1998 Newham London Borough Council election

The 1998 Newham London Borough election for the Newham London Borough Council was held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 28.4%. Labour won every seat for the second time since the councils formation.

Election result

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Background
A total of 138 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 24 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party, whilst the Conservative Party ran 31 candidates and the Liberal Democrats ran 11 candidates. In both cases this was a lot less than 4 years before. Other candidates running were 8 Socialist Labour, 2 National Democrats, 11 BNP, 1 Monster Raving Looney and 14 Independents.

Custom House and Silvertown
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. William A. Chapman.

Plashet
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Harbans S. Jabbal.

Stratford
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. James G. Newstead.

Custom House and Silvertown
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Christopher T. Rackley.

Beckton
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Maureen Knight.