1999 Tamworth Borough Council election

An election was held on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Tamworth Borough Council in Staffordshire, 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

• Labour 27
• Conservative 2
• Independent 1 ^[2]

Background

Before the election Labour had a big majority on the council with 26 seats, compared to 1 Conservative and 1 independent, with a further 2 seats vacant. ^[3] Councillors defending seats in the election included the only independent, Margaret Clarke, in Stonydelph and Labour's Phil Dix, who had first been elected in 1958, in Bolehall. ^[3] 2 seats were being contested in Wilnecote ward after the resignation of councillor Ken Lewis. ^[4]

Election result

The results had Labour easily keep control of the council, but with the Conservatives making 1 gain from Labour in Spital ward. ^[5] The Conservative candidate, Ronald Cook, gained Spital by 201 votes over the Labour candidate. ^[6]

Tamworth Local Election Result 1999 ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	0	1	-1	81.8	59.5	8,845
	Conservative	1	1	0	+1	9.1	31.1	4,630
	Independent	1	0	0	0	9.1	4.1	604
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	5.3	794

Ward results

Amington ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Tucker	839	57.4
	Conservative	Evelyn Rowe	622	42.6
Majority			217	14.8
Turnout			1,461	22
	Labour hold		Swing

Belgrave ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Tonks	814	70.4
	Conservative	John Lees	343	29.6
Majority			471	40.8
Turnout			1,157	21
	Labour hold		Swing

Bolehall ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Dix	968	75.7
	Conservative	Valerie Beale	310	24.3
Majority			658	51.4
Turnout			1,278	24
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Trenfield	1,204	68.0
	Conservative	Alan Lees	368	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Pinkett	199	11.2
Majority			836	47.2
Turnout			1,771	29
	Labour hold		Swing

Glascote ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Holland	582	59.2
	Conservative	Brian Beale	160	16.3
	Independent	Christopher Cooke	139	14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Lee-Brown	102	10.4
Majority			422	42.9
Turnout			983	18
	Labour hold		Swing

Mercian ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Latham	841	54.6
	Conservative	Andrew James	508	33.0
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Blake	190	12.3
Majority			333	21.6
Turnout			1,539	32.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Spital ^{[7] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Cook	952	51.5
	Labour	William Fuller	751	40.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Blake	146	7.9
Majority			201	10.9
Turnout			1,849	39
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stonydelph ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Clarke	465	48.7
	Labour	Dennis Powick	362	37.9
	Conservative	James O'Grady	128	13.4
Majority			103	10.8
Turnout			955	16
	Independent hold		Swing

Trinity ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Foster	771	55.3
	Conservative	Kenneth Gant	467	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Jones	157	11.3
Majority			304	21.8
Turnout			1,395	26
	Labour hold		Swing

Wilnecote (2) ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Jenkins	883
	Labour	Alan Smith	830
	Conservative	Raymond Booth	387
	Conservative	Linda O'Grady	385
Turnout			2,485	22
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Tamworth". BBC News Online . Retrieved 8 May 2011.
2. "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent . 8 May 1999. p. 12.
3. "Opposition bids to peg back monopoly: Tamworth". Birmingham Mail . 9 April 1999. p. 6.
4. Slater, John (5 May 1999). "Local election countdown: Tamworth". Birmingham Mail . p. 6.
5. Guthrie, Jim; Posner, Michael (7 May 1999). "Labour lose out in Lichfield: Staffordshire". Birmingham Mail . p. 7.
6. Stote, Martin (7 May 1999). "Tories stage early gains in the Shires". Birmingham Post . p. 7.
7. "Election Results". Tamworth Borough Council. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
8. "How the nations voted". The Times . 8 May 1999. p. 48.