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
Majority 829.0
Turnout 919
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Brus [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheila Griffin46661.2
Liberal Democrats Alan Bower29638.8
Majority 17022.4
Turnout 762
Labour hold Swing
Dyke House [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Shaw46351.0
Liberal Democrats Reuben Atkinson44449.0
Majority 192.0
Turnout 907
Labour hold Swing
Fens [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Arthur Preece84265.1
Labour George English36328.1
Conservative David Holmes896.9
Majority 47937.0
Turnout 1,294
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Grange [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Rogers70452.0
Labour Anthony Coverdale46534.3
Liberal Democrats Sheila Bruce18513.7
Majority 239
Turnout 1,354
Conservative hold Swing
Greatham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Goosey27746.6
Liberal Democrats Patricia Rayner20334.2
Conservative Daphne Morris11419.2
Majority 7412.4
Turnout 594
Labour hold Swing
Hart [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Edna Wright72162.3
Labour John Price32327.9
Conservative Nicholaas Young1139.8
Majority 39834.4
Turnout 1,157
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Jackson [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Moss Boddy41956.5
Liberal Democrats William Roberts18525.0
Conservative Lee Burrell13718.5
Majority 23431.5
Turnout 741
Labour hold Swing
Owton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Watson43367.3
Liberal Democrats Robert McPartlin21032.7
Majority 22344.6
Turnout 643
Labour hold Swing
Park [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Coward71045.9
Labour Alison Lilley64641.8
Liberal Democrats Thomas Snowdon19112.3
Majority 644.1
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
Majority 28020.9
Turnout 1,247
Labour hold Swing
Rossmere [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hart72467.4
Liberal Democrats Howard Smith27125.2
Conservative Sharon Jeffries797.4
Majority 45342.2
Turnout 1,074
Labour hold Swing
St Hilda [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Marshall81355.1
Labour Alice Savage56038.0
ITCOMMary Power1026.9
Majority 25317.1
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
Majority 23227.2
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
Majority 30328.4
Turnout 1,065
Labour hold Swing

References

  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.
  5. ↑ "Hartlepool". BBC Online . Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  6. ↑ "Local Councils: Results round-up". The Times . 7 May 1999. p. 4.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Local Government Elections Hartlepool". The Northern Echo. 8 May 1999. p. 6.
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