Derby Council election, 1998

The 1998 Derby Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Derby Unitary Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1]

One of the two Labour councillors defeated in the election was Milton Crosdale, the father of Imaani, who was taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom two days after the election.^[2] Crosdale had been defending a three vote majority in Blagreaves ward.^[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 37
• Conservative 4
• Liberal Democrat 3^[1]

Election result

Derby Local Election Result 1998[3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	10			-2	71.4
	Conservative	3			+1	21.4
	Liberal Democrat	1			+1	7.1

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Father has the blues". Birmingham Post. 1998-05-08. p. 3. 
3. ^ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 1998-05-09. p. 16. 

Preceded by Derby Council election, 1996

Derby local elections

Succeeded by Derby Council election, 1999