# 1998 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

The 1998 Kensington and Chelsea Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
At the same election, the Kensington and Chelsea saw 70.3% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 29.7% against, on a 27.9% turnout.

## Election result

Following the election the Conservative leader of the council, Joan Hanham, was challenged for the leadership of the party group by Daniel Moylan, but Hanham won a ballot of the Conservative councillors to remain leader.
Kensington and Chelsea Local Election Result 1998 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 39 | 0 | 72.2 | 52.5 | 36,936 |
| Labour | 15 | 0 | 27.8 | 32.9 | 23,121 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 10,038 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 234 |

## Ward results

Abingdon (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Christmas | 1,046 |
| | Conservative | Mark Field | 987 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Munday | 971 |
| | Labour | Bruce Howard | 233 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Faulder | 232 |
| | Labour | Anthony Spencer | 229 |
| | Labour | Graham Robinson | 218 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kishwer Khan | 187 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Sandbach | 181 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,284 |
Avondale (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Simon Blanchflower | 1,012 |
| | Labour | Simon Stanley | 937 |
| | Labour | Allah Lasharie | 904 |
| | Conservative | David Lindsay | 454 |
| | Conservative | Mark Fowler | 451 |
| | Conservative | Amanda Sayers | 424 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Boddington | 247 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Shaw | 193 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexander Werner | 172 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,794 |
Brompton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | David Hudson | 474 |
| | Conservative | Shireen Ritchie | 440 |
| | Labour | John Manning | 107 |
| | Labour | Deirdre O'Day | 106 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julia England | 105 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diana Tupper | 87 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,319 |
Campden (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Richard Ahern | 1,062 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Buckmaster | 1,050 |
| | Conservative | Robert Freeman | 1,042 |
| | Labour | Jane Armstrong | 290 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Allen | 235 |
| | Labour | Thomas Brown | 232 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Imogen Caterer | 220 |
| | Labour | John McIntosh | 218 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roberta Haseler | 163 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,512 |
Cheyne (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Corbet-Singleton | 1,059 |
| | Conservative | Paul Warrick | 953 |
| | Labour | Margaret Corbett | 212 |
| | Labour | Param Bhinder | 209 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Lawrence | 196 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Chancellor | 148 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,777 |
Church (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Adrian Fitzgerald | 651 |
| | Conservative | Joanna Gardener | 629 |
| | Labour | Caroline Ellis | 336 |
| | Labour | Jacob Tompkins | 323 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Coats | 98 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Coats | 96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,133 |
Colville (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Robert Pope | 910 |
| | Labour | Judith Blakeman | 879 |
| | Labour | Patricia Healy | 818 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Priscilla Congreve | 284 |
| | Conservative | Nicola Cohen | 282 |
| | Conservative | Graham Rhodes | 263 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Clamp | 261 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Ingham | 239 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Mayers | 181 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,117 |
Courtfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Anthony Coates | 781 |
| | Conservative | Edward Cox | 743 |
| | Conservative | Lawrence Holt | 730 |
| | Labour | Jean Navassardian | 185 |
| | Labour | Christine Robson | 184 |
| | Labour | Robert Mingay | 178 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Dunn | 114 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Somers | 106 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angele Vidal-Hall | 77 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,098 |
Earls Court (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Barry Phelps | 901 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Fairhead | 781 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Tannock | 771 |
| | Labour | Joel Bishop | 657 |
| | Labour | Christine Henry | 641 |
| | Labour | Stephen Johnson | 577 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Wade | 491 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Drake | 471 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Franks | 432 |
| | Independent | Malcolm Spalding | 234 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,956 |
Golborne (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Patrick Mason | 982 |
| | Labour | Bridget Hoier | 954 |
| | Labour | Stuart Shapro | 833 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aria Kovatzis | 192 |
| | Conservative | Octavius Black | 177 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frances Owen | 160 |
| | Conservative | Terence Buxton | 156 |
| | Conservative | Vaneeta Saroop | 154 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Pettit | 143 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,751 |
Hans Town (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Timothy Coleridge | 936 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Paget-Brown | 886 |
| | Conservative | Mary Weale | 865 |
| | Labour | Angela Lambert | 165 |
| | Labour | Michael Henry | 158 |
| | Labour | Robert Pandy | 139 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Le Franc | 114 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rodney Schwartz | 103 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Guy Shanley | 102 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,468 |
Holland (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Joan Hanham | 999 |
| | Conservative | Bryan Levitt | 939 |
| | Conservative | Warwick Lightfoot | 908 |
| | Labour | Marian Kearney | 256 |
| | Labour | Stephen Daly | 236 |
| | Labour | Bernard Hamilton | 235 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Shirley | 226 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Bewley | 208 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Venables | 192 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,199 |
Kelfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Keith Cunningham | 914 |
| | Labour | Stephen Hoier | 906 |
| | Conservative | Gerard Hargreaves | 341 |
| | Conservative | Ivan Rose | 265 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joe Tatton-Brown | 186 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caryle Harris | 154 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,766 |
Norland (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Ernest Tomlin | 675 |
| | Conservative | Brian Walker-Arnott | 656 |
| | Labour | David MacFarlane | 258 |
| | Labour | Hugh Raven | 232 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rose Hunt | 185 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Ritchie | 141 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,147 |
North Stanley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Priscilla Frazer | 768 |
| | Conservative | Merrick Cockell | 728 |
| | Labour | Lesley-Anne Arnold | 217 |
| | Labour | Stephen King | 216 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Patrick | 160 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Somers | 125 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,214 |
Pembridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Isobel Campbell | 867 |
| | Conservative | David Campion | 851 |
| | Conservative | Doreen Weatherhead | 836 |
| | Labour | Michael Cocks | 555 |
| | Labour | Virginia Henley | 535 |
| | Labour | Ann O'Hare | 511 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Campbell | 277 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vanessa Dowell | 232 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Spencer | 213 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,877 |
Queen's Gate (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Daniel Moylan | 845 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Dalton | 842 |
| | Conservative | Gary Mond | 822 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sally Galsworthy | 218 |
| | Labour | Mary Blanchet | 179 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Ahern | 170 |
| | Labour | Norma Morris | 170 |
| | Labour | Natalie Pringle | 170 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Venebles | 164 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,580 |
Redcliffe (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Frances Taylor | 835 |
| | Conservative | Alick Whitfield | 748 |
| | Conservative | John Seidler | 739 |
| | Labour | Margaret Delahey | 273 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Woodthorpe Brown | 263 |
| | Labour | Michael Costello | 249 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Woodthorpe Brown | 235 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emerson Roberts | 234 |
| | Labour | Louis Vaini-Husar | 228 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,804 |
Royal Hospital (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Ian Donaldson | 681 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Edge | 633 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosamund Pease | 124 |
| | Labour | Alexander Pringle | 123 |
| | Labour | John Wooten | 118 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carl Michel | 82 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,761 |
St Charles (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Rima Horton | 691 |
| | Labour | John Atkinson | 671 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Palmer | 366 |
| | Conservative | Martin Wright | 272 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marion Parsons | 142 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexandra Tatton Brown | 105 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,247 |
South Stanley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Timothy Boulton | 686 |
| | Labour | Alastair Wood | 666 |
| | Conservative | William Wellesley | 484 |
| | Conservative | Peter Wilson | 456 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Pritchard | 124 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Panayiotis Vardakis | 109 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,525 |