1998 Southwark London Borough Council election

1998 Southwark Council election
All council seats
Council Control before election; .; Labour	Council Control ; ; Labour

Elections to Southwark Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 32.9%.

Election result

1998 Southwark London Borough Council local elections^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	33	3	4	1	51.6	43.5	22,200	2.66
Liberal Democrats	27	3	3		42.2	34.16	17,433	5.5
Conservative	4	1	0	1	6.3	12.74	6,502	0.13
Green	0	0	0		0	6.83	3,487	6.17
Independent	0	0	0		0	1.73	883	1.57
Socialist Labour	0	0	0		0	1.04	530	New

Southwark Council voting history

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abbey

Abbey (2)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Manchester^†^{[n 1]}	1,023	59.44	8.34
	Liberal Democrats	Richard K. Thomas	818
	Labour	John J. Lauder	510	30.55	3.83
	Labour Co-op	Keith C. Cross	436
	Green	Chloe Wilson	80	5.17	New
	Conservative	Peter A. Randall Johnson	79	4.84	2.28
	Conservative	Eleanor Gayler	71
Registered electors			4,684		133
Turnout			1,523	32.51	6.41
Rejected ballots			9	0.59	0.59
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Alleyn

Alleyn (2)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norma U. Gibbes	887	52.99	5.79
	Labour	Howard A. Latham^†^{[n 2]}	867
	Conservative	Andrew M. Mitchell	324	17.98	4.08
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander J. Baker	279	15.56	3.59
	Conservative	Roger Prince	271
	Liberal Democrats	Henry S. Hardy	236
	Green	Sharon L. Hogan	223	13.47	New
Registered electors			5,100		604
Turnout			1,724	33.80	3.21
Rejected ballots			14	0.81	0.81
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Barset

Barset (2)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine D. Claridge*	687	62.39	8.52
	Labour	Charles Cherrill	597
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan N. Hunt	174	16.72	1.90
	Liberal Democrats	Mark C. Allen	170
	Conservative	Michelle Lowe	112	10.20	0.27
	Green	Paul Barker	110	10.69	New
	Conservative	Shirley L. Winchester	98
Registered electors			4,332		457
Turnout			1,065	24.58	8.27
Rejected ballots			8	0.75	0.37
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bellenden

Bellenden (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Janet F. Heatley^{[n 3]}**	1,585	62.15	5.92
	Labour	Patrick Kelly	1,428
	Labour	Andrew Simmons	1,332
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth P. Martin	344	14.72	3.17
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia A. Macnaughton	343
	Liberal Democrats	Albert F. Bosworth	342
	Green	June D. Veitch	302	12.96	New
	Conservative	Rupert Cutler	241	10.17	3.87
	Conservative	John Davenport	238
	Conservative	Margaret Stewart	232
Registered electors			7,612		925
Turnout			2,373	31.17	7.16
Rejected ballots			19	0.80	0.68
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Nash*	1,218	68.50	1.31
	Liberal Democrats	Denise M. Capstick	1,194
	Labour	Rupert J. Doyle	510	27.78	2.15
	Labour	Rosemary L. Whitlock	468
	Conservative	Julian R. Pratt	77	3.72	0.84
	Conservative	Kenneth M. J. Norris	54
Registered electors			6,670		121
Turnout			1,940	29.09	9.52
Rejected ballots			16	0.82	0.67
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Browning

Browning (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Bowman	1,198	56.67	4.03
	Liberal Democrats	Roland G. Shannon	1,163
	Liberal Democrats	Neil C. Watson	1,076
	Labour	Anne Keane	853	40.58	6.14
	Labour	Angela C. Molloy	820
	Labour	Kevin J. McNicholas	788
	Conservative	Kenneth Duke	59	2.75	2.11
	Conservative	Olga Grant	57
	Conservative	Penelope Foord	51
Registered electors			6,868		1,085
Turnout			2,283	33.24	0.55
Rejected ballots			6	0.26	0.16
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Brunswick

