Hart District Council election, 1998

The 1998 Hart Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 15
• Conservative 14
• Independent 6^[2]

Election result

Hart Local Election Result 1998[1][3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	5			0	45.5	30.3	4,045
	Conservative	3			+1	27.3	36.0	4,808
	Independent	3			-1	27.3	25.0	3,332
	Labour	0			0	0	8.7	1,160

Ward results

Blackwater and Hawley[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Blewett	527	49.2
	Conservative	John Twemlow	432	40.3
	Labour	Pauline Billman	113	10.5
Majority			95	8.9
Turnout			1,072

Church Crookham[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Heather Shearer	738	44.8
	Conservative	Rosemary Feltham	727	44.1
	Labour	Hugh Meredith	183	11.1
Majority			11	0.7
Turnout			1,648

Crondall[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Lambert	741	71.5
	Liberal Democrat	Penelope Wright	190	18.3
	Labour	Alan Partridge	106	10.2
Majority			551	53.1
Turnout			1,037

Fleet Courtmoor[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Hazell	838	60.2
	Independent	Stephen Gorys	404	29.0
	Labour	Janet Carrier	150	10.8
Majority			434	31.2
Turnout			1,392

Fleet Pondtail[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sharyn Wheale	944	50.8
	Conservative	Brian Goddard	727	39.1
	Labour	Peter Cotton	188	10.1
Majority			217	11.7
Turnout			1,859

Fleet West[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Conservative	Peter Shoesmith	975	66.4
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Robinson	326	22.2
	Labour	Shirley Dearman	168	11.4
Majority			649	44.2
Turnout			1,469

Frogmore and Darby Green[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Vivien Street	652	66.5
	Conservative	Caryl Bromhead	192	19.6
	Labour	John Davies	136	13.9
Majority			460	46.9
Turnout			980

Hartley Wintney[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Susan Band	1,009	86.3
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Over	160	13.7
Majority			849	72.6
Turnout			1,169

Hook[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Fergus Kirkham	848	57.2
	Conservative	Andrew Henderson	634	42.8
Majority			214	14.4
Turnout			1,482

Long Sutton[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Wallis	301	69.2
	Liberal Democrat	William Redman	134	30.8
Majority			167	38.4
Turnout			435

Yateley West[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Simpson	470	58.6
	Conservative	David Ashworth	216	26.9
	Labour	John Davis	116	14.5
Majority			254	31.7
Turnout			802

References

1. "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46.
2. "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 1998-05-09. p. 16.
3. "Local Election Results for 7 May 1998". Hart District Council. Retrieved 2010-04-18.