The 1999 West Somerset District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1995.[1] The council stayed under no overall control.[1]
Election result
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 15 | 48.4 | 44.0 | 7,220 | +21.3% | ||||
| Independent | 8 | 25.8 | 13.3 | 2,178 | -6.6% | ||||
| Labour | 5 | 16.1 | 25.6 | 4,197 | -6.9% | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 3.2 | 16.3 | 2,675 | -5.8% | ||||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 142 | +0.9% | ||||
| No candidate | 2 | 6.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
3 independent, 2 Conservative and 1 Labour candidates were unopposed at the election.[2] A further 2 seats had no candidates standing for them.
Ward results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jamie Anderson | 203 | |||
| Conservative | Nicolas Messarra | 197 | |||
| Labour | Lesley Culverhouse | 159 | |||
| Labour | Thomas Welch | 136 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Hazel Bowden | 38 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Rene Kinzett | 38 | |||
| Turnout | 771 | 24.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ivor Gibbon | 421 | |||
| Labour | Simon Stokes | 411 | |||
| Conservative | Terry Venner | 271 | |||
| Conservative | John Walker | 247 | |||
| Turnout | 1,350 | 39.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | George Burnell | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Geoffrey Day | 227 | 83.8 | ||
| Labour | David Burchell | 44 | 16.2 | ||
| Majority | 183 | 67.5 | |||
| Turnout | 271 | 38.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Humber | 495 | 84.2 | ||
| Conservative | Marion Stuart | 93 | 15.8 | ||
| Majority | 402 | 68.4 | |||
| Turnout | 588 | 57.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Vivian Brewer | 379 | 72.6 | ||
| Independent | Thomas Cave-Browne-Cave | 143 | 27.4 | ||
| Majority | 236 | 45.2 | |||
| Turnout | 522 | 58.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Steven Pugsley | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Anne Cave-Brown-Cave | 164 | 50.6 | ||
| Conservative | Martin Bale | 160 | 49.4 | ||
| Majority | 4 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 324 | 46.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christine Lawrence | 581 | |||
| Conservative | Ann Foxhuntley | 526 | |||
| Conservative | Keith Parkes | 521 | |||
| Labour | David Ross | 400 | |||
| Labour | John McGee | 370 | |||
| Labour | Elizabeth Wightman | 323 | |||
| Turnout | 2,721 | 39.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Colin Hill | 628 | |||
| Conservative | Ernest Taylor | 597 | |||
| Conservative | Jean Walker | 577 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Martyn Snell | 497 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Jenkins | 332 | |||
| Labour | Peter Slade | 326 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Pamela Dewis | 313 | |||
| Labour | Marcus Kravis | 313 | |||
| Labour | John Dore | 263 | |||
| Turnout | 3,846 | 53.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Nethercott | 438 | |||
| Conservative | Pamela Driver | 350 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gabriella Bevan | 184 | |||
| Green | Almuth Groos | 142 | |||
| Turnout | 1,114 | 39.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Angela Palmer | 618 | |||
| Conservative | Jennifer David | 531 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Marilynn Russell | 409 | |||
| Turnout | 1,558 | 36.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Terence Ayre | unopposed | |||
| Labour | Keith Turpin | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Frederick Rawle | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Banks | 479 | |||
| Conservative | Jennifer Hill | 460 | |||
| Independent | Sally De Renzy-Martin | 395 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Bowden | 369 | |||
| Independent | John Richards | 319 | |||
| Turnout | 2,022 | 35.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Barbara Child | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Hugh Davies | 492 | |||
| Labour | Edwin May | 352 | |||
| Conservative | Jean Tillotson | 281 | |||
| Labour | Ian Aldridge | 200 | |||
| Turnout | 1,325 | 41.5 | |||
By-elections between 1999 and 2003
editWilliton
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 219 | 64.6 | +39.6 | ||
| Labour | 120 | 35.4 | +4.1 | ||
| Majority | 99 | 29.2 | |||
| Turnout | 339 | 17.1 | −24.4 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Aville Vale
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 327 | 66.1 | |||
| Independent | 168 | 33.9 | |||
| Majority | 159 | 32.2 | |||
| Turnout | 495 | 53.0 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b c "West Somerset". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "West Somerset District Council - May 1999". West Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2011.