1998 Barnet London Borough Council election

1998 Barnet London Borough Council election
All 60 seats to Barnet London Borough Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	35.9%
	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.^[1]

Following the elections, the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition that had governed since 1994 continued in office.^[2]

Background

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 35.9%.

Barnet Local Election Result 1998
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Conservative	28	1	2	-1	46.7
Labour	26	2	1	+1	43.3
Liberal Democrats	6	0	0	0	10.0
Green	0	0	0	0	0
Natural Law	0	0	0	0	0

Ward results

Arkley

Arkley (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anita Campbell*	2,288	48.2	−1.7
	Labour	Pamela Coleman	2,075	43.8	−3.4
	Labour	Pauline V. M. Coakley-Webb	2,072	43.7	−1.3
	Conservative	Mark Johnson	1,907	40.2	+7.8
	Conservative	Andrew W. Knight	1,795	37.9	+5.8
	Conservative	Tony Mirza	1,724	36.4	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Victor F. Godman	470	9.9	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas O. Sullivan	460	9.7	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael M. Cole	441	9.3	−5.9
	Green	Aniel Paranjpe	186	3.9	N/A
Turnout			4,754	39.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey N. Cooke	1,826	44.0	+8.3
	Conservative	Andreas Tambourides	1,781	42.9	−2.0
	Conservative	Lynne Hillan	1,774	42.7	+1.2
	Labour	Paul G. Rogers	1,700	40.9	−3.2
	Labour	Michael J. P. Marshall	1,689	40.7	−2.6
	Conservative	Arik Yacobi	1,653	39.8	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter J. Finlayson	446	10.7	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter D. Watkins	383	9.2	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Charles E. Wicksteed	341	8.2	−7.4
Turnout			4,164	38.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan J. Turner*	1,844	70.1	+3.1
	Labour	Alan J. Williams*	1,830	69.6	+2.2
	Labour	Linda R. McFadyen	1,615	61.4	−6.8
	Conservative	Peter J. P. Edwards	430	16.3	+3.8
	Conservative	Urmil K. Bhatt	317	12.1	+0.2
	Conservative	Keith F. Dyall	316	12.0	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Packer	289	11.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Karen S. Hatchett	215	8.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Henryk P. Feszczur	159	6.0	−1.5
Turnout			2,649	27.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Childs Hill

Childs Hill (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jack B. Cohen*	1,422	41.3	−9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Monroe E. Palmer	1,407	40.9	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Susette S. Palmer*	1,380	40.1	−8.6
	Labour	Lorna Noble	1,047	30.4	+10.8
	Labour	Clare Fitzpatrick	1,015	29.5	+10.6
	Labour	Keith T. Priddle	953	27.7	+9.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Miller	872	25.4	−4.8
	Conservative	Peter M. Sugarman	872	25.4	±0.0
	Conservative	Marc A. Shaw	790	23.0	−2.4
Turnout			3,461	35.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Colindale

Colindale (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danish Chopra*	1,715	61.6	−1.6
	Labour	Gillian W. Sargeant*	1,589	57.0	−2.8
	Labour	Nathaniel D. Rudolf	1,464	52.5	−9.8
	Conservative	Robert B. Linton	485	17.4	+0.6
	Conservative	Kirit K. Patel	452	16.2	−2.0
	Conservative	Yvonne W. Prentice	437	15.7	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur J. Roycroft	337	12.1	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Guy J. Patton	332	11.9	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael C. Roberts	315	11.3	+2.3
	Green	Ketan K. Majmudar	159	5.7	−1.0
Turnout			2,799	23.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

East Barnet

East Barnet (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth A. T. Jarvis*	2,041	43.9	+0.5
	Labour	Usha K. Chopra*	1,962	42.2	+0.8
	Conservative	Olwen M. Evans	1,942	41.8	+5.7
	Conservative	Zoe Ford	1,914	41.2	+8.1
	Labour	Brenda E. A. Sandford	1,914	41.2	+0.7
	Conservative	James E. Hawthorn	1,873	40.3	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	David J. Keech	432	9.3	−11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth R. Wardle	423	9.1	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Renee L. Wheeler	351	7.6	−9.6
	Green	Raymond White	256	5.5	N/A
Turnout			4,657	40.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

East Finchley

East Finchley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen E. Gordon*	2,750	60.9	+1.3
	Labour	Alison Moore	2,547	56.4	−4.6
	Labour	Philip R. Yeoman	2,529	56.0	−1.2
	Conservative	Barry P. Neville	850	18.8	−2.4
	Conservative	Michael W. Freer	822	18.2	−2.1
	Conservative	Graham D. Old	786	17.4	−2.5
	Green	Noel T. Lynch	577	12.8	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce M. Arram	458	10.1	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Elinor T. Edwards	358	7.9	−2.5
	Green	Sally M. Rose	355	7.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas G. Darrer	334	7.4	−2.1
	Green	Denis E. Vigay	237	5.2	N/A
Turnout			4,542	38.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Edgware

