1998 Greenwich London Borough Council election

1998 Greenwich London Borough Council election
7 May 1998 (1998-05-07)
All 62 seats up for election to Greenwich London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
Registered151,916[1]
Turnout48,986, 32.25% ( 15.35)[1]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Leonard L. Duvall Unknown
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 1992 Unknown
Leader's seat Burrage Unknown
Last election 47 seats, 55.39% 8 seats, 22.41%
Seats before 46 9
Seats won 52 8
Seat change 5
Popular vote 46,910 22,509
Percentage 57.88% 27.77%
Swing 2.49 5.36
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Unknown Unknown
Party Liberal Democrats SDP
Leader since Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Unknown Unknown
Last election 3 seats, 15.13% 4 seats, 4.76%
Seats before 3 4
Seats won 2 0
Seat change 1 4
Popular vote 9,893 Did not run
Percentage 12.21% Did not run
Swing 2.92 4.76
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

The 1998 Greenwich Borough 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.[2]

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.[3] However the Labour party was always seen as highly likely to remain in control of the council.[3]

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.[4]

Election result

Greenwich local election result 1998[5][6][7][8]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 52 6 1 5 83.87 57.88 46,910 2.49
  Conservative 8 1 1 12.90 27.77 22,509 5.36
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 1 1 3.23 12.21 9,893 2.92
  Green 0 0 0 0.00 0.51 412 0.90
  Fellowship 0 0 0 0.00 0.46 375 0.06
  Liberal 0 0 0 0.00 0.38 307 New
  Greenwich People against cuts 0 0 0 0.00 0.25 198 New
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.20 164 0.02
  Ind. Conservative 0 0 0 0.00 0.18 146 New
  Corrective Party 0 0 0 0.00 0.09 74 New
  Populist Party 0 0 0 0.00 0.07 60 New
  SDP 0 0 4 4 0.00 0.00 0 4.76
Total 62 81,048

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abbey Wood

Abbey Wood (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clive Mardner 979 65.46 27.62
Labour Derek Steedman†[n 1] 888
Liberal Democrats David Scales 292 19.92 16.72
Liberal Democrats Graciella Grigg 276
Conservative Kenneth Bailey 230 14.62 New
Conservative Gillian Thomas 187
Registered electors 5,269 144
Turnout 1,575 29.89 23.05
Rejected ballots 10 0.63 0.34
Labour gain from SDP
Labour gain from SDP

Arsenal

Arsenal (1)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian O'Sullivan†[n 2] 398 87.09 10.47
Conservative Norman Gough 59 12.91 5.69
Registered electors 2,436 4
Turnout 463 19.01 19.10
Rejected ballots 6 1.30 1.08
Labour hold

Avery Hill

Avery Hill (1)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Pattenden 564 53.21 15.22
Labour John Littlefield 364 34.34 15.21
Conservative Brian Weller 132 12.45 0.01
Registered electors 2,466 49
Turnout 1,051 42.62 11.54
Rejected ballots 1 0.10 0.12
Liberal Democrats hold

Blackheath

Blackheath (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Brighty* 1,099 47.12 4.52
Conservative Hugh Harris 1,017
Labour Mary Mills 860 37.94 2.20
Labour Nigel Cairns 844
Liberal Democrats Michael Smart 348 14.94 3.05
Liberal Democrats Ian Gerrard 323
Registered electors 5,170 205
Turnout 2,322 44.91 6.95
Rejected ballots 9 0.39 0.20
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burrage

Burrage (1)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Len Duvall* 471 76.58 3.23
Conservative Norah Mandeville 76 12.36 1.60
Greenwich People against cuts Richard Newton 68 11.06 New
Registered electors 2,490 41
Turnout 621 24.94 16.63
Rejected ballots 6 0.97 0.48
Labour hold

Charlton

Charlton (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Grant 1,020 67.12 0.80
Labour Sajid Jawaid†[n 3] 909
Liberal Democrats Anthony Smith 236 16.42 1.87
Conservative Patricia Rabbitt 184 11.31 2.48
Conservative John Kelk 141
Corrective Lindi St Clair 74 5.15 New
Registered electors 4,832 327
Turnout 1,506 31.17 14.65
Rejected ballots 14 0.93 0.69
Labour hold
Labour hold

Coldharbour

Coldharbour (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacques Devaux* 1,075 64.31 8.18
Labour John Kelly 873
Conservative Philip Dean 572 35.69 4.48
Conservative Frank Hodgson 509
Registered electors 4,472 95
Turnout 1,663 37.19 15.91
Rejected ballots 5 0.30 0.28
Labour hold
Labour hold

