Local Authority Byelection Results - April 1998
2/4/98
Aylesbury Vale DC, Haddenham
Lib Dem 949 (55.8;+2.7), Con 483 (28.4;-2.8), Lab 161 (9.5;-5.6), Ind 109 (6.4;+6.4)
Majority 466. Turnout 42.8%. 1995. Liberal Democrat hold
East Devon DC, Clystbeare
Con 445 (57.5;+4.2), Lib Dem 329 (42.5;+18.1) [Lab 0 (0.0;-22.3)]
Majority 116, Turnout unknown. 1995. Conservative hold
Huntingdonshire DC, Eynesbury
Con 522 (44.5;+16.4), Lib Dem 426 (36.3;-1.5), Lab 225 (19.2;-12.8) [Ind 0 (0.0;-2.4)]
Majority 96. Turnout 19%. 1996. Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat.
Monmouthshire CBC, Usk
Con 472 (44.3;-12.4), Lab 386 (36.2;-7.2), Lib Dem 208 (19.5;+19.5)
Majority 86. Turnout unknown. 1995. Conservative hold
Redditch BC, Greenlands
Lab 586 (53.9;-1.2), Con 398 (36.6;+6.5), Lib Dem 103 (9.5;-5.3)
Majority 188. Turnout 16.87%. 1996. Labour hold
Richmondshire DC, Lower Dale
Con Unopposed
1995. Conservative gain from Independent
Torfaen CBC, Greenmeadow
Lab Unopposed. [Lib Dem 0 (0.0;-20.0)]
1995 Labour hold
Wansbeck DC, Park
Lab 296 (55.8;unopposed), Lib Dem 217 (40.9;n/a), Con 17 (3.2;n/a)
Majority 79. Turnout 23%. 1995. Labour hold
Wiltshire CC, Whorwellsdown
Con 1098 (50.4;+12.0), Lib Dem 1078 (49.6;+2.4) [Lab 0 (0.0;-14.4)]
Majority 17. Turnout 34.6%. 1997. Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat
Wealdon DC, Herstmonceux
Con 636 (64.6;+12.6), Lib Dem 348 (35.4;-12.6)
Majority 286. Turnout unknown. 1995. Conservative hold
Ingatestone & Fryerning PC, Unwarded
Ind No.1 397 (69.6;n/a), Ind No. 2 173 (30.3;n/a)
Majority 224. Turnout 15%. 1995. Independent hold
Stowmarket TC, South
Lib Dem 120 (47.1;n/a), Lab 75 (29.4;n/a), Con 60 (23.5;n/a)
Majority 45. Turnout 7.56%. 1995. Liberal Democrat gain from Labour.
Usk WCC, Unwarded
Con 463 (44.2;n/a), Ind 357 (34.1;n/a), Lab 228 (21.8; n/a)
Majority 106. Turnout 62.0%. 1995. Conservative hold
7/4/98
Hambleton DC, Stokesley
Con 866 (50.3;+16.7), Lib Dem 621 (36.1;-6.9), Lab 235 (13.6;-9.9)
Majority 245. Turnout 40%. 1995. Conservative hold
[Split result in 1995, with Lib Dem first and Tories 2nd and 3rd]
16/4/98
Dover BC, Barton
Lab 707 (61.9;-7.7), Con 435 (38.1;+16.4)
[Ind Con 0 (0.0;-8.7)]
Majority 272. Turnout 35.1% 1995. Labour hold
Harborough DC, Kibworth
Lib Dem 733 (50.2;+43.9), Con 500 (34.3;+11.7), Ind No.1 119 (8.2;-49.7),
Ind No.2 66 (4.5;+4.5)
Majority 233. Turnout 34.7%. 1995. Liberal Democrat gain from Independent
South Derbyshire DC, Swadlincote
Lab 497 (58.5;+13.0), Ind 289 (34.0;+13.9), Con 64 (7.5;-1.2)
[Ind Lab 0 (0.0;-25.7)]
Majority 208. Turnout 23.74%. 1995. Labour hold
South Lanarkshire SUA, Cairns
Lab 532 (46.8;-26.3), SNP 315 (27.7;+12.3), Lib Dem 153 (13.5;+7.0),
Soc 92 (8.1;+8.1), Ind No.1 32 (2.8;+2.8), Ind No.2 13 (1.1;+1.1)
[Communist 0 (0.0;-5.1)]
Majority 217.Turnout 31.2%. 1995. Labour hold
Haywards Heath TC, Heath
Lib Dem 454 (49.0;n/a), Con 381 (41.1;n/a), Lab 78 (8.4;n/a),
Other 14 (1.5;n/a)
Majority 73. Turnout 32.1%. 1995. Liberal Democrat hold
Prescot TC, North East
