79
	Conservative	4	1	0	1	6.25	13.10	16,664	0.53
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	2.74	3,487	2.48
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		0.00	0.82	1,047	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.57	727	0.51
	National Democrats	0	0	0		0.00	0.12	156	New
Total		64						127,256

Southwark Council voting history

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

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33	27	4
Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abbey

Abbey (2) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Manchester† [n 1]	1,023	59.44	8.34
	Liberal Democrats	Richard K. Thomas	818
	Labour	John J. Lauder	510	30.55	3.83
	Labour Co-op	Keith C. Cross	436
	Green	Chloe Wilson	80	5.17	New
	Conservative	Peter A. Randall Johnson	79	4.84	2.28
	Conservative	Eleanor Gayler	71
Registered electors			4,684		133
Turnout			1,523	32.51	6.41
Rejected ballots			9	0.59	0.59
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Alleyn

Alleyn (2) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norma U. Gibbes	887	52.99	5.79
	Labour	Howard A. Latham† [n 2]	867
	Conservative	Andrew M. Mitchell	324	17.98	4.08
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander J. Baker	279	15.56	3.59
	Conservative	Roger Prince	271
	Liberal Democrats	Henry S. Hardy	236
	Green	Sharon L. Hogan	223	13.47	New
Registered electors			5,100		604
Turnout			1,724	33.80	3.21
Rejected ballots			14	0.81	0.81
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Barset

Barset (2) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine D. Claridge*	687	62.39	8.52
	Labour	Charles Cherrill	597
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan N. Hunt	174	16.72	1.90
	Liberal Democrats	Mark C. Allen	170
	Conservative	Michelle Lowe	112	10.20	0.27
	Green	Paul Barker	110	10.69	New
	Conservative	Shirley L. Winchester	98
Registered electors			4,332		457
Turnout			1,065	24.58	8.27
Rejected ballots			8	0.75	0.37
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bellenden

Bellenden (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet F. Heatley* [n 3]	1,585	62.15	5.92
	Labour	Patrick Kelly	1,428
	Labour	Andrew Simmons	1,332
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth P. Martin	344	14.72	3.17
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia A. Macnaughton	343
	Liberal Democrats	Albert F. Bosworth	342
	Green	June D. Veitch	302	12.96	New
	Conservative	Rupert Cutler	241	10.17	3.87
	Conservative	John Davenport	238
	Conservative	Margaret Stewart	232
Registered electors			7,612		925
Turnout			2,373	31.17	7.16
Rejected ballots			19	0.80	0.68
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Nash*	1,218	68.50	1.31
	Liberal Democrats	Denise M. Capstick	1,194
	Labour	Rupert J. Doyle	510	27.78	2.15
	Labour	Rosemary L. Whitlock	468
	Conservative	Julian R. Pratt	77	3.72	0.84
	Conservative	Kenneth M. J. Norris	54
Registered electors			6,670		121
Turnout			1,940	29.09	9.52
Rejected ballots			16	0.82	0.67
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Browning

Browning (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Bowman	1,198	56.67	4.03
	Liberal Democrats	Roland G. Shannon	1,163
	Liberal Democrats	Neil C. Watson	1,076
	Labour	Anne Keane	853	40.58	6.14
	Labour	Angela C. Molloy	820
	Labour	Kevin J. McNicholas	788
	Conservative	Kenneth Duke	59	2.75	2.11
	Conservative	Olga Grant	57
	Conservative	Penelope Foord	51
Registered electors			6,868		1,085
Turnout			2,283	33.24	0.55
Rejected ballots			6	0.26	0.16
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Brunswick

Brunswick (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lillian V. Naish*	1,044	58.97	6.95
	Labour	John J. Friary*	1,041
	Labour	Robert I. Wingfield† [n 4]	828
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Blango	283	16.70	10.93
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey S. Hook	271
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Martin	271
	Green	Jenny Jones	269	16.34	New
	Conservative	Linda F. Stanbury	146	8.00	1.55
	Conservative	Steven G. Stanbury	131
	Conservative	Mark J. R. Tunstill	118
Registered electors			6,883		782
Turnout			1,690	24.55	7.11
Rejected ballots			5	0.30	0.09
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Burgess

