1998 Ealing London Borough Council election

1998 local election in England May 2023 March 2015 1998 Ealing London Borough Council election Parliamentary 1994 Ealing London Borough Council election 1994 2002 1998 05 07 All 69 seats up for election to Ealing London Borough Council 35 115x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 48 seats, 49.34% 53 47 5 91,714 50.43% 1.09 135x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 20 seats, 39.51% 15 19 5 58,025 31.91% 7.60 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 seats, 9.45% 3 3 22,552 12.40 2.95 Council control Council control after election Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 2002 Ealing London Borough Council election 210,753https://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 13 July 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre Michael Minors Dennis Grenham 194 70,523, 33.46% ( 16.07) John L. Cudmore 1994 Heathfield Unknown Unknown Unknown London Ealing coat of arms.svg Neal G. Underwoodn As the Green Party's only councillor he was the defacto leader of the Green Party in Ealing Council Green Party of England and Wales 0 seats 1.35% 1 0 6,495 3.57% 2.22 Unknown Mandeville (lost) Unknown Unknown Unknown The 1998 Ealing Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Ealing London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. 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 The composition of the council didn't change much since the election in 1994. There were four by-elections, with only the Argyle by-election resulting in a seat changing parties, with it changing from Conservative to Labour.Minors Michael Grenham Dennis London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results https://data.london.gov.uk/download/2db834ff-edbe-4433-9a9f-438bd585e3c6/6559d43c-4ea0-4b58-b705-94f84c3a549a/LBCE_1998-5-7.pdf 12 July 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre 46 In addition to these by-elections, Cllr. Neal G. Underwood changed allegiance from Labour to the Green Party and one seat was left vacant shortly before the 1998 election. As a result of these changes, 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 https://data.london.gov.uk/download/2db834ff-edbe-4433-9a9f-438bd585e3c6/6559d43c-4ea0-4b58-b705-94f84c3a549a/LBCE_1998-5-7.pdf 13 July 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre 41 + ↓ 47 1 3 19 1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Green Party of England and Wales Green Liberal Democrats (UK) LD Conservative Party (UK) Con lightgrey Vacant Election result 1998 Ealing London Borough Council Electionshttps://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 11 July 2025 London Datastore London Research Centre Michael Minors Dennis Grenham 43–46, 194–195https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Ealing-1964-2010.pdf London Borough of Ealing Election Results 1964-2010 11 July 2025 Elections Centre Plymouth University Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher 11–13 Labour Party (UK) 53 6 1 5 74.65 50.43 91,714 1.09 yesConservative Party (UK) 15 1 6 5 21.13 31.91 7.60 58,025Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 0 0 4.22 12.40 22,552 2.95Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0.00 3.57 6,495 2.22Socialist Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.00 1.69 3,066 New71 The election was a victory for the ruling Labour Party, increasing the number of seats they held by five. The Green Party lost its only seat, which it had gained through a defection in the intervening years, with Labour regaining the seat. After the election the composition of the council was as follows: + ↓ 53 3 15 Labour Party (UK) Labour Liberal Democrats (UK) LD Conservative Party (UK) Con Ward results (*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate (†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward Argyle Argyle (3)Conservative Party (UK) Joan Ansell* 1,516 42.77 1.60Conservative Party (UK) Ian Gibb* 1,405Conservative Party (UK) Brian Castle 1,365Labour Party (UK) Patricia Seers†n Seers was a sitting councillor representing the Vale ward 1,324 34.86 1.28Labour Party (UK) Harbans Anand†n Anand was a sitting councillor representing the Waxlow ward 1,086Labour Party (UK) Renu Sharma 1,083Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Davies 649 14.34 0.99Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Rowley 469Liberal Democrats (UK) Rusi Dalai 319Green Party of England and Wales Astra Seibe 268 8.02 0.689,465 3373,487 36.84 12.9321 0.60 0.51Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Costons Costons (3)Labour Party (UK) Laurence Evans 1,371 44.92 7.29Conservative