1998 Enfield London Borough Council election

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All 66 seats up for election toEnfield London Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
Registered	200,913[1]
Turnout	66,903, 33.30% ( 13.83)[1]
First party Second party   Leader Jeffrey L. Rodin Unknown Party Labour Conservative Leader since 1994 Unknown Leader's seat Bowes Unknown Last election 41 seats, 47.56% 25 seats, 39.44% Seats before 38 26 Seats won 43 23 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 58,663 48,649 Percentage 47.89% 37.92% Swing 0.33 0.28   Third party Fourth party   Leader Unknown N/A Party Liberal Democrats Independent Leader since Unknown N/A Leader's seat Unknown N/A Last election 0 seats, 12.52% 0 seats, 0.23% Seats before 0 2 Seats won 0 0 Seat change Popular vote 13,671 652 Percentage 11.16% 0.53% Swing 1.36 0.30
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The1998 Enfield Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members ofEnfield London Borough Council inLondon,England. The whole council was up for election and theLabour Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[2] This was the first time that Labour were re-elected for a second term in Enfield. They later won a historic third term in 2018 after winning again in Enfield in 2010 and 2014.

In the years since the last election, Labour lost 3 councillors. 2 of these defected to either be independents or smaller parties and 1 seat was lost to the Conservatives in a by-election held in 1997.

Just before the election the composition of the council was a follows:^[3]

At the same as the election Enfield saw 67.2% vote in favour of the1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 32.8% against, on a 32.8%turnout.^[4] Overall turnout at the election was 33.26%.^[5]

Enfield local election result 1998^[5][6][7][8]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	43	4	2	2	65.15	47.89	58,663	0.33
	Conservative	23	2	4	2	34.85	39.72	48,649	0.28
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.00	11.16	13,671	1.36
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.00	0.64	782	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.53	652	0.30
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	0.06	74	0.12
Total		66						122,491

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Angel Road (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John A. Connew*	846	67.69	2.07
	Labour	Elizabeth M. Costello†[n 1]	669
	Conservative	Jean L. Cannell	285	24.62	2.30
	Conservative	Andrena Smith	266
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret H. Schofield	86	7.69	0.23
Registered electors			4,695		113
Turnout			1,250	26.62	15.43
Rejected ballots			9	0.72	0.52
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Arnos (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yasmine Brett*	989	56.58	3.24
	Labour	Ian H. Borkett†[n 2]	958
	Conservative	David A. Conway†[n 3]	241	13.89	15.88
	Conservative	Lulu Bernard	237
	Independent	Richard A. Course	203	11.80	New
	Independent	Patrick M. Cunneen†[n 4]	178	10.35	New
	Liberal Democrats	David A. Osman	129	7.38	3.03
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley F. Summerfield	125
Registered electors			5,613		286
Turnout			1,673	29.81	14.00
Rejected ballots			38	2.27	2.01
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Bowes (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Archilleas Georgiou*	1,122	70.50	8.58
	Labour	Jeffrey L. Rodin*	1,110
	Conservative	Malcom M. Tyndall	309	19.14	7.86
	Conservative	Lionel D. Zetter	297
	Liberal Democrats	Glenton J. Haddock	185	10.36	0.72
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed M. Alam	143
Registered electors			6,066		422
Turnout			1,742	28.72	17.01
Rejected ballots			8	0.46	0.27
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Bullsmoor (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gorton†[n 5]	985	53.66	3.49
	Labour	Danny J. Neary	982
	Conservative	Annette M. Dreblow	726	39.14	3.71
	Conservative	Eric C. Jukes	709
	Liberal Democrats	Jean P. Digby	140	7.20	New
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas C. Digby	124
Registered electors			6,008		39
Turnout			1,964	32.69	17.88
Rejected ballots			8	0.41	0.08
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Chase (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peggy Ford	922	45.56	1.48
	Conservative	John M. Yates*	858
	Labour	George R. Reeve	858	41.68	6.75
	Labour	Paul A. Renny	811
	Liberal Democrats	Angus M. Macleod	264	12.76	5.27
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret M.L. Marchant	247
Registered electors			6,001		99
Turnout			2,020	33.66	15.68
Rejected ballots			5	0.25	0.12
	Conservativehold
	Conservativehold