Burgess (2) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy W. Halley	769	50.68	1.77
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth A. Mizzi	763
	Labour	Richard J. Livingstone† [n 5]	658	42.81	0.97
	Labour	Simon J. McKeown	636
	Green	Tarik I. L. Theodorus	53	3.51	New
	Conservative	Charles Joseph	48	3.01	0.76
	Conservative	Victoria Joseph	43
Registered electors			4,084		481
Turnout			1,623	39.74	+3.1
Rejected ballots			11	0.68	0.14
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Cathedral

Cathedral (2) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary J. Wines*	1,197	64.40	11.60
	Liberal Democrats	Clifford J. Hodson	878
	Labour	Jacqueline Gilmartin	452	27.31	8.00
	Labour	Michael A. Gibson† [n 6]	428
	Green	David W. Turner	79	4.90	New
	Conservative	Beatrice Crabb	60	3.38	0.24
	Conservative	Lucy M. Newmark	49
Registered electors			5,424		276
Turnout			1,794	33.08	8.63
Rejected ballots			10	0.56	0.28
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Chaucer

Chaucer (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen D. O. Lancashire*	1,315	49.00	19.07
	Liberal Democrats	Alom Shaha	1,193	45.71	27.82
	Labour	Henry Canagasabey† [n 7]	1,167
	Labour	Anne V. Worsley† [n 8]	1,157
	Liberal Democrats	Raffaella Ayorinde	1,104
	Liberal Democrats	Robert J. Skelly	1,098
	Conservative	Susan Hardy	145	5.29	8.75
	Conservative	Frances M.Gray	142
	Conservative	Anne Peirce	106
Registered electors			7,711		553
Turnout			2,749	35.65	3.25
Rejected ballots			4	0.15	0.15
	Labour hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Labour hold

College

College (2) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Humphreys*	1,245	50.52	9.27
	Conservative	William P. Rowe	1,086
	Labour	Carol Britton	810	34.68	2.29
	Labour	Ivan M. House	790
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia M. Mynott	273	10.99	15.37
	Liberal Democrats	Richard M. Newby	234
	Green	Tamra M. Poorun	88	3.81	New
Registered electors			5,478		643
Turnout			2,375	43.36	4.52
Rejected ballots			10	0.42	0.35
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Consort

Consort (2) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicola A. Kutapan	514	46.44	18.47
	Labour	Hassan Vahib*	437
	Liberal Democrats	David G. Banks	286	23.78	0.32
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa Salawu	201
	Conservative	Rachel M. Read	122	11.33	0.30
	Conservative	Doris J. Pearce	110
	Green	Brendan P. Connolly	101	9.86	New
	Socialist Labour	Angela M. Ruddock	88	8.59	New
Registered electors			4,614		512
Turnout			1,079	23.39	8.17
Rejected ballots			14	1.30	0.68
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Dockyard

Dockyard (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek W. Partridge*	1,899	55.04	5.66
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Yates	1,888
	Liberal Democrats	Columba M. J. Blango	1,830
	Labour	Daniel C. Griffiths	886	24.78	9.66
	Labour	Shirley Oldhamstead	827
	Labour	Linda C. Oram	816
	Conservative	Percy Gray	351	9.66	4.80
	Conservative	Stephen Crabb	323
	Conservative	Ewan G. Wallace	312
	Green	Andrew Flude	202	5.94	New
	National Democrats	Gary Cartwright	156	4.59	New
Registered electors			13,377		1,438
Turnout			3,499	26.16	8.48
Rejected ballots			25	0.71	0.42
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Faraday

Faraday (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth K. Clark*	1,234	51.51	1.68
	Liberal Democrats	Alfred C. Langley*	1,186
	Liberal Democrats	David Noakes	1,121
	Labour	Lorraine Lauder	1,012	42.72	1.63
	Labour	Lee R. Garrett	999
	Labour	Royston A. J. Webb	926
	Conservative	Charles W. Flower	162	5.77	0.05
	Conservative	Robert A. Hayward	127
	Conservative	Robert C. Goodrick	108
Registered electors			8,596		935
Turnout			2,561	29.79	10.12
Rejected ballots			31	1.21	0.87
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Friary

