1999 Wokingham District Council election

The 1999 Wokingham District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[1] Overall turnout was 29%. ^[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 30
• Liberal Democrat 24 ^[3]

Election result

Wokingham Local Election Result 1999 ^{[2] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	0	1	-1	55.6	43.0	12,204
	Liberal Democrats	8	1	0	+1	44.4	42.6	12,066
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	14.1	3,991
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	95

Ward results

Arborfield ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Cowan	438	65.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bacon	231	34.5
Majority			207	31.0
Turnout			669	47
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bulmershe ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Preston	511	47.4
	Labour	Adrian Hutton	352	32.6
	Conservative	Kathleen Henderson	216	20.0
Majority			159	14.8
Turnout			1,079	35
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Coronation ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas McCann	832	45.9
	Conservative	George Parkinson	768	42.4
	Labour	Philippa Hills	213	11.7
Majority			64	3.5
Turnout			1,813	31
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Emmbrook ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Eke	842	51.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Medlycott	532	32.7
	Labour	John Ferguson	254	15.6
Majority			310	19.0
Turnout			1,628	35
	Conservative hold		Swing

Evendons ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denis Morgan	980	44.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Marinos	873	39.2
	Labour	John Woodward	278	12.5
	Independent	Colin King	95	4.3
Majority			107	4.8
Turnout			2,226	26
	Conservative hold		Swing

Finchampstead North ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Cundy	853	52.8
	Conservative	Edward Stott	762	47.2
Majority			91	5.6
Turnout			1,615	35.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Finchampstead South ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Cockroft	658	59.5
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bristow	447	40.5
Majority			211	19.0
Turnout			1,105	23
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Hungerford ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Smith	1,286	54.6
	Conservative	Christopher Edmunds	811	34.4
	Labour	Jacqueline Rupert	260	11.0
Majority			475	20.2
Turnout			2,357	29
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Loddon ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Thair	797	62.0
	Conservative	Philip Gribble	251	19.5
	Labour	David Gerken	237	18.4
Majority			546	42.5
Turnout			1,285	20
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Norreys ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marian Robertson	1,061	56.3
	Labour	Franco Valente	512	27.2
	Liberal Democrats	Carolyn Hare	311	16.5
Majority			549	29.1
Turnout			1,884	30.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redhatch ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Spratling	1,712	62.3
	Conservative	Emma MacDonald	721	26.2
	Labour	Nimmi Harlow	315	11.5
Majority			991	36.1
Turnout			2,748	22
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Remenham & Wargrave ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Etheridge	769	65.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Alder	270	23.1
	Labour	Henry Palmer	132	11.3
Majority			499	42.6
Turnout			1,171	33
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shinfield ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Pollock	796	56.6
	Liberal Democrats	Marian Targett	347	24.7
	Labour	Owen Waite	264	18.8
Majority			449	31.9
Turnout			1,407	24
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Lake ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beth Rowland	708	63.2
	Conservative	Sue Doughty	233	20.8
	Labour	Nelson Bland	180	16.1
Majority			475	42.4
Turnout			1,121	25
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swallowfield ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Beatty	449	77.4
	Labour	David Sharp	70	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Hull	61	10.5
Majority			379	65.3
Turnout			580	39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Twyford & Ruscombe ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dee Tomlin	1,393	58.9
	Conservative	Pamela Graddon	750	31.7
	Labour	Roy Mantel	223	9.4
Majority			643	27.2
Turnout			2,366	41
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Winnersh ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Turner	730	46.3
	Liberal Democrats	Prue Bray	713	45.2
	Labour	Mary Gascoyne	134	8.5
Majority			17	1.1
Turnout			1,577	27
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wokingham Without ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angus Ross	969	56.2
	Labour	Carole Saunders	567	32.9
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas McCann	189	11.0
Majority			402	23.3
Turnout			1,725	33
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Wokingham". BBC News Online . Retrieved 9 January 2010.
2. "Election Fact-Pack 4". Wokingham District Council. Archived from the original on 27 August 2001. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
3. "Britain votes: Local Council Election Results". The Independent . 7 May 1999. p. 12.
4. Salman, Saba (7 May 1999). "Tories claw back strongholds: Britain votes". Evening Standard . p. 25.