1998 Southwark London Borough Council election
# 1998 Southwark London Borough Council election

Elections to Southwark Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 32.9%.

## Election result

Southwark Local Election Result 1998 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labour | 33 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 51.6 | 43.5 | 22,200 | 2.66 |
| Liberal Democrats | 27 | 3 | 3 | | 42.2 | 34.16 | 17,433 | 5.5 |
| Conservative | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 12.74 | 6,502 | 0.13 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 6.83 | 3,487 | 6.17 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1.73 | 883 | 1.57 |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1.04 | 530 | New |

## Ward results

### Abbey

Abbey (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Manchester** | 1,023 | 67.6 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Thomas | 818 | 54.0 | -9.4 |
| | Labour | John Lauder | 510 | 33.7 | +7.5 |
| | Labour | Keith Cross | 436 | 28.8 | +3.7 |
| | Green | Chloe Wilson | 80 | 5.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Peter Randall Johnson | 79 | 5.2 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Eleanor Gayler | 71 | 4.7 | +2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,514 | 32.5 | -6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

Linda Manchester was a sitting councillor for Riverside ward

### Alleyn

Alleyn (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Norma Gibbes | 887 | 51.9 | -3.8 |
| | Labour | Howard Latham** | 867 | 50.7 | -2.6 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Mitchell | 324 | 18.9 | -1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexander Baker | 279 | 16.3 | -2.7 |
| | Conservative | Roger Prince | 271 | 15.8 | -4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Henry Hardy | 236 | 13.8 | -3.7 |
| | Green | Sharon Hogan | 223 | 13.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,710 | 33.8 | -3.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

Howard Latham was a sitting councillor for Bellenden ward

### Barset

Barset (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Christine Claridge* | 687 | 65.0 | -8.9 |
| | Labour | Charles Cherrill | 597 | 56.5 | -10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Hunt | 174 | 16.5 | -2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Allen | 170 | 16.1 | -2.2 |
| | Conservative | Michelle Lowe | 112 | 10.6 | +0.1 |
| | Green | Paul Barker | 110 | 10.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Shirley Winchester | 98 | 9.3 | -1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,057 | 24.6 | -8.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bellenden

Bellenden (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Janet Heatley* | 1,585 | 67.3 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Patrick Kelly | 1,428 | 60.7 | -1.8 |
| | Labour | Andrew Simmons | 1,332 | 56.6 | -3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Martin | 344 | 14.6 | -4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Macnaughton | 343 | 14.6 | -0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Albert Bosworth | 342 | 14.5 | -0.4 |
| | Green | June Veitch | 302 | 12.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Rupert Cutler | 241 | 10.2 | -4.0 |
| | Conservative | John Davenport | 238 | 10.1 | -2.3 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Stewart | 232 | 9.9 | -2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,354 | 31.2 | -7.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bricklayers

Bricklayers (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Nash* | 1,218 | 63.3 | -3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Denise Capstick | 1,194 | 62.1 | -2.0 |
| | Labour | Rupert Doyle | 510 | 26.5 | +2.2 |
| | Labour | Rosemary Whitlock | 468 | 24.3 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Julian Pratt | 77 | 4.0 | -0.5 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Norris | 54 | 2.8 | -1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,924 | 29.1 | -9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Browning

Browning (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Bowman | 1,198 | 52.6 | -8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roland Shannon | 1,163 | 51.1 | -9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Watson | 1,076 | 47.3 | -13.2 |
| | Labour | Anne Keane | 853 | 37.5 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Angela Molloy | 820 | 36.0 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Kevin McNicholas | 788 | 34.6 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Duke | 59 | 2.6 | -2.7 |
| | Conservative | Olga Grant | 57 | 2.5 | -2.6 |
| | Conservative | Penelope Foord | 51 | 2.2 | -1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,277 | 33.2 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Brunswick

Brunswick (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Lillian Naish* | 1,044 | 62.0 | +3.1 |
| | Labour | John Friary* | 1,041 | 61.8 | +3.5 |
| | Labour | Robert Wingfield** | 828 | 49.1 | -12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frances Blango | 283 | 16.8 | -9.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Hook | 271 | 16.1 | -9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Martin | 271 | 16.1 | -7.4 |
| | Green | Jenny Jones | 269 | 16.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Linda Stanbury | 146 | 8.7 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Steven Stanbury | 131 | 7.8 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Mark Tunstill | 118 | 7.0 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,685 | 24.6 | -7.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

