All 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs, 10 out of 46 unitary authorities and 88 out of 238 English districts
Majority party
Minority party
Third party
Leader
Tony Blair
William Hague
Paddy Ashdown
Party
Labour
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Leader since
21 July 1994
19 June 1997
16 July 1988
Percentage
38%
32%
25%
Councils
94
8
14
Councils +/-
2
1
7
Councillors
2,240
1,085
853
Councillors +/-
88
256
114
The 1998 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 7 May 1998.[1][2] All London borough council seats were elected as well a third of the seats on each of the Metropolitan Boroughs. Some unitary authorities and District councils also had elections. There were no local elections in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
These elections took place on the same day as the referendum on establishing the Greater London Authority.
The governing Labour Party, contesting its first national elections since returning to government 12 months previously, enjoyed great success, now having control of 94 councils, with the second placed Liberal Democrats now controlling 14 and the opposition Conservatives (now led by William Hague) a mere eight.
A by-election for the European Parliament was also held in the Yorkshire South constituency; Labour retained the seat.
^Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1998(PDF). Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^"Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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