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| Turnout | 46,293, 35.35% ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1998 Sutton Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members ofSutton London Borough Council inLondon, England. The whole council was up for election and theLiberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.[2]
In the years between the 1994 election and this election there were a total of 7 by-elections to replace councillors who either resigned from their seat, died in office or who were disqualified shortly after the 1994 election, however these did not result in the seats changing parties.[3] Aside from the by-elections there was also one seat that became vacant shortly before this election and there was not enough time to hold a separate by-election to fill it. This meant the composition of the council just before the election was as follows:[4]
| 5 | 47 | 3 | 1 |
| Labour | Lib Dem | Conservative | Vacant |
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 46 | 1 | 2 | 82.14 | 51.81 | 53,673 | |||
| Conservative | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8.93 | 28.21 | 29,228 | |||
| Labour | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.93 | 17.87 | 18,517 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.91 | 1,980 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 147 | |||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 59 | |||
| Total | 56 | 103,604 | |||||||
After the election the composition of the council was as follows:
| 5 | 46 | 5 |
| Labour | Lib Dem | Conservative |
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Pamela M. Cooper* | 938 | 56.43 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John W. E. Leach* | 891 | |||
| Conservative | Peter N. Baggott | 444 | 27.25 | ||
| Conservative | Josephine E. Reynell | 439 | |||
| Labour | Margaret A. Thomas | 217 | 12.99 | ||
| Labour | Ruth Poppe | 204 | |||
| Green | Peter T. Rudkin | 55 | 3.33 | ||
| Green | Annette D. Carney | 53 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,085 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,702 | 33.47 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.18 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard S. Aitken | 944 | 53.66 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Niall D. Dologhan | 922 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Colleen Saunders* | 916 | |||
| Labour | Fiona Wright | 455 | 25.65 | ||
| Labour | Martin J. Whelton | 449 | |||
| Labour | David J. Wright | 426 | |||
| Conservative | Keith J. Martin | 372 | 20.69 | ||
| Conservative | Lorraine B. Snowball | 357 | |||
| Conservative | Hilary V. Wortley | 344 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,432 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,924 | 29.91 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.16 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David A. Biss | 1,412 | 54.22 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony S. Wallace* | 1,343 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher G. Furey | 992 | 37.59 | ||
| Conservative | Simon J. A. Pritchett | 918 | |||
| Labour | Paul M. Harrison | 133 | 5.08 | ||
| Labour | Mark R. Green | 125 | |||
| Green | Heather V. Horner | 79 | 3.11 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,469 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,594 | 40.10 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.12 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Roy E. Bentley*[n 1] | 1,793 | 56.03 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret M. Woodley* | 1,779 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gary M. Miles* | 1,743 | |||
| Conservative | Matthew Hewitt | 974 | 30.42 | ||
| Conservative | Moira J. Butt | 957 | |||
| Conservative | Catriona L. Davey | 955 | |||
| Labour | Marilynne B. Burbage | 286 | 8.62 | ||
| Labour | Peter C. Randall | 267 | |||
| Labour | Katherine L. Green | 265 | |||
| Green | John K. W. Comford | 156 | 4.93 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,585 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,192 | 48.47 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.03 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Angela K. Baughan* | 997 | 51.90 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John G. Woodley | 877 | |||
| Conservative | John P. Tucker | 513 | 28.03 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony J. Kitcat | 499 | |||
| Labour | Donald M. Selous Hodges | 218 | 11.85 | ||
| Labour | Patricia A. Simons | 210 | |||
| Green | Robert W. Steel | 196 | 8.22 | ||
| Green | Andrew J. Whalley | 101 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,833 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,907 | 39.46 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.42 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Michael A. Cooper* | 1,059 | 55.84 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip I. Hewitt | 925 | |||
| Conservative | Alison J. Pike | 372 | 20.32 | ||
| Conservative | Michael T. Rowback | 350 | |||
| Labour | Philip E. Drury | 334 | 17.65 | ||
| Labour | Paul A. Wingrove | 293 | |||
| Green | Neil J. Hornsby | 110 | 6.19 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,133 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,845 | 35.94 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.27 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edward G. Trevor* | 1,199 | 66.63 | ||
