1999 West Lindsey District Council election

Elections to West Lindsey District Council in Lincolnshire, England were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The council stayed under no overall control.

Election result

West Lindsey Local Election Result 1999
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Liberal Democrats	16	-2	43.2	46.1	12,933
Conservative	10	+6	27.0	28.5	7,995
Independent	8	-2	21.6	11.6	3,246
Labour	3	-2	8.1	13.8	3,861

3 Independent and 1 Conservative candidates were unopposed.

Bardney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Fleetwood	484	59.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Turner	332	40.7
Majority			152	18.6
Turnout			816	53.1

Caistor (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Caine	unopposed
	Conservative	Derrick Mortimer	unopposed

Cherry Willingham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Irmgard Parrott	566
	Independent	George Greenaway	551
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Miller	339
	Liberal Democrats	Iris Miller	309
Turnout			1,765	37.7

Dunholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Taylor	324	51.3
	Conservative	Susan Rawlins	308	48.7
Majority			16	2.6
Turnout			632	40.1

Fiskerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Pat Greenaway	269	67.9
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Clairmont-Brook	127	32.1
Majority			142	35.8
Turnout			396	27.5

Gainsborough East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Rainsforth	630
	Liberal Democrats	Malvyn Starkey	551
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Tinker	549
	Labour	Barry Linda	273
	Labour	Clare Parrott	263
Turnout			2,266	22.2

Gainsborough North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Lomas	525
	Labour	Patrick Baldwin	450
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Brown	399
	Liberal Democrats	Peal Banyard	398
	Labour	Peter Ryan	374
	Labour	Brenda Mills	316
	Conservative	Sally Jupp	258
	Conservative	Josephine Parry	248
Turnout			2,968	22.0

Gainsborough South-West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Rainsforth	566
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Young	529
	Labour	Ian Mills	213
	Labour	Wendy Lawrence	167
	Conservative	Alan Beverley	104
	Conservative	John Otter	95
Turnout			1,674	26.8

Hemswell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	William Gabbott	310	52.9
	Conservative	Stephen Beer	276	47.1
Majority			34	5.8
Turnout			586	34.8

Kelsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Strange	541	68.6
	Independent	Ian Watson-Smith	139	17.6
	Labour	Michael Tierney	109	13.8
Majority			402	51.0
Turnout			789	42.4

Lea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keith Whaley	unopposed

Market Rasen (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Taylor	652
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Fenwick	616
	Conservative	Jonathan Gibbons	560
	Independent	Carol Bullen	299
Turnout			2,127	33.8

Middle Rasen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Rosser	492	73.1
	Conservative	Owen Bierley	181	26.9
Majority			311	46.2
Turnout			673	36.1

Nettleham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alfred Frith	821
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Sellars	705
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Leaning	632
	Conservative	Margaret Davidson	523
Turnout			2,681	43.2

Saxilby (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Catherine Dobson	469
	Conservative	Delyse Silverstone	435
	Labour	Graham Wainwright	389
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Braund	389
Turnout			1,682	31.9

Scampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Heath	434	70.6
	Conservative	Martin Macpherson-Lawley	181	29.4
Majority			253	51.2
Turnout			615	34.7

Scotter (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Underwood-Frost	596
	Conservative	William Parry	587
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Rainsforth	504
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Gabbott	443
Turnout			2,130	34.3

Stow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Reginald Shore	458	64.8
	Conservative	Benjamin Green	249	35.2
Majority			209	29.6
Turnout			707	42.9

Sudbrooke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Stuart Curtis	452	61.7
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Rylatt	280	38.3
Majority			172	23.4
Turnout			732	40.0

Thonock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice French	375	65.6
	Conservative	William Morgan	197	34.4
Majority			178	21.2
Turnout			572	30.4

Torksey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stuart Haywood	unopposed

Waddingham & Spital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Green	409	62.2
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Heathorn	249	37.8
Majority			160	24.4
Turnout			658	39.4

Welton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Malcolm Parish	715
	Conservative	Charles Ireland	586
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Hiscox	568
	Labour	Robin Renshaw	191
	Labour	Sally Scott	150
Turnout			2,210	38.2

Wold View
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bernard Theobald	261	41.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Connolly	248	39.3
	Labour	John Tolliday	122	19.3
Majority			13	2.1
Turnout			631	35.4

Yarborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Indian	375	51.7
	Conservative	Jennifer Burt	350	48.3
Majority			25	3.4
Turnout			725	37.0