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All 52 seats up for election toIslington London Borough Council 27 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 118,034[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 42,096, 35.66% ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1998 Islington Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members ofIslington London Borough Council inLondon,England. The whole council was up for election and theLabour Party lost overall control of the council tono overall control.[2]
The results saw the Labour andLiberal Democrat parties finish tied on 26 seats each, after the Liberal Democrats gained 12 seats.[3] The Liberal Democrat gains included taking theward ofBarnsbury, where the thenPrime MinisterTony Blair had lived before becoming prime minister.[3] In the final seat Labour won by 3 votes after 5 recounts to prevent the Liberal Democrats from winning a majority.[3] This meant Labour was able to continue as the administration, relying on thecasting vote of the Labourmayor Pat Haynes.[3]
Reasons for the losses for Labour were reported as being thecouncil tax level, which was the highest in London, poor schools and the council's £800 million debt.[3]
At the same as the election Islington voted 81.55% in favour of the1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 18.45% against, on a 34.15% turnout.[4][5]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 26 | 14 | 1 | 50.00 | 43.98 | 44,391 | |||
| Labour | 26 | 1 | 13 | 50.00 | 42.99 | 43,388 | |||
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 6.31 | 6,369 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.31 | 6,366 | |||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 154 | New | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 135 | |||
| Tenants & Residents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 131 | |||
| Total | 52 | 100,934 | |||||||
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Bridget C. Fox | 1,725 | 54.28 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alastair Loraine | 1,623 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Carol A. Powell | 1,575 | |||
| Labour | Paula V. Kahn | 929 | 30.21 | ||
| Labour | Steven Barnett | 914 | |||
| Labour | Lloyd G.T. Child | 897 | |||
| Green | Robert Pearce | 211 | 6.98 | New | |
| Conservative | Christopher C.A. Cox | 174 | 4.20 | ||
| Tenants & Residents | John A. Worker | 131 | 4.33 | New | |
| Conservative | Martin R.C. Moyes | 111 | |||
| Conservative | Jonathan E. Small | 96 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,761 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,978 | 44.05 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.57 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Joseph R. Trotter* | 1,317 | 59.95 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rosetta E. Wooding* | 1,236 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jyoti Vaja | 1,176 | |||
| Labour | Ian J. Darby | 555 | 24.47 | ||
| Labour | Theresa Debono | 487 | |||
| Labour | Hassan I. Asmal | 480 | |||
| Socialist Labour | Sharon Hayward | 154 | 7.43 | New | |
| Green | Denise A. Bennett | 94 | 4.53 | New | |
| Conservative | Peter G. Cuthbert | 78 | 3.62 | ||
| Conservative | Doris M. Daly | 76 | |||
| Conservative | Alam-Zeb Khan | 71 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,460 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,118 | 38.79 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.38 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Dearth | 1,101 | 56.48 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard C. Washington | 1,026 | |||
| Labour | Andrew Bosi* | 750 | 35.16 | ||
| Labour | Peter Lewis | 574 | |||
| Green | Judith E. Kleinman | 92 | 4.88 | ||
| Conservative | Timothy R. Devlin | 72 | 3.48 | ||
| Conservative | Duncan E.S. Reed | 59 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,998 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,015 | 40.32 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.50 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Ribezzo | 985 | 59.71 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara G. Smith | 955 | |||
| Labour | Diane A.C. Brace | 544 | 31.52 | ||
| Labour | Nicholas J.C. Stewart | 480 | |||
| Conservative | Carol-Anne Aitken | 89 | 5.45 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Campbell | 88 | |||
| Green | Robert K. Turner | 54 | 3.32 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,153 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,750 | 42.14 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 23 | 1.31 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah A. Ludford* | 1,783 | 59.29 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Bruce G. Neave* | 1,449 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | George E. Allan | 1,427 | |||
| Labour | Timothy Clark | 762 | 25.58 | ||
| Labour | Harriet E. Quiney | 672 | |||
| Labour | David B. Northcott | 576 | |||
| Green | Raymond Cunningham | 259 | 9.89 | New | |
| Conservative | Gordon A. Dear | 162 | 5.24 | ||
| Conservative | Nicholas H. Roberts | 132 | |||
| Conservative | Margaret D. Reese | 118 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,908 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,771 | 35.04 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.54 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard Greening* | 966 | 55.30 | ||
