Merton London Borough Council election, 1998

The 1998 Merton Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Merton 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]

At the same as the election Merton saw 72.2% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 27.8% against, on a 37.6% turnout.^[2]

Election result

Merton Local Election Result 1998^[3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	39			0	68.4	44.2	57,753
	Conservative	12			+2	21.1	32.9	43,021
	Liberal Democrat	3			0	5.3	14.4	18,881
	Independent Resident	3			-1	5.3	3.4	4,415
	Green	0			0	0	4.8	6,301
	BNP	0			0	0	0.2	216
	Independent	0			-1	0	0.2	205

Ward results

Abbey (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Assinen	1,162
	Labour	John Carter	1,138
	Labour	Mohammad Karim	1,101
	Conservative	Margaret Connon	578
	Conservative	Andrew Leek	535
	Conservative	James Holmes	523
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Barker	478
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Roe	349
	Liberal Democrat	John Houlihan	319
	Green	Jacqueline Barrow	265
	Green	Mark Coxon	223
	Green	Syed Naqvi	156
Turnout			6,827	34.2

Cannon Hill (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Mannion	1,354
	Labour	Brian White	1,308
	Labour	Charles Lucas	1,269
	Conservative	Michael Grundy	1,090
	Conservative	David Gillmor	1,088
	Conservative	Joan Pethen	1,060
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Larkin	459
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Oxford	352
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Surey	329
	Green	John Barker	166
Turnout			8,475	45.7

Colliers Wood (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Knight	1,298
	Labour	George Reynolds	1,293
	Labour	Adrian Holt	1,099
	Green	Thomas Walsh	960
	Green	Jacqueline Ward	597
	Green	Lois Walters	567
	Conservative	Margaret Ali	324
	Conservative	Andrea Grabham	319
	Conservative	Kenneth Butt	315
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Kirwan	288
	Liberal Democrat	Marek Siemaszko	161
Turnout			7,221	36.8

Dumsford (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Paton	813
	Labour	Mark Thompson	805
	Conservative	Elisabeth Mitchell	668
	Conservative	Tariq Ahmad	635
	Liberal Democrat	Sally Harlow	280
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Harbron	193
	Green	John Garrett	119
Turnout			2,878	43.3

Dundonald (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Bampton	1,233
	Labour	Michael Brunt	1,128
	Labour	John Pickover	1,000
	Conservative	John Elvidge	661
	Conservative	David Daly	609
	Conservative	Andrew Hall	587
	Green	David Bezkorowajny	446
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Taylor	388
	Liberal Democrat	Blaise Eglington	369
	Liberal Democrat	Rosamund Packer	364
	Green	Jennifer Barrow	285
	Green	Christina Langley	240
Turnout			7,310	41.2

Figge's Marsh (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geraldine Stanford	1,396
	Labour	Daniel Connelian	1,298
	Labour	Andrew Judge	1,285
	Conservative	Richard Aitken-Davies	596
	Conservative	Kathleen Lewis	526
	Conservative	Mohammed Qureshi	450
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Geldart	339
	Green	Francis Cluer	172
Turnout			6,062	31.1

Graveney (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Kirby	908
	Labour	Joseph Abrams	898
	Conservative	Maureen Jewson	240
	Conservative	Anton Nadarajah	229
	Liberal Democrat	James McKenna	194
	Liberal Democrat	Marc Plessier	120
	Green	Emma-Ruth Crowhurst	77
Turnout			2,666	33.7

Hillside (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Harwood	1,254
	Conservative	David Williams	1,222
	Conservative	Christopher Grayling	1,194
	Labour	Christine Bickerstaff	804
	Labour	Brian Luff	683
	Labour	Laurence North	649
	Liberal Democrat	Carmel Fowler	521
	Liberal Democrat	Joan Pyke-Lees	479
	Liberal Democrat	Kamaljit Sood	377
	Green	Margaret Garrett	231
Turnout			7,414	36.9

Lavender (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edith Macauley	971
	Labour	Malcolm Searle	862
	Conservative	John Jewson	302
	Conservative	Michael Miles	264
	Liberal Democrat	Bernard Conway	242
	Green	Sarah Miskin	139
Turnout			2,780	28.8

