1998 Hounslow London Borough Council election

1998 Hounslow London Borough Council election
7 May 1998 (1998-05-07)
All 60 seats up for election to Hounslow London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered155,583[1]
Turnout50,342. 32.36% ( 12.53)[1]
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 49 seats, 55.30% 6 seats, 28.68%
Seats before 49[n 1] 6
Seats won 44 11
Seat change 6 5
Popular vote 66,041 37,252
Percentage 50.48% 28.47%
Swing 4.82 0.21
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Isleworth Comm Group
Last election 5 seats, 15.11% 0 seats, 0.26%
Seats before 4 0
Seats won 4 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 19.788 3,726
Percentage 15.13% 2.85%
Swing 0.02 2.59
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

The 1998 Hounslow Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hounslow London Borough 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 Phil Andrews become the first member of Isleworth Community Group elected to the council after defeating a Labour candidate by two votes.[3] However both the Labour and Conservative parties said they would not work with him due to his past membership of the National Front.[3]

At the same as the election Hounslow saw 74.6% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 25.4% against, on a 31.9% turnout.[4]

Election result

Hounslow local election result 1998[5][6][7]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 44 2 8 6 73.33 50.48 66,041 4.82
  Conservative 11 6 1 5 18.33 28.47 37,252 0.21
  Liberal Democrats 4 1 1 6.67 15.13 19,788 0.02
  Isleworth Comm Group 1 1 0 1 1.67 2.85 3,726 2.59
  Ind. Residents 0 0 0 0.00 2.33 3,048 New
  Green 0 0 0 0.00 0.74 969 0.45
Total 60 130,284

Ward results

Brentford Clifden

Brentford Clifden (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruth Cadbury 1,283 52.55 2.04
Labour Michael Carman* 1,190
Labour Valerie Lamey* 1,086
Conservative Colin Ford 562 23.36 0.01
Conservative Felicity Barwood 525
Green John Bradley 506 14.31 2.05
Conservative Spencer Wallis 495
Green Peter Hughes 235
Liberal Democrats Moira Broom 233 9.78 4.08
Green Stephen Smith 228
Liberal Democrats Betty Merson 227
Liberal Democrats Zoe Sale 202
Registered electors 6,456 164
Turnout 2,412 37.36 10.45
Rejected ballots 15 0.62 0.39
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Chiswick Homefields

Chiswick Homefields (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norah Atkins* 927 44.27 2.93
Labour Patricia Sterne* 869 38.52 1.24
Conservative Alma Jason 853
Labour Seema Malhotra 680
Liberal Democrats Delphine Hopkins 371 17.21 1.68
Liberal Democrats Julie Thomas 321
Registered electors 5,435 533
Turnout 2,129 39.17 6.24
Rejected ballots 19 0.89 0.67
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour gain from Conservative

Chiswick Riverside

Chiswick Riverside (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josephine Langton* 1,219 37.89 0.27
Conservative Paul Lynch* 1,154
Conservative Robert Kinghorn* 1,125
Liberal Democrats Paul Rustad 1,071 33.16 3.25
Liberal Democrats Andrew Steed 1,055
Labour Valerie Yates 955 28.95 2.98
Liberal Democrats Raymond Giles 935
Labour Derek Martinus 867
Labour John Arnold 851
Registered electors 7,598 319
Turnout 3,270 43.04 11.28
Rejected ballots 16 0.49 0.34
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Cranford

Cranford (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jagir Dhillon 1,495 74.81 8.41
Labour Sukhbir Dhaliwal* 1,483
Labour Harbans Kanwal 1,426
Conservative Henry Daniels 604 25.19 8.41
Conservative Syed Bukhari 445
Conservative Nusrat Bukhari 434
Registered electors 7,229 99
Turnout 2,266 31.35 11.26
Rejected ballots 35 1.54 0.49
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

East Bedfont

East Bedfont (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Hughes 983 38.80 12.18
Labour Brian Price†[n 2] 926
Labour Devinder Sandhu 862
Liberal Democrats Diana Hills 619 24.44 1.92
Liberal Democrats John Howliston 588
Liberal Democrats James Daly 538
Conservative Norman Ellis 507 19.49 7.01
Conservative Patricia Page 472
Conservative Mary Townsend 413
Ind. Residents Julius Lobo 411 17.27 New
Registered electors 8,783 150
Turnout 2,357 26.84 12.20
Rejected ballots 10 0.42 0.25
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Feltham Central

Feltham Central (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Driscoll* 1,129 47.16 7.77
Labour Colin Ellar 981
Labour Kamikar Brar 944
Conservative John Bolding 482 20.55 5.00
Conservative Mary Lee 429
Liberal Democrats Patricia Murphy 428 16.31 3.21
Conservative Danny Lee 420
Liberal Democrats John Quinn 395
Ind. Residents David Healey 345 15.98 New
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Rahman 233
Registered electors 7,495 70
Turnout 2,117 28.25 12.12
Rejected ballots 11 0.52 0.42
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Feltham North

