1998 Croydon London Borough Council election

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 Democrats	1	1	0	+1	1.4	12.1

↓
38	1	31
Labour	LD	Con

Ward results

Addiscombe

Addiscombe (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Jeremy P. Fitzpatrick	1,943
	Labour Co-op	Amanda N. Campbell	1,703
	Labour Co-op	Sean E. Fitzsimons	1,686
	Conservative	Richard D. Barwell	1,393
	Conservative	Richard R. Chatterjee	1,306
	Conservative	Hella P.H. El-Drouble	1,222
	Independent Resident	Stephen P. Collins	533
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie L. Barlow	391
	Liberal Democrats	George W. Schlich	314
	Liberal Democrats	Kay L. Schlich	289
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Ashburton

Ashburton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edwin S. Arram	1,417
	Conservative	Avril E.M. Slipper	1,355
	Labour	Michael J. Phelan	1,055
	Labour	Neva Sequeira	1,055
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Ashworth	343
	Liberal Democrats	Paul F. West	255
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bensham Manor

Bensham Manor (3)
Party		Votes
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats
	UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Beulah

Beulah (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Broad Green

Broad Green (3)
Party		Votes
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Coulsdon East

Coulsdon East (3)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

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 Democrats	Sylvia W. Bishopp	611
	Liberal Democrats	Joan H. Leck	530
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey V. Gauge	526
	Independent	Graham Johnson	129
	Independent	Mark R.L. Samuel	84
Majority
Turnout			4,052	40.0
Registered electors			10,140
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield (3)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats
	Monster Raving Loony
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Fieldway

Fieldway (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Heathfield

Heathfield (3)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Kenley

Kenley (2)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Monks Orchard

Monks Orchard (2)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

New Addington

New Addington (3)
Party		Votes
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Norbury

Norbury (3)
Party		Votes
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Purley

Purley (3)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats
	UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Rylands

Rylands (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Sanderstead

Sanderstead (2)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	Independent Resident
	Independent Resident
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Selsdon

Selsdon (2)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

South Norwood

South Norwood (3)
Party		Votes
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Spring Park

Spring Park (2)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Labour
	Independent Green
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Thornton Heath

Thornton Heath (3)
Party		Votes
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Upper Norwood

Upper Norwood (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour Co-op
	Labour Co-op
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour Co-op hold	Swing
	Labour Co-op hold	Swing

Waddon

Waddon (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rex A.J. Calvert	1,610
	Conservative	Graham T. Dare	1,556
	Labour	Charles E. Burling	1,528
	Conservative	Philip P. Gamble	1490
	Labour	Timothy Godfrey	1298
	Labour	Bernardette Khan	1268
	Liberal Democrats	Steven H. Gauge	363
	Liberal Democrats	Henry J. Norton	338
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Hadjicharalambous	299
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West Thornton

West Thornton (3)
Party		Votes
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Whitehorse Manor

Whitehorse Manor (3)
Party		Votes
	Labour
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

Woodcote & Coulsdon West

Woodcote & Coulsdon West (3)
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Independent
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing
	Conservative hold	Swing

Woodside

Woodside (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour
	Labour
	Conservative
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold	Swing
	Labour hold	Swing

References

Riddell, Peter (9 May 1998). "Apathy the winner in struggle between new and old Labour". The Times. p. 46.
Travis, Alan (8 May 1998). "London leans to independent mayor improving life in the capital". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
"Labour's first big test approaches". BBC Online. 3 May 1998. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
Ward, Lucy (4 May 1998). "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. 6 May 1998. p. 19.
"Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.

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[winner-1] Riddell, Peter (9 May 1998). "Apathy the winner in struggle between new and old Labour". The Times. p. 46.

[independent-2] Travis, Alan (8 May 1998). "London leans to independent mayor improving life in the capital". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2009.

[test-3] "Labour's first big test approaches". BBC Online. 3 May 1998. Retrieved 26 April 2009.

[apathy-4] Ward, Lucy (4 May 1998). "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. 6 May 1998. p. 19.

[results-6] "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.

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