1998 United Kingdom local elections

none August 2023 September 2012 1998 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1997 United Kingdom local elections 1997 1999 United Kingdom local elections 1999 All 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs,10 out of 46 unitary authorities and 88 out of 238 English districts 7 May 1998 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Tony Blair 1997.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Tony Blair 21 July 1994 Labour Party (UK) 38% 94 2 2,240 88 William Hague MP (3156637603) (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 William Hague 19 June 1997 Conservative Party (UK) 32% 8 1 1,085 256 Paddy Ashdown (2005) (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Paddy Ashdown 16 July 1988 Liberal Democrats (UK) 25% 14 7 853 114 Results of the 1998 United Kingdom local elections Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the table of results. The 1998 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 7 May 1998.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1998 Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Local-Elections-Handbook-1998-complete.pdf 3 May 2016Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 3 May 2016 All London borough council seats were elected as well a third of the seats on each of the Metropolitan Boroughs. Some unitary authorities and District councils also had elections. There were no local elections in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. These elections took place on the same day as the referendum on establishing the Greater London Authority. The governing Labour Party, contesting its first national elections since returning to government 12 months previously, enjoyed great success, now having control of 94 councils, with the second placed Liberal Democrats now controlling 14 and the opposition Conservatives (now led by William Hague) a mere eight. A by-election for the European Parliament was also held in the Yorkshire South constituency; Labour retained the seat. Results Party Councils Councillors Gain Loss Change Total Gain Loss Change Total Labour Party (UK)+294-882,240 Liberal Democrats (UK)-714-114853 Conservative Party (UK)+18+2561,085 Other0000-57146 No overall control+450———— England London boroughs In all 32 London boroughs the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarking and Dagenham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBarnet No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBexley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBrent No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBromley Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCamden Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCroydon Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEaling Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEnfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGreenwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHackney No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHammersmith and Fulham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHaringey Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrow No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsHavering No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHillingdon Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHounslow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsIslington Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsKensington and Chelsea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsKingston upon Thames Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsLambeth No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsLewisham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMerton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRedbridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRichmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsSouthwark Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSutton Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsTower Hamlets Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWaltham Forest No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsWandsworth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWestminster Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails Metropolitan boroughs All 36 English Metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBirmingham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBolton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBradford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBury Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCalderdale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCoventry Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDoncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDudley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKnowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLiverpool Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsManchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOldham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRochdale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSalford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSefton No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSheffield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSolihull No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStockport No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTameside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTrafford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWalsall No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWolverhampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Unitary authorities Whole council The whole of the Isle of Wight council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsIsle of Wight Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetails Third of council In 9 English Unitary authorities one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBristol Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDerby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHartlepool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKingston upon Hull Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMilton Keynes Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPortsmouth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouthampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStoke-on-Trent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSwindon Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails District councils In 88 English district authorities one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsAmber Valley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBasildon Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBasingstoke and Deane No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBedford No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBrentwood Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsBroadland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBurnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridge Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCannock Chase Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCarlisle Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCheltenham Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsCherwell No overall control No overall control holdDetailsChester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsChorley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsColchester Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCongleton Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsCraven Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCrawley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDaventry No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEastbourne Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsEastleigh Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEpping Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetailsExeter Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsFareham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsGloucester ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGosport No overall control No overall control holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrogate Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsHart No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHastings Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsHavant No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHertsmere Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHuntingdonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHyndburn Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsIpswich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLincoln Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMacclesfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMaidstone No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMole Valley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOxford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPendle Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsPenwith No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPreston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPurbeck No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRedditch Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsReigate and Banstead No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRochford Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsRossendale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRugby No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRunnymede No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsRushmoor No overall control No overall control holdDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Lakeland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSt Albans Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsStevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon No overall control No overall control holdDetailsStroud No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSwale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsTamworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTandridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsThree Rivers No overall control No overall control holdDetailsTunbridge Wells No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWatford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWaveney Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lancashire Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lindsey Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWest Oxfordshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWeymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWinchester Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsWoking Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWorcester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWorthing Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsWyre Forest Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries References Vote 1998 BBC News The local elections of 7 May 1998 and the London referendum. House of Commons Library Research Paper 98/59. "Local Elections results", The Times 9 May 1998 page 46 Local elections Category:Premiership of Tony Blair