1998 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election

The 1998 Richmond upon Thames Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]^[2]

Election result


4	34	14
Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative

Barnes (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gent C. Ms.	1722	49.1	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Westmorland B. Ms.	1616		−
	Liberal Democrats	Style A. Ms.	1584		−
	Conservative	Yandle J.	1430	40.8	+0.4
	Conservative	Ross J.	1406		−
	Conservative	Burton-Prateley M.	1361		−
	Labour	Frisby L.	356	10.1	−0.2
	Labour	Neimer A. Ms.	346		−
	Labour	Lumborg R.	297		−
Turnout				50.0	−9.3

Central Twickenham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Porter D.	937	35.5	−3.4
	Conservative	Lamb S.	927		−
	Liberal Democrats	Coombs J.	894	33.9	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Golder C. Ms.	855		−
	Labour	Nixon G.	810	30.7	+6.3
	Labour	Rogers D.	765		−
Turnout				48.1	−7.0

East Sheen (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	True N.	1167	53.9	+2.9
	Conservative	Flemington M. Ms.	1128		−
	Liberal Democrats	Morris P.	700	32.3	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Perrin R.	695		−
	Labour	Curtis P. Ms.	299	13.8	+2.8
	Labour	Fowler J.	264		−
Turnout				46.2	−13.4

East Twickenham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mann L.	1595	45.7	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Cornwell D.	1558		−
	Liberal Democrats	Whittall J.	1475		−
	Labour	Choat F. Ms.	1056	30.2	+4.1
	Labour	De Marco A.	974		−
	Labour	Rapley I.	931		−
	Conservative	Poyser P. Ms.	842	24.1	−3.5
	Conservative	Chamberlain D.	826		−
	Conservative	Sparrow T. Ms.	807		−
Turnout				39.9	−12.7

Ham & Petersham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jones S. Ms.	1528	57.8	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Williams D.	1487		−
	Liberal Democrats	Miller B.	1437		−
	Conservative	Sparrow D.	735	27.8	+1.7
	Conservative	Proctor R.	725		−
	Conservative	Britto D.	701		−
	Labour	Hunt A. Ms.	382	14.4	−0.4
	Labour	Risner P. Ms.	340		−
	Labour	Somers D.	328		−
Turnout				45.3	−12.0

Hampton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Woodward A. Ms.	1287	42.8	+8.2
	Conservative	Matthews J. Ms.	1227		−
	Liberal Democrats	Woodriff B.	1569	40.8	−7.1
	Conservative	Mundy R.	1215		−
	Liberal Democrats	Lees M.	1109		−
	Liberal Democrats	Fayle S. Ms.	1101		−
	Labour	Cross C. Ms.	492	16.4	−1.1
	Labour	Carrier C. Ms.	463		−
	Labour	Spawls L. Ms.	446		−
Turnout				44.6	−7.6

Hampton Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel G.	1390	40.8	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander B. Ms.	1379	40.5	−1.3
	Conservative	Kreling M.	1361		−
	Conservative	Pipe P. Ms.	1340		−
	Liberal Democrats	Gossage J.	1327		−
	Liberal Democrats	Stone G.	1233		−
	Labour	Firth B.	639	18.8	+1.0
	Labour	Goodier R.	615		−
	Labour	Gilligan K.	571		−
Turnout				50.1	−5.7

Hampton Nursery (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Woodriff M. Ms.	745	41.8	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Cardy J.	662		−
	Conservative	Williams M. Ms.	586	32.9	+2.4
	Conservative	Cape J. Ms.	575		−
	Labour	Beaty S.	450	25.3	+3.7
	Labour	Yusuf M.	396		−
Turnout				36.5	−11.2

Hampton Wick (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arbour T.	1600	44.4	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rae G. Ms.	1477	41.0	−1.0
	Conservative	Parsons E. Ms.	1446		−
	Conservative	Rogers B.	1385		−
	Liberal Democrats	Tresise J. Ms.	1369		−
	Liberal Democrats	McDougall M.	1344		−
	Labour	Mackinlay H.	527	14.6	−2.8
	Labour	Tutchell D.	482		−
	Labour	Wyatt J. Ms.	465		−
Turnout				46.3	−4.5

Heathfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	King R.	1315	45.0	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jones M.	1255		−
	Liberal Democrats	Treble W.	1174		−
	Conservative	Miles B.	961	32.6	−0.4
	Conservative	Ross K.	935		−
	Conservative	Leamy S.	902		−
	Labour	Hanlon S.	646	22.1	+3.9
	Labour	Guichard S.	631		−
	Labour	Marchant H.	608		−
Turnout				40.1	−14.5

