1998 Croydon London Borough Council election
7 May 1998
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 70 seats up for election to Croydon London Borough Council 36 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered | 223,588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 84,507, 37.80% ( 8.68) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Map of the results of the 1998 Croydon Council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elections to Croydon Council in London, England were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. For the first time in a local election two polling stations were situated in supermarkets.
Before the election the council had been seen as a top target for the Conservatives who only needed a small swing of 2 per cent to take control. The Labour party had taken control of the council for the first time in the council's history in the previous election in 1994. The removal of mounted patrols from parks and an increase in nursery places were seen as important issues in the election. Both main parties concentrated on trying to get their vote out and were targeting several key wards.