1999 Southampton City Council election

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The 1999 Southampton Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, 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

Election result

The results saw the Labour party stay in control of the council after holding all but one of the seats they had been defending. [3] The only change came in St Lukes ward where Conservative Conor Burns gained the seat from Labour. [3] Overall turnout in the election was 26.4%. [4]

Southampton local election result 1999 [4] [5] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 801-153.340.217,630-4.1%
  Liberal Democrats 500033.329.212,798+0.0%
  Conservative 210+113.323.610,357+1.5%
  Independent 000004.01,754+1.8%
  Green 000001.9840+1.0%
 Independent Ratepayer000000.7312+0.7%
 Residents Action000000.3119+0.3%
  Socialist Alternative 000000.144+0.1%

Ward results

Bargate [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Burke1,15747.9−7.2
Conservative Andrew Browning39916.5−3.0
Independent Mohammad Aslam33914.0+14.0
Liberal Democrats Nigel Impey24810.3+0.2
Residents ActionLorraine Barter1194.9+4.9
Independent Kim Rose1114.6−6.5
Socialist Alternative David Rawlinson441.8−2.5
Majority 75831.4−4.2
Turnout 2,41719.0
Labour hold Swing
Bassett [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alec Samuels1,54452.7+3.1
Labour Benjamin Steinberg90730.9−7.2
Liberal Democrats Terence Holden-Brown48116.4+4.2
Majority 63721.7+10.2
Turnout 2,93224.0
Conservative hold Swing
Bitterne [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Masters1,33253.8−7.4
Conservative Royston Smith77031.1+5.8
Liberal Democrats Norman Kingswell37315.1+1.6
Majority 56222.7−13.2
Turnout 2,47527.1
Labour hold Swing
Bitterne Park [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Beckett1,86150.5+3.6
Independent Peter Baillie1,03128.0+1.5
Labour Michael Drain49813.5−3.6
Conservative Brynley Williams2948.0−1.5
Majority 83022.5+2.1
Turnout 3,68431.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Coxford [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Galton1,55845.9−2.1
Labour Ceren Davis1,49844.2+3.3
Conservative Marie Heracleous3369.9−1.2
Majority 601.8−5.3
Turnout 3,39229.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Freemantle [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Harris1,30951.6−1.2
Conservative Jeremy Moulton69427.4−0.7
Liberal Democrats Tom Lawrence34313.5−0.9
Green John Spottiswoode1917.5+2.8
Majority 61524.2−0.5
Turnout 2,53724.1
Labour hold Swing
Harefield [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dennis Harryman1,35743.5−8.1
Conservative John Hartwell1,35043.3+9.1
Liberal Democrats Sharon Mintoff33310.7+2.2
Green Andrew Shaw782.5+0.4
Majority 70.2−17.3
Turnout 3,11831.2
Labour hold Swing
Millbrook [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats George Melrose1,43354.1−2.7
Labour Derek Parsons84531.9+1.0
Conservative Edward Daunt37114.0+1.6
Majority 58822.2−3.7
Turnout 2,64926.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Peartree [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Norah Goss1,57946.6−7.9
Labour Matthew Stevens1,16634.4−1.0
Conservative Graham Cotton3319.8−0.3
Independent RatepayerGraham Cotton3129.2+9.2
Majority 41312.2−6.9
Turnout 3,38831.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Portswood [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jill Baston1,72155.8−2.0
Labour Jayne Laysan72323.5−5.2
Conservative Michael Ball43614.1+0.6
Green Adam Boardman2036.6+6.6
Majority 99832.4+3.4
Turnout 3,08328.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Redbridge [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Russell1,42263.7−3.7
Conservative Julian Isaacson42218.9+2.7
Liberal Democrats Edward Blake38917.4+1.0
Majority 1,00044.8−6.3
Turnout 2,23321.8
Labour hold Swing
Shirley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Kearns1,40444.3+1.2
Conservative Brian Parnell1,19137.6+1.8
Liberal Democrats Sarah Neely42913.5−4.2
Green Peter Davis1434.5+1.1
Majority 2136.7−0.7
Turnout 3,16732.1
Labour hold Swing
Sholing [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Blatchford1,79558.0−1.0
Conservative Marlene Unwin88428.6+1.5
Liberal Democrats Allan Nelson41613.4−0.5
Majority 91129.4−2.5
Turnout 3,09526.3
Labour hold Swing
St. Lukes [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Conor Burns 94433.0+5.8
Labour John Truscott85029.7−16.3
Liberal Democrats Calvin Horner56619.8+3.5
Independent Sukhdev Sihota Singh2739.6+9.6
Green David Cromwell [7] 2257.9+2.6
Majority 943.3
Turnout 2,85824.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Woolston [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julian Price1,36748.4−9.4
Liberal Democrats David Simpson1,06837.8+7.7
Conservative Christos Harling-Melas39113.8+1.7
Majority 29910.6−17.2
Turnout 2,82624.5
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Southampton". BBC News Online . Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent . 8 May 1999. p. 12.
  3. 1 2 "Tory rule make a comeback". Southern Daily Echo . 7 May 1999. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Election: City Council Elections May 1999 - 6th May 1999". Southampton City Council. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  6. ↑ "Local Councils: Results round-up". The Times . 7 May 1999. p. 4.
  7. ↑ David Cromwell Why Are We the Good Guys? Alresford, Hants: Zero Books, 2012, p.29
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