1999 Huntingdonshire District Council election

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The 1999 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Huntingdonshire local election result 1999 [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1352+368.447.411,005-4.0%
  Liberal Democrats 522026.327.96,470-1.0%
  Independent 10005.35.61,291+2.3%
  Labour 003-3019.04,408+2.6%
  UKIP 000000.250+0.2%

Ward results

Earith [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Eddy49353.6
Liberal Democrats Owen McLaughlin33536.5
Labour Valerie Brooker919.9
Majority 15817.2
Turnout 91929.3
Conservative hold Swing
Ellington [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Baker48452.1
Conservative John Lancaster41444.6
Labour Ruth Pugh313.3
Majority 707.5
Turnout 92954.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Fenstanton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Rainer48156.3
Conservative Susan Campbell31937.4
Labour Graham Hitchings546.3
Majority 16219.0
Turnout 85440.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Gransden [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Gregory53773.7
Liberal Democrats Caroline Blackburn13518.5
Labour Sandra Wilcox577.8
Majority 40255.1
Turnout 72936.1
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lawrence Simpson1,14356.8−7.6
Labour Robert Lomax87043.2+7.6
Majority 27313.6−15.3
Turnout 2,01329.6+2.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Huntingdon West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Sanderson83047.5−1.8
Labour George Beevor66137.8−4.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Wyatt20611.8+3.1
UKIP Derek Norman502.9+2.9
Majority 1699.7+2.3
Turnout 1,74725.6+0.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Needingworth [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Brant38346.1
Independent Eileen Gray37244.8
Labour Carole Hitchings769.1
Majority 111.3
Turnout 83142.1
Conservative hold Swing
Ramsey [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phillip Swales66656.3−8.0
Independent Raymond Powell23119.5+19.5
Labour Raymond Atkins14412.2−6.8
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Wheatley14212.0−4.8
Majority 43536.8−8.5
Turnout 1,18320.8−1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Somersham [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Hulme52249.4
Conservative Harriett Skeggs46443.9
Labour William Hollyer706.6
Majority 585.5
Turnout 1,05637.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St. Ives South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Preeva Newbon1,08948.9
Liberal Democrats John Souter98744.3
Labour John Watson1536.9
Majority 1024.6
Turnout 2,22944.5
Conservative hold Swing
St. Neots Eaton Ford [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Duncan Simmonds60447.5
Liberal Democrats Christine Colbert56244.2
Labour Peter Boyce1068.3
Majority 423.3
Turnout 1,27232.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St. Neots Eaton Socon [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Giles90959.8
Conservative Rodney Farrar48231.7
Labour David Nicholls1298.5
Majority 42728.1
Turnout 1,52028.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St. Neots Eynesbury (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Adams559
Conservative Andrew Hansard537
Liberal Democrats Ian Webb393
Liberal Democrats Robert Eaton380
Labour Janet Boston351
Labour Patricia Nicholls343
Turnout 2,56323.2+4.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St. Neots Priory Park [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sheila Shorten67052.9+1.1
Conservative Robert Law45535.9−0.9
Labour William O'Connor14111.1−0.4
Majority 21517.0+2.0
Turnout 1,26631.8−1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Staughton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Archibald "Hugh" Duberly 68863.9
Conservative William Sinclair20519.0
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Howlett11010.2
Labour David Brown746.9
Majority 48344.8
Turnout 1,07752.9
Independent hold Swing
Stilton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Doris Crossman73665.7
Labour Robert Fairhead38534.3
Majority 35131.3
Turnout 1,12137.3
Conservative hold Swing
Upwood and The Raveleys [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Florence Densham26855.7
Liberal Democrats Karen Buckley15432.0
Labour Graeme Watkins5912.3
Majority 11423.7
Turnout 48136.3
Conservative hold Swing
Yaxley [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Watt82157.3
Labour Kevin Goddard61342.7
Majority 20814.5
Turnout 1,43429.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

By-elections between 1999 and 2000

Huntingdon North by-election 3 June 1999 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 67970.7+13.9
Labour 28129.3−13.9
Majority 39841.5+27.9
Turnout 96014.0−15.6
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online . Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Local Council Election Results". The Independent . NewsBank. 7 May 1999.
  3. ↑ "How the nations voted". The Times . NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
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