1998 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election

1998 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election
← 1994 7 May 1998 2002 →
57 seats up for election to Waltham Forest London Borough Council; 29 seats needed for a majority
Registered	156,186
Turnout	53,404, 34.19% ( 10.46)
Council control before election; ; No Overall Control	Council control after election ; ; Labour

The 1998 Election to Waltham Forest Council, a borough in London. England was held in May 1998. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 1994 election.

Waltham Forest local elections are held every four years, with the next due and held in 2002. The Labour Party won majority control of the council.

Background

In the 4 years from the 1994 election until this election there was 1 by-election to replace a councillor who resigned from his seat, one which resulted in Labour gaining a seat from the Liberal Democrats.^[2] In addition to this 3 Labour councillors defected to other parties, 1 to the Liberal Democrats and 2 more to third parties. These changes meant that just before the election the composition of the council was as follows:^[3]

↓
24	14	16	2	1
Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative	Other	Vacant

Election result

Waltham Forest local election result 1998^[4]^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	30	3	1	2	52.63	43.08	60,808	4.29
	Conservative	15	0	1	1	26.32	23.36	32,979	4.71
	Liberal Democrats	12	1	2	1	21.05	31.31	44,195	0.68
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	1.70	2,408	0.63
	Ind. Residents	0	0	0		0.00	0.19	267	New
	BNP	0	0	0		0.00	0.14	197	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.12	171	0.43
	Socialist (GB)	0	0	0		0.00	0.10	135	New
Total		57						141,160

After the election the composition of the council was as follows:

↓
30	12	15
Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Cann Hall

Cann Hall (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clyde Kitson*	1,741	64.26	10.37
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Rayner*	1,652
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Phillips*	1,651
	Labour	Jahungir Khan	855	31.81	9.02
	Labour	Ian Leslie	847
	Labour	John Walsh	795
	Conservative	Mary Neilson-Hansen	114	3.93	1.35
	Conservative	Adrian Fannon	98
	Conservative	David Hemsted	96
Registered electors			7,538		287
Turnout			2,847	37.77	12.13
Rejected ballots			18	0.63	0.55
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Cathall

Cathall (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Milton Martin	1,143	62.17	3.49
	Labour	Shameem Highfield	1,086
	Labour	Terence Wheeler*	1,071
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Mian	321	17.46	1.70
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Southall	318
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Wait	288
	Green	Stephen Clough	193	10.91	New
	Conservative	Roger Hemsted	175	9.46	0.98
	Conservative	Margery Williams	165
	Conservative	Edward Robinson	162
Registered electors			7,412		754
Turnout			1,818	24.53	12.13
Rejected ballots			10	0.55	0.25
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Chapel End

Chapel End (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Atherton*	1,402	47.68	4.73
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Belam*	1,395
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Woolnough*	1,354
	Labour	Jack Kaye	949	30.14	4.01
	Labour	Richard Sweden	855
	Labour	Mahesh Laheru	820
	Conservative	Christopher McMurray	504	18.21	1.86
	Conservative	Eric Edis	502
	Conservative	Richard McCauley	502
	BNP	Alan Gould	141	5.11	New
Registered electors			7,825		92
Turnout			3,003	38.38	11.80
Rejected ballots			15	0.50	0.42
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Chingford Green

Chingford Green (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fish*	1,846	58.20	8.18
	Conservative	Derek Arnold*	1,815
	Conservative	Michael Lewis*	1,721
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Boyle	719	21.56	7.48
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Paterson	677
	Labour	Elizabeth Lee	663	20.23	1.80
	Labour	Richard Davies	618
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Mullington	598
	Labour	Rita O'Reilly	590
Registered electors			8,934		103
Turnout			3,295	36.88	10.87
Rejected ballots			11	0.33	0.26
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Endlebury

Endlebury (2)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Herrington	1,311	62.26	4.62
	Conservative	Mladen Jovcic*	1,271
	Labour	Stephen Pierpoint	403	17.43	1.95
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Mudie	325	14.76	8.22
	Labour	Krit Serai	320
	Liberal Democrats	Monica Phemister	287
	Green	Joan Allen	115	5.55	New
Registered electors			6,269		15
Turnout			2,185	34.85	9.49
Rejected ballots			9	0.41	0.16
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Forest

Forest (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Rahman*	1,691	53.95	6.09
	Labour	Kabal Dhillon*	1,479
	Labour	Simon Tucker	1,453
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Shafiq	1,078	36.96	7.97
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Smith	1,066
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Strachan	1,023
	Conservative	Thomas Kelly	285	9.09	1.88
	Conservative	David Evans	268
	Conservative	Nicholas Purkis	226
Registered electors			7,752		151
Turnout			3,025	39.02	11.53
Rejected ballots			35	1.16	0.89
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Grove Green

