1998 Newham London Borough Council election

1998 Newham Council election

7 May 1998
All 60 council seats to Newham London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 59 seats 1 seats Seats won 60 0 Seat change 1 1 Percentage 56.0 8.1 Swing -0.6 -3.4
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

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.

Election result

Newham Local Election Result 1998

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	60	1	0	+1	100.0	56.0		-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	-1	0.0	8.1		-3.4
	Conservative	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	17.1		-3.0

Background

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.

Results by ward

Beckton

Beckton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Knight	688	67.2	+25.1
	Labour	Sarah J. Ruiz	461		N/A
	BNP	Peter Hart	168	16.4	−13.4
	Conservative	Nigel Lucker	168	16.4	−2.5
Turnout			955	25.2	−14.8
Registered electors			3,796
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bemersyde

Bemersyde (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victor F. Turner	898	72.9	+25.2
	Labour	Gregory J. Vincent	815		N/A
	Independent	Malcolm Williamson	334	27.1	N/A
Turnout			1,270	31.6	−12.2
Registered electors			4,015
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Canning Town & Grange

Canning Town & Grange (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive W. Furness	797	59.4	+6.1
	Labour	Robert A. Wales	617		N/A
	Conservative	Brendan M. Morley	191	14.2	−32.5
	BNP	Michael Davidson	186	13.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen A. Chater	167	12.5	N/A
	Conservative	Simon N. C. Pearce	145		N/A
Turnout			1,250	22.8	−11.3
Registered electors			5,483
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle

Castle (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David P. McGladdery	1,096	71.1	+10.4
	Labour	Mahmood Ahmad	914		N/A
	Conservative	Karen Ullger	445	28.9	+11.5
Turnout			1,552	31.0	−6.4
Registered electors			5,002
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Central

Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June E. D. Leitch	992	55.4	−18.2
	Labour	Mary M. A. Skyers	945		N/A
	Socialist Labour	Imran Khan	478	26.7	N/A
	Conservative	Leslie A. Smith	321	17.9	+5.3
Turnout			1,687	33.1	−5.0
Registered electors			5,086
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Custom House & Silvertown

Custom House & Silvertown (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William A. Chapman	1,022	46.4	+4.4
	Labour	Lyn C. Brown	1,012		N/A
	Labour	Christopher T. Rackley	916		N/A
	Conservative	David C. Gladstone	524	23.8	+1.5
	Conservative	Christopher P. Boden	479		N/A
	Conservative	Ann L. Lewis	440		N/A
	BNP	John Kitchener	254	11.5	−9.5
	BNP	Mathew Marion	232		N/A
	BNP	Brian Reeves	220		N/A
	Independent	Colin J. Brown	202	9.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Laird	202	9.2	N/A
Turnout			1,980	23.2	−16.1
Registered electors			8,537
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Forest Gate

Forest Gate (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul M. Brickell	1,260	47.5	−8.3
	Labour	Conor M. McAuley	1,051		N/A
	Labour	Shama Ahmad	1,045		N/A
	Socialist Labour	Anne E. J. Brook	553	20.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Gray	469	17.7	+1.3
	Conservative	Armyn Hennesy	369	13.9	−0.3
Turnout			1,988	29.6	−8.5
Registered electors			6,740
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Greatfield

Greatfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin J. Jenkins	1,274	49.6	+10.3
	Labour	Ian K. Corbett	1,138		N/A
	Labour	Valerie M. J. Fone	1,046		N/A
	Independent	Frederick C. Jones	408	15.9	N/A
	Independent	Lillian A. Hopes	380		N/A
	Conservative	Caroline Costantino	372	14.5	−7.9
	Independent	Terence C. Macdonald	370		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen V. King	332	12.9	−9.2
Turnout			2,108	28.9	−16.8
Registered electors			7,296
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hudsons

Hudsons (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan A. Collier	1,130	64.4	+13.2
	Labour	Graham J. Lane	1,015		N/A
	Labour	Neil J. Wilsom	997		N/A
	Conservative	Jeffrey Spencer	322	18.3	−17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen J. Hunt	303	17.3	N/A
Turnout			1,618	26.2	−12.7
Registered electors			6,209
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensington

Kensington (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sukhdev S. Marway	1,288	80.8	+23.0
	Labour	Sardar Ali	1,189		N/A
	Conservative	Barbara M. Postles	307	19.2	+11.3
Turnout			1,731	33.7	−12.2
Registered electors			5,121
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Ilford

Little Ilford (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew R. E. Baikie	1,106	71.8	+14.3
	Labour	Richard J. Crawford	1,098		N/A
	Labour	Joseph Ejiofor	946		N/A
	Independent	Brian W. Berry	453		N/A
	Socialist Labour	Malkjit S. Natt	387	15.3	N/A
	Conservative	Kenneth J. Ready	246	13.8	+3.1
	Independent	Josephine Phillips	228		N/A
Turnout			1,824	26.4	−19.5
Registered electors			6,866
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor Park

Manor Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Gilles	1,220	42.3	−27.2
	Labour	Amarjit Singh	1,119		N/A
	Labour	Qaisra E. Khan	1,047		N/A
	Socialist Labour	Tawfique A. Choudhury	758	26.3	N/A
	Conservative	Susan M. Craig	469	16.3	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	William A. Robinson	437	15.2	N/A
Turnout			2,063	28.2	−11.1
Registered electors			7,324
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Monega

Monega (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William H. Brown	1,415	69.5	−6.6
	Labour	Lester T. Hudson	1,036		N/A
	Conservative	Graham E. Postles	219	10.8	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jean M. Tee	211	10.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Theresa J. Gerald	190	9.3	N/A
Turnout			1,845	34.5	−7.3
Registered electors			5,220
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

New Town

New Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony B. McAlmont	715	59.2	−10.3
	Labour	Winston Vaughan	760		N/A
	Conservative	Elizabeth Gibb	263	21.8	+3.4
	Independent	Lagaya Stewart	230	19.0	N/A
	Conservative	Danuta A. Gradosielska	141		N/A
Turnout			1,138	25.2	−7.0
Registered electors			4,523
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ordnance

Ordnance (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie S. Collier	475	41.7	−4.0
	Labour	Megan Harris	407		N/A
	Independent	Alan Craig	311	27.3	N/A
	Independent	Benjamin Stafford	225		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter R. W. Guest	175	15.4	+3.4
	BNP	Kenneth F. Francis	101	8.9	N/A
	Conservative	Geraldine M. Alden	78	6.8	−8.1
	Conservative	Richard J. Arnopp	67		N/A
Turnout			1,058	30.8	−2.8
Registered electors			3,493
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Park

Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Griffiths	1,193	60.0	−19.1
	Labour	Akbar A. Chaudhary	1,171		N/A
	Labour	John E. Saunders	1,072		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Fox-Davies	449	22.6	N/A
	Conservative	Brian I. Maze	345	17.4	−3.5
Turnout			1,797	28.1	−5.8
Registered electors			6,422
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Plaistow

Plaistow (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Warwick	1,083	70.7	+16.8
	Labour	Riaz Ahmed	1,011		N/A
	Labour	Joy Laguda	1,008		N/A
	Conservative	Eva Blint	449	29.3	+10.3
Turnout			1,619	26.5	−7.8
Registered electors			6,158
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Plashet

Plashet (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John P. Thorne	1,231	57.8	−5.1
	Labour	Rupinder Nandra	1,192		N/A
	Labour	Harbans S. Jabbal	1,175		N/A
	Conservative	Nafis Rafiq	600	28.2	+8.2
	Conservative	Josephine M. Child	482		N/A
	Conservative	Barry W. Roberts	402		N/A
	Socialist Labour	Paul S. J. Sandford	300	14.1	N/A
Turnout			2,185	30.3	−5.1
Registered electors			7,219
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Stephens

St Stephens (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Unmesh Desai	1,038	58.9	−29.1
	Labour	Abdul Shakoor	933		N/A
	Socialist Labour	Yasmin A. Ali	302	17.1	N/A
	Independent	Balakrishnan S. Balakrishnan	231	13.1	N/A
	Conservative	Stewart Lindsay	192	10.9	−11.1
Turnout			1,676	34.8	−1.6
Registered electors			4,822
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

