1998 Islington London Borough Council election

1998 Islington London Borough Council election
7 May 1998 (1998-05-07)
All 52 seats up for election to Islington London Borough Council
27 seats needed for a majority
Registered118,034[1]
Turnout42,096, 35.66% (Decrease 7.66)[1]
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election 12 seats, 29.14% 39 seats, 52.49%
Seats before 13 38
Seats won 26 26
Seat change Increase 13 Decrease 12
Popular vote 44,391 43,388
Percentage 43.98% 42.99%
Swing Increase 14.84 Decrease 9.50
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Conservative Green
Last election 1 seat, 12.47% 0 seats, 3.06%
Seats before 1 0
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 6,369 6,366
Percentage 6.31% 6.31%
Swing Decrease 6.16 Increase 3.25
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


No Overall Control

The 1998 Islington Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[2]

Election result

The results saw the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties finish tied on 26 seats each, after the Liberal Democrats gained 12 seats.[3] The Liberal Democrat gains included taking the ward of Barnsbury, where the then Prime Minister Tony Blair had lived before becoming prime minister.[3] In the final seat Labour won by 3 votes after 5 recounts to prevent the Liberal Democrats from winning a majority.[3] This meant Labour was able to continue as the administration, relying on the casting vote of the Labour mayor Pat Haynes.[3]

Reasons for the losses for Labour were reported as being the council tax level, which was the highest in London, poor schools and the council's £800 million debt.[3]

At the same as the election Islington voted 81.55% in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 18.45% against, on a 34.15% turnout.[4][5]

Islington local election result 1998[6][7][8]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 26 14 1 Increase 13 50.00 43.98 44,391 Increase14.84
  Labour 26 1 13 Decrease 12 50.00 42.99 43,388 Decrease 9.50
  Conservative 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0.00 6.31 6,369 Decrease 6.16
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 6.31 6,366 Increase 3.25
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.15 154 New
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.13 135 Decrease 0.54
  Tenants & Residents 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.13 131 Decrease 2.04
Total 52 100,934

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Barnsbury

Barnsbury (3)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bridget Fox 1,725 54.28 Increase30.22
Liberal Democrats Alastair Loraine 1,623
Liberal Democrats Carol Powell 1,575
Labour Paula Kahn 929 30.21 Decrease27.34
Labour Steven Barnett 914
Labour Lloyd Child 897
Green Robert Pearce 211 6.98 New
Conservative Christopher Cox 174 4.20 Decrease14.19
Tenants & Residents John Worker 131 4.33 New
Conservative Martin Moyes 111
Conservative Jonathan Small 96
Registered electors 6,761 Increase 254
Turnout 2,978 44.05 Decrease 0.04
Rejected ballots 17 0.57 Increase 0.08
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Bunhill

Bunhill (3)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joseph Trotter* 1,317 59.95 Increase 0.31
Liberal Democrats Rosetta Wooding* 1,236
Liberal Democrats Jyoti Vaja 1,176
Labour Ian Darby 555 24.47 Decrease10.29
Labour Theresa Debono 487
Labour Hassan Asmal 480
Socialist Labour Sharon Hayward 154 7.43 New
Green Denise Bennett 94 4.53 New
Conservative Peter Cuthbert 78 3.62 Decrease 1.98
Conservative Doris Daly 76
Conservative Alam-Zeb Khan 71
Registered electors 5,460 Decrease 377
Turnout 2,118 38.79 Decrease 9.25
Rejected ballots 8 0.38 Increase 0.34
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Canonbury East

Canonbury East (2)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Dearth 1,101 56.48 Increase33.59
Liberal Democrats Richard Washington 1,026
Labour Andrew Bosi* 750 35.16 Decrease 1.25
Labour Peter Lewis 574
Green Judith Kleinman 92 4.88 Decrease 1.39
Conservative Timothy Devlin 72 3.48 Decrease 0.20
Conservative Duncan Reed 59
Registered electors 4,998 Increase 29
Turnout 2,015 40.32 Decrease 4.94
Rejected ballots 10 0.50 Increase 0.32
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Canonbury West

