Brent London Borough Council election, 1998

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The 1998 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. [1]

London Borough of Brent London borough in United Kingdom

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Background

Before the election Labour ran the council with the support of the Liberal Democrats. [2] However the Conservatives targeted the council with the Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Norman Fowler, predicting that the Conservatives would make gains in Brent. [3] The Conservatives required a 1% swing from the 1994 election to win a majority on the council, where previously no party had a majority. [4]

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. They presently have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, and one member of the European Parliament. They also have five Members of the Scottish Parliament and a member each in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. The party reached the height of its influence in the early 2010s, forming a junior partner in a coalition government from 2010 to 2015. It is presently led by Vince Cable.

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Election result

The Labour party took a 20-seat majority on the council after gaining 15 seats, with the gains including taking all of the seats in Fryent and Roe Green wards and 1 seat in Queensbury ward from the Conservatives. [2] [5] The Conservatives put their defeat in Brent down to the popularity of the national Labour government and unhappiness at the closure of Edgware General Hospital's casualty department by the previous Conservative government. [2] [5] The Liberal Democrats failed to make gains and dropped from 5 to 4 councillors. [2] Overall turnout at the election was 36.8%, down from 48.3% in 1994. [6]

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Brent local election result 1998 [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 43+1565.247.229,124
  Conservative 19-1328.835.421,855
  Liberal Democrat 4-16.114.58,936
  Green 0001.2716
  Independent 0-101.1710
 Others0000.7424

