Local Authority Byelection Results - September 1998

3/9/98

Cardiff CBC, Rhiwbina

Con 1881 (45.5%), Labour 1096 (26.5%), Lib Dem 966 (23.3%), PC 189 (4.5%)
Majority 785 Turnout 43.3% Conservative gain from Labour

Doncaster MBC, Adwick

Labour 1071 (51.6%), Lib Dem 614 (29.5%), Con 390 (18.7%)
Majority 457 Turnout 17% Labour hold

Doncaster MBC, Wheatley

Labour 941 (45.02%), Lib Dem 859 (41.1%), Con 290 (13.8%)
Majority 82 Turnout 24.47% Labour hold

Eastbourne BC, Ratton

Con 1183 (57.4%), Lib Dem 741 (36%), Lab 134 (6.5%)
Majority 442 Turnout 32.59% Conservative gain from Lib Dem

South Lanarkshire SUA, Carmichael

SNP 438 (35.7%;+17.5%), Con 437 (35.6%;-3.8%), Labour 224 (18.2%;-34.7%), Ind Lab 109 (8.8%;+8.8%), LibDem 17 (1.3%;+1.3%)
Majority 1 Turnout 46.5% SNP gain from Labour

South Lanarkshire SUA, Silvertonhill

SNP 539 (38.1%;-8.6%), Con 422 (29.8%;+13.5%), Labour (21.7%;-15.1%), LibDem 144 (10.1%;+10.1%)
Majority 117 Turnout 43.6% SNP hold

South Tyneside MBC, Bede

Labour 685 (80.4%), Con 98 (11.5%), Socialist 69 (7.9%)
Majority 587 Turnout 15.2% Labour hold

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Chiltern DC, Lowndes

Lib Dem 365 (54.0;+5.4), Con 278 (41.2;+4.0), Lab 32 (4.7;-9.5)
Majority 87. Turnout 43.3%. Liberal Democrat hold

Horsham DC, Riverside

Lib Dem 1039 (55.3;+4.7), Con 676 (35.6;+3.1), Lab 165 (8.8;-8.1)
Majority 363. Turnout 29.3%. 1995. Liberal Democrat Hold

Neath & Port Talbot CBC, Trebanos

Lab 259 (61.2;-0.9), PC 134 (31.7;-6.2), Lib Dem 30 (7.1;+7.1)
Majority 125. Turnout unknown. 1995. Labour hold

Rotherham MBC, Brampton, Melton and Wentworth

Labour 818 (77.8;n/a), Con 233 (22.2;n/a)
Majority 585. turnout unknown. 1998. Labour hold

St Edmundsbury BC, Stanton

Con 423 (55.3;+22.1), Lab 275 (35.9;-1.4), Lib Dem 67 (8.8;-6.5) [Ind 0 (0.0;-14.2)]
Majority 148. Turnout 34%. 1995 Conservative gain from Labour

Stockport MBC, Cheadle Hulme South

Lib Dem 2264 (65.2;+14.4), Con 1048 (30.2;+4.7), Lab 161 (4.6;-19.1)
Majority 1218, Turnout 31.3%. 1998. Liberal Democrat hold

Braydon & Byshottles PC, East

Lib Dem 132 (51.0;n/a), Lab 98 (37.8;n/a), Ind 29 (11.2;n/a)
Majority 34. turnout unknown. 1995. Liberal Democrat gain from Labour

Chesham TC, Lowndes

Lib Dem 365 (54.0;n/a), Con 279 (41.3;n/a), Lab 32 (4.7;n/a)
Majority 86. Turnout 43.4%. 1995. Liberal Democrat hold

Farnham TC, Weybourne & Badshot Lea

Lib Dem 535 (56.4;n/a), Con 308 (32.5;n/a), Lab 105 (11.1;n/a)
Majority 227. Turnout 26.4%. 1995. Liberal Democrat hold

