1998 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election

1998 Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council election[1]

7 May 1998
All 50 seats to Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	34.2% (12.1%)
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 33 seats, 49.8% 15 seats, 35.9% Seats before 34 14 Seats won 36 14 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 19,065 13,998 Percentage 50.1% 36.8% Swing 0.3% 0.9%
Map of the results of the 1998 Hammersmith and Fulham council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 1998 Hammersmith and Fulham Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]

Background

Election result

The Labour Party won 36 seats (on a 49.7% share of the vote) - a gain of 3 seats from the previous election, and maintained control of the council. The Conservative Party won 14 seats (with 37.4% of the vote) - a loss of 1 seat from their previous result. The Liberal Democrats lost the two seats they previously held, winning 12.6% of the votes cast.[2]

1994 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election results[3][4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Total		50

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Addison

Addison (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Siobhan Coughlan	1,035	57.39	1.82
	Labour	Ghassan Karian	887
	Conservative	Jolyon N. Neubert	422	24.99	2.01
	Conservative	Michael J. Woolton	415
	Liberal Democrats	George M. Collie	295	17.62	5.31
Registered electors			5,178		666
Turnout			1,686	32.56	13.16
Rejected ballots			25	1.48	1.29
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Avonmore

Avonmore (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sonya Hilton*	728	45.58	3.44
	Labour	Keith A. Mallinson*	697	42.41	1.57
	Conservative	James W. Browne	684
	Labour	Frederick Inniss	617
	Liberal Democrats	Julie C. Perrin	186	12.01	1.88
Registered electors			4,597		568
Turnout			1,570	34.15	7.05
Rejected ballots			12	0.76	0.76
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour gain from Conservative

Broadway

Broadway (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth M. Cartwright*	831	65.72	9.35
	Labour	Huw Davies^†[n 1]	816
	Conservative	Tara J. Douglas-Home	283	20.11	8.46
	Conservative	Bozidar Zabavnik	221
	Liberal Democrats	Martin W.M. Bryant	203	14.17	0.89
	Liberal Democrats	Henry C. Braund	152
Registered electors			3,910		220
Turnout			1,354	34.63	13.88
Rejected ballots			18	1.33	1.22
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Brook Green

Brook Green (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Johnson*	916	47.46	4.06
	Labour	Polly Hicks	885
	Conservative	John A. Hennessy*	823	42.05	0.93
	Conservative	Margaret R. Massey	773
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna R. Gill	233	10.49	4.99
	Liberal Democrats	Ilona O.H. Lepper	165
Registered electors			5,451		776
Turnout			1,995	36.60	10.39
Rejected ballots			6	0.30	0.07
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Colehill

Colehill (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adronie E. Alford*	834	59.66	7.37
	Conservative	Christopher J. Round	806
	Labour	Paul Richards	410	29.72	6.06
	Labour	Winifred Watson	407
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanna Harris	146	10.62	1.31
Registered electors			4,703		431
Turnout			1,402	29.81	15.67
Rejected ballots			7	0.50	0.40
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

College Park and Old Oak

College Park and Old Oak (3)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wesley Harcourt*	967	74.15	2.32
	Labour	Reginald McLaughlin*	935
	Labour	Melanie Smallman	863
	Conservative	Linda Scanlon	224	15.87	2.73
	Conservative	Theresa P. Coen	205
	Conservative	Anthony J. Sulivan	163
	Liberal Democrats	William W.M. Chambre	143	9.98	0.41
	Liberal Democrats	William Wiggin	125
	Liberal Democrats	William J.G.R. Yonge	104
Registered electors			4,754		432
Turnout			1,387	29.18	11.28
Rejected ballots			10	0.72	0.48
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Coningham

Coningham (3)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Graham*	1,368	61.15	8.52
	Labour	Josephine Wicks*	1,165
	Labour	Timothy Stanley^†[n 2]	1,039
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Owen	390	18.98	3.77
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila J. Shuttleworth	349
	Conservative	Mark A. Loveday	308	15.25	0.12
	Conservative	Elizabeth Mills	298
	Conservative	Hugh M. Robertson	285
	Communist League	Celia Pugh	90	4.62	New
Registered electors			7,539		1,087
Turnout			2,008	26.63	14.30
Rejected ballots			26	1.29	0.95
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Crabtree

