1998 Harrow London Borough Council election

1998 Harrow London Borough Council election
7 May 1998 (1998-05-07)
all 63 seats up for election to Harrow London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
Registered155,120[1]
Turnout56,846, 36.65 ( 12.23)[1]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Robert Shannon[n 1] Christine Bednell[n 2]
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 19 Feb 1998[n 3] 18 July 1996[n 4]
Leader's seat Wealdstone Stanmore Park
Last election 14 seats, 29.31% 17 seats, 33.83%
Seats before 16 18
Seats won 32 20
Seat change 16 4
Popular vote 61,556 51,809
Percentage 39.48% 33.23%
Swing 10.17 0.60
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Christopher Noyce[n 5] John Cripps[n 6]
Party Liberal Democrats Ind. Residents
Leader since 7 Nov 1997[n 7] 23 Apr 1998[n 8]
Leader's seat Rayners Lane Roxeth
Last election 29 seats, 34.14% 3 seats, 2.58%
Seats before 26 2
Seats won 9 2
Seat change 20
Popular vote 37,244 4,475
Percentage 23.89% 2.87%
Swing 10.25 0.29
Council control before election


No Overall Control

Council control after election


Labour

The 1998 Harrow Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Harrow London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council.[10]

Background

Election result

1998 Harrow London Borough Council elections[11][12][13]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 32 16 0 16 50.79 39.48 61,556 10.17
  Conservative 20 7 3 4 31.75 33.23 51,809 0.60
  Liberal Democrats 9 0 20 20 14.29 23.89 37,244 10.25
  Ind. Residents 2 0 0 3.17 2.87 4,475 0.29
  Green 0 0 0 0.00 0.26 405 New
  Independent 0 0 0 0.00 0.16 252 0.02
  National Front 0 0 0 0.00 0.11 168 New
Total 63 155,909

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Canons

Canons (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cowan* 1,218 60.29 7.61
Conservative Janet Cowan†[n 9] 1,204
Conservative Richard Romain* 1,131
Labour Charles Blake 580 27.76 15.09
Labour Benjamin Novick 575
Labour Kathleen Kurji 481
Liberal Democrats Ronald Warshaw 257 11.95 22.70
Liberal Democrats David Sandford 237
Liberal Democrats Natoo Bhana 210
Registered electors 6,472 249
Turnout 2,119 32.74 15.66
Rejected ballots 12 0.57 0.40
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Centenary

Centenary (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mitzi Green 1,356 57.63 11.71
Labour Daniel Redford* 1,312
Labour Keekira Thammaiah* 1,269
Conservative Frank Budden 816 33.58 6.65
Conservative Manji Patel 781
Conservative Simon Pratt 697
Liberal Democrats Oenone Cox 219 8.78 5.06
Liberal Democrats Sheila O'Reilly 201
Liberal Democrats Michael Fierstone 180
Registered electors 6,906 228
Turnout 2,552 36.95 11.87
Rejected ballots 20 0.78 0.32
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Greenhill

Greenhill (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anastasia Attiki 937 40.55 10.66
Labour Howard Bluston 921
Labour Damian Krushner 856
Liberal Democrats Maureen de Beer* 739 31.36 13.20
Liberal Democrats Nahid Boethe* 685
Conservative Gary Hughes 685 28.09 2.54
Liberal Democrats Peter Budden* 675
Conservative Henry Venour 601
Conservative Amrit Mediratta 594
Registered electors 6,317 526
Turnout 2,426 38.40 12.71
Rejected ballots 10 0.41 0.07
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Harrow on the Hill

Harrow on the Hill (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eileen Kinnear* 1,087 36.86 4.88
Conservative Clive Scowen* 1,051
Labour Huw Davies 1,022 34.25 12.29
Conservative Mark Versallion 1,017
Labour Margaret Davine 992
Labour Chloe Smith 917
Liberal Democrats Judith Day 698 23.25 8.20
Liberal Democrats Duncan Rogers*[n 10] 665
Liberal Democrats Vipin Varsani 627
Green Matthew Peace 161 5.64 New
Registered electors 7,746 429
Turnout 2,993 38.64 5.49
Rejected ballots 15 0.50 0.28
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Conservative

Harrow Weald

Harrow Weald (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Lyne* 1,067 42.34 17.73
Liberal Democrats Mary Graham* 1,019
Liberal Democrats Ahmed Marikar 870
Labour Colin Crouch 706 28.46 12.63
Conservative Richard Cowan 693 29.20 5.10
Conservative Gary Hunter 676
Conservative Brian Jones 670
Labour Michael Kinsey 653
Labour Patrick McManus 628
Registered electors 7,658 164
Turnout 2,513 32.82 14.44
Rejected ballots 16 0.64 0.56
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Hatch End

