1998 Barnet London Borough Council election

1998 Barnet London Borough Council election Parliamentary 1994 Barnet London Borough Council election 1994 2002 Barnet London Borough Council election 2002 1998 05 07 yes All 60 seats to Barnet London Borough Council 31 81,059, 35.89% ( 9.51) 115x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 27 28 1 39.77% 115x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 24 26 1 40.0% 115x50px|Blank Liberal Democrats (UK) 6 6 16.81% Barnet UK local election 1998 map.svg 340px Map of the results of the 1998 Barnet London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.. Council control Council control after election No overall control No overall control Coat of arms of the London Borough of Barnet.svg 225,836https://data.london.gov.uk/download/2db834ff-edbe-4433-9a9f-438bd585e3c6/6559d43c-4ea0-4b58-b705-94f84c3a549a/LBCE_1998-5-7.pdf London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Ward voting statistics 8 Aug 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre Michael Minors Dennis Grenham 188 Unknown 2.16 89,529 Alan Williams 1994n As leader of the council, unknown when he became the leader of the Labour Group Burnt Oak Unknown Unknown 29 seats, 37.61% 25 seats, 41.07% 92,954 0.31 Unknown 6 seats, 19.66% 37,846 2.85 Unknown Unknown1998 local election in England March 2020 March 2020 The 1998 Barnet Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Local Elections results The Times 46 1998-05-09 Following the elections, the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition that had governed since 1994 continued in office.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/30/rebel-tory-mps-fear-boris-johnson-could-trigger-autumn-general-election Rebel Tory MPs fear Boris Johnson could trigger autumn general election Rowena Mason Heather Stewart The Guardian London 30 April 2022 2022-05-02 1 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220501123932/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/30/rebel-tory-mps-fear-boris-johnson-could-trigger-autumn-general-election live Background In between the two elections there had been a total of four by-elections to replace councillors who had either died or resigned from their seat, however none of these by-elections resulted in the seat 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 8 August 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre 10 Just before the election there were a total of 3 vacancies that were too close to have a separate by-election, which meant that the council composition 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 8 August 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre 5 +↓246273Labour Party (UK) LabourLiberal Democrats (UK) Lib DemConservative Party (UK) ConIndependent politician Vacant Election result Overall turnout in the election was 35.9%. 1998 Barnet London Borough Council electionsMinors Michael Grenham Dennis 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 Demographic and Statistical Studies London Research Centre 21 February 2015 22 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150222014659/https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1998-5-7.pdf deadhttps://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Barnet-1964-2010.pdf London Borough of Barnet Election Results 1964-2010 30 July 2025 Elections Centre Plymouth University Colin Rallings Dennis Grenham 11-12 Conservative Party (UK) 28 1 2 1 46.67 39.77 89,529 2.16 Labour Party (UK) 26 2 1 1 43.33 41.29 92,954 0.31 Liberal Democrats (UK) 6 0 0 10.00 16.81 37,846 2.85 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0.00 2.11 4,747 0.65 Natural Law Party 0 0 0 0.00 0.02 41 0.03 60 225,117After this election, the composition of the council was as follows: +↓28626Labour Party (UK) LabourLiberal Democrats (UK) Lib DemConservative Party (UK) Con Ward results (*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate (†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward Arkley Arkley (3) Labour Party (UK) Anita Campbell* 2,288 46.66 3.28 Labour Party (UK) Pamela Coleman* 2,075 Labour Party (UK) Pauline Coakley-Webb 2,072 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Johnson 1,907 39.35 5.95 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Knight 1,795 Conservative Party (UK) Tony Mirza 1,724 Liberal Democrats (UK) Victor Godman 470 9.94 6.72 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicholas Sullivan 460 