1998 St Albans City and District Council election

1998 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 The 1998 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council. Local Elections results The Times 46 1998-05-09 After the election, the composition of the council was: Liberal Democrats 30 Labour 16 Conservative 11 Election results The Liberal Democrats were reduced from 39 to 30 councillors, but retained a 3-seat majority on the council.Lib Dems hold on to control of council 16 May 1998 Hertfordshire County Publications NewsBank Liberal Democrat losses included losing seats to Labour in Ashley, Cunningham and St Peters wards, while Labour also held Sopwell where Kerry Pollard had stood down after being elected Member of Parliament for St Albans at the 1997 general election. This took Labour to 16 seats, while the Conservatives increased to 11 seats after gaining 5 seats from the Liberal Democrats in Harpenden North, Harpenden South, Harpenden West, St Stephen and Verulam wards, with the majority in Harpenden North only being 23 votes after a recount. Overall turnout at the election was 36%. 1998 St Albans City and District Council election Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results The Guardian 16 1998-05-09 http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/sadc/98elecsa.htm District Council Elections 7 May 1998 Results St Albans City and District Council 6 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20010413073922/http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/sadc/98elecsa.htm 13 April 2001 Liberal Democrats (UK) 8 9 38.1 22 30 52.6 13,503 35.9 -1.6 Labour Party (UK) 7 4 33.3 9 16 28.1 11,573 30.8 -2.9 Conservative Party (UK) 6 5 28.6 5 11 19.3 12,513 33.3 +4.6 Natural Law Party 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 14 <0.1 N/A Ward results Ashley Labour Party (UK) Noreen Brosnan 1,073 53.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Riley 717 35.6 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Spratt 223 11.1 356 17.7 2,013 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Batchwood Labour Party (UK) David McManus 987 65.1 Conservative Party (UK) James Vessey 295 19.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robin Law 234 15.4 692 45.6 1,516 Labour Party (UK) Clarence Liberal Democrats (UK) Sheila Burton 931 51.5 Labour Party (UK) William Niblett 597 33.0 Conservative Party (UK) Jeremy Christie 279 15.4 334 18.5 1,807 Liberal Democrats (UK) Colney Heath Liberal Democrats (UK) John Henchley 565 52.0 Conservative Party (UK) Derek Jeffrey 262 24.1 Labour Party (UK) Gordon Watson 260 23.9 303 27.9 1,087 Liberal Democrats (UK) Cunningham (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) Andrew Gilson 910 43.5 Labour Party (UK) Laurence Heyman 865 41.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Harrison 833 39.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joy Winder 778 37.2 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Leonard 346 16.5 Conservative Party (UK) Louisa-Jane Rosalki 323 15.4 2,094 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Harpenden East Liberal Democrats (UK) David Waddilove 769 43.6 Conservative Party (UK) Victor Holley 665 37.7 Labour Party (UK) David Crew 329 18.7 104 5.9 1,763 Liberal Democrats (UK) Harpenden North Conservative Party (UK) Albert Pawle 759 42.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Coad 736 40.7 Labour Party (UK) Richard Botterill 314 17.4 23 1.3 1,809 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Harpenden South Conservative Party (UK) Paul Foster 1,125 58.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Katharine Sutton 503 26.2 Labour Party (UK) Linda Spiri 277 14.4 Natural Law Party Patricia Saunders 14 0.7 622 32.4 1,919 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Harpenden West (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Julian Turner 1,139 61.7 Conservative Party (UK) Julian Daly 1,138 61.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Judith Arthur 418 22.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Spinks 373 20.2 Labour Party (UK) Joanne Thompson 283 15.3 Labour Party (UK) Judith Bush 264 14.3 1,845 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) London Colney Labour Party (UK) Sean Flynn 1,094 71.4 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Shaw 260 17.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Priestman 179 11.7 834 54.4 1,533 Labour Party (UK) Marshalswick North Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Churchard 781 46.3 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Whiteside 623 37.0 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth McShane 282 16.7 158 9.4 1,686 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marshalswick South Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Rowlands 1,141 54.3 Conservative Party (UK) Agnes Hill 580 27.6 Labour Party (UK) David Allan 380 18.1 561 26.7 2,101 Liberal Democrats (UK) Park Street Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Hendry 499 40.5 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Batson 396 32.1 Labour Party (UK) Mary Morley 338 27.4 103 8.4 1,233 Liberal Democrats (UK) Redbourn Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Schofield 765 44.0 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Finigan 723 41.6 Labour Party (UK) Vivienne Windle 249 14.3 42 2.4 1,737 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sopwell Labour Party (UK) Janetta Gibbs 1,076 73.1 Conservative Party (UK) Pamela Thomas 223 15.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Terrar 172 11.7 853 58.0 1,471 Labour Party (UK) St Peters Labour Party (UK) Winifred Dunleavy 867 49.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Biddle 644 37.1 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Brown 226 13.0 228 12.8 1,737 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) St Stephen Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Myland 951 43.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Khalil Moghul 791 36.2 Labour Party (UK) Janet Blackwell 444 20.3 160 7.3 2,186 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Verulam Conservative Party (UK) John Smith 1,150 49.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Mort 822 35.1 Labour Party (UK) Jerry Brenton 370 15.8 328 14.0 2,342 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Wheathampstead Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Oxley 852 42.7 Conservative Party (UK) Gillian Clark 827 41.5 Labour Party (UK) Michael Fletcher 314 15.8 25 1.3 1,993 Liberal Democrats (UK) By-elections Sopwell by-election 23 July 1998http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/le9807.htm#2306 Local Authority Byelection Results - July 1998 Local Authority Byelection Results 6 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140810104645/http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/le9807.htm#2306 10 August 2014 dead Labour Party (UK) 841 68.3 -4.8 Conservative Party (UK) 212 17.2 +2.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) 178 14.5 +2.8 629 51.1 -6.9 1,231 23.5 Labour Party (UK) References 1998 Saint Albans Category:1990s in Hertfordshire Category:May 1998 in the United Kingdom