1998 Liverpool City Council election

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7 May 1998 (1998-05-07)

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33 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 33 wards
50 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party took control of the council from the Labour party.

After the election the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Liberal Democrat	52	+10
Labour	39	-8
Militant Labour	3	-1
Liberal Party	4	+2
Independent	1	-1
Conservative	0	-2

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1998
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Liberal Democrats	23	+10	67.6	54.9	43,587
Labour	9	-8	26.5	28.3	20,829
Liberal	2	+2	5.9	8.0	6,426
Conservative	0	-2	0	5.1	4,025
Independent	0	-1	0
	0	-1	0

Ward results

Abercromby

Abercromby - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joe Anderson	588	54%
	Labour	S. Mumby	547	50%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Barnett	290	25.75%
	Liberal Democrats	J.Cowan	244	25.75%
	Liberal	M. Wingfield	71	7%
	Conservative	C.P.S. Biller	42	4%
	Conservative	C.S. Harley	41	4%
Majority			298
Registered electors
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Gould	1,757	63.36%
	Labour	J. Middleton	754	27%
	Conservative	A. McGing	262	9%
Majority			1,003
Turnout

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Flo Clucas	2,015	60.13%
	Labour	P. Rhodes	580	17%
	Conservative	M.E. Bill	405	12%
	Allerton Lib Dem Ward Resident	C. Hulme	351	10%
Majority			1,435
Turnout

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Kiron Reid	1.739	62.08%
	Labour	A. Keenan	655	23%
	Liberal	S. Brooks	305	11%
	Socialist	P. Filby	61	2%
	Conservative	E.A. Jones	57	2%
	Official Labour	G. Casey	45	2%
	Independent	H. Jones	32	1%
Majority			1,084
Turnout

Arundel

Arundel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Clein	1,324	58%
	Labour	H. Burrage	739	32%
	Socialist Labour	I. Foulkes	143	6%
	Conservative	D.I. Watson	75	3%
Majority			585
Turnout

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Prendergast	721	37%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Clucas	413	21%
	Liberal	M. Seigar	91	5%
	Socialist Labour	J. Dooher	90	5%
	Conservative	E. Bayley	77	4%
Majority			308
Turnout

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Irving	2,029	65%
	Labour	A. Concepcion	852	27%
	Liberal	J. Newall	154	5%
Majority			1,177
Turnout

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Lady Doreen Jones	3,452	48%
	Labour	L. French	513	12%
	Conservative	A. Garnett	170	4%
Majority			2,939
Turnout

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Len Tyrer	2,990	89.6%
	Conservative	G.Fawcett	275	8%
	Labour	H. Adams	72	2%
Majority			2,918
Turnout

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Paul Woodruff	910	42%
	Labour	B. Williams	645	29%
	Official New Labour	J. Kenny	563	26%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Ousby	500	23%
	Socialist Labour	K. Anderson	75	3%
	Conservative	G. Hicklin	41	2%
Majority			275
Turnout

County

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Karren Afford	2,010	72%
	Labour	T. Denny	613	22%
	Socialist	L. Mahmood	63	2%
	Conservative	J. Atkinson	58	2%
Majority			1,397
Turnout

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Hines	2,394	70%
	Labour	V. Moffatt	554	16%
	Conservative	G. Brandwood	275	8%
	Liberal	R. Cameron	175	5%
Majority			1,840
Turnout

Dingle

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Phelan	1,309	60%
	Labour	S. Sharma	718	33%
	Conservative	D. Patmore	94	4%
	Socialist	P. Dunne	65	3%
Majority			591
Turnout

Dovecot

Dovecot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hulme	543	35%
	Labour	J. Jones	476	31%
	Liberal	K. Buchanan	355	23%
	Ward Labour	B. Walsh	112	7%
	Conservative	W.H. Connolly	71	5%
Majority			67
Turnout

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Brennan	432	48%
	Ward Labour	C.M. Dooley	372	41%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Allen	75	8%
	Liberal	A. Taylor	26	3%
Majority			60
Turnout