| Conservative | Sarah S. Wallace | 1,199 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Brendan Hudson†[n 2] | 513 | 27.51 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia J. Roberts | 477 | |||
| Labour | David Jarman | 119 | 5.86 | ||
| Labour | Fiona M. Thursfield | 92 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,506 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,861 | 41.30 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.48 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Lynette R. M. Gleeson | 831 | 51.57 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert P. Gleeson* | 794 | |||
| Conservative | John S. Boyce | 584 | 36.08 | ||
| Conservative | Marilyn A. Cappiello | 553 | |||
| Labour | Stephen Blears | 215 | 12.35 | ||
| Labour | Margaret Kossowicz | 174 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,318 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,647 | 38.14 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.36 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Roger G. A. Thistle | 342 | 49.49 | ||
| Labour | Kevin J. Willsher | 176 | 25.47 | ||
| Conservative | Robert A. Creece | 173 | 25.04 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,516 | ||||
| Turnout | 690 | 45.51 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.14 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Julian P. Freeman* | 1,116 | 56.82 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ruth M. Shaw* | 1,108 | |||
| Conservative | Clifford C. G. Carter | 371 | 17.96 | ||
| Conservative | Anne M. Rawlinson | 332 | |||
| Labour | Valerie H. Clarke | 255 | 12.75 | ||
| Labour | Geoffrey C. Martin | 244 | |||
| Green | Simon N. Dixon | 244 | 12.47 | New | |
| Registered electors | 5,012 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,751 | 34.94 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.06 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Paul K. Burstow* | 1,105 | 67.47 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Bella S.J. Overy | 907 | |||
| Conservative | John P. Hutchinson | 371 | 23.71 | ||
| Conservative | Stanley F. Lever | 336 | |||
| Labour | Brown, John W. | 147 | 8.82 | ||
| Labour | David C. Fleming | 116 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,414 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,619 | 36.68 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.12 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joyce Smith*[n 3] | 977 | 61.13 | ||
| Labour | Andrew C. Theobald* | 956 | |||
| Labour | John G. Morgan*[n 4] | 950 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Barry Francis Reed | 404 | 24.11 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Eric Pridham | 372 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter N. Ward | 361 | |||
| Conservative | Brian W. Keynes | 186 | 11.01 | ||
| Conservative | William F. B. Welch | 174 | |||
| Conservative | Michael A.Yeldham | 159 | |||
| BNP | Paul C. C. Ferguson | 59 | 3.75 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,164 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,701 | 27.60 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.18 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Charles J. Mansell* | 745 | 62.94 | ||
| Labour | Stephen P. Lloyd*[n 5] | 705 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David A. Holmes | 266 | 22.74 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James G. Daly†[n 6] | 258 | |||
| Conservative | Charles W. E. Manton | 95 | 8.07 | ||
| Conservative | Patrick D. Jaques | 91 | |||
| Independent | Donald G. Langridge | 72 | 6.25 | New | |
| Registered electors | 4,034 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,172 | 29.05 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.17 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Graham N. Tope* | 1,055 | 68.51 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John F. Brennan | 955 | |||
| Labour | Kathleen Allen | 247 | 15.51 | ||
| Conservative | Heather J. Trevor | 247 | 15.98 | ||
| Conservative | Linda E. Verner | 222 | |||
| Labour | Victor A. Paulino | 208 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,948 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,555 | 31.43 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.39 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley F. O'Connell* | 961 | 65.73 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne N. Gallop*[n 7] | 932 | |||
| Conservative | Peter N. Fowler | 324 | 21.60 | New | |
| Conservative | John M. Maxwell | 298 | |||
| Labour | Roy J. Billings | 195 | 12.67 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Morton | 170 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,584 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,553 | 33.88 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.84 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Donald G. Brims†[n 8] | 896 | 48.33 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Lowne* | 864 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lal Hussain | 774 | |||
| Labour | Gale A. Blears | 533 | 28.29 | ||
| Labour | Shawn V. Buck | 495 | |||
| Labour | Ronald S. Williams | 455 | |||
| Conservative | Doreen P. Leech | 347 | 19.49 | ||
| Conservative | Christine M. Hicks | 343 | |||
| Conservative | Eaton O. Swaby | 332 | |||
| Green | Anne M. M. Sweeney | 72 | 3.89 | ||
| Green | Nicholas J. Greaves | 64 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,821 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,893 | 32.52 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.37 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anne Brown | 1,212 | 44.04 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Cull* | 1,191 | 43.19 | ||
