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1998 Maidstone Borough Council election

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The 1998 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 27.35%.[2]

Maidstone Local Election Result 1998[3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 8 -4 44.4 43.6
  Labour 4 +2 22.2 30.7
  Conservative 4 +2 22.2 23.8
  Independent 2 0 11.1

References

  1. ^ a b "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  2. ^ "Election of Maidstone Borough Councillors - Thursday 2 May 2002" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  4. ^ "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-03-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)