Robert Wingfield was a sitting councillor for Newington ward

### Burgess

Burgess (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Halley | 769 | 47.7 | -5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Mizzi | 763 | 47.3 | +0.2 |
| | Labour | Richard Livingstone** | 658 | 40.8 | -1.5 |
| | Labour | Simon McKeown | 636 | 39.5 | -2.0 |
| | Green | Tarik Theodorus | 53 | 3.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Charles Joseph | 48 | 3.0 | -1.4 |
| | Conservative | Victoria Joseph | 43 | 2.7 | -0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,612 | 39.7 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

Richard Livingstone was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward

### Cathedral

Cathedral (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Wines* | 1,197 | 67.1 | -7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clifford Hodson | 878 | 49.2 | -18.2 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Gilmartin | 452 | 25.3 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | Michael Gibson** | 428 | 24.0 | +7.1 |
| | Green | David Turner | 79 | 4.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Beatrice Crabb | 60 | 3.4 | ±0.0 |
| | Conservative | Lucy Newmark | 49 | 2.7 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,784 | 33.1 | -8.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

Michael Gibson was a sitting councillor for Waverley ward

### Chaucer

Chaucer (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Stephen Lancashire* | 1,315 | 47.9 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alom Shaha | 1,193 | 43.5 | -1.9 |
| | Labour | Henry Canagasabey** | 1,167 | 42.5 | -0.3 |
| | Labour | Anne Worsley** | 1,157 | 42.1 | -0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raffaella Ayorinde | 1,104 | 40.2 | 3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Skelly | 1,098 | 40.0 | -3.7 |
| | Conservative | Susan Hardy | 145 | 5.3 | ±0.0 |
| | Conservative | Frances Gray | 142 | 5.2 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | Anne Peirce | 106 | 3.9 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,745 | 35.7 | -3.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

Henry Canagasabey was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward

Anne Worsley was a sitting councillor for Bellenden ward

### College

College (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Mark Humphreys* | 1,245 | 52.6 | +11.6 |
| | Conservative | William Rowe | 1,086 | 45.9 | +7.5 |
| | Labour | Carol Britton | 810 | 34.2 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | Ivan House | 790 | 33.4 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Mynott | 273 | 11.5 | -14.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Newby | 234 | 9.9 | -15.1 |
| | Green | Tamra Poorun | 88 | 3.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,365 | 43.4 | -4.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Consort

Consort (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Nicola Kutapan | 514 | 48.3 | -16.4 |
| | Labour | Hassan Vahib* | 437 | 41.0 | -12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Banks | 286 | 26.9 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vanessa Salawu | 201 | 18.9 | -1.6 |
| | Conservative | Rachel Read | 112 | 10.5 | -1.8 |
| | Conservative | Doris Pearce | 110 | 10.3 | +1.5 |
| | Green | Brendan Connolly | 101 | 9.5 | N/A |
| | Socialist Labour | Angela Ruddock | 88 | 8.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,065 | 23.4 | -8.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Dockyard

Dockyard (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Partridge* | 1,899 | 54.7 | -5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Yates | 1,888 | 54.3 | -9.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Columba Blango | 1,830 | 52.7 | -11.1 |
| | Labour | Daniel Griffiths | 886 | 25.5 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | Shirley Oldhamstead | 827 | 23.8 | -0.3 |
| | Labour | Linda Oram | 816 | 23.5 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative | Percy Gray | 351 | 10.1 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Crabb | 323 | 9.3 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | Ewan Wallace | 312 | 9.0 | +4.3 |
| | Green | Andrew Flude | 202 | 5.8 | N/A |
| | Independent | Gary Cartwright | 156 | 4.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,474 | 26.2 | -8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Faraday

Faraday (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Clark* | 1,234 | 48.8 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alfred Langley* | 1,186 | 46.9 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Noakes | 1,121 | 44.3 | -1.0 |
| | Labour | Lorraine Lauder | 1,012 | 40.0 | -0.3 |
| | Labour | Lee Garrett | 999 | 39.5 | -2.4 |
| | Labour | Royston Webb | 926 | 36.6 | -3.7 |
| | Conservative | Charles Flower | 162 | 6.4 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Robert Hayward | 127 | 5.0 | -0.5 |
| | Conservative | Robert Goodrick | 108 | 4.3 | -0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,530 | 29.8 | -10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Friary

