1998 Hart District Council election

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The 1998 Hart Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Hart local election result 1998 [1] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 5045.530.34,045
  Conservative 3+127.336.04,808
  Independent 3-127.325.03,332
  Labour 000.08.71,160

Ward results

Blackwater and Hawley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Blewett52749.2
Conservative John Twemlow43240.3
Labour Pauline Billman11310.5
Majority 958.9
Turnout 1,072
Church Crookham [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Heather Shearer73844.8
Conservative Rosemary Feltham72744.1
Labour Hugh Meredith18311.1
Majority 110.7
Turnout 1,648
Crondall [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Lambert74171.5
Liberal Democrats Penelope Wright19018.3
Labour Alan Partridge10610.2
Majority 55153.1
Turnout 1,037
Fleet Courtmoor [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Hazell83860.2
Independent Stephen Gorys40429.0
Labour Janet Carrier15010.8
Majority 43431.2
Turnout 1,392
Fleet Pondtail [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sharyn Wheale94450.8
Conservative Brian Goddard72739.1
Labour Peter Cotton18810.1
Majority 21711.7
Turnout 1,859
Fleet West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Conservative Peter Shoesmith97566.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Robinson32622.2
Labour Shirley Dearman16811.4
Majority 64944.2
Turnout 1,469
Frogmore and Darby Green [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vivien Street65266.5
Conservative Caryl Bromhead19219.6
Labour John Davies13613.9
Majority 46046.9
Turnout 980
Hartley Wintney [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Susan Band1,00986.3
Liberal Democrats Anthony Over16013.7
Majority 84972.6
Turnout 1,169
Hook [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Fergus Kirkham84857.2
Conservative Andrew Henderson63442.8
Majority 21414.4
Turnout 1,482
Long Sutton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Wallis30169.2
Liberal Democrats William Redman13430.8
Majority 16738.4
Turnout 435
Yateley West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Simpson47058.6
Conservative David Ashworth21626.9
Labour John Davis11614.5
Majority 25431.7
Turnout 802

References

  1. 1 2 "Local Elections results". The Times . 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  2. "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian . 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Local Election Results for 7 May 1998". Hart District Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
Preceded by
1996 Hart Council election
Hart local elections Succeeded by
1999 Hart Council election