Brunswick (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lillian V. Naish*	1,044	58.97	6.95
	Labour	John J. Friary*	1,041
	Labour	Robert I. Wingfield^†^{[n 4]}	828
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Blango	283	16.70	10.93
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey S. Hook	271
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Martin	271
	Green	Jenny Jones	269	16.34	New
	Conservative	Linda F. Stanbury	146	8.00	1.55
	Conservative	Steven G. Stanbury	131
	Conservative	Mark J. R. Tunstill	118
Registered electors			6,883		782
Turnout			1,690	24.55	7.11
Rejected ballots			5	0.30	0.09
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

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Burgess (2)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy W. Halley	769	50.68	1.77
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth A. Mizzi	763
	Labour	Richard J. Livingstone^†^{[n 5]}	658	42.81	0.97
	Labour	Simon J. McKeown	636
	Green	Tarik I. L. Theodorus	53	3.51	New
	Conservative	Charles Joseph	48	3.01	0.76
	Conservative	Victoria Joseph	43
Registered electors			4,084		481
Turnout			1,623	39.74	+3.1
Rejected ballots			11	0.68	0.14
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Cathedral

Cathedral (2)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary J. Wines*	1,197	64.40	11.60
	Liberal Democrats	Clifford J. Hodson	878
	Labour	Jacqueline Gilmartin	452	27.31	8.00
	Labour	Michael A. Gibson^†^{[n 6]}	428
	Green	David W. Turner	79	4.90	New
	Conservative	Beatrice Crabb	60	3.38	0.24
	Conservative	Lucy M. Newmark	49
Registered electors			5,424		276
Turnout			1,794	33.08	8.63
Rejected ballots			10	0.56	0.28
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Chaucer

Chaucer (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen D. O. Lancashire*	1,315	49.00	19.07
	Liberal Democrats	Alom Shaha	1,193	45.71	27.82
	Labour	Henry Canagasabey^†^{[n 7]}	1,167
	Labour	Anne V. Worsley^†^{[n 8]}	1,157
	Liberal Democrats	Raffaella Ayorinde	1,104
	Liberal Democrats	Robert J. Skelly	1,098
	Conservative	Susan Hardy	145	5.29	8.75
	Conservative	Frances M.Gray	142
	Conservative	Anne Peirce	106
Registered electors			7,711		553
Turnout			2,749	35.65	3.25
Rejected ballots			4	0.15	0.15
	Labour hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Labour hold

College

College (2)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Humphreys*	1,245	50.52	9.27
	Conservative	William P. Rowe	1,086
	Labour	Carol Britton	810	34.68	2.29
	Labour	Ivan M. House	790
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia M. Mynott	273	10.99	15.37
	Liberal Democrats	Richard M. Newby	234
	Green	Tamra M. Poorun	88	3.81	New
Registered electors			5,478		643
Turnout			2,375	43.36	4.52
Rejected ballots			10	0.42	0.35
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Consort

Consort (2)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicola A. Kutapan	514	46.44	18.47
	Labour	Hassan Vahib*	437
	Liberal Democrats	David G. Banks	286	23.78	0.32
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa Salawu	201
	Conservative	Rachel M. Read	122	11.33	0.30
	Conservative	Doris J. Pearce	110
	Green	Brendan P. Connolly	101	9.86	New
	Socialist Labour	Angela M. Ruddock	88	8.59	New
Registered electors			4,614		512
Turnout			1,079	23.39	8.17
Rejected ballots			14	1.30	0.68
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Dockyard

Dockyard (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek W. Partridge*	1,899	55.04	5.66
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Yates	1,888
	Liberal Democrats	Columba M. J. Blango	1,830
	Labour	Daniel C. Griffiths	886	24.78	9.66
	Labour	Shirley Oldhamstead	827
	Labour	Linda C. Oram	816
	Conservative	Percy Gray	351	9.66	4.80
	Conservative	Stephen Crabb	323
	Conservative	Ewan G. Wallace	312
	Green	Andrew Flude	202	5.94	New
	National Democrats	Gary Cartwright	156	4.59	New
Registered electors			13,377		1,438
Turnout			3,499	26.16	8.48
Rejected ballots			25	0.71	0.42
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Faraday

Faraday (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Clark*	1,234	48.8	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alfred Langley*	1,186	46.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Noakes	1,121	44.3	−1.0
	Labour	Lorraine Lauder	1,012	40.0	−0.3
	Labour	Lee Garrett	999	39.5	−2.4
	Labour	Royston Webb	926	36.6	−3.7
	Conservative	Charles Flower	162	6.4	+1.0
	Conservative	Robert Hayward	127	5.0	−0.5
	Conservative	Robert Goodrick	108	4.3	−0.9
Turnout			2,530	29.8	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Friary

