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All 63 seats up for election toHavering London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 177,509[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 60,891, 34.30% ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1998 Havering London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members ofHavering London Borough Council inLondon, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed in no overall control.
63 councillors were elected from 25 wards. Each ward returned two or three councillors. The 1998 election was the last to use the wards established in 1978 (and subject to minor revision in 1994) with new boundaries in use for the next election in 2002. Councillors were elected for a four-year term.
Polling took place on 7 May 1998.
Labour remained the largest group on the council, losing two seats to become three short of a majority.[2][3][4] The Labour Party lost two seats to the Conservatives inCollier Row ward, two seats to the Liberal Democrats inOldchurch ward and one to the Residents Association inSt Andrew's ward. Two seats were gained by Labour from the Liberal Democrats inHarold Wood ward. The Conservatives gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats inSt Edward's ward.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 29 | 3 | 5 | 46.03 | 38.55 | 55,964 | |||
| Residents | 17 | 1 | 1 | 26.98 | 25.77 | 37,407 | |||
| Conservative | 14 | 3 | 0 | 22.22 | 27.90 | 40,493 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4.76 | 5.61 | 8,139 | |||
| Ind. Residents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.58 | 2,302 | New | ||
| Third Way | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.59 | 851 | |||
| Total | 63 | 145,156 | |||||||
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Raymond F. Emmett* | 1,172 | 44.35 | ||
| Labour | Christopher W. Purnell* | 1,093 | |||
| Labour | Benjamin B. Norwin | 991 | |||
| Residents | Dorothy F.A. Gray | 636 | 25.98 | New | |
| Conservative | John E. Carter | 482 | 18.52 | ||
| Conservative | Charles T. Morris | 454 | |||
| Conservative | Nicholas J. Hughes | 424 | |||
| Third Way | Jeannie Trueman | 273 | 11.15 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,325 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,080 | 28.40 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.29 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edward Cahill | 867 | 39.99 | ||
| Conservative | Mark R. Gadd | 779 | |||
| Ind. Residents | Keith L. Donovan | 605 | 27.65 | New | |
| Labour | Janet A. Fisher | 555 | 25.92 | ||
| Ind. Residents | Richard J. Arnold | 533 | |||
| Labour | David G. Harding | 512 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter B. Spence | 145 | 6.44 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Helen J. Tegg | 120 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,229 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,187 | 35.11 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.32 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eamonn Mahon | 750 | 44.62 | ||
| Labour | Jeffery Stafford | 663 | |||
| Residents | Charles Fancourt | 406 | 25.39 | ||
| Residents | Carole Burnie | 398 | |||
| Conservative | Henry Tebbutt | 398 | 22.20 | ||
| Conservative | David Hayhow | 305 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Davies | 126 | 7.80 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Deeks | 121 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,594 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,685 | 30.12 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.36 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew R. Rosindell* | 2,067 | 81.03 | ||
| Conservative | Henry A. Tebbutt Snr. | 1,730 | |||
| Labour | Paul F. Stygal | 462 | 18.97 | ||
| Labour | Frederick T. Symes | 427 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,484 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,587 | 47.17 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.43 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew S. Curtin | 883 | 51.58 | ||
| Conservative | Geoffrey D. Starns | 828 | |||
| Labour | Patrick D. Ridley* | 820 | 48.42 | ||
| Labour | Comfort O. Usukumah | 786 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,498 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,817 | 33.05 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.88 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | Jean H. Mitchell* | 1,570 | 69.15 | ||
| Residents | Geoffrey Lewis* | 1,465 | |||
| Labour | Anthony B. Gibbs | 410 | 18.23 | ||
| Labour | John McKernan | 390 | |||
| Conservative | Terence E. Lewis | 251 | 9.32 | ||
| Conservative | Christine J. Scott | 158 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David R. Bowman | 75 | 3.30 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas S. Hall | 70 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,410 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,309 | 42.68 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.30 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | Louisa G. Sinclair* | 2,095 | 77.60 | ||
| Residents | Joan P. Lewis* | 1,997 | |||
| Labour | Tom G.A. Horlock | 325 | 12.21 | ||
| Labour | Henry E. Miller | 319 | |||
| Conservative | Jean E. Curtin | 248 | 9.24 | ||
| Conservative | Patrick C. Curtin | 239 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth A.R. Thomas | 34 | 0.95 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael C. Thomas | 16 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,467 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,692 | 49.24 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.15 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ray Harris | 1,640 | 50.22 | ||
