1998 North Hertfordshire District Council election

1998 North Hertfordshire District Council election
18 of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
Leader before election; David Kearns; Labour	Leader after election ; David Kearns; Labour

The 1998 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 7 May 1998, at the same time as other local elections across England. There were 18 out of 50 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus two by-elections in Hitchin Walsworth and Knebworth wards.^[1]^[2]

Labour retained its narrow majority on the council. The Conservatives won most votes and gained one extra seat.^[3]

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1998 North Hertfordshire District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	9	1	50.0	8	17	50.0	10,154	41.0	+7.8
	Labour	8		44.4	18	26	52.0	9,141	36.9	-8.0
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	5.6	5	6	12.0	5,088	20.6	-1.3
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	273	1.1	+1.1
	Natural Law	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	91	0.4	+0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Crow	947	48.6	+15.2
	Labour	Neil Haslam	763	39.1	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	John White	240	12.3	−10.9
Turnout				26.3
Registered electors			7,440
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Luke La Plain	641	62.0	+16.3
	Labour	Diane Hillyer	312	30.2	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Stanley	81	7.8	−6.1
Turnout				40.8
Registered electors			2,541
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Marr* (Jenny Marr)	709	57.6	−12.2
	Conservative	Patricia Cherry	356	28.9	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Llewelyn	145	11.8	+0.1
	Natural Law	George Woodhouse	20	1.6	+1.6
Turnout				26.7
Registered electors			4,619
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alvaro Damiani (Al Damiani)	1,012	48.5	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Lord	726	34.8	−6.5
	Labour	Jonathan Newham	343	16.4	−3.5
	Natural Law	Graham Bell	7	0.3	+0.3
Turnout				41.4
Registered electors			5,054
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.1

1998 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Stears*	684	66.2	−1.3
	Conservative	Nigel Brook	228	22.1	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Warwick (Vicki Warwick)	110	10.6	−6.6
	Natural Law	Yvonne Bell	11	1.1	+1.1
Turnout				24.9
Registered electors			4,159
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derrick Ashley*	645	65.0	+9.8
	Labour	Derek Sheard	214	21.6	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Winder	128	12.9	−11.5
	Natural Law	Ann Burcombe	6	0.6	+0.6
Turnout				34.0
Registered electors			2,926
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Kirk*	1,112	49.7	−17.9
	Labour	Sandra Lunn	1,020
	Conservative	Bernard Lovewell	524	23.4	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Shirley	357	16.0	+4.0
	Green	George Howe	202	9.0	+9.0
	Natural Law	Russell Howard	42	1.9	+1.9
	Natural Law	Lesley Relph	18
Turnout				29.7
Registered electors			6,321
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Horrell	422	66.4	+18.1
	Labour	Colin Seddon	143	22.5	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Jarvis (Sal Jarvis)	66	10.4	−26.2
	Natural Law	Donna Hawkins	5	0.8	+0.8
Turnout				36.5
Registered electors			1,738
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Gray	720	56.3	+6.2
	Conservative	Ferrers Robin Bruce Wordsworth (Robin Wordsworth)	715
	Labour	Timothy Liddy	361	28.2	−21.7
	Labour	Christopher Tasker	335
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Stiff	128	10.0	+10.0
	Green	Stuart Madgin	71	5.5	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Winder	47
Turnout				35.6
Registered electors			3,459
	Conservative hold		Swing	+14.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Jarman*	750	54.5	−9.6
	Conservative	Adam Wilson	370	26.9	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Gammell	257	18.7	+3.2
Turnout				28.2
Registered electors			4,903
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Mardell*	996	64.9	−2.3
	Conservative	Stephen Paul	304	19.8	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Hall	235	15.3	+2.8
Turnout				30.4
Registered electors			5,057
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John James Wilkinson* (Jack Wilkinson)	993	43.3	−2.9
	Conservative	Carole McNelliey	771	33.7	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Murray Turner	527	23.0	−0.1
Turnout				36.8
Registered electors			6,236
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Kingman	1,097	48.0	+5.6
	Conservative	Ray Shakespeare-Smith	936	40.9	−1.6
	Labour	Marion Watson-Blake	254	11.1	−4.0
Turnout				49.5
Registered electors			4,629
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Mantle*	641	50.8	−8.0
	Conservative	Neil Redfern	452	35.8	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Booton	170	13.5	−1.2
Turnout				27.7
Registered electors			4,563
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.6

Royston East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Burt	822	56.8	+8.6
	Labour	Robin King	399	27.6	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Ledden	227	15.7	−3.2
Turnout				33.2
Registered electors			4,386
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.1

Royston West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lombari	1,004	48.6	+14.3
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Baxter* (Pat Baxter)^[a]	594	28.8	+2.8
	Labour	Vaughan West	467	22.6	−17.0
Turnout				32.1
Registered electors			6,513
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+5.8

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