1998 Leeds City Council election

1998 UK local government election January 2014 January 2014 1998 Leeds City Council election Yorkshire Parliamentary no yes 1996 Leeds City Council election 1996 1999 Leeds City Council election 1999 33 of the 99 seats on Leeds City Council 50 7 May 1998 UK 100 Labour Party (UK) 27 seats, 56.2% 25 80 2 64,368 49.3% 6.9pp UK 100 Conservative Party (UK) 3 seats, 23.9% 5 9 1 36,303 27.8% 3.9pp UK 100 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 seats, 17.3% 9 9 25,723 19.7% 2.4pp UK 100 Green Party of England and Wales 0 seats, 1.9% 1 1 1 2,997 3.6% 1.3% Leeds UK local election 1998 map.png 300px Map of the results for the 1998 Leeds council election. The 1998 Leeds City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council, alongside a vacancy in Wortley (following Fabian Hamilton's election as Leeds North East MP) were up for election. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. Local Elections results The Times 46 1998-05-09 0140-0460 Overall turnout in the election was 24.66%. http://www.leeds.gov.uk/lcc/cncllrs/elect_98/elecmain.html Election of Councillors : May 1998 leeds.gov.uk 2012-12-20 https://web.archive.org/web/19991023093156/http://www.leeds.gov.uk/lcc/cncllrs/elect_98/elecmain.html 1999-10-23 Election result Leeds local election result 1998http://www.crest.ox.ac.uk/election/econ99tab.htm Local Election Results, 1999 2010-02-08 Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110724053301/http://www.crest.ox.ac.uk/election/econ99tab.htm 24 July 2011 Labour Party (UK) 25 1 3 -2 73.5 49.3 64,368 -6.9% Conservative Party (UK) 5 1 0 +1 14.7 27.8 36,303 +3.9% Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 1 1 0 8.8 19.7 25,723 +2.4% Green Party of England and Wales 1 1 0 +1 2.9 2.3 2,997 +0.4% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 642 +0.5% Socialist Party (England and Wales) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 433 +0.2% Independent Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 209 +0.1% This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results The Guardian 16 1998-05-09 0261-3077 PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 82 80 Conservative 8 9 Liberal Democrat 9 9 Green 0 1 Total 99 99 Working majority #FFBF00 65 darkgray #FFBF00 61 darkgray Ward results Aireborough Labour Party (UK) Moira Dunn 2,862 46.7 +0.6 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Latty 2,240 36.5 +2.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Brown 1,033 16.8 -3.1 622 10.1 -2.0 6,135 31.0 Labour Party (UK) -0.9 Armley Labour Party (UK) Alison Lowe 1,830 62.6 -5.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Davies 491 16.8 +9.6 Conservative Party (UK) Steven Welsh 469 16.1 +4.0 Independent (politician) Keith Rushworth 132 4.5 +4.5 1,339 45.8 -10.1 2,922 18.5 Labour Party (UK) -7.4 Barwick & Kippax Labour Party (UK) John Parker 3,103 61.7 -8.5 Conservative Party (UK) Jack Stott 1,303 25.9 +5.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Lindley 624 12.4 +3.3 1,800 35.8 -13.7 5,030 27.8 Labour Party (UK) -6.8 Beeston Labour Party (UK) Angela Gabriel 1,362 55.2 -18.0 Conservative Party (UK) William Birch 490 19.9 +5.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shaun Dolan 475 19.3 +10.6 Socialist Party (England and Wales) Kevin Pattison 91 3.7 +3.7 Green Party of England and Wales Janet Pritchard 49 2.0 -1.7 872 35.3 -23.4 2,467 19.7 Labour Party (UK) -11.7 Bramley Labour Party (UK) Angela Atkinson 1,863 69.3 -9.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Revett 416 15.5 +8.4 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Best 409 15.2 +7.2 1,447 53.8 -16.6 2,688 16.3 Labour Party (UK) -8.2 Burmantofts Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Hardy 1,820 69.1 -4.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Malcolm Betteridge 603 22.9 +2.4 Conservative Party (UK) Dorothy Schofield 211 8.0 +2.3 1,217 46.2 -7.0 2,634 19.5 Labour Party (UK) -3.5 Chapel Allerton Labour Party (UK) Neil Taggart 2,204 68.9 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) Valerie Kendall 563 17.6 +3.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brenda Lancaster 432 13.5 +5.0 1,641 51.3 -7.3 3,199 20.9 Labour Party (UK) -3.6 City & Holbeck Labour Party (UK) Christiana Myers 1,788 66.3 -13.0 Conservative Party (UK) David Boynton 339 12.6 +3.