Lib Dem 103 (56.3;n/a), Lab 71 (38.8;n/a), Con 9 (4.9;n/a)
Majority 32. turnout unknown. 1995. Liberal Democrat gain from Labour
21/4/98
Hull UA, Boothferry
Lib Dem 1729 (69.9;+23.7), Lab 605 (24.4;-15.5) Con 149 (6.0;-8.1)
Majority 1124. Turnout ~25%. 1997. Liberal Democrat gain from Labour
23/4/98
Blyth Valley DC, Cramlington East
Lab 438 (70.2;-15.0), Lib Dem 96 (15.4;+0.6), Ind 55 (8.8;+8.8),
Con 35 (5.6;+5.6)
Majority 342. Turnout 18.8%. 1995. Labour hold
East Cambridgeshire DC, Downham
Ind 572 (58.2;-12.8), Lib Dem 410 (41.8;+12.7)
Majority 162. Turnout 42.0%. 1995. Independent hold
High Peak DC, Blackbrook
Lib Dem 578 (50.8;-1.8), Con 405 (35.6;+9.6), Lab 155 (13.6;-7.8)
Majority 173. Turnout 38.9%. 1995. Liberal Democrat hold
Mendip DC, Street North
Lib Dem 396 (39.4;+3.3), Lab 281 (28.0;-2.0), Con 214 (21.3;+12.3),
Ind Lab 114 (11.3;+11.3) [Ind 0 (0.0;-25.0)]
Majority 115. Turnout 26.5%. 1995. Liberal Democrat gain from Labour
Newark & Sherwood DC, Bilsthorpe
Labour unopposed (n/a) [Lib Dem 0 (0.0;-13.0), Con 0 (0.0;-11.4)]
1995. Labour hold
St Edmundsbury BC, Kedington
Lab 231 (41.1;-4.4), Con 159 (28.3;+5.1), Ind 89 (15.8;+15.6),
Lib Dem 83 (14.8;+14.8)
Majority 72. Turnout 41%. 1995. Labour hold
West Somerset DC, Minehead North
Con 388 (42.7;+11.9), Lab 270 (29.7;+3.6), Lib Dem 251 (27.6;+14.3)
[Ind 0 (0.0;-29.8)]
Majority 118. Turnout 36%. 1995. Conservative gain from Independent
Wycombe DC, Lane End & Piddington
Lib Dem 408 (46.2;+9.7), Con 390 (44.1;+11.7), Lab 86 (9.7;-21.4)
Majority 18. Turnout unknown. 1995. Liberal Democrat hold
Minehead TC, Minehead North
Con 421 (46.3;n/a), Lab 270 (29.7;n/a), Lib Dem 218 (24.0;n/a)
Majority 151. Turnout unknown. 1995. Conservative gain from Independent.
30/4/98
Lancaster City, Hornby
Con 451 (53.6;+5.0), Lib Dem 261 (31.0;-0.8), Labour 80 (9.5;-10.0),
Ind 50 (5.9;+5.9)
Majority 190. Turnout 54.1. Con Hold
Lancaster City, Parks
Ind 845 (65.6;+40.7), Con 274 (21.3;-12.9), Labour 106 (8.2;-13.4),
Lib Dem 64 (4.9;-14.3)
Majority 571. Turnout 36.8%. Ind gain from Conservative
Selby DC, Tadcaster West
Lab 205 (30.0;+7.7), Ind 204 (29.9;+0.3), Con 172 (25.2;+9.8),
Lib Dem 102 (14.9;-17.3)
Majority 1. Turnout unknown. Lab gain from Ind
Staffordshire Moorlands DC, Biddulph South
Lib Dem 617 (55.7;+20.8), Labour 382 (35.0;-13.7), Ind 108 (9.8;-6.5)
Majority 235. Turnout 31.49. LD hold
Test Valley DC, Blackwater
Con 1016 (72.8;+14.8), Lib Dem 325 (23.3;-18.8), Labour 54 (3.8;+3.8)
Majority 908. Turnout 35%. Con Hold
Test Valley DC, Tadburn
Lib Dem 423 (50.1;-9.6), Con 422 (49.9;+23.7)
Majority 1. Turnout 24.0%. LD Hold
Biddulph TC, South
Lib Dem 579 (52.5), Labour 362 (32.8), Ind 161 (14.6)
Majority 217. Turnout 31.4%. LD Hold
Godalming TC, South East
Con 982 (54.3), Lib Dem 756 (41.9), Lab 68 (3.8)
Majority 226. Con gain from Lib Dem
Tadcaster TC, West
Lab 260 (41.3), Con 216 (34.3), Ind 153 (24.3)
Majority 54. Turnout & change unknown
Information courtesy of the Association of Liberal
Democrat Councillors.
Edited by Colin Rosenstiel :
Web presentation by Keith Edkins © 1998.