Hull City Council election, 1998

The 1998 Hull City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1]

In the run up to the election there was controversy as the local Labour party was suspended by the national party over claims of intimidation, nepotism and membership rigging.^[2] This controversy made the Liberal Democrats confident of making gains in the election,^[3] with the results bearing this out as Labour lost 4 seats on the council.^[4]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Hull Local Election Result 1998^[1]^[6]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	15			-4	75.0	51.3
	Liberal Democrat	2			+2	10.0	26.6
	Independent	2			+1	10.0
	Conservative	1			+1	5.0	15.4

References

1 2 "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "The North - Kersti Mitchell". BBC News Online. 30 April 1998. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
↑ Riddell, Peter (8 April 1998). "Only PR will sort out town hall trouble". The Times. p. 8. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Adams, Fran (8 May 1998). "A day from which all parties took comfort". The Independent. p. 11. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Retrieved 25 October 2009.

Council elections in the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hull City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Humberside County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Boothferry Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

East Yorkshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Holderness Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

East Riding County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(1997 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1998 (→ 1999)

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