1999 Oxford City Council election

Elections to Oxford City Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the councils seats were up for election. The Labour party kept its overall majority on the council. ^[1] The number of councillors for each party after the election were Labour 28, Liberal Democrat 16 and Green 7. Overall turnout was 29.2%

Election result

Oxford Local Election Result 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	0	5	-5	44.4	36.3	11,184
	Liberal Democrats	7	2	0	+2	38.9	28.2	8,687
	Green	3	3	0	+3	16.7	17.2	5,286
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	17.1	5,261
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	307
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	84

Ward results

Blackbird Leys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Atherton Stockford	783	73.3
	Conservative	David Timson	100	9.4
	Green	Patricia Dickson	95	8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Macfie	90	8.4
Majority			683	63.9
Turnout			1,068	13.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Emily Maynard	428	37.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hopkins	310	27.1
	Conservative	Richard Atkinson	219	19.2
	Labour	Terry Johnson	185	16.2
Majority			118	10.4
Turnout			1,142	18.4
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Cherwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Struthers	751	37.5
	Conservative	Simon Mort	681	34.0
	Labour	Peter Johnson	393	19.6
	Green	Malcolm Lee	177	8.8
Majority			70	3.5
Turnout			2,002	38.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Elise Benjamin	907	48.4
	Labour	Patrick Stannard	761	40.6
	Conservative	Thomas Garner	109	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Pieter-Paul Barker	97	5.2
Majority			146	7.8
Turnout			1,874	31.4
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Headington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Wyatt	710
	Labour	Leslie Town	687
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Whittaker	669
	Labour	Mary Sareva	641
	Conservative	Prudence Dailey	415
	Conservative	Georgina Shomroni	367
	Green	Stella Hudson	99
	Green	Mark Lynas	86
Turnout			3,674	29.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Iffley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Roberts	763	51.6
	Conservative	Paul Hernandez	356	24.1
	Green	Patrick Lingwood	188	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Rundle	173	11.7
Majority			407	27.5
Turnout			1,480	25.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Littlemore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Buckingham	661	62.5
	Conservative	Christopher Connolly	179	16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Vicky Potter	109	10.3
	Green	Joanna Lavender	108	10.2
Majority			482	45.6
Turnout			1,057	20.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Marston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Christian	652	47.2
	Conservative	Richard Wylie	384	27.8
	Green	Katherine Wedell	176	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Fuller	170	12.3
Majority			268	19.4
Turnout			1,382	28.1
	Labour hold		Swing

North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Davy	795	49.9
	Labour	Mary Roe	284	17.8
	Conservative	Jason Tomes	254	15.9
	Green	Sophie Andrews	185	11.6
	Independent	John Rose	75	4.7
Majority			511	32.1
Turnout			1,593	27.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Old Marston & Risinghurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Coats	909	50.8
	Labour	Eamon Wadley	499	27.9
	Conservative	Duncan Hatfield	314	17.6
	Green	Pritam Singh	67	3.7
Majority			410	22.9
Turnout			1,789	35.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Quarry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Kershaw	927	42.9
	Labour	Gillian Sanders	821	38.0
	Conservative	Stamford Marthews	312	14.5
	Green	Donald Smith	99	4.6
Majority			106	4.9
Turnout			2,159	35.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Clement's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Robert Sykes	824	43.6
	Labour	Susan Snelders	576	30.5
	Independent	David Leake	232	12.3
	Conservative	Robert Dukes	145	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Stone	113	6.0
Majority			248	13.1
Turnout			1,890	24.9
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Price	1,007	42.9
	Green	Deborah Glass	949	40.4
	Conservative	Neil Edmond	235	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalind Gill	157	6.7
Majority			58	2.5
Turnout			2,348	38.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Temple Cowley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Cockayne	889	51.5
	Labour	Cherry Mosteshar	610	35.3
	Conservative	James French	146	8.5
	Green	Lilia Patterson	81	4.7
Majority			279	16.2
Turnout			1,726	33.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Cook	854	40.7
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Hilliard	626	29.8
	Green	Ceri Fielding	423	20.2
	Conservative	Kevin Jones	195	9.3
Majority			228	10.9
Turnout			2,098	35.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Wolvercote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Campbell	1,036	45.6
	Conservative	Graham Jones	661	29.1
	Labour	Sarah Escritt	312	13.7
	Green	Michael Buck	263	11.6
Majority			375	16.5
Turnout			2,272	41.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wood Farm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Pope	695	55.4
	Conservative	Yun Wong	189	15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Brett	156	12.4
	Green	David Dalton	131	10.4
	Liberal	Roger Jenking	84	6.7
Majority			506	40.3
Turnout			1,255	22.4
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• 1999 United Kingdom local elections
• Elections in the United Kingdom

References

1. "Oxford". BBC News Online . Retrieved 15 August 2009.