1998 Sutton London Borough Council election

1998 Sutton London Borough Council election

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All 56 seats up for election to Sutton London Borough Council 29 seats needed for a majority
Registered	130,971 [1]
Turnout	46,293, 35.35% ( 13.95) [1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Graham N. Tope Unknown Unknown Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Leader since 1988 Unknown Unknown Leader's seat Sutton Central Unknown Unknown Last election 47 seats, 56.15% 4 seats, 25.39% 5 seats, 16.09% Seats won 46 5 5 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 53,673 29,228 18,517 Percentage 51.81% 28.21% 17.87% Swing 4.34 2.82 1.78
Council control before election Liberal Democrats Council control after election Liberal Democrats

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. ^[2]

Background

In the years between the 1994 election and this election there were a total of 7 by-elections to replace councillors who either resigned from their seat, died in office or who were disqualified shortly after the 1994 election, however these did not result in the seats changing parties. ^[3] Aside from the by-elections there was also one seat that became vacant shortly before this election and there was not enough time to hold a seperate by-election to fill it. This meant the composition of the council just before the election was as follows: ^[4]

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5	47	3	1
Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative	Vacant

Election result

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

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	46	1	2	1	82.14	51.81	53,673	4.34
	Conservative	5	2	1	1	8.93	28.21	29,228	2.82
	Labour	5	0	0		8.93	17.87	18,517	1.78
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	1.91	1,980	0.04
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.14	147	0.13
	BNP	0	0	0		0.00	0.06	59	0.08
Total		56						103,604

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

↓

5	46	5
Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Beddington North

Beddington North (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela M. Cooper*	938	56.43	1.96
	Liberal Democrats	John W. E. Leach*	891
	Conservative	Peter N. Baggott	444	27.24	0.10
	Conservative	Josephine E. Reynell	439
	Labour	Margaret A. Thomas	217	12.99	3.72
	Labour	Ruth Poppe	204
	Green	Peter T. Rudkin	55	3.33	1.67
	Green	Annette D. Carney	53
Registered electors			5,085		237
Turnout			1,702	33.47	20.24
Rejected ballots			3	0.18	0.14
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Beddington South

Beddington South (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard S. Aitken	944	53.65	7.60
	Liberal Democrats	Niall D. Dologhan	922
	Liberal Democrats	Colleen Saunders*	916
	Labour	Fiona Wright	455	25.65	6.68
	Labour	Martin J. Whelton	449
	Labour	David J. Wright	426
	Conservative	Keith J. Martin	372	20.69	3.97
	Conservative	Lorraine B. Snowball	357
	Conservative	Hilary V. Wortley	344
Registered electors			6,432		45
Turnout			1,924	29.91	15.82
Rejected ballots			3	0.16	0.06
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Belmont

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David A. Biss	1,412	54.22	10.64
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony S. Wallace*	1,343
	Conservative	Christopher G. Furey	992	37.59	4.63
	Conservative	Simon J. A. Pritchett	918
	Labour	Paul M. Harrison	133	5.08	4.44
	Labour	Mark R. Green	125
	Green	Heather V. Horner	79	3.11	1.67
Registered electors			6,469		753
Turnout			2,594	40.10	6.58
Rejected ballots			3	0.12	0.08
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Carshalton Beeches

Carshalton Beeches (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roy E. Bentley* [n 1]	1,793	56.03	12.50
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret M. Woodley*	1,779
	Liberal Democrats	Gary M. Miles*	1,743
	Conservative	Matthew Hewitt	974	30.42	7.39
	Conservative	Moira J. Butt	957
	Conservative	Catriona L. Davey	955
	Labour	Marilynne B. Burbage	286	8.62	3.58
	Labour	Peter C. Randall	267
	Labour	Katherine L. Green	265
	Green	John K. W. Comford	156	4.93	1.53
Registered electors			6,585		141
Turnout			3,192	48.47	2.50
Rejected ballots			1	0.03	0.03
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Carshalton Central

