Swale Borough Council election, 1999

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The 1999 Swale Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.^[1]

Swale is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England and is bounded by Medway to the west, Canterbury to the east, Ashford to the south and Maidstone to the south west. Its council is based in Sittingbourne. The district is named after the narrow channel called The Swale, that separates the mainland of Kent from the Isle of Sheppey, and which occupies the central part of the district.

Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district. In Scotland, similarly chartered communities were known as royal burghs, although the status is no longer granted.

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south west. The county also shares borders with Essex along the estuary of the River Thames, and with the French department of Pas-de-Calais through the Channel Tunnel. The county town is Maidstone.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Swale local election result 1999^[2]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Liberal Democrat	9	+1	50.0
Conservative	5	+2	27.8
Labour	4	-2	22.2
Independent	0	-1	0

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References

1 2 "Local Council Election Results". The Independent . NewsBank. 7 May 1999.
↑ "How the nations voted". The Times . NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.

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[council-1] 1 2 "Local Council Election Results". The Independent . NewsBank. 7 May 1999.

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

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