Friary (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barrie Hargrove*	845	52.8	+1.1
	Labour	Joan Khachik*	761	47.6	+1.3
	Labour	Frank Pemberton**	647	40.4	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Dougherty	299	18.7	−20.7
	Socialist Labour	Ann Goss	265	16.6	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Gloria Fagbenro	262	16.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Eliza Mann	252	15.8	−20.5
	Socialist Labour	Tony Goss	248	15.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Miller	238	14.9	−21.3
	Green	Laurence Jones	145	9.1	N/A
	Conservative	Leslie Brown	120	7.5	+1.4
	Conservative	Ivy Brown	111	6.9	+1.9
	Conservative	Iris Smith	93	5.8	+1.0
Turnout			1,600	29.6	−3.7
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Frank Pemberton was a sitting councillor for Rotherhithe ward, and was previously elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor

Liddle

Liddle (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Ellery*	891	57.9	−18.7
	Labour	William Kayada	794	51.6	−17.8
	Labour	William Skelly**	710	46.1	−18.6
	Liberal Democrats	Raouf Ben-Salem	534	34.7	+21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Danny McCarthy*	488	31.7	−37.7
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Almond	456	29.6	+18.9
	Independent	Maria Williams	129	8.4	N/A
	Green	Caroline Jones	80	5.2	−1.7
	Conservative	Stephen Phillips	55	3.6	−2.8
	Conservative	Jane Maclaren	48	3.1	−1.5
	Conservative	Victor Smith	47	3.1	N/A
Turnout			1,539	30.6	+10.4
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

William Skelly was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward

Danny McCarthy was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenn Cope	1,268	53.0	−6.1
	Labour	Nick Dolezal*	1,220	51.0	−6.4
	Labour	Dermot McInerney*	1,048	43.8	−13.7
	Independent	Ashwinkumar Tanna	598	25.0	N/A
	Green	Rebecca Elvey	366	15.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Harris	354	14.8	−3.6
	Conservative	Patrick Wollocombe	334	14.0	−3.3
	Conservative	Angus Pritchard-Gordon	330	13.8	−3.2
	Conservative	Christopher Pincher	320	13.4	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Flynn	279	11.7	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Branko Markic	233	9.7	−7.3
Turnout			2,393	30.5	−7.4
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Newington

Newington (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Pidgeon	1,528	49.7	+21.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Gurling	1,481	48.2	+20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jelil Ladipo	1,418	46.2	+22.0
	Labour	Hannah McDonald*	1,255	40.9	−13.7
	Labour	Leslie Alden	1,157	37.7	−20.4
	Labour	Robert Smeath	1,104	35.9	−15.0
	Conservative	Susan Hornby	151	4.9	−4.2
	Conservative	Clive Jones	122	4.0	−4.4
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark	112	3.6	−4.5
Turnout			3,072	39.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Riverside

Riverside (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Olliffe*	1,306	50.0	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alex L'Estrange	1,254	48.0	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Stanton	1,225	46.9	+1.1
	Labour	Coral Newell	1,020	39.1	+4.5
	Labour	Peter John	1,005	38.5	+6.5
	Labour	Amanda Purdon	895	34.3	+3.7
	Conservative	Stephen Holmes	130	5.0	−7.6
	Conservative	John Liddiard	119	4.6	−1.1
	Conservative	John Williams	112	4.3	−1.0
	Green	Swadesh Poorun	83	3.2	N/A
Turnout			2,611	35.6	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Bassom*	1,063	54.7	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Jones*	1,037	53.3	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Niko Barr**	972	50.0	−13.2
	Labour	Neil Fell	656	33.7	+11.7
	Labour	Robert Gasson	655	33.7	+13.3
	Labour	Francis Treml	455	23.4	+6.8
	Conservative	Nathan Chart	108	5.6	+2.0
	Conservative	John McConnell	93	4.8	+1.3
	Conservative	Jon van der Walt	66	3.4	+0.5
Turnout			1,945	30.3	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Niko Barr was a sitting councillor for Dockyard ward

