1999 Hart District Council election

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The 1999 Hart Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was

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Election result

Hart Local Election Result 1999 [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 7+253.847.06,727+11.0%
  Liberal Democrat 5-138.537.05,305+6.7%
  Independent 1-17.76.3896-18.7%
  Labour 000009.81,400+1.1%

Ward results

Blackwater and Hawley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Edward Floyd51653.9+4.7
Conservative Suzanne Barrell44246.1+5.8
Majority747.7-1.2
Turnout 958
Church Crookham [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Rosemary Feltham80247.2+3.1
Liberal Democrat John Weedon75644.5-0.3
Labour Hugh Meredith1408.2-2.9
Majority462.7
Turnout 1,698
Fleet Courtmoor [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Carol Leversha90666.2+6.0
Liberal Democrat Kathleen Weedon31022.7+22.7
Labour Sheila Stone15211.1+0.3
Majority59643.6+12.4
Turnout 1,368
Fleet Pondtail [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Lucinda Ellis1,06764.1+25.0
Liberal Democrat Jeffrey Smith35921.6+21.6
Labour Peter Cotton23814.3+4.2
Majority70842.5
Turnout 1,664
Fleet West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent ConservativeJohn Stocks89662.4-4.0
Liberal Democrat Richard Robinson37326.0+3.8
Labour Shirley Dearman16611.6+0.2
Majority52336.4-7.8
Turnout 1,435
Frogmore and Darby Green [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Robert Harward53162.0-3.5
Conservative Edward Bromhead21625.2+5.6
Labour John Davies11012.8-1.1
Majority31536.8-10.1
Turnout 857
Hartley Wintney [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mark Sallis92976.9+76.9
Liberal Democrat Mark Stokes16013.2-0.5
Labour Janet Carrier1199.9+9.9
Majority76963.7
Turnout 1,208
Hook [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Roberta Flowers73449.3+6.5
Liberal Democrat Anthony Over59039.6-17.6
Labour Alan Partridge16511.1+11.1
Majority1449.7
Turnout 1,489
Odiham [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Benford69369.8
Liberal Democrat David Evans16216.3
Labour David Carrier13813.9
Majority53153.5
Turnout 993
Whitewater [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jonathan Glen36082.9
Liberal Democrat David Neighbour7417.1
Majority28665.9
Turnout 434
Yateley East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ann Kern49668.1
Conservative Edward Dawson23231.9
Majority26436.3
Turnout 728
Yateley North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Maria Armstrong41365.1
Conservative James Ross15424.3
Labour Keith Spendlove6710.6
Majority25940.9
Turnout 634
Yateley West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Alan Hammersley56565.5+6.9
Conservative David Ashworth19222.3-4.6
Labour Robert Greenwell10512.2-2.3
Majority37343.3+11.6
Turnout 862

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References

  1. ↑ "Hart". BBC News Online . Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  2. ↑ "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent . 1999-05-08. p. 12.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Local Election Results for 6 May 1999". Hart District Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  4. ↑ "Local Councils: Results round-up". The Times . 1999-05-07. p. 4.
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