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61 seats up for election to Wandsworth London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 198,318 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 78,099, 39.38% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998 Wandsworth Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]
At the same time as the election Wandsworth saw 74.3% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 25.7% against, on a 38.7% turnout. [3]
In the run up to the election a private Conservative poll was leaked which showed them 17% behind Labour and likely to only win in 4 wards as compared to 18 for Labour. [4] However Labour and the Liberal Democrats accused the Conservatives of leaking the poll in order to lower expectations. [5] The Conservatives would have lost control of the council on a 7% swing from the 1994 election, [6] or if the 1997 general election results in the area were repeated. [7] However Wandsworth had low council tax levels, the lowest in the country, and the Conservatives had recently cut the tax by 24%. [8] This meant commentators expected the Conservatives to stay in control of what was described as their showpiece council. [7] [9]
For the election 9 of the 22 wards that made up the council were seen as being marginal. [9]
The results saw the Conservatives increase their control of the council gaining an extra 5 seats. [10] This meant that with 50 seats the Conservatives had the most seats they had yet had on the council. [11] Labour lost seats in St John and Roehampton wards, which was put down to the closure of the local Queen Mary's Hospital. [12] Voter turnout at 40% was 10% down on the previous 1994 election. [12]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 50 | 6 | 1 | ![]() | 81.97 | 53.42 | 109,351 | ![]() | |
Labour | 11 | 1 | 6 | ![]() | 18.03 | 36.55 | 74,827 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.00 | 8.55 | 17,495 | ![]() | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.00 | 1.48 | 3,037 | ![]() | |
Total | 61 | 204,710 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Guy J. D. Hurley | 2,101 | 54.82 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Bernadina I. T. Ayonrinde* | 2,049 | |||
Conservative | Rev. Andrew P. B. White | 2,049 | |||
Labour | Mark A. Grindrod | 1,254 | 31.92 | ![]() | |
Labour | Martin C. Tupper | 1,187 | |||
Labour | Vera Thompson | 1,168 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Simon E. M. Brown | 259 | 6.86 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | David I. Cooke-Yarborough | 259 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew G. Green | 258 | |||
Green | Lauren T. Paterson | 241 | 6.39 | New | |
Registered electors | 9,260 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 3,825 | 41.31 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.31 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin F. Dawe* | 1,884 | 48.01 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Stewart P. A. Finn | 1,823 | |||
Conservative | Sheldon A. Wilkie | 1,675 | |||
Labour | Neville Daniels | 1,551 | 38.46 | ![]() | |
Labour | Leonie A. R. G. Cooper | 1,444 | |||
Labour | Phillip J. S. Gibby | 1,316 | |||
Green | John M. Rattray | 391 | 7.51 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Amanda J. Weils | 272 | 6.03 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher A. Reilly | 207 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard R. Williams | 197 | |||
Green | Albert R. Vickery | 170 | |||
Registered electors | 9,642 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 3,902 | 40.47 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 22 | 0.56 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Graham* | 1,642 | 54.55 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Charles McNaught-Davis | 1,413 | |||
Labour | Annabel C. Arndt | 1,019 | 35.88 | ![]() | |
Labour | Martin J. Leigh | 990 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Julie Benson | 146 | 4.64 | ![]() | |
Green | Tracey Thorn | 138 | 4.93 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony J. Fennelly | 114 | |||
Registered electors | 6,731 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 2,942 | 43.71 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.34 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leslie F. McDonnell | 2,191 | 61.88 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Diana M. Whittingham* | 2,102 | |||
Conservative | Brian N. C. Prichard* | 2,076 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth McNeil | 1,023 | 27.35 | ![]() | |
Labour | Edward Kenny | 998 | |||
Labour | Samuel E. Uwadiae | 794 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Russell D. Pyne | 398 | 10.77 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Shocket | 377 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nasser M. Butt | 334 | |||
Registered electors | 10,303 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 3,681 | 35.73 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.35 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Vanessa C. L. C. Graham* | 1,658 | 63.69 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Tessa M. E. Strickland | 1,502 | |||
Labour | Suzanne L'Estrange | 767 | 30.75 | ![]() | |
Labour | Stuart Bean | 759 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patrick M. Warren | 170 | 5.56 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Julius Maaten | 106 | |||
Registered electors | 5,995 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 2,666 | 44.47 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.38 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John F. Farebrother | 1,963 | 45.57 | ![]() | |
Labour | Jane R. Briginshaw | 1,949 | |||
Conservative | Ian P. Hart* | 1,896 | 43.62 | ![]() | |
Labour | Margaret G. Hepburn | 1,835 | |||
Conservative | Ian M. Cheshire | 1,812 | |||
