1998 Redbridge London Borough Council election
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| Registered | 173,873[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 62,050, 35.69% ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998 Redbridge Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Redbridge London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed in no overall control.[2]
Background
In between the 1994 election and this election there were a total of 5 by-election to replace councillor who either resigned from their seats or who died in office, however none of them resulted in seats changing parties.[3] In addition to these by-elections there was a single seat that became vacant with too little time to hold a by-election, which meant the composition of the council just before the election was as follows:[4]
| 28 | 9 | 24 | 1 |
| Labour | Lib Dem | Conservative | Vacant |
Election result
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 30 | 3 | 2 | 48.39 | 41.21 | 69,979 | |||
| Conservative | 23 | 2 | 3 | 37.10 | 38.62 | 65,574 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14.51 | 19.71 | 33,457 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 429 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 183 | New | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 173 | New | ||
| Total | 62 | 169,795 | |||||||
After the election the composition of the council was as follows:
| 30 | 9 | 23 |
| Labour | Lib Dem | Conservative |
Ward results
(*) - indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
Aldborough
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John P. Coombes*[n 1] | 1,453 | 55.48 | ||
| Labour | Desmon M. Thuriby* | 1,346 | |||
| Labour | Kenneth M. Turner* | 1,285 | |||
| Conservative | Vanessa C. Cole | 927 | 37.24 | ||
| Conservative | William G. McIntyre | 914 | |||
| Conservative | Faith P. Watts | 900 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John O. Barmby | 196 | 7.28 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Dommett | 170 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth A. Yeoman | 170 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,720 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,652 | 39.46 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.45 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Barkingside
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Keith E. Axon* | 1,636 | 47.24 | ||
| Conservative | Graham F. Borrott*[n 2] | 1,629 | |||
| Conservative | Roy W. Brunnen* | 1,592 | |||
| Labour | Norman A. Hilton†[n 3] | 1,548 | 43.91 | ||
| Labour | Raj K. Chanan | 1,494 | |||
| Labour | Edward G. Skelton | 1,472 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Valerie M. Taylor | 306 | 8.85 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne J. Peterson | 305 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Albert Williamson | 299 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,828 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,666 | 37.30 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.38 | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Bridge
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Lawrence* | 1,463 | 45.34 | ||
| Conservative | Claire Cooper | 1,382 | |||
| Conservative | Morris Hickey* | 1,360 | |||
| Labour | Barbara J. Cohen | 1,241 | 37.94 | ||
| Labour | Maureen E. Lambert | 1,212 | |||
| Labour | Mohammed I. Sheikh | 1,066 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Colin D. Daren | 357 | 11.13 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Madeline M. Sinclair | 341 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicolette A. Pashby | 331 | |||
| Socialist Labour | Nicola J. Hoarau | 173 | 5.59 | New | |
| Registered electors | 9,389 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,284 | 34.98 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.40 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Chadwell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gary P. Staight* | 2,304 | 62.65 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Tyne | 2,050 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ralph J. Scott* | 2,048 | |||
| Labour | Andrew J. Walker | 746 | 18.27 | ||
| Conservative | Beatrice B. Corfield | 722 | 19.07 | ||
| Conservative | Stewart Spivack | 636 | |||
| Conservative | Maria I. Mbonye | 591 | |||
| Labour | Ranjit S. Mudhar | 561 | |||
| Labour | Bharat Pathak | 560 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,696 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,704 | 38.20 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.19 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Church End
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard H. Hoskins* | 1,836 | 63.60 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh R. Cleaver* | 1,810 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Maureen J. Hoskins* | 1,763 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher M. G. Cummins | 677 | 23.05 | ||
| Conservative | Joy Debenham-Burton | 673 | |||
| Conservative | John B. M. Steinberg | 610 | |||
| Labour | David J. Pearce | 412 | 13.35 | ||
| Labour | John A. Ubsdell | 370 | |||
| Labour | Saied Siddiqi | 353 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,978 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,025 | 37.92 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.53 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Clayhall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alan E. Weinberg* | 1,639 | 54.69 | ||
| Conservative | Ronald I. Barden* | 1,612 | |||
| Conservative | John R. Lovell* | 1,564 | |||
| Labour | Sylvia A. Crockford | 1,111 | 35.97 | ||
| Labour | Mary E. Tuffin | 1,050 | |||
| Labour | Hafiz Majid | 1,006 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Robertson | 311 | 9.34 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alison E. McBrayne | 261 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Valmar Stevens | 250 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,059 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,163 | 31.44 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.44 | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Clementswood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Falz A. Noor* | 1,463 | 53.20 | ||
| Labour | Simon Green* | 1,438 | |||
| Labour | Peter J. Laugharne* | 1,310 | |||
