1998 Lewisham London Borough Council election

1998 05 07 yes 1998 Lewisham London Borough Council election London parliamentary 1994 1994 Lewisham London Borough Council election 2002 Lewisham London Borough Council election 2002 All 67 seats up for election to Lewisham London Borough Council 34 175,022https://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 16 May 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre Michael Minors Dennis Grenham 210 51,905, 29.66% ( 11.32) Labour Party (UK) 60 61 63 seats, 64.51% 2 2.91 74,820 61.60% Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 seats, 10.71% 4 4 11,223 9.24% 1.46 Council control Labour Party (UK) Council control after election Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 1 1 seat, 23.70% 2 1 28,364 23.35% 0.35 105x50px|Blank 105x50px|Blank 105x50px|Blank James Mallory 1995 Grinling Gibbons Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Coat of arms of the London Borough of Lewisham.svg1998 local election in England April 2013 June 2023 Elections to Lewisham London Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 1994 election. Background In between the 1994 election and this election there were a total of 6 by-elections to replace councillors who either resigned from their seat or died in office, however only 1 of them resulted in a seat changing parties by going from Liberal Democrats to the Labour Party.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 18 Aug 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre 128 In addition to this change there were 3 defections from the Labour party, 2 to the Socialist PartyLondon Boroughs Political Almanac: London Borough of Lewisham https://boroughs50.londoncouncils.gov.uk/almanac/lewisham/1997/ https://web.archive.org/web/20201029195441/https://boroughs50.londoncouncils.gov.uk/almanac/lewisham/1997/ 29 October 2020 24 May 2025 London Councils and 1 to the Socialist Labour Party, as well as one Labour seat that became vacant without enough time to hold a by-election. This meant the composition of the council just before the election was as follows:Minors Michael London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Changes 1998-94 https://data.london.gov.uk/download/2db834ff-edbe-4433-9a9f-438bd585e3c6/6559d43c-4ea0-4b58-b705-94f84c3a549a/LBCE_1998-5-7.pdf 18 Aug 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre 123 +↓2160211Socialist Party (UK) SocialistSocialist Labour Party (UK) Soc. LabLabour Party (UK) LabourLiberal Democrats (UK) Lib DemConservative Party (UK) ConservativeIndependent politician Vacant Election result Lewisham local election result 1998https://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 14 May 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre Michael Minors Dennis Grenham 125-128, 208-211https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Lewisham-1964-2010.pdf London Borough of Lewisham Election Results 1964-2010 14 May 2024 Elections Centre Plymouth University Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher 11-12 Labour Party (UK) 61 1 3 2 91.04 61.60 74,820 2.91 yes Liberal Democrats (UK) 4 0 0 1 5.97 9.24 11,223 1.46 Conservative Party (UK) 2 2 1 1 2.99 23.35 28,364 0.35 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0.00 4,281 3.53 2.63Socialist Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.00 855 0.70 NewSocialist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0.00 0.69 836 NewIndependent Residents Association 0 0 0 0.00 0.46 561 NewIndependent Labour Party 0 0 0.00 0.27 328 New 0Socialist Alliance (England) 0 0 0 0.00 0.16 188 New67 121,456After the election the composition of the council was as follows: +↓6142Labour 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 than the one they were elected to Bellingham Bellingham (2) Labour Party (UK) John O'Shea* 959 62.23 16.24Labour Party (UK) Ronald Stockbridge* 855Conservative Party (UK) Rosemary Pratt 323 21.44 0.09Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Smith 302Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Joyce 238 16.33 New5,845 501,527 26.12 12.088 0.52 0.34Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Blackheath Blackheath (2)Labour Party (UK) Gavin