1998 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election

1998 Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council election[1]
7 May 1998 (1998-05-07)
All 50 seats to Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
Registered111,776[2]
Turnout38,201, 34.18% ( 12.09)[2]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Andrew Slaughter Unknown Unknown
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 1996 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Gibbs Green Unknown Unknown
Last election 33 seats, 53.44% 15 seats, 35.9% 2 seats, 10.66%
Seats before 34[n 1] 14[n 2] 1
Seats won 36 14 0
Seat change 3 1 2
Popular vote 40,634 28,302 7,842
Percentage 52.86% 36.82% 10.20%
Swing 0.58 1.42 0.46
Map of the results of the 1998 Hammersmith and Fulham council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

The 1998 Hammersmith and Fulham Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[5]

Background

Election result

The Labour Party won 36 seats (on a 49.7% share of the vote) - a gain of 3 seats from the previous election, and maintained control of the council. The Conservative Party won 14 seats (with 37.4% of the vote) - a loss of 1 seat from their previous result. The Liberal Democrats lost the two seats they previously held, winning 12.6% of the votes cast.[5]

1998 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election results[6][7]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 36 4 3 1 72.00 52.86 40,634 0.58
  Conservative 14 4 4 28.00 36.82 28,302 1.42
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 1 1 0.00 10.20 7,842 0.46
  Communist League 0 0 0 0.00 0.12 90 New
Total 50 76,868

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Addison

Addison (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Siobhan Coughlan 1,035 57.39 1.82
Labour Ghassan Karian 887
Conservative Jolyon Neubert 422 24.99 2.01
Conservative Michael Woolton 415
Liberal Democrats George Collie 295 17.62 5.31
Registered electors 5,178 666
Turnout 1,686 32.56 13.16
Rejected ballots 25 1.48 1.29
Labour hold
Labour hold

Avonmore

Avonmore (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sonya Hilton* 728 45.58 3.44
Labour Keith Mallinson* 697 42.41 1.57
Conservative James Browne 684
Labour Frederick Inniss 617
Liberal Democrats Julie Perrin 186 12.01 1.88
Registered electors 4,597 568
Turnout 1,570 34.15 7.05
Rejected ballots 12 0.76 0.76
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour gain from Conservative

Broadway

Broadway (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Cartwright* 831 65.72 9.35
Labour Huw Davies†[n 3] 816
Conservative Tara Douglas-Home 283 20.11 8.46
Conservative Bozidar Zabavnik 221
Liberal Democrats Martin Bryant 203 14.17 0.89
Liberal Democrats Henry Braund 152
Registered electors 3,910 220
Turnout 1,354 34.63 13.88
Rejected ballots 18 1.33 1.22
Labour hold
Labour hold

Brook Green

Brook Green (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerald Johnson* 916 47.46 4.06
Labour Polly Hicks 885
Conservative John Hennessy* 823 42.05 0.93
Conservative Margaret Massey 773
Liberal Democrats Joanna Gill 233 10.49 4.99
Liberal Democrats Ilona Lepper 165
Registered electors 5,451 776
Turnout 1,995 36.60 10.39
Rejected ballots 6 0.30 0.07
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Colehill

Colehill (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adronie Alford* 834 59.66 7.37
Conservative Christopher Round 806
Labour Paul Richards 410 29.72 6.06
Labour Winifred Watson 407
Liberal Democrats Suzanna Harris 146 10.62 1.31
Registered electors 4,703 431
Turnout 1,402 29.81 15.67
Rejected ballots 7 0.50 0.40
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

College Park and Old Oak

College Park and Old Oak (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wes Harcourt* 967 74.15 2.32
Labour Reginald McLaughlin* 935
Labour Melanie Smallman†[n 4] 863
Conservative Linda Scanlon 224 15.87 2.73
Conservative Theresa Coen 205
Conservative Anthony Sulivan 163
Liberal Democrats William Chambre 143 9.98 0.41
Liberal Democrats William Wiggin 125
Liberal Democrats William Yonge 104
Registered electors 4,754 432
Turnout 1,387 29.18 11.28
Rejected ballots 10 0.72 0.48
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Coningham

