1998 City of Lincoln Council election

The 1998 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Lincoln District Council in Lincolnshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the Council.[4]

1998 City of Lincoln Council election[1][2][3]

7 May 1998
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Independent Labour Conservative Last election 33 0 0 Seats before 26 7 7 Seats won 10 1 1 Seats after 29 3 1 Seat change 1 4 1 Popular vote 9,994 4,811 4,811 Percentage 59.6% 28.7% 28.7%
Map showing the results the 1998 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows Conservative seats.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

After the 1996 election the Labour party held all of the seats on the council but before the 1998 election 7 councillors broke away to sit as Independent Labour councillors.[5]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 28
• Independent Labour 3
• Conservative 1
• Vacant 1[4]

Election result

Lincoln Local Election Result 1998[6]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	3	0	3	90.9	59.6	9,994	9.1
	Conservative	1	1	0	1	9.1	28.7	4,811	4.0
	Independent Labour	0	0	4	4	0.0	6.3	1,051	5.5
Total		11						16,776

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1994 election.

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fay Smith[8]	649	57.7%
	Conservative	P. Forbes-Ritte	170	15.1%
	Independent Labour	F. Martin	154	13.7%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Price	152	13.5%
Turnout				21.4%
	Labour gain from Independent Labour

Birchwood

Location of Birchwood ward

Boultham[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edmund Strengiel[9]	1,040	37.7%
	Labour	G. Priddey	954	34.6%
	Independent Labour	B. Freeborough	765	27.7%
Turnout				26.9%
	Conservative gain from Independent Labour

Boultham

Location of Boultham ward

Boultham[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gary Hewson[10]	966	71.4%
	Conservative	D. Grice	251	18.6%
	Green	J. Hayes	136	10.1%
Turnout				25.0%
	Labour hold

Bracebridge

Location of Bracebridge ward

Bracebridge[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bud Robinson[11]	1,078	70.7%
	Conservative	A. Simpson	447	29.3%
Turnout				25.1%
	Labour hold

Carholme

Location of Carholme ward

Carholme[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lesley Rose[12]	883	56.3%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Gabriel	356	22.7%
	Conservative	Sandra Gratrick[13]	330	21.0%
Turnout				28.7%
	Labour hold

Castle

Location of Castle ward

Castle[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Donald Nannestad[14]	1,062	73.5%
	Conservative	P. Mappin	382	26.5%
Turnout				27.4%
	Labour hold

Longdales

Location of Longdales ward

Longdales[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Morris Cookson[15]	865	63.0%
	Conservative	David Gratrick[15]	509	37.0%
Turnout				29.5%
	Labour hold

Minster

Location of Minster ward

Minster[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Metcalfe[16]	1,235	57.2%
	Conservative	J. Gainey	706	32.7%
	Green	L. Monds	217	10.1%
Turnout				29.3%
	Labour hold

Moorland

Location of Moorland ward

Moorland[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoffrey Ellis[17]	886	61.8%
	Conservative	D. Fraser	415	29.0%
	Independent Labour	D. Martin	132	9.2%
Turnout				29.2%
	Labour hold

Park

Location of Park ward

Park[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patrick Vaughan[18]	658	68.1%
	Conservative	B. Briggs	249	25.8%
	Green	K. Yates	59	6.1%
Turnout				20.3%
	Labour hold

Tritton

Location of Tritton ward

Tritton[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Denise Moore[17]	758	70.8%
	Conservative	R. Hills	312	29.2%
Turnout				25.1%
	Labour hold

By-elections between 1998 and 1999

Park By-Election 2 July 1998[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour		416	52.1	28.5
	Conservative		156	19.5	5.8
	Liberal Democrats		112	14.0	14.0
	Independent		93	11.7	11.7
	Green		21	2.6	3.1
Majority			260	32.6
Turnout			798
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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2. "Local Election Summaries 1998". The Elections Centre.
3. "BBC News - Council by Council - Lincoln". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
4. "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
5. "The East Midlands - Mark D'Arcy". BBC Online. 30 April 1998. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
6. "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
7. "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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19. Keith Edkins. "Local Authority Byelection Results - July 1998". Retrieved 6 November 2019.