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1998 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election
← 1994 7 May 1998 (1998-05-07) 2002 →
54 seats up for election to Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
Registered102,291[1]
Turnout28,644, 28.00% (Decrease 8.89)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 39 seats, 48.23% 15 seats, 32.07% 0 seats, 16.37%
Seats won 39 15 0
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 36,936 23,121 10,038
Percentage 50.37 31.53% 13.69%
Swing Increase 2.14 Decrease 0.54 Decrease 2.68
Council control before election


Conservative Party (UK)

Council control after election


Conservative Party (UK)

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

At the same election, the Kensington and Chelsea saw 70.3% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 29.7% against, on a 27.9% turnout.[3]

Election result

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Following the election the Conservative leader of the council, Joan Hanham, was challenged for the leadership of the party group by Daniel Moylan, but Hanham won a ballot of the Conservative councillors to remain leader.[4]

Kensington and Chelsea Local Election Result 1998[5][6][7][8]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 39 0 0 Steady 72.22 50.37 36,936 Increase 2.14
  Labour 15 0 0 Steady 27.78 31.53 23,121 Decrease 0.54
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 13.69 10,038 Decrease 2.68
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.32 234 Increase 0.12
Total 54 73,329

Ward results

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(*) - indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abingdon

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Abingdon (3)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth M. Christmas* 1,046 70.12 Increase 7.84
Conservative Mark C. Field* 987
Conservative Jonathan E.L. Munday* 971
Labour Bruce K. Howard 233 15.87 Increase 3.71
Liberal Democrats John S. Faulder 232 14.01 Decrease 3.21
Labour Anthony Spencer 229
Labour Graham C. Robinson 218
Liberal Democrats Kishwer Khan 187
Liberal Democrats James P.C. Sandbach 181
Registered electors 5,488 Increase 652
Turnout 1,537 28.01 Decrease 5.88
Rejected ballots 12 0.78 Increase 0.60
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Avondale

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Avondale (3)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon W. Blanchflower 1,012 59.51 Decrease 3.16
Labour Simon H.F. Stanley 937
Labour Allah Y.M. Lasharie* 904
Conservative David C. Lindsay 454 27.72 Increase 1.75
Conservative Mark H. Fowler 451
Conservative Amanda J. Sayers 424
Liberal Democrats Robert C.H. Boddington 247 12.77 Increase 1.41
Liberal Democrats David L. Shaw 193
Liberal Democrats Alexander T. Werner 172
Registered electors 5,417 Increase 327
Turnout 1,709 31.55 Decrease 9.47
Rejected ballots 15 0.88 Increase 0.59
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Brompton

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Brompton (2)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David P.M. Hudson* 474 69.29 Increase 0.62
Conservative Shireen O. Ritchie 440
Labour John C. Manning 107 16.15 Increase 2.74
Labour Deirdre K. O'Day 106
Liberal Democrats Julian P. England 105 14.56 Decrease 3.36
Liberal Democrats Diana Tupper 87
Registered electors 2,839 Increase 332
Turnout 702 24.73 Decrease 5.31
Rejected ballots 8 1.14 Increase 0.87
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Campden

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Campden (3)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard T.M. Ahern 1,062 69.90 Increase 2.21
Conservative Christopher M. Buckmaster* 1,050
Conservative Robert J. Freeman 1,042
Labour Jane Armstrong 290 16.40 Increase 0.30
Liberal Democrats Michael Allen 235 13.70 Decrease 2.51
Labour Thomas W. Brown 232
Liberal Democrats Imogen A. Caterer 220
Labour John McK. McIntosh 218
Liberal Democrats Roberta B. Haseler 163
Registered electors 5,252 Increase 349
Turnout 1,572 29.93 Decrease 7.94
Rejected ballots 15 0.95 Increase 0.73
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Cheyne

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Cheyne (2)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John M. Corbet-Singleton* 1,059 72.45 Increase 1.44
Conservative Paul T.P. Warrick†[n 1] 953
Labour Margaret A.T. Corbett 212 15.16 Increase 1.25
Labour Param Bhinder 209
Liberal Democrats Ann E. Lawrence 196 12.39 Decrease 2.69
Liberal Democrats Valerie E. Chancellor 148
Registered electors 4,494 Increase 433
Turnout 1,460 32.49 Decrease 7.01
Rejected ballots 13 0.89 Increase 0.69
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Church

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Church (2)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian J.A.D. Fitzgerald* 651 60.01 Increase 0.83
Conservative Joanna M. Gardener 629
Labour Caroline Ellis 336 30.90 Increase15.28
Labour Jacob A. Tompkins 323
Liberal Democrats Susan J. Coats 98 9.09 Decrease 2.84
Liberal Democrats Andrew J.S. Coats 96
Registered electors 3,225 Increase 60
Turnout 1,119 34.70 Decrease 4.26
Rejected ballots 1 0.09 Decrease 0.23
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Colville

