1998 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election
# 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 | | | |
