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1998 Hackney London Borough Council election

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1998 Hackney London Borough Council elections

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All 60 seats to Hackney London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered116,157
Turnout38.24%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before 44 10 1
Seats won 29 17 12
Seat change Decrease 15 Increase 7 Increase 11
Percentage 48.33% 28.33% 20.00%

  Fourth party
 
Party Green
Seats before 0
Seats won 2
Seat change Increase 2
Percentage 3.33%

Council control before election

No overall control

Subsequent council control

No overall control

The 1998 Hackney London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998. All 60 members of Hackney London Borough Council were up for election. The elections took place as part of the 1998 London local elections.

Despite the losses, the Labour Party remained the largest party, but the council continued with no overall control. The Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party both made gains.

The Labour Party retained overall control of the council but saw a significant reduction in seats, losing 16 seats. The Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives made gains, with the Liberal Democrats increasing their seat count by 10 and the Conservatives by six.

Simultaneously, a referendum was held on whether there was support for establishing a Greater London Authority[1]

The 1998 Hackney London Borough Council elections initially left the Labour Party without a working majority, holding 29 of the 60 available seats. Following a series of by-elections, Labour gained three additional seats, securing victories from both the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party, and thus achieving a working majority with 32 seats. The Liberal Democrats saw a reduction from 17 to 15 seats, while the Conservative Party increased their seats from 12 to 13, and the Green Party's representation decreased from 2 to 1 seat. This shift in council composition allowed Labour to establish stronger control over council decisions, including budgetary matters.

Background

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Prior to the 1998 election, Labour had effectively lost control of Hackney Council, with no single party holding a majority. The election was part of a broader set of local elections across London and the UK, where several councils experienced shifts in control.

Electoral fraud

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On March 9, 2001, two Hackney Borough Council councillors, Isaac Leibowitz, Conservative, and Zev Lieberman, Liberal Democrat were convicted of a major vote-rigging conspiracy related to the May 1998 local elections. They were found guilty of fraudulently adding names to the electoral roll to influence the election outcome in Hackney’s Northwold ward.

The fraud involved registering fake voters, including using disused properties and misrepresenting addresses. It also included manipulating proxy votes. This led to a significant increase in proxy voting from 12 in 1994 to 241 in 1998, with a majority of the proxies voting for the Liberal Democrats.

Leibowitz and Lieberman were convicted of forgery and conspiracy to defraud. The scale of the fraud raised concerns about the integrity of the electoral process and the accuracy of the election results.[2]

Election result

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In the 1998 Hackney Council election, no single party gained overall control of the council. The result reflected a broader trend observed in other boroughs during the same election cycle, where several councils transitioned to no overall control. The outcome was consistent with changes observed in other boroughs, where Labour gained control of Harrow, Brent, Lambeth, and Waltham Forest from a state of no overall control. Labour lost control of Hillingdon, Islington, and Hackney, where they had previously held a majority or significant influence.

