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1998 Bristol City Council election

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7 May 1998

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22 of 68 seats (one third) to Bristol City Council
35 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Seats won	46	16	6
Seat change	5	4	1

1998 local election results in Bristol

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

Elections to the Bristol City Council were held on 7 May 1998 as part of the 1998 United Kingdom local elections. 22 wards were contested.^[1]

Results[edit]

Avonmouth[edit]

Avonmouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Celia Lukins	1,417	62.51
	Conservative	Alastair Watson	541	23.86
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Wakefield	263	11.60
	Green	Lela McTernan	46	2.03
Majority			876	38.65
Turnout			2,272	30.74

Bedminster[edit]

Bedminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Claire Warren	1,149	53.05
	Conservative	Ian Henderson	477	22.02
	Liberal Democrats	David Traube	331	15.28
	Green	Graham Davey	209	9.65
Majority			672	31.03
Turnout			2,167	25.29

Bishopston[edit]

Bishopston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Gordon Kitson	1,429	40.86
	Labour	Patricia McLaren	1,406	40.21
	Conservative	Ian Kealey	493	14.10
	Green	Christopher Sykes	169	4.83
Majority			23	0.65
Turnout			3,497	40.86

Cabot[edit]

Cabot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Williams	1,027	53.46
	Labour	Alison Wilson	456	23.74
	Conservative	Ashley Fox	287	14.94
	Green	Charles Bolton	103	5.36
	Socialist Labour	Kay Carter	48	2.50
Majority			571	29.72
Turnout			1,925	18.25

Clifton[edit]

Clifton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Janke	1,497	49.49
	Conservative	Robert Marven	893	29.52
	Labour	Alan Rogan	500	16.53
	Green	David Woodgate	135	4.46
Majority			604	19.97
Turnout			3,030	29.78

Cotham[edit]

Cotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Eldridge	1,112	39.64
	Labour	Shelley Lanchbury	827	29.48
	Conservative	Philip Cobbold	688	24.53
	Green	Geoff Collard	178	6.35
Majority			285	10.16
Turnout			2,806	28.25

Easton[edit]

Easton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Smith	1,608	60.52
	Labour	Balraj Sandhu	758	28.53
	Socialist Labour	Vince Horrigan	109	4.10
	Green	Aidan Knapp	97	3.65
	Conservative	Craig Heeley	85	3.20
Majority			850	31.99
Turnout			2,659	35.34

Eastville[edit]

Eastville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony James Wood	1,199	41.29
	Labour	David Sutton	1,052	36.23
	Conservative	Ronald Hodges	499	17.18
	Green	Robert Nicholls	79	2.72
	Socialist Labour	Mark Baker	75	2.58
Majority			147	5.06
Turnout			2,908	32.58

Filwood[edit]

Filwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Micklewright	651	49.66
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Hopkins	456	34.78
	Conservative	Richard Carter	105	8.01
	Socialist Alternative	Ian Marshall	99	7.55
Majority			195	14.88
Turnout			1,313	20.04

Frome Vale[edit]

Frome Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alun Davies	1,589	48.80
	Conservative	Timothy Collins	1,215	37.32
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Potts	452	13.88
Majority			374	11.48
Turnout			3,264	35.87

Henbury[edit]

Henbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Claire Cook	1,420	54.34
	Conservative	Anthony James Smith	873	33.41
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Young	320	12.25
Majority			547	20.93
Turnout			2,615	34.64

Henleaze[edit]

Henleaze
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalie Brown	2,086	47.69
	Conservative	Richard Eddy	1,758	40.19
	Labour	Timothy Perfect	462	10.56
	Green	Maxine Gilman	68	1.55
Majority			328	7.50
Turnout			4,379	47.93

Hillfields[edit]

Hillfields
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Judy Patterson	1,077	53.42
	Conservative	Barbara Jean Moore	498	24.70
	Liberal Democrats	John Patrick Hassell	349	17.31
	Socialist Labour	Roy Thomas	92	4.56
Majority			579	28.72
Turnout			2,019	25.32

Horfield[edit]

Horfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin Kerry	1,126	44.35
	Labour	Arthur Massey	1,030	40.57
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Summerhayes	317	12.49
	Green	Jade Bashford	66	2.60
Majority			96	3.78
Turnout			2,548	32.36

Kingsweston[edit]

Kingsweston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rosemary Clarke	1,366	57.44
	Conservative	John Goulandris	632	26.58
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Henderson	380	15.98
Majority			734	30.86
Turnout			2,382	33.49

Lawrence Hill[edit]

Lawrence Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brenda Hugill	1,010	57.13
	Liberal Democrats	John Astley	425	24.04
	Conservative	Michael Cobb	179	10.12
	Socialist Labour	Paul Williams	154	8.71
Majority			585	33.09
Turnout			1,777	20.67

Lockleaze[edit]

Lockleaze
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Philip Gregory	1,103	57.03
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Parry	536	27.71
	Conservative	Richard Clifton	295	15.25
Majority			567	29.32
Turnout			1,942	27.03

Redland[edit]

Redland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Ashton	1,357	39.10
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Townsend	1,127	32.47
	Conservative	Jack Lopresti	656	18.90
	Green	Justin Quinnell	331	9.54
Majority			230	6.63
Turnout			3,476	35.62

Southmead[edit]

Southville[edit]

Stoke Bishop[edit]

Westbury-on-Trym[edit]

References[edit]

^ "1998 elections". bristol.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

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