1999 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

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The 1999 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

Before the election Labour held 60 of the 72 seats on the council, with the Liberal Democrats the main opposition on the council. [3] Labour were defending 19 seats, the Liberal Democrats 3 and the Conservatives 1 seat. [3] The Conservative seat being defended in Wednesbury North was one of only 2 the party held, but both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats planned to contest all 24 seats. [3] The other seat being contested was in Tipton Green, where an independent Labour councillor stood down at the election. [3] Candidates in the election included 2 from the British National Party and 1 from the National Front, [4] meanwhile the Liberal Democrat candidate in Friar Park ward withdrew from the election. [5]

During the election the Conservatives had an error on one of their leaflets with the phone number being for a Labour supporter. [6]

Election result

The results saw Labour increase their majority on the council after gaining 1 seat to hold 61 of the 72 seats. [7] Labour made the only gain in Tipton Green with the successful Labour candidate, Syeda Khatun, becoming the first Muslim woman to win a seat on Sandwell council. [8] Tipton Green also saw the British National Party win 17.2% of the vote, the best result for the party in the West Midlands area. [9] The Liberal Democrats held the 3 seats they had been defending to keep 9 councillors, with Victoria Handy becoming the youngest councillor at the age of 21 after holding Charlemont for the party. [8] Meanwhile, the Conservatives held Wednesbury North, but failed to make any gains, to stay on just 2 seats. [8] Overall turnout in the election was 23.6%, [10] with Princes End ward seeing one of the lowest turnouts in the country. [11]

Sandwell local election result 1999 [12] [13]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2010+183.354.928,383-0.2
  Liberal Democrats 300012.515.78,124-0.3
  Conservative 10004.225.213,024+0.9
  Independent 001-10.02.51,277
  BNP 00000.01.4714
  Socialist Alternative 00000.00.3145
  National Front 00000.00.175

