1998 Derby City Council election

1998 Derby City Council election^[1]^[2]
14 of the 44 seats in the Derby City Council; 23 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1998 Derby City Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1998 Derby City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[3]

One of the two Labour councillors defeated in the election was Milton Crosdale, the father of Imaani, who was taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom two days after the election.^[4] Crosdale had been defending a three-vote majority in Blagreaves ward.^[4]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Derby Local Election Result 1998^[5]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	10	0	2	2	71.4	48.8	16,936
Conservative	3	1	0	1	21.4	34.1	11,821
Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	1	7.1	16.0	5,548
National Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	125
Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	123
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	121

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Till	1,191	67.3%
	Conservative	D. Sice	365	20.6%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Harry	215	12.1%
Turnout				15.4%
	Labour hold

Allestree

Location of Allestree ward

Allestree^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Webb	1,666	63.2%
	Labour	M. Musih-Ud Daullah	601	22.8%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Kirkman King	368	14.0%
Turnout				32.7%
	Conservative hold

Alvaston

Location of Alvaston ward

Alvaston^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. Wawman	1,077	61.3%
	Conservative	P. Willitts	427	24.3%
	Liberal Democrats	T. Hall	171	9.7%
	National Democrats	G. Hardy	81	4.6%
Turnout				22.8%
	Labour hold

Babington

Location of Babington ward

Babington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. Wilsoncroft	903	52.5%
	Conservative	M. Yaqub	595	34.6%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Savage	223	13.0%
Turnout				23.3%
	Labour hold

Blagreaves

Location of Blagreaves ward

Blagreaves^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Skelton	2,409	58.4%
	Labour	M. Crosdale	1,314	31.8%
	Conservative	J. Lee	361	8.7%
	National Democrats	K. Sharp	44	1.1%
Turnout				45.2%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Boulton

Location of Boulton ward

Boulton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hardyal Dhindsa	1,190	56.5%
	Conservative	J. Slater	683	32.4%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Charlesworth	234	11.1%
Turnout				25.1%
	Labour hold

Breadsall

Location of Breadsall ward

Breadsall^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Ireland	1,807	51.3%
	Conservative	M. Webb	1,363	38.7%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Ashburner	349	9.9%
Turnout				22.4%
	Labour hold

Chaddesden

Location of Chaddesden ward

Chaddesden^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Repton	1,323	60.1%
	Conservative	J. Veitch	600	27.3%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Whitaker	156	7.1%
	Independent	L. Alcock	121	5.5%
Turnout				27.0%
	Labour hold

Chellaston

Location of Chellaston ward

Chellaston^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Jackson	1,492	51.4%
	Conservative	D. Black	1,209	41.7%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Lowe	199	6.9%
Turnout				29.4%
	Labour hold

Darley

Location of Darley ward

Darley^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Latham	1,647	48.5%
	Labour	D. Roberts	1,375	40.5%
	Liberal Democrats	J-P. Keane	377	11.1%
Turnout				36.1%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Derwent

Location of Derwent ward

Derwent^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Young	1,067	70.2%
	Conservative	J. Thorpe	301	19.8%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Whitaker	151	9.9%
Turnout				20.2%
	Labour hold

Kingsway

Location of Kingsway ward

Kingsway^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Hill	979	45.0%
	Conservative	B. Maw	862	39.7%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Troup	333	15.3%
Turnout				27.2%
	Labour hold

Litchurch

Location of Litchurch ward

Litchurch^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Rehman	1,158	73.1%
	Conservative	J. Magee	222	14.0%
	Green	J. Macdonald	123	7.8%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Savage	81	5.1%
Turnout				22.0%
	Labour hold

Spondon

Location of Spondon ward

Spondon^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Brown	1,520	46.6%
	Labour	R. Morgan	1,459	44.7%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Peat	282	8.6%
Turnout				33.3%
	Conservative hold

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1998". The Elections Centre.
^ ^a ^b "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
^ ^a ^b "Father has the blues". Birmingham Post. 8 May 1998. p. 3.
^ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Derby City Council Election Results 1996-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre.

[compostition-1] "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.

[2] "Local Election Summaries 1998". The Elections Centre.

[times-3] "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.

[father-4] "Father has the blues". Birmingham Post. 8 May 1998. p. 3.

[policy-5] "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.

[results-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Derby City Council Election Results 1996-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre.

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