Ruskin

Ruskin (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tobias Eckersley*	1,703	46.3	+8.7
	Labour	Michelle Pearce*	1,604	43.6	+4.4
	Conservative	David Bradbury	1,602	43.5	+6.1
	Conservative	Irene Kimm	1,525	41.5	+6.2
	Labour	Alan Firminger*	1,517	41.2	+3.3
	Labour	Charlie Smith	1,379	37.5	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Halden	352	9.6	−11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Elbert	326	8.9	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fletcher	313	8.5	−11.2
	Green	Harriet Einsiedel	273	7.4	+0.5
Turnout			3,679	53.3	−2.9
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Rye

Rye (2)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Niall Duffy*	1,266	53.4	+3.1
	Labour	Dominic Thorncroft*	968	40.8	−3.9
	Conservative	Nicholas Vineall	643	27.1	−8.1
	Conservative	Edwin Webster	624	26.3	−6.1
	Green	Storm Poorun	458	19.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Halden	224	9.4	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Valladeres	171	7.2	−4.4
Turnout			2,372	40.3	−7.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Giles

St Giles (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephanie Elsy**	1,288	58.8	−4.5
	Labour	Anthony Ritchie*	1,251	57.1	−5.2
	Labour	Dora Dixon-Fyle	1,216	55.5	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Carr	365	16.7	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Farrow	344	15.7	−3.0
	Green	Glynis Bell	336	15.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha McDonough	335	15.3	−3.3
	Conservative	Tania Brisby	236	10.8	±0.0
	Conservative	Jeremy Hart	203	9.3	−1.4
	Socialist Labour	Eileen Miles	184	8.4	N/A
	Conservative	Margaret Fordham	182	8.3	−1.8
Turnout			2,191	29.1	−0.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Stephanie Elsy was a sitting councillor for Barset ward

The Lane

The Lane (2)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Cornall	842	46.3	+5.8
	Labour	Aubyn Graham**	756	41.6	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Hunte	706	38.9	−9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Krishnaveni Brown	671	36.9	−10.6
	Conservative	George Humphreys	118	6.5	+0.9
	Green	Roxana Rizvi	110	6.1	N/A
	Conservative	Anthony Kimm	102	5.6	+0.1
Turnout			1,817	36.1	−7.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Aubyn Graham was a sitting councillor for Lyndhurst ward

Waverley

Waverley (2)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Barnard*	1,006	64.5	+11.3
	Labour	Vivienne Todd	897	57.5	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Karnagie Ayling	266	17.1	−20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Perrett-Hodson	241	15.4	−20.1
	Conservative	Lilian Dawson	182	11.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Rebecca Humphreys	175	11.2	+4.1
	Green	Jason Evers	129	8.3	N/A
Turnout			1,560	33.2	−10.1
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Notes

^ Manchester was a sitting councillor representing the Riverside ward
^ Latham was a sitting councillor representing the Bellenden ward
^ Healtey replaced Cllr. Mike Lee after his resignation in 1995^[3]
^ Wingfield was a sitting councillor representing the Newington ward
^ Livingstone was a sitting councillo representing the Chaucer ward. Livingstone had previously replaced Cllr. Robert A. Bayne after his resignation in 1995^[3]
^ Gibson was a sitting councillor representing the Waverley
^ Canagasabey was a sitting councillor representing the Alleyn ward
^ Worsley was a sitting councillor representing the Bellenden ward

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 153–156, 212, 214–215. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Southwark Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymout University. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
^ ^a ^b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - By-elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 157. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

[3] Manchester was a sitting councillor representing the Riverside ward

[4] Latham was a sitting councillor representing the Bellenden ward

[6] Healtey replaced Cllr. Mike Lee after his resignation in 1995^[3]

[7] Wingfield was a sitting councillor representing the Newington ward

[8] Livingstone was a sitting councillo representing the Chaucer ward. Livingstone had previously replaced Cllr. Robert A. Bayne after his resignation in 1995^[3]

[9] Gibson was a sitting councillor representing the Waverley

[10] Canagasabey was a sitting councillor representing the Alleyn ward

[11] Worsley was a sitting councillor representing the Bellenden ward

[electionResults-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 153–156, 212, 214–215. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

[electionsCentre-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Southwark Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymout University. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

[byElections-5] Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - By-elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 157. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

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