Friary (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barrie J. Hargrove* [n 9]	845	49.24	3.75
	Labour	Joan C. Khachik*	761
	Labour	Frank F. Pemberton† [n 10]	647
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Dougherty	299	17.24	23.94
	Socialist Labour	Ann Goss	265	16.94	New
	Socialist Labour	Gloria O. Fagbenro	262
	Liberal Democrats	Eliza P. Mann	252
	Socialist Labour	Tony D. Goss	248
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Miller	238
	Green	Laurence P. Jones	145	9.51	New
	Conservative	Leslie N. Brown	120	7.08	1.25
	Conservative	Ivy A. M. Brown	111
	Conservative	Iris G. Smith	93
Registered electors			5,440		892
Turnout			1,610	29.60	3.66
Rejected ballots			10	0.62	0.38
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Liddle

Liddle (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Ellery*	891	51.51	22.71
	Labour	William B. Kayada	794
	Labour	William Skelly† [n 11]	710
	Liberal Democrats	Raouf Ben-Salem	534	31.79	19.18
	Liberal Democrats	Danny McCarthy* [n 12]	488
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Almond	456
	Independent	Maria M. G. Williams	129	8.32	New
	Green	Caroline E. Jones	80	5.16	2.16
	Conservative	Stephen G. B. Phillips	55	3.23	2.62
	Conservative	Jane S. Maclaren	48
	Conservative	Victor H. Smith	47
Registered electors			5,046		3,480
Turnout			1,543	30.58	10.41
Rejected ballots			4	0.26	0.03
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour hold

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenn Cope	1,268	42.72	19.87
	Labour	Nick Dolezal*	1,220
	Labour	Dermot T. A. McInerney*	1,048
	Independent	Ashwinkumar Tanna	598	21.67	New
	Green	Rebecca E. Elvey	366	13.26	New
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh M. Harris	354	10.46	8.77
	Conservative	Patrick Wollocombe	334	11.89	6.29
	Conservative	Angus Pritchard-Gordon	330
	Conservative	Christopher Pincher	320
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Flynn	279
	Liberal Democrats	Branko Markic	233
Registered electors			7,906		741
Turnout			2,415	30.55	7.36
Rejected ballots			22	0.91	0.67
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Newington

Newington (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline V. Pidgeon	1,528	53.16	23.27
	Liberal Democrats	James C. Gurling	1,481
	Liberal Democrats	Jelil I. Ladipo	1,418
	Labour	Hannah J. McDonald*	1,255	42.22	18.42
	Labour	Leslie H. Alden	1,157
	Labour	Robert J. Smeath	1,104
	Conservative	Susan Hornby	151	4.62	4.85
	Conservative	Clive W. Jones	122
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark	112
Registered electors			7,930		972
Turnout			3,094	39.02	2.62
Rejected ballots			22	0.71	0.37
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Riverside

Riverside (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Betty F. Olliffe*	1,306	51.74	2.59
	Liberal Democrats	Alex L'Estrange	1,254
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas P. Stanton	1,225
	Labour	Coral A. Newell	1,020	39.92	3.18
	Labour	Peter C. John	1,005
	Labour	Amanda J. Purdon	895
	Conservative	Stephen C. Holmes	130	4.93	4.00
	Conservative	John M. Liddiard	119
	Conservative	John A. Williams	112
	Green	Swadesh Poorun	83	3.40	New
Registered electors			7,379		94
Turnout			2,627	35.60	3.22
Rejected ballots			16	0.61	0.33
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Rotherhithe

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Neil J. Fell|votes=656|percentage=34.59|change= 12.93

Rotherhithe (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Bassom	1,063	60.18	7.21
	Liberal Democrats	Victor D. Jones*	1,037
	Liberal Democrats	Niko S. A. Baar† [n 13]	972
	Labour	Robert J. Gasson	655
	Labour Co-op	Francis Treml	455
	Conservative	Nathan Chart	108	5.23	1.57
	Conservative	John N. McConnell	93
	Conservative	Jon D. van der Walt	66
Registered electors			6,455		347
Turnout			1,956	30.30	9.75
Rejected ballots			11	0.56	0.03
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Ruskin