Canonbury West (2)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Ribezzo 985 59.71 Increase40.34
Liberal Democrats Barbara Smith 955
Labour Diane Brace 544 31.52 Decrease18.74
Labour Nicholas Stewart 480
Conservative Carol-Anne Aitken 89 5.45 Decrease18.45
Conservative Richard Campbell 88
Green Robert Turner 54 3.32 Decrease 3.15
Registered electors 4,153 Decrease 29
Turnout 1,750 42.14 Decrease 1.48
Rejected ballots 23 1.31 Increase 1.09
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell (3)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ludford* 1,783 59.29 Increase 0.22
Liberal Democrats Bruce Neave* 1,449
Liberal Democrats George Allan 1,427
Labour Timothy Clark 762 25.58 Decrease 0.94
Labour Harriet Quiney 672
Labour David Northcott 576
Green Raymond Cunningham 259 9.89 New
Conservative Gordon Dear 162 5.24 Increase 1.29
Conservative Nicholas Roberts 132
Conservative Margaret Reese 118
Registered electors 7,908 Increase 627
Turnout 2,771 35.04 Decrease12.77
Rejected ballots 15 0.54 Increase 0.17
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Gillespie

Gillespie (2)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Greening* 966 55.30 Decrease 9.91
Labour Nigel Mason 751
Liberal Democrats Philip Middleton 336 20.87 Increase 7.43
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Rorison 312
Green Sara Meidan 276 17.78 Increase 5.68
Conservative John Shields 101 6.05 Decrease 3.20
Conservative Rifat Bairam 87
Registered electors 4,471 Increase 453
Turnout 1,540 34.44 Decrease 8.39
Rejected ballots 22 1.43 Increase 1.14
Labour hold
Labour hold

Highbury

Highbury (3)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Creagh 1,107 48.69 Increase 5.13
Labour Maureen Leigh†[n 1] 1,052
Labour Jenny Rathbone 1,033
Green Christopher Ashby 748 27.20 Increase 0.49
Green Malcolm Powell 522
Green Patricia Tuson 513
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Williams 330 14.70 Decrease 2.07
Liberal Democrats Mark Hornby 321
Liberal Democrats Sheila Thornton 313
Conservative Andrew Brooke 227 9.41 Decrease 0.97
Conservative Jean-Paul Floru 199
Conservative James Barbaras 191
Registered electors 6,951 Increase 696
Turnout 2,475 35.61 Decrease 5.51
Rejected ballots 14 0.57 Increase 0.41
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Highview

Highview (2)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruairi McCourt 766 64.16 Decrease 5.46
Labour Jennifer Sands 720
Green Michael Holloway 223 16.93 Increase 6.71
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Griffiths 177 14.03 Increase 4.08
Green Michele Wilson 169
Liberal Democrats Ursula Craig 148
Conservative Simon Matthews 58 4.88 Decrease 5.34
Conservative Bruce Picking 55
Registered electors 3,875 Increase 122
Turnout 1,261 32.54 Decrease 7.85
Rejected ballots 20 1.59 Increase 1.06
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hillmarton

Hillmarton (2)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Doreen Scott 1,028 49.93 Increase30.02
Liberal Democrats Edward Featherstone 998
Labour Antonia Benedek 781 38.47 Decrease26.72
Labour Phil Kelly * 780
Green Mark Chilver 165 8.13 New
Conservative Roy Taft 82 3.47 Decrease11.44
Conservative Mahendra Oza 59
Registered electors 4,913 Decrease 222
Turnout 2,111 42.97 Decrease 2.37
Rejected ballots 7 0.33 Increase 0.14
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Hillrise