Party (UK) Edith Hetherington* 1,255 42.80 8.78Labour Party (UK) Swarn Kang 1,153Labour Party (UK) Alan Mathison 1,136Conservative Party (UK) Graham Weeks* 1,127Conservative Party (UK) Jason Stacey 1,106Liberal Democrats (UK) Olive Douglas 405 12.28 1.49Liberal Democrats (UK) Madeliene Jay 2628,152 4732,991 36.69 12.6518 0.60 0.39Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Dormers Wells Dormers Wells (3)Labour Party (UK) Rajinder Mann* 1,625 60.07 1.72Labour Party (UK) Surinder Varma 1,534Labour Party (UK) Mohammad Aslam 1,532Conservative Party (UK) William Patterson 488 17.56 15.28Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Oliver 466Conservative Party (UK) Jane Perry 417Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Kendrick 337 11.62 2.81Green Party of England and Wales Sarah Rapley 280 10.76 NewLiberal Democrats (UK) Michael Olive 2689,890 1,0532,821 28.52 19.1415 0.53 0.17Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Ealing Common Ealing Common (3)Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Brown* 1,232 38.52 7.48Conservative Party (UK) Ian Green* 1,230Conservative Party (UK) Eileen Harris 1,165Labour Party (UK) Alan Jones 1,073 29.66 1.96Labour Party (UK) Benjamin Royappa 884Labour Party (UK) Trapti Bartia 836Liberal Democrats (UK) Nikki Thomson 732 20.70 6.08Liberal Democrats (UK) Jon Ball 687Liberal Democrats (UK) John Maycock 530Green Party of England and Wales Peter Burton 349 11.12 4.5910,031 9843,139 31.29 15.8017 0.54 0.45Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Elthorne Elthorne (3)Labour Party (UK) Julia Clements-Elliot†n Clements-Elliot was a sitting councillor representing the Waxlow ward 1,498 53.50 3.97Labour Party (UK) Edward Coleman* 1,437Labour Party (UK) Margaret Majumdar* 1,323Conservative Party (UK) Niranjan Mangal 587 21.23 14.06Conservative Party (UK) William Perry 570Conservative Party (UK) Russel Simpson 533Green Party of England and Wales Sebastian Diamond 409 14.07 1.11Green Party of England and Wales Deborah Miles 398Green Party of England and Wales Christopher Spruce 313Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Pidoux 312 11.20 NewLiberal Democrats (UK) Michael Pidoux 2829,208 6152,867 31.14 15.6837 1.29 1.07Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Glebe Glebe (3)Labour Party (UK) Jasbir Anand 2,018 70.57 2.99Labour Party (UK) Umesh Chander* 1,962Labour Party (UK) Rabindara Pathak* 1,916Socialist Labour Party (UK) Resham Samra 310 10.43 NewSocialist Labour Party (UK) David Morgan 271Conservative Party (UK) Iris Forster 240 7.42 8.52Conservative Party (UK) Noreen Gibson 214Green Party of England and Wales Nicholas Goodwin 185 6.64 3.85Conservative Party (UK) Myrtle Marshall 166Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Jones 139 4.94 NewLiberal Democrats (UK) Paul Gooch 1369,195 5402,771 30.14 16.0621 0.76 0.23Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Hanger Lane Hanger Lane (3)Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Yerolemou* 1,388 50.77 11.51Conservative Party (UK) Ian Potts* 1,351Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Sumner* 1,317Labour Party (UK) Sherrel Brett 937 32.75 8.16Labour Party (UK) Vijay Amin 848Labour Party (UK) Keith Fraser†n Fraser was a sitting councillor representing the Victoria ward 832Liberal Democrats (UK) Dorothy Brooks 506 16.48 3.35Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael O'Connor 419Liberal Democrats (UK) Francis Salaun 3929,249 9252,883 31.17 15.7128 0.97 0.59Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Heathfield Heathfield (3)Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Brookes* 1,467 62.33 2.05Labour Party (UK) John Cudmore* 1,452Labour Party (UK) Yvonne Johnson* 1,415Conservative Party (UK) Sheila Brown 622 23.30 5.19Conservative Party (UK) John Peach 539Conservative Party (UK) Jamal Khan 459Liberal Democrats (UK) Raymond Alcock 375 14.37 3.14Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicholas Winkfield 356Liberal Democrats (UK) Hugo Studholme 2688,841 4922,599 29.40 15.3823 0.88 0.64Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Hobbayne Hobbayne (3)Labour Party (UK) Phyllis Greenhead 1,468 56.09 6.64Labour Party (UK) Stephen Sears* 1,453Labour Party (UK) Royston Price* 1,274Conservative Party (UK) Tim Frost 618 23.67 8.47Conservative Party (UK) Miranda Oakley 608Conservative Party (UK) Alison Frost 544Liberal Democrats (UK) Alison Harvey 318 11.59 1.35Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Miller 260Green Party of England and Wales Katrin Fitzherbert 260 8.65 0.48Green Party of England and Wales Luke Fitzherbert 201Green Party of England and Wales Brian Outten 1868,178 