Greenwich London Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Greenwich Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Greenwich Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
The election saw a number of independent candidates contest seats and the election saw candidates standing as Greens against the Millennium Dome, Conservatives Against Town Hall Corruption, Populist Keep Our Pound and the Corrective Party.[2] However the Labour party was always seen as highly likely to remain in control of the council.[2]
At the same as the election Greenwich saw 74.8% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 25.2% against, on a 32.4% turnout.[3]
Election result
Greenwich Local Election Result 1998[4] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
52 |
|
|
+4 |
83.9 |
57.9 |
46,910 |
|
|
Conservative |
8 |
|
|
-1 |
12.9 |
27.8 |
22,509 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
2 |
|
|
-1 |
3.2 |
12.2 |
9,893 |
|
|
Green |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
412 |
|
|
Fellowship |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
375 |
|
|
Liberal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
307 |
|
|
Pensioners |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.2 |
198 |
|
|
Independent |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.2 |
164 |
|
|
Independent Conservative |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.2 |
146 |
|
|
Corrective |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
74 |
|
|
The Populist Party - see Populist Alliance |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
60 |
|
|
Social Democratic |
0 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ward results
Avery Hill[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Mark Pattenden |
564 |
53.2 |
|
|
Labour |
John Littlefield |
364 |
34.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Brian Weller |
132 |
12.5 |
|
Majority |
200 |
18.9 |
|
Turnout |
1,060 |
|
|
Blackheath (2)[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Geoffrey Brighty |
1,099 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Rhodri Harris |
1,017 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Mary Mills |
860 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Nigel Cairns |
844 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Michael Smart |
348 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ian Gerrard |
323 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,491 |
|
|
Burrage[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Len Duvall |
471 |
76.6 |
|
|
Conservative |
Norah Mandeville |
76 |
12.4 |
|
|
Pensioners |
Richard Newton |
68 |
11.1 |
|
Majority |
395 |
64.2 |
|
Turnout |
615 |
|
|
Charlton (2)[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
David Grant |
1,020 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Sajid Jawaid |
909 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anthony Smith |
236 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Patricia Rabbitt |
184 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
John Kelk |
141 |
|
|
|
Corrective |
Lindi St Clair |
74 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,564 |
|
|
Deansfield[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Alec Miles |
569 |
49.9 |
|
|
Labour |
Arthur Bonner |
452 |
39.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Barbara Woodcraft |
120 |
10.5 |
|
Majority |
117 |
10.3 |
|
Turnout |
1,141 |
|
|
Eltham Park (2)[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Dermot Poston |
1,295 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Michael Simpson |
1,141 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Coleman |
1,000 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Martin Roffe |
898 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Hagyard |
405 |
|
|
|
Populist |
Russell White |
60 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,807 |
|
|
Eynsham (2)[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Barry Groves |
680 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ismail Danesi |
668 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Pierre Cope |
180 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Harry Barnes |
165 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Bonnie Soanes |
140 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Alexander Grigg |
131 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,964 |
|
|
Lakedale (2)[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Carl Boothe |
671 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Barbara Barwick |
629 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Mark Payne |
164 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Sidney Stacey |
164 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Joan Harvey-Bailey |
133 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Judith Pinnington |
113 |
|
|
|
Green |
James Otter |
100 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,974 |
|
|
Middle Park (2)[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Robert Harris |
974 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Barry Taylor |
860 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Dingle Clark |
238 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Margaret Joel |
204 |
|
|
|
Independent Conservative |
Andrew Graham |
146 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
William Hewer |
124 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Harry Potter |
114 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,660 |
|
|
New Eltham (2)[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Dorothy Mepsted |
1,019 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Sidney Nicholson |
942 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Peter May |
938 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Maresa Kingston |
843 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Michael Lewis |
235 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Churchill |
203 |
|
|
|
Pensioners |
Julius Cortes |
64 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,244 |
|
|
Nightingale[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Keith Scott |
344 |
72.9 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Robert Diplock |
79 |
16.7 |
|
|
Conservative |
Elsie Drew |
49 |
10.4 |
|
Majority |
265 |
56.2 |
|
Turnout |
472 |
|
|
Palace[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Peter King |
515 |
44.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Andrew Thompson |
475 |
40.9 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Helen Blackburn |
171 |
14.7 |
|
Majority |
40 |
3.5 |
|
Turnout |
1,161 |
|
|
Plumstead Common[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Vicky Morse |
528 |
65.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Paula Mitchell |
133 |
16.5 |
|
|
Conservative |
Vera Dempsey |
97 |
12.0 |
|
|
Green |
David Harbud |
47 |
5.8 |
|
Majority |
395 |
49.1 |
|
Turnout |
805 |
|
|
Rectory Field (2)[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Angela Cornforth |
796 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Gary Parker |
744 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Walter Mayhew |
286 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
John Day |
226 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Lez Stonnard |
203 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Maureen Robinson |
201 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,456 |
|
|
St Alfege (2)[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Chris Roberts |
683 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Kantabi Patel |
625 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Edward Hill |
550 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Daphne Stevens |
512 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Brian Buckley |
362 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Hugh O'Leary |
328 |
|
|
|
Green |
Gary Holden |
168 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,228 |
|
|
St Nicholas (2)[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Alistair Macrae |
656 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Claudia Slee |
635 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sylvia Derrick-Reeve |
204 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Martin Jenkins |
204 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Elisabeth Maisey |
188 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Cecelia Meers |
175 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,062 |
|
|
Shrewsbury[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Michael Hayes |
621 |
52.8 |
|
|
Conservative |
Lewis Sergeant |
489 |
41.6 |
|
|
Pensioners |
Gerald Sizer |
66 |
5.6 |
|
Majority |
132 |
11.2 |
|
Turnout |
1,176 |
|
|
Slade (2)[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Peter Challis |
976 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ann Hutchinson |
874 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Woodhead |
725 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Thomas Headon |
671 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Emily Head |
195 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Joyce Bowe |
163 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,604 |
|
|
Sutcliffe[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Brian Woodcraft |
672 |
55.9 |
|
|
Labour |
Mary Peltier |
332 |
27.6 |
|
|
Conservative |
Steven Coules |
183 |
15.2 |
|
|
Liberal |
Henry Middleton |
15 |
1.2 |
|
Majority |
340 |
28.3 |
|
Turnout |
1,202 |
|
|
Tarn[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Terence Malone |
477 |
48.4 |
|
|
Conservative |
Derek Richards |
432 |
43.9 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Catherine Hewer |
76 |
7.8 |
|
Majority |
45 |
4.5 |
|
Turnout |
985 |
|
|
Trafalgar (2)[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Marian Moseley |
911 |
|
|
|
Labour |
James Gillman |
907 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Briscoe |
290 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anthony Renouf |
226 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Andrew Growden |
176 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Jenny Jones |
151 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,661 |
|
|
Vanbrugh (2)[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Alex Grant |
979 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Picton |
899 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Douglas Ellison |
537 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Elizabeth Truss |
495 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Shirley Broad |
311 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Richardson |
230 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,451 |
|
|
West (2)[5] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Maureen O'Mara |
771 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Jaghir Sekhon |
595 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anthony Lloyd |
275 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Smith |
215 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Sarah Phillips |
160 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Richard Thwaites |
107 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,123 |
|
|
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