| Labour | Nigel D. Mason | 751 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip D. Middleton | 336 | 20.87 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth J. Rorison | 312 | |||
| Green | Sara Meidan | 276 | 17.78 | ||
| Conservative | John M. Shields | 101 | 6.05 | ||
| Conservative | Rifat Bairam | 87 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,471 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,540 | 34.44 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 22 | 1.43 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mary H. Creagh | 1,107 | 48.69 | ||
| Labour | Maureen Leigh†[n 1] | 1,052 | |||
| Labour | Jenny A. Rathbone | 1,033 | |||
| Green | Christopher Ashby | 748 | 27.20 | ||
| Green | Malcolm R. Powell | 522 | |||
| Green | Patricia A. Tuson | 513 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kathleen A. Williams | 330 | 14.70 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark J. Hornby | 321 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila A. Thornton | 313 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew P. Brooke | 227 | 9.41 | ||
| Conservative | Jean-Paul Floru | 199 | |||
| Conservative | James H.P. Barbaras | 191 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,951 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,475 | 35.61 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.57 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ruairi A. McCourt | 766 | 64.16 | ||
| Labour | Jennifer M. Sands | 720 | |||
| Green | Michael H.W. Holloway | 223 | 16.93 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan H.L. Griffiths | 177 | 14.03 | ||
| Green | Michele A. Wilson | 169 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ursula J. Craig | 148 | |||
| Conservative | Simon R. Matthews | 58 | 4.88 | ||
| Conservative | Bruce G. Picking | 55 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,875 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,261 | 32.54 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 20 | 1.59 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Doreen Scott | 1,028 | 49.93 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Edward H. Featherstone | 998 | |||
| Labour | Antonia M. Benedek | 781 | 38.47 | ||
| Labour | Philip J. Kelly * | 780 | |||
| Green | Mark Chilver | 165 | 8.13 | New | |
| Conservative | Roy P.C. Taft | 82 | 3.47 | ||
| Conservative | Mahendra Oza | 59 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,913 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,111 | 42.97 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.33 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alan M. Clinton* | 1,036 | 54.23 | ||
| Labour | Milton K. Babulall†[n 2] | 948 | |||
| Labour | Sheila A. Camp | 940 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Heather Eggins | 426 | 20.86 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James R. Sanderson | 371 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip M. Vaughan | 328 | |||
| Conservative | Maureen L. Campbell | 255 | 10.72 | ||
| Green | Victoria F. Olliver | 255 | 14.19 | ||
| Conservative | Simon N. Cooper | 180 | |||
| Conservative | Bryan G. Wilsher | 143 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,600 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,846 | 27.97 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.33 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Margot J. Dunn* | 1,338 | 54.91 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Barry J. Kempton* | 1,290 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Douglas A. Taylor* | 1,262 | |||
| Labour | Catriona M. Munro | 838 | 35.23 | ||
| Labour | David T. Sayer | 830 | |||
| Labour | Robert C. Dowd | 828 | |||
| Green | Sheena J. Etches | 138 | 5.85 | ||
| Conservative | Alan J.M. Reese | 99 | 4.01 | ||
| Conservative | Mark A.H. Rittner | 94 | |||
| Conservative | James A. Rooke | 91 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,258 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,550 | 40.75 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.51 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Janet D. Burgess*[n 3] | 1,104 | 55.30 | ||
| Labour | Taha T. Karim* | 940 | |||
| Labour | Sandra Marks* | 934 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret M. Lally | 430 | 20.35 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth A. Sidney | 347 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alford T. Reeves | 319 | |||
| Green | Angela Royston | 284 | 15.46 | ||
| Green | Ajay Burlingham-Johnson | 271 | |||
| Conservative | Charles J.R. Sharman | 167 | 8.89 | ||
| Conservative | Anthea D.P. Ward | 152 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,487 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,892 | 29.17 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.69 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Patrick E. Haynes* | 1,056 | 44.99 | ||
| Labour | Jeanette Arnold | 1,022 | |||
| Labour | Michael Boye-Anawomah* | 941 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anna Berent | 621 | 24.05 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew D. Crudgington | 500 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Derek R. Jackson | 493 | |||
