1998 Sutton London Borough Council election

Last updated October 25, 2023

The 1998 Sutton Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Sutton London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Background

Election result

Ward results

Beddington North (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Cooper, Pamela M.	938
Liberal Democrats	Leach, John W. E.	891
Conservative	Baggott, Peter N.	444
Conservative	Reynell, Josephine E.	439
Labour	Thomas, Margaret A.	217
Labour	Poppe, Ruth	204
Green	Rudkin, Peter T.	55
Green	Carney, Annette D.	53

Beddington South (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Aitkin, Richard S.	944
Liberal Democrats	Dologhan, Niall D.	922
Liberal Democrats	Saunders, Colleen	916
Labour	Wright, Fiona	455
Labour	Whelton, Martin J.	449
Labour	Wright, David J.	426
Conservative	Martin, Keith J.	372
Conservative	Snowball, Lorraine J.	357
Conservative	Wortley, Hilary V.	344

Belmont (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Biss, David A.	1,412
Liberal Democrats	Wallace, Anthony S.	1,343
Conservative	Furey, Christopher G.	992
Conservative	Pritchett, Simon J. A.	918
Labour	Harrison, Paul M.	133
Labour	Green, Mark R.	125
Green	Horner, Heather V.	79

Carshalton Beeches (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Bentley, Roy E.	1,793
Liberal Democrats	Woodley, Margaret M.	1,779
Liberal Democrats	Miles, Gary M.	1,743
Conservative	Hewitt, Matthew	974
Conservative	Butt, Moira J.	957
Conservative	Davie, Catriona L.	955
Labour	Burbage, Marilynne B.	286
Labour	Randall, Peter C.	267
Labour	Green, Katherine L.	265
Green	Cornford, John K. W.	156

Carshalton Central (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Baughan, Angela K.	997
Liberal Democrats	Woodley, John G.	877
Conservative	Tucker, John P.	513
Conservative	Kitcat, Anthony J.	499
Labour	Selous Hodges, Donald M.	218
Labour	Simons, Patricia A.	210
Green	Steel, Robert W.	196
Green	Whalley, Andrew J.	101

Carshalton North (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Cooper, Michael A.	1,059
Liberal Democrats	Hewitt, Philip I.	925
Conservative	Pike, Alison J.	372
Conservative	Rowback, Michael T.	350
Labour	Drury, Philip E.	334
Labour	Wingrove, Paul A.	293
Green	Hornsby, Neil J.	110

Cheam South (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Trevor, Edward G.	1,199
Conservative	Wallace, Sarah S.	1,199
Liberal Democrats	Hudson, Brendan	513
Liberal Democrats	Roberts, Patricia J.	477
Labour	Jarman, David	119
Labour	Thursfield, Fiona M.	92

Cheam West (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Gleeson, Lynette R. M.	831
Liberal Democrats	Gleeson, Robert P.	794
Conservative	Boyce, John S.	584
Conservative	Cappiello, Marilyn A.	553
Labour	Blears, Stephen	215
Labour	Kossowicz, Margaret	174

Clockhouse (1)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Thistle, Roger G. A.	342
Labour	Willsher, Kevin J.	176
Conservative	Creece, Robert A.	173

North Cheam (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Freeman, Julian P.	1,116
Liberal Democrats	Shaw, Ruth M.	1,108
Conservative	Carter, Clifford C. G.	371
Conservative	Rawlinson, Anne M.	332
Labour	Clarke, Valerie H.	255
Labour	Martin, Geoffrey C.	244
Green	Dixon, Simon N.	244

Rosehill (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Burstow, Paul K.	1,105
Liberal Democrats	Overy, Bella S. J.	907
Conservative	Hutchinson, John P.	371
Conservative	Lever, Stanley F.	336
Labour	Brown, John W.	147
Labour	Fleming, David C.	116

St Helier North (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Smith, Joyce	977
Labour	Theobald, Andrew C.	956
Labour	Morgan, John G.	950
Liberal Democrats	Reed, Barry Francis	404
Liberal Democrats	Pridham, Eric	372
Liberal Democrats	Ward, Peter N.	361
Conservative	Keynes, Brian W.	186
Conservative	Welch, William F. B.	174
Conservative	Yeldham, Michael A.	159
BNP	Ferguson, Paul C. C.	59

St Helier South (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Mansell, Charles J.	745
Labour	Lloyd, Stephen P.	705
Liberal Democrats	Holmes, David A.	266
Liberal Democrats	Daly, James G.	258
Conservative	Manton Charles W. E.	95
Conservative	Jaques, Patrick D.	91
Independent	Langridge, Donald G.	72