| Conservative | Peter H. Geiringer | 1,174 | |||
| Conservative | Heather M. Irwin | 1,165 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Keith M. Legg | 1,149 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jayanta K. Chatterjee | 1,142 | |||
| Labour | Philip J. Bassett | 289 | 8.69 | ||
| Labour | Julie A. Shields | 218 | |||
| Labour | Anand Shulka | 194 | |||
| Green | Simon J. Honey | 129 | 4.07 | ||
| Green | Maureen H. Peglar | 90 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,768 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,779 | 35.77 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.32 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Joan Crowhurst*[n 9] | 960 | 59.82 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Myfanwy A. Wallace | 892 | |||
| Conservative | Richard G. Brown | 386 | 24.81 | ||
| Conservative | John R. Rawlinson | 382 | |||
| Labour | Stephen R. Baker | 157 | 9.79 | ||
| Labour | Roy Baker | 146 | |||
| Green | Eric C. Hickson | 89 | 5.59 | ||
| Green | Peter H. Hickson | 84 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,329 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,594 | 36.82 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.19 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John F. Dodwell* | 1,252 | 49.81 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Keys | 1,204 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert J. Marvelly | 1,092 | |||
| Conservative | Howard J. Bowles | 677 | 27.23 | ||
| Conservative | Michael V. Pike | 647 | |||
| Conservative | Hamish J. C. Pollock | 616 | |||
| Labour | Susan F. Mansell | 420 | 17.27 | ||
| Labour | Richard T. Mackie | 413 | |||
| Labour | Peter J. Turner | 397 | |||
| Green | Bruce J. Horner | 135 | 5.69 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,483 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,460 | 32.87 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.33 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard H. Bailey* | 1,499 | 50.70 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Colin C. Hall | 1,381 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Stanley A.G. Theed* | 1,320 | |||
| Conservative | Owen J. Hanson | 884 | 31.38 | ||
| Conservative | Daniel J. N. Hinton | 865 | |||
| Conservative | Eric S. Pillinger | 850 | |||
| Labour | Sean C. O'Kane | 303 | 10.66 | ||
| Labour | Louise M. Risborough | 295 | |||
| Labour | Jack T. Stringer | 285 | |||
| Green | Karin C. Andrews | 150 | 4.55 | ||
| Green | Nigel P. Hamilton | 101 | |||
| Independent | Danny Blue | 75 | 2.72 | New | |
| Registered electors | 7,094 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,717 | 38.30 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.18 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila M. Andrews | 780 | 50.47 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret P. Court* | 736 | |||
| Labour | Ronald T. Cook | 610 | 38.95 | ||
| Labour | Margaret K. Cooper | 560 | |||
| Conservative | Margaret F. Clark | 170 | 10.58 | ||
| Conservative | Beryl C. Pidgeon | 148 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,929 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,599 | 32.44 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.44 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham G. Whitman* | 738 | 67.33 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Duncan R. Ponikwer | 240 | 21.90 | ||
| Labour | Ann K. Poge | 118 | 10.77 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,784 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,092 | 39.22 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.09 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Leslie D. Coman | 1,122 | 57.11 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian B. Ruxton | 1,102 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter J. Overy†[n 10] | 1,096 | |||
| Conservative | Beryl R. Moxon | 504 | 24.58 | ||
| Conservative | Glenys A. Longhurst | 497 | |||
| Conservative | Shantina S. Niles | 428 | |||
| Labour | Hilary C. Hosking | 370 | 18.31 | ||
| Labour | John K. Evers | 360 | |||
| Labour | Deborak A. Stewart | 334 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,909 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,142 | 31.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.33 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy M. Bradley | 1,014 | 60.71 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger D. C. Roberts* | 999 | |||
| Conservative | Janice L. Elwell | 460 | 26.90 | ||
| Conservative | Rosamund J. D. D. Williamson | 432 | |||
| Labour | Catherine Grove | 215 | 12.39 | ||
| Labour | Alan J. Mowall | 196 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,605 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,744 | 37.87 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.52 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Susan M. Stears* | 838 | 56.33 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila C. Siggins* | 834 | |||
| Conservative | Nigel J. Petre | 308 | 19.24 | ||
| Labour | Dawn C. Jennings | 300 | 19.58 | ||
| Labour | Anthony R. Thorpe | 281 | |||
| Conservative | Patricia L. Yeldham | 263 | |||
| Green | William E. Fuller | 72 | 4.85 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,216 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,560 | 29.91 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.38 | |||
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