Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.
Background In the years between the 1994 election and this election there were a total of 5 by-elections organised to replace councillors who either resigned from their seat or died while in office, these by-election however did not result in seats changing parties. During the same period there was also a defection of a Labour councillor to a third party, which meant that the composition of the council just before the election was as follows: +↓4271
Election result
After the election the composition of the council was as follows: +↓419
Ward results (*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
Blackwall
Bow
Bromley
East India
Grove
Holy Trinity
Lansbury
Limehouse
Millwall
Park
Redcoat
St Dunstan's
St James'
St Katharines
St Mary's
St Peter's
Shadwell
Spitalfields
Weavers
Notes
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