| Conservative | Surendra Patel | 996 | 33.35 | ||
| Conservative | Mohammed A. Inayat | 888 | |||
| Conservative | Satish C. Gautum | 756 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John M. Collis | 401 | 13.45 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Leslie P. Hutchines | 334 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Helen F. Glanfield | 330 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,638 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,022 | 34.98 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 22 | 0.73 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Cranbrook
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Elliman* | 1,521 | 47.58 | ||
| Conservative | Glenn C. Corfield | 1,421 | |||
| Conservative | Asaf B. Mirza* | 1,421 | |||
| Labour | Michael Fitzmaurice | 1,346 | 42.90 | ||
| Labour | Munawar Hussain | 1,316 | |||
| Labour | Gary D. Scottow | 1,272 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Saroj C. Sharma | 304 | 9.52 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen H. Simons | 298 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Rochelle L. Markovitch | 271 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,222 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,362 | 40.89 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.57 | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Fairlop
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joyce E. Ryan* | 1,385 | 46.16 | ||
| Labour | Royston F. Emmett†[n 4] | 1,307 | 44.88 | ||
| Conservative | Lee Scott | 1,280 | |||
| Labour | Ronald W. Wyatt | 1,270 | |||
| Conservative | Robert A. Cole | 1,265 | |||
| Labour | Mary T. Lambert* | 1,244 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham A. Harvey | 317 | 8.95 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter W. Briggs | 226 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Joan E. Moody | 219 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,292 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,005 | 36.24 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.40 | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Fullwell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Harold W. Moth | 1,358 | 51.51 | ||
| Conservative | Laurence N. Davies | 1,333 | |||
| Conservative | Alan T. Hughes* | 1,320 | |||
| Labour | Jeffrey Fox | 889 | 30.59 | ||
| Labour | Joseph Hoedemaker | 809 | |||
| Labour | Kamal Qureshi | 684 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Janice E. Cudmore | 489 | 17.90 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew P. Martin | 460 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Dominic J. D. Black | 445 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,666 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,836 | 32.73 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.67 | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Goodmayes
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sidney Middleburgh* | 643 | 52.38 | ||
| Labour | David A. Radford | 588 | |||
| Conservative | Keith R. Langford†[n 5] | 369 | 29.49 | ||
| Conservative | Shahlab Baig | 324 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Frank A. S. Marsh | 233 | 18.13 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Narendra Dattani | 193 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,949 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,284 | 32.51 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 1.01 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Hainault
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John W. Fairley-Churchill* | 1,070 | 59.62 | ||
| Labour | Richard W. Newcombe*[n 6] | 1,056 | |||
| Labour | Edmund R. B. Peake* | 1,039 | |||
| Conservative | Sheila M. Moth | 530 | 29.33 | ||
| Conservative | Sonia J. Macdonald | 525 | |||
| Conservative | Barbara M. Wilson | 502 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kathleen M. Black | 221 | 11.06 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert J. Wright | 192 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter L. Prager | 174 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,003 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,892 | 27.02 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.42 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Loxford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Muhammed Javed* | 1,655 | 53.97 | ||
| Labour | Sharon Speller | 1,417 | |||
| Labour | Faredoon K. Maravala* | 1,296 | |||
| Conservative | Mohammed Zamir | 832 | 24.02 | ||
| Conservative | Pakizah B. Baig | 627 | |||
| Conservative | Alexei M. Hindoian | 485 | |||
| Independent | Sayeed Akhtar | 329 | 12.19 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter R. Clack | 309 | 9.82 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Leslie M. Everest | 270 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jitendra K. Sahgal | 216 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,565 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,896 | 30.28 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 33 | 1.14 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Mayfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lesley R. Hilton* | 1,567 | 54.44 | ||
| Labour | Reginald Golding†[n 7] | 1,547 | |||
| Labour | Ayodhiya Parkash | 1,528 | |||
| Conservative | David R. Clarke | 1,225 | 36.85 | ||
| Conservative | Arthur L. G. Leggatt | 1,011 | |||
| Conservative | Mohammed A. Shaikh | 906 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Eric N. G. Papworth | 314 | 8.71 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Edwin D. Potkins | 216 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard S. Torney | 213 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,271 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,203 | 34.55 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.37 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Monkhams
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Linda A. Huggett | 1,795 | 62.26 | ||
| Conservative | Michael J. Stark* | 1,795 | |||
| Conservative | James P. O'Shea | 1,789 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael J. McElarney | 626 | 20.43 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey M. Seeff | 589 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Percy W. C. Lomax | 550 | |||
| Labour | Daniel J. Douglas | 519 | 17.31 | ||