| Green | Grant M. Gilbert | 290 | 12.97 | ||
| Conservative | Adam M. Duguid | 277 | 11.95 | ||
| Conservative | Oriel S. Hutchinson | 273 | |||
| Conservative | Gary Moores | 252 | |||
| Independent | Margaret I. McDonnell | 135 | 6.04 | New | |
| Registered electors | 7,995 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,075 | 25.95 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 27 | 1.30 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David P. Barnes*[n 4] | 1,161 | 51.84 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Laura C. Willoughby | 992 | |||
| Labour | Philip R. Bird | 689 | 30.29 | ||
| Labour | Caspar P.S. Bowden | 569 | |||
| Conservative | Rebecca M. Baty | 274 | 12.35 | ||
| Conservative | Oliver S.P. Judge | 239 | |||
| Green | Susan Wilkinson | 141 | 5.52 | ||
| Green | Stefan D. Tobler | 88 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,228 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,213 | 42.33 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.45 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rosemary R. Blackmore | 1,357 | 52.97 | ||
| Labour | Walter H. Burgess | 1,165 | |||
| Labour | Shonagh Methven | 1,147 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jody Beveridge | 503 | 19.90 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul J. Fox | 464 | |||
| Green | Mary H. Adshead | 450 | 19.49 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Julian D. Glover | 411 | |||
| Conservative | Allan J. Saile | 216 | 7.64 | ||
| Conservative | Rosemarie Totvanian | 161 | |||
| Conservative | Glenn H. Timmermans | 152 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,931 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,246 | 32.41 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 22 | 0.98 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Isobel J. Cox | 1,299 | 55.21 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joan Coupland | 1,298 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard M.H. Heseltine | 1,272 | |||
| Labour | Jessica E.A. Bawden | 815 | 34.35 | ||
| Labour | Paul E. Convery* | 796 | |||
| Labour | Paul A. Jackson* | 796 | |||
| Green | Mjka Scott | 149 | 6.38 | ||
| Conservative | Tracey A. Braddick | 118 | 4.07 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen M. McMinnies | 88 | |||
| Conservative | Lisa G.I. Ruffell | 79 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,894 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,433 | 41.28 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.49 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Powell* | 1,548 | 67.57 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Hitchins* | 1,480 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher J. Pryce* | 1,373 | |||
| Labour | Paula Beattie | 515 | 20.35 | ||
| Labour | Nicholas P. Butcher | 460 | |||
| Labour | Jenina R. Pendry | 350 | |||
| Green | Ura Kiefer | 155 | 7.14 | New | |
| Conservative | Thomas R.M. Duke | 138 | 4.94 | ||
| Conservative | Peter J.C. Warren | 94 | |||
| Conservative | Ian J. Sparham-Souter | 90 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,599 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,294 | 34.76 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.35 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Meg Hillier* | 884 | 49.21 | ||
| Labour | Daniel C. Bonner | 859 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham A. Baker*[n 5] | 856 | 44.47 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hewa Jaff | 719 | |||
| Green | Robin W. Latimer | 99 | 4.32 | ||
| Green | Swadesh Poorun | 54 | |||
| Conservative | Raymond L.J. Muggeridge | 38 | 2.00 | ||
| Conservative | John A. Wilkin | 33 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,668 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,926 | 41.26 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.99 | |||
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| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian P. Perry | 828 | 53.58 | ||
| Labour | Edna Griffiths | 735 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia M. Peel | 411 | 26.98 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael B. Aspell | 376 | |||
| Green | Nicola L. Baird | 143 | 9.81 | ||
| Conservative | Stanley W. Morris | 142 | 9.63 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen A. Kreppel | 139 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,721 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,588 | 33.64 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 19 | 1.20 | |||
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| Labourhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Roger A. McKenzie* | 1,178 | 59.68 | ||
| Labour | Barbara A. Sidnell | 1,149 | |||
| Labour | Derek A. Sawyer* | 1,103 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth A. Macmillan | 418 | 20.22 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew T.M. Ryan | 386 | |||
| Green | James L. Goggin | 385 | 20.09 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David C. Tibbs | 358 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,163 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,014 | 28.12 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 42 | 2.09 | |||
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