Moore* 957 60.18 0.63Labour Party (UK) Andrew Brown*n Brown was elected in a by-election trigerred by the resignation of Cllr Nash in 1997https://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 Authoirty referendum results 15 May 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre 128 937Conservative Party (UK) Sally Baden-Hellard 357 21.77 3.64Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Smith 302Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Stocklley 284 18.05 4.27 5,340 1611,579 29.57 14.5914 0.89 0.54Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Blythe Hill Blythe Hill (2)Labour Party (UK) James Eytle* 1,168 75.88 20.16Labour Party (UK) Sylvia Scott* 1,144Conservative Party (UK) Bernard Anghelides 383 24.12 4.43Conservative Party (UK) Richard Wilson 352 5,213 1401,645 31.56 10.6216 0.97 0.64Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Catford Catford (2)Labour Party (UK) Martin Taylor 1,052 51.00 3.57Labour Party (UK) Joseph Burns 956Conservative Party (UK) Derek Stone 693 33.76 7.80Conservative Party (UK) Nicole Barakat 636Liberal Democrats (UK) Owen Griffiths 300 15.24 4.23 5,820 332,012 34.57 10.6721 1.04 0.58Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Churchdown Churchdown (3)Labour Party (UK) David Bodimeade*n churchdown Bodimeade and McGarrigle were both elected in by-elections triggered by the resignations of Cllrs Jordan and Moran respectively in 1997 1,112 46.67 11.19Labour Party (UK) Kelly Conway†n Conway was a sitting councillor representing the St Mildred ward 1,099Labour Party (UK) Kathleen McGarrigle*n churchdown 1,037Liberal Democrats (UK) Joanne Prater 776 32.64 13.14Liberal Democrats (UK) Tim Prater 748Liberal Democrats (UK) Cathy Priddey 747Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Lee 503 20.69 1.95Conservative Party (UK) Ghislaine Greensitt 475Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Lee 462 7,004 1052,479 35.39 9.275 0.20 0.04Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Crofton Park Crofton Park (3)Labour Party (UK) Fiona Crichlow 1,576 58.58 7.43Labour Party (UK) Gurbakhsh Garcha* 1,390Labour Party (UK) Ruth Watt†n Watt was a sitting councillor representing the Marlowe ward 1,380Green Party of England and Wales Neil Cole-Fennel 530 21.43 NewConservative Party (UK) Amanda Graham 523 19.99 1.49Conservative Party (UK) Matthew Sutcliffe 493Conservative Party (UK) Derek Turner 467 72 7,8002,438 31.26 11.528 0.33 0.03Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Downham Downham (3)Liberal Democrats (UK) Matthew Huntbach* 1,215 60.97 3.10Liberal Democrats (UK) Roy Stevens*n Stevens was originally elected as a Labour politician in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Morgan-Huws in 1995 1,212Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Walton 1,097Labour Party (UK) Judith Page 633 31.19 3.59Labour Party (UK) Mazhar Awan 587Labour Party (UK) Ashtaq Arain†n Arain was a sitting councillor representing the Grove Park ward 583Conservative Party (UK) Eglantine Draper 170 7.84 1.50Conservative Party (UK) Peter Vickers 147Conservative Party (UK) Marguerite Westgate 136 6,364 2012,109 33.14 17.7412 0.57 0.33Liberal Democrats (UK)Liberal Democrats (UK)Liberal Democrats (UK) Drake Drake (3)Labour Party (UK) Obajimi Adefiranye* 1,081 57.22 0.97Labour Party (UK) Terence Scott* 1,001Labour Party (UK) Jarman Parmar* 1,000Green Party of England and Wales Darren Johnson 731 32.27 14.63Green Party of England and Wales Hayley Trueman 550Green Party of England and Wales Dean Walton 457Conservative Party (UK) Lars Almqvist 214 10.51 0.89Conservative Party (UK) Miriam Makepeace 197Conservative Party (UK) Norah Whetstone 155 8,045 2132,003 24.90 8.7217 0.85 0.47Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Evelyn Evelyn (3)Labour Party (UK) Mark Nottingham* 1,227 79.75 10.21Labour Party (UK) Mee Ng* 1,084Labour Party (UK) Crada Onuegbu 965Conservative Party (UK) Derek Harris 297 20.25 8.58Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Eaton 288Conservative Party (UK) Joyce Ockendon 247 7,596 2661,628 21.43 9.0728 1.72 1.45Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Forest Hill Forest Hill (2)Labour Party (UK) Jacqueline Addison* 