1998 Southwark London Borough Council election

1998 Southwark Council election

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First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Seats won 33 27 4 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 22,200 17,433 6,502 Percentage 43.5% 34.16% 12.74% Swing 2.66 5.5 0.13
Council Control before election . Labour Council Control Labour

Elections to Southwark Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 32.9%.

Election result

Southwark Local Election Result 1998^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	33	3	4	1	51.6	43.5	22,200	2.66
	Liberal Democrats	27	3	3		42.2	34.16	17,433	5.5
	Conservative	4	1	0	1	6.3	12.74	6,502	0.13
	Green	0	0	0		0	6.83	3,487	6.17
	Independent	0	0	0		0	1.73	883	1.57
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		0	1.04	530	New

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Manchester**	1,023	67.6	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Thomas	818	54.0	-9.4
	Labour	John Lauder	510	33.7	+7.5
	Labour	Keith Cross	436	28.8	+3.7
	Green	Chloe Wilson	80	5.3	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Randall Johnson	79	5.2	+2.4
	Conservative	Eleanor Gayler	71	4.7	+2.6
Turnout			1,514	32.5	-6.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Linda Manchester was a sitting councillor for Riverside ward

Alleyn

Alleyn (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norma Gibbes	887	51.9	-3.8
	Labour	Howard Latham**	867	50.7	-2.6
	Conservative	Andrew Mitchell	324	18.9	-1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Baker	279	16.3	-2.7
	Conservative	Roger Prince	271	15.8	-4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Hardy	236	13.8	-3.7
	Green	Sharon Hogan	223	13.0	N/A
Turnout			1,710	33.8	-3.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Howard Latham was a sitting councillor for Bellenden ward

Barset

Barset (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Claridge*	687	65.0	-8.9
	Labour	Charles Cherrill	597	56.5	-10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Hunt	174	16.5	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Allen	170	16.1	-2.2
	Conservative	Michelle Lowe	112	10.6	+0.1
	Green	Paul Barker	110	10.4	N/A
	Conservative	Shirley Winchester	98	9.3	-1.0
Turnout			1,057	24.6	-8.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bellenden

Bellenden (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Heatley*	1,585	67.3	+3.7
	Labour	Patrick Kelly	1,428	60.7	-1.8
	Labour	Andrew Simmons	1,332	56.6	-3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Martin	344	14.6	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Macnaughton	343	14.6	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Bosworth	342	14.5	-0.4
	Green	June Veitch	302	12.8	N/A
	Conservative	Rupert Cutler	241	10.2	-4.0
	Conservative	John Davenport	238	10.1	-2.3
	Conservative	Margaret Stewart	232	9.9	-2.0
Turnout			2,354	31.2	-7.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Nash*	1,218	63.3	-3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Capstick	1,194	62.1	-2.0
	Labour	Rupert Doyle	510	26.5	+2.2
	Labour	Rosemary Whitlock	468	24.3	+0.5
	Conservative	Julian Pratt	77	4.0	-0.5
	Conservative	Kenneth Norris	54	2.8	-1.2
Turnout			1,924	29.1	-9.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Browning

Browning (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Bowman	1,198	52.6	-8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Shannon	1,163	51.1	-9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Watson	1,076	47.3	-13.2
	Labour	Anne Keane	853	37.5	+1.8
	Labour	Angela Molloy	820	36.0	+1.8
	Labour	Kevin McNicholas	788	34.6	+1.0
	Conservative	Kenneth Duke	59	2.6	-2.7
	Conservative	Olga Grant	57	2.5	-2.6
	Conservative	Penelope Foord	51	2.2	-1.9
Turnout			2,277	33.2	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brunswick

Brunswick (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lillian Naish*	1,044	62.0	+3.1
	Labour	John Friary*	1,041	61.8	+3.5
	Labour	Robert Wingfield**	828	49.1	-12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Blango	283	16.8	-9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Hook	271	16.1	-9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Martin	271	16.1	-7.4
	Green	Jenny Jones	269	16.0	N/A
	Conservative	Linda Stanbury	146	8.7	+2.3
	Conservative	Steven Stanbury	131	7.8	+1.9
	Conservative	Mark Tunstill	118	7.0	+1.7
Turnout			1,685	24.6	-7.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Robert Wingfield was a sitting councillor for Newington ward

