1999 Wokingham District Council election

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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]

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Wokingham Local Election Result 1999 [2] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1001-155.643.012,204
  Liberal Democrats 810+144.442.612,066
  Labour 0000014.13,991
  Independent 000000.395

Ward results

Arborfield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Cowan43865.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bacon23134.5
Majority20731.0
Turnout 66947
Conservative hold Swing
Bulmershe [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Preston51147.4
Labour Adrian Hutton35232.6
Conservative Kathleen Henderson21620.0
Majority15914.8
Turnout 1,07935
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Coronation [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas McCann83245.9
Conservative George Parkinson76842.4
Labour Philippa Hills21311.7
Majority643.5
Turnout 1,81331
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Emmbrook [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Eke84251.7
Liberal Democrats Richard Medlycott53232.7
Labour John Ferguson25415.6
Majority31019.0
Turnout 1,62835
Conservative hold Swing
Evendons [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Denis Morgan98044.0
Liberal Democrats Tina Marinos87339.2
Labour John Woodward27812.5
Independent Colin King954.3
Majority1074.8
Turnout 2,22626
Conservative hold Swing
Finchampstead North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roland Cundy85352.8
Conservative Edward Stott76247.2
Majority915.6
Turnout 1,61535.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Finchampstead South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Cockroft65859.5
Liberal Democrats Philip Bristow44740.5
Majority21119.0
Turnout 1,10523
Conservative hold Swing
Little Hungerford [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Smith1,28654.6
Conservative Christopher Edmunds81134.4
Labour Jacqueline Rupert26011.0
Majority47520.2
Turnout 2,35729
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Loddon [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Denis Thair79762.0
Conservative Philip Gribble25119.5
Labour David Gerken23718.4
Majority54642.5
Turnout 1,28520
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Norreys [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marian Robertson1,06156.3
Labour Franco Valente51227.2
Liberal Democrats Carolyn Hare31116.5
Majority54929.1
Turnout 1,88430.5
Conservative hold Swing
Redhatch [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Spratling1,71262.3
Conservative Emma MacDonald72126.2
Labour Nimmi Harlow31511.5
Majority99136.1
Turnout 2,74822
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Remenham & Wargrave [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Etheridge76965.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Alder27023.1
Labour Henry Palmer13211.3
Majority49942.6
Turnout 1,17133
Conservative hold Swing
Shinfield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Pollock79656.6
Liberal Democrats Marian Targett34724.7
Labour Owen Waite26418.8
Majority44931.9
Turnout 1,40724
Conservative hold Swing
South Lake [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Beth Rowland70863.2
Conservative Sue Doughty23320.8
Labour Nelson Bland18016.1
Majority47542.4
Turnout 1,12125
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Swallowfield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clare Beatty44977.4
Labour David Sharp7012.1
Liberal Democrats Veronica Hull6110.5
Majority37965.3
Turnout 58039
Conservative hold Swing
Twyford & Ruscombe [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dee Tomlin1,39358.9
Conservative Pamela Graddon75031.7
Labour Roy Mantel2239.4
Majority64327.2
Turnout 2,36641
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Winnersh [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Turner73046.3
Liberal Democrats Prue Bray71345.2
Labour Mary Gascoyne1348.5
Majority171.1
Turnout 1,57727
Conservative hold Swing
Wokingham Without [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angus Ross96956.2
Labour Carole Saunders56732.9
Liberal Democrats Thomas McCann18911.0
Majority40223.3
Turnout 1,72533
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "Wokingham". BBC News Online . Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "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.