Deansfield

Deansfield (1)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alec Miles* 569 49.87 2.22
Labour Arthur Bonner 452 39.61 3.96
Liberal Democrats Barbara Woodcraft 120 10.52 6.18
Registered electors 2,626 51
Turnout 1,146 43.64 15.16
Rejected ballots 5 0.44 0.11
Conservative hold

Eltham Park

Eltham Park (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dermot Poston* 1,295 46.28 2.85
Conservative James Simpson* 1,141
Labour David Coleman 1,000 36.06 1.68
Labour Martin Roffe 898
Liberal Democrats John Hagyard 405 15.39 6.79
Independent Russell White 60 2.28 New
Registered electors 4,839 74
Turnout 2,571 53.13 6.97
Rejected ballots 5 0.19 0.05
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Eynsham

Eynsham (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barrie Groves*[n 4] 680 68.63 27.58
Labour Ismail Danesi 668
Conservative Pierre Cope 180 17.57 New
Conservative Harry Barnes 165
Liberal Democrats Bonnie Soanes 140 13.80 New
Liberal Democrats Alexander Grigg 131
Registered electors 4,839 571
Turnout 2,571 53.13 1.94
Rejected ballots 5 0.19 0.05
Labour gain from SDP
Labour gain from SDP

Ferrier

Ferrier (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mavis Best 678 70.53 8.63
Labour Deborah Smith* 641
Conservative Valerie Antcliffe 279 29.47 11.08
Conservative Margaret Campbell-Smith 272
Registered electors 4,441 281
Turnout 1,055 23.76 18.16
Rejected ballots 13 1.23 0.83
Labour hold
Labour hold

Glyndon

Glyndon (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donald Austen* 907 82.14 0.04
Labour John Wakefield* 740
Conservative Jean Cooper 215 17.86 0.04
Conservative Dorothy Withers 143
Registered electors 5,386 351
Turnout 1,201 22.30 16.75
Rejected ballots 17 1.42 0.15
Labour hold
Labour hold

Herbert

Herbert (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Beverley Jones 753 49.94 3.52
Labour Rajwant Sidhu 594
Conservative Samuel Coker*[n 5] 488 32.26 5.68
Conservative Catherine McGonagle 382
Liberal Democrats Edward Ottery 240 17.80 1.57
Registered electors 5,028 98
Turnout 1,461 29.06 13.29
Rejected ballots 13 0.89 0.51
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hornfair

Hornfair (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Gillman* 1,029 77.38 12.31
Labour Robert Lewis* 849
Conservative Sheila Stirling 298 22.62 7.89
Conservative Pamela Swann 251
Registered electors 4,452 112
Turnout 1,361 30.57 16.98
Rejected ballots 9 0.66 0.29
Labour hold
Labour hold

Kidbrooke

Kidbrooke (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Adams* 741 43.33 4.03
Labour John Cove*[n 6] 712
Conservative Daniel Cocker 596 34.30 7.85
Conservative Stephen Landeryou 554
Fellowship Ronald Mallone 375 22.37 2.66
Registered electors 4,611 24
Turnout 1,662 36.04 12.71
Rejected ballots 6 0.36 0.18
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lakedale

Lakedale (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carl Boothe*[n 7] 671 54.83 10.77
Labour Barbara Barwick 629
Liberal Democrats Mark Payne 164 11.68 9.79
Independent Sidney Stacey 164 13.83 New
Conservative Joan Harvey-Bailey 133 11.22 1.71
Liberal Democrats Judith Pinnington 113
Green James Otter 100 8.44 New
Registered electors 4,756 314
Turnout 1,181 24.83 16.50
Rejected ballots 9 0.76 0.43
Labour hold
Labour hold

Middle Park

Middle Park (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Harris* 974 65.36 5.41
Labour Barry Taylor* 860
Conservative Dingle Clark 238 15.75 5.44
Conservative Margaret Joel 204
Ind. Conservative Andrew Graham 146 10.41 New
Liberal Democrats William Hewer 124 8.48 5.26
Liberal Democrats Harry Potter 114
Registered electors 4,903 66
Turnout 1,480 29.98 17.11
Rejected ballots 7 0.47 0.17
Labour hold
Labour hold

