1998_Preston_Borough_Council_election

1998 Preston Borough Council election

1998 UK local government election

Elections to Preston Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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	Seats	±
Labour	30	+2
Liberal Democrat	13	+1
Conservative	13	0
Independent	1	+1

	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Labour	8	-2	42.11
Liberal Democrats	5	+1	26.32
Conservative	5	0	26.32
Independent	1	+1	5.36

	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	R Ball	1,104	62.80
Labour	G Greenidge	540	30.72
Liberal Democrats	Joe Fitzgerald	114	6.48

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Ron Atkins	826	68.83
Conservative	L Hammond	199	16.58
Liberal Democrats	R Zimmy	175	14.58

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	R Atkinson	544	62.96
Conservative	R Edmondson	212	24.54
Liberal Democrats	J Abram	108	12.50

1998_Preston_Borough_Council_election

1998 Preston Borough Council election

Election result

Wards

Ashton

Avenham

Brookfield

Cadley

Central

Deepdale

Fishwick

Greyfriars

Ingol

Larches

Moor Park

Preston Rural East

Preston Rural West

Ribbleton

Riversway

Sharoe Green

Sherwood

St Matthews

Tulketh

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	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal Democrats	Alan Hackett	1,358	67.73
Conservative	P Balshaw	535	26.68
Labour	P Malliband	112	5.59

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	G Walmsley	769	66.93
Conservative	D Barber	195	16.97
Liberal Democrats	M Middleton	185	16.10

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Terry Cartwright	1,007	53.88
Independent	M Jiwa	398	21.29
Liberal Democrats	U Zinga	289	15.46
Conservative	Sheila Heys	175	9.36

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	I Patel	517	58.95
Conservative	D Hammond	202	23.03
Liberal Democrats	Wilf Gavin	158	18.02

	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	D Chaloner	1,307	59.17
Liberal Democrats	C Hughes	784	35.49
Labour	A Milne-Picken	118	5.34

	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal Democrats	Ron Marshall	897	68.68
Labour	C Abbot	251	19.22
Conservative	P Randles	158	12.10

	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal Democrats	J Willacy	666	53.19
Labour	J Swindells	461	36.82
Conservative	P Halshaw	125	9.98

	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal Democrats	Mick Moulding	725	43.28
Labour	G di Cioccio	638	38.09
Conservative	K Sedgewick	312	18.63

	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	K Hudson	1,206	77.96
Labour	J Houghton	175	11.31
Liberal Democrats	E Rowland	166	10.73

	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal Democrats	R Nash	1,033	46.91
Conservative	Neil Cartwright	938	42.60
Labour	M Clegg	231	10.49

Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton Ward
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	P Woods	512	65.47
Conservative	Jane Balshaw	147	18.80
Liberal Democrats	A Riedel	123	15.73

Preston City Council Elections: Riversway Ward
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Elaine Abbot	717	61.60
Conservative	S Brown	240	20.62
Liberal Democrats	Alan Valentine	207	17.78

Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green Ward
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	E Clarkson	1,039	55.21
Liberal Democrats	M Turner	661	35.12
Labour	A McLaren	182	9.67

Preston City Council Elections: Sherwood Ward
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	J Greenhalgh	1,232	63.57
Labour	T Mattinson	379	19.57
Labour	M Maritan	327	16.87

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Albert Richardson	766	70.15
Conservative	P Pugh	188	17.22
Liberal Democrats	M Cooper	138	12.64

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	S Wilkinson	669	52.10
Conservative	S Halshaw	419	32.63
Liberal Democrats	N Sumner	196	15.26