Friary (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Barrie Hargrove* | 845 | 52.8 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Joan Khachik* | 761 | 47.6 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Frank Pemberton** | 647 | 40.4 | -5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Dougherty | 299 | 18.7 | -20.7 |
| | Socialist Labour | Ann Goss | 265 | 16.6 | N/A |
| | Socialist Labour | Gloria Fagbenro | 262 | 16.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eliza Mann | 252 | 15.8 | -20.5 |
| | Socialist Labour | Tony Goss | 248 | 15.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Miller | 238 | 14.9 | -21.3 |
| | Green | Laurence Jones | 145 | 9.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Leslie Brown | 120 | 7.5 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Ivy Brown | 111 | 6.9 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Iris Smith | 93 | 5.8 | +1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,600 | 29.6 | -3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

Frank Pemberton was a sitting councillor for Rotherhithe ward, and was previously elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor

### Liddle

Liddle (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Mary Ellery* | 891 | 57.9 | -18.7 |
| | Labour | William Kayada | 794 | 51.6 | -17.8 |
| | Labour | William Skelly** | 710 | 46.1 | -18.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raouf Ben-Salem | 534 | 34.7 | +21.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Danny McCarthy* | 488 | 31.7 | -37.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josephine Almond | 456 | 29.6 | +18.9 |
| | Independent | Maria Williams | 129 | 8.4 | N/A |
| | Green | Caroline Jones | 80 | 5.2 | -1.7 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Phillips | 55 | 3.6 | -2.8 |
| | Conservative | Jane Maclaren | 48 | 3.1 | -1.5 |
| | Conservative | Victor Smith | 47 | 3.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,539 | 30.6 | +10.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

William Skelly was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward

Danny McCarthy was previously elected as a Labour councillor

### Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Glenn Cope | 1,268 | 53.0 | -6.1 |
| | Labour | Nick Dolezal* | 1,220 | 51.0 | -6.4 |
| | Labour | Dermot McInerney* | 1,048 | 43.8 | -13.7 |
| | Independent | Ashwinkumar Tanna | 598 | 25.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Rebecca Elvey | 366 | 15.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Harris | 354 | 14.8 | -3.6 |
| | Conservative | Patrick Wollocombe | 334 | 14.0 | -3.3 |
| | Conservative | Angus Pritchard-Gordon | 330 | 13.8 | -3.2 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Pincher | 320 | 13.4 | -2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matt Flynn | 279 | 11.7 | -6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Branko Markic | 233 | 9.7 | -7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,393 | 30.5 | -7.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Newington

Newington (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Pidgeon | 1,528 | 49.7 | +21.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Gurling | 1,481 | 48.2 | +20.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jelil Ladipo | 1,418 | 46.2 | +22.0 |
| | Labour | Hannah McDonald* | 1,255 | 40.9 | -13.7 |
| | Labour | Leslie Alden | 1,157 | 37.7 | -20.4 |
| | Labour | Robert Smeath | 1,104 | 35.9 | -15.0 |
| | Conservative | Susan Hornby | 151 | 4.9 | -4.2 |
| | Conservative | Clive Jones | 122 | 4.0 | -4.4 |
| | Conservative | Brooks Newmark | 112 | 3.6 | -4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,072 | 39.0 | +2.6 |
| | 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 | | |

### Riverside

Riverside (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Betty Olliffe* | 1,306 | 50.0 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex L'Estrange | 1,254 | 48.0 | -2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Stanton | 1,225 | 46.9 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Coral Newell | 1,020 | 39.1 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | Peter John | 1,005 | 38.5 | +6.5 |
| | Labour | Amanda Purdon | 895 | 34.3 | +3.7 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Holmes | 130 | 5.0 | -7.6 |
| | Conservative | John Liddiard | 119 | 4.6 | -1.1 |
| | Conservative | John Williams | 112 | 4.3 | -1.0 |
| | Green | Swadesh Poorun | 83 | 3.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,611 | 35.6 | -3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Beverley Bassom* | 1,063 | 54.7 | -5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victor Jones* | 1,037 | 53.3 | -7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Niko Barr** | 972 | 50.0 | -13.2 |
| | Labour | Neil Fell | 656 | 33.7 | +11.7 |
| | Labour | Robert Gasson | 655 | 33.7 | +13.3 |
| | Labour | Francis Treml | 455 | 23.4 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | Nathan Chart | 108 | 5.6 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | John McConnell | 93 | 4.8 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | Jon van der Walt | 66 | 3.4 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,945 | 30.3 | -9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

