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1998 Leeds City Council election

1998 UK local government election

1998 Leeds City Council election

1998 UK local government election

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. Overall turnout in the election was 24.66%.

Election result

|seats % = 73.5 |votes % = 49.3 |plus/minus = -6.9% |seats % = 14.7 |votes % = 27.8 |plus/minus = +3.9% |seats % = 8.8 |votes % = 19.7 |plus/minus = +2.4% |seats % = 2.9 |votes % = 2.3 |plus/minus = +0.4% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.5 |plus/minus = +0.5% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.3 |plus/minus = +0.2% |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.2 |plus/minus = +0.1%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew councilLabour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Green Party of England and Wales}}; width: 3px;"Total9999Working majority
Labour8280
Conservative89
Liberal Democrat99
Green01

Ward results

By-elections between 1998 and 1999

References

References

  1. (1998-05-09). "Local Elections results". [[The Times]].
  2. "Election of Councillors : May 1998". leeds.gov.uk.
  3. "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends.
  4. (1998-05-09). "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". [[The Guardian]].
  5. "Bramley By-Election 6th August 1998". leeds.gov.uk.
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