Coningham (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Graham* 1,368 61.15 8.52
Labour Josephine Wicks* 1,165
Labour Timothy Stanley†[n 5] 1,039
Liberal Democrats Patricia Owen 390 18.98 3.77
Liberal Democrats Sheila Shuttleworth 349
Conservative Mark Loveday 308 15.25 0.12
Conservative Elizabeth Mills 298
Conservative Hugh Robertson 285
Communist League Celia Pugh 90 4.62 New
Registered electors 7,539 1,087
Turnout 2,008 26.63 14.30
Rejected ballots 26 1.29 0.95
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Crabtree

Crabtree (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adam Gray* 973 46.76 6.12
Conservative Mark Simonds 904 46.52 3.16
Conservative Timothy Janman 889
Labour Simon Risley 829
Liberal Democrats Tamara Dragadze 135 6.72 2.87
Liberal Democrats Donald Gray-Raus 124
Registered electors 4,297 409
Turnout 2,037 47.41 4.98
Rejected ballots 11 0.54 0.44
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Eel Brook

Eel Brook (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donal Blaney 810 47.65 15.51
Conservative Greg Hands 810
Labour David Gwynne 582 32.79 0.37
Labour Hugh Jaeger 533
Liberal Democrats Jon Burden 346 19.56 15.88
Liberal Democrats Huw Lloyd-James 319
Registered electors 4,341 337
Turnout 1,772 40.82 13.40
Rejected ballots 4 0.23 0.09
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Labour

Gibbs Green

Gibbs Green (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andy Slaughter* 775 59.81 3.84
Labour Charles Treloggan*[n 6] 765
Conservative Rowena Everson 354 25.20 6.24
Conservative Jocelyn Ormon 295
Liberal Democrats Anne Lloyd-James 193 14.99 2.40
Registered electors 5,153 671
Turnout 1,335 25.91 17.62
Rejected ballots 9 0.67 0.57
Labour hold
Labour hold

Grove

Grove (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Allen 992 56.62 2.50
Labour Stephen Cowan 860
Conservative Amand Lloyd-Harris 487 28.55 3.95
Conservative Edward Wilson 447
Liberal Democrats Michael Andrew 249 14.83 1.45
Liberal Democrats Sophie Emmerson 236
Registered electors 4,680 411
Turnout 1,747 37.33 10.20
Rejected ballots 15 0.86 0.66
Labour hold
Labour hold

Margravine

Margravine (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Araminta Birdsey 802 65.87 5.98
Labour Lisa Homan 790
Conservative Albert Crosby 280 22.92 5.04
Conservative Pamela Hurst 274
Liberal Democrats Sorcha Cassidy 146 11.21 0.94
Liberal Democrats Daniel Watkins 125
Registered electors 4,292 299
Turnout 1,289 30.03 19.61
Rejected ballots 15 1.16 0.96
Labour hold
Labour hold

Normand

Normand (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Caruana* 775 47.04 6.02
Labour David Williams†[n 7] 711
Conservative Magnus Burroughe 670 42.07 7.11
Conservative Nicholas Addyman 659
Liberal Democrats Gabrielle Minken 172 10.89 1.09
Registered electors 4,294 58
Turnout 1,602 37.31 10.55
Rejected ballots 13 0.81 0.47
Labour hold
Labour hold

Palace

Palace (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Emile Al-Uzaizi* 1,345 73.05 3.68
Conservative Andrew Ground* 1,316
Labour Adam Farrar 315 17.29 3.30
Labour Francis Lukey 315
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Sugden 176 9.66 0.38
Registered electors 4,124 209
Turnout 1,843 44.69 7.80
Rejected ballots 12 0.65 0.50
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Ravenscourt

Ravenscourt (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fiona Evans-Lothian 881 51.33 8.36
Labour Hefin Rees 856
Conservative Angela Clarke* 677 37.29 4.72
Conservative Sally Roberts 585
Liberal Democrats Brian Gallagher 233 11.38 0.21
Liberal Democrats Hassan Zaidi 152
Registered electors 4,325 442
Turnout 1,791 41.41 8.68
Rejected ballots 10 0.56 0.46
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Sands End

Sands End (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brendan Bird* 933 52.37 1.29
Labour Colin Pavelin 868
Conservative Mark Littlewood 642 37.34 1.81
Conservative Grace Oliver 642
Liberal Democrats William Bagwell 177 10.29 0.52
Registered electors 5,202 625
Turnout 1,738 33.41 12.23
Rejected ballots 11 0.63 0.44
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Garrett* 706 44.09 0.45
Conservative Tristram Harper 696 46.59 1.38
Conservative Alexander Karmel 684
Labour Ashok Patel 600
Liberal Democrats Alistair Brett 138 9.32 1.83
Registered electors 3,858 456
Turnout 1,512 39.19 9.78
Rejected ballots 15 0.99 0.93
Labour hold
Conservative hold

