1998 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to North Tyneside 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.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 43
• Conservative 8
• Liberal Democrat 7
• Independent 2

Election result

North Tyneside Local Election Result 1998

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11			-2	55.0
	Conservative	5			+1	25.0
	Liberal Democrats	4			+1	20.0

Monkseaton

North Tyneside Council Elections: Monkseaton ward 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Bell	1,438	49.2
	Labour	R. Clarke	1,214	41.6
	Liberal Democrats	A. Reeds	268	9.2
Majority			224
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Shields

North Tyneside Council Elections: North Shields ward 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Lott	1,116	47.4
	Conservative	L. Hamilton	863	36.6
	Liberal Democrats	A. McManus	376	16.0
Majority			253
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Tynemouth

North Tyneside Council Elections: Tynemouth ward 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Macaulay	1,627	59.3
	Labour	Brian Burdis	1,118	40.7
Majority			509
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Seatonville

North Tyneside Council Elections: Seatonville ward 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Street	1,490	52.1
	Labour	R. Cooper	841	29.4
	Conservative	Karen Johnston	527	18.4
Majority			649
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cullercoats

North Tyneside Council Elections: Cullercoats ward 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lawrence Goveas	1,834	56.5
	Labour	M. Ormston	1,410	43.5
Majority			424
Turnout			41.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's

North Tyneside Council Elections: St. Mary's ward 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Carr	1,949	71.0
	Labour	M. Cross	795	29.0
Majority			1,154
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitley Bay

North Tyneside Council Elections: Whitley Bay ward 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet McDonald	1,506	56.0
	Labour	R. Oliver	1,181	44.0
Majority			312
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Preceded by 1996 North Tyneside Council election

North Tyneside local elections

Succeeded by 1999 North Tyneside Council election