# 1998 Brent London Borough Council election

The 1998 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

## Background

Before the election Labour ran the council with the support of the Liberal Democrats. However the Conservatives targeted the council with the Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Norman Fowler, predicting that the Conservatives would make gains in Brent. The Conservatives required a 1% swing from the 1994 election to win a majority on the council, where previously no party had a majority.

## Election result

The Labour party took a 20-seat majority on the council after gaining 15 seats, with the gains including taking all of the seats in Fryent and Roe Green wards and 1 seat in Queensbury ward from the Conservatives. The Conservatives put their defeat in Brent down to the popularity of the national Labour government and unhappiness at the closure of Edgware General Hospital's casualty department by the previous Conservative government. The Liberal Democrats failed to make gains and dropped from 5 to 4 councillors. Overall turnout at the election was 36.8%, down from 48.3% in 1994.
Brent local election result 1998 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 43 | +15 | 65.2 | 47.2 | 29,124 |
| Conservative | 19 | -13 | 28.8 | 35.4 | 21,855 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | -1 | 6.1 | 14.5 | 8,936 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 716 |
| Independent | 0 | -1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 710 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 424 |

## Ward results

Alperton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Brown | 1,310 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Rattray | 1,227 | |
| | Labour | Ronald Collman | 720 | |
| | Labour | Leon Turini | 541 | |
| | Conservative | Dineshkumar Mistry | 271 | |
| | Independent | Ratnasabapathy Ananthanathan | 216 | |
| | Conservative | Everton Williams | 194 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,479 | 43.9 |
Barham (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Lorber | 1,023 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Hughes | 898 | |
| | Labour | Victor Humphrey | 603 | |
| | Conservative | Christie Fernandes | 594 | |
| | Conservative | Bruce Embleton | 573 | |
| | Labour | Anton Singarayer | 515 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,206 | 44.9 |
Barnhill (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Irwin Van Colle | 1,066 | |
| | Conservative | Suresh Kansagra | 1,013 | |
| | Labour | Conal O'Connor | 467 | |
| | Labour | Maureen Queally | 467 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sydney Leigh | 157 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ishaq Mohammed | 126 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,296 | 35.9 |
Brentwater (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ralph Fox | 1,409 | |
| | Labour | Akbertkhan Sarguroh | 1,237 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Wall | 1,026 | |
| | Conservative | Ian Lyon | 979 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diana Ayres | 206 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gisele Sukhram | 171 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,028 | 43.2 |
Brondesbury Park (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Keith Ferry | 1,068 | |
| | Labour | Gabrielle Kagan | 1,054 | |
| | Conservative | Albert Wakelin | 762 | |
| | Conservative | Ghulam Qureshi | 700 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Madeleine Gaskin | 224 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chunilal Hirani | 161 | |
| | Green | Simone Aspis | 160 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,129 | 35.8 |
Carlton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mary Arnold | 874 | |
| | Labour | John Lebor | 768 | |
| | Conservative | Shane Andrews | 165 | |
| | Conservative | Ibrar Qureshi | 120 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zoe Ryle | 97 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,024 | 28.8 |
Chamberlayne (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Charles Lemmon | 1,196 | |
| | Labour | Jon Godfrey | 1,138 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Rees | 879 | |
| | Conservative | John Warren | 865 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Pincus | 165 | |
| | Green | Philip Dymond | 157 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack Papasavva | 155 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,555 | 45.2 |
Church End (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Dorman Long | 624 | |
| | Labour | Bobby Thomas | 617 | |
| | Conservative | Ratilal Shah | 518 | |
| | Conservative | David Gauke | 473 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dudley Gaskin | 127 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Wenley | 125 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,484 | 30.4 |
Cricklewood (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Carol Shaw | 1,282 | |
| | Conservative | Jack Sayers | 1,191 | |
| | Labour | George Crane | 853 | |
| | Labour | James Powney | 841 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christian Baker | 200 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Azwar Mohammed | 127 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,494 | 39.4 |
Fryent (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lawrence Pardoe | 1,197 | |
| | Labour | Asish Sengupta | 1,027 | |
| | Conservative | Joel Games | 839 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Nelke | 767 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frederick Gordon | 248 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Billam | 177 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,255 | 39.1 |
Gladstone (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Lyon | 1,069 | |
| | Labour | Abdul Sattar-Butt | 964 | |
| | Conservative | Edward Lazarus | 959 | |
| | Conservative | Francis Torrens | 908 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Anderson | 170 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alastair MacEwan | 111 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,181 | 39.8 |
Harlesden (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Daisley | 819 | |
| | Labour | Ann Reeder | 757 | |
| | Conservative | Sanjaykumar Patel | 148 | |
| | Conservative | Rosaline Owaka | 143 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Fahey | 127 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brenda Shuttleworth | 91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,085 | 29.4 |
Kensal Rise (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Bertha Joseph | 910 | |
| | Labour | Helga Gladbaum | 833 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Walley | 160 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eamon Ryan | 134 | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Sinclair | 126 | |
| | Conservative | Smart Owaka | 116 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,279 | 30.8 |
Kenton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Arthur Steel | 1,480 | |
| | Conservative | Sean O'Sullivan | 1,410 | |
| | Labour | Dorothy Bryson | 733 | |
| | Labour | Mary Daly | 713 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annie Bliss | 256 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bridget Kelly | 242 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,834 | 35.7 |
Kilburn (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Pendsay | 1,023 | |
| | Labour | Mary Cribbin | 955 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Clark | 272 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Batten | 264 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Chugtai | 207 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Crouch | 152 | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Philip Kent | 54 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,927 | 32.9 |
