Croydon London Borough Council election, 1998

Croydon Council Election, 1998
	7 May 1998
	7 May 1998
All 70 seats to Croydon London Borough Council; 36 seats needed for a majority
Leader of the Council before election; Valerie Shawcross; Labour	Elected Leader ; Valerie Shawcross; Labour

Elections to Croydon Council in London, England were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1] For the first time in a local election two polling stations were situated in supermarkets.^[2]

Before the election the council had been seen as a top target for the Conservatives who only needed a small swing of 2 percent to take control.^[3] The Labour party had taken control of the council for the first time in the council's history in the previous election in 1994.^[4] The removal of mounted patrols from parks and an increase in nursery places were seen as important issues in the election.^[5] Both main parties concentrated on trying to get their vote out and were targeting several key wards.^[4]

Election result

Croydon Local Election Result 1998^[6]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %
Labour	38	0	2	-2	54.3	38.2
Conservative	31	2	1	+1	44.3	47.5
Liberal Democrat	1	1	0	+1	1.4	12.1

↓
38	1	31
Labour	LD	Con

Ward results

Addiscombe

Addiscombe (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Ashburton

Ashburton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Bensham Manor

Bensham Manor (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Beulah

Beulah (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Broad Green

Broad Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Coulsdon East

Coulsdon East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Croham

Croham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicholas S. P-J. Keable	2,223
	Conservative	Paul J. McCombie	2,206
	Conservative	Mark B. Stockwell	2,127
	Labour	Alison J. Butler	1,060
	Labour	Beatrice A. Pollard	1,011
	Labour	Peter N. Horah	980
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia W. Bishopp	611
	Liberal Democrat	Joan H. Leck	530
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey V. Gauge	526
	Independent	Graham Johnson	129
	Independent	Mark R.L. Samuel	84
Turnout			4,052	40.0
Registered electors			10,140
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Fieldway

Fieldway (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Heathfield

Heathfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Kenley

Kenley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Monks Orchard

Monks Orchard (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

New Addington

New Addington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Norbury

Norbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Purley

Purley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Rylands

Rylands (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Sanderstead

Sanderstead (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Selsdon

Selsdon (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

South Norwood

South Norwood (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Spring Park

Spring Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Thornton Heath

Thornton Heath (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Upper Norwood

Upper Norwood (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Waddon

Waddon (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rex A.J. Calvert	1610
	Conservative	Graham T. Dare	1556
	Labour	Charles E. Burling	1528
	Conservative	Philip P. Gamble	1490
	Labour	Timothy Godfrey	1298
	Labour	Bernardette Khan	1268
	Liberal Democrat	Steven H. Gauge	363
	Liberal Democrat	Henry J. Norton	338
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Hadjicharalambous	299
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West Thornton

West Thornton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Whitehorse Manor

Whitehorse Manor (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Woodcote & Coulsdon West

Woodcote & Coulsdon West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

Woodside

Woodside (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±

References

↑ Riddell, Peter (1998-05-09). "Apathy the winner in struggle between new and old Labour". The Times. p. 46.
↑ Travis, Alan (1998-05-08). "London leans to independent mayor improving life in the capital". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
↑ "Labour's first big test approaches". BBC Online. 1998-05-03. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
1 2 Ward, Lucy (1998-05-04). "When sofa apathy is party enemy No.1, it's all down to swinging the key wards Local elections: In Croydon both sides are concentrating on where they hope it will do most good. Lucy Ward reports". The Guardian. p. 4.
↑ "Councils of war: the 12 key town halls they're fighting for". Evening Standard. 1998-05-06. p. 19.
↑ "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46.

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[winner-1] Riddell, Peter (1998-05-09). "Apathy the winner in struggle between new and old Labour". The Times. p. 46.

[independent-2] Travis, Alan (1998-05-08). "London leans to independent mayor improving life in the capital". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-04-26.

[test-3] "Labour's first big test approaches". BBC Online. 1998-05-03. Retrieved 2009-04-26.

[apathy-4] 1 2 Ward, Lucy (1998-05-04). "When sofa apathy is party enemy No.1, it's all down to swinging the key wards Local elections: In Croydon both sides are concentrating on where they hope it will do most good. Lucy Ward reports". The Guardian. p. 4.

[key-5] "Councils of war: the 12 key town halls they're fighting for". Evening Standard. 1998-05-06. p. 19.

[results-6] "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46.

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