Grove Green (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tarsem Bhogal*	1,203	47.89	7.21
	Labour	Jane Duran	1,133
	Labour	Andrew Lock*	1,108
	Liberal Democrats	Nazir Butt	821	32.30	6.30
	Liberal Democrats	Mohamed Bagas	772
	Liberal Democrats	Jeniffer Sullivan	730
	Green	William Measure	277	11.56	3.37
	Conservative	Rosemary Holman	226	8.25	2.46
	Conservative	Barbara Martin	193
	Conservative	Pamela Jovcic	173
Registered electors			7,782		209
Turnout			2,439	31.34	11.31
Rejected ballots			31	1.27	1.09
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hale End

Hale End (2)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Norman*	850	37.18	0.14
	Conservative	Lesley Finlayson*	833
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Carder	723	31.92	1.34
	Liberal Democrats	John Beanse	722
	Labour	Martin Dore	597	26.09	1.39
	Labour	Jennifer Williams^†^{[n 1]}	584
	Green	Michael Farrell	109	4.82	2.58
Registered electors			5,487		131
Turnout			2,336	42.57	10.94
Rejected ballots			8	0.34	0.27
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hatch Lane

Hatch Lane (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Walker*	1,297	43.73	4.68
	Conservative	Marion Fitzgerald	1,287
	Conservative	Laurie Braham*	1,232
	Labour	Stewart Blackledge	1,121	37.06	8.13
	Labour	David Hayes	1,072
	Labour	Gerard Lyons	1,041
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Brown	371	11.79	10.87
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Hoskins	341
	Liberal Democrats	John Smith-Pryor	317
	Green	Robert Tatam	216	7.43	New
Registered electors			8,253		38
Turnout			2,946	35.70	8.70
Rejected ballots			13	0.44	0.25
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

High Street

High Street (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liaquat Ali*	1,402	47.68	6.34
	Labour	David Blunt	1,351
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wheatley^†^{[n 2]}	1,321	42.91	12.45
	Labour	Aktar Beg*	1,199
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Diwan	1,144
	Liberal Democrats	Franklyn Georges	1.091
	Conservative	Fiona Buchanan	288	9.41	6.12
	Conservative	Robert Brock	267
	Conservative	Riaz Butt	225
Registered electors			7,974		124
Turnout			3,086	38.70	6.08
Rejected ballots			22	0.71	0.49
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Higham Hill

Higham Hill (2)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Carey*	781	44.70	22.06
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Woolcott	679
	Labour	Peter Barnett	599	35.15	9.98
	Labour	Karen Dunphie	549
	Ind. Residents	David Bracegirdle	152	8.18	New
	Conservative	Douglas Buchanan	149	8.54	0.43
	Conservative	Philip Hallsworth	130
	Ind. Residents	Reginald Reed	115
	BNP	Terence Cooper	56	3.43	New
Registered electors			4,882		156
Turnout			1,756	35.97	14.59
Rejected ballots			5	0.28	0.08
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Hoe Street

Hoe Street (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Poulsen*	1,504	51.33	1.18
	Labour	Eric Sizer*	1,461
	Labour	Mohammed Nasim*	1,328
	Conservative	Jenny Buzzard	501	17.14	3.18
	Conservative	Paul Buzzard	497
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Wardell	483	14.28	1.02
	Green	Stephen Lambert	481	17.25	5.38
	Conservative	Khan Mehboob	435
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Aslam	366
	Liberal Democrats	Liaquat Ali	345
Registered electors			9,001		245
Turnout			2,803	31.14	12.87
Rejected ballots			21	0.75	0.50
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Larkswood

Larkswood (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Walter*	1,482	51.71	0.46
	Conservative	Michael Thompson*	1,445
	Conservative	Eric Williams*	1,400
	Labour	Carolyn Brown	949	33.28	4.94
	Labour	David Evans	930
	Labour	Patricia Evans	906
	Liberal Democrats	Violet Wells	445	15.01	5.40
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine McElarney	409
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Wanden	402
Registered electors			10,086		245
Turnout			3,048	30.22	12.60
Rejected ballots			12	0.39	0.08
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Lea Bridge

Lea Bridge (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Buckley*	1,226	54.63	8.23
	Labour	Sarah Buckley*	1,206
	Labour	Roberto Bruni	1,062
	Liberal Democrats	Mehor Khan	628	28.33	12.87
	Liberal Democrats	Kay-Lorraine Andrews	607
	Liberal Democrats	Mashoodul Qureshi	577
	Conservative	Barbara Strank	377	17.04	1.41
	Conservative	Susan Webb	362
	Conservative	John Strank	351
Registered electors			7,818		323
Turnout			2,410	30.83	7.00
Rejected ballots			20	0.83	0.51
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Leyton

