1998 Redbridge London Borough Council election

1998 05 07 yes 1998 Redbridge London Borough Council election London parliamentary 1994 Redbridge London Borough Council election 1994 2002 Redbridge London Borough Council election 2002 All 62 seats up for election to Redbridge London Borough Council 32 173,873https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1998-5-7.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150222014659/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1998-5-7.pdf dead 22 February 2015 London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority Referendum results - Ward Voting Statistics 27 Nov 2024 London Research Centre London Datastore Michael Minors Dennis Grenham 212 62,050, 35.69% ( 13.62) 115x50px|Blank 115x50px|Blank 115x50px|Blank Elizabeth A. Pearce Labour Party (UK) 1994 Seven Kings 29 seats, 39.41% 30 1 1.80 41.21% 69,979 Unknown Conservative Party (UK) Unknown Unknown 24 seats, 38.48% 23 1 65,574 38.62% 0.14 Council control No Overall Control Council control after election No Overall Control Unknown Unknown Unknown Liberal Democrats (UK) 9 seats, 21.75% 9 33,457 19.71% 2.04 1998 local election in England March 2015 March 2015 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. London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1998-5-7.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150222014659/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1998-5-7.pdf dead 22 February 2015 London Datastore London Research Centre 29 March 2015 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.Minors Michael Grenham Dennis London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - By-elections https://data.london.gov.uk/download/2db834ff-edbe-4433-9a9f-438bd585e3c6/6559d43c-4ea0-4b58-b705-94f84c3a549a/LBCE_1998-5-7.pdf 9 Aug 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre 145 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:Minors Michael Grenham Dennis London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Changes 1994-98 https://data.london.gov.uk/download/2db834ff-edbe-4433-9a9f-438bd585e3c6/6559d43c-4ea0-4b58-b705-94f84c3a549a/LBCE_1998-5-7.pdf 9 Aug 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre 140 +↓289241Labour Party (UK) LabourLiberal Democrats (UK) Lib DemConservative Party (UK) ConservativeIndependent politician Vacant Election result 1998 Redbridge London Borough Council local electionshttps://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Redbridge-1964-2010.pdf London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority Referendum results 26 Nov 2024 London Research Centre London Datastore Michael Minors Dennis Grenham 142-144, 212-213https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Redbridge-1964-2010.pdf London Borough of Redbridge Election Results 1964-2010 26 Nov 2024 Plymouth University Elections Centre Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher 11-12 Labour Party (UK) 30 3 2 1 48.39 41.21 69,979 1.80Conservative Party (UK) 23 2 3 1 37.10 38.62 65,574 0.14Liberal Democrats (UK) 9 0 0 14.51 19.71 33,457 2.04Independent politician 0 0 0 0.00 0.25 429 0.01Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0.00 0.11 183 NewSocialist Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.00 0.10 173 New62 169,795 After the election the composition of the council was as follows: +↓30923Labour Party (UK) LabourLiberal Democrats (UK) Lib DemConservative Party (UK) Conservative Ward results (*) - indicates an incumbent candidate (†) - indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward Aldborough Aldborough (3)Labour Party (UK) John Coombes*n Coombes was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Raymond Ward in 1994 1,453 55.48 8.95Labour Party (UK) Desmond Thurlby* 1,346Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Turner* 1,285Conservative Party (UK) Vanessa Cole 927 37.24 4.39Conservative Party (UK) William McIntyre 914Conservative Party (UK) Faith Watts 