Feltham North (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Hunt* 1,063 46.44 14.54
Labour Stuart Walmsley* 1,060
Labour John Chatt* 1,036
Conservative Allan Wilson 544 18.70 5.59
Ind. Residents Brian Green 463 20.42 New
Conservative Gregory Pugsley 412
Liberal Democrats William Howliston 401 14.44 0.29
Conservative Hasan Imam 316
Liberal Democrats Penning Colin 292
Liberal Democrats Anthony West 289
Registered electors 8,879 648
Turnout 2,244 25.27 15.89
Rejected ballots 16 0.71 0.44
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Feltham South

Feltham South (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert Ham* 956 45.58 1.59
Labour Leslie Bawn†[n 3] 843
Liberal Democrats John Murphy 711 38.11 5.58
Liberal Democrats Andrew Darley 706
Labour Popatlal ariwala 696
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Mallon 669
Conservative Peter Pitt 330 16.31 3.99
Conservative Sandra Cullinane 294
Conservative Jonathan Le Bosquet 269
Registered electors 6,969 461
Turnout 2,046 29.36 13.88
Rejected ballots 11 0.54 0.36
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Gunnersbury

Gunnersbury (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Melvin Collins* 1,301 59.07 0.38
Labour David Hopkins* 1,257
Labour Peter Nathan†[n 4] 1,208
Conservative Peter Baldwin 617 27.38 0.27
Conservative Raymond Langton 566
Conservative Alfred Rowntree 563
Liberal Democrats Ian Hunter 315 13.55 0.65
Liberal Democrats Ian Mann 282
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thompson 267
Registered electors 7,600 208
Rejected ballots 2,338 30.76 13.84
Rejected ballots 15 0.64 0.49
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hanworth

Hanworth (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Raymond Fincher* 1,098 57.18 7.90
Liberal Democrats Andrew Morgan-Watts 1,049
Liberal Democrats Peter Hill* 956
Labour Caroline Imrie 641 32.80 3.88
Labour Thomas Sibley 598
Labour Peta Vaught 541
Conservative Michael Brown 210 10.02 0.33
Conservative Eleanor Hopkins 174
Conservative Neil Hopkins 160
Registered electors 6,942 39
Turnout 2,002 28.83 15.68
Rejected ballots 9 0.45 0.35
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats hold

Heston Central

Heston Central (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohinder Gill* 916 61.17 4.58
Labour Gopal Dhillon* 891
Conservative Maxwell Brown 515 33.68 0.43
Conservative Jack Austin 480
Ind. Residents Alan Hindle 76 5.15 New
Registered electors 5,223 334
Turnout 1,680 32.17 16.80
Rejected ballots 12 0.71 0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold

Heston Central

Heston East (2)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Clarke* 1,020 67.12 7.80
Labour Amritpal Mann* 987
Conservative John Tosh 495 32.88 0.39
Conservative Atul Pathak 488
Registered electors 5,193 491
Turnout 1,676 32.27 18.94
Rejected ballots 16 0.95 0.24
Labour hold
Labour hold

Heston West

Heston West (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rajinder Bath* 1,473 58.03 13.19
Labour James Kenna 1,380
Labour Mohammed Chaudhary* 1,349
Conservative Mary Daniels 609 23.53 5.25
Conservative Betty Haines 564
Conservative Philip Herbert 531
Ind. Residents Krishan Dutt 445 18.44 New
Registered electors 8,186 222
Turnout 2,518 30.76 13.75
Rejected ballots 18 0.71 0.06
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hounslow Central

Hounslow Central (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sham Jassar* 1,406 54.35 4.80
Labour Pamela Wharfe†[n 5] 1,329
Labour Ilyas Khwaja* 1,327
Conservative Julian Muller 482 18.40 3.33
Conservative Prakash Shukla 461
Conservative Naseem Yousef 432
Ind. Residents Van Johnson 399 16.02 New
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Harding 311 11.23 1.29
Liberal Democrats Tim Ablitt 283
Liberal Democrats Manfred Fox 245
Registered electors 7,351 384
Turnout 2,516 34.23 11.93
Rejected ballots 12 0.48 0.11
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hounslow Heath

Hounslow Heath (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jagdish Sharma* 1,481 59.28 17.39
Labour Ajmer Dhillon* 1,382
Labour Krishan Chopra 1,303
Conservative Alicia Bannon 510 19.42 3.91
Ind. Residents John Beller 499 21.30 New
Conservative Ronald Carter 468
Conservative Rodney Mackenzie-Shannon 387
Registered electors 8,229 291
Turnout 2,477 30.10 12.83
Rejected ballots 25 1.01 0.39
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hounslow South

