Harrogate Borough Council election, 1998
The 1998 Harrogate Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Harrogate local election result 1998[2][3] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Liberal Democrat |
13 |
|
|
-3 |
65.0 |
48.8 |
12,590 |
|
|
Conservative |
6 |
|
|
+3 |
30.0 |
37.2 |
9,612 |
|
|
Labour |
1 |
|
|
0 |
5.0 |
11.5 |
2,979 |
|
|
Independent |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
2.4 |
627 |
|
Ward results
Bilton[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Richold |
927 |
64.2 |
|
|
Labour |
Peter Caunt |
319 |
22.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Simon Hogben |
198 |
13.7 |
|
Majority |
608 |
42.1 |
|
Turnout |
1,444 |
25.3 |
|
Bishop Monkton[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Richard Thomas |
427 |
51.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Parnaby |
353 |
42.5 |
|
|
Labour |
Patricia Foxall |
51 |
6.1 |
|
Majority |
74 |
8.9 |
|
Turnout |
831 |
42.0 |
|
Duchy[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Geoffrey Webber |
929 |
61.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Eric Cooper |
478 |
31.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Anthony Blakesley |
113 |
7.4 |
|
Majority |
451 |
29.7 |
|
Turnout |
1,520 |
23.0 |
|
East Central[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Stephen Macare |
707 |
59.6 |
|
|
Conservative |
Alan Findlay |
292 |
24.6 |
|
|
Labour |
Simon Hutchings |
188 |
15.8 |
|
Majority |
415 |
35.0 |
|
Turnout |
1,187 |
23.7 |
|
Granby[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Margaret-Ann De Courcey-Bayley |
717 |
66.2 |
|
|
Conservative |
Andrew Sommer |
196 |
18.1 |
|
|
Labour |
David King |
170 |
15.7 |
|
Majority |
521 |
48.1 |
|
Turnout |
1,083 |
19.6 |
|
Harlow[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jack Duckworth |
1,259 |
51.8 |
|
|
Conservative |
James Clark |
1,078 |
44.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Glynn Robinson |
93 |
3.8 |
|
Majority |
181 |
7.4 |
|
Turnout |
2,430 |
40.0 |
|
Kirkby Malzeard[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Charles Coverdale |
559 |
67.0 |
|
|
Conservative |
Christine Adamson |
233 |
27.9 |
|
|
Labour |
Jacqueline Heptinstall |
42 |
5.0 |
|
Majority |
326 |
39.1 |
|
Turnout |
834 |
44.1 |
|
Knaresborough East[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ann Hetherington |
817 |
48.7 |
|
|
Conservative |
Charles Shaw |
532 |
31.7 |
|
|
Labour |
Ann Crouch |
328 |
19.6 |
|
Majority |
285 |
17.0 |
|
Turnout |
1,677 |
28.3 |
|
Knaresborough West[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Andrew Wright |
784 |
38.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Bill Hoult |
695 |
34.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Lilian Mina |
550 |
27.1 |
|
Majority |
89 |
4.4 |
|
Turnout |
2,029 |
36.2 |
|
Marston Moor[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Dickinson |
386 |
51.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Gillean Firth |
280 |
37.0 |
|
|
Labour |
Patrick O'Connor |
91 |
12.0 |
|
Majority |
106 |
14.0 |
|
Turnout |
757 |
35.0 |
|
New Park[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Michael Johnston |
468 |
72.2 |
|
|
Conservative |
Jean Butterfield |
106 |
16.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Bryan Robinson |
74 |
11.4 |
|
Majority |
362 |
55.9 |
|
Turnout |
648 |
21.6 |
|
Pannal[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Frederick Willis |
1,518 |
56.7 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Eric Waight |
1,086 |
40.6 |
|
|
Labour |
Cynthia Coltman |
72 |
2.7 |
|
Majority |
432 |
16.1 |
|
Turnout |
2,676 |
52.5 |
|
Ripon East[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Phillip Barlow |
512 |
56.6 |
|
|
Conservative |
Malcolm Campbell |
392 |
43.4 |
|
Majority |
120 |
13.3 |
|
Turnout |
904 |
15.4 |
|
Ripon West[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Alan Skidmore |
825 |
63.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
John Topping |
479 |
36.7 |
|
Majority |
346 |
26.5 |
|
Turnout |
1,304 |
22.8 |
|
Spofforth[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Shirley Fawcett |
502 |
75.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Goss |
111 |
16.6 |
|
|
Labour |
Alan Beatham |
56 |
8.4 |
|
Majority |
391 |
58.4 |
|
Turnout |
669 |
36.2 |
|
Starbeck[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Patricia Marsh |
771 |
46.5 |
|
|
Independent |
Joan Waud |
627 |
37.8 |
|
|
Conservative |
Phillip Dixon |
133 |
8.0 |
|
|
Labour |
Geoffrey Foxall |
126 |
7.6 |
|
Majority |
144 |
8.7 |
|
Turnout |
1,657 |
31.0 |
|
Wathvale[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Christopher Brown |
490 |
78.3 |
|
|
Labour |
Alan Woodhead |
75 |
12.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Alistair Mason |
61 |
9.7 |
|
Majority |
415 |
66.3 |
|
Turnout |
626 |
37.0 |
|
Wedderburn[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ivan Lester |
887 |
50.4 |
|
|
Conservative |
Nigel Middlemass |
720 |
40.9 |
|
|
Labour |
Robert Swithinbank |
153 |
8.7 |
|
Majority |
167 |
9.5 |
|
Turnout |
1,760 |
29.4 |
|
West Central[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anthony Baker |
626 |
49.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
John Frobisher |
551 |
43.2 |
|
|
Labour |
Christine Colman |
98 |
7.7 |
|
Majority |
75 |
5.9 |
|
Turnout |
1,275 |
22.3 |
|
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