1998 Newham London Borough Council election

1998 Newham London Borough Council elections London parliamentary no Labour Party (UK) 1994 Newham London Borough Council election 1994 2002 Newham London Borough Council election 2002 All 60 council seats to Newham London Borough Council 7 May 1998 39,550, 28.40% ( 9.20) 155x50px|Blank Robert A. Wales 1995 Labour Party (UK) 59 seats, 59.02% 60 1 59,146 74.29% 15.27 115x50px|Blank Unknown Unknown Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 seat, 11.76% 0 2,745 3.45% 8.31 Council control Council control after election Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 60 0 Conservative Party (UK) 0 seats, 20.51% 0 1 115x50px|Blank 31 139,273https://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 11 May 2025 London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Ward Voting Statistics London Datastore London Research Centre Michael Minors Dennis Grenham 210 10,767 13.52% 0 6.99 Coat of arms of the London Borough of Newham.svg Canning Town and Grange Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown1998 local election in England December 2020 December 2020 The 1998 Newham London Borough election for the Newham London Borough Council was held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 28.4%. Labour won every seat for the second time since the councils formation. Background In between the 1994 election and this election there were a total of 7 by-elections to replace councillors who 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 9 Aug 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre 138-139 As well as these by-elections there was 1 defection of the only Lib Dem councillor to the Labour Party, 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 134 +↓60Labour Party (UK) Labour A total of 138 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 24 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party, whilst the Conservative Party ran 31 candidates and the Liberal Democrats ran 11 candidates. In both cases this was a lot less than 4 years before. Other candidates running were 8 Socialist Labour, 2 National Democrats, 11 BNP, 1 Monster Raving Looney and 14 Independents. Election results Newham local election result 1998London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 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 County Council 12 October 2019London Borough of Newham Election Results 1964-2010 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Newham-1964-2010.pdf Elections Centre Plymouth University 12 October 2019 Labour Party (UK) 60 1 0 1 100.00 74.29 59,146 15.27 yes Conservative Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.00 13.52 10,767 6.99 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 1 1 0.00 3.45 2,745 8.31 Newham Independents purple 0 0 0 0.00 3.13 2,490 NewBritish National Party 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 2,073 0.18Independent politician 0 1,220 0 0 0.00 1.53 1.07Residents Association 1,099 0 0 0 0.00 1.38 NewOfficial Monster Raving Loony Party 0 0 0 0.00 0.10 76 New60 79,616After the election the composition of the council was as follows: +↓60Labour Party (UK) Labour Ward results (*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate (†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward Beckton Beckton (2) Labour Party (UK) Maureen Knight* 688 63.10 23.11 Labour Party (UK) Sarah Ruiz†n Ruiz was originally a councillor representing the South ward. She was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Thomas Jenkinson in 1995 461 British National Party Peter Hart 168 18.45 12.85 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Lucker 168 18.45 0.55 3,796 124 955 25.16 14.793 0.31 0.26 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bemersyde Bemersyde (2) Labour Party (UK) Victor Turner* 898 71.94 23.20 Labour Party (UK) Gregory Vincent 815 purple Newham Independent Donald Freeman 334 28.06 New 4,015 218 1,270 31.63 12.1923 1.81 1.06 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Canning Town and Grange Canning Town and Grange (2) Labour Party (UK) Clive Furness*n Furness was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Dennis Horwood in 1997 797 57.57 5.64 Labour Party (UK) Robin Wales†n Wales was a sitting councillor representing the Manor Park ward 617 Conservative Party (UK) Brendan Morley 191 13.68 34.39 British National Party Michael Davidson 186 15.15 New Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathleen Chater 167 13.60 New Conservative Party (UK) Simon Pearce 145 5,483 2251,250 22.80 11.29 11 0.88 0.73 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Castle Castle (2) Labour Party (UK) David McGladdery* 1,096 69.31 8.66 Labour Party (UK) Mahmood Ahmad* 914 Conservative Party (UK) Karen Ullger 445 30.69 14.55 5,002 3061,552 