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1998 UK local government election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Lincoln District Council in Lincolnshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the Council.[4]
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11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results the 1998 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the 1996 election the Labour party held all of the seats on the council but before the 1998 election 7 councillors broke away to sit as Independent Labour councillors.[5]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 90.9 | 59.6 | 9,994 | 9.1 | |
Conservative | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.1 | 28.7 | 4,811 | 4.0 | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 1,051 | 5.5 | |
Total | 11 | 16,776 |
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1994 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Fay Smith[8] | 649 | 57.7% | |
Conservative | P. Forbes-Ritte | 170 | 15.1% | |
Independent Labour | F. Martin | 154 | 13.7% | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Price | 152 | 13.5% | |
Turnout | 21.4% | |||
Labour gain from Independent Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Edmund Strengiel[9] | 1,040 | 37.7% | |
Labour | G. Priddey | 954 | 34.6% | |
Independent Labour | B. Freeborough | 765 | 27.7% | |
Turnout | 26.9% | |||
Conservative gain from Independent Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Lesley Rose[12] | 883 | 56.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | L. Gabriel | 356 | 22.7% | |
Conservative | Sandra Gratrick[13] | 330 | 21.0% | |
Turnout | 28.7% | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Geoffrey Ellis[17] | 886 | 61.8% | |
Conservative | D. Fraser | 415 | 29.0% | |
Independent Labour | D. Martin | 132 | 9.2% | |
Turnout | 29.2% | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | 416 | 52.1 | 28.5 | ||
Conservative | 156 | 19.5 | 5.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 112 | 14.0 | 14.0 | ||
Independent | 93 | 11.7 | 11.7 | ||
Green | 21 | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
Majority | 260 | 32.6 | |||
Turnout | 798 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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