Hyndburn Borough Council election, 1998

Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 35
Conservative 12

Election result

Hyndburn Local Election Result 1998
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10			+9	58.8	46.7	8,199
	Labour	7			-9	41.2	46.4	8,139
	Liberal Democrat	0			0	0	6.9	1,213

Ward results

Barnfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W Dwyer	365	45.4
	Conservative	J Scholes	274	34.1
	Liberal Democrat	T Whitchelo	165	20.5
Majority			91	11.3
Turnout			804	28.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Baxenden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D Scholes	728	55.5
	Labour	J Sargison	341	26.0
	Liberal Democrat	L Jones	242	18.5
Majority			387	29.5
Turnout			1,311	33.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K Curtis	455	48.3
	Conservative	S Crooks	369	39.2
	Liberal Democrat	R Moss	118	12.5
Majority			86	9.1
Turnout			942	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Dickinson	596	51.6
	Conservative	M Raynor	559	48.4
Majority			37	3.2
Turnout			1,155	27.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton-Le-Moors
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Storey	693	52.0
	Labour	M Cowell	640	48.0
Majority			53	4.0
Turnout			1,333	28.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Huncoat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Parkins	650	61.2
	Conservative	D Deakin	412	38.8
Majority			238	22.4
Turnout			1,062	32.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Immanuel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S Hayes	727	58.5
	Labour	S Delaney	515	41.5
Majority			212	17.0
Turnout			1,242	32.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Milnshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P Travis	560	40.5
	Labour	J Battle	524	37.9
	Liberal Democrat	M Pritchard	300	21.7
Majority			36	2.6
Turnout			1,384	34.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Netherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W Frankland	580	54.0
	Labour	E Russell	494	46.0
Majority			86	8.0
Turnout			1,074	30.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Norden (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Davies	338
	Conservative	S Horne	328
	Labour	F Molloy	320
	Labour	S Walsh	262
Turnout			1,248	26.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Overton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P Clarke	604	47.3
	Labour	A Williams	509	39.8
	Liberal Democrat	M Gradwell	165	12.9
Majority			95	7.5
Turnout			1,278	27.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I Mason	443	57.3
	Conservative	D Wolstenholme	330	42.7
Majority			113	14.6
Turnout			773	22.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Spring Hill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Barton	502
	Labour	E Dunston	435
	Conservative	K Boota	261
	Liberal Democrat	P Witchelo	223
Turnout			1,421	23.8
	Labour hold		Swing

St Andrew's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B Walmsley	748	61.6
	Labour	P Rapson	466	38.4
Majority			282	23.2
Turnout			1,214	36.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Oswald's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D Hayes	688	52.5
	Labour	W Goldsmith	622	47.5
Majority			66	5.0
Turnout			1,310	27.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

"Council poll results", The Guardian 9 May 1998 page 16
We'll take over in 1999, says Tory leader
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