1999 Richmondshire District Council election

The 1999 Richmondshire District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Richmondshire District Council in North Yorkshire, England. The whole council was up for election and independents lost overall control of the council to no overall control.^[1]

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 40.22%, down from 44.59% in 1995.^[2]

Richmondshire local election result 1999^[1]^[3]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Independent	17	-3	50.0	19.9	2,137
Liberal Democrats	9	+1	26.5	43.6	4,687
Conservative	6	+3	17.6	28.5	3,061
SDP	2	+1	5.9	8.0	862

Ward results

Askrigg^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Yvonne Peacock	318	66.3
	Independent	John Abraham	162	33.8
Majority			156	32.5
Turnout			480	60.9

Aysgarth^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Colin Bailey	376	84.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Mason	68	15.3
Majority			308	69.4
Turnout			444	50.1

Barton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Campbell Dawson	unopposed

Bolton Manor^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Watson	297	68.6
	Conservative	Michael Childs	136	31.4
Majority			161	37.2
Turnout			433	52.9

Catterick with Tunstall (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SDP	Tony Pelton	452
	SDP	Brian Smith	332
	Conservative	Penelope Scott-Priestley	282
	Independent	Rose Heaton	259
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Simpson	82
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Harrisson	82
Turnout			1,489	37.7

Colburn (3 seats)^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Helen Grant	unopposed
Independent	John Lacey	unopposed
Independent	Lynn Miller	unopposed

Croft on Tees^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Parlour	200	67.3
	Conservative	John Mason	97	32.7
Majority			103	34.7
Turnout			297	51.9

Grinton and Upper Swaledale^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Alderson	unopposed

Hawes and High Abbotside^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Blackie	unopposed

Hipswell (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bagley	140
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Good	103
	SDP	Betty Robertson	78
Turnout			321	13.2

Kirkby Hill^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Graham	unopposed

Leyburn (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Forth	488
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Jones	442
	Conservative	Valerie Pringle	357
Turnout			1,287	42.8

Lower Dale^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard Dunn	218	57.2
	Conservative	Muriel Blythman	163	42.8
Majority			55	14.4
Turnout			381	38.4

Lower Swaledale^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Cullen	unopposed

Middleham and Coverdale^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrea Robson	371	66.5
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Ramsbottom	187	33.5
Majority			184	33.0
Turnout			558	44.9

Reeth^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Oswin Kendall	unopposed

Richmond Central^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive World	354	55.6
	Conservative	David Johnson	283	44.4
Majority			71	11.1
Turnout			637	40.6

Richmond East (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Grace Buckle	713
	Independent	Katherine Carr	596
	Liberal Democrats	John Harris	584
	Conservative	Oliver Blease	563
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Frizell	451
Turnout			2,907	38.4

Richmond West (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jane Metcalfe	366
	Conservative	Alison Appleton	239
	Independent	Gordon Golding	160
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Bell	142
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Parsons	140
Turnout			1,047	35.4

Scorton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Heseltine	unopposed

Scotton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Patricia Middlemiss	unopposed

St Agathas^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sylvia Golding	unopposed

St Michael with St Luke^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Corps	unopposed

Stanwick^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Gill	unopposed

Swaleside^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Fryer	unopposed

Urevale^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Loadman	252	54.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Hodgson	214	45.9
Majority			38	8.2
Turnout			466	48.9

By-elections between 1999 and 2003

Colburn

A by-election was held in Colburn on 9 September 1999 after the resignation of independent councillor John Lacey.^[4] The seat was won by independent candidate Peter Wood with a majority of 49 votes over Hospital Campaign candidate Peter Fowler.^[4]

Colburn by-election 9 September 1999^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Peter Wood	176	31.6
	Hospital Closure Candidate	Peter Fowler	127	22.8
	Conservative	William Glover	125	22.4
	Independent	Helen Lerigo	105	18.9
	Hospital Closure Candidate	Thomas Henry	24	4.3
Majority			49	8.8
Turnout			557
	Independent hold		Swing

St Michael with St Luke

A by-election was held in St Michael with St Luke on 22 February 2001 after the death of independent councillor William Corps.^[4] The seat was won by independent candidate Kenneth Smith with a majority of 36 votes over Conservative Michael Godwin.^[4]

St Michael with St Luke by-election 22 February 2001^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kenneth Smith	211	41.9
	Conservative	Michael Godwin	175	34.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Barnett	117	23.3
Majority			36	7.2
Turnout			503	44.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Middleham and Coverdale

A by-election was held in Middleham and Coverdale on 7 June 2001 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Andrea Robson.^[4] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Derek Jarvill with a majority of 373 votes over Liberal Democrat John Weedon.^[4]

Middleham and Coverdale by-election 7 June 2001^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Jarvill	599	68.4	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Weedon	226	25.8	−7.7
	Independent	Bernard Borman	51	5.8	+5.8
Majority			373	42.6	+9.6
Turnout			876
	Conservative hold		Swing

Catterick with Tunstall

A by-election was held in Catterick with Tunstall on 30 August 2001 after the resignation of Social Democrat councillor Brian Smith.^[4] The seat was gained for the Liberal Democrats by Patrick Brennan with a majority of 41 votes over Conservative Melva Steckles.^[4]

Catterick with Tunstall by-election 30 August 2001^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Brennan	285	42.9	+35.3
	Conservative	Melva Steckles	244	36.7	+11.7
	Independent	Dorothy Ross	135	20.3	−3.1
Majority			41	6.2
Turnout			664	29.4	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from SDP		Swing

Leyburn

A by-election was held in Leyburn on 25 October 2001 after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Thomas Forth.^[4]^[5] The seat was gained for the Conservatives by Wendy Morton with a majority of 4 votes over Liberal Democrat John Weedon after a recount.^[5]

Leyburn by-election 25 October 2001^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Morton	295	50.3	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Weedon	291	49.7	−8.1
Majority			4	0.7
Turnout			586	32.2	−10.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "How the nations voted". The Times. NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48. ISSN 0140-0460.
^ "District Council Elections". Richmondshire District Council. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
^ ^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 "District Council election" (PDF). Richmondshire District Council. Retrieved 23 August 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "District Council by-elections results 1973 to 2015" (PDF). Richmondshire District Council. Retrieved 9 July 2018.^{[dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c Parsley, Steve (30 October 2001). "Tory success in by-election". Durham County Publications. NewsBank.

[nations-1] "How the nations voted". The Times. NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48. ISSN 0140-0460.

[district-2] "District Council Elections". Richmondshire District Council. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

[results-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 "District Council election" (PDF). Richmondshire District Council. Retrieved 23 August 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[byelections-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "District Council by-elections results 1973 to 2015" (PDF). Richmondshire District Council. Retrieved 9 July 2018.^{[dead link‍]}

[success-5] Parsley, Steve (30 October 2001). "Tory success in by-election". Durham County Publications. NewsBank.

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