Carshalton Central (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angela K. Baughan*	997	51.90	0.83
	Liberal Democrats	John G. Woodley	877
	Conservative	John P. Tucker	513	28.03	2.91
	Conservative	Anthony J. Kitcat	499
	Labour	Donald M. Selous Hodges	218	11.85	2.38
	Labour	Patricia A. Simons	210
	Green	Robert W. Steel	196	8.22	4.46
	Green	Andrew J. Whalley	101
Registered electors			4,833		93
Turnout			1,907	39.46	14.82
Rejected ballots			8	0.42	0.38
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Carshalton North

Carshalton North (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael A. Cooper*	1,059	55.84	10.92
	Liberal Democrats	Philip I. Hewitt	925
	Conservative	Alison J. Pike	372	20.32	3.53
	Conservative	Michael T. Rowback	350
	Labour	Philip E. Drury	334	17.65	6.30
	Labour	Paul A. Wingrove	293
	Green	Neil J. Hornsby	110	6.19	1.09
Registered electors			5,133		56
Turnout			1,845	35.94	17.10
Rejected ballots			5	0.27	0.23
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Cheam South

Cheam South (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward G. Trevor*	1,199	66.63	6.32
	Conservative	Sarah S. Wallace	1,199
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan Hudson† [n 2]	513	27.51	2.73
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia J. Roberts	477
	Labour	David Jarman	119	5.86	0.02
	Labour	Fiona M. Thursfield	92
Registered electors			4,506		115
Turnout			1,861	41.30	7.12
Rejected ballots			9	0.48	0.43
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Cheam West

Cheam West (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynette R. M. Gleeson	831	51.57	5.71
	Liberal Democrats	Robert P. Gleeson*	794
	Conservative	John S. Boyce	584	36.08	7.63
	Conservative	Marilyn A. Cappiello	553
	Labour	Stephen Blears	215	12.35	4.57
	Labour	Margaret Kossowicz	174
Registered electors			4,318		37
Turnout			1,647	38.14	17.38
Rejected ballots			6	0.36	0.28
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Clockhouse

Clockhouse (1) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger G. A. Thistle	342	49.49	14.65
	Labour	Kevin J. Willsher	176	25.47	7.54
	Conservative	Robert A. Creece	173	25.04	7.11
Registered electors			1,516		7
Turnout			690	45.51	14.17
Rejected ballots			1	0.14	0.14
	Liberal Democrats hold

North Cheam

North Cheam (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julian P. Freeman*	1,116	56.82	13.74
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth M. Shaw*	1,108
	Conservative	Clifford C. G. Carter	371	17.96	0.98
	Conservative	Anne M. Rawlinson	332
	Labour	Valerie H. Clarke	255	12.75	2.25
	Labour	Geoffrey C. Martin	244
	Green	Simon N. Dixon	244	12.47	New
Registered electors			5,012		116
Turnout			1,751	34.94	16.39
Rejected ballots			1	0.06	0.02
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Rosehill

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul K. Burstow*	1,105	67.47	6.57
	Liberal Democrats	Bella S.J. Overy	907
	Conservative	John P. Hutchinson	371	23.71	5.24
	Conservative	Stanley F. Lever	336
	Labour	Brown, John W.	147	8.82	0.33
	Labour	David C. Fleming	116
Registered electors			4,414		3
Turnout			1,619	36.68	14.28
Rejected ballots			2	0.12	0.03
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

St Helier North

St Helier North (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Smith* [n 3]	977	61.13	9.03
	Labour	Andrew C. Theobald*	956
	Labour	John G. Morgan* [n 4]	950
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Francis Reed	404	24.11	9.32
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Pridham	372
	Liberal Democrats	Peter N. Ward	361
	Conservative	Brian W. Keynes	186	11.01	1.34
	Conservative	William F. B. Welch	174
	Conservative	Michael A.Yeldham	159
	BNP	Paul C. C. Ferguson	59	3.75	4.21
Registered electors			6,164		63
Turnout			1,701	27.60	16.25
Rejected ballots			3	0.18	0.11
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Helier South