Conservative | Oliver A. Lodge | 1,794 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine L. Hill | 301 | 5.53 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy J. Knight | 231 | |||
Green | Richard D. Ekhsigian | 222 | 5.28 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | David Patterson | 166 | |||
Registered electors | 10,356 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 4,421 | 42.69 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 35 | 0.79 | ![]() | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew R. A. Gibbons* | 1,732 | 45.87 | ![]() | |
Labour | Pamela Tatlow | 1,524 | |||
Labour | Thakur D. Hosain | 1,481 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mark A. Green | 1,150 | 30.69 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon A. James | 1,068 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ulrica P. Zetterlund | 952 | |||
Conservative | Ian P. Chandler | 673 | 16.64 | ![]() | |
Conservative | David R. P. de Winton | 528 | |||
Conservative | Sarah A. Whitehouse | 518 | |||
Green | Martin D. Williams | 234 | 6.80 | ![]() | |
Registered electors | 10,533 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 3,644 | 34.60 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.25 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony J. Belton* | 1,233 | 50.33 | ![]() | |
Labour | Maurice Johnson* | 1,160 | |||
Labour | Samantha L. Heath* | 1,153 | |||
Conservative | Alistair J. Crellin | 1,104 | 44.13 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Robert T. R. Mackay | 1,046 | |||
Conservative | Charles A. R. Walker | 959 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Henrietta Norman | 144 | 5.54 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Elsley | 128 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Folkard | 118 | |||
Registered electors | 8,243 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 2,615 | 31.72 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.34 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Evelyn G. McDermott | 1,978 | 51.12 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Maurice A. S. Heaster* | 1,951 | |||
Conservative | Ravindra P. Govindia* | 1,913 | |||
Labour | Michael J. Bell | 1,469 | 36.81 | ![]() | |
Labour | Annamarie M. Critchard | 1,426 | |||
Labour | Lisa Wrigley | 1,311 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christine A. Green | 281 | 6.11 | ![]() | |
Green | Kerry Gormley | 240 | 5.96 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Karin Joachim | 215 | |||
Green | Bruce W. D. Mackenzie | 214 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ivor W. Strong | 202 | |||
Registered electors | 9,544 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 3,958 | 41.47 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.45 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clive Dixon* | 2,288 | 61.83 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Gordon S. Passmore* | 2,217 | |||
Conservative | Martin D. Johnson* | 2,211 | |||
Labour | Tracey L. van Tongeren | 948 | 24.55 | ![]() | |
Labour | Eric W. Joseph | 883 | |||
Labour | Michael J. Lowhing | 835 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Charles H. Cronin | 335 | 7.90 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Siobhan Vitelli | 286 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard C. H. Allen | 237 | |||
Green | Richmond A. Crowhurst | 207 | 5.72 | ![]() | |
Registered electors | 9,100 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 3,683 | 40.47 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.19 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Howlett* | 1,580 | 59.49 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Jeremy Swan | 1,425 | |||
Labour | Michael J. Tuer | 876 | 32.57 | ![]() | |
Labour | Robert P. Unsworth | 769 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine S. Devons | 205 | 7.94 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | David A. Berryman | 196 | |||
Registered electors | 5,931 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 2,689 | 45.34 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.67 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carol Humphries* | 1,489 | 57.33 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Richard A. H. Vivian* | 1,325 | |||
Labour | David R. Arnos | 997 | 37.39 | ![]() | |
Labour | Hywel Lloyd | 838 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Joanna L. Martin-Kaye | 145 | 5.28 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Ashley Jones | 114 | |||
Registered electors | 7,099 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 2,683 | 37.79 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.30 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas O. C. Harris | 1,570 | 49.56 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Michael R. E. Simpson† [n 1] | 1,495 | |||
Conservative | Hugh M. R. Lumby | 1,491 | |||
Labour | Peter J. Ackhurst | 1,346 | 42.23 | ![]() | |
Labour | Denis E. Meehan | 1,282 | |||
Labour | Maureen D. Walsh | 1,254 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas W. M. Leggett | 293 | 8.21 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Valerie Shelmerdine | 258 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patrick J. Wallace | 204 | |||
Registered electors | 8,844 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 3,338 | 37.74 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.12 | ![]() | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Toby Beresford | 1,729 | 53.95 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Ronald D. Smith | 1,637 | |||
Conservative | Piers C. McCausland | 1,603 | |||
Labour | Aiden Grimes* | 1,275 | 38.77 | ![]() | |
Labour | Derek R. Sutton* | 1,200 | |||
Labour | Anthony E. Tuck* | 1,096 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Crick | 248 | 7.28 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Lily W. Stewart | 224 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alan S. Giles | 198 | |||