| Labour | Jack Hopelman* | 1,638 | |||
| Labour | Janet P. Davis | 1,592 | |||
| Conservative | Ronald G. Clifford | 1,143 | 31.90 | ||
| Conservative | Norman R. Forster | 1,054 | |||
| Conservative | David Lel | 896 | |||
| Third Way | Graham K. Williamson | 578 | 17.88 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,786 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,154 | 35.90 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 24 | 0.76 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter C. Gardner†[n 1] | 1,019 | 43.23 | ||
| Conservative | Paul N. Rochford | 981 | |||
| Labour | Maureen A. Scott | 594 | 23.78 | ||
| Ind. Residents | Anthony I. Benton | 591 | 25.16 | New | |
| Ind. Residents | James Saunders | 573 | |||
| Labour | Ronald E. Whitworth | 506 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham J. Watkins | 184 | 7.83 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Garry L. White | 178 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,226 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,442 | 33.79 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.45 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | Valerie A. Evans* | 1,010 | 44.36 | ||
| Residents | Ian H. Wilkes* | 995 | |||
| Conservative | Edward G.J. Eden | 896 | 38.34 | ||
| Conservative | Robert D. Whitton | 837 | |||
| Labour | Francis E. Bland | 403 | 17.30 | ||
| Labour | John F. Daly | 379 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,644 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,366 | 41.92 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.30 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kevin R. Robinson | 1,118 | 58.13 | ||
| Labour | William G. Harrison* | 1,070 | |||
| Labour | Yvonne M.J. Cornell | 1,067 | |||
| Conservative | Margaret E.L. Gardner | 337 | 17.22 | ||
| Residents | Eric J. Staggs | 331 | 15.63 | New | |
| Residents | Ian Stocker | 318 | |||
| Conservative | Eileen R. Rosindell | 306 | |||
| Residents | Joan B. Street | 226 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey J. Coles | 185 | 9.02 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rosina G. Martin | 174 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John C. Porter | 146 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,643 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,979 | 25.89 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.20 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | Barbara Reith* | 1,544 | 53.22 | ||
| Residents | Eileen J. Cameron | 1,522 | |||
| Residents | Ivor J. Cameron* | 1,517 | |||
| Labour | Susan A. Jiggens | 849 | 29.12 | ||
| Labour | Richard P. Harradine | 836 | |||
| Labour | Bryan T. Vincent | 823 | |||
| Conservative | Sidney E. Ball | 537 | 17.66 | ||
| Conservative | Maureen M. Carter | 494 | |||
| Conservative | Donald Cawthorne | 490 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,802 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,066 | 34.83 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.07 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan W.A. Coles* | 1,079 | 31.96 | ||
| Labour | Brian E. Eagling | 1,061 | 34.16 | ||
| Labour | Caroline B.T. Wood | 1,054 | |||
| Labour | Neil R.M. Stanton | 999 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian V. Sanderson | 947 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Keith I. Taffs | 888 | |||
| Conservative | Edward C. Bates | 693 | 22.03 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm T. Brace | 679 | |||
| Conservative | Georgina V. Galpin | 637 | |||
| Residents | Jeffrey C. Brockelbank | 397 | 11.85 | New | |
| Residents | Patrick E. Curtis | 358 | |||
| Residents | Martin Davin | 325 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,377 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,167 | 37.81 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.22 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Eric A. Munday* | 1,270 | 57.12 | ||
| Conservative | Michael J. White†[n 2] | 1,212 | |||
| Labour | John McCole | 701 | 31.00 | ||
| Labour | Richard J. Packer | 646 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Turner | 279 | 11.88 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Madge V. Mulliner | 237 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,563 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,303 | 35.09 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.35 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ken Clark | 1,159 | 62.09 | ||
| Labour | Ruby M. Latham* | 1,149 | |||
| Labour | Denis R. O'Flynn* | 1,143 | |||
| Conservative | Richard T. Wilson | 392 | 19.00 | ||
| Residents | Winifred G. Davies | 361 | 18.91 | New | |
| Residents | David E.A. Evans | 357 | |||
| Conservative | David J. Eden | 343 | |||
| Residents | Peter R. Galloway | 333 | |||
| Conservative | Jeanne C. Eden | 321 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,287 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,046 | 24.69 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.54 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Wilfrid C. Mills* | 1,088 | 73.20 | ||
| Labour | David H. Hill | 1,085 | |||
| Labour | Ann V. Roberts | 1,042 | |||
| Conservative | John McG. Neill | 442 | 26.80 | ||
