# 1998 Brentwood Borough Council election

Elections to Brentwood Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Liberal Democrat 25
* Conservative 11
* Labour 2
* Liberal 1

## Election result

1998 Brentwood Borough Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Liberal Democrats | 10 | | 71.4 | 15 | 25 | 64.1 | 8,978 | 47.8 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | 2 | 1 | 14.3 | 9 | 11 | 28.2 | 6,288 | 33.5 | –4.0 |
| | Labour | 1 | | 7.1 | 1 | 2 | 5.1 | 3,006 | 16.0 | –3.3 |
| | Liberal | 1 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 | 413 | 2.2 | New |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 107 | 0.6 | New |

## Ward results
### Brentwood North

Brentwood North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | B. Aspinell | 585 | 42.3 |
| | Conservative | J. Shelton | 375 | 27.1 |
| | Labour | R. Goddard | 317 | 22.9 |
| | Green | F. Seckelman | 107 | 7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Brentwood South

Brentwood South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | D. Minns | 793 | 53.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | P. Goodey | 349 | 23.5 |
| | Conservative | S. Hamilton | 346 | 23.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 29.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Brentwood West

Brentwood West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Howe | 760 | 60.9 |
| | Conservative | P. Currie | 308 | 24.7 |
| | Labour | S. Maidment | 179 | 14.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 36.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Brizes & Doddinghurst

Brizes & Doddinghurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | D. Hardy | 1,216 | 71.5 |
| | Conservative | J. Barnes | 324 | 19.1 |
| | Labour | S. Maxey | 160 | 9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 52.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Hutton East

Hutton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. Davies | 542 | 54.0 |
| | Conservative | P. Sanders | 282 | 28.1 |
| | Labour | C. Bisson | 179 | 17.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 25.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Hutton North

Hutton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | P. Freeman | 673 | 60.1 |
| | Conservative | S. Barthee | 318 | 28.4 |
| | Labour | C. Maxey | 129 | 11.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 31.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Hutton South

Hutton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | B. Lewis | 1,004 | 63.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | M. Wild | 422 | 26.6 |
| | Labour | M. Burgess | 159 | 10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 36.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Ingatestone & Fryerning

Ingatestone & Fryerning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | C. Dale | 783 | 55.2 |
| | Conservative | M. Kean | 524 | 36.9 |
| | Labour | J. Winter | 112 | 7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 18.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Pilgrims Hatch

Pilgrims Hatch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | A. Long | 1,332 | 63.1 |
| | Conservative | R. Mailard | 474 | 22.5 |
| | Labour | A. Freeman | 305 | 14.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 40.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Shenfield

Shenfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | M. Brehaut | 797 | 54.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Philbrooks | 546 | 37.1 |
| | Labour | M. Owen | 128 | 8.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 17.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### South Weald

South Weald :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Shawcross | 456 | 67.6 |
| | Conservative | A. Green | 202 | 29.9 |
| | Labour | M. Wigram | 17 | 2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 37.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 61.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Warley

Warley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | C. Robins | 677 | 43.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | M. Taylor | 637 | | |
| | Conservative | R. Rankin | 634 | 40.9 | |
| | Conservative | F. Kenny | 620 | | |
| | Labour | T. Acton | 239 | 15.4 | |
| | Labour | R. Gow | 203 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |

### West Horndon

West Horndon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | M. Boggis | 413 | 71.3 |
| | Labour | M. Bourne | 86 | 14.9 |
| | Conservative | J. Hunt | 80 | 13.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 56.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.7 |
| | Liberal gain from Liberal Democrats | Liberal gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |