1998 Brentwood Borough Council election

Elections to Brentwood Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

1998 Brentwood Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	10		71.4	15	25	64.1	8,978	47.8	+5.0
	Conservative	2	1	14.3	9	11	28.2	6,288	33.5	–4.0
	Labour	1		7.1	1	2	5.1	3,006	16.0	–3.3
	Liberal	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.6	413	2.2	New
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	107	0.6	New

Ward results

Brentwood North

Brentwood North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Aspinell	585	42.3
	Conservative	J. Shelton	375	27.1
	Labour	R. Goddard	317	22.9
	Green	F. Seckelman	107	7.7
Majority				15.2
Turnout				29.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brentwood South

Brentwood South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Minns	793	53.3
	Liberal Democrats	P. Goodey	349	23.5
	Conservative	S. Hamilton	346	23.3
Majority				29.8
Turnout				37.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Brentwood West

Brentwood West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Howe	760	60.9
	Conservative	P. Currie	308	24.7
	Labour	S. Maidment	179	14.4
Majority				36.2
Turnout				32.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brizes & Doddinghurst

Brizes & Doddinghurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Hardy	1,216	71.5
	Conservative	J. Barnes	324	19.1
	Labour	S. Maxey	160	9.4
Majority				52.4
Turnout				32.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hutton East

Hutton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Davies	542	54.0
	Conservative	P. Sanders	282	28.1
	Labour	C. Bisson	179	17.8
Majority				25.9
Turnout				29.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hutton North

Hutton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Freeman	673	60.1
	Conservative	S. Barthee	318	28.4
	Labour	C. Maxey	129	11.5
Majority				31.7
Turnout				33.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hutton South

Hutton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Lewis	1,004	63.3
	Liberal Democrats	M. Wild	422	26.6
	Labour	M. Burgess	159	10.0
Majority				36.7
Turnout				30.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ingatestone & Fryerning

Ingatestone & Fryerning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Dale	783	55.2
	Conservative	M. Kean	524	36.9
	Labour	J. Winter	112	7.9
Majority				18.3
Turnout				37.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pilgrims Hatch

Pilgrims Hatch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Long	1,332	63.1
	Conservative	R. Mailard	474	22.5
	Labour	A. Freeman	305	14.4
Majority				40.6
Turnout				42.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shenfield

Shenfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Brehaut	797	54.2
	Liberal Democrats	S. Philbrooks	546	37.1
	Labour	M. Owen	128	8.7
Majority				17.1
Turnout				35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Weald

South Weald
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Shawcross	456	67.6
	Conservative	A. Green	202	29.9
	Labour	M. Wigram	17	2.5
Majority				37.7
Turnout				61.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warley

Warley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Robins	677	43.7
	Liberal Democrats	M. Taylor	637
	Conservative	R. Rankin	634	40.9
	Conservative	F. Kenny	620
	Labour	T. Acton	239	15.4
	Labour	R. Gow	203
Turnout				34.7
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

West Horndon

West Horndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	M. Boggis	413	71.3
	Labour	M. Bourne	86	14.9
	Conservative	J. Hunt	80	13.8
Majority				56.4
Turnout				51.7
	Liberal gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

"Council poll results", The Guardian 9 May 1998 page 16