Kingsbury (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Reginald Colwill | 1,084 | |
| | Conservative | Carupiah Selvarajah | 1,004 | |
| | Labour | William Mears | 834 | |
| | Labour | Malcolm Gosling | 781 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Klein | 180 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rodney Saunders | 136 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,019 | 36.5 |
Manor (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Andrew Ammerlaan | 923 | |
| | Labour | Moore Giwa | 773 | |
| | Conservative | Akua Abban-Davis | 230 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Chapman | 228 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald MacArthur | 197 | |
| | Conservative | Harry Quainoo | 163 | |
| | Green | Sally Ibbotson | 144 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,658 | 30.3 |
Mapesbury (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Janice Long | 1,081 | |
| | Labour | Ian Bellia | 926 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Czarniecki | 784 | |
| | Conservative | Pamela O'Brien | 660 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Heath | 128 | |
| | Green | Donald Lowe | 119 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emma Talbot | 87 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,785 | 37.8 |
Preston (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Blackman | 1,922 | |
| | Conservative | Harshadbhai Patel | 1,734 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Taylor | 1,731 | |
| | Labour | Eileen Macklin | 1,019 | |
| | Labour | Cyril McGovern | 1,014 | |
| | Labour | George Macklin | 959 | |
| | Conservative Independent | Chunilal Chavda | 279 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Thomas | 260 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Bunce-Linsell | 259 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,177 | 36.0 |
Queen's Park (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Neil Nerva | 1,038 | |
| | Labour | Sarah Walker | 1,005 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Spitzel | 340 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Wharton | 286 | |
| | Conservative | Wendy MacHugh | 217 | |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Seaton-Brown | 202 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,088 | 41.8 |
Queensbury (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rameshchandra Patel | 832 | |
| | Conservative | Eric McDonald | 738 | |
| | Labour | Anthony Burleton | 733 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Rizvi | 679 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilda Glazer | 94 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Kornfeld | 66 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,142 | 38.6 |
Roe Green (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William Dromey | 1,183 | |
| | Labour | John Duffy | 1,178 | |
| | Conservative | Navinchandra Patel | 855 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Golds | 823 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vivienne Williamson | 155 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Littman | 111 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,305 | 41.1 |
Roundwood (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joyce Bacchus | 753 | |
| | Labour | Mohammad Zakriya | 625 | |
| | Independent | James Fitzpatrick | 416 | |
| | Conservative | Jean Chopping | 135 | |
| | Conservative | Abid Ashary | 131 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Benedict Rich | 74 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Khokhar | 57 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,191 | 29.5 |
Stonebridge (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Columbus Moloney | 568 | |
| | Labour | Robert Hamadi | 543 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosa Gordon | 142 | |
| | Conservative | Bhiku Patel | 133 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Lewis | 115 | |
| | Conservative | Abdul Rehman | 109 | |
| | Independent | Kanwal Shergill | 78 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,688 | 27.4 |
St. Andrews (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Richard Harrod | 690 | |
| | Conservative | James O'Sullivan | 636 | |
| | Conservative | Naginbhai Parmar | 607 | |
| | Labour | Aston Walters | 594 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Durnford | 86 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernard Luby | 78 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,691 | 38.3 |
St. Raphael's (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Coughlin | 1,125 | |
| | Labour | Ann John | 1,106 | |
| | Labour | Kantibhai Patel | 996 | |
| | Conservative | Emanuel Henry | 317 | |
| | Conservative | Natalie Colwill | 283 | |
| | Conservative | Manibhai Hathalia | 228 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eileen Barker | 208 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Queen | 146 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Scott | 119 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,528 | 24.1 |
Sudbury (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Uma Fernandes | 1,086 | |
| | Conservative | Cormach Moore | 1,010 | |
| | Conservative | Neil Rands | 990 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Alexis | 984 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Lewis | 975 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Violet Steele | 944 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Henry Melzack | 893 | |
| | Labour | Mohammad Hoda | 845 | |
| | Labour | Lewis Hodgetts | 841 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,568 | 41.4 |
Sudbury Court (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Gideon Fiegel | 985 | |
| | Conservative | Vanessa Howells | 927 | |
| | Labour | Mary Finnegan | 864 | |
| | Labour | Deborah Kafka | 768 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sue Lorber | 175 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Johnston | 149 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,868 | 34.4 |
Tokyngton (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alec Castle | 1,451 | |
| | Labour | Orugbani Douglas | 1,427 | |
| | Conservative | Nicola Blackman | 1,365 | |
| | Labour | Dhirajlal Kataria | 1,318 | |
| | Conservative | Janet Graham | 1,227 | |
| | Conservative | Manibhai Patel | 1,152 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diana Lewis | 198 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chandrakant Patel | 190 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nathalal Hingorani | 119 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,447 | 40.1 |
Wembley Central (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lincoln Beswick | 1,035 | |
| | Labour | Tullah Persaud | 905 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chandubhai Patel | 817 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Brown | 736 | |
| | Conservative | Harihar Patel | 644 | |
| | Conservative | Pearl Mordish | 559 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,696 | 44.4 |
Willesden Green (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lesley Jones | 1,179 | |
| | Labour | Ahmad Shahzad | 947 | |
| | Conservative | Gabriel Reynolds | 345 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Chughtai | 312 | |
| | Green | Brian Orr | 136 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arvindbhai Patel | 134 | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Stanley Keable | 91 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Farhana Salama | 81 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,225 | 33.3 |