. . . . "Labour Party"@en . "160"^^ . . . . . . "1998-05-07"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1085"^^ . . . . . . . "--07-16"^^ . "38.0"^^ . . . . "legislative"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . . . . "1998-05-07"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Councils"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2240"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "256"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "43887"^^ . . . . . . . . "Liberal Democrats"@en . "1999"^^ . . . . . . "25.0"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "1997"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "1997"^^ . . . . . . "1999"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Councillors +/-"@en . . . . "853"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1120717091"^^ . . "Local elections took place in many parts of England on 7 May 1998. All London borough council seats were elected as well a third of the seats on each of the Metropolitan Boroughs. Some unitary authorities and District councils also had elections. There were no local elections in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. These elections took place on the same day as the referendum on establishing the Greater London Authority. The governing Labour Party, contesting its first national elections since returning to government 12 months previously, enjoyed great success, now having control of 94 councils, with the second placed Liberal Democrats now controlling 14 and the opposition Conservatives (now led by William Hague) a mere eight."@en . . "2782921"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "10"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "--07-21"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1998 United Kingdom local elections"@en . . . "All 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs,"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Councils +/-"@en . . . "1998"^^ . . . . "94"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Local elections took place in many parts of England on 7 May 1998. All London borough council seats were elected as well a third of the seats on each of the Metropolitan Boroughs. Some unitary authorities and District councils also had elections. There were no local elections in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. These elections took place on the same day as the referendum on establishing the Greater London Authority."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Councillors"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "1998 United Kingdom local elections"@en . . . . . . . "Conservative Party"@en . . . . . "--06-19"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2"^^ . . "114"^^ . "14"^^ . "1"^^ . "8"^^ . "7"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "88"^^ . . . "32.0"^^ .