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Poole	947	43%
	Labour	E. Thomas	768	35%
	Liberal	S. Rutherford	213	10%
	Ward Labour	C.A. Heron	166	8%
	Conservative	D. Johnson	94	4%
Majority			179
Turnout

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rose Bailey	682	26%
	Ward Labour	C. Morgan	621	23%
	Liberal	F. Fall	583	22%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Monkcom	560	21%
	Independent	E. Burke	119	4%
	Conservative	B. Jones	93	3%
Majority			122
Turnout

Granby

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gideon Ben-Tovim	752	62%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Lewis	339	28%
	Socialist	C.Wilson	92	8%
Majority			413
Turnout

Grassendale

Grassendale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Beatrice Fraenkel	2,596	72%
	Labour	A. Burrage	560	16%
	Conservative	C. Cross	368	10%
	Liberal	J. Moore	52	1%
	Natural Law	G. Mead	10	0.3%
Majority			2,036
Turnout

Kensington

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Marbrow	1,280	61%
	Labour	J. Hamilton	525	25%
	Liberal	M. Bickley	254	12%
	Conservative	I. McFall	42	2%
Majority			755
Turnout

Melrose

Melrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Kidd	629	37%
	Ward Labour	B.P. Hincks	481	28%
	Liberal Democrats	F. Forrester	361	21%
	Liberal	T. Newall	185	11%
	Conservative	A. Nugent	50	3%
Majority			148
Turnout

Netherley

Netherley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	T. Marshall	594	48%
	Labour	D. Garman	472	38%
	Socialist Labour	A. Fogg	132	11%
	Conservative	P. Hughes	34	3%
	Independent	M. Fowler	28	2%
Majority			122
Turnout

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Firth	1,631	65%
	Labour	D. Minahan	643	26%
	Liberal	F. Carroll	169	7%
	Conservative	S. Lennard	64	3%
Majority			988
Turnout

Picton

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Herrity	1,631	67%
	Labour	J. Nolan	712	29%
	Conservative	P.D. Barron	76	3%
Majority			919
Turnout

Pirrie

Pirrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Prayle	741	49%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Kelly	372	25%
	Liberal	C. Mayes	301	20%
	Conservative	F.V. Stevens	88	6%
Majority			369
Turnout

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	F. Roderick	1,442	56%
	Labour	M. Rasmussen	885	35%
	Liberal	P. Hayes	172	7%
	Conservative	D.M. Nuttall	42	2%
Majority			537
Turnout

Smithdown

Smithdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Airey	681	51%
	Labour	N. Bann	525	39%
	Liberal	M. Williams	77	6%
	Ward Labour	V. Marsland	53	4%
Majority			156
Turnout

Speke

Speke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Smith	856	56%
	Labour	P. Bostok	508	33%
	Liberal	M. Langley	126	8%
	Conservative	M. Williams	36	2%
Majority			348
Turnout

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Hazel Williams	1,958	73%
	Labour	B. Lawless	434	16%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Kinahan	233	9%
	Conservative	A.E. Bowness	71	3%
Majority			1,524
Turnout

Valley

Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Craig	1,531	67%
	Labour	I. Harvey	596	26%
	Liberal	I. Mayes	47	2%
	Conservative	J. Perry	34	1%
Majority			935
Turnout

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Kennedy	715	62%
	Ward Labour	F. Murphy	284	25%
	Liberal Democrats	T. Drake	98	9%
	Liberal	D. Mayes	52	5%
Majority			617	1,149
Turnout

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lang	2,165	71%
	Labour	P. Harvey	778	26%
	Conservative	A. Gray	89	3%
Majority			1,387
Turnout

Woolton

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Collinge	3,206	70%
	Conservative	S. Fitzsimmons	817	17%
	Labour	B.C. Wilde	455	10%
	Liberal	G. Bellas	99	2%
Majority			2,751
Turnout

References

"Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
Liverpool Echo 8 May 1998

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