Burgess

Burgess (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Halley	769	47.7	-5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Mizzi	763	47.3	+0.2
	Labour	Richard Livingstone**	658	40.8	-1.5
	Labour	Simon McKeown	636	39.5	-2.0
	Green	Tarik Theodorus	53	3.3	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Joseph	48	3.0	-1.4
	Conservative	Victoria Joseph	43	2.7	-0.1
Turnout			1,612	39.7	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Richard Livingstone was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward

Cathedral

Cathedral (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Wines*	1,197	67.1	-7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Clifford Hodson	878	49.2	-18.2
	Labour	Jacqueline Gilmartin	452	25.3	+6.1
	Labour	Michael Gibson**	428	24.0	+7.1
	Green	David Turner	79	4.4	N/A
	Conservative	Beatrice Crabb	60	3.4	±0.0
	Conservative	Lucy Newmark	49	2.7	+0.2
Turnout			1,784	33.1	-8.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Michael Gibson was a sitting councillor for Waverley ward

Chaucer

Chaucer (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Lancashire*	1,315	47.9	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alom Shaha	1,193	43.5	-1.9
	Labour	Henry Canagasabey**	1,167	42.5	-0.3
	Labour	Anne Worsley**	1,157	42.1	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Raffaella Ayorinde	1,104	40.2	3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Skelly	1,098	40.0	-3.7
	Conservative	Susan Hardy	145	5.3	±0.0
	Conservative	Frances Gray	142	5.2	+1.3
	Conservative	Anne Peirce	106	3.9	+0.5
Turnout			2,745	35.7	-3.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Henry Canagasabey was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward

Anne Worsley was a sitting councillor for Bellenden ward

College

College (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Humphreys*	1,245	52.6	+11.6
	Conservative	William Rowe	1,086	45.9	+7.5
	Labour	Carol Britton	810	34.2	+1.9
	Labour	Ivan House	790	33.4	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Mynott	273	11.5	-14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Newby	234	9.9	-15.1
	Green	Tamra Poorun	88	3.7	N/A
Turnout			2,365	43.4	-4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Consort

Consort (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicola Kutapan	514	48.3	-16.4
	Labour	Hassan Vahib*	437	41.0	-12.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Banks	286	26.9	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa Salawu	201	18.9	-1.6
	Conservative	Rachel Read	112	10.5	-1.8
	Conservative	Doris Pearce	110	10.3	+1.5
	Green	Brendan Connolly	101	9.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Angela Ruddock	88	8.3	N/A
Turnout			1,065	23.4	-8.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dockyard

Dockyard (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Partridge*	1,899	54.7	-5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Yates	1,888	54.3	-9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Columba Blango	1,830	52.7	-11.1
	Labour	Daniel Griffiths	886	25.5	+1.2
	Labour	Shirley Oldhamstead	827	23.8	-0.3
	Labour	Linda Oram	816	23.5	+1.7
	Conservative	Percy Gray	351	10.1	+3.5
	Conservative	Stephen Crabb	323	9.3	+4.1
	Conservative	Ewan Wallace	312	9.0	+4.3
	Green	Andrew Flude	202	5.8	N/A
	Independent	Gary Cartwright	156	4.5	N/A
Turnout			3,474	26.2	-8.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Faraday

Faraday (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Clark*	1,234	48.8	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alfred Langley*	1,186	46.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Noakes	1,121	44.3	-1.0
	Labour	Lorraine Lauder	1,012	40.0	-0.3
	Labour	Lee Garrett	999	39.5	-2.4
	Labour	Royston Webb	926	36.6	-3.7
	Conservative	Charles Flower	162	6.4	+1.0
	Conservative	Robert Hayward	127	5.0	-0.5
	Conservative	Robert Goodrick	108	4.3	-0.9
Turnout			2,530	29.8	-10.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Friary

