Liverpool City Council election, 1998
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.[1]
After the election the composition of the council was:
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1998 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Liberal Democrat |
23 |
|
|
+10 |
67.6 |
54.9 |
43,587 |
|
|
Labour |
9 |
|
|
-8 |
26.5 |
28.3 |
20,829 |
|
|
Liberal |
2 |
|
|
+2 |
5.9 |
8% |
6,426 |
|
|
Conservative |
0 |
|
|
-2 |
0 |
5.1 |
4,025 |
|
|
Independent |
0 |
|
|
-1 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
-1 |
0 |
|
|
|
Ward results
Abercromby
Aigburth
Aigburth |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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
Broadgreen
Broadgreen |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
R. Ousby |
500 |
23% |
|
|
Socialist Labour |
K. Anderson |
75 |
3% |
|
|
Conservative |
G. Hicklin |
41 |
2% |
|
Majority |
275 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
County
County |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
W. Allen |
75 |
8% |
|
|
Liberal |
A. Taylor |
26 |
3% |
|
Majority |
60 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
Fazakerley
Fazakerley |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
D. Lewis |
339 |
28% |
|
|
Socialist |
C.Wilson |
92 |
8% |
|
Majority |
413 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
Grassendale
Grassendale |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
F. Forrester |
361 |
21% |
|
|
Liberal |
T. Newall |
185 |
11% |
|
|
Conservative |
A. Nugent |
50 |
3% |
|
Majority |
148 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
Netherley
Netherley |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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 Democrat |
L. Kinahan |
233 |
9% |
|
|
Conservative |
A.E. Bowness |
71 |
3% |
|
Majority |
1,524 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
Valley
Valley |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat |
T. Drake |
98 |
9% |
|
|
Liberal |
D. Mayes |
52 |
5% |
|
Majority |
617 |
1,149 |
|
Turnout |
|
|
|
Warbreck
Warbreck |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat |
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
[2]
- ↑ "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46.
- ↑ Liverpool Echo 8 May 1998