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1998 St Albans City and District Council election

1998 UK local government election

1998 UK local government election

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.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

  • Liberal Democrats 30
  • Labour 16
  • Conservative 11

Election results

The Liberal Democrats were reduced from 39 to 30 councillors, but retained a 3-seat majority on the council. 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. 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. Overall turnout at the election was 36%.

|seats % = 38.1 |total seats % = 52.6 |votes % = 35.9 |plus/minus = -1.6 |seats % = 33.3 |total seats % = 28.1 |votes % = 30.8 |plus/minus = -2.9 |seats % = 28.6 |total seats % = 19.3 |votes % = 33.3 |plus/minus = +4.6 |seats % = 0.0 |total seats % = 0.0 |votes % = |plus/minus = N/A

Ward results

By-elections

References

References

  1. (1998-05-09). "Local Elections results". [[The Times]].
  2. (16 May 1998). "Lib Dems hold on to control of council". [[NewsBank]].
  3. (1998-05-09). "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". [[The Guardian]].
  4. "District Council Elections 7 May 1998 Results". St Albans City and District Council.
  5. "Local Authority Byelection Results - July 1998". Local Authority Byelection Results.
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