1998 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

The 1998 Kensington and Chelsea Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

At the same election, the Kensington and Chelsea saw 70.3% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 29.7% against, on a 27.9% turnout.^[2]

Election result

Following the election the Conservative leader of the council, Joan Hanham, was challenged for the leadership of the party group by Daniel Moylan, but Hanham won a ballot of the Conservative councillors to remain leader.^[3]

Kensington and Chelsea Local Election Result 1998^[4]^[5]
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	39	72.2	52.5	36,936
Labour	15	27.8	32.9	23,121
Liberal Democrats	0	0.0	14.3	10,038
Independent	0	0.0	0.3	234

Ward results

Abingdon (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Elizabeth Christmas	1,046
	Conservative	Mark Field	987
	Conservative	Jonathan Munday	971
	Labour	Bruce Howard	233
	Liberal Democrats	John Faulder	232
	Labour	Anthony Spencer	229
	Labour	Graham Robinson	218
	Liberal Democrats	Kishwer Khan	187
	Liberal Democrats	James Sandbach	181
Turnout			4,284

Avondale (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Simon Blanchflower	1,012
	Labour	Simon Stanley	937
	Labour	Allah Lasharie	904
	Conservative	David Lindsay	454
	Conservative	Mark Fowler	451
	Conservative	Amanda Sayers	424
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Boddington	247
	Liberal Democrats	David Shaw	193
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Werner	172
Turnout			4,794

Brompton (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Hudson	474
	Conservative	Shireen Ritchie	440
	Labour	John Manning	107
	Labour	Deirdre O'Day	106
	Liberal Democrats	Julia England	105
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Tupper	87
Turnout			1,319

Campden (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Ahern	1,062
	Conservative	Christopher Buckmaster	1,050
	Conservative	Robert Freeman	1,042
	Labour	Jane Armstrong	290
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Allen	235
	Labour	Thomas Brown	232
	Liberal Democrats	Imogen Caterer	220
	Labour	John McIntosh	218
	Liberal Democrats	Roberta Haseler	163
Turnout			4,512

Cheyne (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Corbet-Singleton	1,059
	Conservative	Paul Warrick	953
	Labour	Margaret Corbett	212
	Labour	Param Bhinder	209
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Lawrence	196
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Chancellor	148
Turnout			2,777

Church (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Adrian Fitzgerald	651
	Conservative	Joanna Gardener	629
	Labour	Caroline Ellis	336
	Labour	Jacob Tompkins	323
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Coats	98
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Coats	96
Turnout			2,133

Colville (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Robert Pope	910
	Labour	Judith Blakeman	879
	Labour	Patricia Healy	818
	Liberal Democrats	Priscilla Congreve	284
	Conservative	Nicola Cohen	282
	Conservative	Graham Rhodes	263
	Conservative	Jonathan Clamp	261
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Ingham	239
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Mayers	181
Turnout			4,117

Courtfield (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Anthony Coates	781
	Conservative	Edward Cox	743
	Conservative	Lawrence Holt	730
	Labour	Jean Navassardian	185
	Labour	Christine Robson	184
	Labour	Robert Mingay	178
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Dunn	114
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Somers	106
	Liberal Democrats	Angele Vidal-Hall	77
Turnout			3,098

Earls Court (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Barry Phelps	901
	Conservative	Thomas Fairhead	781
	Conservative	Timothy Tannock	771
	Labour	Joel Bishop	657
	Labour	Christine Henry	641
	Labour	Stephen Johnson	577
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Wade	491
	Liberal Democrats	John Drake	471
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Franks	432
	Independent	Malcolm Spalding	234
Turnout			5,956

Golborne (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Patrick Mason	982
	Labour	Bridget Hoier	954
	Labour	Stuart Shapro	833
	Liberal Democrats	Aria Kovatzis	192
	Conservative	Octavius Black	177
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Owen	160
	Conservative	Terence Buxton	156
	Conservative	Vaneeta Saroop	154
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Pettit	143
Turnout			3,751