Ward results

Alperton (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Daniel Brown1,310
Liberal Democrat John Rattray1,227
Labour Ronald Collman720
Labour Leon Turini541
Conservative Dineshkumar Mistry271
Independent Ratnasabapathy Ananthanathan216
Conservative Everton Williams194
Turnout 4,47943.9
Barham (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Paul Lorber1,023
Liberal Democrat Anthony Hughes898
Labour Victor Humphrey603
Conservative Christie Fernandes594
Conservative Bruce Embleton573
Labour Anton Singarayer515
Turnout 4,20644.9
Barnhill (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Irwin Van Colle1,066
Conservative Suresh Kansagra1,013
Labour Conal O'Connor467
Labour Maureen Queally467
Liberal Democrat Sydney Leigh157
Liberal Democrat Ishaq Mohammed126
Turnout 3,29635.9
Brentwater (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ralph Fox1,409
Labour Akbertkhan Sarguroh1,237
Conservative Alan Wall1,026
Conservative Ian Lyon979
Liberal Democrat Diana Ayres206
Liberal Democrat Gisele Sukhram171
Turnout 5,02843.2
Brondesbury Park (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Keith Ferry1,068
Labour Gabrielle Kagan1,054
Conservative Albert Wakelin762
Conservative Ghulam Qureshi700
Liberal Democrat Madeleine Gaskin224
Liberal Democrat Chunilal Hirani161
Green Simone Aspis160
Turnout 4,12935.8
Carlton (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mary Arnold874
Labour John Lebor768
Conservative Shane Andrews165
Conservative Ibrar Qureshi120
Liberal Democrat Zoe Ryle97
Turnout 2,02428.8
Chamberlayne (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Charles Lemmon1,196
Labour Jon Godfrey1,138
Conservative Christopher Rees879
Conservative John Warren865
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Pincus165
Green Philip Dymond157
Liberal Democrat Jack Papasavva155
Turnout 4,55545.2
Church End (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Dorman Long624
Labour Bobby Thomas617
Conservative Ratilal Shah518
Conservative David Gauke473
Liberal Democrat Dudley Gaskin127
Liberal Democrat Robert Wenley125
Turnout 2,48430.4
Cricklewood (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Carol Shaw1,282
Conservative Jack Sayers1,191
Labour George Crane853
Labour James Powney841
Liberal Democrat Christian Baker200
Liberal Democrat Azwar Mohammed127
Turnout 4,49439.4
Fryent (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lawrence Pardoe1,197
Labour Asish Sengupta1,027
Conservative Joel Games839
Conservative Peter Nelke767
Liberal Democrat Frederick Gordon248
Liberal Democrat Steven Billam177
Turnout 4,25539.1
Gladstone (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Michael Lyon1,069
Labour Abdul Sattar-Butt964
Conservative Edward Lazarus959
Conservative Francis Torrens908
Liberal Democrat William Anderson170
Liberal Democrat Alastair MacEwan111
Turnout 4,18139.8
Harlesden (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paul Daisley 819
Labour Ann Reeder757
Conservative Sanjaykumar Patel148
Conservative Rosaline Owaka143
Liberal Democrat Joseph Fahey127
Liberal Democrat Brenda Shuttleworth91
Turnout 2,08529.4
Kensal Risa (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Bertha Joseph910
Labour Helga Gladbaum833
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Walley160
Liberal Democrat Eamon Ryan134
Conservative Kenneth Sinclair126
Conservative Smart Owaka116
Turnout 2,27930.8
Kenton (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Arthur Steel1,480
Conservative Sean O'Sullivan1,410
Labour Dorothy Bryson733
Labour Mary Daly713
Liberal Democrat Annie Bliss256
Liberal Democrat Bridget Kelly242
Turnout 4,83435.7
Kilburn (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Peter Pendsay1,023
Labour Mary Cribbin955
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Clark272
Conservative Stephen Batten264
Conservative Mohammad Chugtai207
Liberal Democrat Roger Crouch152
Socialist Alliance Philip Kent54
Turnout 2,92732.9
Kingsbury (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Reginald Colwill1,084
Conservative Carupiah Selvarajah1,004
Labour William Mears834
Labour Malcolm Gosling781
Liberal Democrat Alan Klein180
Liberal Democrat Rodney Saunders136
Turnout 4,01936.5
Manor (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Andrew Ammerlaan923
Labour Moore Giwa773
Conservative Akua Abban-Davis230
Liberal Democrat John Chapman228
Liberal Democrat Donald MacArthur197
Conservative Harry Quainoo163
Green Sally Ibbotson144
Turnout 2,65830.3
Mapesbury (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Janice Long1,081
Labour Ian Bellia926
Conservative Peter Czarniecki784
Conservative Pamela O'Brien660
Liberal Democrat James Heath128
Green Donald Lowe119
Liberal Democrat Emma Talbot87
Turnout 3,78537.8
Preston (3 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Blackman 1,922
Conservative Harshadbhai Patel1,734
Conservative Thomas Taylor1,731
Labour Eileen Macklin1,019
Labour Cyril McGovern1,014
Labour George Macklin959
Conservative IndependentChunilal Chavda279
Liberal Democrat Richard Thomas260
Liberal Democrat Jacqueline Bunce-Linsell259
Turnout 9,17736.0
Queen's Park (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Neil Nerva1,038
Labour Sarah Walker1,005
Liberal Democrat Anthony Spitzel340
Liberal Democrat Robert Wharton286
Conservative Wendy MacHugh217
Conservative Jennifer Seaton-Brown202
Turnout 3,08841.8
Queensbury (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Rameshchandra Patel832
Conservative Eric McDonald738
Labour Anthony Burleton733
Conservative Mohammad Rizvi679
Liberal Democrat Hilda Glazer94
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Kornfeld66
Turnout 3,14238.6
Roe Green (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour William Dromey1,183
Labour John Duffy1,178
Conservative Navinchandra Patel855
Conservative Peter Golds823
Liberal Democrat Vivienne Williamson155
Liberal Democrat Anthony Littman111
Turnout 4,30541.1
Roundwood (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Joyce Bacchus753
Labour Mohammad Zakriya625
Independent James Fitzpatrick416
Conservative Jean Chopping135
Conservative Abid Ashary131
Liberal Democrat Benedict Rich74
Liberal Democrat Mohammad Khokhar57
Turnout 2,19129.5
Stonebridge (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Columbus Moloney568
Labour Robert Hamadi543
Liberal Democrat Rosa Gordon142
Conservative Bhiku Patel133
Liberal Democrat Leslie Lewis115
Conservative Abdul Rehman109
Independent Kanwal Shergill78
Turnout 1,68827.4
St. Andrews (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Richard Harrod690
Conservative James O'Sullivan636
Conservative Naginbhai Parmar607
Labour Aston Walters594
Liberal Democrat Helen Durnford86
Liberal Democrat Bernard Luby78
Turnout 2,69138.3
St. Raphael's (3 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Coughlin1,125
Labour Ann John1,106
Labour Kantibhai Patel996
Conservative Emanuel Henry317
Conservative Natalie Colwill283
Conservative Manibhai Hathalia228
Liberal Democrat Eileen Barker208
Liberal Democrat Christopher Queen146
Liberal Democrat Andrew Scott119
Turnout 4,52824.1
Sudbury (3 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Uma Fernandes1,086
Conservative Cormach Moore1,010
Conservative Neil Rands990
Labour Christopher Alexis984
Liberal Democrat John Lewis975
Liberal Democrat Violet Steele944
Liberal Democrat Henry Melzack893
Labour Mohammad Hoda845
Labour Lewis Hodgetts841
Turnout 8,56841.4
Sudbury Court (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Gideon Fiegel985
Conservative Vanessa Howells927
Labour Mary Finnegan864
Labour Deborah Kafka768
Liberal Democrat Sue Lorber175
Liberal Democrat Alan Johnston149
Turnout 3,86834.4
Tokyngton (3 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alec Castle1,451
Labour Orugbani Douglas1,427
Conservative Nicola Blackman1,365
Labour Dhirajlal Kataria1,318
Conservative Janet Graham1,227
Conservative Manibhai Patel1,152
Liberal Democrat Diana Lewis198
Liberal Democrat Chandrakant Patel190
Liberal Democrat Nathalal Hingorani119
Turnout 8,44740.1
Wembley Central (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lincoln Beswick1,035
Labour Tullah Persaud905
Liberal Democrat Chandubhai Patel817
Liberal Democrat Valerie Brown736
Conservative Harihar Patel644
Conservative Pearl Mordish559
Turnout 4,69644.4
Willesden Green (2 seats) [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lesley Jones1,179
Labour Ahmad Shahzad947
Conservative Gabriel Reynolds345
Conservative Mohammed Chughtai312
Green Brian Orr136
Liberal Democrat Arvindbhai Patel134
Socialist Alliance Stanley Keable91
Liberal Democrat Farhana Salama81
Turnout 3,22533.3

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  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3755
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