900Liberal Democrats (UK) John Barmby 196 7.28 4.56Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Dommett 170Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Yeoman 170 6,720 792,652 39.46 12.8812 0.45 0.36Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Barkingside Barkingside (3)Conservative Party (UK) Keith Axon* 1,636 47.24 0.46Conservative Party (UK) Graham Borrott*n Borrott was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Thomas Cobb in 1996 1,629Conservative Party (UK) Roy Brunnen* 1,592Labour Party (UK) Norman Hilton†n Hilton was a sitting councillor representing the Newbury ward 1,548 43.91 7.00Labour Party (UK) Raj Chanan 1,494Labour Party (UK) Edward Skelton 1,472Liberal Democrats (UK) Valerie Taylor 306 8.85 7.46Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Peterson 305Liberal Democrats (UK) Albert Williamson 299 9,828 3663,666 37.30 8.5514 0.38 0.29Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Bridge Bridge (3)Conservative Party (UK) Peter Lawrence* 1,463 45.34 3.23Conservative Party (UK) Claire Cooper 1,382Conservative Party (UK) Morris Hickey* 1,360Labour Party (UK) Barbara Cohen 1,241 37.94 3.25Labour Party (UK) Maureen Lambert 1,212Labour Party (UK) Mohammed Sheikh 1,066Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Daren 357 11.13 5.57Liberal Democrats (UK) Madeline Sinclair 341Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicolette Pashby 331Socialist Labour Party (UK) Nicola Hoarau 173 5.59 New 9,389 1,0103,284 34.98 14.3213 0.40 0.28Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Chadwell Chadwell (3)Liberal Democrats (UK) Gary Staight* 2,304 62.65 15.Liberal Democrats (UK) John Tyne 2,050Liberal Democrats (UK) Ralph Scott* 2,048Labour Party (UK) Andrew Walker 746 18.27 4.64Conservative Party (UK) Beatrice Corfield 722 19.07 10.85Conservative Party (UK) Stewart Spivack 636Conservative Party (UK) Maria Mbonye 591Labour Party (UK) Ranjit Mudhar 561Labour Party (UK) Bharat Pathak 560 9,696 6293,704 38.20 16.917 0.19 0.11Liberal Democrats (UK)Liberal Democrats (UK)Liberal Democrats (UK) Church End Church End (3)Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Hoskins* 1,836 63.60 3.45Liberal Democrats (UK) Hugh Cleaver* 1,810Liberal Democrats (UK) Maureen Hoskins* 1,763Conservative Party (UK) Christopher MCummins 677 23.05 3.70Conservative Party (UK) Joy Debenham-Burton 673Conservative Party (UK) John Steinberg 610Labour Party (UK) David Pearce 412 13.35 0.25Labour Party (UK) John Ubsdell 370Labour Party (UK) Saied Siddiqi 353 7,978 4873,025 37.92 14.3316 0.53 0.40Liberal Democrats (UK)Liberal Democrats (UK)Liberal Democrats (UK) Clayhall Clayhall (3)Conservative Party (UK) Alan Weinberg* 1,639 54.69 0.74Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Barden* 1,612Conservative Party (UK) John Lovell* 1,564Labour Party (UK) Sylvia Crockford 1,111 35.97 3.19Labour Party (UK) Mary Tuffin 1,050Labour Party (UK) Hafiz Majid 1,006Liberal Democrats (UK) Barbara Robertson 311 9.34 3.93Liberal Democrats (UK) Alison McBrayne 261Liberal Democrats (UK) Valmar Stevens 250 10,059 5043,163 31.44 15.8514 0.44 0.20Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Clementswood Clementswood (3)Labour Party (UK) Falz Noor* 1,463 53.20 6.44Labour Party (UK) Simon Green* 1,438Labour Party (UK) Peter Laugharne* 1,310Conservative Party (UK) Surendra Patel 996 33.35 4.80Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Inayat 888Conservative Party (UK) Satish Gautum 756Liberal Democrats (UK) John Collis 401 13.45 1.64Liberal Democrats (UK) Leslie Hutchines 334Liberal Democrats (UK) Helen Glanfield 330 8,638 7723,022 34.98 11.1822 0.73 0.65Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Cranbrook Cranbrook (3)Conservative Party (UK) Charles Elliman* 1,521 47.58 4.97Conservative Party (UK) Glenn Corfield 1,421Conservative Party (UK) Asaf Mirza* 1,421Labour Party (UK) Michael Fitzmaurice 1,346 42.90 2.27Labour Party (UK) Munawar Hussain 1,316Labour Party (UK) Gary Scottow 1,272Liberal Democrats (UK) Saroj Sharma 304 9.52 7.94Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Simons 298Liberal Democrats (UK) Rochelle Markovitch 271 8,222 4693,362 40.89 15.4019 0.57 0.46Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Fairlop Fairlop (3) 4.45 46.16 1,385 Joyce Ryan* Conservative Party (UK) 4.20 44.88 1,307 Royston Emmett†n Emmett was a sitting councillor representing the Loxford ward Labour Party (UK)1,280 Lee Scott Conservative Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Ronald Wyatt 1,270Conservative Party (UK) Robert Cole 1,265Labour Party (UK) Mary Lambert* 1,244Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Harvey 317 8.95 8.66Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Briggs 226Liberal Democrats (UK) Joan Moody 219 8,292 313,005 36.24 11.7212 0.40 0.37Conservative Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Fullwell Fullwell (3)Conservative Party (UK) Harold Moth 1,358 51.51 1.67Conservative Party (UK) Laurence Davies 1,333Conservative Party (UK) Alan Hughes* 1,320Labour Party (UK) Jeffrey Fox 889 30.59 4.12Labour Party (UK) Joseph Hoedemaker 809Labour Party (UK) Kamal Qureshi 684Liberal Democrats (UK) Janice Cudmore 489 17.90 2.45Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Martin 460Liberal Democrats (UK) Dominic Black 445 8,666 1342,836 32.73 10.9319 0.67 0.59Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Goodmayes Goodmayes (2)Labour Party (UK) Sidney Middleburgh* 643 52.38 6.29Labour Party (UK) David Radford 588Conservative Party (UK) Keith Langford†n Lanford was a sitting councillor representing the Cranbrook ward 369 29.49 5.25Conservative Party (UK) Shahlab Baig 324Liberal Democrats (UK) Frank Marsh 233 18.13 7.11Liberal Democrats (UK) Narendra Dattani 193 3,949 4911,284 32.51 20.9313 1.01 0.90Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Hainault Hainault (3)Labour Party (UK) John Fairley-Churchill* 1,070 59.62 2.20Labour Party (UK) Richard Newcombe*n Newcombe was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Linda Perham in 1997 1,056Labour Party (UK) Edmund Peake* 1,039Conservative Party (UK) Sheila Moth 530 29.33 1.24Conservative Party (UK) Sonia Macdonald 525Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Wilson 502Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathleen Black 221 11.06 3.42Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Wright 192Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Prager 174 7,003 121,892 27.02 18.648 0.42 0.30Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Loxford Loxford (3)Labour Party (UK) Muhammed Javed* 1,655 53.97 15.34Labour Party (UK) Sharon Speller 1,417Labour Party (UK) Faredoon Maravala* 1,296Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Zamir 832 24.02 4.66Conservative Party (UK) Pakizah Baig 627Conservative Party (UK) Alexei Hindoian 485Independent politician Sayeed Akhtar 329 12.19 NewLiberal Democrats (UK) Peter Clack 309 9.82 1.51Liberal Democrats (UK) Leslie Everest 270Liberal Democrats (UK) Jitendra Sahgal 216 9,565 1,3832,896 30.28 14.3733 1.14 0.87Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Mayfield Mayfield (3)Labour Party (UK) Lesley Hilton* 1,567 54.44 3.93Labour Party (UK) Reginald Golding†n Golding was a sitting councillor representing the Goodmayes ward 1,547Labour Party (UK) Ayodhiya Parkash 1,528Conservative Party (UK) David Clarke 1,225 36.85 2.11Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Leggatt 1,011Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Shaikh 906Liberal Democrats (UK) Eric Papworth 314 8.71 6.04Liberal Democrats (UK) Edwin Potkins 216Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Torney 213 9,271 7393,203 34.55 15.6012 0.37 0.21Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Monkhams Monkhams (3)Conservative Party (UK) Linda 1,795 62.26 1.08Conservative Party (UK) Michael Stark* 1,795Conservative Party (UK) James O'Shea 1,789Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael McElarney 626 20.43 2.54Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Seeff 589Liberal Democrats (UK) Percy Lomax 550Labour Party (UK) Daniel Douglas 519 17.31 1.46Labour Party (UK) Nicholas Hayes 514Labour Party (UK) Georgina Lynch 4638,213 5633,035 36.95 9.9511 0.36 0.14Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Newbury Newbury (3)Labour Party (UK) Gayle Evans 1,744 62.95 10.67Labour Party (UK) Greer Nicholson*n Nicolson was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Brian Myers in 1996 1,704Labour Party (UK) Dev Sharma* 1,688Conservative Party (UK) Darshan Sharma 746 26.29 10.71Conservative Party (UK) Mohammad Bashir 713Conservative Party (UK) Shatrugham Parmar 686Liberal Democrats (UK) Amelia Olive 377 10.76 0.04Liberal Democrats (UK) Walter Staight 276Liberal Democrats (UK) Deanna Seef 225 8,518 5353,032 35.60 17.3837 1.22 0.98Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Roding Roding (3)Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Bond* 1,776 51.70 4.78Liberal Democrats (UK) Felicity Banks 1,721Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Boyland 1,664Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Loffhagen 964 28.05 2.28Conservative Party (UK) Paul Chapman 951Conservative Party (UK) Fatema Hussain 885Labour Party (UK) Henry Garratt 582 17.24 4.68Labour Party (UK) John Cullen 574Labour Party (UK) Martin Chew 565Independent politician Martin Levin 100 3.01 New 8,682 5723,444 39.67 13.6710 0.29 0.04Liberal Democrats (UK)Liberal Democrats (UK)Liberal Democrats (UK) Seven Kings Seven Kings (3)Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Pearce* 1,343 52.77 3.23Labour Party (UK) Maganbhai Patel* 1,317Labour Party (UK) Robert Littlewood*n Littlewood was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr David Masters in 1996 1,245Conservative Party (UK) Rajinder Athwal 969 36.76 5.12Conservative Party (UK) Ashok Kumar 908Conservative Party (UK) Beryl Waghorn 843Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Ward 314 10.47 1.89Liberal Democrats (UK) Francis Macdonald 276Liberal Democrats (UK) Dawood Dhooma 185 7,838 2392,762 35.24 9.1518 0.65 0.41Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Snaresbrook Snaresbrook (3)Labour Party (UK) Gregor Eglin 1,492 44.71 3.02Conservative Party (UK) Peter Goody* 1,411 44.37 0.69Conservative Party (UK) Suzanne Nolan 1,366Labour Party (UK) Lucille Manning 1,354Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Lenaghan 1,335Labour Party (UK) Samuel Morgan 1,298Liberal Democrats (UK) William Madge 353 10.92 2.33Liberal Democrats (UK) Ralph Stevens 337Liberal Democrats (UK) John Swallow 322 7,928 6403,248 40.97 10.394 0.12 0.09Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Valentines Valentines (3)Labour Party (UK) John Brindley* 1,198 51.52 10.69Labour Party (UK) Elaine Norman* 1,071Labour Party (UK) Virendra Tewari* 1,011Conservative Party (UK) Stephanie Burtt 629 27.47 0.91Conservative Party (UK) Shaheen Yasin 576Conservative Party (UK) Tarlochan Sian 544Liberal Democrats (UK) George Hogarth 321 12.39 1.45Liberal Democrats (UK) Allan Wright 236Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Hamlyn 232Green Party of England and Wales Brian Curtis 183 8.62 New 7,560 5962,197 29.06 19.8310 0.46 0.34Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Wanstead Wanstead (3)Labour Party (UK) Gordon George 1,461 45.08 9.19Labour Party (UK) Jeffery Edelman 1,450Conservative Party (UK) Allan Burgess* 1,413 40.90 1.33Labour Party (UK) Allan Tuffin 1,346Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Howl* 1,232Conservative Party (UK) Michael Borrott* 1,217Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Cornish 536 14.02 7.86Liberal Democrats (UK) Pamela Winborne 419Liberal Democrats (UK) James Swallow 369 7,858 2693,338 42.48 8.4410 0.30 0.11Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Notes n References 1998 Category:1998 London Borough council elections