Hans Town (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Timothy Coleridge	936
	Conservative	Nicholas Paget-Brown	886
	Conservative	Mary Weale	865
	Labour	Angela Lambert	165
	Labour	Michael Henry	158
	Labour	Robert Pandy	139
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Le Franc	114
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Schwartz	103
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Shanley	102
Turnout			3,468

Holland (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joan Hanham	999
	Conservative	Bryan Levitt	939
	Conservative	Warwick Lightfoot	908
	Labour	Marian Kearney	256
	Labour	Stephen Daly	236
	Labour	Bernard Hamilton	235
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Shirley	226
	Liberal Democrats	David Bewley	208
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Venables	192
Turnout			4,199

Kelfield (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Keith Cunningham	914
	Labour	Stephen Hoier	906
	Conservative	Gerard Hargreaves	341
	Conservative	Ivan Rose	265
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Tatton-Brown	186
	Liberal Democrats	Caryle Harris	154
Turnout			2,766

Norland (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ernest Tomlin	675
	Conservative	Brian Walker-Arnott	656
	Labour	David MacFarlane	258
	Labour	Hugh Raven	232
	Liberal Democrats	Rose Hunt	185
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Ritchie	141
Turnout			2,147

North Stanley (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Priscilla Frazer	768
	Conservative	Merrick Cockell	728
	Labour	Lesley-Anne Arnold	217
	Labour	Stephen King	216
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Patrick	160
	Liberal Democrats	William Somers	125
Turnout			2,214

Pembridge (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Isobel Campbell	867
	Conservative	David Campion	851
	Conservative	Doreen Weatherhead	836
	Labour	Michael Cocks	555
	Labour	Virginia Henley	535
	Labour	Ann O'Hare	511
	Liberal Democrats	John Campbell	277
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa Dowell	232
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Spencer	213
Turnout			4,877

Queen's Gate (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Daniel Moylan	845
	Conservative	Andrew Dalton	842
	Conservative	Gary Mond	822
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Galsworthy	218
	Labour	Mary Blanchet	179
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Ahern	170
	Labour	Norma Morris	170
	Labour	Natalie Pringle	170
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Venebles	164
Turnout			3,580

Redcliffe (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frances Taylor	835
	Conservative	Alick Whitfield	748
	Conservative	John Seidler	739
	Labour	Margaret Delahey	273
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Woodthorpe Brown	263
	Labour	Michael Costello	249
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Woodthorpe Brown	235
	Liberal Democrats	Emerson Roberts	234
	Labour	Louis Vaini-Husar	228
Turnout			3,804

Royal Hospital (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ian Donaldson	681
	Conservative	Jeremy Edge	633
	Liberal Democrats	Rosamund Pease	124
	Labour	Alexander Pringle	123
	Labour	John Wooten	118
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Michel	82
Turnout			1,761

St Charles (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Rima Horton	691
	Labour	John Atkinson	671
	Conservative	Matthew Palmer	366
	Conservative	Martin Wright	272
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Parsons	142
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Tatton Brown	105
Turnout			2,247

South Stanley (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Timothy Boulton	686
	Labour	Alastair Wood	666
	Conservative	William Wellesley	484
	Conservative	Peter Wilson	456
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Pritchard	124
	Liberal Democrats	Panayiotis Vardakis	109
Turnout			2,525

References

^ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
^ "Policy and politics: Local elections: How London voted for a mayor". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
^ "Right-winger's Tory coup fails". Evening Standard. London. 19 May 1998. p. 4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "Results of the Local Council Elections May 1998" (PDF). Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
^ "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.

[policy-1] "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.

[mayor-2] "Policy and politics: Local elections: How London voted for a mayor". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.

[coup-3] "Right-winger's Tory coup fails". Evening Standard. London. 19 May 1998. p. 4.

[results-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "Results of the Local Council Elections May 1998" (PDF). Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 16 April 2011.

[local-5] "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.

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