Craig Park (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Fenton*	871	66.53	4.50
	Labour	Alexander W. Mattingly*	723
	Conservative	Michael J. Harding	333	26.63	6.52
	Conservative	Florence H. Seaman	305
	Liberal Democrats	Philip G. Broadbent	82	6.84	2.02
Registered electors			5,455		121
Turnout			1,333	24.44	11.41
Rejected ballots			20	1.50	1.29
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Enfield Lock (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernadette Lappage	1,204	51.70	3.56
	Labour	Mark R. Sutters	1,059
	Conservative	James E. Lee	894	39.25	5.49
	Conservative	James B. Steven	824
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy E.R. Hoof	200	9.05	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline A. Stone	196
Registered electors			6,997		155
Turnout			2,403	34.34	12.15
Rejected ballots			13	0.54	0.23
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Enfield Wash (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Buckley*	819	59.92	1.88
	Labour	Brian G. Grayston	758
	Conservative	Gillian Shadbolt	434	32.10	6.10
	Conservative	John R. Boast	411
	Liberal Democrats	Tina E. Macintosh	107	7.98	New
	Liberal Democrats	Simon N.R. Price	103
Registered electors			5,759		102
Turnout			1,455	25.26	15.68
Rejected ballots			3	0.21	0.39
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Grange (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel A. Gilmore	1,633	62.95	12.29
	Conservative	Glynis L. Vince*	1,605
	Labour	Hazel M. Kinsler	669	25.06	8.35
	Labour	Gladys E.M. Stanbridge	620
	Liberal Democrats	Michael C.F. Steel	313	11.99	17.71
	Liberal Democrats	Robert L. Martin	304
Registered electors			6,893		415
Turnout			2,728	39.58	14.94
Rejected ballots			10	0.37	0.20
	Conservativehold
	Conservativehold

Green Street (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Douglas Taylor	1,037	55.26	2.60
	Labour	Ayfer Orhan	1,010
	Conservative	Bill Price	769	39.93	2.21
	Conservative	Mary P. Gosnell	710
	Liberal Democrats	George H. Hollis	107	4.81	New
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Zlotnick	71
Registered electors			5,670		2
Turnout			2,039	35.96	11.71
Rejected ballots			11	0.54	0.10
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Grovelands (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter B. Rust*	932	41.81	3.70
	Conservative	Jonathan R. French	921
	Labour	Stephen A. Mann	744	32.99	0.69
	Labour	Mary C. Wright	718
	Liberal Democrats	David L. Schofield	564	25.20	3.01
	Liberal Democrats	Androulla Morphakis	553
Registered electors			6,261		692
Turnout			2,408	38.46	8.51
Rejected ballots			18	0.75	0.48
	Conservativehold
	Conservativehold

Highfield (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher V. Cole*	881	43.77	9.32
	Conservative	Alan G. Barker	739	38.15	0.68
	Labour	George A. Watts	652
	Conservative	Raymond G. McCully	597
	Independent Labour	Philomena Cosgrove	215	9.65	New
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Osmen	192	8.42	0.34
	Independent Labour	Frances E. Cunneen	123
	Liberal Democrats	Ivor Zeitman	103
Registered electors			5,861		245
Turnout			1,923	32.81	17.51
Rejected ballots			18	0.94	0.69
	Labourhold
	Conservativegain fromLabour

Hoe Lane (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Verna A.B. Horridge*	802	58.18	2.77
	Labour	Geoffrey C.L. Southwell*	698
	Conservative	Helen Reid	442	32.74	1.68
	Conservative	Anthony M. Phelan	402
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen E. Robeson	129	9.08	1.08
	Liberal Democrats	Neil C. Savage	105
Registered electors			6,153		71
Turnout			1,460	23.73	21.80
Rejected ballots			10	0.68	0.64
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Huxley (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George A. Savva*	1,346	73.83	10.71
	Labour	Brian Barford*	1,246
	Conservative	Mark J. Jackson	414	21.45	6.71
	Conservative	George Paleologos	339
	Liberal Democrats	Janet M. Arend	92	4.73	3.99
	Liberal Democrats	John G.H. Arend	74
Registered electors			5,883		100
Turnout			2,009	34.15	11.93
Rejected ballots			16	0.80	0.57
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Jubilee (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rita A. Smythe*	1,064	60.83	1.48
	Labour	Derek StL. Goddard†[n 6]	1,029
	Conservative	Patricia A. Dawson†[n 7]	509	29.41	2.53
	Conservative	Peter S.V. Hicks	503
	Liberal Democrats	David R.S. Peters	168	9.76	1.04
Registered electors			6,110		374
Turnout			1,828	29.92	17.51
Rejected ballots			6	0.33	0.22
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Latymer (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Stafford†[n 8]	864	68.98	3.97
	Labour	Phillip Sowter*	833
	Conservative	Joan Scrine	272	21.06	1.43
	Conservative	Ahmet Mustafa	246
	Liberal Democrats	Robert A. Clark	131	9.96	1.13
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth M. Hicks	114
Registered electors			5,417		140
Turnout			1,364	25.18	17.29
Rejected ballots			8	0.59	0.32
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Merryhills (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dogan Delman	1,185	55.33	0.21
	Conservative	Edward M.I. Smith	1,124
	Labour	Anthony Cleary	678	30.60	3.29
	Labour	Vasilios Sotiriou	599
	Liberal Democrats	Linda M.B. Wilkinson	309	14.07	3.50
	Liberal Democrats	Terence J. McGee	278
Registered electors			6,236		1,018
Turnout			2,280	36.56	13.17
Rejected ballots			15	0.66	0.43
	Conservativehold
	Conservativehold

