1998 Harrogate Borough Council election

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The 1998 Harrogate Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Harrogate local election result 1998 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 13-365.048.812,590
  Conservative 6+330.037.29,612
  Labour 105.011.52,979
  Independent 0002.4627

Ward results

Bilton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Richold92764.2
Labour Peter Caunt31922.1
Conservative Simon Hogben19813.7
Majority60842.1
Turnout 1,44425.3
Bishop Monkton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Thomas42751.4
Liberal Democrats David Parnaby35342.5
Labour Patricia Foxall516.1
Majority748.9
Turnout 83142.0
Duchy [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Webber92961.1
Conservative Eric Cooper47831.4
Labour Anthony Blakesley1137.4
Majority45129.7
Turnout 1,52023.0
East Central [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Macare70759.6
Conservative Alan Findlay29224.6
Labour Simon Hutchings18815.8
Majority41535.0
Turnout 1,18723.7
Granby [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret-Ann De Courcey-Bayley71766.2
Conservative Andrew Sommer19618.1
Labour David King17015.7
Majority52148.1
Turnout 1,08319.6
Harlow [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jack Duckworth1,25951.8
Conservative James Clark1,07844.4
Labour Glynn Robinson933.8
Majority1817.4
Turnout 2,43040.0
Kirkby Malzeard [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Charles Coverdale55967.0
Conservative Christine Adamson23327.9
Labour Jacqueline Heptinstall425.0
Majority32639.1
Turnout 83444.1
Knaresborough East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Hetherington81748.7
Conservative Charles Shaw53231.7
Labour Ann Crouch32819.6
Majority28517.0
Turnout 1,67728.3
Knaresborough West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Wright78438.6
Liberal Democrats Bill Hoult69534.3
Conservative Lilian Mina55027.1
Majority894.4
Turnout 2,02936.2
Marston Moor [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Dickinson38651.0
Liberal Democrats Gillean Firth28037.0
Labour Patrick O'Connor9112.0
Majority10614.0
Turnout 75735.0
New Park [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Johnston46872.2
Conservative Jean Butterfield10616.4
Labour Bryan Robinson7411.4
Majority36255.9
Turnout 64821.6
Newby [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Mercer35170.6
Labour David Sapherson14629.4
Majority20541.2
Turnout 49723.0
Pannal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Willis1,51856.7
Liberal Democrats Eric Waight1,08640.6
Labour Cynthia Coltman722.7
Majority43216.1
Turnout 2,67652.5
Ripon East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Phillip Barlow51256.6
Conservative Malcolm Campbell39243.4
Majority12013.3
Turnout 90415.4
Ripon West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Skidmore82563.3
Conservative John Topping47936.7
Majority34626.5
Turnout 1,30422.8
Spofforth [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shirley Fawcett50275.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Goss11116.6
Labour Alan Beatham568.4
Majority39158.4
Turnout 66936.2
Starbeck [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Marsh77146.5
Independent Joan Waud62737.8
Conservative Phillip Dixon1338.0
Labour Geoffrey Foxall1267.6
Majority1448.7
Turnout 1,65731.0
Wathvale [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Brown49078.3
Labour Alan Woodhead7512.0
Liberal Democrats Alistair Mason619.7
Majority41566.3
Turnout 62637.0
Wedderburn [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ivan Lester88750.4
Conservative Nigel Middlemass72040.9
Labour Robert Swithinbank1538.7
Majority1679.5
Turnout 1,76029.4
West Central [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Baker62649.1
Conservative John Frobisher55143.2
Labour Christine Colman987.7
Majority755.9
Turnout 1,27522.3

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References

  1. 1 2 "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian . 9 May 1998. p. 16. ISSN   0261-3077.
  2. "Local Elections results". The Times . 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "District Council election" (PDF). Harrogate Borough Council. Retrieved 11 January 2011.[ permanent dead link ]