1998 Hartlepool Borough Council election
{{Short description|1998 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}
Elections to Hartlepool Borough Council in the ceremonial county of County Durham in England were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.{{cite news | title = Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results | publisher = The Guardian | page = 16 | date = 1998-05-09 }}
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Labour 33
- Liberal Democrat 8
- Conservative 5
- Independent 1
Election result
{{Election summary begin|title = Hartlepool Local Election Result 1998{{cite news | title = Local Elections results | work = The Times | page = 46 | date = 1998-05-09 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.crest.ox.ac.uk/election/econ99tab.htm | title = Local Election Results, 1999 | access-date = 2009-05-02 | publisher = Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724053301/http://www.crest.ox.ac.uk/election/econ99tab.htm | archive-date = 2011-07-24 }}}}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 8
|gain =
|loss =
|net = -7
|seats % = 50.0
|votes % = 45.2
|votes =
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 4
|gain =
|loss =
|net = +4
|seats % = 25.0
|votes % = 28.9
|votes =
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election Summary Party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 4
|gain =
|loss =
|net = +3
|seats % = 25.0
|votes % = 21.3
|votes =
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Durham elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 1998}}