Oakwood (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynette M. Romain	828	43.01	8.20
	Conservative	Michael D. Lavender	799	43.31	4.99
	Conservative	Inese I. Aivars	749
	Labour	Surinder S. Attariwala	709
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Williams	258	13.68	3.21
	Liberal Democrats	John E. Hill	231
Registered electors			5,545		196
Turnout			1,949	35.15	8.54
Rejected ballots			4	0.21	0.13
	Labourgain fromConservative
	Conservativehold

Palmers Green (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil F. Aves*	1,101	46.30	6.69
	Labour	Charalambos Charalambous*	1,095
	Conservative	Erdogan Dervish	782	32.70	0.82
	Conservative	Anthony D. Wright†[n 9]	769
	Liberal Democrats	Ian D. Swinton	273	9.57	5.56
	Independent	Andrew Malakouna	271	11.43	New
	Liberal Democrats	David K. Rebak	181
Registered electors			6,641		269
Turnout			2,499	37.63	13.12
Rejected ballots			5	0.20	0.17
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Ponders End (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Forston M. Fairclough	821	53.55	16.16
	Labour	Christopher J. Bond†[n 10]	809
	Conservative	Frank D. Thacker	346	21.68	8.61
	Conservative	Stephen M. Wortley†[n 11]	314
	Independent Labour	Raja N. Ali	255	14.59	New
	Independent Labour	Kaya H. Hafil	189
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Belton	165	10.18	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Butterworth	145
Registered electors			6,372		805
Turnout			1,685	26.44	13.64
Rejected ballots			20	1.19	0.92
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Raglan (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tobias R.M. Simon	1,309	49.45	7.54
	Labour	Mark J. Walton	1,165
	Conservative	Celia A. Gooch*	1,090	41.81	4.91
	Conservative	Terence F. Smith	1,002
	Liberal Democrats	Michael J. Spinks	239	8.73	2.63
	Liberal Democrats	Boris Whycer	198
Registered electors			7,120		354
Turnout			2,669	37.49	11.18
Rejected ballots			1	0.04	0.14
	Labourgain fromConservative
	Labourgain fromConservative

St Alphege (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive W. Morrison	1,054	68.29	6.22
	Labour	Christopher M. Murphy	927
	Conservative	Audrey M. Stacey	358	23.71	4.85
	Conservative	Roger D. Vince	330
	Liberal Democrats	Harold J.S. Nelson	117	8.00	1.37
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan J. Malone	115
Registered electors			6,063		94
Turnout			1,624	26.79	15.70
Rejected ballots			11	0.68	0.60
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

St Marks (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendell R. Daniel	1,100	54.93	0.23
	Labour	Ivor Wiggett†[n 12]	905
	Conservative	Celia McNeice	695	35.21	1.32
	Conservative	Lefteris Sawa	590
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth S. Lea	180	9.86	1.09
Registered electors			5,162		158
Turnout			1,960	37.97	18.48
Rejected ballots			14	0.71	0.53
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