Leyton (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Sullivan*	1,636	49.60	3.03
	Liberal Democrats	Loretta Hodges*	1,615
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Tuckey*	1,549
	Labour	Christopher Robbins	1,306	39.58	7.78
	Labour	Paul Redcliffe^†^{[n 3]}	1,272
	Labour	Clive Morton	1,253
	Socialist (GB)	Louise Thompson	135	4.18	New
	Green	David Smith	117	3.63	New
	Conservative	Geoffrey Carr	105	3.01	New
	Conservative	Victor Thompson	97
	Conservative	Nicola Thompson	89
Registered electors			7,845		499
Turnout			3,343	42.61	6.11
Rejected ballots			16	0.48	0.18
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Leytonstone

Leytonstone (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Gray*	1,398	47.53	4.02
	Labour	Huw Morgan-Thomas*	1,268
	Labour	Clyde Loakes	1,237
	Liberal Democrats	John Howard	808	29.11	4.28
	Liberal Democrats	Shahnaz Malik	807
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Gammage	775
	Green	Maureen Measure	246	8.99	1.02
	Conservative	Amanda Comber	235	8.12	5.49
	Conservative	Sylvia Herrington	216
	Conservative	Michael Williams	216
	Independent	Roderick Milroy	171	6.25	New
Registered electors			7,531		723
Turnout			2,643	35.09	7.77
Rejected ballots			12	0.45	0.22
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Lloyd Park

Lloyd Park (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evan Jones*	1,149	58.38	8.57
	Labour	Martin O'Connor	1,129
	Labour	Narinder Matharoo*	983
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Forecast	417	22.32	2.48
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hatton	416
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hopkins	414
	Conservative	Cuthbert Brewster	371	19.30	0.10
	Conservative	Carolyn Edis	360
	Conservative	Andrew Hemsted	347
Registered electors			7,563		694
Turnout			2,114	27.95	12.90
Rejected ballots			21	0.99	0.84
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St James Street

St James Street (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diana Murray*	1,245	49.83	4.85
	Labour	Tahir Kamal	1,162
	Labour	Graham Smith	1,153
	Conservative	Ashgar Ali	693	22.86	10.11
	Conservative	Christine Pollinger	470
	Conservative	David Webb	470
	Liberal Democrats	Yousaff Khan	452	15.05	3.29
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Younis	351
	Green	Thomas Ruxton	292	12.26	4.30
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Sheikh	272
Registered electors			9,392		327
Turnout			2,539	27.03	11.83
Rejected ballots			17	0.67	0.54
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Valley

Valley (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gover*	1,080	45.52	2.50
	Labour	Margaret Broadley	1,022	41.62	13.40
	Conservative	Jeremy Evans*	1,018
	Conservative	Nial Finlayson*	997
	Labour	Michael Jeremiah	917
	Labour	Nicholas Russell	891
	Liberal Democrats	David Young	325	12.85	8.47
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Hardy	286
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Croucher	263
Registered electors			8,254		141
Turnout			2,453	29.72	8.67
Rejected ballots			18	0.73	0.48
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Wood Street

Wood Street (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Angela Bean^{[n 4]}**	1,522	41.15	0.59
	Labour	Chris Dunn	1,367
	Labour	Peter Dawe	1,365
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Leighton*	1,316	37.14	8.48
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Meadowcroft	1,275
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Meiszner*	1,248
	Conservative	Michael Caplan	394	11.20	2.62
	Conservative	Tina McMurray	389
	Conservative	Jude Lobendham	375
	Green	Christine Olende	362	10.51	New
Registered electors			8,588		192
Turnout			3,315	38.60	11.19
Rejected ballots			14	0.42	0.35
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Notes

↑ Williams was a sitting councillor representing the High Street ward
↑ Wheatley was a sitting councillor representing the Higham Hill ward
↑ Redcliffe was a sitting councillor representing the Grove Green ward
↑ Bean was elected in a by-election triggered bgy the resignation of Cllr Neal Chubb in 1997^[2]

References

1 2 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 216. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
1 2 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - By-elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 174. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Changes 1994-98" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 170. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 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. 172–174, 216–217. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Waltham Forest Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 10–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

[6] Williams was a sitting councillor representing the High Street ward

[7] Wheatley was a sitting councillor representing the Higham Hill ward

[8] Redcliffe was a sitting councillor representing the Grove Green ward

[9] Bean was elected in a by-election triggered bgy the resignation of Cllr Neal Chubb in 1997^[2]

[Turnout-1] 1 2 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 216. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

[byelections-2] 1 2 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - By-elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 174. Retrieved 11 August 2025.

[3] Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Changes 1994-98" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 170. Retrieved 11 August 2025.

[electionResults-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 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. 172–174, 216–217. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

[electionsCentre-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Waltham Forest Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 10–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

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