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Cole 441 Green Party of England and Wales Aniel Paranjpe 186 4.05 New 12,081 4254,754 39.35 9.9712 0.25 0.08 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Brunswick Park Brunswick Park (3) Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Cooke 1,826 44.99 8.23 Conservative Party (UK) Andreas Tambourides 1,781 44.92 0.59 Conservative Party (UK) Lynne Hillan 1,774 Labour Party (UK) Paul Rogers 1,700 Labour Party (UK) Michael Marshall 1,689 Conservative Party (UK) Arik Yacobi 1,653 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Finlayson 446 10.09 7.64 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Watkins 383 Liberal Democrats (UK) Charles Wicksteed 341 10,854 5034,164 38.36 4.4711 0.26 0.10 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Burnt Oak Burnt Oak (3) Labour Party (UK) Allan Turner* 1,844 75.40 3.20 Labour Party (UK) Alan Williams* 1,830 Labour Party (UK) Linda McFadyen†n McFadyen was a sitting councillor representing the Arkley ward 1,615 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Edwards 430 15.15 1.82 Conservative Party (UK) Urmil Bhatt 317 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Dyall 316 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Packer 289 9.45 0.93 Liberal Democrats (UK) Karen Hatchett 215 Liberal Democrats (UK) Henryk Feszczur 159 9,685 2332,649 27.35 15.4319 0.72 0.55 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Childs Hill Childs Hill (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Jack Cohen* 1,422 43.13 8.21 Liberal Democrats (UK) Monroe Palmer 1,407 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susette Palmer* 1,380 Labour Party (UK) Lorna Noble 1,047 30.90 10.85 Labour Party (UK) Clare Fitzpatrick 1,015 Labour Party (UK) Keith Priddle 953 Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Miller 872 25.97 2.64 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Sugarman 872 Conservative Party (UK) Marc Shaw 790 9,709 9073,461 35.65 8.4922 0.64 0.41 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Colindale Colindale (3) Labour Party (UK) Danish Chopra*n Chopra was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Thomas Mckendry in 1996, a councillor who had also been elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Ellis Hillman a few months earlier 1,715 62.71 2.05 Labour Party (UK) Gillian Sargeant* 1,589 Labour Party (UK) Nathaniel Rudolf 1,464 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Linton 485 18.07 0.06 Conservative Party (UK) Kirit Patel 452 Conservative Party (UK) Yvonne Prentice 437 Liberal Democrats (UK) Arthur Roycroft 337 12.94 2.81 Liberal Democrats (UK) Guy Patton 332 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Roberts 315 Green Party of England and Wales Ketan Majmudar 159 6.27 0.72 12,110 1,7742,799 23.11 16.6213 0.46 0.24 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) East Barnet East Barnet (3) Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Jarvis* 2,041 43.44 0.56 Labour Party (UK) Usha Chopra* 1,962 Conservative Party (UK) Olwen Evans 1,942 42.06 6.02 Conservative Party (UK) Zoe Ford 1,914 Labour Party (UK) Brenda Sandford 1,914 Conservative Party (UK) James Hawthorn 1,873 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Keech 432 8.86 11.10 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Wardle 423 Liberal Democrats (UK) Renee Wheeler 351 Green Party of England and Wales Raymond White 256 5.64 New 11,427 2974,657 40.75 7.5213 0.27 0.18 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) East Finchley East Finchley (3) Labour Party (UK) Helen Gordon* 2,750 62.10 3.46 Labour Party (UK) Alison Moore 2,547 Labour Party (UK) Philip Yeoman 2,529 Conservative Party (UK) Barry Neville 850 19.50 0.76 Conservative Party (UK) Mike Freer 822 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Old 786 Green Party of England and Wales Noel Lynch 577 9.28 1.74 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joyce Arram 458 9.13 0.95 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elinor Edwards 358 Green Party of England and Wales Sally Rose 355 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Darrer 334 Green Party of England and Wales Denis Vigay 23711,698 672 4,542 38.83 12.0426 0.57 0.46 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Edgware Edgware (3) Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Spencer*n Spencer was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Julian