1,029 73.49 0.91Labour Party (UK) John Paschoud* 956Conservative Party (UK) Gaenor Elliott 360 26.51 0.91Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Porter 356 4,964 251,489 30.00 10.8921 1.41 0.77Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Grinling Gibbons Grinling Gibbons (3)Labour Party (UK) David Brown* 1,248 66.86 3.18Labour Party (UK) Man Mohan* 1,140Labour Party (UK) James Mallory* 1,135Green Party of England and Wales Sharon Mattey 394 22.43 7.30Conservative Party (UK) Colin Kendon 195 10.71 1.04Conservative Party (UK) Ian Mackey 189Conservative Party (UK) Vera Hallett 180 7,387 941,701 23.03 8.0123 1.35 0.95Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Grove Park Grove Park (2)Labour Party (UK) Donovan Green*n Donovan replaced sitting councillor Macdonald after his resignation in 1995 764 52.19 2.11Labour Party (UK) Paul Morris 534Conservative Party (UK) Victor Atkinson 398 31.81 0.23Conservative Party (UK) Sally Gander 393Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Marshall 227 16.00 1.88Liberal Democrats (UK) Adebayo Adetona 171 5,232 2211,418 27.10 16.018 0.56 0.42Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Hither Green Hither Green (3)Labour Party (UK) Andrew Davies 1,381 58.43 13.36Labour Party (UK) Paul Fallon 1,244Labour Party (UK) David Wilson* 1,188Conservative Party (UK) John Glen 409 17.77 10.44Conservative Party (UK) Barry Oiley 382Conservative Party (UK) Hilda Newland 369Independent Residents Association Susan Hodge 293 12.90 NewIndependent Residents Association Audrey Thurman 268Socialist Labour Party (UK) Anthony Link*n Link was originally elected in 1`994 as a member of the Labour Party, before eventually splitting and joining the more left-wing Socialist Labour Party 237 10.90 New 8,253 692,280 27.63 10.6619 0.83 0.06Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Horniman Horniman (3)Labour Party (UK) David Whiting†n Whiting was a sitting councillor representing the St Margaret ward 1,314 46.66 0.76Labour Party (UK) Kristine Taylor 1,288Labour Party (UK) Susan Wise 1,239Conservative Party (UK) Maureen Marriott 960 33.91 3.51Conservative Party (UK) Charles Cramp 950Conservative Party (UK) Paul Oakley 881Liberal Democrats (UK) Brenda Pooley 533 19.43 4.27 7,617 1602,709 35.57 9.9818 0.66 0.51Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Ladywell Ladywell (3)54.04 Labour Party (UK) Miriam Iloghalu* 1,470 14.73Labour Party (UK) Pauline Morrison 1,292Labour Party (UK) Paul Newing* 1,192Green Party of England and Wales Janet Lawrence 357 14.64 NewLiberal Democrats (UK) John James 307 12.59 5.13Conservative Party (UK) Carolyn Freeman 274 10.28 3.23Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Kent 261Socialist Labour Party (UK) John Mulregan 235 8.45 NewConservative Party (UK) Eve Jagusiewicz 217Socialist Labour Party (UK) David Barber 201Socialist Labour Party (UK) Terry Dunn 182 7,743 4442,369 30.60 6.2410 0.42 0.20Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Manor Lee Manor Lee (2)Labour Party (UK) Madeliene Long* 1,236 53.43 16.57Labour Party (UK) David Sullivan* 1,055Liberal Democrats (UK) Patrick McKee 350 16.32 5.15Conservative Party (UK) William Bellers 334 15.28 0.54Conservative Party (UK) Beryl Rice 321Green Party of England and Wales Roebrt Borruso 273 12.73 NewSocialist Alliance (England) Danny Hammill 48 2.24 New 5,685 71,999 35.16 10.9713 0.65 0.38Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Marlowe Marlowe (3)Labour Party (UK) Stephen Padmore* 1,253 57.38 10.14Labour Party (UK) Annette Gordon 1,152Labour Party (UK) Paul Maslin 1,092Independent Labour Party O'Caul Edwards-Capone 328 16.15 NewLiberal Democrats (UK) Kate Newman 318 15.65 0.01Conservative Party (UK) Frank Ward 169 7.56 0.85Conservative Party (UK) Colin Ockendon 150Conservative Party (UK) Iris Ward 142Socialist Alliance (England) Tobias Abse 66 3.25 New 7,984 4891,794 22.47 12.4513 0.72 0.49Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Pepys Pepys (3)Labour Party (UK) Sandra Margaret 1,334 45.35 39.22Labour Party (UK) Alan Hall*n Hall was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Rudd in 1996 1,204Labour Party (UK) Nicholas Taylor†n Taylor was a sitting councillor