South Lakeland Council election, 1998 - Mashpedia All-in-One Encyclopedia

The 1998 South Lakeland Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result [edit]

South Lakeland Local Election Result 1998^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	6			+2	35.3
	Liberal Democrat	6			-2	35.3
	Conservative	3			+1	17.6
	Independent	2			-1	11.8

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)
^ "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

Preceded by South Lakeland Council election, 1996	South Lakeland local elections	Succeeded by South Lakeland Council election, 1999

v t e (1997 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1998 (→ 1999)

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