# 1998 Haringey London Borough Council election

The 1998 Haringey Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Haringey London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Background

Following their landslide victory in the 1994 elections, Labour were defending 57 of the 59 seats on Haringey Council. At these elections the Conservatives successfully defended their two seats in Highgate ward, but failed to regain any others. The Liberal Democrats became the official opposition after winning three seats in Muswell Hill ward, their first ever on Haringey Council. One of these three councillors was Lynne Featherstone, who would go on to become MP for Hornsey and Wood Green.

## Election result

Haringey Local Election Result 1998 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss |
| Labour | 54 | 0 | 3 | -3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0 | ±0 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 |

## Ward results
### Alexandra

Alexandra (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Catherine Craig* | 1,294 | 52.1 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | Mary Neuner* | 1,178 | 47.4 | ±0.0 |
| | Labour | Peter Droussioutis | 1,106 | 44.5 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Boardman | 591 | 23.8 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Janner | 569 | 22.9 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Keogh | 566 | 22.8 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Oatway | 530 | 21.3 | −6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Hogg | 484 | 19.5 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Salmons | 417 | 16.8 | −5.6 |
| | Green | Paul Butler | 346 | 13.9 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,497 | 37.6 | −18.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Archway

Archway (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Judith Bax* | 891 | 45.5 | −1.0 |
| | Labour | Nicolette Gavron* | 868 | 44.3 | −12.6 |
| | Conservative | Roderick Allen | 644 | 32.9 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Michael Flynn | 605 | 30.9 | +5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Bloch | 283 | 14.4 | −3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Mothersdale | 240 | 12.3 | N/A |
| | Green | Sally Child | 183 | 9.3 | −4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,971 | 37.3 | −10.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bowes Park

Bowes Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lucinda Arnold* | 1,407 | 57.3 | +3.2 |
| | Labour | Thomas Davidson** | 1,397 | 56.9 | +9.3 |
| | Labour | Vivienne Manheim* | 1,369 | 55.8 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Beacham | 413 | 16.8 | +4.8 |
| | Conservative | David Grant | 402 | 16.4 | −9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Garratt | 397 | 16.2 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Mansfield | 373 | 15.2 | −8.6 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Mansfield | 344 | 14.0 | −9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wayne Hoban | 341 | 13.9 | +4.0 |
| | Green | Hilary Jago | 226 | 9.2 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,481 | 29.6 | −16.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Thomas Davidson was a sitting councillor for Fortis Green ward

### Bruce Grove

Bruce Grove (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Irene Robertson | 1,482 | 79.8 | +12.2 |
| | Labour | Herbert Brown | 1,424 | 76.7 | +14.3 |
| | Labour | Stephen Brasher* | 1,408 | 75.9 | +8.1 |
| | Green | Peter Budge | 299 | 16.1 | +3.9 |
| | Conservative | Aeronwy Harris | 269 | 14.5 | +2.0 |
| | Socialist Labour | Angela Young | 248 | 13.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,879 | 25.8 | −11.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Coleraine

Coleraine (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Maureen Dewar* | 1,083 | 67.4 | +9.0 |
| | Labour | Reginald Rice* | 1,035 | 64.4 | +11.3 |
| | Labour | Bernice Vanier** | 879 | 54.7 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Isabel de Sudea | 242 | 15.1 | −20.6 |
| | Conservative | Lloyda Fanusie | 228 | 14.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Aleksander | 220 | 13.7 | −15.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arwa Hassan | 189 | 11.8 | −16.0 |
| | Green | Peter McAskie | 176 | 11.0 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,616 | 22.9 | −20.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Bernice Vanier was a sitting councillor for Tottenham Central ward

### Crouch End

Crouch End (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Sharp* | 1,247 | 52.5 | +2.2 |
| | Labour | Nigel Willmott* | 1,175 | 49.5 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | Colin Sandbach | 1,109 | 46.7 | −3.8 |
| | Conservative | Blair Greaves | 532 | 22.4 | −4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roderick Benziger | 474 | 20.0 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative | Edward Webb | 463 | 19.5 | −3.6 |
| | Conservative | Paul Stephenson | 462 | 19.5 | −5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Heller | 439 | 18.5 | +3.1 |
| | Green | Steve Marchen | 410 | 17.3 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Willett | 378 | 15.9 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,392 | 32.6 | −13.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Fortis Green

