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1998 Barnet London Borough Council election

1998 Barnet London Borough Council election
← 1994 7 May 1998 (1998-05-07) 2002 →
All 60 seats to Barnet London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered225,836[1]
Turnout81,059, 35.89% (Decrease 9.51)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Unknown Alan Williams Unknown
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since Unknown 1994[n 1] Unknown
Leader's seat Unknown Burnt Oak Unknown
Last election 29 seats, 37.61% 25 seats, 41.07% 6 seats, 19.66%
Seats before 27 24 6
Seats won 28 26 6
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 89,529 92,954 37,846
Percentage 39.77% 40.0% 16.81%
Swing Increase 2.16 Decrease 0.31 Decrease 2.85
Map of the results of the 1998 Barnet London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow..
Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

The 1998 Barnet Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[2]

Following the elections, the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition that had governed since 1994 continued in office.[3]

Background

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In between the two elections there had been a total of four by-elections to replace councillors who had either died or resigned from their seat, however none of these by-elections resulted in the seat changing parties.[4] Just before the election there were a total of 3 vacancies that were too close to have a separate by-election, which meant that the council composition was as follows:[5]

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24 6 27 3
Labour Lib Dem Con Vacant

Election result

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Overall turnout in the election was 35.9%.

1998 Barnet London Borough Council elections[6][7]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 28 1 2 Decrease 1 46.67 39.77 89,529 Increase 2.16
  Labour 26 2 1 Increase 1 43.33 41.29 92,954 Decrease 0.31
  Liberal Democrats 6 0 0 Steady 10.00 16.81 37,846 Decrease 2.85
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 2.11 4,747 Increase 0.65
  Natural Law 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.02 41 Decrease 0.03
Total 60 225,117

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

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28 6 26
Labour Lib Dem Con

Ward results

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(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Arkley

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Arkley (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anita Campbell* 2,288 46.66 Decrease 3.28
Labour Pamela Coleman* 2,075
Labour Pauline V. M. Coakley-Webb 2,072
Conservative Mark Johnson 1,907 39.35 Increase 5.95
Conservative Andrew W. Knight 1,795
Conservative Tony Mirza 1,724
Liberal Democrats Victor F. Godman 470 9.94 Decrease 6.72
Liberal Democrats Nicholas O. Sullivan 460
Liberal Democrats Michael M. Cole 441
Green Aniel Paranjpe 186 4.05 New
Registered electors 12,081 Increase 425
Turnout 4,754 39.35 Decrease 9.97
Rejected ballots 12 0.25 Decrease 0.08
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Brunswick Park

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Brunswick Park (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey N. Cooke 1,826 44.99 Increase 8.23
Conservative Andreas Tambourides 1,781 44.92 Decrease 0.59
Conservative Lynne Hillan 1,774
Labour Paul G. Rogers 1,700
Labour Michael J.P. Marshall 1,689
Conservative Arik Yacobi 1,653
Liberal Democrats Peter J. Finlayson 446 10.09 Decrease 7.64
Liberal Democrats Peter D. Watkins 383
Liberal Democrats Charles E. Wicksteed 341
Registered electors 10,854 Increase 503
Turnout 4,164 38.36 Decrease 4.47
Rejected ballots 11 0.26 Decrease 0.10
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burnt Oak

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Burnt Oak (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Allan J. Turner* 1,844 75.40 Increase 3.20
Labour Alan J. Williams* 1,830
Labour Linda R. McFadyen†[n 2] 1,615
Conservative Peter J. P. Edwards 430 15.15 Increase 1.82
Conservative Urmil K. Bhatt 317
Conservative Keith F. Dyall 316
Liberal Democrats Andrew Packer 289 9.45 Increase 0.93
Liberal Democrats Karen S. Hatchett 215
Liberal Democrats Henryk P. Feszczur 159
Registered electors 9,685 Increase 233
Turnout 2,649 27.35 Decrease 15.43
Rejected ballots 19 0.72 Increase 0.55
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Childs Hill

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Childs Hill (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jack B. Cohen* 1,422 43.13 Decrease 8.21
Liberal Democrats Monroe E. Palmer 1,407
Liberal Democrats Susette S. Palmer* 1,380
Labour Lorna Noble 1,047 30.90 Increase 10.85
Labour Clare Fitzpatrick 1,015
Labour Keith T. Priddle 953
Conservative Jonathan Miller 872 25.97 Decrease 2.64
Conservative Peter M. Sugarman 872
Conservative Marc A. Shaw 790
Registered electors 9,709 Increase 907
Turnout 3,461 35.65 Decrease 8.49
Rejected ballots 22 0.64 Increase 0.41
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Colindale

