The 1998 Stroud Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, 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
Before the election the Labour party ran the council, but the party had recently lost its one seat overall majority after a vacancy in a Labour seat.[2] 19 seats were contested in the election with Labour defending 10 seats, the Liberal Democrats 5, Green party 2 and independents 2.[2]
The results saw no party win a majority on the council after Labour lost 1 seat to the Conservatives and 1 seat to an independent.[3]
| Stroud local election result 1998[4] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | ||
| Labour | 8 | -2 | 42.1 | |||||||
| Conservative | 3 | +3 | 15.8 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrat | 3 | -2 | 15.8 | |||||||
| Independent | 3 | +1 | 15.8 | |||||||
| Green | 2 | 0 | 10.5 | |||||||
| Preceded by Stroud Council election, 1996 |
Stroud local elections | Succeeded by Stroud Council election, 1999 |