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Pratt 272 10.1 -1.1 Socialist Party (England and Wales) David Jones 197 7.3 +7.3 Green Party of England and Wales Tania Jackson 100 3.7 +3.7 1,449 53.7 -14.5 2,696 17.2 Labour Party (UK) -8.0 Cookridge Conservative Party (UK) John Carter 2,848 55.1 +6.4 Labour Party (UK) John Garvan 1,503 29.1 -6.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Bates 822 15.9 -0.4 1,345 26.0 +12.4 5,173 31.2 Conservative Party (UK) +6.2 Garforth & Swillington Labour Party (UK) Karen Groves 3,105 63.3 -8.5 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Lamb 1,109 22.6 +6.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Dowling 691 14.1 +2.5 1,996 40.7 -14.5 4,905 26.1 Labour Party (UK) -7.2 Halton Labour Party (UK) Lee Benson 2,100 46.3 -8.0 Conservative Party (UK) William Hyde 1,826 40.3 +7.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Hollingsworth 605 13.4 +3.4 274 6.0 -15.5 4,531 25.3 Labour Party (UK) -7.7 Harehills Labour Party (UK) Abdul Malik 1,787 60.7 -11.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Taylor 674 22.9 +8.8 Conservative Party (UK) Donald Townsley 274 9.3 -4.2 Independent Labour Thomas Wray 209 7.1 +7.1 1,113 37.8 -20.6 2,944 20.0 Labour Party (UK) -10.2 Headingley Labour Party (UK) Doreen Illingworth 1,223 48.7 -14.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Darren Finlay 599 23.8 +7.9 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Mowbray 414 16.5 +3.5 Green Party of England and Wales Lesley Jeffries 277 11.0 +2.8 624 24.8 -22.2 2,513 12.5 Labour Party (UK) -11.0 Horsforth Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Townsley 2,539 46.2 +17.4 Conservative Party (UK) Lucy Clapham 1,513 27.5 -2.3 Labour Party (UK) Brian Selby 1,254 22.8 -18.6 Green Party of England and Wales Elizabeth Holmes 105 1.9 +1.9 Independent (politician) George Williamson 90 1.6 +1.6 1,026 18.7 +7.1 5,501 31.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) +9.8 Hunslet Labour Party (UK) Mark Davies 1,564 78.2 -7.2 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Larvin 188 9.4 +1.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pauline Bardon 170 8.5 +1.4 Green Party of England and Wales Susan Brierley 79 3.9 +3.9 1,376 68.8 -9.1 2,001 17.2 Labour Party (UK) -4.5 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) Bernard Atha 1,993 67.2 -9.0 Conservative Party (UK) David Higgott 433 14.6 +5.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barbara Thompson 322 10.9 +4.9 Green Party of England and Wales Mark Pedlar 218 7.3 +1.4 1,560 52.6 -14.5 2,966 18.6 Labour Party (UK) -7.2 Middleton Labour Party (UK) Linda Middleton 1,940 74.2 -7.3 Conservative Party (UK) David Schofield 359 13.7 +6.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Norman 315 12.1 +0.9 1,581 60.5 -9.9 2,614 18.4 Labour Party (UK) -6.8 Moortown Liberal Democrats (UK) Bill Winlow 2,394 48.1 -5.5 Labour Party (UK) Sheila Saunders 1,676 33.7 +3.4 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Dibble 906 18.2 +2.1 718 14.4 -8.9 4,976 31.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) -4.4 Morley North Labour Party (UK) Frances Jones 2,327 53.8 -4.6 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Tesseyman 1,298 30.0 -2.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Quentin Brown 411 9.5 +0.5 Independent (politician) Peter Walsh 292 6.7 +6.7 1,029 23.8 -1.8 4,328 23.0 Labour Party (UK) -0.9 Morley South Labour Party (UK) Sherry Bradley 2,368 60.7 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Kearns 949 24.3 +9.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Brayshaw 502 14.9 -8.3 1,419 36.4 -2.4 3,819 18.4 Labour Party (UK) -5.5 North Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Feldman 2,122 38.1 +6.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jane Abramson 1,950 35.0 -1.7 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Bell 1,494 26.8 -4.3 172 3.1 -1.6 5,566 32.9 Conservative Party (UK) +3.9 Otley & Wharfedale Labour Party (UK) Philip Coyne 2,251 34.7 -2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Christine Smith 2,182 33.6 -2.