1998 Harrow London Borough Council election

The 1998 Harrow Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Harrow London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council.[1]

Background

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Election result

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Ward results

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Canons

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Canons[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Cowan 1,218 20.6
Conservative Janet Cowan 1,204 20.4
Conservative Richard Romain 1,131 19.1
Labour Charles Blake 580 9.8
Labour Benjamin Novick 575 9.7
Labour Kathleen Kurji 481 8.1
Liberal Democrats Ronald Warshaw 257 4.3
Liberal Democrats David Sandford 237 4.0
Liberal Democrats Natoo Bhana 210 3.5
Total votes 5,893 100
Turnout 32.7

Centenary

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Centenary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Mitzi Green 1,356 19.8
Labour Daniel Redford 1,312 19.2
Labour Keekira Thammaiah 1,269 18.5
Conservative Frank Budden 816 11.9
Conservative Manji Patel 781 11.4
Conservative Simon Pratt 697 10.2
Liberal Democrats Oenone Cox 219 3.2
Liberal Democrats Sheila O'Reilly 2.9 6.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Fierstone 180 2.6
Total votes 6,831 100
Turnout 37.0

Greenhill

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Greenhill[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Anastasia Attiki 937 13.9
Labour Howard Bluston 921 13.7
Labour Damian Krushner 856 12.7
Liberal Democrats Maureen de Beer 739 11.0
Liberal Democrats Nahid Boethe 685 10.2
Conservative Gary Hughes 685 10.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Budden 675 10.0
Conservative Henry Venour 601 8.9
Conservative Amrit Mediratta 594 8.8
Total votes 6,693 100
Turnout 38.4

Harrow on the Hill

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Harrow on the Hill[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Eileen Kinnear 1,087 13.1
Conservative Clive Scowen 1,051 12.7
Labour Huw Davies 1,022 12.4
Conservative Mark Versallion 1,017 12.3
Labour Margaret Davine 992 12.0
Labour Chloe Smith 917 11.1
Liberal Democrats Judith Day 698 8.4
Liberal Democrats Duncan Rogers 665 8.0
Liberal Democrats Vipinparakash Varsani 627 7.6
Green Matthew Peace 161 1.9
Total votes 8,237 100
Turnout 38.6

Harrow Weald

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Harrow Weald[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Patricia Lyne 1,067 15.2
Liberal Democrats Mary Graham 1,019 14.5
Liberal Democrats Ahmed Marikar 870 12.4
Labour Colin Crouch 706 10.1
Conservative Richard Cowan 693 9.9
Conservative Gary Hunter 676 9.6
Conservative Brian Jones 670 9.5
Labour Michael Kinsey 653 9.3
Labour Patrick McManus 628 8.9
Total votes 6,982 100
Turnout 32.8

Hatch End

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Hatch End[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Adrian Knowles 1,417 18.9
Conservative Mary John 1,382 18.4
Conservative Jean Lammiman 1,342 17.9
Labour Susan Anderson 694 9.2
Labour John Solomon 660 8.8
Labour Patricia Skacel 594 7.9
Liberal Democrats James Jackson 520 6.9
Liberal Democrats Zia Baig 441 5.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Salter 433 5.7
Total votes 7,483 100
Turnout 37.4

Headstone North

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Headstone North[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Anthony Seymour 1,218 13.6
Liberal Democrats Nicola Lane 1,208 13.5
Conservative Eric Silver 1,195 13.4
Conservative Khalid Mahmood 1,171 13.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Sayer 1,166 13.0
Liberal Democrats Janet Skipworth 1,149 12.8
Labour Ernest Selby 618 6.9
Labour James Titmuss 600 6.7
Labour Sonalie Dharmarajah 591 6.6
Total votes 8,916 100
Turnout   40.7

Headstone South

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Headstone South[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour William Stephenson 1,324 17.3
Labour Gillian Travers 1,167 15.2
Labour Anne Whitehead 1,143 14.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Giles-Medhurst 922 12.0
Liberal Democrats Clifford Thomas 870 11.3
Liberal Democrats John Branch 755 9.8
Conservative Stephen Hall 434 5.6
Conservative Theresa Hyde 402 5.2
Conservative Richard Booth 391 5.1
Green Justin Challener 244 3.1
Total votes 7,652 100
Turnout 39.8