Kew (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lourie A.	1618	46.7	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Miller J. Ms.	1603		−
	Liberal Democrats	Barnett A.	1558		−
	Conservative	Jowit R.	1295	37.4	+2.3
	Conservative	Britto S. Ms.	1284		−
	Conservative	Saywell J.	1266		−
	Labour	Cobbett N.	548	15.8	+1.0
	Labour	Marder P. Ms.	502		−
	Labour	Villanueva A. Ms.	464		−
Turnout				46.9	−11.5

Mortlake (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stanier E. Ms.	1048	39.5	−13.1
	Labour	Langford B.	1014	38.2	+20.8
	Labour	Matthews B.	1004		−
	Labour	Marder B.	979		−
	Liberal Democrats	Rudd J.	975		−
	Liberal Democrats	Vernon S.	951		−
	Conservative	Hoy C. Ms.	593	22.3	−7.7
	Conservative	McAlister M.	575		−
	Conservative	Earl J.	559		−
Turnout				45.7	−7.5

Palewell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Summers J. Ms.	1459	46.2	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Daglish M.	1387		−
	Conservative	Blake H. Ms.	1315	41.6	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Manners A.	1313		−
	Conservative	Urquhart N. Ms.	1310		−
	Conservative	Saunders J.	1306		−
	Labour	Genders W.	386	12.2	+0.3
	Labour	Creighan K.	383		−
	Labour	Metzger M. Ms.	375		−
Turnout				50.5	−9.4

Richmond Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Weber M. Ms.	1287	47.7	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lee P. Ms.	1261		−
	Liberal Democrats	Mollett A.	1220		−
	Conservative	Gray G.	993	36.8	−2.9
	Conservative	Van Dinter C. Ms.	949		−
	Conservative	Marsh M.	934		−
	Labour	Martin G.	418	15.5	−1.1
	Labour	Laird A.	413		−
	Labour	Syed M.	358		−
Turnout				41.5	−13.2

Richmond Town (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cornish A. Ms.	960	49.9	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Carthew N.	926		−
	Conservative	Bennett R.	609	31.7	−2.3
	Conservative	Watts I.	582		−
	Labour	Dunne P.	353	18.4	+3.5
	Labour	Monks K.	317		−
Turnout				41.3	−15.9

South Twickenham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Orchard D.	1381	35.2	−1.2
	Conservative	Butler A.	1246		−
	Conservative	Lait N.	1243		−
	Liberal Democrats	Pope G.	1142	29.1	−12.2
	Labour	Cullen F.	992	25.3	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Carr M. Ms.	989		−
	Labour	Mayer A. Ms.	958		−
	Liberal Democrats	Topol S.	891		−
	Labour	Butters N.	888		−
	Independent Resident	Armstrong J.	403	10.3	N/A
Turnout				47.1	−4.1

Teddington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elengorn M.	1603	49.0	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Knight S.	1502		−
	Liberal Democrats	Mumford J.	1495		−
	Conservative	Temlett P.	1044	31.9	+3.3
	Conservative	Maxwell K.	995		−
	Conservative	Broughton J.	987		−
	Labour	Boaler C.	623	19.1	+1.0
	Labour	Banaji P. Ms.	613		−
	Labour	Orton N. Ms.	604		−
Turnout				43.2	−10.2

West Twickenham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gold M.	1028	49.0	+7.3
	Labour	Mackenzie E. Ms.	982		−
	Liberal Democrats	Allen P.	620	29.6	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Knight R. Ms.	596		−
	Conservative	Hollis P-J. Ms.	379	18.1	−2.6
	Conservative	Hollis R.	377		−
	Socialist Labour	Rose A. Ms.	70	3.3	N/A
Turnout				44.1	−12.7

Whitton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mackinney G. Ms.	1357	41.8	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mackinney K.	1343		−
	Liberal Democrats	Warren K.	1308		−
	Conservative	Jezzard G.	1270	39.1	+4.2
	Conservative	Pearce T.	1201		−
	Conservative	Pearce M.	1195		−
	Labour	Lupton S. Ms.	619	19.1	+1.2
	Labour	Harry D.	594		−
	Labour	Morgan J. Ms.	591		−
Turnout				47.4	−6.1

^ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 19 May 1998. p. 16.
^ "Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council Elections" (PDF). Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council. Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council. Retrieved 20 January 2016.