Edgware (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony P. Spencer*	1,642	49.1	+1.3
	Conservative	Malcolm E. Lester*	1,592	47.6	+2.3
	Conservative	Joan Scannell*	1,532	45.8	+1.7
	Labour	Maree G. Glass	1,206	36.0	+5.4
	Labour	Harold Waterman	1,148	34.3	+3.8
	Labour	Alan M. Sloam	1,120	33.5	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara A. Farbey	324	9.7	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	June D. Burton	323	9.7	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Diana C. Iwi	247	7.4	−8.1
	Green	Jonathan D. Mulberg	141	4.2	N/A
Turnout			3,382	28.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Finchley

Finchley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eva Greenspan*	1,973	48.3	−1.8
	Conservative	Leslie Sussman*	1,882	46.0	−1.7
	Conservative	Barbara I. Langstone*	1,829	44.8	−2.3
	Labour	Clare Furniss	1,523	37.3	+7.0
	Labour	Ilan A. Jacobs	1,441	35.3	+5.3
	Labour	Mary P. McGuirk	1,425	34.9	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm B. Davis	501	12.3	−3.5
	Green	Ashley Gunstock	365	8.9	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rita D. Druiff	346	8.5	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Millicent J. Watkins	332	8.1	N/A
Turnout			4,105	38.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Friern Barnet

Friern Barnet (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James J. Chapman	2,107	50.9	+6.0
	Conservative	Brian L. Salinger*	1,966	47.5	+3.5
	Conservative	John C. Tiplady*	1,924	46.5	+2.9
	Labour	Ross S. Houston	1,407	34.0	−2.7
	Labour	Timothy J. K. Roberts	1,372	33.1	−1.8
	Labour	Dilip K. Mitra	1,310	31.6	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Neil A. McL. Ferguson	446	10.8	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tanya G. Jordan	426	10.3	−5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Wicksteed	388	9.4	−5.8
	Green	Miranda J. Dunn	238	5.7	N/A
Turnout			4,153	37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John L. Marshall	2,649	61.7	+19.1
	Conservative	Peter J. Skolar	2,073	48.3	+6.3
	Conservative	Yasman Naghar	2,024	47.2	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie A. Harris	1,312	30.6	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Hajioff	1,229	28.6	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Steven J. Deller	1,068	24.9	−12.1
	Labour	Carol A. Kohli	531	12.4	−3.0
	Labour	Anthony G. J. Hulstrom	450	10.5	−5.8
	Labour	Polly A. Napper	443	10.3	−5.5
	Green	Louise E. Gunstock	256	6.0	N/A
Turnout			4,314	42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Golders Green

Golders Green (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvin Cohen*	1,946	47.3	+4.0
	Conservative	Abraham M. Dunner	1,946	47.3	+10.5
	Conservative	Christopher G. S. Harris	1,762	42.8	+7.9
	Labour	David G. Robinson	1,617	39.3	+9.3
	Labour	Alan Schneiderman	1,579	38.4	+10.4
	Labour	Matthew G. B. Staples	1,533	37.2	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Olive V. Ellner	397	9.6	−17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter A. Lusher	344	8.4	−16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon V. Kovar	338	8.2	−15.4
Turnout			4,139	38.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hadley

Hadley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Katia David	2,674	47.9	+10.1
	Conservative	Hazel E. Mammatt*	2,654	47.6	+10.4
	Conservative	Kantilal S. Patel*	2,456	44.0	+11.6
	Labour	Michael B. Campbell	1,984	35.6	+4.4
	Labour	Marianne Haylett	1,791	32.1	+1.7
	Labour	Lawrence E. Williams	1,746	31.3	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Marsh	785	14.1	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	David A. Nowell	725	13.0	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Brigid M. Povah	594	10.6	−9.5
	Green	Timothy Riley	408	7.3	−2.4
Turnout			5,611	39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale

Hale (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven E. Blomer	1,523	42.0	+2.7
	Labour	Ruth J. Nyman	1,498	41.3	+4.6
	Conservative	Brian C. Gordon	1,393	38.4	−2.9
	Labour	Julian E. Stern	1,379	38.0	+2.3
	Conservative	Michael Slipman	1,253	34.5	−5.7
	Conservative	Prafulla C. Patel	1,201	33.1	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	James M. Creighton	658	18.1	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey A. Jacobs	557	15.4	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy R. Pattison	532	14.7	−1.1
Turnout			3,655	34.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hendon

Hendon (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony H. Finn*	1,487	38.6	−7.2
	Conservative	Maureen Braun	1,349	35.0	−6.0
	Conservative	Andrew M. Sherling*	1,293	33.5	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Susan J. Palin	1,226	31.8	+12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan M. Davies	1,164	30.2	+11.6
	Labour	Aubrey E. Ross	1,105	28.6	−4.3
	Labour	Francis Deutsch	1,022	26.5	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sean J. Hooker	977	25.3	+9.6
	Labour	Margaret C. Onokah	912	23.6	−4.7
	Green	Georgia Theodorou	200	5.2	−2.1
Turnout			3,867	31.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mill Hill

