1998 Fareham Borough Council election

The 1998 Fareham Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, 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:

• Liberal Democrat 16
• Conservative 14
• Labour 8
• Others 4 ^[1]

Election result

Fareham local election result 1998 ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7			+5	50.0	42.1	10,552
	Liberal Democrats	6			-4	42.9	32.6	8,181
	Labour	1			0	7.1	19.8	4,973
	Liberal	0			-1	0.0	2.3	580
	Conservative	0			0	0.0	1.8	449
	Independent Warsash Residents' Association	0			0	0.0	1.4	342

Ward results

Fareham East ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Murray	819	53.7
	Conservative	David Kemp	483	31.7
	Labour	Alison Garrett	222	14.6
Majority			336	22.0
Turnout			1,524	29.3

Fareham North ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davies	681	43.7
	Conservative	Patrick Dibben	645	41.4
	Labour	Barry Towler	231	14.8
Majority			36	2.3
Turnout			1,557	32.4

Fareham North-West ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evelyn Burley	451	35.1
	Labour	Brenda Pleasants	442	34.4
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Cunnington	392	30.5
Majority			9	0.7
Turnout			1,285	22.8

Fareham South ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Prior	589	56.0
	Conservative	Robert Smith	278	26.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Chaloner	185	17.6
Majority			311	29.6
Turnout			1,052	21.9

Fareham West ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Dunn	1,067	53.2
	Conservative	Charles Tierney	679	33.9
	Labour	Wilfred Phillips	259	12.9
Majority			388	19.4
Turnout			2,005	36.8

Hill Head ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Curtis	1,087	47.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chapman	900	39.1
	Labour	Karen Gray	313	13.6
Majority			187	8.1
Turnout			2,300	36.9

Locks Heath ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Englefield	1,134	37.9
	Conservative	Susan Wilson	888	29.6
	Labour	Angela Carr	698	23.3
	Conservative	Carolyn Lee	275	9.2
Majority			246	8.2
Turnout			2,995	26.4

Portchester Central ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Norris	761	53.8
	Labour	Debra Cusack	367	26.0
	Conservative	Susan Walker	286	20.2
Majority			394	27.9
Turnout			1,414	31.2

Portchester East ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Walker	551	41.4
	Labour	Ian Christie	403	30.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lionel Yeates	377	28.3
Majority			148	11.1
Turnout			1,331	31.9

Portchester West ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Munden	880	52.0
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Murray	462	27.3
	Labour	Leslie Ricketts	350	20.7
Majority			418	24.7
Turnout			1,692	29.1

Sarisbury ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sean Woodward	1,735	74.1
	Labour	Nicholas Knight	246	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Williamson	185	7.9
	Conservative	Philip Garrett	174	7.4
Majority			1,489	63.6
Turnout			2,340	36.1

Stubbington ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Owen	1,027	52.1
	Conservative	Linda Bounds	702	35.6
	Labour	Michael Taylor	243	12.3
Majority			325	16.5
Turnout			1,972	37.5

Titchfield ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Constance Hockley	727	44.8
	Liberal	John Thompson	580	35.8
	Labour	Beryl Oldroyd	315	19.4
Majority			147	9.1
Turnout			1,622	28.3

Warsash ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Estlin	1,160	58.4
	Independent Warsash Residents' Association	Deborah Emery	342	17.2
	Labour	Graham Holden	295	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Byrne	191	9.6
Majority			818	41.1
Turnout			1,988	29.8

References

1. "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian . 9 May 1998. p. 16.
2. "Local Elections results". The Times . 9 May 1998. p. 46.
3. "Election of borough councillors : 7 May 1998" (PDF). Fareham Borough Council. Retrieved 8 November 2010.

Preceded by 1996 Fareham Council election

Fareham local elections

Succeeded by 1999 Fareham Council election