Dartford Borough Council election, 1999

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Elections to Dartford Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election. The Labour party retained an overall majority on the council.

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Election result

Dartford Borough Council Election Result 1999
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 28 0 6 -6
  Conservative 14 4 0 +4
  Residents 4 3 1 +2
  Independent 1 0 0 0

Ward results

Bean (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Alan Hammock 412 74.9% +24.1%
Labour D. W. Whybrow 138 25.1% -24.1%
Turnout 550 44.8% -6.9
Conservative hold Swing 24.1
Brent (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Michael George Dando 837
Labour Margaret Anne Eaton 803
Labour Rosemary Bryant 802
Conservative S. A. Howson 508
Conservative E. F. H. Prior 499
Conservative J. M. Horley 487
Turnout 33.2% -15.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Darenth (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Samson Patrick Carey 597
Labour Thomas William Cook 596
Conservative B.W. Ballard 274
Conservative John Kirby 250
Turnout 31.5% -11.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Galley Hill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Michael Arthur Crosby 304
Residents J.B. Harvey 195
Labour Howard Graham Dold 184
Residents M.D.G. Jackson 137
Labour A.M. Fulcher 135
Independent Barry G. Poppy 57
Turnout 24.8%
Independent hold Swing
Residents hold Swing
Greenhithe (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Residents Conrad Broadley 335
Residents G.H. Jones 324
Labour Marion J. Lawrie 273
Labour T.G. Parry 267
Turnout 20.5%
Residents gain from Labour Swing
Residents gain from Labour Swing
Gundulf (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Deborah Jane Stoate 847
Labour A.C. Batty 832
Labour Geoffrey Truscott Prout 820
Conservative Dorothy M. Shakespeare 513
Conservative Alan H. Horley 492
Conservative James N. Wedgbury 477
Turnout 42.0%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Heath (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Terence Charles Harry Smith 878
Conservative Kenneth Frank Martin Leadbeater 848
Conservative Patricia Anne Thurlow 816
Labour Marilyn Sharon May 722
Labour D.J.M. Stock 711
Labour G.M. Street 682
Turnout 39.5%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Horns Cross (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ivor Thomas Noel Jones 239
Independent J.T. Read 127
Conservative Christopher C. Muller 45
Turnout 30.7%
Labour hold Swing
Joyce Green (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ann Muckle 493
Labour Leonard Eaton 488
Conservative J.A. Simpson 104
Conservative Jennifer Ann Rickwood 98
Liberal Democrat D. Buchanan 79
Turnout 25.6%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Littlebrook (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Ivan Muckle 562
Labour Andrew Sawford 490
Conservative D.W. Davies 175
Conservative P.A. Newell 171
Turnout 25.5%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Longfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert John Dunn 904
Conservative Albert Raymond Bassam 865
Conservative Jeremy Alan Kite 842
Residents R.C. Higgins 463
Residents R.J. Eagles 433
Residents J.L. Rice 352
Labour Alistair Jordan 290
Labour Peter Beckett 259
Labour Maureen Anna Jansseune 254
Turnout 40.8%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Residents Swing
Maypole (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Richard J Hamilton 559
Conservative C. Brown 555
Labour Anne Elizabeth Burke 300
Labour Stephen John Sherrell 284
Turnout 32.7%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Miskin (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Francis Gerald Byrne 536
Labour Trevor Alan Rogers 499
Conservative Edward John Lampkin 468
Conservative Robert A. Marr 445
Turnout 42.8%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Newtown (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David John Baker 713
Labour Austen Raymond Brooker 697
Labour Graham Christopher David Steele 636
Conservative Robert John Etheridge 327
Conservative A.J. Salway 323
Conservative Doreen Edna Coleman 311
Turnout 27.4%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Princes (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David May 747
Labour Margaret Anne Stock 702
Labour Victor William Stock 650
Conservative Murdo Macleod 224
Conservative Richard Stewart Mortimer Green 221
Conservative Edna May Oborne 209
Independent P.J. Ripley 92
Turnout 25.9%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Priory (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour B.P. Wood 260
Conservative M.J. O'Neill 155
Turnout 24.8%
Labour hold Swing
Southfleet (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mary Noreen Salway 387
Labour Julie Dando 81
Turnout 44.5%
Conservative hold Swing
Stone (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Harry Phillips 620
Labour Derek Ernest Lawson 609
Labour D.P. Ward 576
Conservative Barbara Gladys May Bell 333
Conservative Nancy Catherine Wightman 319
Conservative P.T. Cole 315
Turnout 20.3%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Sutton At Hone and Hawley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Patrick Francis Coleman 775
Conservative Malcolm A Nothard 653
Labour Stephen Robert David de Winton 478
Labour Kenneth R Nicholls 450
Turnout 38.3%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Swanscombe (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Residents Bryan Ernest Read 357
Labour Malcolm J. Munn 313
Labour P.R. Defty 297
Residents W.S. Cunningham 260
Turnout 29.8%
Residents gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Wilmington Central (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paul W. James 496
Conservative Derek Edward Hunnisett 393
Turnout 49.1%
Labour hold Swing
Wilmington East (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Thomas Anthony Maddison 282 62.1% +7.5%
Conservative Marilyn Iris Peters 172 37.9% +7.8%
Turnout 34.7%
Labour hold Swing
Wilmington West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ann Allen 849
Conservative Lyn Mason 781
Labour D. M. Brooker 340
Labour J. W. Shoult 340
Turnout 48.4%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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