1999 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

The 1999 St. Edmundsbury Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1999 to elect members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

1999 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

4 May 1999 (1999-05-04)
44 seats to St Edmundsbury Borough Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 14 seats, 33.2% 23 seats, 47.9% Seats won 23 16 Seat change 9 7 Popular vote 13,769 12,438 Percentage 43.7% 39.5% Swing 10.5% 8.4%   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Liberal Democrats Last election 3 seats, 7.7% 4 seats, 11.1% Seats won 3 2 Seat change 0 2 Popular vote 2,363 2,923 Percentage 7.5% 9.3% Swing 0.2 1.8%
Council control before election Labour Party Council control after election Conservative Party

Summary

1999 St Edmundsbury Borough Council

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	23			9	52.3	43.7	13,769	+10.5
	Labour	16			7	36.4	39.5	12,438	-8.4
	Independent	3			0	6.8	7.5	2,363	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	2			2	4.5	9.3	2,923	-1.8

Ward results

Abbeygate

Abbeygate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Lockwood*	791	59.0
	Independent	M. Ames*	690	51.5
	Labour	D. Dawson	374	27.0
	Liberal Democrats	I. Norris	279	20.8
Turnout			1,341	42.5
	Conservative hold
	Independent hold

Barningham

Barningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Wallace*	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Barrow

Barrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Conroy	491	68.3
	Labour	W. Williams	228	31.7
Majority			263	36.6
Turnout			719	49.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cangle

Cangle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Kiernan*	616	54.4
	Labour	P. French	557	49.2
	Conservative	S. Johnston	485	42.8
	Conservative	E. Macnaghten	449	39.6
Turnout			1,133	27.6
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Kiernan*	534	56.9
	Conservative	A. Whittaker	404	43.1
Majority			130	13.8
Turnout			938	27.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Cavendish

Cavendish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Wayman*	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Chalkstone

Chalkstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Hanlon	638	59.9
	Labour	M. Lee	637	59.8
	Conservative	J. Bridges	394	37.0
	Conservative	D. Ward	367	34.5
Turnout			1,065	22.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Chevington

Chevington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hart*	487	69.8
	Labour	M. Searle	211	30.2
Majority			276	39.5
Turnout			698	43.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clare

Clare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Stevens	577	79.0
	Labour	R. Harrison	153	21.0
Majority			424	58.1
Turnout			730	43.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Clements

Clements

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Martin*	295	74.9
	Labour	A. Smith*	280	71.1
	Conservative	R. Macauslan	83	21.1
	Conservative	P. Young	80	20.3
Turnout			394	16.7
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Eastgate

Eastgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Beckwith*	809	44.5
	Conservative	F. Warby	729	40.1
	Conservative	C. Mayson	641	35.3
	Labour	E. Zwandhal*	611	33.6
	Liberal Democrats	B. Wesley	219	12.1
	Independent	V. Powell	185	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	P. Gadbury	180	9.9
Turnout			1,816	32.0
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Fordham

Fordham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Jones	479	58.8
	Labour	R. Cockle*	336	41.2
Majority			143	17.5
Turnout			815	35.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Great Barton

Great Barton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Horbury*	566	81.4
	Labour	P. Fletcher	129	18.6
Majority			437	62.9
Turnout			695	39.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Honington

Honington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Sutton*	338	71.2
	Labour	R. Howe	137	28.8
Majority			201	42.3
Turnout			475	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horringer

Horringer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Biglin*	469	72.8
	Conservative	H. Ward	175	27.2
Majority			294	45.7
Turnout			644	52.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Horringer Court

Horringer Court

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Milnes	337	43.5
	Labour	J. Higgins*	274	35.4
	Liberal Democrats	T. King	163	21.1
Majority			63	8.1
Turnout			774	41.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hundon

Hundon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Warwick*	473	71.1
	Labour	W. Gridley	192	28.9
Majority			281	42.3
Turnout			665	39.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ixworth

Ixworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Griffiths*	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Kedington

Kedington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Sutton	233	50.1
	Labour	K. Jenkins*	232	49.9
Majority			1	0.2
Turnout			465	32.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Northgate

Northgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Lockwood*	483	70.2
	Labour	E. Steele*	430	62.5
	Conservative	E. Flack	196	28.5
Turnout			688	30.6
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Pakenham

Pakenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. White	306	54.5
	Liberal Democrats	L. Couper*	255	45.5
Majority			51	9.1
Turnout			561	41.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Risby

Risby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Levack	452	66.5
	Labour	G. Keatley	228	33.5
Majority			224	32.9
Turnout			680	43.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Risbygate

Risbygate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Ereira-Guyer*	506	45.5
	Labour	R. O'Driscoll*	463	41.6
	Conservative	P. Hopfensperger	442	39.7
	Independent	D. Nettleton	426	38.3
Turnout			1,113	41.7
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Rougham

Rougham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. White-Mildmay	458	75.5
	Labour	A. Grenville	149	24.5
Majority			309	50.9
Turnout			607	45.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sextons

Sextons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Nowak*	632	52.4
	Labour	C. Muge*	610	50.6
	Conservative	D. Speakman	584	48.4
Turnout			1,206	43.7
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Southgate

Southgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Bagnall*	888	65.8
	Liberal Democrats	P. Dulieu	630	46.7
	Conservative	S. Craig	450	33.4
	Labour	P. Williams	293	21.7
Turnout			1,349	41.2
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

St. Mary's & Hellons

St. Mary's & Hellons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Farthing	215	51.3
	Labour	E. Bowman	204	48.7
Majority			11	2.6
Turnout			419	30.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. Olaves

St. Olaves

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Cownley*	Unopposed
	Labour	S. Wormleighton*	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Stanton

Stanton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Thorndyke*	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Westgate

Westgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Brundle*	556	50.0
	Conservative	A. Varley	483	43.5
	Labour	L. Button*	410	36.9
	Labour	R. Corfe	355	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	G. Elliot	159	14.3
	Liberal Democrats	M. Tilley	150	13.5
Turnout			1,111	40.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Whelnetham

Whelnetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Clements*	593	82.9
	Labour	E. Kilner	122	17.1
Majority			471	65.9
Turnout			715	47.6
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Wickhambrook

Wickhambrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Redhead*	629	80.1
	Labour	R. Isaacs	156	19.9
Majority			473	60.3
Turnout			785	47.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Withersfield

Withersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Clifton-Brown	419	73.1
	Labour	L. Hancock	154	26.9
Majority			265	46.2
Turnout			573	40.0
	Conservative hold		Swing