1999 Allerdale Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 1999 Allerdale council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independents in grey. Allerdale UK local election 1999 map.svg
Map of the results of the 1999 Allerdale council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independents in grey.

Elections to Allerdale Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1995 increasing the number of seats by 3. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. The election for Moorclose ward was postponed until 1 July meaning 3 seats were vacant, see Allerdale local elections for the results.

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Results

Allerdale Local Election Result 1999
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 33-356.652.118,239
  Conservative 8+215.120.17,047
  Liberal Democrats 7+313.215.55,431
  Independent 5-215.111.74,090
  UKIP 0000.5173

11 Labour and 1 Liberal Democrat candidates were uncontested.

Ward results

All Saints Cockermouth (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Graham756
Labour Alan Smith658
Conservative Samuel Standage610
Conservative Philip Butterworth594
Labour John Millar547
Conservative David Taylor545
Liberal Democrats Mark Hayton273
Turnout 3,983
Aspatria (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Sewell444
Independent Dorothy Tinnion425
Labour John Vincent335
Liberal Democrats Christopher Jackson226
Liberal Democrats Gordon Hanning167
Turnout 1,597
Boltons
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Joseph Mumberson28045.5
Conservative Kathleen Brandwood24840.3
Labour Peter Garner8714.1
Majority325.2
Turnout 61541
Broughton St Bridgets (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Sproat670
Labour James Askew580
Liberal Democrats Beatrice Thorpe347
Independent Christopher Harris330
Turnout 1,927
Christchurch Cockermouth (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Jackson529
Conservative Leslie Lytollis474
Labour Laurence Mansfield361
Labour Christine Smith325
Liberal Democrats Margaret Burgess141
Turnout 1,830
Clifton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Rourke25851.0
Liberal Democrats Bertha Wright24849.0
Majority102.0
Turnout 50641
Crummock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Milburn55687.0
Labour William Whalley8313.0
Majority47374.0
Turnout 63950
Dalton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janice Steel30571.4
Labour Nicholas Hardy12228.6
Majority18342.8
Turnout 42733
Derwent Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Heslop38379.1
Labour Edward Routledge10120.9
Majority28258.2
Turnout 48435
Ellen (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Colhoununcontested
Labour David Thomasuncontested
Ellenborough Maryport (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vincent Mulgrewuncontested
Labour Martin Wooduncontested
Ewanrigg Maryport (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carneen McCarron-Holmesuncontested
Labour Patricia McCrackenuncontested
Flimby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Kendalluncontested
Harrington Workington (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Allan Caine692
Liberal Democrats Ian Francis547
Labour Barbara Weir398
Labour James Osborn318
Turnout 1,955
Holme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janice Wooduncontested
Keswick (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Barraclough1,113
Independent Mavis Clark1,094
Labour Pamela Edwards533
Conservative William Healy478
UKIP Peter Baden173
Turnout 3,391
Marsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Gallagher37586.6
Labour Michael Gartland5813.4
Majority31873.2
Turnout 43331
Moss Bay Workington (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan McKeown629
Labour Lillian Baldry627
Labour Joseph Robertson555
Independent John Bracken339
Turnout 2,150
Netherhall Maryport (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Kendalluncontested
Labour Kevin Smithuncontested
Seaton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Fryer670
Labour James Musgrave668
Labour Cecilia Tibble604
Independent Trevor Fee503
Turnout 2,445
Silloth (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Jefferson671
Labour Margaret Snaith528
Labour Nicholas Findley289
Turnout 1,488
Solway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Deneberguncontested
St Johns Workington (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Robertson709
Labour Daniel Dempsey704
Labour Derek Fagan675
Conservative John Heathcote672
Conservative William Hewitt573
Conservative Simon Collins547
Turnout 3,880
St Michaels Workington (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Fryer945
Labour Alan Barry932
Labour Ivor Humes890
Liberal Democrats John Strong269
Turnout 3,036
Stainburn Workington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Jones29364.4
Labour Philip Tibble16235.6
Majority13128.8
Turnout 45533
Wampool
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Holmesuncontested
Warnell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Agnes Martin37870.8
Labour Peter Krebs15629.2
Majority22241.6
Turnout 53433
Waver
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Huntington33077.3
Labour Isabella Walton9722.7
Majority23354.6
Turnout 42730
Wharrels
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Hobbs24050.2
Labour Derek Holmes12025.1
Independent William Powley11824.7
Majority12025.1
Turnout 47837
Wigton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gwendoline Steer655
Labour Jack Graham568
Labour John Crouch555
Labour Kenneth Bell522
Turnout 2,300

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