Ward result

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Brownswood (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter G. Kenyon 855
Labour Linda Smith 714
Liberal Democrats Joyce Alexander 233
Green Klaus Graichen 226
Liberal Democrats Mark N. Smulan 198
Conservative Joan Hillier 156
Conservative Irene M. Lewington 153
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Clissold (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lorraine Monk 937
Labour John M. Hudson 916
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Anderson 814
Labour Brian N. Marsh 776
Liberal Democrats David Mackey 669
Liberal Democrats Abraham-Samuel Jacobson 596
Green Ian B. Wingrove 457
Conservative June R. Eaton 114
Conservative David W. Balcombe 111
Conservative John A.W. Moir 96
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Queensbridge (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Williams 983
Liberal Democrats Vernon E. Williams 959
Liberal Democrats Hettie V. Peters 951
Liberal Democrats Anthony S. Terrill 881
Labour Nihal U. Fernando 870
Labour Emma M. Plouviez 851
Green Daphne U. Boyce 145
Conservative Wendy Fuller 129
Conservative Maureen Mgaza 116
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Chatham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Darbyshire 924
Labour Naomi Russell 893
Labour Sally Mulready 862
Liberal Democrats Maryam Hafezji 396
Liberal Democrats Menachem Beitél 387
Liberal Democrats Mark B. Ukandu 370
Conservative Elsie M. Baverstock 182
Conservative Stephen Giff 145
Conservative Alfred G. Suskin 124
Socialist Party (UK) Paul Heron 109
Socialist Party (UK) Christian Newby 70
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Dalston (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David A.J. Bentley 1,055
Liberal Democrats Philip Pearson 937
Liberal Democrats Meral H. Ece 838
Labour Fiona E. Alderton 809
Labour Samantha A. Lloyd 770
Labour Richard Blanco 763
Green Jack E. Easton 239
Conservative Christopher J. Ballingall 122
Conservative David C. Harmer 72
Conservative Winston G. Henry 68
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
De Beauvoir (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher P. O'Leary 997
Labour Andrew Windross 942
Labour Frances E. Pearson 929
Labour Peter J.I. Snell 891
Conservative James A. Spencer 886
Conservative Alexander Ellis 877
Liberal Democrats John Bird 402
Liberal Democrats Irene S. Fawkes 316
Liberal Democrats Edward Garber 264
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Eastdown (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Corrigan 803
Labour Bharti Patel 702
Labour Stephen Sartain 696
Labour Linda A. Hibberd 666
Liberal Democrats Kenneth E. Hanson 610
Liberal Democrats Paula Granger 594
Conservative Lilian Lonsdale 110
Conservative Peter Lonsdale 82
Conservative Pamela Y. Sills 72
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Haggerston (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William G. Nicholson 731
Labour David Young 668
Liberal Democrats Anthony Goodchild 561
Liberal Democrats Mark Pursey 488
Conservative Andrew Boff 348
Conservative Bruce Spenser 306
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Homerton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharon R. Patrick 641
Labour Robin J. Cornell 545
Liberal Democrats Celya A. Maxted 194
Liberal Democrats Melvin E.C. Minter 190
Green Michael C. Walsh 172
Socialist Labour Robert W. Adams 139
Conservative Julia D. Cole 114
Conservative Martin Summers 95
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Kings Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon B. Parkes 680
Labour Mohammad S. Siddiqui 672
Conservative Hyman Kern 136
Conservative Giulio Rapaciulo 96
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Leabridge (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bonnie Miller 928
Labour Anthony H. Milton 846
Labour Abdul G. Mulla 757
Conservative Heather Whitewall 590
Conservative Faruk Miah 587
Conservative Shuja Shaikh 585
Green Yesin Hussein 299
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Shenker 255
Socialist Labour Peter J. Morton 229
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
New River (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David J. Phillips 1,343
Conservative Jacob M. Grosskopf 1,267
Conservative Maureen B. Middleton 1,241
Labour Michael B. Desmond 941
Labour Rosa Gomez 917
Labour John W. Small 841
Green Catherine S. Murphy 262
Conservative gain from Swing
Conservative gain from Swing
Conservative gain from Swing
North Defoe (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Yen C. Chong 661
Green Paul A. Carswell 554
Labour James E. Carswell 455
Labour John McGafferty 406
Labour Ann V. McGinley 125
Conservative Michael J. Donoghue 121
Socialist Alliance Anne Murphy 52
Green gain from Swing
Green gain from Swing
Northfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Medlin Lewis 1,058
Conservative Bernard V. Peretz 1,048
Conservative Christopher D. Sills 1,044
Labour Victoria L. Murco 679
Labour Michael I.G. Bartlet 647
Labour Sunday A. Owogumbu 629
Green Lucy Sommers 236
Conservative hold Swing
South Defoe (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian C. Peacock 471
Labour Jules Pipe 458
Green Mischa A. Borris 226
Green Jon George 212
Labour Philip G. Stark 156
Liberal Democrats Keith L. Sexton 127
Socialist Labour Jennifer Burnett 98
Conservative Paul Brenells 82
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Northwold (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian D. Scharer 1,098
Liberal Democrats Shahid M. Ahchala 1,073
Liberal Democrats Zev Lieberman 1,019
Labour Daphne McAllister 887
Labour Joko N. Mafcoy 810
Labour Safeer A. Shaikh 774
Green Julie A. Hathaway 316
Conservative Gordon Bell 227
Conservative Grace Forsythe 211
Conservative Linda Hardy 184
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Swing
Springfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Heinz I. Lobenstein 1,406
Conservative Isaac Leibowitz 1,330
Conservative Eric Ollenhauser 1,323
Labour Linda A. Kelly 790
Labour Dennis Sawyer 728
Labour Ian S. Thompson 704
CPI Monty Goldman 92
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Victoria (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Howard Hyman 1,046
Liberal Democrats Patricia McGuiness 994
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Montgomery 980
Labour Jason Cox 965
Labour Geoffrey Horn 897
Labour Faizullah Khan 847
Conservative Barbara Campbell 122
Conservative Patricia Birgell 109
CPI Doris E. Snelgrove 81
BNP Victor J. Dooley 65
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wenlock (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kevin N. Daws 809
Liberal Democrats Kay M. Stone 716
Labour Emma F. Burnell 373
Labour Patricia M.L. Webster 312
BNP Kate McKay 89
Conservative Caroline I. Fazzani 47
Conservative Rita Than 18
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Westdown (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie P. Grimble 596
Labour David H. Manion 493
Liberal Democrats Kevin Brock 162
Green Nicholas Lee 151
Liberal Democrats Jerry H. Parana-Hetty 134
Conservative Angela Kilmartin 62
Conservative Peter Fazzani 58
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Wick (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Hughes 1,233
Liberal Democrats Andrew J. Bridgwater 1,154
Liberal Democrats Adrian J. Gee-Turner 1,108
Labour Elizabeth Clowes 608
Labour Allan Hilton 589
Labour William O'Connor 513
Conservative Ann B. Brenells 117
Conservative Yann Leclercq 100
Conservative Irene C. Wonderling 84
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Moorfields (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David J. Candlin 887
Conservative Lorraine C. Fahey 830
Labour Ian W. Blunt 349
Labour Dylan Jeffery 306
Liberal Democrats John Henderson 146
Liberal Democrats Tat C. Kong 136
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Wenlock (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kevin N. Daws 809
Liberal Democrats Kay M. Stone 716
Labour Emma F. Burnell 373
Labour Patricia M.L. Webster 312
BNP Kate McKay 89
Conservative Caroline I. Fazzani 47
Conservative Rita Than 18
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