Hatch End (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian Knowles 1,417 55.34 4.22
Conservative Mary John* 1,382
Conservative Jean Lammiman* 1,342
Labour Susan Anderson 694 26.03 13.36
Labour John Solomon 660
Labour Patricia Skacel 594
Liberal Democrats James Jackson 520 18.63 16.02
Liberal Democrats Zia Baig 441
Liberal Democrats Paul Salter 433
Registered electors 7,191 968
Turnout 2,691 37.42 10.98
Rejected ballots 13 0.48 0.31
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Headstone North

Headstone North (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Seymour 1,218 40.42 0.26
Liberal Democrats Nicola Lane* 1,208 39.17 5.22
Conservative Eric Silver 1,195
Conservative Khalid Mahmood 1,171
Liberal Democrats Michael Sayer 1,166
Liberal Democrats Janet Skipworth* 1,149
Labour Ernest Selby 618 20.40 4.95
Labour James Titmuss 600
Labour Sonalie Dharmarajah 591
Registered electors 7,831 211
Turnout 3,184 40.66 13.11
Rejected ballots 15 0.47 0.37
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Headstone South

Headstone South (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Stephenson 1,324 44.64 13.19
Labour Gillian Travers 1,167
Labour Anne Whitehead 1,143
Liberal Democrats Stephen Giles-Medhurst* 922 31.29 15.76
Liberal Democrats Clifford Thomas*[n 11] 870
Liberal Democrats John Branch* 755
Conservative Stephen Hall 434 15.08 2.09
Conservative Theresa Hyde 402
Conservative Richard Booth 391
Green Justin Challener 244 8.99 New
Registered electors 6,758 224
Turnout 2,693 39.85 10.55
Rejected ballots 23 0.85 0.73
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Kenton East

Kenton East (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Navin Shah* 1,404 63.10 1.25
Labour Albert Toms* 1,308
Labour Archie Foulds 1,303
Conservative John Hall 507 21.09 3.43
Conservative Edmund Costelloe 424
Conservative Jonathan Lemon 411
Liberal Democrats Mahendra Patel 404 15.81 2.18
Liberal Democrats Barbara Angell 335
Liberal Democrats Paul Jeffery 267
Registered electors 7,787 485
Turnout 2,461 31.60 13.50
Rejected ballots 12 0.49 0.16
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Kenton West

Kenton West (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cyril Davies†[n 12] 1,268 46.46 7.19
Labour Raymond Frogley* 1,210
Labour Sanjay Dighé 1,194
Conservative Joseph Grenfell* 973 35.94 4.02
Conservative Mayur Bhatt 959
Conservative Jeremy Zeid 908
Liberal Democrats Eileen Colledge 312 10.39 10.38
Liberal Democrats Anthony Thorne 270
Liberal Democrats Gerald de Jayasinghe 239
Independent Akil Dhalla 190 7.21 New
Registered electors 7,952 267
Turnout 2,788 35.06 12.14
Rejected ballots 19 0.68 0.57
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Marlborough

Marlborough (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Groves* 1,226 52.19 11.72
Labour Phillip O'Dell 1,131
Labour Margaret Sims 1,008
Liberal Democrats Brian Campbell* 714 31.47 9.45
Liberal Democrats Stephen Campbell 662
Liberal Democrats Baldev Sharma 653
Conservative Peter Hardy 368 16.35 2.26
Conservative Margaret Carr 360
Conservative Joyce Osborn 326
Registered electors 6,989 524
Turnout 2,359 33.75 14.83
Rejected ballots 17 0.72
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour hold
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Pinner

Pinner (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mavis Champagnie* 1,644 63.01 4.91
Conservative Andrew Olins* 1,636
Conservative Anthony Cocksedge* 1,595
Labour Jeffrey Gallant 633 23.72 3.75
Labour Timothy Oelman 616
Labour Michael Heavey 586
Liberal Democrats Leslie Moss 374 13.27 8.66
Liberal Democrats Ian Green 346
Liberal Democrats Martin Land 307
Registered electors 7,677 278
Turnout 2,748 35.80 9.56
Rejected ballots 15 0.55 0.37
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Pinner West

