1999 Milton Keynes Council election

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The 1999 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Milton Keynes Unitary Council in Buckinghamshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

In the February before the election Milton Keynes held a referendum on the level of council tax increase there would be and the corresponding changes in services that would be made. [3] [4] Voters on a 45% turnout chose the middle option of a 9.8% increase, which meant that council tax levels were not a major issue in the election campaign. [3] [4]

Election result

The results saw Labour hold onto a majority on the council after the other parties failed to make the 2 gains needed to deprive Labour of control. [5] Overall turnout in the election was 29.1%. [6]

Milton Keynes local election result 1999 [7] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 811047.136.811,370
  Liberal Democrats 611035.328.98,944
  Conservative 211011.829.49,079
  Independent 10005.93.41,066
  Green 000001.2384
 Campaign for Disabled000000.268

Ward results

Campbell Park [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Isobel Wilson1,35361.5
Labour Martin Petchey58726.7
Conservative Malcolm Fryer-Kelsey1938.8
Campaign for DisabledAnita Rose683.1
Majority 76634.8
Turnout 2,201
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Danesborough [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul White86347.3
Liberal Democrats Derek Eastman72339.6
Labour Alan Hunter24013.1
Majority 1407.7
Turnout 1,826
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Denbigh [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Legg1,22552.0
Conservative Roger Jacobs77432.8
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Drewett35915.2
Majority 45119.1
Turnout 2,358
Labour hold Swing
Emerson Valley [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart Burke89652.0
Labour Leslie Hostler59634.6
Conservative Kevin Hall23213.5
Majority 30017.4
Turnout 1,724
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Fenny Stratford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Grant Gillingham72753.2
Conservative Dennis Thatcher47134.5
Liberal Democrats Alfred Vella16812.3
Majority 25618.7
Turnout 1,366
Labour hold Swing
Furzton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Bristow68953.0
Conservative Dean Miah37128.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Williams24118.5
Majority 31824.4
Turnout 1,301
Labour hold Swing
Hanslope Park [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bert Tapp1,06674.0
Conservative Neil Cawley23116.0
Labour Graeme Lindsay966.7
Liberal Democrats Edis Bevan473.3
Majority 83558.0
Turnout 1,440
Independent hold Swing
Linford North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Pugh89145.5
Conservative David Tunney55628.4
Labour John McLinton44522.7
Green Peter Edwards673.4
Majority 33517.1
Turnout 1,959
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Linford South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Tilley71243.7
Labour Gladstone McKenzie60337.0
Conservative Donald Hoyle24815.2
Green Clive Bailey684.2
Majority 1096.7
Turnout 1,631
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Loughton Park [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Gibbs1,18845.0
Conservative Andrew Dransfield1,15543.8
Liberal Democrats Isabella Fraser29611.2
Majority 331.3
Turnout 2,639
Labour hold Swing
Ouse Valley [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ellis65958.7
Liberal Democrats John Whistlecraft38534.3
Labour David Jones787.0
Majority 27424.4
Turnout 1,122
Conservative hold Swing
Sherington [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Seymour78663.9
Conservative Henry Powell-Shedden38831.5
Labour Ann Kirby574.6
Majority 39832.3
Turnout 1,231
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Stantonbury [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Morsley96353.1
Conservative Roy Miller54129.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Exon24413.5
Green Carol Barac643.5
Majority 42223.3
Turnout 1,812
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Stony Stratford [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Pendry1,24046.8
Conservative Amanda Box1,22746.3
Liberal Democrats Jean Mooney1857.0
Majority 130.5
Turnout 2,652
Labour hold Swing
Walton Park [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Nuttall1,18263.7
Conservative Cherilyn Williams37019.9
Labour Arun Vaidyanathan30416.4
Majority 81243.8
Turnout 1,856
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wolverton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Miles1,11559.9
Conservative Peter Davies36319.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Chapman19810.6
Green Alan Francis1859.9
Majority 75240.4
Turnout 1,861
Labour hold Swing
Woughton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Coventry1,21763.0
Conservative William Kenyon43722.6
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Otter27814.4
Majority 78040.4
Turnout 1,932
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Milton Keynes". BBC News Online . Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent . 8 May 1999. p. 12.
  3. 1 2 Mullins, Andrew (7 May 1999). "Britain Votes: How Labour killed campaign Tactics". The Independent . p. 12.
  4. 1 2 "In for a penny.". Edinburgh Evening News . 7 April 1999. p. 10.
  5. ↑ Watson, Roland (8 May 1999). "Irate Hague 'sorts out' grovelling Duncan". The Times . p. 21.
  6. ↑ "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Local Election Results May 6, 1999". Milton Keynes Council. Archived from the original on 18 June 2002. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "How the nations voted". The Times . 8 May 1999. p. 48.
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