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Colindale (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Danish Chopra*[n 3] 1,715 62.71 Decrease 2.05
Labour Gillian W. Sargeant* 1,589
Labour Nathaniel D. Rudolf 1,464
Conservative Robert B. Linton 485 18.07 Decrease 0.06
Conservative Kirit K. Patel 452
Conservative Yvonne W. Prentice 437
Liberal Democrats Arthur J. Roycroft 337 12.94 Increase 2.81
Liberal Democrats Guy J. Patton 332
Liberal Democrats Michael C. Roberts 315
Green Ketan K. Majmudar 159 6.27 Increase 0.72
Registered electors 12,110 Increase 1,774
Turnout 2,799 23.11 Decrease 16.62
Rejected ballots 13 0.46 Increase 0.24
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

East Barnet

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East Barnet (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth A.T. Jarvis* 2,041 43.44 Decrease 0.56
Labour Usha K. Chopra* 1,962
Conservative Olwen M. Evans 1,942 42.06 Increase 6.02
Conservative Zoe Ford 1,914
Labour Brenda E. A. Sandford 1,914
Conservative James E. Hawthorn 1,873
Liberal Democrats David J. Keech 432 8.86 Decrease 11.10
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth R. Wardle 423
Liberal Democrats Renee L. Wheeler 351
Green Raymond White 256 5.64 New
Registered electors 11,427 Increase 297
Turnout 4,657 40.75 Decrease 7.52
Rejected ballots 13 0.27 Increase 0.18
Labour hold
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

East Finchley

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East Finchley (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen E. Gordon* 2,750 62.10 Increase 3.46
Labour Alison Moore 2,547
Labour Philip R. Yeoman 2,529
Conservative Barry P. Neville 850 19.50 Decrease 0.76
Conservative Michael W. Freer 822
Conservative Graham D. Old 786
Green Noel T. Lynch 577 9.28 Decrease 1.74
Liberal Democrats Joyce M. Arram 458 9.13 Decrease 0.95
Liberal Democrats Elinor T. Edwards 358
Green Sally M. Rose 355
Liberal Democrats Thomas G. Darrer 334
Green Denis E. Vigay 237
Registered electors 11,698 Increase 672
Turnout 4,542 38.83 Decrease 12.04
Rejected ballots 26 0.57 Increase 0.46
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Edgware

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Edgware (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony P. Spencer*[n 4] 1,642 49.87 Increase 1.13
Conservative Malcolm E. Lester* 1,592
Conservative Joan Scannell* 1,532
Labour Maree G. Glass 1,206 36.35 Increase 2.71
Labour Harold Waterman 1,148
Labour Alan M. Sloam 1,120
Liberal Democrats Barbara A. Farbey 324 9.35 Decrease 8.27
Liberal Democrats June D. Burton 323
Liberal Democrats Diana C. Iwi 247
Green Jonathan D. Mulberg 141 4.43 New
Registered electors 11,692 Increase 547
Turnout 3,382 28.93 Decrease 10.50
Rejected ballots 35 1.03 Increase 0.85
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Finchley

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Finchley (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eva Greenspan* 1,973 46.03 Decrease 2.66
Conservative Leslie Sussman* 1,882
Conservative Barbara I. Langstone* 1,829
Labour Clare Furniss 1,523 35.55 Increase 5.43
Labour Ilan A. Jacobs 1,441
Labour Mary P. McGuirk 1,425
Liberal Democrats Malcolm B. Davis 501 9.55 Decrease 5.75
Green Ashley Gunstock 365 8.87 Increase 2.98
Liberal Democrats Rita D. Druiff 346
Liberal Democrats Millicent J. Watkins 332
Registered electors 10,572 Increase 701
Turnout 4,105 38.83 Decrease 7.57
Rejected ballots 18 0.44 Increase 0.09
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Friern Barnet

