The 1998 Camden Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of
Camden London Borough Council
Camden London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Camden in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Camden is divided into 18 wards, each electing th ...
in
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
, England. The whole council was up for election and the
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Campaign
Issues in the election included a recent 10%
council tax
Council Tax is a local taxation system used in England, Scotland and Wales. It is a tax on domestic property, which was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, replacing the short-lived Community Charge
The Community C ...
rise which was the highest in London, service improvements, claims that a partnership with the police had cut crime and a strike in local libraries.
Election result
Overall
turnout in the election was 33.4%.
At the same as the election Camden saw 81.18% vote in favour of the
1998 Greater London Authority referendum
The Greater London Authority referendum of 1998 was a referendum held in Greater London on 7 May 1998, asking whether there was support for the creation of a Greater London Authority, composed of a directly elected Mayor of London and a Londo ...
and 18.82% against, on a 32.84% turnout.
Ward results
Adelaide
Belsize
Bloomsbury
Brunswick
Camden
Caversham
Castlehaven
Chalk Farm
Fitzjohns
Fortune Green
Frognal
Gospel Oak
Grafton
Hampstead Town
Highgate
Holborn
Kilburn
Kings Cross
Priory
Regents Park
St John's
St Pancras
Somers Town
South End
Swiss Cottage
West End
References
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1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
1998 London Borough council elections