1998 Burnley Borough Council election

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

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An issue in the election were allegations that there had been misuse of the procedure for allocating council housing. [2] This saw 3 Labour councillors face disciplinary action, with the issue being described as "Burnleygate". [2]

The results saw three seats change hands with each of the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Independents gaining one seat from Labour. [3] The result in Lowerhouse ward saw former Labour councillor, Eddie Fisk, hold the seat as an independent. [3] Fisk defeated his nephew Sam Holgate who was the Labour candidate but stopped campaigning due to ill health and then resigned from the party as well. [3] [4]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Burnley local election result 1998 [3] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1103-361.149.98,834
  Liberal Democrats 410+122.229.55,228
  Independent 210+111.18.91,570
  Conservative 110+15.611.72,065

Ward results

Bank Hall [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent R Chadwick50154.9
Labour A Aziz41245.1
Majority 899.8
Turnout 91322.4
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Barclay [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S Wolski33355.1
Liberal Democrats M Brown27144.9
Majority 6210.2
Turnout 60418.8
Labour hold Swing
Briercliffe [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats MA Lishman68367.8
Labour SR Dumon32532.2
Majority 35835.6
Turnout 1,00822.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Brunshaw [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour AJ Rae55166.3
Liberal Democrats LK Whittaker28033.7
Majority 27132.6
Turnout 83122.6
Labour hold Swing
Brunshaw [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P Walsh61852.2
Conservative D Heginbotham56747.8
Majority 514.4
Turnout 1,18527.1
Labour hold Swing
Coalclough with Deerplay [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats P McCann66267.3
Labour J Ormerod32232.7
Majority 34034.6
Turnout 98423.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Daneshouse [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats RMA Khan1,25550.5
Labour SA Chaudhary1,23149.5
Majority 241.0
Turnout 2,48661.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Fulledge [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour DS Halsall62675.2
Liberal Democrats CJ Thompson12815.4
Conservative DJ Tierney799.5
Majority 49859.8
Turnout 83322.0
Labour hold Swing
Gawthorpe [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A Hudson54662.4
Conservative LA Dowding18921.6
Liberal Democrats M McHugh14016.0
Majority 36740.8
Turnout 87519.2
Labour hold Swing
Hapton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J Harbour53258.1
Liberal Democrats C Howarth38341.9
Majority 14916.2
Turnout 91519.0
Labour hold Swing
Lanehead [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J Cavanagh55965.5
Liberal Democrats MJ McCann29434.5
Majority 26531.0
Turnout 85319.3
Labour hold Swing
Lowerhouse [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent E Fisk55652.5
Labour SK Holgate31129.3
Conservative B Robinson19318.2
Majority 24523.2
Turnout 1,06024.7
Independent hold Swing
Queensgate [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour PJ Kenyon49754.3
Independent AR Holder30633.4
Liberal Democrats MN Islam11312.3
Majority 19120.9
Turnout 91621.8
Labour hold Swing
Rosehill [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats B Hill36837.3
Conservative P Jones32733.1
Labour N Miah29229.6
Majority 414.2
Turnout 98723.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Trinity (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A Lambert437
Labour M Winder419
Liberal Democrats DR Embra218
Conservative E Parker183
Turnout 1,25723.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Whittlefield with Ightenhill (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative I Fowler527
Labour C Barber441
Liberal Democrats PR Wright433
Labour M Martin382
Independent JA Holder207
Turnout 1,99021.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Local Elections results". The Times . 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  2. 1 2 "The North West – Liam Fogarty". BBC News. 1 May 1998. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Fisk sweeps to victory in local elections". Lancashire Evening Telegraph . 8 May 1998. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "Call for proxy vote review after town hall elections". Lancashire Evening Telegraph . 7 May 1998. Retrieved 20 December 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian . 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Election results: Burnley". Lancashire Evening Telegraph . 8 May 1998. Archived from the original on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
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