1998 Lewisham London Borough Council election

1998 Lewisham London Borough Council election
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7 May 1998 (1998-05-07)
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All 67 seats up for election to Lewisham London Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Registered175,022[1]
Turnout51,905, 29.66% (Decrease 11.32)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader James Mallory Unknown Unknown
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since 1995 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Grinling Gibbons Unknown Unknown
Last election 63 seats, 64.51% 3 seats, 10.71% 1 seat, 23.70%
Seats before 60 4 1
Seats won 61 4 2
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 74,820 11,223 28,364
Percentage 61.60% 9.24% 23.35%
Swing Decrease 2.91 Decrease 1.46 Decrease 0.35
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Elections to Lewisham London Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 1994 election.

Background

In between the 1994 election and this election there were a total of 6 by-elections to replace councillors who either resigned from their seat or died in office, however only 1 of them resulted in a seat changing parties by going from Liberal Democrats to the Labour Party.[2] In addition to this change there were 3 defections from the Labour party, 2 to the Socialist Party[3] and 1 to the Socialist Labour Party, as well as one Labour seat that became vacant without enough time to hold a by-election. This meant the composition of the council just before the election was as follows:[4]

↓
2 1 60 2 1 1
Socialist Soc. Lab Labour Lib Dem Conservative Vacant

Election result

Lewisham local election result 1998[5][6]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 61 1 3 Decrease 2 91.04 61.60 74,820 Decrease 2.91
  Liberal Democrats 4 0 0 Increase 1 5.97 9.24 11,223 Decrease 1.46
  Conservative 2 2 1 Increase 1 2.99 23.35 28,364 Decrease 0.35
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 3.53 4,281 Increase 2.63
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.70 855 New
  Socialist (GB) 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.69 836 New
  Ind. Residents 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.46 561 New
  Ind. Labour Party 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.27 328 New
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.16 188 New
Total 67 121,456

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

↓
61 4 2
Labour Lib Dem Conservative

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward than the one they were elected to

Bellingham

Bellingham (2)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John O'Shea* 959 62.23 Decrease16.24
Labour Ronald Stockbridge* 855
Conservative Rosemary Pratt 323 21.44 Decrease 0.09
Conservative Margaret Smith 302
Liberal Democrats Michael Joyce 238 16.33 New
Registered electors 5,845 Decrease 50
Turnout 1,527 26.12 Decrease12.08
Rejected ballots 8 0.52 Increase 0.34
Labour hold
Labour hold

Blackheath

Blackheath (2)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gavin Moore* 957 60.18 Decrease 0.63
Labour Andrew Brown*[n 1] 937
Conservative Sally Baden-Hellard 357 21.77 Decrease 3.64
Conservative Margaret Smith 302
Liberal Democrats Neil Stocklley 284 18.05 Increase 4.27
Registered electors 5,340 Increase 161
Turnout 1,579 29.57 Decrease14.59
Rejected ballots 14 0.89 Increase 0.54
Labour hold
Labour hold

Blythe Hill

Blythe Hill (2)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Eytle* 1,168 75.88 Increase20.16
Labour Sylvia Scott* 1,144
Conservative Bernard Anghelides 383 24.12 Increase 4.43
Conservative Richard Wilson 352
Registered electors 5,213 Increase 140
Turnout 1,645 31.56 Decrease10.62
Rejected ballots 16 0.97 Increase 0.64
Labour hold
Labour hold

Catford

Catford (2)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Taylor 1,052 51.00 Increase 3.57
Labour Joseph Burns 956
Conservative Derek Stone 693 33.76 Decrease 7.80
Conservative Nicole Barakat 636
Liberal Democrats Owen Griffiths 300 15.24 Increase 4.23
Registered electors 5,820 Increase 33
Turnout 2,012 34.57 Decrease10.67
Rejected ballots 21 1.04 Increase 0.58
Labour hold
Labour hold

Churchdown

Churchdown (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Bodimeade*[n 2] 1,112 46.67 Decrease11.19
Labour Kelly Conway†[n 3] 1,099
Labour Kathleen McGarrigle*[n 2] 1,037
Liberal Democrats Joanne Prater 776 32.64 Increase13.14
Liberal Democrats Tim Prater 748
Liberal Democrats Cathy Priddey 747
Conservative Andrew Lee 503 20.69 Decrease 1.95
Conservative Ghislaine Greensitt 475
Conservative Ronald Lee 462
Registered electors 7,004 Decrease 105
Turnout 2,479 35.39 Decrease 9.27
Rejected ballots 5 0.20 Increase 0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Crofton Park