Friary (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barrie Hargrove*	845	52.8	+1.1
	Labour	Joan Khachik*	761	47.6	+1.3
	Labour	Frank Pemberton**	647	40.4	-5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Dougherty	299	18.7	-20.7
	Socialist Labour	Ann Goss	265	16.6	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Gloria Fagbenro	262	16.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Eliza Mann	252	15.8	-20.5
	Socialist Labour	Tony Goss	248	15.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Miller	238	14.9	-21.3
	Green	Laurence Jones	145	9.1	N/A
	Conservative	Leslie Brown	120	7.5	+1.4
	Conservative	Ivy Brown	111	6.9	+1.9
	Conservative	Iris Smith	93	5.8	+1.0
Turnout			1,600	29.6	-3.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Frank Pemberton was a sitting councillor for Rotherhithe ward, and was previously elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor

Liddle

Liddle (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Ellery*	891	57.9	-18.7
	Labour	William Kayada	794	51.6	-17.8
	Labour	William Skelly**	710	46.1	-18.6
	Liberal Democrats	Raouf Ben-Salem	534	34.7	+21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Danny McCarthy*	488	31.7	-37.7
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Almond	456	29.6	+18.9
	Independent	Maria Williams	129	8.4	N/A
	Green	Caroline Jones	80	5.2	-1.7
	Conservative	Stephen Phillips	55	3.6	-2.8
	Conservative	Jane Maclaren	48	3.1	-1.5
	Conservative	Victor Smith	47	3.1	N/A
Turnout			1,539	30.6	+10.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

William Skelly was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward

Danny McCarthy was previously elected as a Labour councillor

Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenn Cope	1,268	53.0	-6.1
	Labour	Nick Dolezal*	1,220	51.0	-6.4
	Labour	Dermot McInerney*	1,048	43.8	-13.7
	Independent	Ashwinkumar Tanna	598	25.0	N/A
	Green	Rebecca Elvey	366	15.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Harris	354	14.8	-3.6
	Conservative	Patrick Wollocombe	334	14.0	-3.3
	Conservative	Angus Pritchard-Gordon	330	13.8	-3.2
	Conservative	Christopher Pincher	320	13.4	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Flynn	279	11.7	-6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Branko Markic	233	9.7	-7.3
Turnout			2,393	30.5	-7.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Newington

Newington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Pidgeon	1,528	49.7	+21.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Gurling	1,481	48.2	+20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jelil Ladipo	1,418	46.2	+22.0
	Labour	Hannah McDonald*	1,255	40.9	-13.7
	Labour	Leslie Alden	1,157	37.7	-20.4
	Labour	Robert Smeath	1,104	35.9	-15.0
	Conservative	Susan Hornby	151	4.9	-4.2
	Conservative	Clive Jones	122	4.0	-4.4
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark	112	3.6	-4.5
Turnout			3,072	39.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Riverside

Riverside (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Olliffe*	1,306	50.0	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alex L'Estrange	1,254	48.0	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Stanton	1,225	46.9	+1.1
	Labour	Coral Newell	1,020	39.1	+4.5
	Labour	Peter John	1,005	38.5	+6.5
	Labour	Amanda Purdon	895	34.3	+3.7
	Conservative	Stephen Holmes	130	5.0	-7.6
	Conservative	John Liddiard	119	4.6	-1.1
	Conservative	John Williams	112	4.3	-1.0
	Green	Swadesh Poorun	83	3.2	N/A
Turnout			2,611	35.6	-3.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Bassom*	1,063	54.7	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Jones*	1,037	53.3	-7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Niko Barr**	972	50.0	-13.2
	Labour	Neil Fell	656	33.7	+11.7
	Labour	Robert Gasson	655	33.7	+13.3
	Labour	Francis Treml	455	23.4	+6.8
	Conservative	Nathan Chart	108	5.6	+2.0
	Conservative	John McConnell	93	4.8	+1.3
	Conservative	Jon van der Walt	66	3.4	+0.5
Turnout			1,945	30.3	-9.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Niko Barr was a sitting councillor for Dockyard ward

