Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, 1998

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

The election saw the Conservative party only put up five candidates in the election^[2] and they failed to win any seats on the council.^[3] The Labour leader of the council, George Brooker, stood down at the election after 51 years.^[4] He opposed the Greater London Authority referendum that took place at the same time as the election, however Barking and Dagenham saw 73.49% vote in favour and 26.51% against.^[4]^[5] Overall turnout in the election was 25.41%.^[6]

Election result

Barking and Dagenham Local Election Result 1998^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	47			0	92.2	73.0	44,716
	Chadwell Heath Residents Association	3			0	5.9	6.5	3,978
	Liberal Democrat	1			0	2.0	17.7	10,821
	Conservative	0			0	0	1.9	1,140
	Thames View Environmental and Residents Association	0			0	0	0.9	572

Ward results

Abbey (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeannette Alexander	1,223
	Labour	Graham Bramley	1,054
	Labour	Mohammed Fani	976
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Beadle	495
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Clay	453
	Liberal Democrat	Siobhan Jebb	349
Turnout			4,550

Aibon (2)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Wade	727
	Labour	Ernest White	678
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Kelly	141
	Conservative	Malcolm Beatty	132
Turnout			1,678

Becontree (2)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edith Bradley	754
	Labour	John Wainwright	610
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Stepton	241
Turnout			1,605

Cambell (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Rawlinson	1,074
	Labour	Jeffrey Porter	1,047
	Labour	June Van Roten	1,041
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Mailey	289
	Liberal Democrat	John Kelly	250
Turnout			3,701

Chadwell Heath (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Chadwell Heath Residents Association	Ronald Curtis	1,347
	Chadwell Heath Residents Association	Albert Gibbs	1,344
	Chadwell Heath Residents Association	Robert Jeyes	1,287
	Labour	Donna Beckett	619
	Labour	Peter Metia	593
	Labour	Nana-Aba Andah	537
	Conservative	Mary Justice	201
Turnout			5,928

Eastbrook (2)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence Bunn	1,238
	Labour	Sidney Summerfield	1,077
	Labour
Turnout

Eastbury (2)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Churchman	870
	Labour	Patrick Manley	833
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Felton	668
	Labour	David Miles	607
Turnout			2,978

Fanshawe (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Jones	1,092
	Labour	Herbert Collins	1,065
	Labour	Raymond Parkin	927
	Liberal Democrat	Winifred Chapman	390
Turnout			3,474

Gascoigne (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Flint	958
	Labour	Valerie Rush	851
	Labour	Milton McKenzie	800
	Liberal Democrat	Claire Stepton	282
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Tester	238
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Pembroke	229
Turnout			3,358

Goresbrook (2)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Power	805
	Labour	Alan Thomas	723
	Liberal Democrat	Liam Smith	413
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Downs	344
Turnout			2,285

Heath (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Fairbrass	1,150
	Labour	Sidney Kallar	1,075
	Labour	John Lawrence	1,002
	Conservative	Linda Hallewell	265
	Liberal Democrat	Alison South	251
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Tester	197
Turnout			3,940

Longbridge (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Madeleine Baker	1,074
	Labour	Susan Bramley	1,069
	Labour	Nirmal Gill	870
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Cooper	786
	Liberal Democrat	Jayne Cooper	778
	Liberal Democrat	Edith Downs	713
Turnout			5,290

Manor (2)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Conyard	803
	Labour	Rita Hannah-Rogers	753
	Liberal Democrat	David Boorman	233
Turnout			1,789

Marks Gate (2)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Worby	651
	Labour	Colin Pond	524
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Pace	167
Turnout			1,342

Parsloes (2)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Blake	763
	Labour	Steven Gill	700
	Liberal Democrat	Emma Smith	225
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Churchman	220
Turnout			1,908

River (2)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Twomey	768
	Labour	Inder Jamu	597
	Liberal Democrat	Hayley Downs	244
Turnout			1,609

Thames (2)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Shaw	941
	Labour	Royston Patient	914
	Thames View Environmental and Residents Association	Edward Mussett	287
	Thames View Environmental and Residents Association	Charles Lambert	285
	Liberal Democrat	David Oram	70
Turnout			2,497

Triptons (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Davis	1,167
	Labour	Margaret West	1,011
	Labour	Cameron Geddes	920
	Liberal Democrat	June Griffin	297
	Liberal Democrat	Paul South	275
Turnout			3,670

Valence (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Osborn	939
	Labour	Jean Bruce	915
	Labour	Vera Cridland	902
	Liberal Democrat	Sally Storer	320
Turnout			3,076

Village (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katherine Golden	1,146
	Labour	Darrin Best	1,112
	Labour	William Dale	1,041
	Conservative	Kenneth Coombs	280
	Conservative	Susan Hallewell	262
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Pickford	209
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Johnson	184
Turnout			4,234

References

1 2 "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Waugh, Paul (1998-04-15). "Tories write off London no go areas". Evening Standard. p. 6. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 1998-05-09. p. 16. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 Barker, Paul (1998-05-03). "Enough to make a cat laugh". The Sunday Times. p. 8. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "London referendum". The Daily Mirror. 1998-05-08. p. 2. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Local Election Results Thursday 7 May 1998". London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. Archived from the original on May 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-31.

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