Crofton Park (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fiona Crichlow 1,576 58.58 Decrease 7.43
Labour Gurbakhsh Garcha* 1,390
Labour Ruth Watt†[n 4] 1,380
Green Neil Cole-Fennel 530 21.43 New
Conservative Amanda Graham 523 19.99 Increase 1.49
Conservative Matthew Sutcliffe 493
Conservative Derek Turner 467
Registered electors 7,800 Decrease 72
Turnout 2,438 31.26 Decrease11.52
Rejected ballots 8 0.33 Decrease 0.03
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Downham

Downham (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Matthew Huntbach* 1,215 60.97 Increase 3.10
Liberal Democrats Roy Stevens*[n 5] 1,212
Liberal Democrats Ian Walton 1,097
Labour Judith Page 633 31.19 Decrease 3.59
Labour Mazhar Awan 587
Labour Ashtaq Arain†[n 6] 583
Conservative Eglantine Draper 170 7.84 Increase 1.50
Conservative Peter Vickers 147
Conservative Marguerite Westgate 136
Registered electors 6,364 Increase 201
Turnout 2,109 33.14 Decrease17.74
Rejected ballots 12 0.57 Increase 0.33
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Drake

Drake (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Obajimi Adefiranye* 1,081 57.22 Decrease 0.97
Labour Terence Scott* 1,001
Labour Jarman Parmar* 1,000
Green Darren Johnson 731 32.27 Increase14.63
Green Hayley Trueman 550
Green Dean Walton 457
Conservative Lars Almqvist 214 10.51 Increase 0.89
Conservative Miriam Makepeace 197
Conservative Norah Whetstone 155
Registered electors 8,045 Increase 213
Turnout 2,003 24.90 Decrease 8.72
Rejected ballots 17 0.85 Increase 0.47
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Evelyn

Evelyn (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Nottingham* 1,227 79.75 Increase10.21
Labour Mee Ng* 1,084
Labour Crada Onuegbu 965
Conservative Derek Harris 297 20.25 Increase 8.58
Conservative Catherine Eaton 288
Conservative Joyce Ockendon 247
Registered electors 7,596 Increase 266
Turnout 1,628 21.43 Decrease 9.07
Rejected ballots 28 1.72 Increase 1.45
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Forest Hill

Forest Hill (2)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqueline Addison* 1,029 73.49 Increase 0.91
Labour John Paschoud* 956
Conservative Gaenor Elliott 360 26.51 Decrease 0.91
Conservative Frederick Porter 356
Registered electors 4,964 Decrease 25
Turnout 1,489 30.00 Decrease10.89
Rejected ballots 21 1.41 Increase 0.77
Labour hold
Labour hold

Grinling Gibbons

Grinling Gibbons (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Brown* 1,248 66.86 Increase 3.18
Labour Man Mohan* 1,140
Labour James Mallory* 1,135
Green Sharon Mattey 394 22.43 Increase 7.30
Conservative Colin Kendon 195 10.71 Increase 1.04
Conservative Ian Mackey 189
Conservative Vera Hallett 180
Registered electors 7,387 Increase 94
Turnout 1,701 23.03 Decrease 8.01
Rejected ballots 23 1.35 Increase 0.95
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Grove Park

Grove Park (2)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donovan Green*[n 7] 764 52.19 Decrease 2.11
Labour Paul Morris 534
Conservative Victor Atkinson 398 31.81 Increase 0.23
Conservative Sally Gander 393
Liberal Democrats Alan Marshall 227 16.00 Increase 1.88
Liberal Democrats Adebayo Adetona 171
Registered electors 5,232 Increase 221
Turnout 1,418 27.10 Decrease16.01
Rejected ballots 8 0.56 Increase 0.42
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hither Green

Hither Green (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Davies 1,381 58.43 Decrease13.36
Labour Paul Fallon 1,244
Labour David Wilson* 1,188
Conservative John Glen 409 17.77 Increase10.44
Conservative Barry Oiley 382
Conservative Hilda Newland 369
Ind. Residents Susan Hodge 293 12.90 New
Ind. Residents Audrey Thurman 268
Socialist Labour Anthony Link*[n 8] 237 10.90 New
Registered electors 8,253 Increase 69
Turnout 2,280 27.63 Decrease10.66
Rejected ballots 19 0.83 Increase 0.06
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Horniman