3692,687 32.86 20.1629 1.08 0.79Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Horsenden Horsenden (2)Labour Party (UK) Frederick Varley* 1,218 54.14 13.91Labour Party (UK) Shital Manro 1,140Conservative Party (UK) David Freeman* 840 37.11 3.49Conservative Party (UK) Martin Mallam 776Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Wilson 193 8.75 10.42Liberal Democrats (UK) Vera Hankinson 1885,665 3252,371 41.85 13.1117 0.72 0.38Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Mandeville Mandeville (3)Labour Party (UK) Brian Reeves 1,159 41.37 12.16Labour Party (UK) Neill Richardson 1,052Conservative Party (UK) Peter Downham 1,017 38.24 8.23Conservative Party (UK) Joan Trinder 991Labour Party (UK) Robert Khan 961Conservative Party (UK) Allan Ilsley 924Green Party of England and Wales Neal Underwood*n Underwood was originally elected as a Labour Councillor but later defected to the Green Party 507 14.69 NewGreen Party of England and Wales Steven Brown 330Green Party of England and Wales Meike Lawrence 289Liberal Democrats (UK) Dietlinde Hatherall 162 5.69 NewLiberal Democrats (UK) Myer Salaman 1297,848 22,762 35.19 16.9016 0.58 0.03Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant (3)Labour Party (UK) Ranjit Dheer*n Dheer was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Jasbinder Birk 1,520 66.55 11.42Labour Party (UK) Tej Bagha* 1,507Labour Party (UK) Madhavrao Patil* 1,464Conservative Party (UK) Shaukat Ali 320 13.00 9.03Socialist Labour Party (UK) Steven Cowan 315 12.71 NewSocialist Labour Party (UK) Sukant Chandan 306Conservative Party (UK) June Regan 281Conservative Party (UK) George Lafford 276Socialist Labour Party (UK) Iris Cremer 237Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathleen Thomas 180 7.74 NewLiberal Democrats (UK) Douglas Rundell 1689,354 5072,498 26.71 16.8319 0.76 0.09Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Northcote Northcote (3)Labour Party (UK) Manjit Mahal*n northcote Mahal and Sahota were elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr Chanan Lachhar and the resignation of Cllr Tara Dyal 1,519 62.38 22.85Labour Party (UK) Gurdip Sahota*n northcote 1,327Labour Party (UK) Ram Perdesi* 1,277Socialist Labour Party (UK) Harpal Brar 606 24.62 NewSocialist Labour Party (UK) Surinder Cheema 546Socialist Labour Party (UK) Jagdev Samra 475Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Harris 198 7.55 7.22Conservative Party (UK) Nina Bressey 168Conservative Party (UK) Audrey Shaw 133Liberal Democrats (UK) Lyn Woodcock 120 5.45 New8,018 4732,433 30.34 14.7826 1.07 0.22Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Northfield Northfield (3)Labour Party (UK) Joseph O'Neill* 1,484 44.23 1.91Labour Party (UK) Kieron Gavan* 1,478Labour Party (UK) Simon Woodroofe* 1,414Conservative Party (UK) David Scott 1,042 29.23 9.50Conservative Party (UK) Anita Kapoor 958Conservative Party (UK) Harbans Devsi 892Liberal Democrats (UK) Frances Hurst 582 15.50 2.99Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Thornhill 518Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Gorbutt 433Green Party of England and Wales Derek Allord-Brown 364 11.04 4.609,837 7883,830 38.93 17.7029 0.76 0.60Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Perivale Perivale (2)Labour Party (UK) Christopher Payne* 1,197 50.22 4.06Labour Party (UK) Inderjeet Nijhar†n Nijhar was a sitting councillor representing the Elthorne ward 1,128Conservative Party (UK) Stewart Jackson†n Jackson was a sitting councillor representing the Wood End ward 940 40.41 2.41Conservative Party (UK) David Gold 931Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Cummings 233 9.37 1.65Liberal Democrats (UK) John Ducker 2016,092 6702,547 41.81 10.0720 0.79 0.58Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Pitshanger Pitshanger (3) Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Young* 1,809 46.24 9.71Conservative Party (UK) Dianna Pagan* 1,736Conservative Party (UK) Audrey Hider* 1,668Labour Party (UK) Ruddy Davis 1,038 25.99 3.20Labour Party (UK) Michael Fraenkel 987Labour Party (UK) Michael Kilker 905Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Harris 707 16.81 2.00Liberal Democrats (UK) Francesco Fruzza 602Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Kitchener 586Green Party of England and Wales John Ainsworth 412 10.96 4.519,553 4603,687 38.60 13.9731 0.84 0.80Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Ravenor Ravenor (3)Labour Party (UK) Diane Murray* 1,651 50.34 2.81Labour Party (UK) Jill Stokoe 1,356Labour Party (UK) Leonara Thomson 1,322Conservative Party (UK) William Brooks 1,183 39.67 3.17Conservative Party (UK) Vladimir Kopecky 1,125Conservative Party (UK) Dorothy McGinty 1,103Liberal Democrats (UK) Patrick Dee 304 9.99 0.36Liberal Democrats (UK) Oliver Murphy 2698,461 1723,103 36.67 18.1529 0.93 0.57Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Southfield Southfield (3)Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Mitchell* 1,471 45.43 9.04Liberal Democrats (UK) Harvey Rose* 1,421Liberal Democrats (UK) Kieran Ryan 1,366Labour Party (UK) Colin Bastin 942 27.13 3.02Labour Party (UK) Francis Reedy 805Labour Party (UK) Renu Singh 796Conservative Party (UK) Ian Dunbar 686 21.68 9.25Conservative Party (UK) Gareth Williams 685Conservative Party (UK) Paul Hill 661Green Party of England and Wales Christina Meiklejohn 180 5.76 3.238,397 7233,362 40.04 12.2911 0.33 0.09Liberal Democrats (UK)Liberal Democrats (UK)Liberal Democrats (UK) Springfield Springfield (3)Labour Party (UK) John Delaney* 1,276 55.42 4.00Labour Party (UK) Stephen Donnelly 1,254Labour Party (UK) Margaret Payne 1,207Conservative Party (UK) Ellen Delaney 806 34.36 4.26Conservative Party (UK) Glenn Murphy 770Conservative Party (UK) Mary Macleod 741Liberal Democrats (UK) Edward Bailey 254 10.21 0.25Liberal Democrats (UK) Fiona Grabowski 236Liberal Democrats (UK) Donald O'Connell 1998,854 6742,358 26.63 23.827 0.30 0.23Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Vale Vale (2)Labour Party (UK) Katherine Crawford 923 53.57 2.03Labour Party (UK) Judith Field 797Conservative Party (UK) Roger Fox 497 29.87 8.65Conservative Party (UK) Christine Magnowska 462Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Slater 158 9.72 0.22Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Joachim 154Green Party of England and Wales Adam Porter 110 6.85 New5,100 3441,693 33.20 14.8018 1.06 0.53Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Victoria Victoria (2)Labour Party (UK) Anthony Gray 1,007 61.94 7.78Labour Party (UK) Philip Portwood* 1,001Conservative Party (UK) Janet Young 419 25.38 11.28Conservative Party (UK) Norma Haythorn 404Liberal Democrats (UK) Donald Allwright 239 12.68 3.49Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Rose 1725,623 4211,765 31.39 13.6710 0.57 0.44Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Walpole Walpole (3)Labour Party (UK) Hilary Benn* 2,017 50.99 5.29Labour Party (UK) Peter Wicks 1,793Labour Party (UK) Virendra Sharma†n Sharma was a sitting councillor representing the Dormers Wells ward 1,743Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Belson 884 23.09 12.53Conservative Party (UK) Sheila Day 831Conservative Party (UK) Felix Rebello 800Liberal Democrats (UK) Fiona Brooke 559 13.72 0.23Liberal Democrats (UK) John Mitchell 503Green Party of England and Wales Margaret Dobson 443 12.20 NewLiberal Democrats (UK) Elaine Revesz 4329,920 8133,678 37.08 16.4923 0.63 0.51Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Waxlow Waxlow (3)Labour Party (UK) Gurcharan Singh* 1,534 58.24 5.08Labour Party (UK) Manjit Keith 1,509Labour Party (UK) Kamaljit Dhindsa 1,507Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Nolder 725 27.36 9.32Conservative Party (UK) Doreen Power 721Conservative Party (UK) Michael Pack 691Liberal Democrats (UK) Fay Edinborough 375 14.40 New8,839 3632,653 30.01 16.1423 0.87 0.54Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) West End West End (3)Labour Party (UK) David Bond* 1,439 56.25 0.95Labour Party (UK) Ernest Dunckley* 1,338Labour Party (UK) Frank Impey* 1,192Conservative Party (UK) Susan Emment 678 26.64 7.20Conservative Party (UK) Avril Hyde 626Conservative Party (UK) Kathryn Kent 576Liberal Democrats (UK) Judith Ducker 251 9.80 1.05Liberal Democrats (UK) Ida Goodwin 210Green Party of England and Wales Brian Gooch 204 7.31 NewGreen Party of England and Wales Alastair Perkins 1408,783 1432,542 28.94 17.7620 0.79 0.64Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Wood End Wood End (3)Labour Party (UK) Richard Gordon 1,287 43.08 5.31Conservative Party (UK) Brenda Hall* 1,183 42.25 1.37Labour Party (UK) Richard Porter†n Porter was a sitting councillor representing the Ravenor ward 1,179Conservative Party (UK) Diane Varney* 1,175Conservative Party (UK) Zena Laneryou 1,165Labour Party (UK) Mark Karinski 1,127Green Party of England and Wales Earnon Kilduff 261 8.00 NewGreen Party of England and Wales Lisa Kilduff 243Liberal Democrats (UK) Helen McKay 225 6.67 3.99Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Miller 186Green Party of England and Wales Anthony Agius 163Liberal Democrats (UK) John Seymour 1458,200 4292,996 36.54 16.8918 0.60 0.43Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Notes n References 1998 Category:1998 London Borough council elections Category:Long stubs with short prose