St Helier South (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles J. Mansell*	745	62.94	10.84
	Labour	Stephen P. Lloyd* [n 5]	705
	Liberal Democrats	David A. Holmes	266	22.74	17.54
	Liberal Democrats	James G. Daly† [n 6]	258
	Conservative	Charles W. E. Manton	95	8.07	0.45
	Conservative	Patrick D. Jaques	91
	Independent	Donald G. Langridge	72	6.25	New
Registered electors			4,034		92
Turnout			1,172	29.05	10.21
Rejected ballots			2	0.17	0.05
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Sutton Central

Sutton Central (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham N. Tope*	1,055	68.51	4.46
	Liberal Democrats	John F. Brennan	955
	Labour	Kathleen Allen	247	15.51	3.02
	Conservative	Heather J. Trevor	247	15.98	1.44
	Conservative	Linda E. Verner	222
	Labour	Victor A. Paulino	208
Registered electors			4,948		62
Turnout			1,555	31.43	15.40
Rejected ballots			6	0.39	0.04
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Sutton Common

Sutton Common (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley F. O'Connell*	961	65.73	22.29
	Liberal Democrats	Anne N. Gallop* [n 7]	932
	Conservative	Peter N. Fowler	324	21.60	New
	Conservative	John M. Maxwell	298
	Labour	Roy J. Billings	195	12.67	0.69
	Labour	Stephen Morton	170
Registered electors			4,584		124
Turnout			1,553	33.88	14.19
Rejected ballots			13	0.84	1.73
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Sutton East

Sutton East (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Donald G. Brims† [n 8]	896	48.33	3.11
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Lowne*	864
	Liberal Democrats	Lal Hussain	774
	Labour	Gale A. Blears	533	28.29	4.85
	Labour	Shawn V. Buck	495
	Labour	Ronald S. Williams	455
	Conservative	Doreen P. Leech	347	19.49	0.09
	Conservative	Christine M. Hicks	343
	Conservative	Eaton O. Swaby	332
	Green	Anne M. M. Sweeney	72	3.89	1.83
	Green	Nicholas J. Greaves	64
Registered electors			5,821		10
Turnout			1,893	32.52	15.84
Rejected ballots			7	0.37	0.26
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Sutton South

Sutton South (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Brown	1,212	44.04	3.45
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Cull*	1,191	43.19	1.65
	Conservative	Peter H. Geiringer	1,174
	Conservative	Heather M. Irwin	1,165
	Liberal Democrats	Keith M. Legg	1,149
	Liberal Democrats	Jayanta K. Chatterjee	1,142
	Labour	Philip J. Bassett	289	8.69	3.70
	Labour	Julie A. Shields	218
	Labour	Anand Shulka	194
	Green	Simon J. Honey	129	4.07	1.41
	Green	Maureen H. Peglar	90
Registered electors			7,768		137
Turnout			2,779	35.77	6.48
Rejected ballots			9	0.32	0.32
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Sutton West

Sutton West (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Crowhurst* [n 9]	960	59.82	7.19
	Liberal Democrats	Myfanwy A. Wallace	892
	Conservative	Richard G. Brown	386	24.81	2.11
	Conservative	John R. Rawlinson	382
	Labour	Stephen R. Baker	157	9.79	2.78
	Labour	Roy Baker	146
	Green	Eric C. Hickson	89	5.59	2.31
	Green	Peter H. Hickson	84
Registered electors			4,329		8
Turnout			1,594	36.82	16.11
Rejected ballots			3	0.19	0.15
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Wallington North

Wallington North (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John F. Dodwell*	1,252	49.81	7.01
	Liberal Democrats	John Keys	1,204
	Liberal Democrats	Robert J. Marvelly	1,092
	Conservative	Howard J. Bowles	677	27.23	2.81
	Conservative	Michael V. Pike	647
	Conservative	Hamish J. C. Pollock	616
	Labour	Susan F. Mansell	420	17.27	3.97
	Labour	Richard T. Mackie	413
	Labour	Peter J. Turner	397
	Green	Bruce J. Horner	135	5.69	0.23
Registered electors			7,483		448
Turnout			2,460	32.87	17.61
Rejected ballots			8	0.33	0.30
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Wallington South