South

South (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alec J. Kellaway	1,930	54.0	+20.6
	Labour	Quintin Peppiatt	1,763		N/A
	Labour	Christopher J. Seddan	1,703		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen T. Bell	595	16.6	−20.3
	Conservative	Glyn A. Weare	570	15.9	−3.2
	Conservative	Antony M. Costantino	539		N/A
	BNP	Caroline E. Lee	283	7.9	N/A
	BNP	Colin Smith	240		N/A
	BNP	Jay Lee	224		N/A
	National Democrats	Ian H. M. Anderson	196	5.5	N/A
Turnout			3,047	24.5	−12.9
Registered electors			12,446
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Stratford

Stratford (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James C. Riley	770	65.3	+11.8
	Labour	James G. Newstead	699		N/A
	Independent	Alan H. Stewart	192	16.3	N/A
	Independent	Conor J. Loughlan	146		N/A
	Conservative	Nigel R. Nadolski	142	12.0	−1.0
	Monster Raving Loony	Lord T. Jug	76	6.4	N/A
Turnout			1,211	27.2	−7.3
Registered electors			4,449
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Upton

Upton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nurul H. Ali	0	N/A	N/A
	Labour	Abdul K. Sheikh	0	N/A	N/A
	Labour	Harvinder S. Virdee	0	N/A	N/A
Turnout			0	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			6,832
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wall End

Wall End (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward H. Sparrowhawk	1,267	46.9	+1.0
	Labour	Paul D. Sathianesan	1,252		N/A
	Labour	Kulwant S. Mangat	1,081		N/A
	Conservative	Jeannette A. Worth	633	23.4	+6.9
	Independent	Terence J. Aird	594	22.0	N/A
	Conservative	Zubaida N. Hashmi	513	16.5	−10.3
	Independent	Bashir-UI Hafeez	505		N/A
	Socialist Labour	Carolyn M. Sikorski	206	7.6	N/A
Turnout			2,658	34.2	−3.0
Registered electors			7,779
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West Ham

West Ham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald N. Manley	949	71.0	−4.9
	Labour	Graeme M. Cambage	775		N/A
	Conservative	Charles R.P.G. Neaby	222	16.6	−7.5
	BNP	Paul Borg	165	7.9	N/A
	Conservative	Khatija S. B. Meaby	112		N/A
Turnout			1,290	24.5	−4.7
Registered electors			5,267
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 1998 and 2002

Custom House and Silvertown

Custom House and Silvertown by-election, 23 July 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia M. Holland	526	55.2	+9.8
	Conservative	Christopher P. Boden	149	15.6	−8.2
	BNP	Paul Borg	112	11.7	+0.2
	Newham Independent	Colin J. Brown	110	11.6	+2.4
	UKIP	Raymond P. Hollands	56	5.9	N/A
Majority			377	39.6	N/A
Turnout				11.3	−11.9
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. William A. Chapman.

Plashet

Plashet by-election, 24 February 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Regina T. Williams	826	53.4	−4.4
	Conservative	Reza A. S. Choudhury	585	37.9	+9.7
	Newham Independent	Swaminathan Balakrishnan	135	8.7	N/A
Majority			241	15.5	N/A
Turnout				21.3	−7.0
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Harbans S. Jabbal.

Stratford

Stratford by-election, 19 October 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Garfield	465	58.5	−6.8
	Conservative	Douglas Taylor	270	34.0	+22.0
	Socialist Alliance	Paul Phillips	60	7.5	N/A
Majority			195	24.5	N/A
Turnout				16.8	−10.4
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. James G. Newstead.

Custom House and Silvertown

Custom House and Silvertown by-election, 7 December 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Pinder	578	60.0	+13.6
	Conservative	Paul Maynard	329	34.3	+10.4
	Socialist Alliance	Maureen Stephenson	55	5.7	N/A
Majority			249	25.7	N/A
Turnout				10.6	−12.6
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Christopher T. Rackley.

Beckton

Beckton by-election, 29 March 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Taylor	384	37.6	−29.6
	Independent	Alan Craig	376	36.8	N/A
	BNP	Michael Davidson	163	15.9	−0.5
	Conservative	Paul Maynard	99	9.7	−6.7
Majority			8	0.8	N/A
Turnout				24.4	−0.8
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Maureen Knight.