Hillrise (3)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Clinton* 1,036 54.23 Decrease 7.76
Labour Milton Babulall†[n 2] 948
Labour Sheila Camp 940
Liberal Democrats Heather Eggins 426 20.86 Increase 5.78
Liberal Democrats James Sanderson 371
Liberal Democrats Philip Vaughan 328
Conservative Maureen Campbell 255 10.72 Increase 2.83
Green Victoria Olliver 255 14.19 Increase 4.81
Conservative Simon Cooper 180
Conservative Bryan Wilsher 143
Registered electors 6,600 Increase 276
Turnout 1,846 27.97 Decrease10.28
Rejected ballots 6 0.33 Increase 0.08
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Holloway

Holloway (3)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Margot Dunn* 1,338 54.91 Increase 6.69
Liberal Democrats Barry Kempton* 1,290
Liberal Democrats Douglas Taylor* 1,262
Labour Catriona Munro 838 35.23 Decrease 7.52
Labour David Sayer 830
Labour Robert Dowd 828
Green Sheena Etches 138 5.85 Increase 0.76
Conservative Alan Reese 99 4.01 Increase 0.07
Conservative Mark Rittner 94
Conservative James Rooke 91
Registered electors 6,258 Increase 203
Turnout 2,550 40.75 Decrease 8.76
Rejected ballots 13 0.51 Increase 0.41
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Junction

Junction (3)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Burgess*[n 3] 1,104 55.30 Decrease 7.04
Labour Taha Karim* 940
Labour Sandra Marks* 934
Liberal Democrats Margaret Lally 430 20.35 Increase 6.39
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Sidney 347
Liberal Democrats Alford Reeves 319
Green Angela Royston 284 15.46 Increase 2.24
Green Ajay Burlingham-Johnson 271
Conservative Charles Sharman 167 8.89 Decrease 1.59
Conservative Anthea Ward 152
Registered electors 6,487 Decrease 1
Turnout 1,892 29.17 Decrease10.66
Rejected ballots 13 0.69 Increase 0.23
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Mildmay

Mildmay (3)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Haynes* 1,056 44.99 Decrease 6.68
Labour Jeanette Arnold 1,022
Labour Michael Boye-Anawomah* 941
Liberal Democrats Anna Berent 621 24.05 Increase10.68
Liberal Democrats Andrew Crudgington 500
Liberal Democrats Derek Jackson 493
Green Grant Gilbert 290 12.97 Increase 0.84
Conservative Adam Duguid 277 11.95 Decrease10.89
Conservative Oriel Hutchinson 273
Conservative Gary Moores 252
Independent Margaret McDonnell 135 6.04 New
Registered electors 7,995 Increase 406
Turnout 2,075 25.95 Decrease12.45
Rejected ballots 27 1.30 Increase 1.06
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Quadrant

Quadrant (2)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Barnes*[n 4] 1,161 51.84 Increase44.99
Liberal Democrats Laura Willoughby 992
Labour Philip Bird 689 30.29 Decrease12.22
Labour Caspar Bowden 569
Conservative Rebecca Baty 274 12.35 Decrease31.92
Conservative Oliver Judge 239
Green Susan Wilkinson 141 5.52 Decrease 0.85
Green Stefan Tobler 88
Registered electors 5,228 Increase 129
Turnout 2,213 42.33 Decrease 8.13
Rejected ballots 10 0.45 Increase 0.10
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

St George's

St George's (3)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosemary Blackmore 1,357 52.97 Increase 3.47
Labour Walter Burgess 1,165
Labour Shonagh Methven 1,147
Liberal Democrats Jody Beveridge 503 19.90 Increase 7.27
Liberal Democrats Paul Fox 464
Green Mary Adshead 450 19.49 Increase 6.46
Liberal Democrats Julian Glover 411
Conservative Allan Saile 216 7.64 Decrease 2.88
Conservative Rosemarie Totvanian 161
Conservative Glenn Timmermans 152
Registered electors 6,931 Increase 310
Turnout 2,246 32.41 Decrease 6.47
Rejected ballots 22 0.98 Increase 0.86
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Mary