31.03 7.08 19 1.22 0.87 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Central Central (2) Labour Party (UK) June Leitch 992 54.80 18.81 Labour Party (UK) Mary Skyers 945 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Imran Khan 478 27.04 New Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Smith 321 18.16 5.55 5,086 2221,687 33.17 4.94 9 0.53 0.18 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Custom House & Silvertown Custom House and Silvertown (3) Labour Party (UK) William Chapman* 1,022 46.74 3.69 Labour Party (UK) Lyn Brown* 1,012 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Rackley†n Rackley was a sitting councillor representing the Bemersyde ward 916 Conservative Party (UK) David Gladstone 524 22.87 3.37 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Boden 479 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Lewis 440 British National Party John Kitchener 254 11.19 10.39 British National Party Mathew Marion 232 British National Party Brian Reeves 220 purple Newham Independents Colin Brown 202 9.60 6.28 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Laird 202 9.60 New 8,537 1191,980 23.19 16.05 15 0.76 0.50 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Forest Gate Forest Gate (3) Labour Party (UK) Paul Brickell 1,260 44.57 11.36 Labour Party (UK) Conor McAuley* 1,051 Labour Party (UK) Shama Ahmad* 1,045 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Anne Brook 553 22.04 New Liberal Democrats (UK) John Gray 469 18.69 4.49 Conservative Party (UK) Armyn Hennesy 369 14.70 6,740 5251,988 29.50 8.59 22 1.11 0.86 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Greatfield Greatfield (3) Labour Party (UK) Kevin Jenkins* 1,274 51.40 12.30 Labour Party (UK) Ian Corbett* 1,138 Labour Party (UK) Valerie Fone* 1,046 Newham Independents Frederick Jones 408 17.21 New purpleNewham Independents Lilian Hopes 380 purple Conservative Party (UK) Caroline Costantino 372 16.59 6.42 purple Newham Independents Terence Macdonald 370 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathleen King 332 14.80 8.06 7,296 5852,108 28.89 16.83 7 0.33 0.02 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hudsons Hudsons (3) Labour Party (UK) Bryan Collier* 1,130 62.63 9.21 Labour Party (UK) Graham Lane* 1,015 Labour Party (UK) Neil Wilson* 997 Conservative Party (UK) Jeffrey Spencer 322 19.25 27.33 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Hunt 303 18.12 New 6,209 6021,618 26.06 12.83 12 0.74 0.59 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Kensington Kensington (2) Labour Party (UK) Sukhdev Marway 1,288 80.14 21.63 Labour Party (UK) Sardar Ali†n Ali was a sitting councillor representing the Central ward. He was elected in a by-election following the resignation of Cllr Christopher Allen in 1996 1,189 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Postles 307 19.86 11.91 5,121 1161,731 33.80 12.12 19 1.10 0.60 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Little Ilford Little Ilford (3) Labour Party (UK) Andrew Baikie* 1,106 44.42 26.64 Labour Party (UK) Richard Crawford 1,098 Labour Party (UK) Joseph Ejiofor*n Ejiofor was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Stephen Timms in 1997 946 Independent politician Brian Berry 453 19.16 New Socialist Labour Party (UK) Malkjit Natt 387 16.37 New Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Ready 246 10.41 3.20 purple Newham Independents Josephine Phillips 228 9.64 New 6,866 5761,824 26.57 9.87 18 0.99 0.58 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Manor Park Manor Park (3) Labour Party (UK) David Gilles 1,220 40.42 29.25 Labour Party (UK) Amarjit Singh* 1,119 Labour Party (UK) Qaisra Khan†n Khan was a sitting councillor representing the Plashet ward 1,047 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Tawfique Choudhury 758 27.14 New Conservative Party (UK) Susan Craig 469 16.79 1.19 Liberal Democrats (UK) William Robinson 437 15.65 New 7,324 6282,063 28.17 11.08 13 0.63 0.31 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Monega Monega (2) Labour Party (UK) William Brown* 1,415 66.40 1.02 Labour Party (UK) Lester Hudson†n Hudson was a sitting councillor representing the Kensington ward 1,036 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Postles 219 11.87 2.20 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jean Tee 211 11.43 New Socialist Labour Party (UK) Theresa Gerald 190 10.30 New 5,220 681,845 35.34 6.47 12 0.65 0.24 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) New Town New Town (2) Labour Party (UK) Anthony McAlmont 715 61.41 5.91 Labour Party (UK) Winston Vaughan 660 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Gibb 263 18.04 1.48 purple Newham Independents Stewart Ligaya 230 20.54 New Conservative Party (UK) Danuta Gradosielska 141 4,523 5931,138 25.16 7.03 19 