Ruskin

Ruskin (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tobias Eckersley*	1,703	46.3	+8.7
	Labour	Michelle Pearce*	1,604	43.6	+4.4
	Conservative	David Bradbury	1,602	43.5	+6.1
	Conservative	Irene Kimm	1,525	41.5	+6.2
	Labour	Alan Firminger*	1,517	41.2	+3.3
	Labour	Charlie Smith	1,379	37.5	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Halden	352	9.6	-11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Elbert	326	8.9	-11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fletcher	313	8.5	-11.2
	Green	Harriet Einsiedel	273	7.4	+0.5
Turnout			3,679	53.3	-2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Rye

Rye (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Niall Duffy*	1,266	53.4	+3.1
	Labour	Dominic Thorncroft*	968	40.8	-3.9
	Conservative	Nicholas Vineall	643	27.1	-8.1
	Conservative	Edwin Webster	624	26.3	-6.1
	Green	Storm Poorun	458	19.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Halden	224	9.4	-3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Valladeres	171	7.2	-4.4
Turnout			2,372	40.3	-7.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Giles

St Giles (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephanie Elsy**	1,288	58.8	-4.5
	Labour	Anthony Ritchie*	1,251	57.1	-5.2
	Labour	Dora Dixon-Fyle	1,216	55.5	-4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Carr	365	16.7	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Farrow	344	15.7	-3.0
	Green	Glynis Bell	336	15.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha McDonough	335	15.3	-3.3
	Conservative	Tania Brisby	236	10.8	±0.0
	Conservative	Jeremy Hart	203	9.3	-1.4
	Socialist Labour	Eileen Miles	184	8.4	N/A
	Conservative	Margaret Fordham	182	8.3	-1.8
Turnout			2,191	29.1	-0.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Stephanie Elsy was a sitting councillor for Barset ward

The Lane

The Lane (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Cornall	842	46.3	+5.8
	Labour	Aubyn Graham**	756	41.6	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Hunte	706	38.9	-9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Krishnaveni Brown	671	36.9	-10.6
	Conservative	George Humphreys	118	6.5	+0.9
	Green	Roxana Rizvi	110	6.1	N/A
	Conservative	Anthony Kimm	102	5.6	+0.1
Turnout			1,817	36.1	-7.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Aubyn Graham was a sitting councillor for Lyndhurst ward

Waverley

Waverley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Barnard*	1,006	64.5	+11.3
	Labour	Vivienne Todd	897	57.5	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Karnagie Ayling	266	17.1	-20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Perrett-Hodson	241	15.4	-20.1
	Conservative	Lilian Dawson	182	11.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Rebecca Humphreys	175	11.2	+4.1
	Green	Jason Evers	129	8.3	N/A
Turnout			1,560	33.2	-10.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-Elections

Consort by-election, 15 October 1998^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne V. Worsley	919	58.5	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Colin A. Hunte	474	30.2	+3.3
	Socialist Labour	Angela M. Ruddock	70	4.5	-3.8
	Conservative	Oliver H. Wooller	54	3.4	-7.1
	Liberal	Geoffrey M. A. Goldie	53	3.4	N/A
Majority			450	28.3
Turnout			1,570	34.0	+10.6
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Nicola A. Kutapan.

Rotherhithe by-election, 3 December 1998^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Hook	1,143	55.7	+2.4
	Labour	Peter C. John	813	39.6	+5.9
	National Democrats	Gary Cartwright	56	2.7	N/A
	Conservative	Steven P. Bolton	28	1.4	-4.2
	Green	Storm S. Poorun	11	0.5	N/A
Majority			330	16.1
Turnout			2,051	32.0	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Victor D. Jones.

Cathedral by-election, 22 July 1999^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bosch	750	59.6	+10.4
	Labour	Bernard M. Dainton	451	35.9	+10.6
	Conservative	Ewan G. Wallace	57	4.5	+1.1
Majority			299	23.7
Turnout			1,258	27.0	-6.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Clifford J. Hodson.

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