Sutton Central (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Tope, Gaham N.	1,055
Liberal Democrats	Brennan, John F.	955
Labour	Allen, Kathleen	247
Conservative	Trevor, Heather J.	247
Conservative	Verner, Linda E.	222
Labour	Paulino, Victor A.	208

Sutton Common (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	O'Connell, Lesley F.	961
Liberal Democrats	Gallop, Anne N.	932
Conservative	Fowler, Peter N.	324
Conservative	Maxwell, John M.	298
Labour	Billings, Roy J.	195
Labour	Morton, Stephen	170

Sutton East (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Brims, Donald G.	896
Liberal Democrats	Lowne, Janet	864
Liberal Democrats	Hussain, Lal	774
Labour	Blears, Gale A.	533
Labour	Buck, Shawn V.	495
Labour	Williams, Ronald S.	455
Conservative	Leech, Doreen P.	347
Conservative	Hicks, Christine M.	343
Conservative	Swaby, Eaton O.	332
Green	Sweeney, Anne M. M.	72
Green	Greaves, Nicholas J.	64

Sutton South (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Brown, Anne	1,212
Liberal Democrats	Cull, Nicholas	1,191
Conservative	Geiringer, Peter H.	1,174
Conservative	Irwin, Heather M.	1,165
Liberal Democrats	Legg, Keith M.	1,149
Liberal Democrats	Chatterjee, Jayanta K.	1,142
Labour	Bassett, Philip J.	289
Labour	Shields, Julie A.	218
Labour	Shulka, Anand	194
Green	Honey, Simon J.	129
Green	Peglar, Maureen H.	90

Sutton West (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Crowhurst, Joan	960
Liberal Democrats	Wallace, Myfanwy A.	892
Conservative	Brown, Richard G.	386
Conservative	Rawlinson, John R.	382
Labour	Baker, Stephen R.	157
Labour	Baker, Roy	146
Green	Hickson, Eric C.	89
Green	Hickson, Peter H.	84

Wallington North (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Dodwell, John	1,252
Liberal Democrats	Keys, John.	1,204
Liberal Democrats	Marvelly, Robert J.	1,092
Conservative	Bowles, Howard J.	677
Conservative	Pike, Michael V.	647
Conservative	Pollock, Hamish J. C.	616
Labour	Mansell, Susan F.	420
Labour	Mackie, Richard T.	413
Labour	Turner, Peter J.	397
Green	Horner, Bruce J.	135

Wallington South (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Bailey, Richard H.	1,499
Liberal Democrats	Hall, Colin C.	1,381
Liberal Democrats	Theed, Stanley A. G.	1,320
Conservative	Hanson, Owen J.	884
Conservative	Hinton, Daniel J. N.	865
Conservative	Pillinger, Eric S.	850
Labour	O'Kane, Sean C.	303
Labour	Risborough, Louise M.	295
Labour	Stringer, Jack T.	285
Green	Andrews, Karin C.	150
Green	Hamilton, Nigel P.	101
Independent	Blue, Danny	75

Wandle Valley (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Andrews, Sheila M.	780
Liberal Democrats	Court, Margaret P.	736
Labour	Cook, Ronald T.	610
Labour	Cooper, Margaret K.	560
Conservative	Clark, Margaret F.	170
Conservative	Pidgeon, Beryl C.	148

Woodcote (1)
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Whitham, Graham G.	738
Liberal Democrats	Ponikwer, Duncan R.	240
Labour	Poge, Ann K.	118

WARDS BELOW STILL TO BE UPDATED

Worcester Park North (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Coman, Leslie D.	1,122
Liberal Democrats	Ruxton, Ian B.	1,102
Liberal Democrats	Overy, Peter J	1,096
Conservative	Moxon, Beryl R.	504
Conservative	Longhurst, Glenys A.	497
Conservative	Niles, Shantina S.	428
Labour	Hosking, Hilary C.	370
Labour	Evers, John K.	360
Labour	Stewart, Deborak A.	334

Worcester Park South (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Bradley, Wendy M.	1,014
Liberal Democrats	Roberts, Roger D. C.	999
Conservative	Elwell, Janice L.	460
Conservative	Williamson, Rosamund J. D. D.	432
Labour	Grove, Catherine	215
Labour	Mowatt, Alan J.	196

Wrythe Green (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Stears, Susan M.	838
Liberal Democrats	Siggins, Sheila C.	834
Conservative	Petre, Nigel J.	308
Labour	Jennings. Dawn C.	300
Labour	Thorpe, Anthony R.	281
Conservative	Yeldham, Particia L.	263
Green	Fuller, William E.	72

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References

↑ "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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