The 1998 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of
Brent London Borough
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Council in
London
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,
England
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. The whole council was up for election and the
Labour party gained overall control of the council from
no overall control.
Background
Before the election Labour ran the council with the support of the
Liberal Democrats.
However the
Conservatives
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targeted the council with the Conservative
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions,
Norman Fowler
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, predicting that the Conservatives would make gains in Brent.
The Conservatives required a 1% swing from the 1994 election to win a majority on the council, where previously no party had a majority.
Election result
The Labour party took a 20-seat majority on the council after gaining 15 seats, with the gains including taking all of the seats in Fryent and Roe Green
wards and 1 seat in
Queensbury ward from the Conservatives.
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by the previous Conservative government Conservative or Tory government may refer to:
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.[ The Liberal Democrats failed to make gains and dropped from 5 to 4 ]councillor
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s.[ Overall turnout at the election was 36.8%, down from 48.3% in 1994.]
Ward results
References
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1998
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1998 London Borough council elections