St Peters (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin McN. Robb*	898	63.38	1.87
	Labour	Eric J.C. Smythe*	857
	Conservative	Anne Davis	352	24.34	0.31
	Conservative	Lawrence A. Davis	322
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Curry	109	6.94	3.79
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope M. Marno	83
	Green	Joanna S. Steranka	74	5.34	New
Registered electors			5,835		144
Turnout			1,551	26.58	14.63
Rejected ballots			16	1.03	0.94
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Southbury (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Catyer*	1,175	49.92	1.20
	Labour	Irene M. Richards	1,155
	Conservative	Oliver Grigg	932	39.62	1.15
	Conservative	Lee Chamberlain	917
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth J. Keen	270	10.46	2.35
	Liberal Democrats	Alfrida A. Lee	218
Registered electors			7,028		581
Turnout			2,518	35.83	16.27
Rejected ballots			13	0.52	0.46
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Southgate Green (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel H. Anderson	920	43.34	11.05
	Conservative	Pamela J. Adams*	917	43.39	3.27
	Conservative	Mark Babington	833
	Labour	Josepha G. Scotney	828
	Liberal Democrats	Alan I. Stainer	281	13.27	7.78
	Liberal Democrats	Lorice Stainer	254
Registered electors			6,115		431
Turnout			2,195	35.90	6.99
Rejected ballots			21	0.96	0.84
	Labourgain fromConservative
	Conservativehold

Town (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John P. Egan	1,180	51.74	2.81
	Conservative	Alasdair C.M. Macphail	1,091
	Labour	Laurane Morris	825	34.75	0.99
	Labour	Rupert Price	700
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila M. Macleod	338	13.51	3.80
	Liberal Democrats	Robin C. Lambie	255
Registered electors			5,892		242
Turnout			2,307	39.15	16.00
Rejected ballots			6	0.26
	Conservativehold
	Conservativehold

Trent (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David J.B. Burrowes*	1,277	60.08	1.03
	Conservative	Anne M.D. Pearce*	1,230
	Labour	Richard J. Barnes	496	22.98	3.16
	Labour	Timothy Leaver	463
	Liberal Democrats	Susan W. Finlay	381	16.94	2.13
	Liberal Democrats	Michael A. Orsulik	326
Registered electors			6,813		202
Turnout			2,241	32.89	10.34
Rejected ballots			7	0.31	0.03
	Conservativehold
	Conservativehold

Village (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John W.E. Jackson*	1,311	55.00	2.21
	Conservative	John A. Wyatt*	1,229
	Labour	Peter J. King	802	34.11	1.58
	Labour	Emine Ali	773
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew S. Macintosh	261	10.89	3.79
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen A. Savva	242
Registered electors			6,582		361
Turnout			2,442	37.10	12.39
Rejected ballots			5	0.20	0.10
	Conservativehold
	Conservativehold

Weir Hall (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andreas Constantinides*	934	60.87	1.37
	Labour	Joanne McCartney	911
	Conservative	Victor G. James†[n 13]	434	28.51	1.41
	Conservative	Yunus Kemal	430
	Liberal Democrats	David J. Lambdon	161	10.62	2.78
Registered electors			6,056		313
Turnout			1,669	27.56	15.17
Rejected ballots			6	0.36	0.16
	Labourhold
	Labourhold

Willow (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham G. Eustance*	1,241	45.88	5.05
	Conservative	Michael J. Rye*	1,150
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher J.A. Jephcott	909	32.62	2.50
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Stone	791
	Labour	Ian W. Hamilton	586	21.49	2.55
	Labour	Sylvester M. Pais	534
Registered electors			6,189		123
Turnout			2,781	44.93	11.61
Rejected ballots			9	0.32	0.20
	Conservativehold
	Conservativehold

Winchmore Hill (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dennis J.E. Keighley	1,136	48.50	11.22
	Conservative	Terence F. Neville*	1,097
	Labour	Rebecca L. Harvey	952	39.44	12.79
	Labour	Constantinos Lemonides	864
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart G. McGowan	293	12.05	2.45
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret J. Steel	262
Registered electors			5,882		161
Turnout			2,477	42.11	4.05
Rejected ballots			14	0.57	0.49
	Conservativehold
	Conservativehold

Worcesters (2)^[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Dey*[n 14]	1,203	50.45	6.79
	Conservative	Austin F. Spreadbury*[n 14]	1,150
	Labour	William C.G. Byrne	960	41.04	3.19
	Labour	Thomas C. Evans	954
	Liberal Democrats	Joan A. Bell	217	8.51	3.60
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona J. Macleod	180
Registered electors			6,540		256
Turnout			2,457	37.57	17.36
Rejected ballots			5	0.20
	Conservativehold
	Conservativegain fromLabour

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