1999 Arun District Council election

The 1999 Arun District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Arun District Council in West Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council.^[1]

Election result

Arun Local Election Result 1999^[2]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	36	+6	64.3	50.3	35,876
Liberal Democrats	10	-4	17.9	27.5	19,591
Labour	8	-2	14.3	18.1	12,900
Independent	2	0	3.6	4.1	2,953

Ward results

Aldingbourne^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Wilby	642	66.7	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	George Fletcher	321	33.3	+4.9
Majority			321	33.3	+10.8
Turnout			963	34.9	+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aldwick East (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gillian Brown	1,127
	Conservative	Robin Brown	1,127
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard Maloret	311
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Maloret	289
	Labour	Christopher Rodway	202
	Labour	Mary Vick	195
Turnout			3,251	37.4

Aldwick West (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Dickinson	1,000
	Conservative	Brian Dodd	995
	Conservative	Jacqueline Maconachie	916
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Thorpe	290
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Elliott	288
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Turner	275
	Labour	Bernadette Jones	252
	Labour	Brian Picton	237
	Labour	Colin White	228
Turnout			4,481	31.2

Angmering (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Victor Barnard	1,048
	Conservative	Roger Elkins	918
	Conservative	Oliver Wingrove	856
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Franke	428
	Labour	David Jones	394
Turnout			3,644	29.0

Arundel (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Redman	933
	Conservative	Clive Gardner	790
	Liberal Democrats	Ivan Olney	543
Turnout			2,266	43.0

Barnham (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jean Goad	1,193
	Liberal Democrats	John Matthews	951
	Conservative	David Hodgson	935
	Conservative	Martin Porsch	842
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Robson	721
	Liberal Democrats	John Goss	649
	Labour	Jill Etienne	370
	Labour	Peter Found	363
	Labour	Philippa Holliday	340
Turnout			6,364	33.4

Bersted (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon McDougall	618
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Beckerson	578
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Lury	549
	Labour	Patrick Hastings	474
	Conservative	John Potter	446
	Labour	Tiggy Ayoub	413
	Labour	Robert Shields	370
Turnout			3,448	23.8

East Preston and Kingston (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Rankin	1,380
	Conservative	Dennis Wilde	1,362
	Conservative	Ronald Sands	1,268
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Graves	524
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Lee	506
Turnout			5,040	36.4

Felpham East (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Kelly	733
	Independent	Michael Harvey	561
	Conservative	David Crabtree	555
	Liberal Democrats	William Robinson	203
	Labour	Alison McIsaac	202
	Labour	Scott Cowie	196
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Oliver	151
Turnout			2,601	33.8

Felpham West (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Stainton	632
	Conservative	Elaine Stainton	545
	Independent	Mary Harvey	515
	Independent	George Stride	497
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Orwell	142
	Labour	Mark Searle	132
	Labour	Melanie Webb	96
	Liberal Democrats	Walter Vanner	80
Turnout			2,639	38.8

Ferring (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rosemary Cooper	1,224
	Conservative	David Hill	1,205
	Liberal Democrats	John Ceiriog-Hughes	300
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Kane	286
Turnout			3,015	40.4

Findon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Brookman	449	67.9
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Monroe	212	32.1
Majority			237	35.8
Turnout			661	46.0

Hotham (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edwin Gyde	490
	Conservative	Michael May	479
	Labour	Pauline Nash	349
	Liberal Democrats	Roslyn Kissell	348
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanette Warr	321
	Labour	Edward Walsh	318
Turnout			2,305	27.0

Littlehampton Beach (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	James Walsh	607
	Conservative	Richard Bower	456
	Liberal Democrats	Richard James	454
	Conservative	Philippa Bower	440
	Independent	Andrew Hawkes	299
	Labour	Edward Nattrass	221
	Labour	William Taylor	219
Turnout			2,696	32.9

Littlehampton Central (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Peters	576
	Labour	David Dyball	526
	Labour	Alan Butcher	510
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Roberts	391
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Foster	372
Turnout			2,375	30.7

Littlehampton Ham (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Northeast	472
	Labour	Anthony Squires	465
	Liberal Democrats	Alfred Roberts	178
	Conservative	Linda Rudd	171
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Graydon	163
Turnout			1,449	28.0

Littlehampton River^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mark Butler	350	46.9
	Conservative	Anthony Williamson	206	27.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Wiltshire	190	25.5
Majority			144	19.3
Turnout			746	31.8

Littlehampton Wick (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George O'Neill	685
	Labour	Andrew Northeast	681
	Conservative	John Forster	412
	Liberal Democrats	John Wedderburn	247
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Escolme	184
Turnout			2,209	30.8

Marine (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Douglas Maconachie	566
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Scutt	524
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Olliver	512
	Labour	Jeremy Tomlinson	259
	Labour	Thomas Wise	212
Turnout			2,073	29.1

Middleton-on-Sea (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barbara Oakley	971
	Conservative	Paul Wotherspoon	922
	Labour	Priscilla Matcham	256
	Labour	Robert Ling	222
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Beckerson	209
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Coe	184
	Independent	Colin Mansfield	148
Turnout			2,912	33.9

Orchard (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Morrish	454
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Oppler	390
	Labour	Ian McIsaac	373
	Labour	Gail Walker	356
	Conservative	Doris May	154
Turnout			1,727	28.7

Pagham (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anita Hall	869
	Conservative	Leonard Brown	849
	Conservative	Ashvinkumar Patel	777
	Labour	Sean Whelan	332
	Labour	Simon Holland	315
	Labour	Michael Jones	297
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Beesley	256
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Allen	252
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Wells	225
Turnout			4,172	31.5

Pevensey (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roger Nash	539
	Labour	Jan Cosgrove	479
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Gillibrand	315
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Gillibrand	300
	Conservative	Luke Parker	244
Turnout			1,877	27.9

Rustington East (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derek Whittaker	1,057
	Conservative	Frances Drazny	1,017
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Turner	466
	Liberal Democrats	George Young	433
Turnout			2,967	37.0

Rustington North (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Val Capon	624
	Liberal Democrats	John Richards	578
	Conservative	Alan Gammon	484
	Conservative	Dee Giles	479
Turnout			2,165	33.9

Rustington South (2)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Harrison	699
	Conservative	Harold Parris	665
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Gladston	510
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Trickett	437
Turnout			2,311	38.8

Walberton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Norman Dingemans	705	73.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Welling	252	26.3
Majority			453	47.4
Turnout			957	43.0

References

^ "Arun". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
^ "Results from elections in England, Scotland and Wales". Financial Times. 8 May 1999. p. 11.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa "1999 District Election Results". Arun District Council. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2009.

[hold-1] "Arun". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 September 2009.

[england-2] "Results from elections in England, Scotland and Wales". Financial Times. 8 May 1999. p. 11.

[district-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa "1999 District Election Results". Arun District Council. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2009.

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