Czarny in 1996 1,642 49.87 1.13 Conservative Party (UK) Malcolm Lester* 1,592 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Scannell* 1,532 Labour Party (UK) Maree Glass 1,206 36.35 2.71 Labour Party (UK) Harold Waterman 1,148 Labour Party (UK) Alan Sloam 1,120 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barbara Farbey 324 9.35 8.27 Liberal Democrats (UK) June Burton 323 Liberal Democrats (UK) Diana Iwi 247 Green Party of England and Wales Jonathan Mulberg 141 4.43 New 11,692 5473,382 28.93 10.5035 1.03 0.85 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Finchley Finchley (3) Conservative Party (UK) Eva Greenspan* 1,973 46.03 2.66 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Sussman* 1,882 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Langstone* 1,829 Labour Party (UK) Clare Furniss 1,523 35.55 5.43 Labour Party (UK) Ilan Jacobs 1,441 Labour Party (UK) Mary McGuirk 1,425 Liberal Democrats (UK) Malcolm Davis 501 9.55 5.75 Green Party of England and Wales Ashley Gunstock 365 8.87 2.98 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rita Druiff 346 Liberal Democrats (UK) Millicent Watkins 332 10,572 7014,105 38.83 7.5718 0.44 0.09 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Friern Barnet Friern Barnet (3) Conservative Party (UK) James Chapman 2,107 49.73 3.02 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Salinger* 1,966 Conservative Party (UK) John Tiplady* 1,924 Labour Party (UK) Ross Houston 1,407 33.90 2.75 Labour Party (UK) Timothy Roberts 1,372 Labour Party (UK) Dilip Mitra 1,310 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Ferguson 446 10.45 6.20 Liberal Democrats (UK) Tanya Jordan 426 Liberal Democrats (UK) Yvonne Wicksteed 388 Green Party of England and Wales Miranda Dunn 238 5.92 New 11,232 5604,153 36.97 9.9112 0.29 0.13 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Garden Suburb Garden Suburb (3) Conservative Party (UK) John Marshall 2,649 53.77 10.25 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Skolar 2,073 Conservative Party (UK) Yasman Naghar 2,024 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marjorie Harris 1,312 28.76 11.20 Liberal Democrats (UK) Steven Hajioff 1,229 Liberal Democrats (UK) Steven Deller 1,068 Labour Party (UK) Carol Kohli 531 11.35 5.17 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Hulstrom 450 Labour Party (UK) Polly Napper 443 Green Party of England and Wales Louise Gunstock 256 6.12 New 10,265 5104,314 42.03 0.2223 0.53 0.19 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Golders Green Golders Green (3) Conservative Party (UK) Melvin Cohen* 1,946 49.33 8.78 Conservative Party (UK) Abraham Dunner 1,946 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Harris 1,762 Labour Party (UK) David Robinson 1,617 41.26 11.40 Labour Party (UK) Alan Schneiderman 1,579 Labour Party (UK) Matthew Staples 1,533 Liberal Democrats (UK) Olive Ellner 397 9.41 17.29 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Lusher 344 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Kovar 338 10,783 9084,139 38.38 3.8723 0.56 0.22 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Hadley Hadley (3) Conservative Party (UK) Katia David 2,674 46.80 12.75 Conservative Party (UK) Hazel Mammatt* 2,654 Conservative Party (UK) Kantilal Patel* 2,456 Labour Party (UK) Michael Campbell 1,984 33.19 4.14 Labour Party (UK) Marianne Haylett 1,791 Labour Party (UK) Lawrence Williams 1,746 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ronald Marsh 785 12.65 8.85 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Nowell 725 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brigid Povah 594 Green Party of England and Wales Timothy Riley 408 7.36 1.90 14,209 6135,611 39.49 6.8333 0.59 0.51 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Hale Hale (3) Labour Party (UK) Steven Blomer 1,523 44.03 3.96 Labour Party (UK) Ruth Nyman 1,498 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Gordon 1,393 38.49 4.09 Labour Party (UK) Julian Stern 1,379 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Slipman 1,253 Conservative Party (UK) Prafulla Patel 1,201 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Creighton 658 17.48 0.13 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Jacobs 557 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeremy Pattison 532 10,489 6683,655 34.85 12.3528 0.77 0.62 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Hendon Hendon (3) Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Finn* 1,487 37.08 6.29 Conservative Party (UK) Maureen Braun 1,349 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Sherling*n Cllr Sherling was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Edward Bunn in 1996 1,293 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Palin 1,226 30.24 11.99 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jonathan Davies†n Davies was a sitting councillor representing the Childs Hill ward 1,164 Labour Party (UK) Aubrey Ross 1,105 27.29 3.61 Labour Party (UK) Francis Deutsch 1,022 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sean Hooker 977 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Onokah 912 Green Party of England and Wales Georgia Theodorou 200 5.39 2.09 12,279 1,0963,867 31.49 8.5810 0.26 0.52 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Mill Hill Mill Hill (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Wayne Casey* 2,469 56.81 16.29 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Axworthy 2,348 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeremy Davies* 2,339 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Gallagher 1,083 25.21 13.79 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Martyn 1,053 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Pym†n Pym was a sitting councillor representing the Hale ward 1,040 Labour Party (UK) William Parnaby 652 14.36 6.12 Labour Party (UK) Pijushkanti Bhattacharyya 622 Labour Party (UK) Mohan Samarasinhe 535 Green Party of England and Wales Gillian Dunne 152 3.62 New 11,545 8284,289 37.15 7.189 0.21 0.08 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) St Paul's St Paul's (3) Labour Party (UK) Kitty Lyons* 2,332 51.87 5.90 Labour Party (UK) Katherine McGuirk* 2,214 Labour Party (UK) James Tierney* 2,182 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Phillips 1,427 31.57 7.99 Conservative Party (UK) Ida Westbrook 1,359 Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Shrank 1,308 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joan Beales 421 8.63 0.56 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hugh L'Estrange 362 Green Party of England and Wales Edelgard Vaswani 343 7.93 2.64 Liberal Democrats (UK) lngeborg Graber 336 10,732 5904,423 41.21 14.6918 0.41 0.27 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Totteridge Totteridge (3) Conservative Party (UK) Victor Lyon* 2,472 54.94 7.25 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Coleman 2,457 Conservative Party (UK) Kevin Edson* 2,415 Labour Party (UK) Katherine Rounce 1,273 27.60 3.72 Labour Party (UK) Michael O'Donnell 1,246 Labour Party (UK) Victoria Spawls 1,171 Liberal Democrats (UK) Irene Brewer 518 10.53 7.88 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Wildsmith 450 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gavin Jordan 439 Green Party of England and Wales Joy Boustred 268 6.01 New Natural Law Party Diane Derksen 41 0.92 1.66 11,628 5364,483 38.55 4.9918 0.40 0.15 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) West Hendon West Hendon (3) Labour Party (UK) Agnes Slocombe* 1,408 47.98 4.82 Labour Party (UK) Arun Ghosh 1,407 Labour Party (UK) Ansuya Sodha 1,215 Conservative Party (UK) James Fluss 979 34.66 7.61 Conservative Party (UK) Angela Shine 978 Conservative Party (UK) Rene Braun 954 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Coward 344 11.25 1.71 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Dodd 302 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shirley Rodwell 299 Green Party of England and Wales Christine Antoniou 171 6.11 1.06 10,707 5693,057 28.55 10.5523 0.75 0.25 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Woodhouse Woodhouse (3) Labour Party (UK) Stanley Cross* 2,521 53.87 1.07 Labour Party (UK) Beverley Pearce 2,358 Labour Party (UK) Barry Rawlings 2,288 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Russell 1,236 27.10 9.07 Conservative Party (UK) Roy Treeby 1,209 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Yallouros 1,160 Green Party of England and Wales Solomon Natelson 435 9.81 New Liberal Democrats (UK) David Ive 413 9.22 1.81 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barrie Manson 407 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joy Manson 407 12,139 2084,555 37.52 15.4323 0.50 0.22 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Notes n References 1998 Category:1998 London Borough council elections