New Eltham

New Eltham (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dorothy Mepsted* 1,019 45.52 3.24
Conservative Sidney Nicholson 942
Labour Peter May* 938 41.34 0.97
Labour Maresa Kingston 843
Liberal Democrats Michael Lewis 235 10.17 7.18
Liberal Democrats Peter Churchill 203
Greenwich People Against Cuts Julius Cortes 64 2.97 New
Registered electors 5,202 124
Turnout 2,268 43.60 11.70
Rejected ballots 8 0.35 0.24
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Nightingale

Nightingale (1)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Scott* 344 72.88 3.02
Liberal Democrats Robert Diplock 79 16.74 5.21
Conservative Elsie Drew 49 10.38 8.23
Registered electors 2,551 112
Turnout 481 18.86 18.86
Rejected ballots 7 1.46 1.13
Labour hold

Palace

Palace (1)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter King* 515 44.36 0.55
Labour Andrew Thompson 475 40.91 2.07
Liberal Democrats Helen Blackburn 171 14.73 1.52
Registered electors 3,656 809
Turnout 1,156 31.62 18.82
Rejected ballots 2 0.17 0.03
Conservative hold

Plumstead Common

Plumstead Common (1)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Victoria Morse* 528 65.59 0.84
Liberal Democrats Paula Mitchell 133 16.52 4.54
Conservative Vera Dempsey 97 12.05 0.47
Green David Harbud 47 5.84 New
Registered electors 2,756 103
Turnout 811 29.43 22.74
Rejected ballots 6 0.74 0.60
Labour hold

Rectory Field

Rectory Field (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Cornforth 796 62.70 7.69
Labour Gary Parker 744
Liberal Democrats Walter Mayhew 286 19.91 1.72
Conservative John Day 226 17.39 5.08
Liberal Democrats Lez Stonnard 203
Conservative Maureen Robinson 201
Registered electors 4,618 305
Turnout 1,333 28.87 14.65
Rejected ballots 5 0.38 0.22
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Alfege

St Alfege (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Roberts* 683 38.52 10.52
Labour Kantabai Patel* 625
Liberal Democrats Edward Hill 550 31.27 10.31
Liberal Democrats Daphne Stevens 512
Conservative Brian Buckley 362 20.32 4.26
Conservative Hugh O'Leary 328
Green Gary Holden 168 9.89 4.05
Registered electors 4,508 44
Turnout 1,740 38.60 6.87
Rejected ballots 4 0.23 0.08
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Mary's

St Mary's (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nicholas McShee 658 67.98 0.15
Labour John Fahy* 654
Conservative Gbola Oba 318 32.02 17.55
Conservative Christopher Phillips†[n 8] 300
Registered electors 4,474 213
Turnout 1,125 25.15 9.18
Rejected ballots 5 0.44 0.06
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Nicholas

St Nicholas (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alistair Macrae*[n 9] 656 62.61 0.54
Labour Claudia Slee* 635
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Derrick-Reeve 204 19.79 4.24
Liberal Democrats Martin Jenkins 204
Conservative Elisabeth Maisey 188 17.60 4.78
Conservative Cecelia Meers 175
Registered electors 4,877 122
Turnout 1,203 24.67 17.98
Rejected ballots 22 1.83 1.48
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sherard

Sherard (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Hayes* 897 68.13 9.48
Labour Quentin Marsh* 858
Conservative Lynda Craker 324 24.34 8.96
Conservative Charles Joel 303
Green Terence Liddle 97 7.53 New
Registered electors 5,091 25
Turnout 1,361 26.73 22.41
Rejected ballots 8 0.59 0.43
Labour hold
Labour hold

Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury (1)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Hayes* 621 52.81 3.65
Conservative Lewis Sergeant 489 41.58 1.61
Greenwich Residents against cuts Gerald Sizer 66 5.61 New
Registered electors 2,363 8
Turnout 1,182 50.02 10.62
Rejected ballots 6 0.51 0.37
Labour hold

Slade

Slade (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Challis†[n 10] 976 51.33 5.90
Labour Ann Hutchinson 874
Liberal Democrats David Woodhead* 725 38.74 6.55
Liberal Democrats Thomas Headon 671
Conservative Emily Head 195 9.93 0.65
Conservative Joyce Bowe 163
Registered electors 4,991 19
Turnout 1,956 39.19 20.21
Rejected ballots 13 0.66 0.53
Labour hold
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe (1)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Woodcraft* 672 55.91 0.21
Labour Mary Peltier 332 27.62 7.75
Conservative Steven Coules 183 15.22 9.21
Liberal Henry Middleton 15 1.25 New
Registered electors 2,794 116
Turnout 1,219 43.63 13.80
Rejected ballots 6 0.49 0.36
Liberal Democrats hold

