1999 Hartlepool Borough Council election

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Elections to Hartlepool Borough Council in the ceremonial county of County Durham in England were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. [1] The results saw the Labour Party lose two seats to the Liberal Democrats and one seat to the Conservative Party. [2] Overall turnout in the election was 26.1%. [3]

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Following the election the then council leader, Roy Waller, was challenged as leader of the Labour group on the council by Russell Hart. Hart defeated Waller 16 to 14 in a vote by Labour party councillors at the groups annual meeting and Hart thus became leader of the council. [4]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Hartlepool Local Election Result 1999 [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1003-358.842.37,640
  Liberal Democrats 420+223.533.86,112
  Conservative 210+111.819.43,506
  Independent 10005.93.9710
 ITCOM00000.00.6102

Ward results

Brinkburn [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ward45049.0
Labour Victor Burton36840.0
Conservative Catharina Burrell10111.0
Majority829.0
Turnout 919
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Brus [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheila Griffin46661.2
Liberal Democrats Alan Bower29638.8
Majority17022.4
Turnout 762
Labour hold Swing
Dyke House [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Shaw46351.0
Liberal Democrats Reuben Atkinson44449.0
Majority192.0
Turnout 907
Labour hold Swing
Fens [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Arthur Preece84265.1
Labour George English36328.1
Conservative David Holmes896.9
Majority47937.0
Turnout 1,294
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Grange [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Rogers70452.0
Labour Anthony Coverdale46534.3
Liberal Democrats Sheila Bruce18513.7
Majority239
Turnout 1,354
Conservative hold Swing
Greatham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Goosey27746.6
Liberal Democrats Patricia Rayner20334.2
Conservative Daphne Morris11419.2
Majority7412.4
Turnout 594
Labour hold Swing
Hart [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Edna Wright72162.3
Labour John Price32327.9
Conservative Nicholaas Young1139.8
Majority39834.4
Turnout 1,157
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Jackson [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Moss Boddy41956.5
Liberal Democrats William Roberts18525.0
Conservative Lee Burrell13718.5
Majority23431.5
Turnout 741
Labour hold Swing
Owton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Watson43367.3
Liberal Democrats Robert McPartlin21032.7
Majority22344.6
Turnout 643
Labour hold Swing
Park [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Coward71045.9
Labour Alison Lilley64641.8
Liberal Democrats Thomas Snowdon19112.3
Majority644.1
Turnout 1,547
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Rift House [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Clark59147.4
Liberal Democrats Raymond Herbert33126.5
Conservative Josephine Reay32526.1
Majority28020.9
Turnout 1,247
Labour hold Swing
Rossmere [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hart72467.4
Liberal Democrats Howard Smith27125.2
Conservative Sharon Jeffries797.4
Majority45342.2
Turnout 1,074
Labour hold Swing
St Hilda [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Marshall81355.1
Labour Alice Savage56038.0
ITCOMMary Power1026.9
Majority25317.1
Turnout 1,475
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Seaton (2) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Catherine Hill546
Labour Michael Turner522
Conservative Gerald Hartley457
Conservative Stanley Fortune347
Liberal Democrats Margaret Cain298
Liberal Democrats David Youngson268
Turnout 2,438
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Stranton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lillian Sutheran46955.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher Snowdon23727.8
Conservative Jessie Young829.6
Independent Gerald Parker657.6
Majority23227.2
Turnout 853
Labour hold Swing
Throston [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Clouth55151.7
Conservative Simeon Reay24823.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Whitham16715.7
Independent Edward Powell999.3
Majority30328.4
Turnout 1,065
Labour hold Swing

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  1. "Britain votes: Local Council Election Results". The Independent. 7 May 1999. p. 12.
  2. Shaefer, Neil (8 May 1999). "Tory comeback leaves Labour to lick wounds". The Northern Echo. p. 6.
  3. "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  4. "Hart in as council leader". The Northern Echo. 20 May 1999. p. 6.
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  6. "Local Councils: Results round-up". The Times . 7 May 1999. p. 4.
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