1998 Southwark London Borough Council election

1998 Southwark Council election
7 May 1998 (1998-05-07)
All 64 seats up for election to Southwark London Borough Council
33 seats needed for a majority
Registered161,781[1]
Turnout53,202, 32.89% ( 4.64)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Niall Duffy Unknown Unknown
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since 1997 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Rye Unknown Unknown
Last election 34 seats, 47.56% 27 seats, 39.16% 3 seats, 12.57%
Seats won 33 27 4
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 58,887 46,288 16,654
Percentage 46.28% 36.38% 13.09%
Council Control before election

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Labour

Council Control after election


Labour

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

Background

In between the 1994 election and this election there were a total of 8 by-elections to replace councillors who resigned from their seat, however only 1 seat actually changed hands going from the Liberal Democrats to the Labour Party.[2] In addition to this change there were also 2 other Labour councillor who defected fo third parties, which meant the composition of the council just before the election was as follows:[3]

↓
33 26 3 2
Labour Lib Dem Conservative Other

Election result

1998 Southwark London Borough Council local election results[4][5]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 33 3 4 1 51.56 46.28 58,887
  Liberal Democrats 27 3 3 42.19 36.38 46,288
  Conservative 4 1 0 1 6.25 13.09 16,654
  Green 0 0 0 0.00 2.74 3,487
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0.00 0.82 1,047
  Independent 0 0 0 0.00 0.57 727
  National Democrats 0 0 0 0.00 0.12 156
Total 64 127,246

After the election the composition of the council was as follows:

↓
33 27 4
Labour Lib Dem Conservative

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abbey

Abbey (2)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Manchester†[n 1] 1,023 67.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Thomas 818 54.0
Labour John Lauder 510 33.7
Labour Keith Cross 436 28.8
Green Chloe Wilson 80 5.3
Conservative Peter Randall Johnson 79 5.2
Conservative Eleanor Gayler 71 4.7
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)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norma Gibbes 887 51.9
Labour Howard Latham†[n 2] 867 50.7
Conservative Andrew Mitchell 324 18.9
Liberal Democrats Alexander Baker 279 16.3
Conservative Roger Prince 271 15.8
Liberal Democrats Henry Hardy 236 13.8
Green Sharon Hogan 223 13.0
Registered electors 5,100 604
Turnout 1,724 33.80 3.21
Rejected ballots 14 0.82 0.82
Labour hold
Labour hold

Barset

Barset (2)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Claridge* 687 65.0
Labour Charles Cherrill 597 56.5
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hunt 174 16.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Allen 170 16.1
Conservative Michelle Lowe 112 10.6
Green Paul Barker 110 10.4
Conservative Shirley Winchester 98 9.3
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)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Heatley* 1,585 67.3
Labour Patrick Kelly 1,428 60.7
Labour Andrew Simmons 1,332 56.6
Liberal Democrats Gareth Martin 344 14.6
Liberal Democrats Patricia Macnaughton 343 14.6
Liberal Democrats Albert Bosworth 342 14.5
Green June Veitch 302 12.8
Conservative Rupert Cutler 241 10.2
Conservative John Davenport 238 10.1
Conservative Margaret Stewart 232 9.9
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)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Nash* 1,218 63.3
Liberal Democrats Denise Capstick 1,194 62.1
Labour Rupert Doyle 510 26.5
Labour Rosemary Whitlock 468 24.3
Conservative Julian Pratt 77 4.0
Conservative Kenneth Norris 54 2.8
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)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Bowman 1,198 52.6
Liberal Democrats Roland Shannon 1,163 51.1
Liberal Democrats Neil Watson 1,076 47.3
Labour Anne Keane 853 37.5
Labour Angela Molloy 820 36.0
Labour Kevin McNicholas 788 34.6
Conservative Kenneth Duke 59 2.6
Conservative Olga Grant 57 2.5
Conservative Penelope Foord 51 2.2
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)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lillian Naish* 1,044 62.0
Labour John Friary* 1,041 61.8
Labour Robert Wingfield†[n 3] 828 49.1
Liberal Democrats Frances Blango 283 16.8
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Hook 271 16.1
Liberal Democrats Joyce Martin 271 16.1
Green Jenny Jones 269 16.0
Conservative Linda Stanbury 146 8.7
Conservative Steven Stanbury 131 7.8
Conservative Mark Tunstill 118 7.0
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

