Sõda

MEEDIAVALVUR: algab „sõjalise erioperatsiooni“ teine etapp nimega „SÕDA“

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election, and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.[1]

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1998
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 16 5 0 +5 55.2 50.2 50,109 +9.1
  Labour 13 0 5 -5 44.8 35.6 35,521 -8.1
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 0.0 11.8 11,749 -1.5
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 1,216 +0.6
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 565 ±0.0
  Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 387 -0.2
  Ind. Conservative 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 95 ±0.0
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 82 New
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 76 New
  Socialist Workers 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 58 New

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party Previous council New council
Labour 55 50
Liberal Democrats 31 36
Conservatives 1 1
Total 87 87
Working majority  23   13 

Ward results

Beauchief [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Moore* 3,134 65.4 +8.1
Labour Robert Pemberton 1,099 22.9 −5.5
Conservative Peter Smith 561 11.7 −2.6
Majority 2,035 42.4 +13.5
Turnout 4,794 32.8 −4.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.8
Birley[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ron Shepherd 1,658 52.8 −9.0
Liberal Democrats Derek Glossop 1,084 34.5 +8.8
Conservative Evelyn Millward 400 12.7 +0.3
Majority 574 18.3 −17.8
Turnout 3,142 21.6 −4.4
Labour hold Swing -8.9
Brightside[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alf Meade* 1,214 55.5 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Harston 728 33.3 −5.2
Conservative Phillip Kirby 162 7.4 +2.4
Socialist Labour Robert Morris 82 3.7 +3.7
Majority 486 22.2 +4.3
Turnout 2,186 18.2 −5.6
Labour hold Swing +2.1
Broomhill[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Whitehouse 1,905 50.4 +18.3
Labour Richard Eastall* 1,083 28.7 −16.3
Conservative Graham King 662 17.5 −5.3
Green Joe Otten 128 3.4 +3.4
Majority 822 21.7 +8.8
Turnout 3,778 25.1 −3.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +10.0
Burngreave[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Watson* 724 36.5 −18.7
Independent Labour James Jamison 565 28.4 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Haq Nawaz 359 18.1 +5.6
Conservative Anthony Cherry 177 8.9 +2.2
Green Bernard Little 84 4.2 +4.2
Socialist Alliance Ms M Woodward 76 3.8 +3.8
Majority 159 18.4 −24.3
Turnout 1,985 20.8 −6.8
Labour hold Swing -10.8
Castle[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike King 885 56.4 −8.6
Liberal Democrats Jim Morland 364 23.2 +7.4
Conservative Michael Young 123 7.8 +0.2
Socialist Alternative Rebecca Fryer 103 6.5 −1.7
Green Graham Wroe 95 6.0 +2.7
Majority 521 33.2 −16.0
Turnout 1,570 15.6 −5.1
Labour hold Swing -8.0
Chapel Green[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Francis Butler* 3,086 65.2 +6.0
Labour Mark Wilde 1,421 30.0 −6.2
Conservative Michael Boot 226 4.8 +0.2
Majority 1,665 35.2 +12.2
Turnout 4,733 26.4 −2.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.1
Darnall[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R Murray 1,761 54.0 −5.0
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Azim 1,257 38.5 +7.5
Conservative Qari Siddique 245 7.5 −2.5
Majority 504 15.4 −5.0
Turnout 3,263 23.0 +0.1
Labour hold Swing -6.2
Dore[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Ross* 3,757 59.1 +19.8
Conservative John Berry 1,999 31.4 −13.6
Labour M Squires 599 9.4 −6.2
Majority 1,758 27.6 +21.9
Turnout 6,355 41.9 −0.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +16.7
Ecclesall[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Davison* 3,437 59.5 +11.1
Conservative John Harthman 1,616 28.0 −4.0
Labour Sandra Robinson 724 12.5 −7.0
Majority 1,821 31.5 +15.2
Turnout 5,777 36.9 +5.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +7.5
Firth Park[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Barton* 1,532 63.1 −0.2
Liberal Democrats F Khan 618 25.4 −0.7
Conservative Neville Paling 277 11.4 +0.9
Majority 914 37.6 +0.4
Turnout 2,427 20.3 −3.7
Labour hold Swing +0.2
Hallam[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Duncan Kime* 3,488 61.4 +9.0
Conservative Charles Wallis 1,459 25.7 −2.8
Labour Martin Newsome 730 12.8 −6.2
Majority 2,029 35.7 +11.9
Turnout 5,677 38.2 −2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +5.9
Handsworth[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Satur* 1,660 54.7 −10.5
Liberal Democrats Howard Middleton 1,036 34.1 +10.0
Conservative Laurence Hayward 338 11.1 +0.5
Majority 624 20.6 −20.4
Turnout 3,034 21.2 −4.5
Labour hold Swing -10.2
Heeley[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Ayris* 2,258 57.1 +7.2
Labour Andy Kershaw 1,540 38.9 −6.7
Conservative Eric Smith 158 4.0 −0.5
Majority 718 18.1 +13.8
