Huntingdonshire District Council election, 1998

The 1998 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Huntingdonshire local election result 1998^[1]^[3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	3	2	+1	66.7	51.4	10,726
	Liberal Democrat	5	2	1	+1	27.8	28.9	6,028
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.6	3.3	688
	Labour	0	0	2	-2	0	16.4	3,426

Ward results

Brampton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Elionor McNeill	907	51.8
	Conservative	Janet Bennion	802	45.8
	Labour	Sandra Wilcox	42	2.4
Majority			105	6.0
Turnout			1,751	50.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Buckden^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	William Clough	774	66.0
	Conservative	William Sinclair	368	31.4
	Labour	Reginald Wilcox	30	2.6
Majority			406	34.6
Turnout			1,172	58.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Rignall	556	70.4
	Liberal Democrat	Carole Crompton	164	20.8
	Labour	Lesley Shipgood	70	8.9
Majority			392	49.6
Turnout			790	48.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicholas Guyatt	324	69.8
	Labour	Raymond Atkins	95	20.5
	Liberal Democrat	Virginia Bowley	45	9.7
Majority			229	49.4
Turnout			464	34.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Farcet^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Burgess	260	53.7
	Labour	Kevin Goddard	207	42.8
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Hagger	17	3.5
Majority			53	11.0
Turnout			484	37.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godmanchester^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Gabb	540	45.7
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Looker	495	41.9
	Labour	Rosemary Eaton	147	12.4
Majority			45	3.8
Turnout			1,182	27.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Hemingford Grey^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Day	529	69.7
	Labour	Grace Adams	168	22.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Rainer	62	8.2
Majority			361	47.6
Turnout			759	38.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Houghton and Wyton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Rhodes	424	67.3
	Liberal Democrat	David Hunter	142	22.5
	Labour	Gail Findlay	64	10.2
Majority			282	44.8
Turnout			630	34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntingdon North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin Stephenson	1,163	64.4
	Labour	Valerie Brooker	642	35.6
Majority			521	28.9
Turnout			1,805	27.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntingdon West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Sadler	823	49.3
	Labour	George Beevor	700	41.9
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Wyatt	146	8.7
Majority			123	7.4
Turnout			1,669	25.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Ramsey^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Muir	816	64.3
	Labour	Keith Bennett	241	19.0
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Wheatley	213	16.8
Majority			575	45.3
Turnout			1,270	22.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sawtry^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard Tuplin	688	48.1
	Conservative	Alan Morris	522	36.5
	Labour	Kevin Hawkins	127	8.9
	Liberal Democrat	John Rimington	94	6.6
Majority			166	11.6
Turnout			1,431	32.5
	Independent hold		Swing

St. Ives North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jean Chandler	877	64.3
	Liberal Democrat	Glen Clarke	264	19.4
	Labour	David Brown	223	16.3
Majority			613	44.9
Turnout			1,364	20.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Neots Eynesbury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Debbie Lewsey	558	50.5
	Labour	Ian Webb	315	28.5
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Priedy	232	21.0
Majority			243	22.0
Turnout			1,105	18.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. Neots Priory Park^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Sally Guines	660	51.8
	Conservative	Ronald Dean	469	36.8
	Labour	Patricia Nicholls	146	11.5
Majority			191	15.0
Turnout			1,275	32.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

The Offords^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Edgley	540	48.3
	Conservative	Lawrence Simpson	504	45.1
	Labour	Janet Boston	73	6.5
Majority			36	3.2
Turnout			1,117	54.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

The Stukeleys^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Turpin	683	58.6
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Pencak	400	34.3
	Labour	Daniel McCracken	83	7.1
Majority			283	24.3
Turnout			1,166	46.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warboys^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Jack Taylor	873	60.9
	Conservative	Iain Gourlay	508	35.4
	Labour	Graeme Watkins	53	3.7
Majority			365	25.5
Turnout			1,434	41.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

By-elections between 1998 and 1999

Gransden by-election 10 December 1998^[4]
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	379	81.3	+27.1
	Liberal Democrat	87	18.7	-27.1
Majority		292	62.7	+54.2
Turnout		466	22.9	-19.3
	Conservative hold	Swing

References

1 2 "Local Elections results". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1998. p. 46. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Local government election results". The Independent. NewsBank. 8 May 1998. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 30 June 2014.

Council elections in Cambridgeshire

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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