Burgess

Burgess (2)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Halley 769 47.7
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Mizzi 763 47.3
Labour Richard Livingstone†[n 4] 658 40.8
Labour Simon McKeown 636 39.5
Green Tarik Theodorus 53 3.3
Conservative Charles Joseph 48 3.0
Conservative Victoria Joseph 43 2.7
Registered electors 4,084 481
Turnout 1,623 39.74 3.14
Rejected ballots 11 0.68 0.14
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Cathedral

Cathedral (2)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Wines* 1,197 67.1
Liberal Democrats Clifford Hodson 878 49.2
Labour Jacqueline Gilmartin 452 25.3
Labour Michael Gibson†[n 5] 428 24.0
Green David Turner 79 4.4
Conservative Beatrice Crabb 60 3.4
Conservative Lucy Newmark 49 2.7
Registered electors 5,424
Turnout 1,794 33.08 8.66
Rejected ballots 10 0.56 0.28
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Chaucer

Chaucer (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Lancashire* 1,315 47.9
Liberal Democrats Alom Shaha 1,193 43.5
Labour Henry Canagasabey†[n 6] 1,167 42.5
Labour Anne Worsley†[n 7] 1,157 42.1
Liberal Democrats Raffaella Ayorinde 1,104 40.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Skelly 1,098 40.0
Conservative Susan Hardy 145 5.3
Conservative Frances Gray 142 5.2
Conservative Anne Peirce 106 3.9
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 gain from Liberal Democrats

College

College (2)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Humphreys* 1,245 52.6
Conservative William Rowe 1,086 45.9
Labour Carol Britton 810 34.2
Labour Ivan House 790 33.4
Liberal Democrats Patricia Mynott 273 11.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Newby 234 9.9
Green Tamra Poorun 88 3.7
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)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nicola Kutapan 514 48.3
Labour Hassan Vahib* 437 41.0
Liberal Democrats David Banks 286 26.9
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Salawu 201 18.9
Conservative Rachel Read 112 10.5
Conservative Doris Pearce 110 10.3
Green Brendan Connolly 101 9.5
Socialist Labour Angela Ruddock 88 8.3
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)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Partridge* 1,899 54.7
Liberal Democrats Anne Yates 1,888 54.3
Liberal Democrats Columba Blango 1,830 52.7
Labour Daniel Griffiths 886 25.5
Labour Shirley Oldhamstead 827 23.8
Labour Linda Oram 816 23.5
Conservative Percy Gray 351 10.1
Conservative Stephen Crabb 323 9.3
Conservative Ewan Wallace 312 9.0
Green Andrew Flude 202 5.8
National Democrats Gary Cartwright 156 4.5
Registered electors 13,377 1,438
Turnout 3,499 26.16 8.52
Rejected ballots 25 0.71 0.42
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Faraday

Faraday (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth Clark* 1,234 48.8
Liberal Democrats Alfred Langley* 1,186 46.9
Liberal Democrats David Noakes 1,121 44.3
Labour Lorraine Lauder 1,012 40.0
Labour Lee Garrett 999 39.5
Labour Royston Webb 926 36.6
Conservative Charles Flower 162 6.4
Conservative Robert Hayward 127 5.0
Conservative Robert Goodrick 108 4.3
Registered electors 8,596 935
Turnout 2,561 29.79 10.12
Rejected ballots 31 1.21 0.87
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Friary

Friary (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barrie Hargrove*[n 8] 845 52.8
Labour Joan Khachik* 761 47.6
Labour Frank Pemberton†[n 9] 647 40.4
Liberal Democrats Daniel Dougherty 299 18.7
Socialist Labour Ann Goss 265 16.6
Socialist Labour Gloria Fagbenro 262 16.4
Liberal Democrats Eliza Mann 252 15.8
Socialist Labour Tony Goss 248 15.5
Liberal Democrats Keith Miller 238 14.9
Green Laurence Jones 145 9.1
Conservative Leslie Brown 120 7.5
Conservative Ivy Brown 111 6.9
Conservative Iris Smith 93 5.8
Registered electors 5,440 892
Turnout 1,610 29.60 3.66
Rejected ballots 10 0.62 0.38
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Liddle