Longthornton (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cairns	1,371
	Labour	Abdus Chaudhry	1,314
	Labour	Karen Livingstone	1,279
	Conservative	David Jeffreys	910
	Conservative	Geraldine Kirby	843
	Conservative	Ramdehol Dookhie	790
	Liberal Democrat	Tariq Ahmad	318
	Liberal Democrat	Dean Juster	298
	Liberal Democrat	Heather Hurst	297
Turnout			7,420	37.4

Lower Morden (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Daniels	1,424
	Conservative	Janet Jones	1,397
	Conservative	Peter Morse	1,310
	Labour	Cyril Gallant	1,051
	Labour	Nicholas Draper	1,012
	Labour	Anna Monks	973
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Pearce	357
	Liberal Democrat	David Holloway	357
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Stacey	268
	Green	Stephen Boulding	137
Turnout			8,286	45.0

Merton Park (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Resident	Desmonde Child	1,506
	Independent Resident	Bridget Smith	1,496
	Independent Resident	John Nelson-Jones	1,413
	Conservative	Mark Coote	811
	Conservative	Ronald Cox	775
	Conservative	Gavin Muncey	739
	Labour	Michael Fitzgerald	531
	Labour	Aejaz Khan-Zada	473
	Labour	Roger Stephens	468
	Liberal Democrat	John O'Boyle	202
Turnout			8,414	43.0

Phipps Bridge (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Munn	1,386
	Labour	Paul Harper	1,362
	Labour	Judith Saunders	1,176
	Conservative	Sally Lundie	598
	Conservative	Barbara Mansfield	584
	Conservative	Roger Farrance	521
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Pizey	328
	Green	Robin Bannister	258
Turnout			5,629	31.7

Pollards Hill (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cole	1,248
	Labour	Russell Makin	1,065
	Labour	Mohammad Syed	1,026
	Conservative	Pauline Blythe	552
	Conservative	Jason Garbutt	418
	Conservative	Harris Chong	317
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Wren	204
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Whitehead	191
	Green	Keith O'Neill	130
Turnout			5,151	33.7

Ravensbury (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Jones	1,294
	Labour	Peter Smith	1,229
	Labour	Peter McCabe	1,215
	Conservative	Thelma Earnshaw	560
	Conservative	Roderick McLeod	508
	Conservative	Cyril Mitchell	479
	Liberal Democrat	Violet Jennings	330
	Independent	Terence Sullivan	205
	Green	Nicholas Miskin	143
	BNP	Ian Dell	88
Turnout			6,051	36.2

Raynes Park (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Brierly	1,375
	Conservative	Robert Bell	1,310
	Conservative	Neville Beddoe	1,272
	Liberal Democrat	David Hurst	965
	Liberal Democrat	Gail Moss	922
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Pugh	915
	Labour	Shoshana Foster	725
	Labour	Anne Taulbut	662
	Labour	Haribhai Patel	580
	Green	Brian Parkin	191
Turnout			8,890	43.4

St. Helier (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Pearce	1,178
	Labour	Eunice Martin	1,083
	Labour	Michael Spacey	1,025
	Conservative	Keith Guy	696
	Conservative	Gordon Raymond	566
	Conservative	Anne Williams	565
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Plessier	346
	Green	Susan Boulding	233
	BNP	Robert Andrews	128
Turnout			5,806	35.6

Trinity (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vivien Guy	1,082
	Labour	Kingsley Abrams	1,061
	Labour	Paul Barasi	981
	Conservative	Dorothy Kilsby	696
	Conservative	Nicholas Brewer	689
	Conservative	Alan Hogg	657
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Hutchison	411
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Rennie	368
	Liberal Democrat	Bonita Ralph	360
	Green	Stephen Gardiner	230
Turnout			6,535	37.8

Village (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allan Jones	1,337
	Conservative	Samantha George	1,330
	Conservative	Christopher Houseden	1,328
	Labour	Martin Holman	534
	Labour	Denise Leggett	494
	Labour	Kenneth Wilshire	467
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Rumney	317
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Dix	300
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Tibbetts	298
	Green	Ernest Dennis	191
Turnout			6,596	36.4

West Barnes (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Willott	1,360
	Liberal Democrat	Iain Dysart	1,317
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Harris	1,251
	Labour	Barry Edwards	916
	Labour	Stephen Nixon	882
	Labour	Patrick Loughran	855
	Conservative	Linda Batchelor	816
	Conservative	David Jessop	799
	Conservative	Roderick Scott	780
	Green	Julian Davidson	145
Turnout			9,121	46.0

References

↑ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Policy and politics: Local elections: How London voted for a mayor". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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