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Jennings 2,058 31.7 +4.6 69 1.1 +0.1 6,491 34.6 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +0.0 Pudsey North Conservative Party (UK) Frank Robinson 2,661 46.2 -4.7 Labour Party (UK) Janet Harper 2,501 43.4 +4.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Marsay-Smith 600 10.4 +0.0 160 2.8 -9.3 5,762 32.4 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -4.7 Pudsey South Labour Party (UK) Richard Lewis 2,262 55.1 -0.6 Conservative Party (UK) Sheila Jackson 1,040 25.3 +7.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nigel Amor 716 17.4 -5.9 Green Party of England and Wales Graham Illingworth 90 2.2 -0.6 1,222 29.7 -2.6 4,108 24.3 Labour Party (UK) -3.9 Richmond Hill Labour Party (UK) Eamonn McGee 1,658 77.4 -7.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith Norman 300 14.0 +3.5 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Rhodes 184 8.6 +3.5 1,358 63.4 -10.6 2,142 16.1 Labour Party (UK) -5.2 Rothwell Labour Party (UK) Alec Hudson 2,015 59.1 -5.6 Conservative Party (UK) John Cowling 712 20.9 +7.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mitchell Galdas 682 20.0 -1.5 1,303 38.2 -5.1 3,409 22.3 Labour Party (UK) -6.3 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) Peter Harrand 2,299 43.6 +7.7 Labour Party (UK) Mohammed Iqbal 1,940 36.8 -8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Skinner 1,031 19.6 +2.5 359 6.8 -2.1 5,270 31.5 Conservative Party (UK) +7.8 Seacroft Labour Party (UK) Arthur Vollans 1,983 75.4 -11.9 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Hyde 272 10.3 +3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sadie Fisher 194 7.4 +1.1 Independent (politician) Raymond Northgreaves 128 4.9 +4.9 Green Party of England and Wales Michael Bolton 54 2.1 +2.1 1,711 65.0 -15.8 2,631 21.4 Labour Party (UK) -7.8 University Labour Party (UK) Brian Dale 1,327 63.0 -10.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shirley Broadbent 289 13.7 +4.2 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Winfield 217 10.3 +1.2 Socialist Party (England and Wales) Chris Hill 145 6.9 -0.7 Green Party of England and Wales Paul Eade 130 6.2 +6.2 1,038 49.2 -15.2 2,108 12.9 Labour Party (UK) -7.5 Weetwood Liberal Democrats (UK) Stewart Golton 2,200 40.1 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) Eileen Moxon 1,954 35.7 -4.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Castle 1,155 21.1 +2.4 Green Party of England and Wales David Webb 171 3.1 +0.4 246 4.5 +2.7 5,480 34.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) +3.1 Wetherby Conservative Party (UK) John Procter 3,960 62.1 +5.6 Labour Party (UK) Reginald Steel 1,807 28.4 -3.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sarah May 605 9.5 -1.8 2,153 33.8 +9.3 6,372 30.8 Conservative Party (UK) +4.6 Whinmoor Labour Party (UK) Martin Hemingway 1,644 58.1 -10.2 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Williams 854 30.2 +9.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Roberts 333 11.8 +3.1 790 27.9 -20.0 2,831 20.7 Labour Party (UK) -10.0 Wortley Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Bedford 1,860 42.4 -11.7 Green Party of England and Wales David Blackburn 1,724 39.3 +11.0 Labour Party (UK) Daphne Riley 1,423 Green Party of England and Wales Claire Nash 1,106 Conservative Party (UK) Glenn Broadbent 504 11.5 +1.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ruby Patel 324 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Daly 295 6.7 -0.8 301 3.1 -22.7 4,383 24.5 Labour Party (UK) Green Party of England and Wales Labour Party (UK) +11.3 By-elections between 1998 and 1999 Bramley by-election 6 August 1998replacing Angus Ross http://www.leeds.gov.uk/lcc/cncllrs/election/bram_by.html Bramley By-Election 6th August 1998 leeds.gov.uk 2012-12-20 https://web.archive.org/web/19990209033043/http://www.leeds.gov.uk/lcc/cncllrs/election/bram_by.html 1999-02-09 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Revett 1,965 63.9 +48.4 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Simpson 876 28.5 -40.8 Conservative Party (UK) Steven Welsh 142 4.6 -10.6 Socialist Party (England and Wales) David Jones 48 1.6 +1.6 Green Party of England and Wales Paul Eade 44 1.4 +1.4 1,089 35.4 -18.4 3,075 18.6 +2.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) +44.6 References expanded Category:1998 English local elections 1998 Category:1990s in Leeds