Registered electors | 9,908 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 3,402 | 34.34 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 24 | 0.71 | ![]() | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adrian J. Flook* | 2,104 | 55.98 | ![]() | |
Conservative | John D. Hallmark | 2,048 | |||
Conservative | Simon P. Williams | 1,952 | |||
Labour | Paul B. T. Comer | 1,228 | 32.30 | ![]() | |
Labour | Toby W. Naish | 1,180 | |||
Labour | Yemi Odemo | 1,114 | |||
Green | Caroline M. G. Austin | 259 | 7.13 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | David R. Owen-Jones | 223 | 4.59 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher R. Woodley | 160 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sanjay Samani | 117 | |||
Registered electors | 9,123 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 3,679 | 40.33 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.38 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip W. Beddows | 2,063 | 54.12 | ![]() | |
Conservative | James A. Cousins | 2,002 | |||
Conservative | John G. B. Senior* | 1,994 | |||
Labour | Christine Eccles | 1,321 | 33.91 | ![]() | |
Labour | Anastasia T. Chrysos | 1,277 | |||
Labour | Richard J. Moir | 1,199 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Penelope Umbers | 262 | 5.59 | ![]() | |
Green | Pauline J. Illsley | 238 | 6.38 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | John E. Barnett | 211 | |||
Liberal Democrats | James P. Sparling | 153 | |||
Registered electors | 10,096 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 3,814 | 37.78 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.13 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen B. S. Lorch | 2,554 | 58.23 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Janice V. Leigh | 2,536 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas R. S. Longworth | 2,503 | |||
Labour | Keir J. Fitch | 1,520 | 33.26 | ![]() | |
Labour | Pauline J. Brueseke | 1,448 | |||
Labour | Gavin P. Reddin | 1,369 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anna M. L. Ahmed | 428 | 8.51 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | James R. Durrant | 389 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony K. Burrett | 293 | |||
Registered electors | 10,457 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 4,627 | 44.25 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.30 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Katharine R. Tracey* | 2,459 | 55.72 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Margaret Mervis* | 2,401 | |||
Conservative | John R. Garrett* | 2,397 | |||
Labour | Bob Bayman | 1,519 | 33.76 | ![]() | |
Labour | Paul A. Baverstock | 1,443 | |||
Labour | Dominic P. McElroy | 1,435 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Arminel P. Fennelly | 255 | 5.38 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Jayne E. Martin-Kaye | 231 | |||
Green | Samantha Guy | 223 | 5.14 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher R. Salaman | 215 | |||
Registered electors | 10,658 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 4,458 | 41.83 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.16 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger N. Bird | 2,566 | 64.06 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Edward J. U. Lister* | 2,551 | |||
Conservative | Lois M. Lees* | 2,543 | |||
Labour | Marcia J. Davies | 1,034 | 24.48 | ![]() | |
Labour | Christopher E. Locke | 1,029 | |||
Labour | Muzaffar-Ud-Din A. Khan | 864 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Simon O. Campbell-Jones | 516 | 11.46 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Moira R. Sanders | 480 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Martha Zantindes | 374 | |||
Registered electors | 10,348 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 4,208 | 40.66 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.36 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sadiq Khan* | 1,835 | 54.61 | ![]() | |
Labour | Jane M. White | 1,793 | |||
Labour | Stuart T. King | 1,765 | |||
Conservative | Gregory L. G. Barker | 986 | 28.83 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Margaret S. Heriot | 970 | |||
Conservative | Andrew R. Scantlebury | 891 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael A. Clifton | 333 | 8.67 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Ignatius J. T. Kane | 279 | |||
Green | Rajeev K. Thacker | 260 | 7.90 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert J. Bunce | 244 | |||
Registered electors | 10,261 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 3,552 | 34.62 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.23 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Beryl Jeffery* | 1,462 | 60.70 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Malcolm C. Grimston* | 1,441 | |||
Labour | Robert Knowles | 702 | 29.08 | ![]() | |
Labour | Duncan E. Braithwaite | 689 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jamie M. Angus | 251 | 10.22 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Laurence Spicer | 238 | |||
Registered electors | 6,143 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 2,563 | 41.72 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.20 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William F. D. Hawkins* | 2,347 | 63.19 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Martin N. Calderbank | 2,205 | |||
Conservative | Nadhim Zahawi † [n 2] | 1,979 | |||
Labour | Maureen D. Booker | 1,141 | 28.62 | ![]() | |
Labour | Donald J. Roy | 928 | |||
Labour | Alan B. Petrides | 889 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew J. Cunningham | 317 | 8.19 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Allen N. Johnston | 272 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Katherine Riviere | 258 | |||
Registered electors | 9,743 | ![]() | |||
Turnout | 3,749 | 38.48 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.21 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |