1998 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English The 1998 Oldham Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Labour 36
- Liberal Democrat 23
- Independent 1[2]
Campaign
Before the election Labour ran the council with 35 councillors as compared to 24 for the Liberal Democrats.[3] The election was mainly fought between these 2 parties with the Liberal Democrats campaigning on local issues under a slogan of "open, local, clean and green".[3] They said that Labour were arrogant and complacent, while Labour attacked the Liberal Democrats for being irresponsible on public spending and opportunistic.[3]
Election result
Overall turnout in the election was 31%.[4]
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References
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