Liddle (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Ellery* 891 57.9
Labour William Kayada 794 51.6
Labour William Skelly†[n 10] 710 46.1
Liberal Democrats Raouf Ben-Salem 534 34.7
Liberal Democrats Danny McCarthy*[n 11] 488 31.7
Liberal Democrats Josephine Almond 456 29.6
Independent Maria Williams 129 8.4
Green Caroline Jones 80 5.2
Conservative Stephen Phillips 55 3.6
Conservative Jane Maclaren 48 3.1
Conservative Victor Smith 47 3.1
Registered electors 5,046 3,480
Turnout 1,543 30.58 10.41
Rejected ballots 4 0.26 0.03
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glenn Cope 1,268 53.0
Labour Nick Dolezal* 1,220 51.0
Labour Dermot McInerney* 1,048 43.8
Independent Ashwinkumar Tanna 598 25.0
Green Rebecca Elvey 366 15.3
Liberal Democrats Hugh Harris 354 14.8
Conservative Patrick Wollocombe 334 14.0
Conservative Angus Pritchard-Gordon 330 13.8
Conservative Christopher Pincher 320 13.4
Liberal Democrats Matt Flynn 279 11.7
Liberal Democrats Branko Markic 233 9.7
Registered electors 7,906 741
Turnout 2,415 30.55 7.36
Rejected ballots 22 0.91 0.67
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Newington

Newington (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Pidgeon 1,528 49.7
Liberal Democrats James Gurling 1,481 48.2
Liberal Democrats Jelil Ladipo 1,418 46.2
Labour Hannah McDonald* 1,255 40.9
Labour Leslie Alden 1,157 37.7
Labour Robert Smeath 1,104 35.9
Conservative Susan Hornby 151 4.9
Conservative Clive Jones 122 4.0
Conservative Brooks Newmark 112 3.6
Registered electors 7,930 972
Turnout 3,094 39.02 2.62
Rejected ballots 22 0.71 0.37
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Riverside

Riverside (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Betty Olliffe* 1,306 50.0
Liberal Democrats Alex L'Estrange 1,254 48.0
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Stanton 1,225 46.9
Labour Coral Newell 1,020 39.1
Labour Peter John 1,005 38.5
Labour Amanda Purdon 895 34.3
Conservative Stephen Holmes 130 5.0
Conservative John Liddiard 119 4.6
Conservative John Williams 112 4.3
Green Swadesh Poorun 83 3.2
Registered electors 7,379 94
Turnout 2,627 35.60 3.22
Rejected ballots 16 0.61 0.33
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Beverley Bassom 1,063 54.7
Liberal Democrats Victor Jones* 1,037 53.3
Liberal Democrats Niko Barr†[n 12] 972 50.0
Labour Neil Fell 656 33.7
Labour Robert Gasson 655 33.7
Labour Francis Treml 455 23.4
Conservative Nathan Chart 108 5.6
Conservative John McConnell 93 4.8
Conservative Jon van der Walt 66 3.4
Registered electors 6,455 347
Turnout 1,956 30.30 9.75
Rejected ballots 11 0.56 0.03
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Ruskin

Ruskin (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tobias Eckersley* 1,703 46.3
Labour Michelle Pearce* 1,604 43.6
Conservative David Bradbury 1,602 43.5
Conservative Irene Kimm 1,525 41.5
Labour Alan Firminger* 1,517 41.2
Labour Charlie Smith 1,379 37.5
Liberal Democrats Jean Halden 352 9.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Elbert 326 8.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Fletcher 313 8.5
Green Harriet Einsiedel 273 7.4
Registered electors 6,934 554
Turnout 3,699 53.35 2.89
Rejected ballots 20 0.54 0.54
Conservative hold
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Rye

Rye (2)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Niall Duffy* 1,266 53.4
Labour Dominic Thorncroft* 968 40.8
Conservative Nicholas Vineall 643 27.1
Conservative Edwin Webster 624 26.3
Green Storm Poorun 458 19.3
Liberal Democrats Ron Halden 224 9.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Valladeres 171 7.2
Registered electors 5,893 418
Turnout 2,376 40.32 6.99
Rejected ballots 4 0.17 0.33
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Giles