St Mary (3)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Isobel Cox 1,299 55.21 Increase37.89
Liberal Democrats Joan Coupland 1,298
Liberal Democrats Richard Heseltine 1,272
Labour Jessica Bawden 815 34.35 Decrease17.79
Labour Paul Convery* 796
Labour Paul Jackson* 796
Green Mjka Scott 149 6.38 Decrease 1.73
Conservative Tracey Braddick 118 4.07 Decrease18.36
Conservative Stephen McMinnies 88
Conservative Lisa Ruffell 79
Registered electors 5,894 Increase 532
Turnout 2,433 41.28 Decrease 2.29
Rejected ballots 12 0.49 Increase 0.23
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

St Peter

St Peter (3)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Maria Powell* 1,548 67.57 Increase 5.44
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hitchins* 1,480
Liberal Democrats Christopher Pryce* 1,373
Labour Paula Beattie 515 20.35 Decrease12.99
Labour Nicholas Butcher 460
Labour Jenina Pendry 350
Green Ura Kiefer 155 7.14 New
Conservative Thomas Duke 138 4.94 Increase 0.42
Conservative Peter Warren 94
Conservative Ian Sparham-Souter 90
Registered electors 6,599 Increase 192
Turnout 2,294 34.76 Decrease14.08
Rejected ballots 8 0.35 Decrease 0.13
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Sussex

Sussex (2)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Meg Hillier* 884 49.21 Decrease10.75
Labour Daniel Bonner 859
Liberal Democrats Graham Baker*[n 5] 856 44.47 Increase12.35
Liberal Democrats Hewa Jaff 719
Green Robin Latimer 99 4.32 Decrease 1.93
Green Swadesh Poorun 54
Conservative Raymond Muggeridge 38 2.00 Decrease 2.67
Conservative John Wilkin 33
Registered electors 4,668 Increase 273
Turnout 1,926 41.26 Decrease 7.05
Rejected ballots 19 0.99 Increase 0.61
Labour hold
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Thornhill

Thornhill (2)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Perry 828 53.58 Decrease 9.99
Labour Edna Griffiths 735
Liberal Democrats Patricia Peel 411 26.98 Increase10.53
Liberal Democrats Michael Aspell 376
Green Nicola Baird 143 9.81 Increase 2.37
Conservative Stanley Morris 142 9.63 Decrease 2.90
Conservative Stephen Kreppel 139
Registered electors 4,721 Increase 232
Turnout 1,588 33.64 Decrease 8.98
Rejected ballots 19 1.20 Increase 0.89
Labour hold
Labour hold

Tollington

Tollington (3)[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger McKenzie* 1,178 59.68 Increase 1.43
Labour Barbara Sidnell 1,149
Labour Derek Sawyer* 1,103
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Macmillan 418 20.22 Increase 9.20
Liberal Democrats Matthew Ryan 386
Green James Goggin 385 20.09 Increase 8.84
Liberal Democrats David Tibbs 358
Registered electors 7,163 Increase 326
Turnout 2,014 28.12 Decrease 8.90
Rejected ballots 42 2.09 Increase 1.77
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

  1. ^ Leigh was a sitting councillor representing the Highview ward
  2. ^ Babulall was a sitting councillor representing the Highbury ward
  3. ^ Burgess was elected in a by-election trigerred by the resignation of Cllr Michael Tal after his resignation in 1997[9]
  4. ^ Barnes was elected as a Labour councillor in 1994 but decided to run as a Liberal Democrat this election
  5. ^ Baker was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Stephen Twigg in 1997[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 206. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  3. ^ a b c d e Harding, Luke. "Mugging shock for Labour on leader's old patch". The Guardian. p. 15.
  4. ^ "How London voted for a mayor". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  5. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 103–105, 204, 206–207. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Islington Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. p. 10-11. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  9. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - incluiding the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 105. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
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