1998 Liverpool City Council election

1998 Liverpool City Council election

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33 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 33 wards 50 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party took control of the council from the Labour Party. ^[1]

After the election the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Liberal Democrat	52	+10
	Labour	39	-8
	Militant Labour	3	-1
	Liberal Party	4	+2
	Independent	1	-1
	Conservative	0	-2

Election results

Liverpool Local Election Result 1998

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	23			+10	67.6	54.9	43,587
	Labour	9			-8	26.5	28.3	20,829
	Liberal	2			+2	5.9	8.0	6,426
	Conservative	0			-2	0.0	5.1	4,025
	Independent	0			-1	0.0
		0			-1	0.0

Ward results

Abercromby

Abercromby - 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Anderson	588	54%
	Labour	S. Mumby	547	50%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Barnett	290	25.75%
	Liberal Democrats	J.Cowan	244	25.75%
	Liberal	M. Wingfield	71	7%
	Conservative	C.P.S. Biller	42	4%
	Conservative	C.S. Harley	41	4%
Majority			298
Registered electors
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Gould	1,757	63.36%
	Labour	J. Middleton	754	27%
	Conservative	A. McGing	262	9%
Majority			1,003
Turnout

Allerton

Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Flo Clucas	2,015	60.13%
	Labour	P. Rhodes	580	17%
	Conservative	M.E. Bill	405	12%
	Allerton Lib Dem Ward Resident	C. Hulme	351	10%
Majority			1,435
Turnout

Anfield

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kiron Reid	1.739	62.08%
	Labour	A. Keenan	655	23%
	Liberal	S. Brooks	305	11%
	Socialist	P. Filby	61	2%
	Conservative	E.A. Jones	57	2%
	Official Labour	G. Casey	45	2%
	Independent	H. Jones	32	1%
Majority			1,084
Turnout

Arundel

Arundel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Clein	1,324	58%
	Labour	H. Burrage	739	32%
	Socialist Labour	I. Foulkes	143	6%
	Conservative	D.I. Watson	75	3%
Majority			585
Turnout

Breckfield

Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Prendergast	721	37%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Clucas	413	21%
	Liberal	M. Seigar	91	5%
	Socialist Labour	J. Dooher	90	5%
	Conservative	E. Bayley	77	4%
Majority			308
Turnout

Broadgreen

Broadgreen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Irving	2,029	65%
	Labour	A. Concepcion	852	27%
	Liberal	J. Newall	154	5%
Majority			1,177
Turnout

Childwall

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lady Doreen Jones	3,452	48%
	Labour	L. French	513	12%
	Conservative	A. Garnett	170	4%
Majority			2,939
Turnout

Church

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Len Tyrer	2,990	89.6%
	Conservative	G.Fawcett	275	8%
	Labour	H. Adams	72	2%
Majority			2,918
Turnout

Clubmoor

Clubmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Woodruff	910	42%
	Labour	B. Williams	645	29%
	Official New Labour	J. Kenny	563	26%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Ousby	500	23%
	Socialist Labour	K. Anderson	75	3%
	Conservative	G. Hicklin	41	2%
Majority			275
Turnout

County

County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Karren Afford	2,010	72%
	Labour	T. Denny	613	22%
	Socialist	L. Mahmood	63	2%
	Conservative	J. Atkinson	58	2%
Majority			1,397
Turnout

Croxteth

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Hines	2,394	70%
	Labour	V. Moffatt	554	16%
	Conservative	G. Brandwood	275	8%
	Liberal	R. Cameron	175	5%
Majority			1,840
Turnout

Dingle

Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Phelan	1,309	60%
	Labour	S. Sharma	718	33%
	Conservative	D. Patmore	94	4%
	Socialist	P. Dunne	65	3%
Majority			591
Turnout

Dovecot

Dovecot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hulme	543	35%
	Labour	J. Jones	476	31%
	Liberal	K. Buchanan	355	23%
	Ward Labour	B. Walsh	112	7%
	Conservative	W.H. Connolly	71	5%
Majority			67
Turnout

Everton

Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Brennan	432	48%
	Ward Labour	C.M. Dooley	372	41%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Allen	75	8%
	Liberal	A. Taylor	26	3%
Majority			60
Turnout