Crabtree (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam C. Gray*	973	46.76	6.12
	Conservative	Mark R. Simonds	904	46.52	3.16
	Conservative	Timothy S. Janman	889
	Labour	Simon Risley	829
	Liberal Democrats	Tamara Dragadze	135	6.72	2.87
	Liberal Democrats	Donald J-L A.O.A.Gray-Raus	124
Registered electors			4,297		409
Turnout			2,037	47.41	4.98
Rejected ballots			11	0.54	0.44
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Eel Brook

Eel Brook (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donal Blaney	810
	Conservative	Greg Hands	810
	Labour	David Gwynne	582
	Labour	Hugh Jaeger	533
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Burden	346
	Liberal Democrats	Huw Lloyd-James	319
Turnout				40.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Gibbs Green

Gibbs Green (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Slaughter	775
	Labour	Charles Treloggan	765
	Conservative	Rowena Everson	810
	Conservative	Jocelyn Ormon	810
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Lloyd-James	346
Turnout				25.9
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Grove

Grove (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Allen	992
	Labour	Stephen Cowan	860
	Conservative	Rowena Everson	487
	Conservative	Jocelyn Ormon	447
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Andrew	249
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Emmerson	346
Turnout				37.33
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Margravine

Margravine (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Araminta Birdsey	802
	Labour	Lisa Homan	790
	Conservative	Albert Crosby	280
	Conservative	Pamela Hurst	274
	Liberal Democrats	Sorcha Cassidy	146
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Watkins	125
Turnout				30.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Normand

Normand (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Caruana	775
	Labour	David Williams	711
	Conservative	Magnus Burroughe	670
	Conservative	Nicholas Addyman	659
	Liberal Democrats	Gabrielle Minken	146
Turnout				37.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Palace

Palace (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emile Al-Uzaizi	1,345
	Conservative	Andrew Ground	1,316
	Labour	Adam Farrar	315
	Labour	Francis Lukey	315
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Sugden	176
Turnout				44.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Ravenscourt

Ravenscourt (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona Evans-Lothian	881
	Labour	Hefin Rees	857
	Conservative	Angela Clarke	677
	Conservative	Sally Roberts	585
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Gallagher	233
	Liberal Democrats	Hassan Zaidi	152
Turnout				41.4
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Sands End

Sands End (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brendan Bird	933
	Labour	Colin Pavelin	868
	Conservative	Mark Littlewood	642
	Conservative	Grace Oliver	642
	Liberal Democrats	William Bagwell	177
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Garrett	706
	Conservative	Tristram Kennedy Harper	696
	Conservative	Alexander Karmel	684
	Labour	Ashok Patel	600
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Brett	138
Turnout				39.2
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Starch Green

Starch Green (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Hillman	1,010
	Labour	Gregory Wilkinson	949
	Conservative	Richard Buxton	484
	Conservative	Trevor Lloyd-Jones	444
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Berry	279
Turnout				40.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Sulivan

Sulivan (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Wombwell	970
	Conservative	Nicholas Botterill	967
	Labour	Vera Godden	467
	Labour	Thomas Butler	410
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Bonser	167
	Liberal Democrats	Allan McKelvie	126
Turnout				38.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Town

Town (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Greenhalgh	795
	Conservative	Antony Lillis	744
	Labour	Allison Bartlett	382
	Labour	Joseph Moriah	301
	Liberal Democrats	Nathaniel Green	163
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Muir	140
Turnout				27.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Walham

Walham (2)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Stainton	857
	Labour	Jenny Vaughan	833
	Conservative	Allen Mills	806
	Labour	Rory Vaughan	753
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Day	167
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Day	153
Turnout				34.2
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

White City & Shepherds Bush

White City & Shepherds Bush (3)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Browne	1,362
	Labour	Ivan Gibbons	1,305
	Labour	Jafar Khaled	1,132
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Boudry	153
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sweeting	153
	Conservative	Theresa Villiers	806
	Conservative	Andrew Brierley	806
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Leunig	153
	Conservative	James Bullock	806
Turnout				30.4
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Wormholt

Wormholt (3)[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Aherne	1,053
	Labour	Sally Powell	995
	Labour	Stephen Burke	982
	Conservative	Jonothan Collett	287
	Conservative	Timothy Kevan	262
	Conservative	John Pickthorn	261
	Liberal Democrats	Natasha Julien	234
	Liberal Democrats	Tanya Coen-D'Arcy	215
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Kearney	215
Turnout				28.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Notes

1. Davies was a sitting councillor representing the Ravenscourt ward
2. Stanley was a sitting councillor representing the Starch Green ward

References

1. "Local Election Summaries 1998". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
2. "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
3. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 69–71, 198, 200–201. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
4. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 7 June 2025.