Pinner West (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Mote 1,461 47.74 6.58
Conservative Graham Howard 1,434
Conservative John Nickolay 1,383
Liberal Democrats Veronica Chamberlain†[n 13] 835 27.22 19.83
Liberal Democrats Graham Finch* 816
Labour Joseph Lilley 795 25.04 13.25
Liberal Democrats David Walster* 788
Labour Kenneth Moss 758
Labour Asoke Dutta 691
Registered electors 7,206 80
Turnout 3,191 44.28 12.41
Rejected ballots 22 0.69 0.54
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Rayners Lane

Rayners Lane (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Noyce* 1,443 47.47 15.40
Liberal Democrats Prakash Nandhra* 1,226
Liberal Democrats Alastair Alexander* 1,199
Conservative Herbert Crossman†[n 14] 819 28.92 5.60
Conservative Raymond Arnold 775
Conservative Heather Murgett 762
Labour Rajeshri Shah 674 23.61 9.80
Labour Sean Jinks 673
Labour Namachivaya Idaikkadar 577
Registered electors 6,852 222
Turnout 2,872 41.91 11.32
Rejected ballots 9 0.31 0.17
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Ridgeway

Ridgeway (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Gate*[n 15] 1,283 42.51 18.06
Labour Paul Fox†[n 16] 1,147
Labour Norman Stillerman 1,067
Liberal Democrats Alanna Coombes 847 29.87 12.57
Conservative Leonard Harsant 824 27.62 5.49
Liberal Democrats Edward Tiley 819
Liberal Democrats Adrien Smith*[n 17] 791
Conservative Paul Osborn 747
Conservative John Rennie 701
Registered electors 7,102 228
Turnout 3,025 42.59 10.20
Rejected ballots 12 0.40 0.34
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour hold

Roxbourne

Roxbourne (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Currie 1,447 52.17 15.97
Labour Manoharan Dharmarajah 1,381
Labour Mark Ingram 1,323
Liberal Democrats John Skipworth* 773 27.76 16.76
Liberal Democrats Robert Prowse* 769
Liberal Democrats Ronald Smith 667
Conservative Stephen Dixon 576 20.07 0.78
Conservative Lily Nickolay 546
Conservative Norman Stevenson 475
Registered electors 7,611 333
Turnout 2,920 38.37 14.80
Rejected ballots 23 0.79 0.66
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Roxeth

Roxeth (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Residents Charles Cox 1,540 49.97 1.05
Ind. Residents John Cripps* 1,529
Labour Jeremy Miles*[n 18] 1,423 44.41 10.74
Ind. Residents Christopher Hastie 1,406
Labour Michael Miller 1,318
Labour Michael Tushaw 1,236
National Front Gerald Hutchins 168 5.63 New
Registered electors 7,552 206
Turnout 3,193 42.28 6.90
Rejected ballots 15 0.47 0.28
Ind. Residents hold
Ind. Residents hold
Labour hold

Stanmore Park

Stanmore Park (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Camilla Bath* 1,356 61.29 1.52
Conservative Marilyn Ashton 1,346
Conservative Christine Bednell* 1,307
Labour Jeffrey Anderson 624 26.48 4.47
Labour Connie Williams 555
Labour Vincent Masterson 553
Liberal Democrats Barry Harns 318 12.23 5.99
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Warshaw 282
Liberal Democrats Marion Garner-Patel 200
Registered electors 7,799 236
Turnout 2,362 30.29 10.43
Rejected ballots 18 0.76 0.63
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Stanmore South

Stanmore South (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Brown* 1,479 62.09 4.41
Labour Keith Burchell*[n 19] 1,418
Labour Robert Lawrence* 1,334
Conservative Jody Best 591 24.89 6.14
Conservative Paul Lennon 591
Conservative Stewart Bolasco 514
Liberal Democrats Jaydeep Patel 369 13.02 1.73
Liberal Democrats Susan Bartrick 294
Liberal Democrats Graham Lippiatt 224
Registered electors 9,267 674
Turnout 2,688 29.01 18.12
Rejected ballots 31 1.15 0.93
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Wealdstone

Wealdstone (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cyril B. Harrison*[n 20] 1,562 69.72 15.49
Labour Ann Swalne* 1,439
Labour Robert Shannon* 1,421
Conservative Paul Stanley 389 14.93 5.64
Liberal Democrats Norman Taylor 342 12.42 12.78
Conservative Eleanor Zeid 335
Liberal Democrats Peter Fletcher 249
Conservative Rosamund Taylor 223
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Garraway 197
Independent Mohammed Taj 62 2.93 New
Registered electors 6,886 355
Turnout 2,270 32.97 13.96
Rejected ballots 19 0.84 0.61
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Wemborough

