Daventry District Council election, 1998

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Elections to Daventry District Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.

After the election, the composition of the council was

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Election result

Daventry Local Election Result 1998
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 7 +2 50.0
  Labour 4 -2 28.6
  Liberal Democrat 2 +1 14.3
  Independent 1 -1 7.1

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