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Colville (3)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Pope* 910 63.32 Decrease 1.22
Labour Judith M. Blakeman†[n 2] 879
Labour Patricia Healy* 818
Liberal Democrats Priscilla Congreve 284 17.10 Increase 4.48
Conservative Nicola Cohen 282 19.58 Decrease 3.25
Conservative Graham Rhodes 263
Conservative Jonathan Clamp 261
Liberal Democrats Christine Ingham 239
Liberal Democrats Patrick Mayers 181
Registered electors 5,466 Increase 342
Turnout 1,505 27.53 Decrease 9.47
Rejected ballots 25 1.66 Increase 1.45
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Courtfield

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Courtfield (3)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony R.M. Coates* 781 72.76 Increase24.79
Conservative Edward J.M. Cox* 743
Conservative Lawrence A. Holt* 730
Labour Jean Navassardian 185 17.66 Increase 8.79
Labour Christine Robson 184
Labour Robert Mingay 178
Liberal Democrats Anthony P. Dunn 114 9.59 Decrease33.57
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Somers 106
Liberal Democrats Angele M. Vidal-Hall 77
Registered electors 5,680 Increase1,066
Turnout 1,205 21.21 Decrease11.52
Rejected ballots 8 0.66 Steady
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Earls Court

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Earls Court (3)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Phelps* 901 38.18 Increase 3.68
Conservative Thomas E. Fairhead* 781
Conservative Timothy C.A. Tannock 771
Labour Joel A.M. Bishop 657 29.19 Decrease 0.91
Labour Christine M. Henry 641
Labour Stephen R. Johnson 577
Liberal Democrats Linda A. Wade 491 21.70 Decrease 5.64
Liberal Democrats John G. Drake 471
Liberal Democrats Sarah J. Franks 432
Independent Malcolm D. Spalding 234 10.93 New
Registered electors 7,208 Increase 836
Turnout 1,914 26.55 Decrease 8.13
Rejected ballots 9 0.47 Increase 0.20
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Golborne

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Golborne (3)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Mason* 982 73.82 Decrease 5.11
Labour Bridget Hoier* 954
Labour Stuart H. Shapro 833
Liberal Democrats Aria A. Kovatzis 192 13.20 Increase 3.71
Conservative Octavius O.I.C. Black 177 12.98 Increase 1.40
Liberal Democrats Frances Owen 160
Conservative Terence M. Buxton 156
Conservative Vaneeta Saroop 154
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Pettit 143
Registered electors 5,159 Increase 161
Turnout 1,460 28.30 Decrease11.34
Rejected ballots 35 2.40 Increase 1.84
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hans Town

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Hans Town (3)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy R. Coleridge 936 77.48 Increase 3.89
Conservative Nicholas Paget-Brown* 886
Conservative Mary C. Weale* 865
Labour Angela M. Lambert 165 13.32 Increase 0.98
Labour Michael M. Henry 158
Labour Robert M. Pandy 139
Liberal Democrats Angela M. Le Franc 114 9.20 Decrease 4.87
Liberal Democrats Rodney S. Schwartz 103
Liberal Democrats Guy Shanley 102
Registered electors 5,087 Increase 891
Turnout 1,244 24.45 Decrease 8.20
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 Steady
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Holland

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Holland (3)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan B. Hanham* 999 67.78
Conservative Bryan P. Levitt* 939
Conservative Warwick Lightfoot* 908
Labour Marian P. Kearney 256 17.31
Labour Stephen P. Daly 236
Labour Bernard Hamilton 235
Liberal Democrats Christopher K. Shirley 226 14.91
Liberal Democrats David K. Bewley 208
Liberal Democrats Hugh S. Venables 192
Registered electors 5,593
Turnout 1,537 27.48
Rejected ballots 21 1.37
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kelfield

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Kelfield (2)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith L. Cunningham* 914 65.80 Increase 3.07
Labour Stephen P. Hoier* 906
Conservative Gerard N. Hargreaves 341 21.91 Decrease 0.79
Conservative Ivan F. Rose 265
Liberal Democrats Joe Tatton-Brown 186 12.29 Decrease 2.28
Liberal Democrats Caryle B. Harris 154
Registered electors 4,739 Increase 361
Turnout 1,403 29.61 Decrease10.61
Rejected ballots 13 0.93 Increase 0.59
Labour hold
Labour hold

Norland

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Norland (2)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ernest P. Tomlin* 675 62.00 Decrease 0.46
Conservative Brian R. Walker-Arnott* 656
Labour David C.N. MacFarlane 258 22.82 Increase 2.72
Labour Hugh J.E. Raven 232
Liberal Democrats Rose Hunt 185 15.18 Decrease 2.26
Liberal Democrats Gordon B. Ritchie 141
Registered electors 3,374 Increase 162
Turnout 1,122 33.25 Increase11.30
Rejected ballots 4 0.36 Increase 0.15
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