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Friern Barnet (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James J. Chapman 2,107 49.73 Increase 3.02
Conservative Brian L. Salinger* 1,966
Conservative John C. Tiplady* 1,924
Labour Ross S. Houston 1,407 33.90 Decrease 2.75
Labour Timothy J. K. Roberts 1,372
Labour Dilip K. Mitra 1,310
Liberal Democrats Neil A. McL. Ferguson 446 10.45 Decrease 6.20
Liberal Democrats Tanya G. Jordan 426
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Wicksteed 388
Green Miranda J. Dunn 238 5.92 New
Registered electors 11,232 Increase 560
Turnout 4,153 36.97 Decrease 9.91
Rejected ballots 12 0.29 Increase 0.13
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Garden Suburb

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Garden Suburb (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John L. Marshall 2,649 53.77 Increase 10.25
Conservative Peter J. Skolar 2,073
Conservative Yasman Naghar 2,024
Liberal Democrats Marjorie A. Harris 1,312 28.76 Decrease 11.20
Liberal Democrats Steven Hajioff 1,229
Liberal Democrats Steven J. Deller 1,068
Labour Carol A. Kohli 531 11.35 Decrease 5.17
Labour Anthony G. J. Hulstrom 450
Labour Polly A. Napper 443
Green Louise E. Gunstock 256 6.12 New
Registered electors 10,265 Increase 510
Turnout 4,314 42.03 Decrease 0.22
Rejected ballots 23 0.53 Increase 0.19
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Golders Green

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Golders Green (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Melvin Cohen* 1,946 49.33 Increase 8.78
Conservative Abraham M. Dunner 1,946
Conservative Christopher G. S. Harris 1,762
Labour David G. Robinson 1,617 41.26 Increase 11.40
Labour Alan Schneiderman 1,579
Labour Matthew G. B. Staples 1,533
Liberal Democrats Olive V. Ellner 397 9.41 Decrease 17.29
Liberal Democrats Peter A. Lusher 344
Liberal Democrats Simon V. Kovar 338
Registered electors 10,783 Decrease 908
Turnout 4,139 38.38 Decrease 3.87
Rejected ballots 23 0.56 Increase 0.22
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hadley

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Hadley (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Katia David 2,674 46.80 Increase 12.75
Conservative Hazel E. Mammatt* 2,654
Conservative Kantilal S. Patel* 2,456
Labour Michael B. Campbell 1,984 33.19 Increase 4.14
Labour Marianne Haylett 1,791
Labour Lawrence E. Williams 1,746
Liberal Democrats Ronald Marsh 785 12.65 Decrease 8.85
Liberal Democrats David A. Nowell 725
Liberal Democrats Brigid M. Povah 594
Green Timothy Riley 408 7.36 Decrease 1.90
Registered electors 14,209 Increase 613
Turnout 5,611 39.49 Decrease 6.83
Rejected ballots 33 0.59 Increase 0.51
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hale

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Hale (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steven E. Blomer 1,523 44.03 Increase 3.96
Labour Ruth J. Nyman 1,498
Conservative Brian C. Gordon 1,393 38.49 Decrease 4.09
Labour Julian E. Stern 1,379
Conservative Michael Slipman 1,253
Conservative Prafulla C. Patel 1,201
Liberal Democrats James M. Creighton 658 17.48 Increase 0.13
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey A. Jacobs 557
Liberal Democrats Jeremy R. Pattison 532
Registered electors 10,489 Increase 668
Turnout 3,655 34.85 Decrease 12.35
Rejected ballots 28 0.77 Increase 0.62
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Hendon

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Hendon (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony H. Finn* 1,487 37.08 Decrease 6.29
Conservative Maureen Braun 1,349
Conservative Andrew M. Sherling*[n 5] 1,293
Liberal Democrats Susan J. Palin 1,226 30.24 Increase 11.99
Liberal Democrats Jonathan M. Davies†[n 6] 1,164
Labour Aubrey E. Ross 1,105 27.29 Decrease 3.61
Labour Francis Deutsch 1,022
Liberal Democrats Sean J. Hooker 977
Labour Margaret C. Onokah 912
Green Georgia Theodorou 200 5.39 Decrease 2.09
Registered electors 12,279 Increase 1,096
Turnout 3,867 31.49 Decrease 8.58
Rejected ballots 10 0.26 Decrease 0.52
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Mill Hill

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Mill Hill (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Wayne J. Casey* 2,469 56.81 Increase 16.29
Liberal Democrats Roger L. Axworthy 2,348
Liberal Democrats Jeremy E. Davies* 2,339
Conservative Mary P. Gallagher 1,083 25.21 Decrease 13.79
Conservative Richard W. J. Martyn 1,053
Conservative Leslie J. Pym†[n 7] 1,040
Labour William J. Parnaby 652 14.36 Decrease 6.12
Labour Pijushkanti Bhattacharyya 622
Labour Mohan R. Samarasinhe 535
Green Gillian L. Dunne 152 3.62 New
Registered electors 11,545 Increase 828
Turnout 4,289 37.15 Decrease 7.18
Rejected ballots 9 0.21 Increase 0.08
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