Horniman (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Whiting†[n 9] 1,314 46.66 Decrease 0.76
Labour Kristine Taylor 1,288
Labour Susan Wise 1,239
Conservative Maureen Marriott 960 33.91 Decrease 3.51
Conservative Charles Cramp 950
Conservative Paul Oakley 881
Liberal Democrats Brenda Pooley 533 19.43 Increase 4.27
Registered electors 7,617 Increase 160
Turnout 2,709 35.57 Decrease 9.98
Rejected ballots 18 0.66 Increase 0.51
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Ladywell

Ladywell (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Miriam Iloghalu* 1,470 54.04 Decrease14.73
Labour Pauline Morrison 1,292
Labour Paul Newing* 1,192
Green Janet Lawrence 357 14.64 New
Liberal Democrats John James 307 12.59 Decrease 5.13
Conservative Carolyn Freeman 274 10.28 Decrease 3.23
Conservative Nicholas Kent 261
Socialist Labour John Mulregan 235 8.45 New
Conservative Eve Jagusiewicz 217
Socialist Labour David Barber 201
Socialist Labour Terry Dunn 182
Registered electors 7,743 Increase 444
Turnout 2,369 30.60 Decrease 6.24
Rejected ballots 10 0.42 Increase 0.20
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Manor Lee

Manor Lee (2)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Madeliene Long* 1,236 53.43 Decrease16.57
Labour David Sullivan* 1,055
Liberal Democrats Patrick McKee 350 16.32 Increase 5.15
Conservative William Bellers 334 15.28 Increase 0.54
Conservative Beryl Rice 321
Green Roebrt Borruso 273 12.73 New
Socialist Alliance Danny Hammill 48 2.24 New
Registered electors 5,685 Increase 7
Turnout 1,999 35.16 Decrease10.97
Rejected ballots 13 0.65 Increase 0.38
Labour hold
Labour hold

Marlowe

Marlowe (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Padmore* 1,253 57.38 Decrease10.14
Labour Annette Gordon 1,152
Labour Paul Maslin 1,092
Ind. Labour Party O'Caul Edwards-Capone 328 16.15 New
Liberal Democrats Kate Newman 318 15.65 Decrease 0.01
Conservative Frank Ward 169 7.56 Decrease 0.85
Conservative Colin Ockendon 150
Conservative Iris Ward 142
Socialist Alliance Tobias Abse 66 3.25 New
Registered electors 7,984 Increase 489
Turnout 1,794 22.47 Decrease12.45
Rejected ballots 13 0.72 Increase 0.49
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Pepys

Pepys (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sandra Margaret 1,334 45.35 Decrease39.22
Labour Alan Hall*[n 10] 1,204
Labour Nicholas Taylor†[n 11] 1,096
Socialist (GB) Ian Page*[n 12] 836 31.30 New
Green Leandrina Cole-Fennel 441 16.51 New
Conservative Hilda Wright 189 6.84 Decrease 8.59
Conservative Anthony Shead 187
Conservative James Wright 172
Registered electors 7,741 Increase 290
Turnout 2,181 28.17 Decrease 8.68
Rejected ballots 22 1.01 Increase 0.43
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Perry Hill

Perry Hill (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Till* 1,641 71.19 Increase14.15
Labour Colin Hastie* 1,604
Labour Michael Holder†[n 13] 1,604
Conservative Margaret Ball 679 28.81 Increase 2.75
Conservative Huw Shooter 640
Conservative Timothy Batterham 628
Registered electors 8,188 Increase 154
Turnout 2,522 30.80 Decrease13.66
Rejected ballots 42 1.67 Increase 1.39
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Rushey Green

Rushey Green (2)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peggy Fitzsimmons 1,087 78.08 Increase 5.44
Labour Helen Klier 1,065
Conservative Charles Bradshaw 251 16.55 Increase 0.37
Conservative Roger Pawley 205
Socialist Alliance Nicholas Long 74 5.37 New
Registered electors 5,839 Increase 64
Turnout 1,488 25.48 Decrease11.92
Rejected ballots 29 1.95 Increase 1.76
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Andrew

St Andrew (2)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carl Handley†[n 14] 1,069 59.76 Decrease13.88
Labour Abdeslam Amrani 1,056
Conservative Pamela Shooter 463 25.73 Increase 2.22
Conservative Robert Light 452
Liberal Democrats Roy Robinson 258 14.51 Decrease11.74
Registered electors 5,836 Increase 303
Turnout 1,827 31.31 Increase16.28
Rejected ballots 13 0.71 Increase 0.41
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Margaret

