Christchurch Borough Council election, 1999

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The 1999 Christchurch Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Christchurch Borough Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1]

Christchurch is a town and borough on the south coast of England. The town adjoins Bournemouth in the west and the New Forest lies to the east. Historically in the county of Hampshire, it became part of the administrative county of Dorset in the 1974 reorganisation of local government. Covering an area of 19.5 square miles (51 km²), Christchurch had a 2013 population of 48,368, making it the fourth-most populous town in Dorset, close behind Weymouth which has a population of 54,539.

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Dorset is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the non-metropolitan county, which is governed by Dorset County Council, and the unitary authority areas of Poole and Bournemouth. Covering an area of 2,653 square kilometres (1,024 sq mi), Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. The county town is Dorchester which is in the south. After the reorganisation of local government in 1974 the county's border was extended eastward to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch. Around half of the population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation, while the rest of the county is largely rural with a low population density.

Election result

Christchurch local election result 1999^[2]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Conservative	17	+9	68.0
Liberal Democrat	5	-4	20.0
Independent	3	-5	12.0

By-elections between 1999 and 2003

Jumpers by-election 7 June 2001^[3]
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	974	37.0	+11.9
	Conservative	906	34.4	+9.1
	Labour	456	17.3	+7.4
	Independent	152	5.8	+5.8
	Independent	142	5.4	-34.2
Majority		68	2.6
Turnout		2,630
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

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References

↑ "Christchurch". BBC News Online . Retrieved 20 May 2015.
↑ "How the nations voted". The Times . NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results - June 2001". Local Authority Byelection Results. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

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[vote1999-1] "Christchurch". BBC News Online . Retrieved 20 May 2015.

[nations-2] "How the nations voted". The Times . NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.

[jumpers-3] "Local Authority Byelection Results - June 2001". Local Authority Byelection Results. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

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Christchurch Borough Council election, 1999

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Election result

By-elections between 1999 and 2003

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