1998 London local elections

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1998 London local elections
  1994 7 May 1998 2002  

All 1,917 on all 32 London boroughs
Turnout34.8% (Decrease2.svg11.4%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Tony Blair WEF (cropped).jpg William Hague 2010 cropped.jpg ASHDOWN Paddy.jpg
Leader Tony Blair William Hague Paddy Ashdown
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since21 July 199419 June 199716 July 1988
Popular vote708,380558,060362,913
Percentage40.7%32.0%20.8%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.9%Increase2.svg0.8%Decrease2.svg1.2%
Councils1842
Councils +/–Increase2.svg1Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg1
Councillors1,050538301
Councillors +/–Increase2.svg6Increase2.svg19Decrease2.svg22

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Results by Borough in 1998.

Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 7 May 1998.

Contents

All London borough council seats were up for election.

The 1998 Greater London Authority referendum was held in the same voting locations. [1]

Results summary

Party [2] Votes won % votesChangeSeats % seatsChangeCouncilsChange
Labour 708,38040.7-0.91,05054.8+618+1
Conservative 558,06032.0+0.853828.1+194±0
Liberal Democrats 362,91320.8-1.230115.7-222-1
Green 50,7322.9+0.720.1+20±0
Others62,1723.6+0.7261.4-50±0
No overall control n/an/an/an/an/an/a8±0

Councils results

CouncilPrevious controlResultDetails
Barking and Dagenham Labour Labour Details
Barnet No overall control No overall control Details
Bexley No overall control Conservative Details
Brent No overall control Labour Details
Bromley Conservative No overall control Details
Camden Labour Labour Details
Croydon Labour Labour Details
Ealing Labour Labour Details
Enfield Labour Labour Details
Greenwich Labour Labour Details
Hackney Labour No overall control Details
Hammersmith and Fulham Labour Labour Details
Haringey Labour Labour Details
Harrow No overall control Labour Details
Havering No overall control No overall control Details
Hillingdon Labour No overall control Details
Hounslow Labour Labour Details
Islington Labour No overall control Details
Kensington and Chelsea Conservative Conservative Details
Kingston upon Thames Liberal Democrats No overall control Details
Lambeth No overall control Labour Details
Lewisham Labour Labour Details
Merton Labour Labour Details
Newham Labour Labour Details
Redbridge No overall control No overall control Details
Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats Details
Southwark Labour Labour Details
Sutton Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats Details
Tower Hamlets Labour Labour Details
Waltham Forest No overall control Labour Details
Wandsworth Conservative Conservative Details
Westminster Conservative Conservative Details

Overall councillor numbers

London local elections 1998

Councillor statistics

PartySeatsGain/loss
  Labour 1,050+6
  Conservative 538+19
  Liberal Democrats 301-22
 Others28-31

Borough result maps

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References

  1. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). Demographic and Statistical Studies. London Research Centre. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. "Year Tables". electionscentre.co.uk. 19 December 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2016.
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