St Margaret (2)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kathryn Donnelly 1,108 56.06 Decrease 4.66
Labour Jane Hastie 931
Conservative Caroline Barnett 464 25.13 Increase 0.83
Conservative Esther Finlay 450
Liberal Democrats Joan Labrom 342 18.81 Increase 3.83
Registered electors 5,229 Decrease 37
Turnout 1,812 34.65 Decrease12.98
Rejected ballots 15 0.83 Increase 0.71
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Mildred

St Mildred (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barrie Anderson 1,516 44.17 Increase 2.24
Conservative David Britton 1,485
Labour William Carlisle†[n 15] 1,335 38.58 Decrease 5.38
Conservative David McInnes 1,324
Labour Ruffo Bravette 1,278
Labour Mahmuda Kabir 1,164
Liberal Democrats Linda Hawkins 563 17.25 Increase 3.15
Registered electors 8,785 Increase 4
Turnout 3,233 36.80 Decrease12.27
Rejected ballots 14 0.43 Increase 0.22
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour gain from Conservative

Sydenham East

Sydenham East (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Best* 1,321 64.02 Decrease 0.16
Labour Liam Curran†[n 16] 1,211
Labour Alan Pegg* 1,159
Conservative Henriette Dodd 458 21.72 Increase 0.65
Conservative Raymond Squires 410
Conservative Gwynfor Tippett 384
Green Ronald Wilson 274 14.26 Decrease 0.50
Registered electors 7,195 Decrease 24
Turnout 1,980 27.52 Decrease10.21
Rejected ballots 16 0.81 Increase 0.48
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sydenham West

Sydenham West (3)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Mills 1,232 47.66 Decrease10.15
Labour Roger Harris 1,204
Labour Eva Stamirowski 963
Conservative Iona Gillis 570 22.47 Decrease 0.05
Conservative Angela Bradshaw 554
Conservative Douglas Pratt 478
Liberal Democrats Mark Bennett 436 18.34 Decrease 1.33
Green Regina Purrmann 274 11.53
Registered electors 7,436 Decrease 241
Turnout 2,131 28.66 Decrease11.75
Rejected ballots 8 0.38 Increase 0.06
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Whitefoot

Whitefoot (2)[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Smith 592 40.59 Decrease12.43
Liberal Democrats Carl Kisicki*[n 17] 581 38.23 Increase24.62
Labour Vanessa Large 577
Liberal Democrats David Buxton 520
Conservative Lloyd Richardson 309 21.18 Decrease12.19
Conservative Josie Martin 301
Registered electors 4,881 Increase 16
Turnout 1,552 31.80 Decrease 9.89
Rejected ballots 6 0.39 Increase 0.24
Labour hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Notes

  1. ^ Brown was elected in a by-election trigerred by the resignation of Cllr Nash in 1997[7]
  2. ^ a b Bodimeade and McGarrigle were both elected in by-elections triggered by the resignations of Cllrs Jordan and Moran respectively in 1997[7]
  3. ^ Conway was a sitting councillor representing the St Mildred ward
  4. ^ Watt was a sitting councillor representing the Marlowe ward
  5. ^ Stevens was originally elected as a Labour politician in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Morgan-Huws in 1995[7]
  6. ^ Arain was a sitting councillor representing the Grove Park ward
  7. ^ Donovan replaced sitting councillor Macdonald after his resignation in 1995[7]
  8. ^ Link was originally elected in 1`994 as a member of the Labour Party, before eventually splitting and joining the more left-wing Socialist Labour Party
  9. ^ Whiting was a sitting councillor representing the St Margaret ward
  10. ^ Hall was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Rudd in 1996[7]
  11. ^ Taylor was a sitting councillor representing the Crofton Park ward
  12. ^ Page was originally elected to represent the ward as a Labour councillor but subsequently joined the Socialist Party
  13. ^ Holder was a sitting councillor representing the St Andrew ward
  14. ^ Handley was a sitting councillor representing the Catford ward
  15. ^ Carlisle was a sitting councillor representing the Whitefoot ward
  16. ^ Curran was a sitting councillor representing the Sydenham West ward
  17. ^ Kisicki was originally elected as a Labour councillor but later defected to the Liberal Democrats

References

  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 210. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  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. 128. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  3. ^ "London Boroughs Political Almanac: London Borough of Lewisham". London Councils. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  4. ^ Minors, Michael. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Changes 1998-94" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 123. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  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 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. 125–128, 208–211. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  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 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Lewisham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authoirty referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 128. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
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