representing the Crofton Park ward 1,096Socialist Party of Great Britain Ian Page*n Page was originally elected to represent the ward as a Labour councillor but subsequently joined the Socialist Party 836 31.30 NewGreen Party of England and Wales Leandrina Cole-Fennel 441 16.51 NewConservative Party (UK) Hilda Wright 189 6.84 8.59Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Shead 187Conservative Party (UK) James Wright 172 7,741 2902,181 28.17 8.6822 1.01 0.43Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Perry Hill Perry Hill (3)Labour Party (UK) Alan Till* 1,641 71.19 14.15Labour Party (UK) Colin Hastie* 1,604Labour Party (UK) Michael Holder†n Holder was a sitting councillor representing the St Andrew ward 1,604Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Ball 679 28.81 2.75Conservative Party (UK) Huw Shooter 640Conservative Party (UK) Timothy Batterham 628 8,188 1542,522 30.80 13.6642 1.67 1.39Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Rushey Green Rushey Green (2)Labour Party (UK) Peggy Fitzsimmons 1,087 78.08 5.44Labour Party (UK) Helen Klier 1,065Conservative Party (UK) Charles Bradshaw 251 16.55 0.37Conservative Party (UK) Roger Pawley 205Socialist Alliance (England) Nicholas Long 74 5.37 New 5,839 641,488 25.48 11.9229 1.95 1.76Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) St Andrew St Andrew (2)Labour Party (UK) Carl Handley†n Handley was a sitting councillor representing the Catford ward 1,069 59.76 13.88Labour Party (UK) Abdeslam Amrani 1,056Conservative Party (UK) Pamela Shooter 463 25.73 2.22Conservative Party (UK) Robert Light 452Liberal Democrats (UK) Roy Robinson 258 14.51 11.74 5,836 3031,827 31.31 16.2813 0.71 0.41Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) St Margaret St Margaret (2)Labour Party (UK) Kathryn Donnelly 1,108 56.06 4.66Labour Party (UK) Jane Hastie 931Conservative Party (UK) Caroline Barnett 464 25.13 0.83Conservative Party (UK) Esther Finlay 450Liberal Democrats (UK) Joan Labrom 342 18.81 3.83 5,229 371,812 34.65 12.9815 0.83 0.71Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) St Mildred St Mildred (3)Conservative Party (UK) Barrie Anderson 1,516 44.17 2.24Conservative Party (UK) David Britton 1,485Labour Party (UK) William Carlisle†n Carlisle was a sitting councillor representing the Whitefoot ward 1,335 38.58 5.38Conservative Party (UK) David McInnes 1,324Labour Party (UK) Ruffo Bravette 1,278Labour Party (UK) Mahmuda Kabir 1,164Liberal Democrats (UK) Linda Hawkins 563 17.25 3.15 8,785 43,233 36.80 12.2714 0.43 0.22Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Sydenham East Sydenham East (3)Labour Party (UK) Chris Best* 1,321 64.02 0.16Labour Party (UK) Liam Curran†n Curran was a sitting councillor representing the Sydenham West ward 1,211Labour Party (UK) Alan Pegg* 1,159Conservative Party (UK) Henriette Dodd 458 21.72 0.65Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Squires 410Conservative Party (UK) Gwynfor Tippett 384Green Party of England and Wales Ronald Wilson 274 14.26 0.50 7,195 241,980 27.52 10.2116 0.81 0.48Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Sydenham West Sydenham West (3)Labour Party (UK) Philip Mills 1,232 47.66 10.15Labour Party (UK) Roger Harris 1,204Labour Party (UK) Eva Stamirowski 963Conservative Party (UK) Iona Gillis 570 22.47 0.05Conservative Party (UK) Angela Bradshaw 554Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Pratt 478Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Bennett 436 18.34 1.33Green Party of England and Wales Regina Purrmann 274 11.53 7,436 2412,131 28.66 11.758 0.38 0.06Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Whitefoot Whitefoot (2)Labour Party (UK) Alan Smith 592 40.59 12.43Liberal Democrats (UK) Carl Kisicki*n Kisicki was originally elected as a Labour councillor but later defected to the Liberal Democrats 581 38.23 24.62Labour Party (UK) Vanessa Large 577Liberal Democrats (UK) David Buxton 520Conservative Party (UK) Lloyd Richardson 309 21.18 12.19Conservative Party (UK) Josie Martin 301 4,881 161,552 31.80 9.896 0.39 0.24Labour Party (UK)Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Notes n References 1998 Category:1998 London Borough council elections