1998_Sheffield_Council_election

1998 Sheffield City Council election
29 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council; 44 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1998 Sheffield City Council elections.
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1998 Sheffield City Council election

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Elections to Sheffield City 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.^[1]

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[results-1] [1]
"Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46. ISSN 0140-0460.

[results98-2] [2]
"Local elections: Sheffield, 7 May 1998". Retrieved 19 June 2011.

[results96-3] [3]
"Local elections: Sheffield, 3 May 1996". Retrieved 19 June 2011.

[candidates-4] [4]
"Sheffield Council Candidates, 1998". Retrieved 19 June 2011.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	16	5	0	+5	55.2	50.2	50,109	+9.1
Labour	13	0	5	-5	44.8	35.6	35,521	-8.1
Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	11.8	11,749	-1.5
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	1,216	+0.6
Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	565	±0.0
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	387	-0.2
Ind. Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	95	±0.0
Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	82	New
Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	76	New
Socialist Workers	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	58	New

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	55	50
	Liberal Democrats	31	36
	Conservatives	1	1
Total		87	87
Working majority		23	13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Moore*	3,134	65.4	+8.1
	Labour	Robert Pemberton	1,099	22.9	-5.5
	Conservative	Peter Smith	561	11.7	-2.6
Majority			2,035	42.4	+13.5
Turnout			4,794	32.8	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ron Shepherd	1,658	52.8	-9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Glossop	1,084	34.5	+8.8
	Conservative	Evelyn Millward	400	12.7	+0.3
Majority			574	18.3	-17.8
Turnout			3,142	21.6	-4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alf Meade*	1,214	55.5	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Harston	728	33.3	-5.2
	Conservative	Phillip Kirby	162	7.4	+2.4
	Socialist Labour	Robert Morris	82	3.7	+3.7
Majority			486	22.2	+4.3
Turnout			2,186	18.2	-5.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.1

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Whitehouse	1,905	50.4	+18.3
	Labour	Richard Eastall*	1,083	28.7	-16.3
	Conservative	Graham King	662	17.5	-5.3
	Green	Joe Otten	128	3.4	+3.4
Majority			822	21.7	+8.8
Turnout			3,778	25.1	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+10.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Watson*	724	36.5	-18.7
	Independent Labour	James Jamison	565	28.4	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Haq Nawaz	359	18.1	+5.6
	Conservative	Anthony Cherry	177	8.9	+2.2
	Green	Bernard Little	84	4.2	+4.2
	Socialist Alliance	Ms M Woodward	76	3.8	+3.8
Majority			159	18.4	-24.3
Turnout			1,985	20.8	-6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike King	885	56.4	-8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Morland	364	23.2	+7.4
	Conservative	Michael Young	123	7.8	+0.2
	Socialist Alternative	Rebecca Fryer	103	6.5	-1.7
	Green	Graham Wroe	95	6.0	+2.7
Majority			521	33.2	-16.0
Turnout			1,570	15.6	-5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Butler*	3,086	65.2	+6.0
	Labour	Mark Wilde	1,421	30.0	-6.2
	Conservative	Michael Boot	226	4.8	+0.2
Majority			1,665	35.2	+12.2
Turnout			4,733	26.4	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Murray	1,761	54.0	-5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Azim	1,257	38.5	+7.5
	Conservative	Qari Siddique	245	7.5	-2.5
Majority			504	15.4	-5.0
Turnout			3,263	23.0	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Ross*	3,757	59.1	+19.8
	Conservative	John Berry	1,999	31.4	-13.6
	Labour	M Squires	599	9.4	-6.2
Majority			1,758	27.6	+21.9
Turnout			6,355	41.9	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+16.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Davison*	3,437	59.5	+11.1
	Conservative	John Harthman	1,616	28.0	-4.0
	Labour	Sandra Robinson	724	12.5	-7.0
Majority			1,821	31.5	+15.2
Turnout			5,777	36.9	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+7.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Barton*	1,532	63.1	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	F Khan	618	25.4	-0.7
	Conservative	Neville Paling	277	11.4	+0.9
Majority			914	37.6	+0.4
Turnout			2,427	20.3	-3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Kime*	3,488	61.4	+9.0
	Conservative	Charles Wallis	1,459	25.7	-2.8
	Labour	Martin Newsome	730	12.8	-6.2
Majority			2,029	35.7	+11.9
Turnout			5,677	38.2	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+5.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ray Satur*	1,660	54.7	-10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Middleton	1,036	34.1	+10.0
	Conservative	Laurence Hayward	338	11.1	+0.5
Majority			624	20.6	-20.4
Turnout			3,034	21.2	-4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.2

Heeley^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Ayris*	2,258	57.1	+7.2
	Labour	Andy Kershaw	1,540	38.9	-6.7
	Conservative	Eric Smith	158	4.0	-0.5
Majority			718	18.1	+13.8
Turnout			3,956	29.0	-5.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.9