Mill Hill (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne J. Casey*	2,469	57.7	+19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Roger L. Axworthy	2,348	54.9	+16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy E. Davies*	2,339	54.6	+16.0
	Conservative	Mary P. Gallagher	1,083	25.3	−12.5
	Conservative	Richard W. J. Martyn	1,053	24.6	−12.9
	Conservative	Leslie J. Pym	1,040	24.3	−11.5
	Labour	William J. Parnaby	652	15.2	−4.6
	Labour	Pijushkanti Bhattacharyya	622	14.5	−5.0
	Labour	Mohan R. Samarasinhe	535	12.5	−6.7
	Green	Gillian L. Dunne	152	3.6	N/A
Turnout			4,289	37.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Paul's

St Paul's (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kitty Lyons*	2,332	52.9	+7.8
	Labour	Katherine M. McGuirk*	2,214	50.3	+6.6
	Labour	James B. Tierney*	2,182	49.5	+6.6
	Conservative	Mary Phillips	1,427	32.4	−5.2
	Conservative	Ida Westbrook	1,359	30.9	−7.0
	Conservative	Jonathan Z. Shrank	1,308	29.7	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Joan S. Beales	421	9.6	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh S. L'Estrange	362	8.2	−0.7
	Green	Edelgard Vaswani	343	7.8	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	lngeborg Graber	336	7.6	−0.8
Turnout			4,423	41.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Totteridge

Totteridge (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victor Lyon*	2,472	55.4	+8.5
	Conservative	Brian J. Coleman	2,457	55.0	+9.0
	Conservative	Kevin D. Edson*	2,415	54.1	+8.8
	Labour	Katherine Rounce	1,273	28.5	−2.5
	Labour	Michael A. J. O'Donnell	1,246	27.9	−2.0
	Labour	Victoria M. Spawls	1,171	26.2	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Brewer	518	11.6	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony D. Wildsmith	450	10.1	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin A. Jordan	439	9.8	−7.9
	Green	Joy H. Boustred	268	6.0	N/A
	Natural Law	Diane Derksen	41	0.9	−1.6
Turnout			4,483	38.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Hendon

West Hendon (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Agnes C. Slocombe*	1,408	46.4	−3.5
	Labour	Arun C. Ghosh	1,407	46.4	−4.5
	Labour	Ansuya V. Sodha	1,215	40.0	−9.2
	Conservative	James G. Fluss	979	32.3	+5.2
	Conservative	Angela Shine	978	32.2	+6.8
	Conservative	Rene A. Braun	954	31.4	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard J. Coward	344	11.3	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Dodd	302	10.0	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley J. Rodwell	299	9.9	−1.6
	Green	Christine Antoniou	171	5.6	−1.2
Turnout			3,057	28.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodhouse

Woodhouse (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley J. Cross*	2,521	55.6	+6.7
	Labour	Beverley A. Pearce	2,358	52.0	+5.5
	Labour	Barry J. Rawlings	2,288	50.5	+4.2
	Conservative	Mary E. J. M. Russell	1,236	27.3	−5.0
	Conservative	Roy Treeby	1,209	26.7	−6.5
	Conservative	Peter Yallouros	1,160	25.6	−5.9
	Green	Solomon O. Natelson	435	9.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David H. Ive	413	9.1	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Barrie R. Manson	407	9.0	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Joy R. Manson	407	9.0	−0.3
Turnout			4,555	37.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 1998 and 2002

Woodhouse

Woodhouse by-election, 10 December 1998^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul G. Rogers	1,481	49.4	−5.3
	Conservative	Roy Treeby	1,098	36.6	+9.8
	Green	Solomon O. Natelson	234	7.8	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sean J. Hooker	184	6.1	−2.8
Majority			383	12.8
Turnout			2,997	24.6
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Stanley J. Cross.

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb by-election, 23 November 2000^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vanessa R. Gearson	1,162	47.1	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie A. Harris	811	32.9	+5.3
	Labour	Alan Schneiderman	427	17.3	+6.1
	Green	Miranda J. Dunn	67	2.7	−2.7
Majority			351	14.2
Turnout			2,467	24.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Peter J. Skolar.

Hadley

Hadley by-election, 23 November 2000^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne W. Prentice	1,743	58.5	+12.8
	Labour	Anthonakis N. Vourou	738	24.7	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	David A. G. Nowell	357	12.0	−1.3
	Green	Edelgard Vaswani	144	2.7	−2.7
Majority			1,005	33.8
Turnout			2,982	21.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Hazel E. Mammatt.

Mill Hill

Mill Hill by-election, 23 November 2000^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sean J. Hooker	1,496	54.6	−2.1
	Conservative	John R. Hart	809	29.5	+4.6
	Labour	Zakia Zubairi	385	14.1	−0.9
	Green	Donald E. Lyven	49	1.7	−1.7
Majority			687	25.1
Turnout			2,739	24.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Roger L. Axworthy.

Finchley

Finchley by-election, 15 March 2001^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael W. Freer	1,409	54.0	+8.8
	Labour	Christopher P. Underwood	862	33.0	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Karen S. Hatchett	245	9.4	−2.1
	Green	Edelgard Vaswani	95	3.7	−4.8
Majority			547	19.0
Turnout			2,611	24.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Barbara I. Langstone.

References

^ "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

[results-1] "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[London_2002_election-4] "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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