St Albans City and District Council election, 1998
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.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Liberal Democrats 30
- Labour 16
- Conservative 11[1]
Election result
The Liberal Democrats were reduced from 39 to 30 councillors, but retained a 3-seat majority on the council.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2] Overall turnout at the election was 36%.[2]
St Albans local election result 1998[2][3][4] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrat | 8 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 38.1 | 35.9 | 13,503 | |||
Labour | 7 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 33.3 | 30.8 | 11,573 | |||
Conservative | 6 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 28.6 | 33.3 | 12,513 | |||
Natural Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | |||
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Noreen Brosnan | 1,073 | 53.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Paul Riley | 717 | 35.6 | ||
Conservative | Patricia Spratt | 223 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | 356 | 17.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,013 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David McManus | 987 | 65.1 | ||
Conservative | James Vessey | 295 | 19.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Robin Law | 234 | 15.4 | ||
Majority | 692 | 45.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,516 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Sheila Burton | 931 | 51.5 | ||
Labour | William Niblett | 597 | 33.0 | ||
Conservative | Jeremy Christie | 279 | 15.4 | ||
Majority | 334 | 18.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,807 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John Henchley | 565 | 52.0 | ||
Conservative | Derek Jeffrey | 262 | 24.1 | ||
Labour | Gordon Watson | 260 | 23.9 | ||
Majority | 303 | 27.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,087 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Gilson | 910 | |||
Labour | Laurence Heyman | 865 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Geoffrey Harrison | 833 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Joy Winder | 778 | |||
Conservative | Graham Leonard | 346 | |||
Conservative | Louisa-Jane Rosalki | 323 | |||
Turnout | 4,055 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | David Waddilove | 769 | 43.6 | ||
Conservative | Victor Holley | 665 | 37.7 | ||
Labour | David Crew | 329 | 18.7 | ||
Majority | 104 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,763 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Pawle | 759 | 42.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | John Coad | 736 | 40.7 | ||
Labour | Richard Botterill | 314 | 17.4 | ||
Majority | 23 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,809 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Foster | 1,125 | 58.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Katharine Sutton | 503 | 26.2 | ||
Labour | Linda Spiri | 277 | 14.4 | ||
Natural Law | Patricia Saunders | 14 | 0.7 | ||
Majority | 622 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,919 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Turner | 1,139 | |||
Conservative | Julian Daly | 1,138 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Judith Arthur | 418 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Paul Spinks | 373 | |||
Labour | Joanne Thompson | 283 | |||
Labour | Judith Bush | 264 | |||
Turnout | 3,615 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sean Flynn | 1,094 | 71.4 | ||
Conservative | Mark Shaw | 260 | 17.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | David Priestman | 179 | 11.7 | ||
Majority | 834 | 54.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,533 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Geoffrey Churchard | 781 | 46.3 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Whiteside | 623 | 37.0 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth McShane | 282 | 16.7 | ||
Majority | 158 | 9.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,686 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Anthony Rowlands | 1,141 | 54.3 | ||
Conservative | Agnes Hill | 580 | 27.6 | ||
Labour | David Allan | 380 | 18.1 | ||
Majority | 561 | 26.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,101 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Hendry | 499 | 40.5 | ||
Conservative | Keith Batson | 396 | 32.1 | ||
Labour | Mary Morley | 338 | 27.4 | ||
Majority | 103 | 8.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,233 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Patricia Schofield | 765 | 44.0 | ||
Conservative | Paul Finigan | 723 | 41.6 | ||
Labour | Vivienne Windle | 249 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | 42 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,737 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janetta Gibbs | 1,076 | 73.1 | ||
Conservative | Pamela Thomas | 223 | 15.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat | David Terrar | 172 | 11.7 | ||
Majority | 853 | 58.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,471 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Winifred Dunleavy | 867 | 49.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Biddle | 644 | 37.1 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey Brown | 226 | 13.0 | ||
Majority | 228 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,737 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Myland | 951 | 43.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Khalil Moghul | 791 | 36.2 | ||
Labour | Janet Blackwell | 444 | 20.3 | ||
Majority | 160 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,186 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Smith | 1,150 | 49.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Mort | 822 | 35.1 | ||
Labour | Jerry Brenton | 370 | 15.8 | ||
Majority | 328 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,342 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Oxley | 852 | 42.7 | ||
Conservative | Gillian Clark | 827 | 41.5 | ||
Labour | Michael Fletcher | 314 | 15.8 | ||
Majority | 25 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,993 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
By-elections between 1998 and 1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 841 | 68.3 | -4.8 | ||
Conservative | 212 | 17.2 | +2.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 178 | 14.5 | +2.8 | ||
Majority | 629 | 51.1 | -6.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,231 | 23.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- 1 2 "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Lib Dems hold on to control of council". Hertfordshire County Publications. NewsBank. 16 May 1998.
- ↑ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 1998-05-09. p. 16.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "District Council Elections 7 May 1998 Results". St Albans City and District Council. Archived from the original on 17 January 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results - July 1998". Local Authority Byelection Results. Retrieved 6 January 2015.