1.67 1.18 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ordnance Ordnance (2) Labour Party (UK) Marie Collier 475 33.27 0.19 Labour Party (UK) Megan Harris*†n Harris was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Judith Jorsling in 1997 407 Independent politician Alan Craig 311 23.46 New Independent politician Benjamin Stafford 225 16.97 New Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Guest 175 13.20 1.12 British National Party Kenneth Francis 101 7.62 New Conservative Party (UK) Geraldine Alden 78 5.47 10.09 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Arnopp 67 3,493 4161,058 30.29 2.79 3 0.28 0.65 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Park Park (3) Labour Party (UK) Alan Griffiths* 1,193 59.06 20.97 Labour Party (UK) Akbar Chaudhary* 1,171 Labour Party (UK) John Saunders* 1,072 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Fox-Davies 449 23.15 New Conservative Party (UK) Brian Maze 345 17.79 2.18 6,422 2901,797 27.98 5.87 29 1.61 1.26 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Plaistow Plaistow (3) Labour Party (UK) Frederick Warwick* 1,083 69.72 15.00 Labour Party (UK) Riaz Ahmed* 1,011 Labour Party (UK) Joy Laguda 1,008 Conservative Party (UK) Eva Blint 449 30.28 10.96 6,158 501,619 26.29 8.01 30 1.85 1.56 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Plashet Plashet (3) Labour Party (UK) John Thorne* 1,231 60.15 1.32 Labour Party (UK) Rupinder Nandra 1,192 Labour Party (UK) Harbans Jabbal 1,175 Conservative Party (UK) Nafis Rafiq 600 24.81 4.52 Conservative Party (UK) Josephine Child 482 Conservative Party (UK) Barry Roberts 402 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Paul Sandford 300 15.05 New 7,219 3782,185 30.27 5.10 27 1.24 0.94 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St Stephens St Stephens (2) Labour Party (UK) Unmesh Desai 1,038 57.61 20.70 Labour Party (UK) Abdul Shakoor 933 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Yasmin Ali 302 17.66 New Independent politician Balakrishnan Balakrishnan 231 13.51 New Conservative Party (UK) Stewart Lindsay 192 11.22 10.47 4,822 1721,676 34.76 1.62 19 1.13 0.41 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) South South (3) Labour Party (UK) Alec Kellaway*n Kellaway was originally elected as a Liberal Democrat but changed party sometime between 1994 and 1998 1,930 53.01 17.68 Labour Party (UK) Quintin Peppiatt*n Peppiatt was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of councillor in Cllr Theodore Etherden in 1997 1,763 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Seddan 1,703 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Bell 595 17.53 12.40 Conservative Party (UK) Glyn Weare 570 16.34 3.81 Conservative Party (UK) Antony Costantino 539 British National Party Caroline Lee 283 7.34 New British National Party Colin Smith 240 British National Party Jay Lee 224 National Democrats (United Kingdom) Ian Anderson 196 5.78 New 12,446 9463,047 24.48 12.88 14 0.46 0.34 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Stratford Stratford (2) Labour Party (UK) James Riley* 770 65.49 6.17 Labour Party (UK) James Newstead* 699 purple Newham Independents Alan Stewart 192 15.07 New purple Newham Independent Conor Loughran 146 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Nadolski 142 12.66 1.16 Official Monster Raving Loony Party Lord Toby Jug 76 6.78 New 4,449 1191,211 27.22 7.26 20 1.65 1.14 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Upton Upton (3) Labour Party (UK) Nurul AliLabour Party (UK) Abdul Sheikh†n Sheikh was a sitting councillor representing the St Stephens wardLabour Party (UK) Harvinder Virdee 6,832 90 N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Wall End Wall End (3) Labour Party (UK) Edward Sparrowhawk* 1,267 47.46 1.30 Labour Party (UK) Paul Sathianesan 1,252 Labour Party (UK) Kulwant Mangat* 1,081 Conservative Party (UK) Jeannette Worth 633 22.66 9.11 Residents Association Terence Aird 594 21.73 New Conservative Party (UK) Zubaida Hashmi 513 Residents Association Bashir-UI Hafeez 505 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Carolyn Sikorski 206 8.15 New 7,779 3092,658 34.17 2.97 16 0.60 0.33 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) West Ham West Ham (2) Labour Party (UK) Ronald Manley* 949 72.19 2.99 Labour Party (UK) Graeme Cambage†n Cambage was a sitting councillor representing the Forest Gate ward. They were elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Glynis Carpenter in 1996 775 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Neaby 222 13.99 10.83 British National Party Paul Borg 165 13.82 New Conservative Party (UK) Khatija Meaby 112 5,267 3301,290 24.49 4.70 3 0.23 0.63 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Notes n References 1998 Category:1998 London Borough council elections