Wallington South (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard H. Bailey*	1,499	50.70	1.58
	Liberal Democrats	Colin C. Hall	1,381
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley A.G. Theed*	1,320
	Conservative	Owen J. Hanson	884	31.38	1.41
	Conservative	Daniel J. N. Hinton	865
	Conservative	Eric S. Pillinger	850
	Labour	Sean C. O'Kane	303	10.66	0.13
	Labour	Louise M. Risborough	295
	Labour	Jack T. Stringer	285
	Green	Karin C. Andrews	150	4.55	0.29
	Green	Nigel P. Hamilton	101
	Independent	Danny Blue	75	2.72	New
Registered electors			7,094		59
Turnout			2,717	38.30	11.69
Rejected ballots			5	0.18	0.10
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Wandle Valley

Wandle Valley (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila M. Andrews	780	50.47	5.77
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret P. Court*	736
	Labour	Ronald T. Cook	610	38.95	4.73
	Labour	Margaret K. Cooper	560
	Conservative	Margaret F. Clark	170	10.59	3.55
	Conservative	Beryl C. Pidgeon	148
Registered electors			4,929		773
Turnout			1,599	32.44	20.86
Rejected ballots			7	0.44	0.44
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Woodcote

Woodcote (1) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham G. Whitman*	738	67.33	7.93
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan R. Ponikwer	240	21.90	9.52
	Labour	Ann K. Poge	118	10.77	1.59
Registered electors			2,784		74
Turnout			1,092	39.22	9.05
Rejected ballots			1	0.09	0.09
	Conservative hold

Worcester Park North

Worcester Park North (3) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie D. Coman	1,122	57.11	0.29
	Liberal Democrats	Ian B. Ruxton	1,102
	Liberal Democrats	Peter J. Overy† [n 10]	1,096
	Conservative	Beryl R. Moxon	504	24.58	0.16
	Conservative	Glenys A. Longhurst	497
	Conservative	Shantina S. Niles	428
	Labour	Hilary C. Hosking	370	18.31	5.01
	Labour	John K. Evers	360
	Labour	Deborak A. Stewart	334
Registered electors			6,909		126
Turnout			2,142	31.00	19.48
Rejected ballots			7	0.33	0.30
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Worcester Park South

Worcester Park South (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy M. Bradley	1,014	60.71	10.89
	Liberal Democrats	Roger D. C. Roberts*	999
	Conservative	Janice L. Elwell	460	26.90	6.65
	Conservative	Rosamund J. D. D. Williamson	432
	Labour	Catherine Grove	215	12.39	4.24
	Labour	Alan J. Mowall	196
Registered electors			4,605		181
Turnout			1,744	37.87	15.70
Rejected ballots			9	0.52	0.48
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Wrythe Green

Wrythe Green (2) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan M. Stears*	838	56.33	2.44
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila C. Siggins*	834
	Conservative	Nigel J. Petre	308	19.24	1.30
	Labour	Dawn C. Jennings	300	19.58	0.09
	Labour	Anthony R. Thorpe	281
	Conservative	Patricia L. Yeldham	263
	Green	William E. Fuller	72	4.85	1.23
Registered electors			5,216		70
Turnout			1,560	29.91	20.36
Rejected ballots			6	0.38	0.30
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Notes

1. Bentley was elected in a by-elections triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Daphne A. Gvozdenovic in 1995 ^[3]
2. Hudson was a sitting councillor representing the Wellington South ward
3. Smith was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr. Donald B. Hopkins in 1997 ^[3]
4. John G. Morgan was elected in a by-election triggered by the disqualification of Cllr. Patrick B. Kane in 1995 ^[3]
5. Lloyd was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Gary F. Stagg in 1997 ^[3]
6. Daly was a sitting councillor representing the Clockhouse ward
7. Gallop was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Richard F. Broadbentin 1995 ^[3]
8. Brims was a sitting councillor representing the Sutton South ward
9. Crowhurst was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Christine L. B. Headley in 1996 ^[3]
10. Overy was a sitting councillor representing the Wallington North ward

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