Ward results

Abbey [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Piper1,68759.6
Conservative Karen Bissell83229.4
Liberal Democrats Roger Prior31011.0
Majority 85530.2
Turnout 2,82931.8
Labour hold Swing
Blackheath [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Price1,22065.8
Conservative David Dixon42122.7
Liberal Democrats Walter Bowdler21211.4
Majority 79943.1
Turnout 1,85320.1
Labour hold Swing
Bristnall [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Young1,39861.6
Conservative Ewart Johnson64928.6
Liberal Democrats Brian Rogers2239.8
Majority 74933.0
Turnout 2,27023.8
Labour hold Swing
Charlemont [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Victoria Handy1,05441.2
Labour Jacqueline Harper81131.7
Conservative Norman Lawley69527.1
Majority 2439.5
Turnout 2,56027.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Cradley Heath and Old Hill [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Southall1,35766.8
Conservative David Burgess46322.8
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Wilson21210.4
Majority 89444.0
Turnout 2,03222.3
Labour hold Swing
Friar Park [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey Lewis1,04968.8
Conservative Geoffrey Smith47531.2
Majority 57437.7
Turnout 1,52418.3
Labour hold Swing
Great Barr [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert White1,37749.7
Labour Jean Heywood75327.2
Conservative Robert Lawrence64123.1
Majority 62422.5
Turnout 2,77128.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Great Bridge [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Marson96559.8
Conservative Philip Mansell32520.1
BNP Sharron Edwards20912.9
Liberal Democrats Brian Burkitt1167.2
Majority 64039.6
Turnout 1,61516.8
Labour hold Swing
Greets Green and Lyng [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Badham1,35175.9
Conservative Thomas Hackett28315.9
Liberal Democrats Philip Roberts1478.3
Majority 1,06860.0
Turnout 1,78121.8
Labour hold Swing
Hateley Heath [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Edis87554.2
Liberal Democrats Rachel Cheeseman49130.4
Conservative Margaret Smith24715.3
Majority 38423.8
Turnout 1,61317.5
Labour hold Swing
Langley [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Prestidge1,44960.5
Conservative Roland Hill67128.0
Liberal Democrats Julia Garrett27611.5
Majority 77832.5
Turnout 2,39624.7
Labour hold Swing
Newton [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Underhill1,41053.4
Labour Thomas Slater81130.7
Conservative Peter Leavesley42015.9
Majority 59922.7
Turnout 2,64128.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Old Warley [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Caddick1,21746.7
Conservative William Shipman1,12543.2
Liberal Democrats Gaynor Skeldon26310.1
Majority 923.5
Turnout 2,60529.8
Labour hold Swing
Oldbury [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mahbbob Hussain1,91169.4
Liberal Democrats Anthony Wilkinson45016.3
Conservative William Aitken39314.3
Majority 1,46153.1
Turnout 2,75433.1
Labour hold Swing
Princes End [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Couzens58949.3
Conservative Raymond Nock24620.6
Independent Tipton LabourJune Newell21918.3
National Front John Lord756.3
Liberal Democrats Samantha Ford655.4
Majority 34328.7
Turnout 1,19412.2
Labour hold Swing
Rowley [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian Bailey1,30266.7
Conservative Fredric Powles26713.7
Independent Fred Hadley25112.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Cole1336.8
Majority 1,03553.0
Turnout 1,95320.3
Labour hold Swing
Smethwick [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Davies1,48371.4
Conservative Nicholas Meacham38918.7
Liberal Democrats Miriam Banting2069.9
Majority 1,09452.6
Turnout 2,07824.3
Labour hold Swing
Soho and Victoria [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Darren Cooper1,02073.3
Conservative Jeanette Hill27920.1
Liberal Democrats Sara Richards926.6
Majority 74153.3
Turnout 1,39126.2
Labour hold Swing
St Paul's [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bawa Dhallu1,28651.9
Doctor Practising at Lewisham Road SurgeryKazi Rahman80732.6
Conservative David Read28311.4
Liberal Democrats Charles Simms1014.1
Majority 47919.3
Turnout 2,47730.5
Labour hold Swing
Tipton Green [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Syeda Khatun 1,30344.3
Conservative Alison Jones83328.3
BNP Stephen Edwards50517.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony Underhill1565.3
Socialist Alternative Ian Barton1454.9
Majority 47016.0
Turnout 2,94224.9
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Tividale [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian James98657.2
Conservative Steven Hockley43325.1
Liberal Democrats Roger Bradley30417.6
Majority 55332.1
Turnout 1,72318.2
Labour hold Swing
Wednesbury North [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Partridge1,37860.0
Labour Elaine Giles83936.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Handy783.4
Majority 53923.5
Turnout 2,29526.0
Conservative hold Swing
Wednesbury South [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Turton1,16256.3
Conservative Margaret Dixon76236.9
Liberal Democrats Samantha Campbell1416.8
Majority 40019.4
Turnout 2,06522.3
Labour hold Swing
West Bromwich Central [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohinder Tagger1,55965.5
Conservative Anne Hughes51421.6
Liberal Democrats Sheila Rogers30712.9
Majority 1,04543.9
Turnout 2,38028.3
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Sandwell". BBC News Online . Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent . 8 May 1999. p. 12.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Swingler, Peter (5 May 1999). "Local election countdown: Sandwell". Birmingham Mail .
  4. ↑ Summers, Deborah (30 April 1999). "In-fighting could spoil Tory chances at polls Vote while you shop: Tesco in New Oscott, where there will be a polling stationnext Thursday". Birmingham Post .
  5. ↑ "Poll candidate out". Birmingham Mail . 15 April 1999. p. 24.
  6. ↑ Swingler, Peter (5 May 1999). "Sandwell Tories electioneering leaflet error". Birmingham Mail . p. 7.
  7. ↑ "At-a-glance guide to how the councils stand". Birmingham Post . 8 May 1999. p. 3.
  8. 1 2 3 Swingler, Peter (7 May 1999). "Syeda takes a place in history:Sandwell". Birmingham Mail . p. 5.
  9. ↑ "Far-right increases its share of vote". Financial Times . 8 May 1999. p. 10.
  10. ↑ "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  11. ↑ Frean, Alexandra (8 May 1999). "Town hall politics become an increasing irrelevance". The Times . p. 47.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Sandwell MBC: Borough Council Election 6th May 1999". Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 17 February 2001. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  13. ↑ "How the nations voted". The Times . 8 May 1999. p. 48.
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