1998 Hart District Council election

The 1998 Hart Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 15
• Conservative 14
• Independent 6 ^[2]

Election result

Hart Local Election Result 1998 ^{[1] [3]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	5			0	45.5	30.3	4,045
	Conservative	3			+1	27.3	36.0	4,808
	Independent	3			-1	27.3	25.0	3,332
	Labour	0			0	0	8.7	1,160

Ward results

Blackwater and Hawley ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Blewett	527	49.2
	Conservative	John Twemlow	432	40.3
	Labour	Pauline Billman	113	10.5
Majority			95	8.9
Turnout			1,072

Church Crookham ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Shearer	738	44.8
	Conservative	Rosemary Feltham	727	44.1
	Labour	Hugh Meredith	183	11.1
Majority			11	0.7
Turnout			1,648

Crondall ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Lambert	741	71.5
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Wright	190	18.3
	Labour	Alan Partridge	106	10.2
Majority			551	53.1
Turnout			1,037

Fleet Courtmoor ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Hazell	838	60.2
	Independent	Stephen Gorys	404	29.0
	Labour	Janet Carrier	150	10.8
Majority			434	31.2
Turnout			1,392

Fleet Pondtail ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sharyn Wheale	944	50.8
	Conservative	Brian Goddard	727	39.1
	Labour	Peter Cotton	188	10.1
Majority			217	11.7
Turnout			1,859

Fleet West ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Conservative	Peter Shoesmith	975	66.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Robinson	326	22.2
	Labour	Shirley Dearman	168	11.4
Majority			649	44.2
Turnout			1,469

Frogmore and Darby Green ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Street	652	66.5
	Conservative	Caryl Bromhead	192	19.6
	Labour	John Davies	136	13.9
Majority			460	46.9
Turnout			980

Hartley Wintney ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Susan Band	1,009	86.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Over	160	13.7
Majority			849	72.6
Turnout			1,169

Hook ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fergus Kirkham	848	57.2
	Conservative	Andrew Henderson	634	42.8
Majority			214	14.4
Turnout			1,482

Long Sutton ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Wallis	301	69.2
	Liberal Democrats	William Redman	134	30.8
Majority			167	38.4
Turnout			435

Yateley West ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Simpson	470	58.6
	Conservative	David Ashworth	216	26.9
	Labour	John Davis	116	14.5
Majority			254	31.7
Turnout			802

References

1. "Local Elections results". The Times . 9 May 1998. p. 46.
2. "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian . 9 May 1998. p. 16.
3. "Local Election Results for 7 May 1998". Hart District Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.

Preceded by 1996 Hart Council election

Hart local elections

Succeeded by 1999 Hart Council election