1998 Southampton City Council election
Appearance
The1998 Southampton Council electiontook place on 7 May 1998 to elect members ofSouthamptonUnitaryCouncil inHampshire,England.One third of the council was up for election and theLabour partystayed in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 9 | -1 | 60.0 | 44.3 | 18,612 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 5 | +1 | 33.3 | 29.2 | 12,272 | ||||
Conservative | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | 22.1 | 9,269 | ||||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 926 | ||
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 458 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 397 | ||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 91 |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jacqueline Rayment | 1,171 | 55.1 | ||
Conservative | Clifford Combes | 414 | 19.5 | ||
Independent Labour | Kim Rose | 237 | 11.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Impey | 214 | 10.1 | ||
Socialist Alternative | Nicholas Chaffey | 91 | 4.3 | ||
Majority | 757 | 35.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,127 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannides | 1,601 | 49.6 | ||
Labour | Christine Medway | 1,230 | 38.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Terence Holden-Brown | 394 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | 371 | 11.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,225 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Penelpe Baldwin | 1,411 | 61.2 | ||
Conservative | Keith Worthy | 583 | 25.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Edward Blake | 311 | 13.5 | ||
Majority | 828 | 35.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,305 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ann Milton | 1,638 | 46.9 | ||
Independent | Royston Smith | 926 | 26.5 | ||
Labour | Brian Hilton | 597 | 17.1 | ||
Conservative | Roger Burra | 333 | 9.5 | ||
Majority | 712 | 20.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,494 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Gausden | 1,539 | 48.0 | ||
Labour | Matthew Stevens | 1,311 | 40.9 | ||
Conservative | William Reynard | 356 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | 228 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,206 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Noon | 1,302 | 52.8 | ||
Conservative | Brian Parnell | 692 | 28.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Natalie Murphy | 356 | 14.4 | ||
Green | John Spottiswoode | 117 | 4.7 | ||
Majority | 610 | 24.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,467 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Hill | 1,573 | 51.6 | ||
Conservative | John Hartwell | 1,041 | 34.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Naish | 258 | 8.5 | ||
Independent Labour | Graham Cotton | 111 | 3.6 | ||
Green | Andrew Shaw | 64 | 2.1 | ||
Majority | 532 | 17.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,047 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Virginia Moore | 1,599 | 56.8 | ||
Labour | John Merritt | 870 | 30.9 | ||
Conservative | Eva Jeffery | 348 | 12.4 | ||
Majority | 729 | 25.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,817 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Slade | 1,775 | 54.5 | ||
Labour | John Truscott | 1,153 | 35.4 | ||
Conservative | Brian Lankford | 330 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | 622 | 19.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,258 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Vinson | 1,713 | 57.8 | ||
Labour | Kenneth Street | 852 | 28.7 | ||
Conservative | Michael Ball | 399 | 13.5 | ||
Majority | 861 | 29.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,964 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Jenks | 1,507 | 67.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Phillip Lloyd | 366 | 16.4 | ||
Conservative | Julian Isaacson | 362 | 16.2 | ||
Majority | 1,141 | 51.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,235 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Pointer | 1,295 | 43.1 | ||
Conservative | Alec Samuels | 1,074 | 35.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Fitzgerald | 530 | 17.7 | ||
Green | Paul Garratt | 103 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 221 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,002 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Heather Corless | 1,816 | 59.0 | ||
Conservative | Phillip Lankford | 833 | 27.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Heather | 429 | 13.9 | ||
Majority | 983 | 31.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,078 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Jenks | 983 | 46.0 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Paterson | 580 | 27.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Calvin Horner | 349 | 16.3 | ||
Green | Peter Davis | 113 | 5.3 | ||
Independent Labour | Peter Baillie | 110 | 5.2 | ||
Majority | 403 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,135 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Williams | 1,541 | 57.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Simpson | 801 | 30.1 | ||
Conservative | Marlene Unwin | 323 | 12.1 | ||
Majority | 740 | 27.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,665 |
References
[edit]Preceded by 1996 Southampton Council election |
Southampton local elections | Succeeded by 1999 Southampton Council election |