title: 1998 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election
text: # 1998 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election
  
  Elections to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
  
  After the election, the composition of the council was
  
  * Labour 65
  * Conservative 1
  
  ## Election result
  
  Rotherham Local Election Result 1998 :
  
  | Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | 22 | | | 0 | 95.7 | | | |
  | | Conservative | 1 | | | 0 | 4.3 | | | |
  