Starch Green

Starch Green (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julian Hillman 1,010 56.86 3.00
Labour Gregory Wilkinson 949
Conservative Richard Buxton 484 26.94 3.32
Conservative Trevor Lloyd-Jones 444
Liberal Democrats Ruth Berry 279 16.20 0.31
Registered electors 4,266 207
Turnout 1,721 40.34 10.71
Rejected ballots 13 0.76 0.47
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sulivan

Sulivan (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Wombwell* 970 62.34 8.15
Conservative Nicholas Botterill*[n 8] 967
Labour Vera Godden 467 28.23 6.15
Labour Thomas Butler 410
Liberal Democrats Joan Bonser 167 9.43 2.00
Liberal Democrats Allan McKelvie 126
Registered electors 4,332 328
Turnout 1,645 37.97 11.88
Rejected ballots 7 0.43 0.23
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Town

Town (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Greenhalgh*[n 9] 795 60.95 5.85
Conservative Antony Lillis†[n 10] 744
Labour Allison Bartlett 382 27.05 4.28
Labour Joseph Moriah 301
Liberal Democrats Nathaniel Green 163 12.00 1.57
Liberal Democrats Graham Muir 140
Registered electors 4,802 487
Turnout 1,323 27.55 17.20
Rejected ballots 9 0.68 0.32
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Walham

Walham (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frances Stainton* 857 46.58 2.18
Labour Jenny Vaughan 833 44.46 5.29
Conservative Allen Mills 806
Labour Rory Vaughan 754
Liberal Democrats Anne Day 167 8.96 3.12
Liberal Democrats Joseph Day 153
Registered electors 5,539 553
Turnout 1,897 34.25 10.74
Rejected ballots 9 0.47 0.20
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

White City & Shepherds Bush

White City and Shepherds Bush (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ronald Browne* 1,362 78.17 6.21
Labour Ivan Gibbons 1,305
Labour Jafar Khaled* 1,132
Liberal Democrats Michael Boudry 217 11.75 2.17
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sweeting 200
Conservative Theresa Villiers 199 10.08 4.04
Conservative Andrew Brierley 169
Liberal Democrats Timothy Leunig 154
Conservative James Bullock 122
Registered electors 6,205 131
Turnout 1,884 30.36 10.77
Rejected ballots 25 1.33 1.06
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Wormholt

Wormholt (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Aherne* 1,053 67.27 4.93
Labour Sally Powell* 995
Labour Stephen Burke* 982
Conservative Jonathon Collett 287 17.98 7.21
Conservative Timothy Kevan 262
Conservative John Pickthorn 261
Liberal Democrats Natasha Julien 234 14.74 2.27
Liberal Democrats Tanya Coen-D'Arcy 215
Liberal Democrats Christina Kearney 215
Registered electors 5,934 231
Turnout 1,663 28.02 14.06
Rejected ballots 14 0.84 0.63
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

  1. ^ They did have 35 seats but shortly before the election one of their seats became vacant without enough time to hold a by-election[3]
  2. ^ Conservatives lost 1 seat in a by-election following the resignation of Cllr. Guy Mortimer in 1996[4][3]
  3. ^ Davies was a sitting councillor representing the Ravenscourt ward
  4. ^ Smallman was a sitting councillor representing the Crabtree ward, a ward she was elected to in a by-election following the resignation of Cllr Guy Mortimer in 1996[4]
  5. ^ Stanley was a sitting councillor representing the Starch Green ward
  6. ^ Treloggan was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Iain Coleman in 1997[4]
  7. ^ Williams was a sitting councillor representing the Starch Green ward
  8. ^ Notterill was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Jonathan Maiden in 1996[4]
  9. ^ Greenhalgh was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Antony Glover in 1995/96[4]
  10. ^ Lillis was a sitting Councillor representing the Colehill ward

References

  1. ^ "Local Election Summaries 1998". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. ^ 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. 200. Retrieved 28 June 2025. .
  3. ^ 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. 67. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e 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. 71. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  5. ^ a b "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  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 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. 69–71, 198, 200–201. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  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 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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