Wemborough (3)[11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Diamond* 1,124 40.44 11.71
Liberal Democrats Laurence Cox* 1,113
Conservative David Ashton 988 34.84 0.27
Liberal Democrats Ranjit Ramsaran 863
Conservative Sherin Aminossehe 842
Conservative Keith Nelson-Tomsen 840
Labour Colin Gray 661 24.72 11.44
Labour Alan Blann 642
Labour Nizam Ismail 592
Registered electors 7,561 198
Turnout 2,798 37.01 13.96
Rejected ballots 17 0.61 0.42
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Notes

  1. ^ Shannon was the leader of the Labour Party group as of this meeting on the 23 April 1998[2] and at a meeting held just after the election[3]
  2. ^ Bednell was still leader of the Conservative group in the last meeting before the election[2] and the first meeting just after the election[3]
  3. ^ Shannon was first mentioned as leader of the Labour Group in the minutes of a meeting[4] that took place on 19 Feb 1998
  4. ^ Bednell was first referenced as leader of the Harrow Conservative Group in the minutes of a meeting held on 18 July 1996, so at some time between the last meeting on the 25 April 1996 and then she replaced Cllr Romain as leader[5]
  5. ^ Noyce was identified as leader of the Liberal Democrats in Harrow Council in the minutes of the last meeting held before the election on 23 April 1998[2]
  6. ^ Cripps was referenced as a leader of the Independent Residents Group both in a meeting held just before the election On 23 April 1998[2] and in the first meeting after the election on 20 May 1998[3]
  7. ^ The earliest mention by name of Noyce being the leader of the Liberal Democrats is from am meeting held on the 14 July 1994,[6] however he was briefly replaced By Cllr. Wiseman from 18 July 1996[7] until sometime between 17 July 1997[8] and the 7 November 1997
  8. ^ The earliest reference to Cllr Cripps being the leader is in the minutes of a meeting that took place on the 23 April 1998[9]
  9. ^ Cowan was a sitting councillor representing the Kenton West ward
  10. ^ Rogers was originally elected as a Conservative but has since switched allegiance to the Liberal Democrats
  11. ^ Thomas was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Derek Wiseman[14]
  12. ^ Davies was a sitting councillor representing the Kenton East ward
  13. ^ Chamberlain was a sitting councillor representing the Marlborough ward
  14. ^ Crossman was a sitting councillor representing the Ridgeway ward
  15. ^ Gate was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Andrew Wiseman in 1997[14]
  16. ^ Fox was a sitting councillor representing the Centenary ward
  17. ^ Smith was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Norah B. Murphy in 1995[14]
  18. ^ Miles was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Alan Hamlin[14]
  19. ^ Burchell was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Tony McNulty[14]
  20. ^ Harrison was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Gareth Thomas[14]

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. 203. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Council of the London Borough of Harrow, held at the Civic Centre, Harrow on Thursday, 23 April 1998 at 7.30 pm" (PDF). moderngov.harrow.co.uk. Harrow London Borough Council. p. 29. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Council of the London Borough of Harrow held on Wednesday 20 May 1998" (PDF). moderngov.harrow.gov.uk. Harrow London Borough Council. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Council of the London Borough of Harrow, held at the Civic Centre, Harrow on Thursday, 19 February 1998 at 7.30 pm" (PDF). moderngov.harrow.gov.uk. Harrow London Borough Council. p. 9. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Council Summons and Committee Reports 1996-1997" (PDF). moderngov.harrow.gov.uk. Harrow London Borough Council. p. 12, 15. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Council of the London Borough of Harrow, held at the Civic Centre, Harrow on Thursday, 14 July 1994 at 7.30 pm" (PDF). moderngov.harrow.gov.uk. Harrow London Borough Council. p. 28. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Council of the London Borough of Harrow, held at the Civic Centre, Harrow on Thursday, 18 July 1996, at 7.38pm (on the rising of a Special Meeting of the Council)" (PDF). moderngov.harrow.gov.uk. Harrow London Borough Council. p. 15. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Council of the London Borough of Harrow, held at the Civic Centre, Harrow on Thursday, 17 July 1997 at 7.30 pm" (PDF). moderngov.harrow.gov.uk. Harrow London Borough Council. pp. 19–21, 23, 26, 31. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Council of the London Borough of Harrow, held at the Civic Centre, Harrow on Thursday, 23 April 1998 at 7.30 pm" (PDF). moderngov.harrow.gov.uk. Harrow London Borough Council. p. 15. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Harrow on the Hill" (PDF).
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  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Harrow 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  14. ^ a b c d e f 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. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
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