North Stanley

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North Stanley (2)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Priscilla Frazer* 768 67.57 Increase 9.80
Conservative Merrick R.Cockell* 728
Labour Lesley-Anne Arnold 217 19.56 Decrease 0.33
Labour Stephen C. King 216
Liberal Democrats Dorothy E. Patrick 160 12.87 Decrease 1.84
Liberal Democrats William A. Somers 125
Registered electors 4,329 Increase 76
Turnout 1,153 26.63 Decrease 7.16
Rejected ballots 13 1.13 Increase 1.13
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Pembridge

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Pembridge (3)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Isobel A.W. Campbell* 867 52.37 Decrease 1.63
Conservative David G. Campion* 851
Conservative Doreen M. Weatherhead* 836
Labour Michael A.K. Cocks 555 32.83 Increase 6.60
Labour Virginia A. Henley 535
Labour Ann V. O'Hare 511
Liberal Democrats John M. Campbell 277 14.80 Decrease 4.97
Liberal Democrats Vanessa C.D. de la C. Dowell 232
Liberal Democrats Patrick D. Spencer 213
Registered electors 5,588 Increase 494
Turnout 1,754 31.39 Decrease 8.40
Rejected ballots 14 0.80 Increase 0.70
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Queen's Gate

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Queen's Gate (3)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel M.G. Moylan* 845 70.10 Decrease 2.19
Conservative Andrew S. Dalton* 842
Conservative Gary S. Mond*[n 3] 822
Liberal Democrats Sally E.G. Galsworthy 218 15.42 Increase 0.26
Labour Mary G. Blanchet 179 14.50 Increase 1.95
Liberal Democrats Ann Ahern 170
Labour Norma F. Morris 170
Labour Natalie M. Pringle 170
Liberal Democrats Dorothy J. Venables 164
Registered electors 5,366 Increase 872
Turnout 1,262 23.52 Decrease 9.68
Rejected ballots 12 0.95 Increase 0.82
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Redcliffe

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Redcliffe (3)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frances Taylor* 835 61.04 Increase19.82
Conservative Alick Whitfield* 748
Conservative John N.P. Seidler 739
Labour Margaret G. Delahey 273 19.72 Increase 7.24
Liberal Democrats Barbara Woodthorpe Brown 263 19.24 Decrease 11.37
Labour Michael S. Costello 249
Liberal Democrats Robert Woodthorpe Brown 235
Liberal Democrats Emerson E. Roberts 234
Labour Louis G. Vaini-Husar 228
Registered electors 5,601 Increase 457
Turnout 1,375 24.55 Decrease 8.93
Rejected ballots 11 0.80 Increase 0.74
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Royal Hospital

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Royal Hospital (2)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian McC. Donaldson* 681 74.62 Increase 1.11
Conservative Jeremy O.C. Edge 633
Liberal Democrats Rosamund D.B. Pease 124 11.70 Decrease 2.96
Labour Alexander J.S. Pringle 123 13.68 Increase 1.85
Labour John L. Wooten 118
Liberal Democrats Carl H. Michel 82
Registered electors 3,553 Increase 383
Turnout 937 26.37 Decrease 7.10
Rejected ballots 9 0.96 Increase 0.77
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St Charles

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St Charles (2)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rima E. Horton* 691 60.62 Decrease 5.46
Labour John R. Atkinson* 671
Conservative Matthew R. Palmer 366 28.39 Increase 4.64
Conservative Martin J. Wright 272
Liberal Democrats Marion M. Parsons 142 10.99 Increase 0.81
Liberal Democrats Alexandra M. Tatton Brown 105
Registered electors 4,353 Increase 541
Turnout 1,414 32.48 Decrease 7.16
Rejected ballots 11 0.78 Increase 0.71
Labour hold
Labour hold

South Stanley

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South Stanley (2)[5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Timothy Boulton* 686 53.54 Decrease 6.25
Labour Alastair Wood*[n 4] 666
Conservative William V. Wellesley 484 37.23 Increase 7.16
Conservative Peter D. Wilson 456
Liberal Democrats Susan B. Pritchard 124 9.23 Decrease 0.79
Liberal Democrats Panayiotis K. Vardakis 109
Registered electors 4,570 Increase 262
Turnout 1,260 27.57 Decrease15.54
Rejected ballots 12 0.95 Increase 0.79
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

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  1. ^ Warrick was a sitting councillor representing the Earls Court ward
  2. ^ Blakeman was a sitting councillor representing the Avondale ward
  3. ^ Mond was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr. Elizabeth A. Russell in 1996[9]
  4. ^ Wood was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Robert A. Weems in 1995[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 206. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  3. ^ "Policy and politics: Local elections: How London voted for a mayor". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  4. ^ "Right-winger's Tory coup fails". Evening Standard. London. 19 May 1998. p. 4.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Results of the Local Council Elections May 1998" (PDF). Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 108–110, 206–207. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michae l. "Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  9. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 110. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
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