Hounslow South (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Hay* 1,489 45.71 5.32
Conservative Jim Hill 1,346 39.19 6.48
Labour Govind Agarwal* 1,245
Labour Jagjiwan Singh†[n 6] 1,206
Conservative Roocoomany Deva 1,116
Conservative Wojciech Klamut 916
Liberal Democrats Peter Smith 504 15.10 1.16
Liberal Democrats Diane Payling 459
Liberal Democrats Rabindra Banerji 338
Registered electors 7,694 184
Turnout 3,203 41.63 7.58
Rejected ballots 17 0.53 0.29
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour hold

Hounslow West

Hounslow West (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Connelly* 1,479 55.60 8.85
Labour Dalbir Cheema* 1,299
Labour Darshan Grewal 1,167
Conservative Ravinder Kaushal 693 27.07 3.36
Conservative Thomas Hearn 643
Conservative Andrew Varney 585
Ind. Residents Manohar Dhiri 410 17.33 New
Registered electors 9,668 444
Turnout 2,515 26.01 14.28
Rejected ballots 25 0.99 0.61
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Ilseworth North

Isleworth North (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ronald Bartholomew†[n 7] 1,287 50.22 6.16
Labour Janet Tindall*[n 8] 1,225
Labour Corinna Smart 1,222
Conservative Christopher Gray 641 22.98 1.22
Conservative Gerald McGregor 553
Conservative John Sabin 515
Isleworth Comm Group Caroline Andrews 420 15.30 New
Isleworth Comm Group Don Golding 392
Isleworth Comm Group Patricia Doran 326
Liberal Democrats Joanne Rothwell 290 11.50 1.46
Liberal Democrats David Coppin 286
Liberal Democrats Janet Coppin 279
Registered electors 8,281 436
Turnout 2,648 31.98 16.89
Rejected ballots 11 0.42 0.21
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Isleworth South

Isleworth South (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Nicholas* 896 41.83 0.56
Labour Vanessa Smith* 870
Isleworth Comm Group Philip Andrews 763 34.01 New
Labour Peter Jepson 761
Isleworth Comm Group Thomas Reader 674
Isleworth Comm Group Patricia Miqdadi 618
Conservative Sheila Dodd 288 13.90 1.18
Conservative Linda Morley 284
Conservative Alexandra Batanero 268
Liberal Democrats Joan Brown 231 10.26 16.27
Liberal Democrats Michael Wilson 211
Liberal Democrats Gareth Hartwell 178
Registered electors 6,920 1,087
Turnout 2,202 31.82 13.35
Rejected ballots 11 0.50 0.23
Labour hold
Labour hold
Isleworth Comm Group gain from Labour

Spring Grove

Spring Grove (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barbara Reid* 1,290 42.76 0.18
Conservative Premila Bhanderi 1,277
Conservative Peter Carey* 1,262
Labour Judith Atkinson†[n 9] 1,261 39.43 2.38
Labour Rooman Butt 1,193
Labour Alan Sheerins 1,077
Liberal Democrats Ivan Berti 375 11.86 8.25
Liberal Democrats Philip de Boissiere 345
Liberal Democrats Joan Belcher 342
Isleworth Comm Group Lee Knight 219 5.95 New
Isleworth Comm Group Stephen Palmer 191
Isleworth Comm Group Lancelot Newbigging 123
Registered electors 8,709 64
Turnout 3,168 36.38 6.08
Rejected ballots 2 0.06 0.10
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Turnham Green

Turnham Green (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Thompson 1,236 49.07 8.89
Conservative Samantha Davies 1,203
Conservative Adrian Lee 1,193
Labour Tristan Bunnell 982 39.31 4.50
Labour Michael Sterne†[n 10] 966
Labour Denys Muench 962
Liberal Democrats Margaret Ahmed 318 11.62 4.39
Liberal Democrats Kathleen McGrath 283
Liberal Democrats Patricia McGrath 259
Registered electors 6,743 324
Turnout 2,558 37.94 8.48
Rejected ballots 21 0.82 0.59
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Notes

  1. ^ Labour had 50 councillors after winning a by-election in 1995. Just before the election one of their councillors resigned and left a vacancy
  2. ^ Price was a sitting councillor representing the Gunnersbury ward
  3. ^ Leslie Bawn was a sitting councillor representing the Hanworth ward. She was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Michael Hoban in 1995[8]
  4. ^ Nathan was a sitting councillor representing the Turnham Green ward
  5. ^ Wharfe was a sitting councillor representing the Isleworth South ward
  6. ^ Singh was a sitting councillor representing the Hounslow West ward
  7. ^ Bartholomew was a sitting councillor representing the Heston West ward
  8. ^ Tindall was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Antony Louki in 1997[8]
  9. ^ Atkinson was a sitting councillor representing the Isleworth North ward
  10. ^ Sterne was a sitting councillor representing the Hounslow South 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. 204. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  3. ^ a b Waugh, Paul (14 May 1998). "Revealed: Community group councillor's past as a National Front activist". Evening Standard. p. 14.
  4. ^ "Policy and politics: Local elections: How London voted for a mayor". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  5. ^ "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v 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. 98–100, 204–205. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  7. ^ 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 Hounslow Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  8. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Council referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 100. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
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