St Giles (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephanie Elsy†[n 13] 1,288 58.8
Labour Anthony Ritchie* 1,251 57.1
Labour Dora Dixon-Fyle 1,216 55.5
Liberal Democrats Stuart Carr 365 16.7
Liberal Democrats Alison Farrow 344 15.7
Green Glynis Bell 336 15.3
Liberal Democrats Samantha McDonough 335 15.3
Conservative Tania Brisby 236 10.8
Conservative Jeremy Hart 203 9.3
Socialist Labour Eileen Miles 184 8.4
Conservative Margaret Fordham 182 8.3
Registered electors 7,590 1,328
Turnout 2,210 29.12 0.33
Rejected ballots 19 0.86 0.36
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

The Lane

The Lane (2)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Cornall 842 46.3
Labour Aubyn Graham†[n 14] 756 41.6
Liberal Democrats Colin Hunte 706 38.9
Liberal Democrats Krishnaveni Brown 671 36.9
Conservative George Humphreys 118 6.5
Green Roxana Rizvi 110 6.1
Conservative Anthony Kimm 102 5.6
Registered electors 5,067 659
Turnout 1,829 36.10 7.26
Rejected ballots 12 0.66 0.42
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Waverley

Waverley (2)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Barnard* 1,006 64.5
Labour Vivienne Todd 897 57.5
Liberal Democrats Karnagie Ayling 266 17.1
Liberal Democrats Rita Perrett-Hodson 241 15.4
Conservative Lilian Dawson 182 11.7
Conservative Rebecca Humphreys 175 11.2
Green Jason Evers 129 8.3
Registered electors 4,708 761
Turnout 1,565 33.24 10.08
Rejected ballots 5 0.32 0.31
Labour hold
Labour hold

By-Elections

Consort by-election, 15 October 1998[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Worsley 919 58.5 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Colin Hunte 474 30.2 +3.3
Socialist Labour Angela Ruddock 70 4.5 −3.8
Conservative Oliver Wooller 54 3.4 −7.1
Liberal Geoffrey Goldie 53 3.4 N/A
Majority 450 28.3
Turnout 1,570 34.0 +10.6
Labour hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Kutapan.

Rotherhithe by-election, 3 December 1998[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Hook 1,143 55.7 +2.4
Labour Peter John 813 39.6 +5.9
National Democrats Gary Cartwright 56 2.7 N/A
Conservative Steven Bolton 28 1.4 −4.2
Green Storm Poorun 11 0.5 N/A
Majority 330 16.1
Turnout 2,051 32.0 +1.7
Liberal Democrats hold

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Jones.

Cathedral by-election, 22 July 1999[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bosch 750 59.6 +10.4
Labour Bernard Dainton 451 35.9 +10.6
Conservative Ewan Wallace 57 4.5 +1.1
Majority 299 23.7
Turnout 1,258 27.0 −6.1
Liberal Democrats hold

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Hodson.

Notes

  1. ^ Manchester was a sitting councillor representing the Riverside ward
  2. ^ Latham was a sitting councillor representing the Bellenden ward
  3. ^ Wingfield was a sitting councillor representing the Newington ward
  4. ^ Livingstone was a sitting councillor representing the Chaucer ward
  5. ^ Gibson was a sitting councillor representing the Waverley ward
  6. ^ Canagasabey was a sitting councillor representing the Alleyn ward
  7. ^ Worsley was a sitting councillor representing the Bellenden ward
  8. ^ Hargove was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Sonya Murison in 1995[6]
  9. ^ Pemberton was a sitting councillor representing the Rotherhithe ward who was originally elected as a Liberal Democratic councillor
  10. ^ Skelly was a sitting councillor representing the St Giles ward
  11. ^ McCarthy was initially elected as a Labour councillor
  12. ^ Barr was a sitting councillor representing the Dockyard ward
  13. ^ Giles was a sitting councillor representing the Barset ward
  14. ^ Graham was a sitting councillor representing the Lyndhurst ward

References

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  2. ^ 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 11 August 2025.
  3. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Coucil Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Changes 1994-98" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 151. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  4. ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  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 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Southwark Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
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