| Labour | Nicholas W. Hayes | 514 | |||
| Labour | Georgina J. Lynch | 463 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,213 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,035 | 36.95 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.36 | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Newbury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gayle E. Evans | 1,744 | 62.95 | ||
| Labour | Greer C. Nicholson*[n 8] | 1,704 | |||
| Labour | Dev R. Sharma* | 1,688 | |||
| Conservative | Darshan K. Sharma | 746 | 26.29 | ||
| Conservative | Mohammad Bashir | 713 | |||
| Conservative | Shatrugham S. Parmar | 686 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Amelia M. Olive | 377 | 10.76 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Walter L. Staight | 276 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Deanna Seef | 225 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,518 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,032 | 35.60 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 37 | 1.22 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Roding
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ian G. Bond* | 1,776 | 51.70 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Felicity A. Banks | 1,721 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony G. Boyland | 1,664 | |||
| Conservative | Anthony J. Loffhagen | 964 | 28.05 | ||
| Conservative | Paul J. Chapman | 951 | |||
| Conservative | Fatema P. Hussain | 885 | |||
| Labour | Henry J. Garratt | 582 | 17.24 | ||
| Labour | John G. Cullen | 574 | |||
| Labour | Martin D. Chew | 565 | |||
| Independent | Martin Levin | 100 | 3.01 | New | |
| Registered electors | 8,682 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,444 | 39.67 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.29 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Seven Kings
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Elizabeth A. Pearce* | 1,343 | 52.77 | ||
| Labour | Maganbhai G. Patel* | 1,317 | |||
| Labour | Robert C. Littlewood*[n 9] | 1,245 | |||
| Conservative | Rajinder S. Athwal | 969 | 36.76 | ||
| Conservative | Ashok Kumar | 908 | |||
| Conservative | Beryl F. Waghorn | 843 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian H. Ward | 314 | 10.47 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Francis M. Macdonald | 276 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Dawood Dhooma | 185 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,838 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,762 | 35.24 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.65 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Snaresbrook
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gregor J. Eglin | 1,492 | 44.71 | ||
| Conservative | Peter R. Goody* | 1,411 | 44.37 | ||
| Conservative | Suzanne M. Nolan | 1,366 | |||
| Labour | Lucille Manning | 1,354 | |||
| Conservative | Anthony Lenaghan | 1,335 | |||
| Labour | Samuel D. Morgan | 1,298 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | William C. Madge | 353 | 10.92 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ralph N. Stevens | 337 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John P. Swallow | 322 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,928 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,248 | 40.97 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.12 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Valentines
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John D. Brindley* | 1,198 | 51.52 | ||
| Labour | Elaine Norman* | 1,071 | |||
| Labour | Virendra K. Tewari* | 1,011 | |||
| Conservative | Stephanie Burtt | 629 | 27.47 | ||
| Conservative | Shaheen Yasin | 576 | |||
| Conservative | Tarlochan Sian | 544 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | George G. Hogarth | 321 | 12.39 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Allan M. Wright | 236 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan D. Hamlyn | 232 | |||
| Green | Brian J. Curtis | 183 | 8.62 | New | |
| Registered electors | 7,560 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,197 | 29.06 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.46 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Wanstead
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gordon T. George | 1,461 | 45.08 | ||
| Labour | Jeffery Edelman | 1,450 | |||
| Conservative | Allan C. Burgess* | 1,413 | 40.90 | ||
| Labour | Allan W. Tuffin | 1,346 | |||
| Conservative | Thomas C. W. Howl* | 1,232 | |||
| Conservative | Michael J. Borrott* | 1,217 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Janet M. Cornish | 536 | 14.02 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Pamela A. Winborne | 419 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | James M. Swallow | 369 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,858 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,338 | 42.48 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.30 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Notes
- ^ Coombes was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Raymond A. Ward in 1994[3]
- ^ Borrott was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr. Thomas F. Cobb in 1996[3]
- ^ Hilton was a sitting councillor representing the Newbury ward
- ^ Emmett was a sitting councillor representing the Loxford ward
- ^ Lanford was a sitting councillor representing the Cranbrook ward
- ^ Newcombe was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Linda Perham in 1997[3]
- ^ Golding was a sitting councillor representing the Goodmayes ward
- ^ Nicolson was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr. Brian R. Myers in 1996[3]
- ^ Littlewood was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. David A. Masters in 1996[3]
References
- ^ 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. 212. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f 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. 145. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Changes 1994-98" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 140. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ 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. 142–144, 212–213. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ 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 Redbridge Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 26 November 2024.