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Cherwell DC, Heyford

Lib Dem 290 (36.3;-24.2), Ind 263 (32.8;+32.8), Con 247 (30.9;-8.6)
Majority 27. Turnout 47%. 1995. Liberal Democrat hold

Cumbria CC, Far Cross

Lib Dem 908 (62.6;+11.8), Con 328 (22.6;-5.4), Lab 214 (14.8;-6.4)
Majority 580. Turnout unknown. 1997. Liberal Democrat hold

Fife SUA, Newburgh & District

Lib Dem 649 (58.2;-8.9), Con 291 (26.1;+11.7), SNP 175 (15.7;+6.5) [Lab 0 (0.0;-9.3)]
Majority 358. Turnout unknown. 1995. Liberal Democrat hold

Gateshead MBC, Wickham South

Lib Dem 1598 (83.6;+13.0), Lab 314 (16.4;-7.0) [Con 0 (0.0;-6.0)]
Majority 1284. Turnout unknown. 1998. Liberal Democrat hold

New Forest DC, Ringwood North

Con 503 (61.6;+21.4), Lib Dem 313 (38.4;+1.4) [Ind 0 (0.0;-22.8)]
Majority 190. Turnout unknown. 1995. Conservative hold

Northumberland CC, Corbridge

Con 546 (35.8;+0.5), Lib Dem 420 (27.5;-9.6), Lab 307 (20.1;-7.5), Ind 253 (16.8;+16.8)
Majority 126. Turnout unknown. 1997. Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat

South Cambridgeshire DC, Hardwick

Lib Dem 733 (82.5;n/a), Con 155 (17.5;n/a) [Ind 0 (0.0;Unopposed)]
Majority 578. Turnout unknown. 1995. Liberal Democrat gain from Independent.

Torbay UA, Tormohun

Con 671 (38.2;+5.9), Lib Dem 667 (38.0;-5.3), Lab 321 (18.3;-6.1), Lib 97 (5.5;+5.5)
Majority 4. Turnout unknown. 1997. Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat

Winchester DC, Shedfield

Ind 314 (51.3;-20.3), Con 145 (23.7;+23.7), Lib Dem 140 (22.9;+22.9), Lab 13 (2.1;-13.5)
Majority 169. Turnout 50%. 1996. Independent hold

Ynys Mon CC, Morawelon

Lab (413 (67.7; unopposed), Plaid Cymru 197 (32.3;n/a)
Majority 216. Turnout 54%. 1995. Labour hold

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Forest Heath DC, St Marys

Con 444 (58.6;+13.6), Lab 272 (35.9;-3.5), Lib Dem 42 (5.5;-10.1)
Majority 172. Turnout 25.3%. 1995. Conservative hold

Hinckley & Bosworth DC, Groby

Con 598 (42.7;+5.0), Lib Dem 462 (33.0;+12.8), Lab 339 (24.2;-17.9)
Majority 136. Turnout 24%. 1995. Conservative hold

Luton UA, South

Lab 755 (47.8;-8.7), Con 469 (29.7;+3.2), Lib Dem 159 (10.1;+1.1), Ind 131 (8.3;+8.3), Grn 67 (4.2;-3.7)
Majority 286. Turnout unknown. 1996. Labour hold

Manchester MBC, Cheetham

Lib Dem 1394 (48.5;+4.1), Lab 1342 (46.6;-0.1), Con 141 (4.9;-2.2) [Ind 0 (0;-1.7)]
Majority 52. Turnout unknown. 1998. Liberal Democrat gain from Labour

Stockton on Tees UA, Parkfield

Lab 583 (58.0;-19.4), Ind 196 (19.5;+19.5), Con 143 (14.2;+1.5), Lib Dem 61 (6.1-3.8), Soc. 23 (2.3;+2.3)
Majority 387. Turnout 22.2%. 1996. Labour hold

Information courtesy of the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors.
Edited by Colin Rosenstiel : Web presentation by Keith Edkins © 1998.