1998_City_of_Lincoln_Council_election
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]
Quick Facts 11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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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
- Labour 28
- Independent Labour 3
- Conservative 1
- Vacant 1[4]
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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 |
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All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1994 election.
Abbey
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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 | ||||
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Birchwood
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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 | ||||
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Boultham
Bracebridge
Carholme
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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 | ||||
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Castle
Longdales
Minster
Moorland
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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 | ||||
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Park
Tritton
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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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- "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
- "Local Election Summaries 1998". The Elections Centre.
- "BBC News - Council by Council - Lincoln". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
- "The East Midlands - Mark D'Arcy". BBC Online. 30 April 1998. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
- "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- "Councillors - Abbey ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- "Councillors - Birchwood ward". City of Lincoln Council. Archived from the original on 26 August 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- "Councillors - Boultham ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- "Councillors - Bracebridge ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 26 August 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- "Councillors - Minster ward". Archived from the original on 7 October 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- "Councillors - Minster ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- "Councillors - Moorland ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- "Councillors - Park ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- Keith Edkins. "Local Authority Byelection Results - July 1998". Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2019.