By-elections

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Clissold

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An by-election was held after the resignation of Cllr Loarraine Monk, on 22nd October 1998

Clissold (By-Election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vicki L. Munro 747 42.6
Liberal Democrats Paula Grainger 689 39.3
Green Julie A. Hathaway 264 15.0
Conservative Bruce Spenser 147 8.4
Ind. Labour Party Kevin V. Johnston 66 3.8
Labour hold Swing

North Defoe

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An by-election was held after the resignation of Cllr Paul Thomas, on 21st January 1998. The election led to the Greens loosing one of their two seats on the Council, being gained by Labour

North Defoe (By-Election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James E. Carswell 581 43.4
Green Mischa A. Borris 548 41.0
Liberal Democrats Sarah-Jane Pratten 100 7.5
Conservative Yann Leclercq 42 3.1
PSD Anne Murphy 37 2.8
Labour gain from Green Swing

Rectory

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An by-election was held after the resignation of Cllr Irfan Malik, on 15th July 1998.

Rectory (By-Election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samantha A. Lloyd 941 52.7
Conservative Shuja Shaikh 475 26.6
Liberal Democrats Steven R. Laing 163 9.1
Green Isabel Lane 122 6.8
Independent Breen L.L. Lewis 84 4.7
Labour hold Swing

King's Park

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An by-election was held after the disqualification of Cllr Simon Parkes, on 13 January 2000.

Kings Park (By-Election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sunday A. Ogunwobi 582 66.8
Liberal Democrats Kenrick E. Hanson 190 21.8
Conservative James A. Spencer 89 10.2
Labour hold Swing

Wick

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An by-election was held after the disqualification of Cllr Neil Hughes, on 12 October 2000. Labour gained Wick from the Liberal Democrats.

Wick (By-Election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jessica Webb 496 40.5
Liberal Democrats Kenrick E. Hanson 423 34.6
Socialist Alliance (UK) Diana Swingler 134 10.9
Conservative Alexander Ellis 99 8.1
Independent Adrian K. Peacock 25 2.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Northwold

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An by-election was held after the disqualification of Cllr Zev Liberman, on 7 June 2001. Labour gained Northwold from the Liberal Democrats.

Northwold (By-Election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael B. Desmond 1,260 42.0
Liberal Democrats Dawood E. Akhoon 645 21.5
Green Isabel Lane 342 11.4
Conservative Pamela Y. Sills 251 8.4
Socialist Alliance (UK) Diana L. Swingler 187 6.2
Independent John G. Kelly 145 4.8
Humanist Cambell R. McK. Matheson 145 4.8
Independent Adrian K. Peacock 24 0.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Queensbridge

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An by-election was held after the resignation of Cllr Vernon Williams, on 7 June 2001. Labour gained Northwold from the Liberal Democrats.

Queensbridge (By-Election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Travers 1,907 59.8
Liberal Democrats Celya A. Maxted 724 22.7
Conservative Andrew Boff 355 11.1
Socialist Alliance (UK) Michael L. Matthews-Dublin 202 6.3
Labour hold Swing

Springfield

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An by-election was held after the disqualification of Cllr Isaac Leibowitz, on 7 June 2001. Labour gained Northwold from the Liberal Democrats.

Springfield (By-Election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacob Landau 1,269 37.4
Liberal Democrats Linda A. Kelly 1227 36.1
Humanist Bruce Spenser 401 11.8
Liberal Democrats Steven R. Laing 205 6.0
Green William J. Childley 169 5.0
Independent Anetta P. Gluckstein 124 3.7
Conservative hold Swing


Council Control Before and After By-Elections[3]
Party Seats Before Seats Gained/Lost Total Seats After
     Labour Party (UK) 29 Increase 3 32
     Conservative Party (UK) 12 Increase 1 13
     Liberal Democrats (UK) 17 Decrease 2 15
     Green Party of England and Wales 2 Decrease 1 1

References

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  1. ^ "1998 Greater London Authority referendum", Wikipedia, 13 April 2024, retrieved 25 July 2024
  2. ^ "Vote-rigging councillors face jail". 9 March 2001. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 2002" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2024.

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  1. ^ Minors, Grenham, Michael, Dennis (1998). London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results (1st ed.). London: London Research Centre. pp. Hackney. ISBN 1 85261 2762.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)