1998 Lambeth London Borough Council election

Elections to Lambeth London Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party took overall control of the council.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Lambeth Local Election Result 1998^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	+/−
Labour	41			+19	64.1	42.1	+7.5
Liberal Democrats	18			-7	28.1	29.3	-2.8
Conservative	5			-9	7.8	17.5	-8.0
Independent	0	0	3	-3	0.0

Ward results

* – Existing Councillor seeking re-election.

Angell

Angell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ambrose Dominic Hogan	946
	Labour	Donatus Anyanwu	906
	Labour	Simon Stevens	887
	Independent Democrat	Thomas Butler	315
	Independent Democrat	David Woolford	301
	Independent Democrat	Andrew Morris	274
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Beven	229
	Green	Albere Hanna	197
	Liberal Democrats	Manjula Roy	194
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Laming	178
	Conservative	Sheila Angel	134
	Conservative	Michael Angel	133
	Conservative	Robert Angel	104
	Movement for Justice	Alexander Owolade	95
	Communist	Peter Clifford	59
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bishop's

Bishop's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Truesdale *	1,033
	Labour	Leslie Boodram	1,011
	Labour	Stephen Terence	1,011
	Liberal Democrats	Catriona Moore	977
	Liberal Democrats	Gilbert Williams	941
	Labour	David Smith	938
	Green	Vahe Bastajian	175
	Conservative	Barbara Winbourne	151
	Independent Tenants	John Howard	144
	Conservative	Kenneth Graham	140
	Conservative	Avril Firman	133
	Independent	Nigelle De Bar	58
	Stones of Vauxhall	Simeon Fuller	46
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Clapham Park

Clapham Park (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Clapham Town

Clapham Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Ferndale

Ferndale (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Gipsy Hill

Gipsy Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Herne Hill

Herne Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Knight's Hill

Knight's Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Larkhall

Larkhall (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Oval

Oval (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Prince's

Prince's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

St Leonard's

St Leonard's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Bennett	1,162
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Palmer	1,103
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Giess	1,092
	Labour	Sally A Bowdery	727
	Labour	Roger C J Bowdery	703
	Labour	Brycchan Carey	630
	Conservative	Joanna M Barker	618
	Conservative	Andrew W Burkinshaw	580
	Conservative	Glyn M Kyle	580
	Green	Hugh R Fraser	213
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St Martin's

St Martin's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Stockwell

Stockwell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Bottrall *	1,043	42.2
	Labour	H David	1,020	41.3
	Labour	A Melville	917
	Liberal Democrats	C Cumberbatch-Barnett	884
	Liberal Democrats	E Must	844
	Labour	K Paul	832
	Green	J Fraser	207	8.4
	Conservative	K Best	202	8.2
	Conservative	V Taylor	167
	Conservative	E Gibson	140
Turnout				30.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Streatham Hill

Streatham Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Streatham South

Streatham South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Streatham Wells

Streatham Wells (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Thornton

Thornton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Thurlow Park

Thurlow Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Town Hall

Town Hall (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Tulse Hill

Tulse Hill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Vassall

Vassall (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

References

^ ^a ^b "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
^ "Councillors – a Freedom of Information request to Lambeth Borough Council" (PDF). 27 April 2010.

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