Kenton East

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Kenton East[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Navin Shah 1,404 22.0
Labour Albert Toms 1,308 20.5
Labour Archie Foulds 1,303 20.4
Conservative John Hall 507 7.9
Conservative Edmund Costelloe 424 6.6
Conservative Jonathan Lemon 411 6.4
Liberal Democrats Mahendra Patel 404 6.3
Liberal Democrats Barbara Angell 335 5.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Jeffery 267 4.1
Total votes 6,363 100
Turnout 31.6

Kenton West

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Kenton West[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Cyril Davies 1,268 16.8
Labour Raymond Frogley 1,210 16.0
Labour Sanjay Dighé 1,194 15.8
Conservative Joseph Grenfell 973 12.9
Conservative Mayur Bhatt 959 12.7
Conservative Jeremy Zeid 908 12.0
Liberal Democrats Eileen Colledge 312 4.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony Thorne 270 3.5
Liberal Democrats Gerald de Jayasinghe 239 3.1
Independent Akil Dhalla 190 2.5
Total votes 7,523 100
Turnout 35.1

Marlborough

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Marlborough[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ann Groves 1,226 19.0
Labour Phillip O'Dell 1,131 17.5
Labour Margaret Sims 1,008 15.6
Liberal Democrats Brian Campbell 714 11.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Campbell 662 10.2
Liberal Democrats Baldev Sharma 653 10.1
Conservative Peter Hardy 5.7 5.6
Conservative Margaret Carr 360 5.5
Conservative Joyce Osborn 326 5.0
Total votes 6,448 100
Turnout 33.8

Pinner

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Pinner[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Mavis Champagnie 1,644 21.2
Conservative Andrew Olins 1,636 21.1
Conservative Anthony Cocksedge 1,595 20.6
Labour Jeffrey Gallant 633 8.1
Labour Timothy Oelman 616 7.9
Labour Michael Heavey 586 7.5
Liberal Democrats Leslie Moss 374 4.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Green 346 4.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Land 307 3.9
Total votes 7,737 100
Turnout 35.8

Pinner West

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Pinner West[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Charles Mote 1,461 16.3
Conservative Graham Howard 1,434 16.0
Conservative John Nickolay 1,383 15.4
Liberal Democrats Veronica Chamberlain 835 9.3
Liberal Democrats Graham Finch 816 9.1
Labour Joseph Lilley 795 8.8
Liberal Democrats David Walster 788 8.7
Labour Kenneth Moss 758 8.4
Labour Asoke Dutta 691 7.7
Total votes 8,961 100
Turnout   44.3

Rayners Lane

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Rayners Lane[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Christopher Noyce 1,443 17.7
Liberal Democrats Prakash Nandhra 1,226 15.0
Liberal Democrats Alastair Alexander 1,199 14.7
Conservative Herbert Crossman 819 10.0
Conservative Raymond Arnold 775 9.5
Conservative Heather Murgett 762 9.3
Labour Rajeshri Shah 674 8.2
Labour Sean Jinks 673 8.2
Labour Namachivaya Idaikkadar 577 7.0
Total votes 8,148 100
Turnout 41.9

Ridgeway

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Ridgeway[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Brian Gate 1,283 15.5
Labour Paul Fox 1,147 13.9
Labour Norman Stillerman 1,067 12.9
Liberal Democrats Alanna Coombes 847 10.2
Conservative Leonard Harsant 824 10.0
Liberal Democrats Edward Tiley 819 9.9
Liberal Democrats Adrien Smith 9.6 10.1
Conservative Paul Osborn 747 9.0
Conservative John Rennie 701 8.5
Total votes 8,226 100
Turnout 42.6
Roxbourne (3)
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Roxeth (3)
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Stanmore Park (3)
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Stanmore South (3)
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Wealdstone (3)
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Wemborough (3)
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References

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  1. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Canons" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Centenary" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Greenhill" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Harrow on the Hill" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Harrow Weald" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Hatch End" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Headstone North" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Headstone South" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Kenton East" (PDF).
  11. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Kenton West" (PDF).
  12. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Marlborough" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Pinner" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Pinner West" (PDF).
  15. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Rayners Lane" (PDF).
  16. ^ "Borough Election Results, 1978-2001: Ridgeway" (PDF).