North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998

Elections to North Tyneside Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

North Tyneside Local Election Result 1998
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11			-2	55.0
	Conservative	5			+1	25.0
	Liberal Democrat	4			+1	20.0

Monkseaton

North Tyneside Council Elections: Monkseaton ward 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Bell	1,438	49.2
	Labour	R. Clarke	1,214	41.6
	Liberal Democrat	A. Reeds	268	9.2
Majority			224
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Shields

North Tyneside Council Elections: North Shields ward 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Lott	1,116	47.4
	Conservative	L. Hamilton	863	36.6
	Liberal Democrat	A. McManus	376	16.0
Majority			253
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Tynemouth

North Tyneside Council Elections: Tynemouth ward 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Macaulay	1,627	59.3
	Labour	Brian Burdis	1,118	40.7
Majority			509
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Seatonville

North Tyneside Council Elections: Seatonville ward 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	D. Street	1,490	52.1
	Labour	R. Cooper	841	29.4
	Conservative	Karen Johnston	527	18.4
Majority			649
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cullercoats

North Tyneside Council Elections: Cullercoats ward 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lawrence Goveas	1,834	56.5
	Labour	M. Ormston	1,410	43.5
Majority			424
Turnout			41.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

North Tyneside Council Elections: St. Mary's ward 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Carr	1,949	71.0
	Labour	M. Cross	795	29.0
Majority			1,154
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitley Bay

North Tyneside Council Elections: Whitley Bay ward 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet McDonald	1,506	56.0
	Labour	R. Oliver	1,181	44.0
Majority			312
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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