Fortis Green (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Richardson | 1,170 | 44.5 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Susan Eedle | 1,155 | 43.9 | +1.0 |
| | Labour | David Prendergast | 1,041 | 39.6 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Aitken | 830 | 31.6 | −2.2 |
| | Conservative | Juliet Donnelly | 814 | 31.0 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Roger Smethurst | 769 | 29.3 | −1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Bell | 497 | 18.9 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Hort | 487 | 18.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Walter Bealby | 420 | 16.0 | −2.9 |
| | Green | Daniel James | 289 | 11.0 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,641 | 38.7 | −6.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Green Lanes

Green Lanes (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Neil Cleeveley* | 890 | 66.1 | −3.5 |
| | Labour | Brian Haley* | 862 | 64.0 | −3.0 |
| | Green | Laura Davenport | 306 | 22.7 | +12.1 |
| | Conservative | Georgina Walden | 224 | 16.6 | +1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,361 | 25.9 | −11.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Harringay

Harringay (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gina Adamou* | 1,288 | 60.8 | −10.9 |
| | Labour | Ronald Blanchard* | 1,169 | 55.2 | −13.0 |
| | Labour | Takki Sulaiman | 1,032 | 48.7 | −20.7 |
| | Green | Robert Kozma | 448 | 21.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josina van der Valk | 423 | 20.0 | +7.0 |
| | Conservative | Betty Cooper | 310 | 14.6 | −0.1 |
| | Socialist Labour | Warren Taylor | 277 | 13.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Kenneth King | 265 | 12.5 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,141 | 28.6 | −11.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### High Cross

High Cross (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Stanton | 755 | 64.4 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Isidoros Diakides* | 740 | 63.1 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Jean Farmer | 234 | 20.0 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Leliw | 203 | 17.3 | +4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,194 | 23.8 | −13.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Highgate

Highgate (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Forrest* | 728 | 44.7 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | William MacDougall | 712 | 43.7 | −4.1 |
| | Labour | Russell Morris | 518 | 31.8 | −2.7 |
| | Labour | Bernard Millar | 508 | 31.2 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Wearden | 280 | 17.2 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Browne | 252 | 15.5 | N/A |
| | Green | William Molesworth | 128 | 7.9 | −2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,635 | 35.4 | −7.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hornsey Central

Hornsey Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Toby Harris* | 846 | 50.1 | −12.8 |
| | Labour | Catherine Stafford | 806 | 47.7 | −11.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lindsay Northover | 293 | 17.4 | +5.8 |
| | Green | Mary Hogan | 247 | 14.6 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | Catherine MacDougall | 242 | 14.3 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative | Harish Davda | 231 | 13.7 | −6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Pack | 219 | 13.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Karine Pellaumail | 247 | 14.6 | N/A |
| | Socialist Labour | Patrick Sikorski | 88 | 5.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,693 | 32.4 | −17.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Hornsey Vale

Hornsey Vale (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Josephine Irwin* | 1,028 | 61.8 | −3.6 |
| | Labour | Simon Horne* | 900 | 54.1 | −9.5 |
| | Green | Ursula Bury | 279 | 16.8 | +4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Northover | 261 | 15.7 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | David Douglas | 179 | 10.8 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Scott | 174 | 10.5 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | Paul Walker | 174 | 10.5 | −1.6 |
| | Socialist Labour | Jeffrey Wells | 113 | 6.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,670 | 35.5 | −11.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Muswell Hill

Muswell Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | June Andersen | 1,942 | 52.6 | +35.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynne Featherstone | 1,906 | 51.6 | +34.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julia Glenn | 1,731 | 46.9 | +30.0 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Singleton** | 1,111 | 30.1 | −14.4 |
| | Labour | David Jackson | 1,027 | 27.8 | −13.2 |
| | Labour | Craig Turton* | 1,023 | 27.7 | −13.1 |
| | Conservative | Michaela Anderson | 494 | 13.4 | −18.6 |
| | Conservative | Alan Saggerson | 461 | 12.5 | −18.4 |
| | Conservative | Carl Richmond | 460 | 12.5 | −19.4 |
| | Green | Jennifer Burns | 388 | 10.5 | −1.7 |
| | Socialist Labour | Vivien Cook | 176 | 4.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,702 | 46.1 | −5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Elizabeth Singleton was a sitting councillor for South Tottenham ward

