1998 Rossendale Borough Council election

Main article: Rossendale Borough Council elections

Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 30%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 25
• Conservative 11

Election result

Rossendale local election result 1998

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	6	0	+6	58.3	51.6	7,338
	Labour	5	0	6	-6	41.7	48.4	6,889

Ward results

Cribden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Forshaw	810	57.2
	Conservative	M Ormerod	606	42.8
Majority			204	14.4
Turnout			1,416	27.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Eden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Cheetham	476	52.3
	Labour	J Johnson	435	47.7
Majority			41	4.6
Turnout			911	33.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greenfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Thorne	634	52.6
	Labour	J Whitehead	572	47.4
Majority			62	5.2
Turnout			1,206	27.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Greensclough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Driver	771	67.1
	Labour	D Baron	378	32.9
Majority			393	34.2
Turnout			1,149	33.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hareholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G Pearson	728	55.0
	Conservative	D Ruddick	596	45.0
Majority			132	10.0
Turnout			1,324	30.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Healey and Whitworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Grogan	517	55.5
	Labour	C Adamson	415	44.5
Majority			102	11.0
Turnout			932	26.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Helmshore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Beavan	835	52.4
	Labour	M Proctor	758	47.6
Majority			77	4.8
Turnout			1,593	30.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Irwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P Steen	786	58.9
	Labour	P Heyworth	549	41.1
Majority			237	17.8
Turnout			1,335	32.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Longholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Pilling	627	53.6
	Conservative	L Entwistle	542	46.4
Majority			85	7.2
Turnout			1,169	29.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Stacksteads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Easton	503	50.9
	Conservative	D Nuttall	486	49.1
Majority			17	1.8
Turnout			989	32.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Hancock	660	54.1
	Conservative	C Marsden	559	45.9
Majority			101	8.2
Turnout			1,219	28.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S Birtwell	530	53.9
	Labour	J McManus	454	46.1
Majority			76	7.8
Turnout			984	32.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

• "Council poll results", The Guardian 9 May 1998 page 16
• Magnificent seven blaze a blue comeback trail
• Election results: ROSSENDALE Archived 2008-01-03 at archive.today