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]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
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]
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]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 20 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 83.3 | 54.9 | 28,383 | -0.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 15.7 | 8,124 | -0.3% | |
Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 25.2 | 13,024 | +0.9% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2.5 | 1,277 | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 714 | ||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 145 | ||
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 75 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Piper | 1,687 | 59.6 | ||
Conservative | Karen Bissell | 832 | 29.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Prior | 310 | 11.0 | ||
Majority | 855 | 30.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,829 | 31.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Price | 1,220 | 65.8 | ||
Conservative | David Dixon | 421 | 22.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Walter Bowdler | 212 | 11.4 | ||
Majority | 799 | 43.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,853 | 20.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Young | 1,398 | 61.6 | ||
Conservative | Ewart Johnson | 649 | 28.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Rogers | 223 | 9.8 | ||
Majority | 749 | 33.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,270 | 23.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Victoria Handy | 1,054 | 41.2 | ||
Labour | Jacqueline Harper | 811 | 31.7 | ||
Conservative | Norman Lawley | 695 | 27.1 | ||
Majority | 243 | 9.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,560 | 27.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Southall | 1,357 | 66.8 | ||
Conservative | David Burgess | 463 | 22.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Wilson | 212 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | 894 | 44.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,032 | 22.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Lewis | 1,049 | 68.8 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey Smith | 475 | 31.2 | ||
Majority | 574 | 37.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,524 | 18.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert White | 1,377 | 49.7 | ||
Labour | Jean Heywood | 753 | 27.2 | ||
Conservative | Robert Lawrence | 641 | 23.1 | ||
Majority | 624 | 22.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,771 | 28.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean Marson | 965 | 59.8 | ||
Conservative | Philip Mansell | 325 | 20.1 | ||
BNP | Sharron Edwards | 209 | 12.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Burkitt | 116 | 7.2 | ||
Majority | 640 | 39.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,615 | 16.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Badham | 1,351 | 75.9 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Hackett | 283 | 15.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Roberts | 147 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 1,068 | 60.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,781 | 21.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Edis | 875 | 54.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Cheeseman | 491 | 30.4 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Smith | 247 | 15.3 | ||
Majority | 384 | 23.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,613 | 17.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Prestidge | 1,449 | 60.5 | ||
Conservative | Roland Hill | 671 | 28.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Julia Garrett | 276 | 11.5 | ||
Majority | 778 | 32.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,396 | 24.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Joyce Underhill | 1,410 | 53.4 | ||
Labour | Thomas Slater | 811 | 30.7 | ||
Conservative | Peter Leavesley | 420 | 15.9 | ||
Majority | 599 | 22.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,641 | 28.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Caddick | 1,217 | 46.7 | ||
Conservative | William Shipman | 1,125 | 43.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gaynor Skeldon | 263 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | 92 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,605 | 29.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mahbbob Hussain | 1,911 | 69.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Wilkinson | 450 | 16.3 | ||
Conservative | William Aitken | 393 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | 1,461 | 53.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,754 | 33.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Couzens | 589 | 49.3 | ||
Conservative | Raymond Nock | 246 | 20.6 | ||
Independent Tipton Labour | June Newell | 219 | 18.3 | ||
National Front | John Lord | 75 | 6.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Samantha Ford | 65 | 5.4 | ||
Majority | 343 | 28.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,194 | 12.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adrian Bailey | 1,302 | 66.7 | ||
Conservative | Fredric Powles | 267 | 13.7 | ||
Independent | Fred Hadley | 251 | 12.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Cole | 133 | 6.8 | ||
Majority | 1,035 | 53.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,953 | 20.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Davies | 1,483 | 71.4 | ||
Conservative | Nicholas Meacham | 389 | 18.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Miriam Banting | 206 | 9.9 | ||
Majority | 1,094 | 52.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,078 | 24.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Darren Cooper | 1,020 | 73.3 | ||
Conservative | Jeanette Hill | 279 | 20.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sara Richards | 92 | 6.6 | ||
Majority | 741 | 53.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,391 | 26.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bawa Dhallu | 1,286 | 51.9 | ||
Doctor Practising at Lewisham Road Surgery | Kazi Rahman | 807 | 32.6 | ||
Conservative | David Read | 283 | 11.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Charles Simms | 101 | 4.1 | ||
Majority | 479 | 19.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,477 | 30.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Syeda Khatun | 1,303 | 44.3 | ||
Conservative | Alison Jones | 833 | 28.3 | ||
BNP | Stephen Edwards | 505 | 17.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Underhill | 156 | 5.3 | ||
Socialist Alternative | Ian Barton | 145 | 4.9 | ||
Majority | 470 | 16.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,942 | 24.9 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian James | 986 | 57.2 | ||
Conservative | Steven Hockley | 433 | 25.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Bradley | 304 | 17.6 | ||
Majority | 553 | 32.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,723 | 18.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Raymond Partridge | 1,378 | 60.0 | ||
Labour | Elaine Giles | 839 | 36.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Handy | 78 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 539 | 23.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,295 | 26.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Turton | 1,162 | 56.3 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Dixon | 762 | 36.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Samantha Campbell | 141 | 6.8 | ||
Majority | 400 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,065 | 22.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohinder Tagger | 1,559 | 65.5 | ||
Conservative | Anne Hughes | 514 | 21.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Rogers | 307 | 12.9 | ||
Majority | 1,045 | 43.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,380 | 28.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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