### Noel Park

Noel Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jean Brown | 1,337 | 60.3 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | Narendra Makanji* | 1,204 | 54.3 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Abul Zaman | 1,053 | 47.5 | −13.1 |
| | Conservative | Brian Morrell | 380 | 17.1 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Osborne | 372 | 16.8 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative | Laleeta Ragnuth | 331 | 14.9 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Skipper | 325 | 14.7 | −4.1 |
| | Green | Jean Robertson-Molloy | 258 | 11.6 | +1.0 |
| | Socialist Labour | Katherine Imison | 223 | 10.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,243 | 29.6 | −13.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Park

Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sheila Peacock* | 708 | 64.4 | +8.3 |
| | Labour | Ray Dodds* | 696 | 63.3 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative | Colleen Maclaren | 191 | 17.4 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative | Gladys Weeks | 146 | 13.3 | −0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Gorrie | 103 | 9.4 | −7.2 |
| | Green | David Burns | 88 | 8.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,107 | 21.5 | −17.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Seven Sisters

Seven Sisters (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frederick Knight* | 946 | 74.9 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | Dhirendra Basu* | 880 | 69.7 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Howman | 169 | 13.4 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Judith Flynn | 121 | 9.6 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Brick | 119 | 9.4 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,274 | 26.1 | −9.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### South Hornsey

South Hornsey (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sally Billot* | 913 | 56.2 | −15.9 |
| | Labour | Jane Atkinson | 810 | 49.9 | −15.3 |
| | Green | Jayne Forbes | 244 | 15.0 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Satterthwaite | 224 | 13.8 | +1.3 |
| | Independent | Simon Binks | 181 | 11.1 | N/A |
| | Socialist Labour | Ryan Cockman | 163 | 10.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Sheila Cheetham | 154 | 9.5 | −0.7 |
| | Green | Gail Scott-Spicer | 131 | 8.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,636 | 33.0 | −13.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### South Tottenham

South Tottenham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Green* | 867 | 68.1 | −4.2 |
| | Labour | Azize Canver | 757 | 59.5 | −12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Fisher | 209 | 16.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Ann Harvey-Kirkwood | 193 | 15.2 | −8.4 |
| | Conservative | Roger Kirkwood | 149 | 11.7 | −12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,290 | 27.0 | −9.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Tottenham Central

Tottenham Central (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Reynolds | 1,005 | 61.7 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | Scott Reeve* | 985 | 60.5 | +2.2 |
| | Labour | Robert Harriss* | 938 | 57.4 | −8.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Errington Simmons | 356 | 21.9 | +10.9 |
| | Conservative | Brenda Stevenson | 279 | 17.1 | +3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,667 | 23.4 | −14.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### West Green

West Green (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Jones* | 1,521 | 66.6 | +6.3 |
| | Labour | Rahman Khan* | 1,341 | 58.7 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Rafaat Mughal** | 1,260 | 55.2 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | David Allen | 421 | 18.4 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | Susan Hinchcliffe | 419 | 18.4 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Smith | 414 | 18.1 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Haskings | 336 | 14.7 | +4.9 |
| | Green | Dennis Bury | 282 | 12.4 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,302 | 28.5 | −12.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Rafaat Mughal was a sitting councillor for Woodside ward

### White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jean Brown* | 942 | 60.9 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | Hugh Jones | 864 | 55.9 | +8.1 |
| | Labour | Charles Adje | 744 | 48.1 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative | Philip Murphie | 352 | 22.8 | −11.8 |
| | Conservative | Eric Lattimore | 349 | 22.6 | −9.2 |
| | Conservative | Jace Maclaren | 347 | 22.4 | −7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Williams | 202 | 13.1 | +6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,557 | 24.3 | −17.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Woodside

Woodside (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Denis Dillon | 1,414 | 63.6 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | George Meehan** | 1,405 | 63.2 | +7.3 |
| | Labour | Jayanti Patel** | 1,323 | 59.5 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | Mavis Spencer | 492 | 22.1 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | John Warren | 438 | 19.7 | −7.8 |
| | Conservative | Nityanand Ragnuth | 407 | 18.3 | −10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Silbiger | 324 | 14.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,243 | 32.4 | −9.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
George Meehan was a sitting councillor for Coleraine ward
Jayanti Patel was a sitting councillor for White Hart Lane ward