# 1998 Harrow London Borough Council election

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

## Ward results
### Canons

Canons :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Cowan | 1,218 | 20.6 |
| | Conservative | Janet Cowan | 1,204 | 20.4 |
| | Conservative | Richard Romain | 1,131 | 19.1 |
| | Labour | Charles Blake | 580 | 9.8 |
| | Labour | Benjamin Novick | 575 | 9.7 |
| | Labour | Kathleen Kurji | 481 | 8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Warshaw | 257 | 4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Sandford | 237 | 4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Natoo Bhana | 210 | 3.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,893 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.7 |

### Centenary

Centenary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mitzi Green | 1,356 | 19.8 |
| | Labour | Daniel Redford | 1,312 | 19.2 |
| | Labour | Keekira Thammaiah | 1,269 | 18.5 |
| | Conservative | Frank Budden | 816 | 11.9 |
| | Conservative | Manji Patel | 781 | 11.4 |
| | Conservative | Simon Pratt | 697 | 10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Oenone Cox | 219 | 3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila O'Reilly | 2.9 | 6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Fierstone | 180 | 2.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,831 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.0 |

### Greenhill

Greenhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Anastasia Attiki | 937 | 13.9 |
| | Labour | Howard Bluston | 921 | 13.7 |
| | Labour | Damian Krushner | 856 | 12.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen de Beer | 739 | 11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nahid Boethe | 685 | 10.2 |
| | Conservative | Gary Hughes | 685 | 10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Budden | 675 | 10.0 |
| | Conservative | Henry Venour | 601 | 8.9 |
| | Conservative | Amrit Mediratta | 594 | 8.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,693 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.4 |

### Harrow on the Hill

Harrow on the Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Eileen Kinnear | 1,087 | 13.1 |
| | Conservative | Clive Scowen | 1,051 | 12.7 |
| | Labour | Huw Davies | 1,022 | 12.4 |
| | Conservative | Mark Versallion | 1,017 | 12.3 |
| | Labour | Margaret Davine | 992 | 12.0 |
| | Labour | Chloe Smith | 917 | 11.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Day | 698 | 8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duncan Rogers | 665 | 8.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vipinparakash Varsani | 627 | 7.6 |
| | Green | Matthew Peace | 161 | 1.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,237 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.6 |

### Harrow Weald

Harrow Weald :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Lyne | 1,067 | 15.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Graham | 1,019 | 14.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ahmed Marikar | 870 | 12.4 |
| | Labour | Colin Crouch | 706 | 10.1 |
| | Conservative | Richard Cowan | 693 | 9.9 |
| | Conservative | Gary Hunter | 676 | 9.6 |
| | Conservative | Brian Jones | 670 | 9.5 |
| | Labour | Michael Kinsey | 653 | 9.3 |
| | Labour | Patrick McManus | 628 | 8.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,982 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.8 |

### Hatch End

Hatch End :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Adrian Knowles | 1,417 | 18.9 |
| | Conservative | Mary John | 1,382 | 18.4 |
| | Conservative | Jean Lammiman | 1,342 | 17.9 |
| | Labour | Susan Anderson | 694 | 9.2 |
| | Labour | John Solomon | 660 | 8.8 |
| | Labour | Patricia Skacel | 594 | 7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Jackson | 520 | 6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zia Baig | 441 | 5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Salter | 433 | 5.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,483 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.4 |

### Headstone North

Headstone North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Anthony Seymour | 1,218 | 13.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicola Lane | 1,208 | 13.5 |
| | Conservative | Eric Silver | 1,195 | 13.4 |
| | Conservative | Khalid Mahmood | 1,171 | 13.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Sayer | 1,166 | 13.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Skipworth | 1,149 | 12.8 |
| | Labour | Ernest Selby | 618 | 6.9 |
| | Labour | James Titmuss | 600 | 6.7 |
| | Labour | Sonalie Dharmarajah | 591 | 6.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,916 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.7 |

