1998 Greenwich London Borough Council election

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The 1998 Greenwich Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Greenwich Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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The election saw a number of independent candidates contest seats and the election saw candidates standing as Greens against the Millennium Dome, Conservatives Against Town Hall Corruption, Populist Keep Our Pound and the Corrective Party. [2] However the Labour party was always seen as highly likely to remain in control of the council. [2]

At the same as the election Greenwich saw 74.8% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 25.2% against, on a 32.4% turnout. [3]

Election result

Greenwich Local Election Result 1998 [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 52+483.957.946,910
  Conservative 8-112.927.822,509
  Liberal Democrats 2-13.212.29,893
  Green 000000.5412
 Fellowship000000.5375
  Liberal 000000.4307
 Pensioners000000.2198
  Independent 000000.2164
 Independent Conservative000000.2146
 Corrective000000.174
 The Populist Party - see Populist Alliance 000000.160
  SDP 002-2000

Ward results

Abbey Wood (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clive Mardner 979
Labour Derek Steedman 888
Liberal Democrats David Scales292
Liberal Democrats Graciella Grigg276
Conservative Kenneth Bailey230
Conservative Gillian Thomas187
Turnout 2,852
Arsenal [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian O'Sullivan 398 87.1
Conservative Norman Gough5912.9
Majority33974.2
Turnout 457
Avery Hill [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Pattenden 564 53.2
Labour John Littlefield36434.3
Conservative Brian Weller13212.5
Majority20018.9
Turnout 1,060
Blackheath (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Brighty 1,099
Conservative Rhodri Harris 1,017
Labour Mary Mills860
Labour Nigel Cairns844
Liberal Democrats Michael Smart348
Liberal Democrats Ian Gerrard323
Turnout 4,491
Burrage [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Len Duvall 471 76.6
Conservative Norah Mandeville7612.4
PensionersRichard Newton6811.1
Majority39564.2
Turnout 615
Charlton (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Grant 1,020
Labour Sajid Jawaid 909
Liberal Democrats Anthony Smith236
Conservative Patricia Rabbitt184
Conservative John Kelk141
CorrectiveLindi St Clair74
Turnout 2,564
Coldharbour (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacques Devaux 1,075
Labour John Kelly 873
Conservative Philip Dean572
Conservative Frank Hodgson509
Turnout 3,029
Deansfield [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alec Miles 569 49.9
Labour Arthur Bonner45239.6
Liberal Democrats Barbara Woodcraft12010.5
Majority11710.3
Turnout 1,141
Eltham Park (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dermot Poston 1,295
Conservative Michael Simpson 1,141
Labour David Coleman1,000
Labour Martin Roffe898
Liberal Democrats John Hagyard405
Populist Party (UK)Russell White60
Turnout 4,807
Eynsham (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barrie Groves 680
Labour Ismail Danesi 668
Conservative Pierre Cope180
Conservative Harry Barnes165
Liberal Democrats Bonnie Soanes140
Liberal Democrats Alexander Grigg131
Turnout 1,964
Ferrier (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mavis Best 678
Labour Deborah Smith 641
Conservative Valerie Antcliffe279
Conservative Margaret Campbell-Smith272
Turnout 1,870
Glyndon (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Austin 907
Labour John Wakefield 740
Conservative Jean Cooper215
Conservative Dorothy Withers143
Turnout 2,005
Herbert (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Beverley Jones 753
Labour Rajwant Sidhu 594
Conservative Samuel Coker488
Conservative Catherine McGonagle382
Liberal Democrats Edward Ottery240
Turnout 2,457
Hornfair (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Gilman 1,029
Labour Robert Lewis 849
Conservative Sheila Stirling298
Conservative Susan Swann251
Turnout 2,427
Kidbrooke (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Adams 741
Labour John Cove 712
Conservative Daniel Cocker596
Conservative Stephen Landeryou554
FellowshipRonald Mallone375
Turnout 2,978
Lakedale (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carl Boothe 671
Labour Barbara Barwick 629
Liberal Democrats Mark Payne164
Independent Sidney Stacey164
Conservative Joan Harvey-Bailey133
Liberal Democrats Judith Pinnington113
Green James Otter100
Turnout 1,974
Middle Park (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Harris 974
Labour Barry Taylor 860
Conservative Dingle Clark238
Conservative Margaret Joel204
Independent ConservativeAndrew Graham146
Liberal Democrats William Hewer124
Liberal Democrats Harry Potter114
Turnout 2,660
New Eltham (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Mepsted 1,019
Conservative Sidney Nicholson 942
Labour Peter May938
Labour Maresa Kingston843
Liberal Democrats Michael Lewis235
Liberal Democrats Peter Churchill203
PensionersJulius Cortes64
Turnout 4,244
Nightingale [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Scott 344 72.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Diplock7916.7
Conservative Elsie Drew4910.4
Majority26556.2
Turnout 472
Palace [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter King 515 44.4
Labour Andrew Thompson47540.9
Liberal Democrats Helen Blackburn17114.7
Majority403.5
Turnout 1,161
Plumstead Common [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vicky Morse 528 65.6
Liberal Democrats Paula Mitchell13316.5
Conservative Vera Dempsey9712.0
Green David Harbud475.8
Majority39549.1
Turnout 805
Rectory Field (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Cornforth 796
Labour Gary Parker 744
Liberal Democrats Walter Mayhew286
Conservative John Day226
Liberal Democrats Lez Stonnard203
Conservative Maureen Robinson201
Turnout 2,456
St Alfege (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Roberts 683
Labour Kantabi Patel 625
Liberal Democrats Edward Hill550
Liberal Democrats Daphne Stevens512
Conservative Brian Buckley362
Conservative Hugh O'Leary 328
Green Gary Holden168
Turnout 3,228
St Mary's (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nicholas McShee 658
Labour John Fahy 654
Conservative Gbola Oba318
Conservative Chris Phillips300
Turnout 1,930
St Nicholas (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alistair Macrae 656
Labour Claudia Slee 635
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Derrick-Reeve204
Liberal Democrats Martin Jenkins204
Conservative Elisabeth Maisey188
Conservative Cecelia Meers175
Turnout 2,062
Sherard (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Hayes 897
Labour Quentin Marsh 858
Conservative Lynda Craker324
Conservative Charles Joel303
Green Terence Liddle97
Turnout 2,479
Shrewsbury [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Hayes 621 52.8
Conservative Lewis Sergeant48941.6
PensionersGerald Sizer665.6
Majority13211.2
Turnout 1,176
Slade (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Challis 976
Labour Ann Hutchinson 874
Liberal Democrats David Woodhead725
Liberal Democrats Thomas Headon671
Conservative Emily Head195
Conservative Joyce Bowe163
Turnout 3,604
Sutcliffe [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Woodcraft 672 55.9
Labour Mary Peltier33227.6
Conservative Steven Coules18315.2
Liberal Henry Middleton151.2
Majority34028.3
Turnout 1,202
Tarn [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Malone 477 48.4
Conservative Derek Richards43243.9
Liberal Democrats Catherine Hewer767.8
Majority454.5
Turnout 985
Thamesmead Moorings (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Brooks 648
Labour Peter Kotz 551
Conservative Laura Murphy138
Liberal Democrats Anthony Durham124
Conservative Ray Maisey122
Turnout 1,583
Trafalgar (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marian Moseley 911
Labour James Gillman 907
Liberal Democrats Andrew Briscoe290
Liberal Democrats Anthony Renouf226
Conservative Andrew Growden176
Conservative Jenny Jones151
Turnout 2,661

Vanbrugh (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Grant 979
Labour David Picton 899
Conservative Douglas Ellison537
Conservative Elizabeth Truss 495
Liberal Democrats Shirley Broad311
Liberal Democrats David Richardson230
Turnout 3,451
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Well Hall (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Freeman 1,220
Labour Raymond Walker 1,188
Conservative Albert Hills865
Conservative Sarah McAllister859
Turnout 4,132
West (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen O'Mara 771
Labour Jaghir Sekhon 595
Liberal Democrats Anthony Lloyd275
Liberal Democrats Andrew Smith215
Conservative Sarah Phillips160
Conservative Richard Thwaites107
Turnout 2,123
Woolwich Common (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gurdip Dhillon 754
Labour Terry Hales 716
Conservative Guy Hatch244
Conservative Elizabeth Harris237
Turnout 1,951

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  2. 1 2 "Councils of war: the 12 key town halls they're fighting for". Evening Standard . 6 May 1998. p. 19.
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