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1998 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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1998 UK local government election

The1998 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members ofWolverhamptonMetropolitan Borough Council in theWest Midlands,England. One third of the council was up for election and theLabour Party kept overall control of the council.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

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20 of the 60 seats on the council were up for election with Labour defending 15, theConservatives 4 and theLiberal Democrats 1.[3] All three parties leaders on the council were defending their seats in the election, Labour's Norman Davies, Conservative Jim Carpenter and the Liberal Democrats Malcolm Gwynnett.[3] However Labour were guaranteed to remain in control of the council as they had 46councillors before the election, compared to 12 Conservatives and 2 Liberal Democrats.[3][4] As well as the 3 main parties the only other candidates were 3Liberals and 2 Labour Independents.[4]

The Conservative national leaderWilliam Hague attacked the Labour council as he said they lowered the education budget while setting one of the highest metropolitancouncil taxes in the country.[5] However Labour's council leader joined with other local leaders to make a joint response and said that when the Conservatives were in control taxes in Wolverhampton had gone up by 57%.[6]

Election result

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Labour retained control of the council after the election with a majority of 28, but lost 2 seats to the Conservatives in Bushbury and Parkwards.[7] Overallturnout in the election was 29.95%,[8] but reached a low of only 18% in Low Hill.[9]

Wolverhampton local election result 1998[2][8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
 Labour1302-265.047.125,940
 Conservative620+230.037.920,906
 Liberal Democrats10005.012.97,112
 Liberal00000.01.7960
 Independent Labour00000.00.4200

Ward results

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Bilston East[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourNorman Davies1,11765.3
ConservativeMark Blakeley33419.5
Liberal DemocratsWilliam Beard25915.1
Majority78345.8
Turnout1,71020.7
Bilston North[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourTrudy Bowen1,38154.2
ConservativeWayne Lawley95437.5
Liberal DemocratsMichael Rowan2128.3
Majority42716.7
Turnout2,54724.1
Blakenhall[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJohn Rowley2,11876.4
ConservativeBrenda Wilson47717.2
Liberal DemocratsJune Hemsley1776.4
Majority1,64159.2
Turnout2,77231.3
Bushbury[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeCharles Brueton1,33751.0
LabourPatricia Wesley1,05140.1
Liberal DemocratsDavid Buckley2338.9
Majority28610.9
Turnout2,62129.4
East Park[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourKeith Inston1,34466.7
ConservativeMaxine Bradley46222.9
Liberal DemocratsAnn Whitehouse20910.4
Majority88243.8
Turnout2,01524.2
Ettingshall[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJohn Shelley1,24870.3
ConservativeChristopher Haynes38221.5
Liberal DemocratsMichael Heap1468.2
Majority86648.8
Turnout1,77621.4
Fallings Park[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJoyce Hill1,21848.9
ConservativeKenneth Hodges95238.2
Liberal DemocratsAnthony Bourke32112.9
Majority26610.7
Turnout2,49130.0
Graiseley[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJohn Reynolds1,81251.7
ConservativeDavid Jack1,24935.6
Liberal DemocratsMary Millar3209.1
Independent LabourAmrik Sekhon1273.6
Majority56316.1
Turnout3,50837.8
Heath Town[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourGreg Brackenridge1,24460.7
LiberalColin Hallmark52625.6
ConservativeSham Sharma28113.7
Majority78135.1
Turnout2,05125.3
Low Hill[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourPeter Bilson1,11666.4
ConservativePeter Topliss38222.7
Liberal DemocratsIan Jenkins18210.8
Majority73443.7
Turnout1,68018.8
Merry Hill[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Hart1,75255.3
LabourColin Matthews99631.5
Liberal DemocratsPaul Hodson41813.2
Majority75623.8
Turnout3,16632.9
Oxley[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourChristine Irvine1,28048.0
ConservativeDavid Meredith99837.4
Liberal DemocratsDavid Isles31811.9
Independent LabourDavid Watson732.7
Majority28210.6
Turnout2,66927.7
Park[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeNeville Patten1,75346.8
LabourJohn Potts1,59242.5
Liberal DemocratsBrian Lewis40210.7
Majority1614.3
Turnout3,74735.8
Penn[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeBenjamin Carpenter2,24955.4
LabourBarry Thomas1,45935.9
Liberal DemocratsPaul Beeston3558.7
Majority79019.5
Turnout4,06340.9
St Peter's[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourTersaim Singh1,58064.8
ConservativeNicholas Allen51821.2
Liberal DemocratsRoger Gray34013.9
Majority1,06243.6
Turnout2,43825.0
Spring Vale[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsMalcolm Gwinnett2,05559.3
LabourRachel Shanks1,17834.0
ConservativeGiuseppe Corbelli2346.7
Majority87725.3
Turnout3,46734.2
Tettenhall Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Ward1,83255.9
Liberal DemocratsLaurence Mclean84125.7
LabourCarl Smith60218.4
Majority99130.2
Turnout3,27535.2
Tettenhall Wightwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWendy Thompson2,44472.0
LabourJames O'Grady65819.4
Liberal DemocratsPhilip Bennett2948.7
Majority1,78652.6
Turnout3,39636.7
Wednesfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourPhilip Bateman1,58953.5
ConservativeJohn Jones1,14738.6
Liberal DemocratsCarole Jenkins1214.1
LiberalKate Hallmark1133.8
Majority44214.9
Turnout2,97032.4
Wednesfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourHelen King1,35749.2
ConservativeSimon Jevon1,16942.4
Liberal DemocratsJohn Steatham2308.3
Majority1886.8
Turnout2,75630.9

References

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  1. ^"Local Elections results".The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  2. ^ab"Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results".The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  3. ^abcDeeley, Tony (7 April 1998). "Battle of the giants: Wolverhampton".Birmingham Mail. p. 25.
  4. ^abHarrison, Stephen (4 May 1998). "Maverick group can spoil Socialists' party Voters across the West Midlands go to the polls in council elections on Thursday. Today, Local Government Correspondent Stephen Harrison looks at the fight for power in Walsall and Wolverhampton".Birmingham Post. p. 4.
  5. ^Gray, Chris (24 April 1998). "'Labour will betray you' Hague warns council voters".Birmingham Post. p. 1.
  6. ^Aston, Paul (25 April 1998). "Tory 'heavies' weigh in as council elections loom".Birmingham Post. p. 3.
  7. ^Hardy, Simon (8 May 1998). "Labour rebels are crushed".Birmingham Mail. p. 7.
  8. ^abcdefghijklmnopqr"Council Election Results - 7 May 1998".Wolverhampton Council. Archived fromthe original on 14 January 2001. Retrieved18 January 2010.
  9. ^"Wilderness years end for rebel Nellist".Birmingham Post. 8 May 1998. p. 3.
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