Ruskin (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tobias W. H. Eckersley*	1,703	43.36	6.89
	Labour	Michelle E. Pearce*	1,604	40.40	3.93
	Conservative	David S. Bradbury	1,602
	Conservative	Irene A. Kimm	1,525
	Labour	Alan Firminger*	1,517
	Labour	Charlie Smith	1,379
	Liberal Democrats	Jean M. Halden	352	8.90	10.99
	Liberal Democrats	Robert J. Elbert	326
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fletcher	313
	Green	Harriet A. V. Einsiedel	273	7.35	0.50
Registered electors			6,934		554
Turnout			3,699	53.35	2.89
Rejected ballots			20	0.54	0.54
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Rye

Rye (2) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Niall Duffy*	1,266	46.43	2.60
	Labour	Dominic J. Thorncroft*	968
	Conservative	Nicholas Vineall	643	26.33	8.59
	Conservative	Edwin Webster	624
	Green	Storm S. Poorun	458	19.04	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Halden	224	8.21	4.40
	Liberal Democrats	Mark J. Valladeres	171
Registered electors			5,893		418
Turnout			2,376	40.32	6.99
Rejected ballots			4	0.17	0.33
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Giles

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=7,590|change= 1,328

St Giles (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephanie E. Elsy† [n 14]	1,288	53.80	14.07
	Labour	Anthony G. Ritchie*	1,251
	Labour	Dora Dixon-Fyle	1,216
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Carr	365	14.96	5.61
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Farrow	344
	Green	Glynis Bell	336	14.44	New
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha L. C. McDonough	335
	Conservative	Tania A. T. B. Brisby	236	8.90	2.66
	Conservative	Jeremy J. Hart	203
	Socialist Labour	Eileen Miles	184	7.91	New
	Conservative	Margaret Fordham	182
Turnout			2,210	29.12	0.33
Rejected ballots			19	0.86	0.36
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

The Lane

The Lane (2) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert J. Cornall	842	46.80	3.76
	Labour	Aubyn StJ. Graham† [n 15]	756
	Liberal Democrats	Colin A. Hunte	706	40.32	10.75
	Liberal Democrats	Krishnaveni Brown	671
	Conservative	George A. Humphreys	118	6.44	0.56
	Green	Roxana Rizvi	110	6.44	New
	Conservative	Anthony M. Kimm	102
Registered electors			5,067		659
Turnout			1,829	36.10	7.26
Rejected ballots			12	0.66	0.42
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Waverley

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Waverley (2) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael S. Barnard* [n 16]	1,006	62.91	10.52
	Labour	Vivienne Todd	897
	Liberal Democrats	Rita J. Perrett-Hodson	241
	Conservative	Lilian J. Dawson	182	11.80	3.59
	Conservative	Rebecca M. Humphreys	175
	Green	Jason H. Evers	129	8.53	New
Registered electors			4,708		761
Rejected ballots			5	0.32	0.31
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Notes

1. Manchester was a sitting councillor representing the Riverside ward
2. Latham was a sitting councillor representing the Bellenden ward
3. Heatley was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Mike Lee in 1995 ^[2]
4. Wingfield was a sitting councillor representing the Newington ward
5. Livingstone was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward. Livingstone was originally elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Robert A. Bayne in 1995 ^[2]
6. Gibson was a sitting councillor representing the Waverley
7. Canagasabey was a sitting councillor representing the Alleyn ward
8. Worsley was a sitting councillor representing the Bellenden ward
9. Hargrove was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Sonya J. H. Murison in 1995 ^[2]
10. Pemberton was a sitting councillor representing the Rotherhithe ward. He was elected as a Liberal Democrat at the last election
11. Skelly was a sitting councillor representing the St Giles ward
12. McCarthy was elected as a Labour councillor at the last election and has since switched parties
13. Baar was a sitting councillor representing the Dockyard ward
14. Elsy was a sitting councillor representing the Barset ward. Elsy was originall elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Svetlana Kirov in 1995 ^[2]
15. Graham was a sitting councillor representing the Lyndhurst ward
16. Barnard was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Fyscene Sheilds in 1997 ^[2]

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