Turnout 3,956 29.0 −5.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.9
Hillsborough[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Tosseano* 2,581 58.7 +3.8
Labour Gill Furniss 1,580 35.9 −4.0
Conservative Molly Goldring 238 5.4 +0.2
Majority 1,001 22.7 +7.7
Turnout 4,399 30.9 −4.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +3.9
Intake[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Louise Truman 1,960 55.2 +23.0
Labour Freda White* 1,328 37.4 −18.5
Conservative Eric Kirby 259 7.3 −4.5
Majority 632 17.8 −5.9
Turnout 3,547 24.3 +0.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +20.7
Manor[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jan Fiore* 895 57.7 −8.2
Liberal Democrats Frank Taylor 477 30.7 +12.4
Conservative Andrew Watson 108 6.9 −0.2
Socialist Alternative Alistair Tice 71 4.6 −4.0
Majority 418 26.9 −20.6
Turnout 1,551 17.6 −3.8
Labour hold Swing -10.3
Mosborough[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Saunders* 2,258 51.8 −8.0
Liberal Democrats Anders Hanson 1,284 29.5 +6.8
Conservative Shirley Clayton 720 16.5 +1.3
Ind. Conservative Colin Taylor 95 2.2 −0.1
Majority 974 22.3 −14.8
Turnout 4,357 16.9 −3.8
Labour hold Swing -7.4
Nether Edge[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew White 2,176 52.4 +3.1
Labour P Proctor 1,438 34.6 −2.7
Conservative Ian Ramsay 287 6.9 −1.5
Green Andy D'Agorne 254 6.1 +1.2
Majority 738 17.7 +5.7
Turnout 4,155 31.5 −8.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +2.9
Nether Shire[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Doreen Newton* 1,260 53.3 −7.4
Liberal Democrats John Tomlinson 940 39.7 +6.7
Conservative Marjorie Kirby 164 6.9 +0.6
Majority 320 13.5 −14.2
Turnout 2,364 20.1 −3.7
Labour hold Swing -7.0
Netherthorpe[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Holmes 1,895 58.1 +7.3
Labour Mike Bower* 1,067 32.7 −7.8
Green Barry New 165 5.0 −0.7
Conservative Andrew Cook 74 2.3 −0.6
Socialist Workers Ms J Grunsell 58 1.8 +1.8
Majority 828 25.4 +15.2
Turnout 3,259 26.7 −3.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +7.5
Norton[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gail Smith 2,089 56.2 +3.7
Labour James Moore* 1,375 37.0 −3.5
Conservative Frank Woodger 255 6.8 −0.1
Majority 714 19.2 +7.2
Turnout 3,719 32.1 −6.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +3.6
Owlerton[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Trefor Morgan 1,100 47.1 +16.5
Labour George Mathews* 1,081 46.3 −13.7
Conservative Kevin Mahoney 154 6.6 −2.8
Majority 19 0.8 −28.6
Turnout 2,335 20.5 −2.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +15.1
Park[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Doris Mulhern* 779 50.9 −9.9
Liberal Democrats K Joyce 439 28.7 +11.4
Socialist Alternative Ken Douglas 213 13.9 −1.0
Conservative Michael Ginn 99 6.5 −0.5
Majority 340 22.2 −21.3
Turnout 1,530 14.1 −5.3
Labour hold Swing -10.6
Sharrow[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Cromar 1,110 53.0 −11.2
Liberal Democrats Patricia White 628 30.0 +2.0
Conservative A Lander 206 9.8 +2.0
Green Mervyn Smith 149 7.1 +7.1
Majority 482 23.0 −13.2
Turnout 2,093 16.7 −4.8
Labour hold Swing -6.6
South Wortley[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Victoria Bowden* 3,147 62.8 +3.8
Labour Adam Hurst 1,284 25.6 −4.0
Conservative Ms B Gaimster 437 8.7 −2.7
Green Michael Maas 142 2.8 +2.8
Majority 1,863 37.2 +7.8
Turnout 5,010 27.4 −2.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +3.9
Southey Green[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P Rose 1,237 61.5 −12.5
Liberal Democrats Sheila Tomlinson 700 34.8 +15.2
Conservative George Kirtley 74 3.7 −2.7
Majority 537 26.7 −27.7
Turnout 2,011 19.2 −2.7
Labour hold Swing -13.8
Stocksbridge[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Brelsford 1,689 64.5 +8.5
Labour A Chapman 774 29.6 −7.8
Conservative Anne Smith 153 5.8 −0.7
Majority 915 35.0 +16.4
Turnout 2,616 24.6 −2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +8.1
Walkley[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Milton* 2,493 58.9 +5.6
Labour Alan Garner 1,425 33.6 −9.4
Green Nicola Freeman 199 4.7 +4.7
Conservative Peter Smith 118 2.8 −0.8
Majority 1,068 25.2 +14.9
Turnout 4,235 30.4 −6.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +7.5

By-elections between 1998 and 1999

Park by-election, 14 January 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Taylor 838 48.6 +19.9
Labour 737 42.8 −8.1
Socialist Alternative 104 6.0 −7.9
Conservative 24 1.4 −5.1
Independent Green Pete Hartley 20 1.2 +1.2
Majority 101 5.8 −16.4
Turnout 1,723 18.4 +4.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +14.0

References

  1. ^ "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46. ISSN 0140-0460.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Local elections: Sheffield, 7 May 1998". Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Local elections: Sheffield, 3 May 1996". Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Sheffield Council Candidates, 1998". Retrieved 19 June 2011.

Kommenteeri