Liverpool Council election, 1998
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party took control of the council from the Labour party.[1]
After the election the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 52 | +10 | |
| Labour | 39 | -8 | |
| Liberal Party | 4 | +2 | |
| Independent | 1 | -1 | |
| Others | 3 | -1 | |
| Conservative | 0 | -2 | |
Election result
| Liverpool Local Election Result 1998 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 23 | +10 | 67.6 | 54.9 | ||||||
| Labour | 9 | -8 | 26.5 | 28.3 | ||||||
| Liberal | 2 | +2 | 5.9 | |||||||
| Conservative | 0 | -2 | 0 | 5.1 | ||||||
| Independent | 0 | -1 | 0 | |||||||
| Others | 0 | -1 | 0 | |||||||
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