### Headstone South

Headstone South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William Stephenson | 1,324 | 17.3 |
| | Labour | Gillian Travers | 1,167 | 15.2 |
| | Labour | Anne Whitehead | 1,143 | 14.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Giles-Medhurst | 922 | 12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clifford Thomas | 870 | 11.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Branch | 755 | 9.8 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Hall | 434 | 5.6 |
| | Conservative | Theresa Hyde | 402 | 5.2 |
| | Conservative | Richard Booth | 391 | 5.1 |
| | Green | Justin Challener | 244 | 3.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,652 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.8 |

### Kenton East

Kenton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Navin Shah | 1,404 | 22.0 |
| | Labour | Albert Toms | 1,308 | 20.5 |
| | Labour | Archie Foulds | 1,303 | 20.4 |
| | Conservative | John Hall | 507 | 7.9 |
| | Conservative | Edmund Costelloe | 424 | 6.6 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Lemon | 411 | 6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mahendra Patel | 404 | 6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Angell | 335 | 5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Jeffery | 267 | 4.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,363 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.6 |

### Kenton West

Kenton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Cyril Davies | 1,268 | 16.8 |
| | Labour | Raymond Frogley | 1,210 | 16.0 |
| | Labour | Sanjay Dighé | 1,194 | 15.8 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Grenfell | 973 | 12.9 |
| | Conservative | Mayur Bhatt | 959 | 12.7 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Zeid | 908 | 12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eileen Colledge | 312 | 4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Thorne | 270 | 3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerald de Jayasinghe | 239 | 3.1 |
| | Independent | Akil Dhalla | 190 | 2.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,523 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.1 |

### Marlborough

Marlborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ann Groves | 1,226 | 19.0 |
| | Labour | Phillip O'Dell | 1,131 | 17.5 |
| | Labour | Margaret Sims | 1,008 | 15.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Campbell | 714 | 11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Campbell | 662 | 10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Baldev Sharma | 653 | 10.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter Hardy | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Carr | 360 | 5.5 |
| | Conservative | Joyce Osborn | 326 | 5.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,448 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.8 |

### Pinner

Pinner :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mavis Champagnie | 1,644 | 21.2 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Olins | 1,636 | 21.1 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Cocksedge | 1,595 | 20.6 |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Gallant | 633 | 8.1 |
| | Labour | Timothy Oelman | 616 | 7.9 |
| | Labour | Michael Heavey | 586 | 7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Moss | 374 | 4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Green | 346 | 4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Land | 307 | 3.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,737 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.8 |

### Pinner West

Pinner West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles Mote | 1,461 | 16.3 |
| | Conservative | Graham Howard | 1,434 | 16.0 |
| | Conservative | John Nickolay | 1,383 | 15.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Veronica Chamberlain | 835 | 9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Finch | 816 | 9.1 |
| | Labour | Joseph Lilley | 795 | 8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Walster | 788 | 8.7 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Moss | 758 | 8.4 |
| | Labour | Asoke Dutta | 691 | 7.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,961 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.3 |

### Rayners Lane

Rayners Lane :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Noyce | 1,443 | 17.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Prakash Nandhra | 1,226 | 15.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alastair Alexander | 1,199 | 14.7 |
| | Conservative | Herbert Crossman | 819 | 10.0 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Arnold | 775 | 9.5 |
| | Conservative | Heather Murgett | 762 | 9.3 |
| | Labour | Rajeshri Shah | 674 | 8.2 |
| | Labour | Sean Jinks | 673 | 8.2 |
| | Labour | Namachivaya Idaikkadar | 577 | 7.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,148 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.9 |

### Ridgeway

Ridgeway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Brian Gate | 1,283 | 15.5 |
| | Labour | Paul Fox | 1,147 | 13.9 |
| | Labour | Norman Stillerman | 1,067 | 12.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alanna Coombes | 847 | 10.2 |
| | Conservative | Leonard Harsant | 824 | 10.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Tiley | 819 | 9.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrien Smith | 9.6 | 10.1 |
| | Conservative | Paul Osborn | 747 | 9.0 |
| | Conservative | John Rennie | 701 | 8.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,226 | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.6 |
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