| Conservative | Cornelius P. Desmond | 372 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew R. Everett | 363 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,043 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,647 | 27.25 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.67 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Raymond J. Shaw* | 1,393 | 50.64 | ||
| Labour | May E. Whitelock†[n 3] | 1,371 | |||
| Labour | Michael D. Wood* | 1,296 | |||
| Conservative | Martin N. Sinclair | 1,064 | 38.44 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony Fawcett | 1,019 | |||
| Conservative | John C. Ross | 999 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David R. Bruck | 298 | 10.93 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Reginald D. Leavens | 291 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Albert E. Rabone | 287 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,149 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,823 | 30.86 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.39 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pamela J. Craig | 1,389 | 57.10 | ||
| Labour | Sheila A. McCole* | 1,316 | |||
| Labour | Robert S. Kilbey* | 1,242 | |||
| Conservative | Derek G. Price | 1,081 | 42.90 | ||
| Conservative | Martin G.C. Smith | 1,037 | |||
| Conservative | Jamsheed A. Khan | 847 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,469 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,594 | 30.63 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.39 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel L. Meyer | 723 | 50.30 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm J. Zetter | 679 | |||
| Labour | Tony Gordon* | 523 | 33.37 | ||
| Labour | Tony Rew* | 407 | |||
| Conservative | Keith A. Prince | 245 | 16.33 | ||
| Conservative | Frederick H.V. Thompson | 210 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,131 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,490 | 29.04 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.20 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Anthony J. Ellis* | 1,742 | 54.34 | ||
| Labour | Harry A. Webb* | 1,657 | |||
| Labour | Brian F. Kent* | 1,569 | |||
| Residents | Malvin P. Brown | 956 | 31.37 | New | |
| Conservative | Nicola D. Everett | 480 | 14.29 | ||
| Conservative | Coral K.E. Sinclair | 415 | |||
| Conservative | Geoffrey D. Woods | 412 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,410 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,886 | 30.67 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.17 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Norman F. Symonds* | 1,025 | 44.88 | ||
| Conservative | Joseph G. Webster | 920 | |||
| Residents | John F. Shrimpton | 706 | 32.49 | New | |
| Residents | Michael R. Winter | 702 | |||
| Labour | Alan Fenn | 516 | 22.63 | ||
| Labour | Joseph Macveigh | 465 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,881 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,244 | 38.16 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.31 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | Christopher L. Oliver* | 1,423 | 45.76 | ||
| Residents | John C. Mylod* | 1,416 | |||
| Residents | Michael A. Winter | 1,272 | |||
| Labour | Georgina M. Carr | 960 | 31.18 | ||
| Labour | Graham M. Carr* | 948 | |||
| Labour | Terence F. Matthews | 893 | |||
| Conservative | Pauline V.E. Orrin | 711 | 23.06 | ||
| Conservative | Thomas W. Orrin | 703 | |||
| Conservative | Richard C. Strauss | 657 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,867 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,148 | 35.50 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.13 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Raymond G.M. Connelly | 560 | 29.77 | ||
| Conservative | Wendy B. Thompson | 526 | |||
| Residents | George M.A. Montgomery | 447 | 22.62 | New | |
| Labour | George T. Taylor†[n 4] | 445 | 24.12 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Eden L. Mulliner | 436 | 23.49 | ||
| Labour | Caroline S. Warren | 435 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David C. Williams | 421 | |||
| Residents | Pamela E. Wilkes | 378 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,215 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,918 | 36.78 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.10 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | Leonard F. Long* | 1,134 | 44.76 | ||
| Residents | Reginald Whitney* | 1,012 | |||
| Labour | Thomas J. Binding | 964 | 40.22 | ||
| Residents | Wendy E. Clark | 951 | |||
| Labour | Leslie R. Reid | 927 | |||
| Labour | David C. Burn | 892 | |||
| Conservative | Dennis R. Bull | 391 | 15.02 | ||
| Conservative | Guy A. Gower | 331 | |||
| Conservative | Iris A. Cotier | 317 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,476 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,450 | 28.91 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.16 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | Linda R. Hawthorn* | 3,012 | 78.87 | ||
| Residents | Owen H.I. Ware* | 2,935 | |||
| Residents | Muriel P. Mylod* | 2,902 | |||
| Labour | Patricia M. Brown | 480 | 11.56 | ||
| Labour | David G. Scott | 412 | |||
| Labour | Renato T. Martins | 405 | |||
| Conservative | Patricia A. Jones | 372 | 9.57 | ||
| Conservative | Carol Roberts | 344 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,533 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,811 | 44.66 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.13 | |||
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