Fazakerley

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Poole	947	43%
	Labour	E. Thomas	768	35%
	Liberal	S. Rutherford	213	10%
	Ward Labour	C.A. Heron	166	8%
	Conservative	D. Johnson	94	4%
Majority			179
Turnout

Gillmoss

Gillmoss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rose Bailey	682	26%
	Ward Labour	C. Morgan	621	23%
	Liberal	F. Fall	583	22%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Monkcom	560	21%
	Independent	E. Burke	119	4%
	Conservative	B. Jones	93	3%
Majority			122
Turnout

Granby

Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gideon Ben-Tovim	752	62%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Lewis	339	28%
	Socialist	C.Wilson	92	8%
Majority			413
Turnout

Grassendale

Grassendale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beatrice Fraenkel	2,596	72%
	Labour	A. Burrage	560	16%
	Conservative	C. Cross	368	10%
	Liberal	J. Moore	52	1%
	Natural Law	G. Mead	10	0.3%
Majority			2,036
Turnout

Kensington

Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Marbrow	1,280	61%
	Labour	J. Hamilton	525	25%
	Liberal	M. Bickley	254	12%
	Conservative	I. McFall	42	2%
Majority			755
Turnout

Melrose

Melrose

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Kidd	629	37%
	Ward Labour	B.P. Hincks	481	28%
	Liberal Democrats	F. Forrester	361	21%
	Liberal	T. Newall	185	11%
	Conservative	A. Nugent	50	3%
Majority			148
Turnout

Netherley

Netherley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	T. Marshall	594	48%
	Labour	D. Garman	472	38%
	Socialist Labour	A. Fogg	132	11%
	Conservative	P. Hughes	34	3%
	Independent	M. Fowler	28	2%
Majority			122
Turnout

Old Swan

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Firth	1,631	65%
	Labour	D. Minahan	643	26%
	Liberal	F. Carroll	169	7%
	Conservative	S. Lennard	64	3%
Majority			988
Turnout

Picton

Picton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Herrity	1,631	67%
	Labour	J. Nolan	712	29%
	Conservative	P.D. Barron	76	3%
Majority			919
Turnout

Pirrie

Pirrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Prayle	741	49%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Kelly	372	25%
	Liberal	C. Mayes	301	20%
	Conservative	F.V. Stevens	88	6%
Majority			369
Turnout

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	F. Roderick	1,442	56%
	Labour	M. Rasmussen	885	35%
	Liberal	P. Hayes	172	7%
	Conservative	D.M. Nuttall	42	2%
Majority			537
Turnout

Smithdown

Smithdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Airey	681	51%
	Labour	N. Bann	525	39%
	Liberal	M. Williams	77	6%
	Ward Labour	V. Marsland	53	4%
Majority			156
Turnout

Speke

Speke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Smith	856	56%
	Labour	P. Bostok	508	33%
	Liberal	M. Langley	126	8%
	Conservative	M. Williams	36	2%
Majority			348
Turnout

Tuebrook

Tuebrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hazel Williams	1,958	73%
	Labour	B. Lawless	434	16%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Kinahan	233	9%
	Conservative	A.E. Bowness	71	3%
Majority			1,524
Turnout

Valley

Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Craig	1,531	67%
	Labour	I. Harvey	596	26%
	Liberal	I. Mayes	47	2%
	Conservative	J. Perry	34	1%
Majority			935
Turnout

Vauxhall

Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Kennedy	715	62%
	Ward Labour	F. Murphy	284	25%
	Liberal Democrats	T. Drake	98	9%
	Liberal	D. Mayes	52	5%
Majority			617	1,149
Turnout

Warbreck

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lang	2,165	71%
	Labour	P. Harvey	778	26%
	Conservative	A. Gray	89	3%
Majority			1,387
Turnout

Woolton

Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Collinge	3,206	70%
	Conservative	S. Fitzsimmons	817	17%
	Labour	B.C. Wilde	455	10%
	Liberal	G. Bellas	99	2%
Majority			2,751
Turnout

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References

1. "Local Elections results". The Times . 9 May 1998. p. 46.
2. Liverpool Echo 8 May 1998
3. Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 9 June 2025.