Niko Barr was a sitting councillor for Dockyard ward

### Ruskin

Ruskin (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Tobias Eckersley* | 1,703 | 46.3 | +8.7 |
| | Labour | Michelle Pearce* | 1,604 | 43.6 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative | David Bradbury | 1,602 | 43.5 | +6.1 |
| | Conservative | Irene Kimm | 1,525 | 41.5 | +6.2 |
| | Labour | Alan Firminger* | 1,517 | 41.2 | +3.3 |
| | Labour | Charlie Smith | 1,379 | 37.5 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Halden | 352 | 9.6 | -11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Elbert | 326 | 8.9 | -11.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Fletcher | 313 | 8.5 | -11.2 |
| | Green | Harriet Einsiedel | 273 | 7.4 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,679 | 53.3 | -2.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Rye

Rye (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Niall Duffy* | 1,266 | 53.4 | +3.1 |
| | Labour | Dominic Thorncroft* | 968 | 40.8 | -3.9 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Vineall | 643 | 27.1 | -8.1 |
| | Conservative | Edwin Webster | 624 | 26.3 | -6.1 |
| | Green | Storm Poorun | 458 | 19.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ron Halden | 224 | 9.4 | -3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Valladeres | 171 | 7.2 | -4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,372 | 40.3 | -7.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St Giles

St Giles (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Stephanie Elsy** | 1,288 | 58.8 | -4.5 |
| | Labour | Anthony Ritchie* | 1,251 | 57.1 | -5.2 |
| | Labour | Dora Dixon-Fyle | 1,216 | 55.5 | -4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Carr | 365 | 16.7 | -2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Farrow | 344 | 15.7 | -3.0 |
| | Green | Glynis Bell | 336 | 15.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Samantha McDonough | 335 | 15.3 | -3.3 |
| | Conservative | Tania Brisby | 236 | 10.8 | ±0.0 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Hart | 203 | 9.3 | -1.4 |
| | Socialist Labour | Eileen Miles | 184 | 8.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Margaret Fordham | 182 | 8.3 | -1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,191 | 29.1 | -0.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

Stephanie Elsy was a sitting councillor for Barset ward

### The Lane

The Lane (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Robert Cornall | 842 | 46.3 | +5.8 |
| | Labour | Aubyn Graham** | 756 | 41.6 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Hunte | 706 | 38.9 | -9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Krishnaveni Brown | 671 | 36.9 | -10.6 |
| | Conservative | George Humphreys | 118 | 6.5 | +0.9 |
| | Green | Roxana Rizvi | 110 | 6.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Anthony Kimm | 102 | 5.6 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,817 | 36.1 | -7.3 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

Aubyn Graham was a sitting councillor for Lyndhurst ward

### Waverley

Waverley (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Michael Barnard* | 1,006 | 64.5 | +11.3 |
| | Labour | Vivienne Todd | 897 | 57.5 | +13.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karnagie Ayling | 266 | 17.1 | -20.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rita Perrett-Hodson | 241 | 15.4 | -20.1 |
| | Conservative | Lilian Dawson | 182 | 11.7 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Rebecca Humphreys | 175 | 11.2 | +4.1 |
| | Green | Jason Evers | 129 | 8.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,560 | 33.2 | -10.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## By-Elections

Consort by-election, 15 October 1998 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Anne V. Worsley | 919 | 58.5 | +10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin A. Hunte | 474 | 30.2 | +3.3 |
| | Socialist Labour | Angela M. Ruddock | 70 | 4.5 | -3.8 |
| | Conservative | Oliver H. Wooller | 54 | 3.4 | -7.1 |
| | Liberal | Geoffrey M. A. Goldie | 53 | 3.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 450 | 28.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,570 | 34.0 | +10.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Nicola A. Kutapan.

Rotherhithe by-election, 3 December 1998 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Hook | 1,143 | 55.7 | +2.4 |
| | Labour | Peter C. John | 813 | 39.6 | +5.9 |
| | National Democrats | Gary Cartwright | 56 | 2.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Steven P. Bolton | 28 | 1.4 | -4.2 |
| | Green | Storm S. Poorun | 11 | 0.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 330 | 16.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,051 | 32.0 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Victor D. Jones.

Cathedral by-election, 22 July 1999 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Bosch | 750 | 59.6 | +10.4 |
| | Labour | Bernard M. Dainton | 451 | 35.9 | +10.6 |
| | Conservative | Ewan G. Wallace | 57 | 4.5 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 299 | 23.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,258 | 27.0 | -6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Clifford J. Hodson.