Hillsborough^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Tosseano*	2,581	58.7	+3.8
	Labour	Gill Furniss	1,580	35.9	-4.0
	Conservative	Molly Goldring	238	5.4	+0.2
Majority			1,001	22.7	+7.7
Turnout			4,399	30.9	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.9

Manor^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jan Fiore*	895	57.7	-8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Taylor	477	30.7	+12.4
	Conservative	Andrew Watson	108	6.9	-0.2
	Socialist Alternative	Alistair Tice	71	4.6	-4.0
Majority			418	26.9	-20.6
Turnout			1,551	17.6	-3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.3

Mosborough^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Saunders*	2,258	51.8	-8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anders Hanson	1,284	29.5	+6.8
	Conservative	Shirley Clayton	720	16.5	+1.3
	Ind. Conservative	Colin Taylor	95	2.2	-0.1
Majority			974	22.3	-14.8
Turnout			4,357	16.9	-3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Truman	1,960	55.2	+23.0
	Labour	Freda White*	1,328	37.4	-18.5
	Conservative	Eric Kirby	259	7.3	-4.5
Majority			632	17.8	-5.9
Turnout			3,547	24.3	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+20.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew White	2,176	52.4	+3.1
	Labour	P Proctor	1,438	34.6	-2.7
	Conservative	Ian Ramsay	287	6.9	-1.5
	Green	Andy D’Agorne	254	6.1	+1.2
Majority			738	17.7	+5.7
Turnout			4,155	31.5	-8.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+2.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Newton*	1,260	53.3	-7.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Tomlinson	940	39.7	+6.7
	Conservative	Marjorie Kirby	164	6.9	+0.6
Majority			320	13.5	-14.2
Turnout			2,364	20.1	-3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Holmes	1,895	58.1	+7.3
	Labour	Mike Bower*	1,067	32.7	-7.8
	Green	Barry New	165	5.0	-0.7
	Conservative	Andrew Cook	74	2.3	-0.6
	Socialist Workers	Ms J Grunsell	58	1.8	+1.8
Majority			828	25.4	+15.2
Turnout			3,259	26.7	-3.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+7.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Smith	2,089	56.2	+3.7
	Labour	James Moore*	1,375	37.0	-3.5
	Conservative	Frank Woodger	255	6.8	-0.1
Majority			714	19.2	+7.2
Turnout			3,719	32.1	-6.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trefor Morgan	1,100	47.1	+16.5
	Labour	George Mathews*	1,081	46.3	-13.7
	Conservative	Kevin Mahoney	154	6.6	-2.8
Majority			19	0.8	-28.6
Turnout			2,335	20.5	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+15.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Mulhern*	779	50.9	-9.9
	Liberal Democrats	K Joyce	439	28.7	+11.4
	Socialist Alternative	Ken Douglas	213	13.9	-1.0
	Conservative	Michael Ginn	99	6.5	-0.5
Majority			340	22.2	-21.3
Turnout			1,530	14.1	-5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Cromar	1,110	53.0	-11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia White	628	30.0	+2.0
	Conservative	A Lander	206	9.8	+2.0
	Green	Mervyn Smith	149	7.1	+7.1
Majority			482	23.0	-13.2
Turnout			2,093	16.7	-4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Bowden*	3,147	62.8	+3.8
	Labour	Adam Hurst	1,284	25.6	-4.0
	Conservative	Ms B Gaimster	437	8.7	-2.7
	Green	Michael Maas	142	2.8	+2.8
Majority			1,863	37.2	+7.8
Turnout			5,010	27.4	-2.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Rose	1,237	61.5	-12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Tomlinson	700	34.8	+15.2
	Conservative	George Kirtley	74	3.7	-2.7
Majority			537	26.7	-27.7
Turnout			2,011	19.2	-2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Brelsford	1,689	64.5	+8.5
	Labour	A Chapman	774	29.6	-7.8
	Conservative	Anne Smith	153	5.8	-0.7
Majority			915	35.0	+16.4
Turnout			2,616	24.6	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+8.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Milton*	2,493	58.9	+5.6
	Labour	Alan Garner	1,425	33.6	-9.4
	Green	Nicola Freeman	199	4.7	+4.7
	Conservative	Peter Smith	118	2.8	-0.8
Majority			1,068	25.2	+14.9
Turnout			4,235	30.4	-6.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+7.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Taylor	838	48.6	+19.9
	Labour		737	42.8	-8.1
	Socialist Alternative		104	6.0	-7.9
	Conservative		24	1.4	-5.1
	Independent Green	Pete Hartley	20	1.2	+1.2
Majority			101	5.8	-16.4
Turnout			1,723	18.4	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+14.0