St Paul's

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St Paul's (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kitty Lyons* 2,332 51.87 Increase 5.90
Labour Katherine M. McGuirk* 2,214
Labour James B. Tierney* 2,182
Conservative Mary Phillips 1,427 31.57 Decrease 7.99
Conservative Ida Westbrook 1,359
Conservative Jonathan Z. Shrank 1,308
Liberal Democrats Joan S. Beales 421 8.63 Decrease 0.56
Liberal Democrats Hugh S. L'Estrange 362
Green Edelgard Vaswani 343 7.93 Increase 2.64
Liberal Democrats lngeborg Graber 336
Registered electors 10,732 Increase 590
Turnout 4,423 41.21 Decrease 14.69
Rejected ballots 18 0.41 Increase 0.27
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Totteridge

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Totteridge (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victor Lyon* 2,472 54.94 Increase 7.25
Conservative Brian J. Coleman 2,457
Conservative Kevin D. Edson* 2,415
Labour Katherine Rounce 1,273 27.60 Decrease 3.72
Labour Michael A. J. O'Donnell 1,246
Labour Victoria M. Spawls 1,171
Liberal Democrats Irene Brewer 518 10.53 Decrease 7.88
Liberal Democrats Anthony D. Wildsmith 450
Liberal Democrats Gavin A. Jordan 439
Green Joy H. Boustred 268 6.01 New
Natural Law Diane Derksen 41 0.92 Decrease 1.66
Registered electors 11,628 Increase 536
Turnout 4,483 38.55 Decrease 4.99
Rejected ballots 18 0.40 Increase 0.15
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

West Hendon

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West Hendon (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Agnes C. Slocombe* 1,408 47.98 Decrease 4.82
Labour Arun C. Ghosh 1,407
Labour Ansuya V. Sodha 1,215
Conservative James G. Fluss 979 34.66 Increase 7.61
Conservative Angela Shine 978
Conservative Rene A. Braun 954
Liberal Democrats Richard J. Coward 344 11.25 Decrease 1.71
Liberal Democrats Mary Dodd 302
Liberal Democrats Shirley J. Rodwell 299
Green Christine Antoniou 171 6.11 Decrease 1.06
Registered electors 10,707 Increase 569
Turnout 3,057 28.55 Decrease 10.55
Rejected ballots 23 0.75 Increase 0.25
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Woodhouse

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Woodhouse (3)[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley J. Cross* 2,521 53.87 Increase 1.07
Labour Beverley A. Pearce 2,358
Labour Barry J. Rawlings 2,288
Conservative Mary E.J.M. Russell 1,236 27.10 Decrease 9.07
Conservative Roy Treeby 1,209
Conservative Peter Yallouros 1,160
Green Solomon O. Natelson 435 9.81 New
Liberal Democrats David H. Ive 413 9.22 Decrease 1.81
Liberal Democrats Barrie R. Manson 407
Liberal Democrats Joy R. Manson 407
Registered electors 12,139 Increase 208
Turnout 4,555 37.52 Decrease 15.43
Rejected ballots 23 0.50 Increase 0.22
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

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  1. ^ As leader of the council, unknown when he became the leader of the Labour Group
  2. ^ McFadyen was a sitting councillor representing the Arkley ward
  3. ^ Chopra was elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr. Thomas A. Mckendry in 1996, a councillor who had also been elected in a by-election triggered by the death of Cllr. Ellis S. Hillman a few months earlier[4]
  4. ^ Spencer was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Julian D. Czarny in 1996[4]
  5. ^ Sherling was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Edward P. Bunn in 1996[4]
  6. ^ Davies was a sitting councillor representing the Childs Hill ward
  7. ^ Pym was a sitting councillor representing the Hale ward

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 - Ward voting statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 188. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  3. ^ Mason, Rowena; Stewart, Heather (30 April 2022). "Rebel Tory MPs fear Boris Johnson could trigger autumn general election". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d 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. 10. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  5. ^ 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. 5. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). Demographic and Statistical Studies. London Research Centre. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Rallings, Colin; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough of Barnet Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 30 July 2025.