1998_St_Helens_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

1998 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

1998 UK local government election

The 1998 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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"Local Elections results". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1998. p. 46.

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"Local government election results". The Independent. NewsBank. 8 May 1998.

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"Leaders salute poll results". Lancashire County Publications. NewsBank. 14 May 1998.

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"Local Authority Byelection Results - January 1999". Local Authority Byelection Results. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

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"Lib Dems oust Labour". Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications. NewsBank. 29 January 1999.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	13	0	2	-2	68.4	53.3	15,856
Liberal Democrats	5	1	0	+1	26.3	31.7	9,430
Conservative	1	1	0	+1	5.3	14.4	4,297
Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	182

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bessie Griffin	1,184	65.4
	Conservative	Joan Hall	335	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ferry	291	16.1
Majority			849	46.9
Turnout			1,810
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda Maloney	658	71.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Broughton	187	20.2
	Conservative	Margaret Harvey	82	8.8
Majority			471	50.8
Turnout			927
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Pinder	914	71.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Partington	275	21.5
	Conservative	Edna Ashby	50	3.9
	Socialist Labour	Ronald Waugh	40	3.1
Majority			639	50.0
Turnout			1,279
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Teresa Sims	1,544	64.9
	Conservative	John Goodacre	418	17.6
	Labour	Stephen Glover	416	17.5
Majority			1,126	47.4
Turnout			2,378
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

1998_St_Helens_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

1998 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Terence Hanley	667	59.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Evans	271	24.1
	Conservative	Catherine Lindon	187	16.6
Majority			396	35.2
Turnout			1,125
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Swift	1,178	71.7
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Worthington	205	12.5
	Conservative	Judith Collins	169	10.3
	Socialist Labour	Andrew Rimaitis	90	5.5
Majority			973	59.3
Turnout			1,642
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Beirne	1,127	71.2
	Labour	Ronald Cooke	415	26.2
	Conservative	Jill Jones	40	2.5
Majority			712	45.0
Turnout			1,582
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Kavanagh	1,329	54.4
	Labour	Michael McGough	1,025	42.0
	Conservative	William Highcock	88	3.6
Majority			304	12.4
Turnout			2,442
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Taylor	928	49.2
	Labour	Thomas Chisnall	799	42.4
	Conservative	Brian Honey	158	8.4
Majority			129	6.8
Turnout			1,885
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Keith Deakin	1,028	66.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Crowther	403	25.9
	Conservative	Stephen Holt	123	7.9
Majority			625	40.2
Turnout			1,554
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mark Arnold	743	79.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Ellis	133	14.3
	Conservative	Thomas Brooke	54	5.8
Majority			610	65.6
Turnout			930
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patricia Ireland	782	65.2
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Lavery	306	25.5
	Conservative	Margaret Bolton	112	9.3
Majority			476	39.7
Turnout			1,200
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Brown	1,293	54.1
	Labour	John Appleton	933	39.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Birch	162	6.8
Majority			360	15.1
Turnout			2,388
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Phillip Speakman	1,054	63.8
	Conservative	Richard Seddon	376	22.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Knowles	222	13.4
Majority			678	41.0
Turnout			1,652
	Labour hold		Swing

Windle^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Whiteside	893	52.3
	Conservative	Anthony Rigby	593	34.7
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Ashall	223	13.0
Majority			300	17.6
Turnout			1,709
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Spencer	1,353	58.4
	Labour	Derek Maylor	912	39.4
	Conservative	Herbert Williams	51	2.2
Majority			441	19.0
Turnout			2,316
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Patricia Robinson	862
	Labour	Sheila Hudson	722
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Pearl	156
	Liberal Democrats	John Brown	130
	Conservative	Albert Pearson	108
	Socialist Labour	Michael Perry	52
Turnout			2,030
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Robinson	671	73.3
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Makin	185	20.2
	Conservative	Charmian Pyke	60	6.6
Majority			486	53.1
Turnout			916
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	848	69.0	-2.2
	Labour	352	28.6	+2.4
	Conservative	16	1.3	-1.2
	Socialist Labour	13	1.1	+1.1
Majority		496	40.4	-4.6
Turnout		1,229	19.9
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Taylor	842	53.2	+27.3
	Labour	Thomas Chisnall	697	44.0	-22.2
	Conservative	Brian Honey	44	2.8	-5.1
Majority			145	9.2
Turnout			1,583	19.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	493	76.1	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	61	9.4	-3.8
	Conservative	47	7.3	-1.9
	Socialist Unity	47	7.3	+2.4
Majority		432	66.7
Turnout		648	9
	Labour hold	Swing