Tarn

Tarn (1)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Malone†[n 11] 477 48.43 12.28
Conservative Derek Richards* 432 43.86 1.87
Liberal Democrats Catherine Hewer 76 7.72 10.40
Registered electors 2,426 14
Turnout 980 40.40 6.77
Rejected ballots 1 0.10 0.16
Labour gain from Conservative

Thamesmead Moorings

Thamesmead Moorings (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Brooks*[n 12] 648 70.24 9.01
Labour Peter Kotz* 551
Conservative Laura Murphy 138 15.23 4.98
Liberal Democrats Anthony Durham 124 14.53 5.66
Conservative Ray Maisey 122
Registered electors 5,230 415
Turnout 929 17.76 16.80
Rejected ballots 7 0.75 0.63
Labour hold
Labour hold

Trafalgar

Trafalgar (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marian Moseley* 911 68.32 4.65
Labour James Gillman* 907
Liberal Democrats Andrew Briscoe 290 19.39 3.09
Liberal Democrats Anthony Renouf 226
Conservative Andrew Growdon 176 12.29 2.50
Conservative Jennifer Jones 151
Registered electors 4,927 237
Turnout 1,465 29.73 14.83
Rejected ballots 12 0.82 0.72
Labour hold
Labour hold

Vanbrugh

Vanbrugh (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alexander Grant 979 54.42 5.10
Labour David Picton†[n 13] 899
Conservative Douglas Ellison 537 29.90 6.05
Conservative Liz Truss 495
Liberal Democrats Shirley Broad 311 15.68 1.93
Liberal Democrats David Richardson 230
Registered electors 4,853 150
Turnout 1,820 37.50 10.04
Rejected ballots 8 0.44 0.22
Labour hold
Labour hold

Well Hall

Well Hall (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Freeman 1,220 58.28 6.35
Labour Raymond Walker* 1,188
Conservative Albert Hills 865 41.72 6.17
Conservative Sarah McAllister 859
Registered electors 5,145 106
Turnout 2,220 43.15 16.01
Rejected ballots 21 0.95 0.61
Labour hold
Labour hold

West

West (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maureen O'Mara 771 64.34 1.16
Labour Jaghir Sekhon* 595
Liberal Democrats Anthony Lloyd 275 23.08 2.17
Liberal Democrats Andrew Smith 215
Conservative Sarah Phillips 160 12.58 1.01
Conservative Richard Thwaites 107
Registered electors 4,526 494
Turnout 1,220 26.96 15.18
Rejected ballots 20 1.64 1.52
Labour hold
Labour hold

Woolwich Common

Woolwich Common (2)[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gurdip Dhillon* 754 75.35 10.23
Labour Terry Hales 716
Conservative Guy Hatch 244 24.65 5.41
Conservative Elizabeth Harris 237
Registered electors 4,446 147
Turnout 1,104 24.83 14.92
Rejected ballots 16 1.45 1.04
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

  1. ^ Steedman was a sitting councillor representing the Rectory Field ward
  2. ^ O'Sullivan was a sitting councillor representing the St Mary's ward
  3. ^ Jawaid was a sitting councillor representing the Lakedale ward
  4. ^ Groves was originally elected as an SDP councillor but he later defected to Labour
  5. ^ Coker was originally elected as a Labour councillor but later defected to the Conservatives
  6. ^ Cove was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Shahzad in 1997[9]
  7. ^ Boothe was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Gordon-Peiniger in 1995[9]
  8. ^ Phillips was a sitting councillor representing the Blackheath ward
  9. ^ Macrae was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Barratt in 1996[9]
  10. ^ Challis was a sitting councillor representing the Coldharbour ward
  11. ^ Malone was a sitting councillor representing the Abbey Wood ward. He was originally elected as an SDP councillor but later defected to Labour
  12. ^ Brooks was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Ramsey in 1997[9]
  13. ^ Picton was a sitting councillor representing the Charlton ward

References

  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 198. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  3. ^ a b "Councils of war: the 12 key town halls they're fighting for". Evening Standard. 6 May 1998. p. 19.
  4. ^ "Policy and politics: Local elections: How London voted for a mayor". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  5. ^ 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 aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  6. ^ 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 aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak "Council Elections 1998". Greenwich Conservatives. Archived from the original on 5 September 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  7. ^ 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 aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak 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. 56–59, 196–199. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  8. ^ 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 aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Greenwich Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 12–14. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 60. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
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