West Lindsey District Council election, 1999

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Elections to West Lindsey District Council in Lincolnshire, England were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The council stayed under no overall control.

West Lindsey District in England

West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England.

Lincolnshire County of England

Lincolnshire is a county in eastern England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just 20 yards (18 m), England's shortest county boundary. The county town is the city of Lincoln, where the county council has its headquarters.

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

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Election result

West Lindsey Local Election Result 1999
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrat 16 -2 43.2 46.1 12,933
  Conservative 10 +6 27.0 28.5 7,995
  Independent 8 -2 21.6 11.6 3,246
  Labour 3 -2 8.1 13.8 3,861

3 Independent and 1 Conservative candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Bardney
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ian Fleetwood 484 59.3
Liberal Democrat John Turner 332 40.7
Majority 152 18.6
Turnout 816 53.1
Caistor (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Alan Caine unopposed
Conservative Derrick Mortimer unopposed
Cherry Willingham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Irmgard Parrott 566
Independent George Greenaway 551
Liberal Democrat Stuart Miller 339
Liberal Democrat Iris Miller 309
Turnout 1,765 37.7
Dunholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Stephen Taylor 324 51.3
Conservative Susan Rawlins 308 48.7
Majority 16 2.6
Turnout 632 40.1
Fiskerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Pat Greenaway 269 67.9
Liberal Democrat Josephine Clairmont-Brook 127 32.1
Majority 142 35.8
Turnout 396 27.5
Gainsborough East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Rodney Rainsforth 630
Liberal Democrat Malvyn Starkey 551
Liberal Democrat Michael Tinker 549
Labour Barry Linda 273
Labour Clare Parrott 263
Turnout 2,266 22.2
Gainsborough North (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat David Lomas 525
Labour Patrick Baldwin 450
Liberal Democrat Thomas Brown 399
Liberal Democrat Peal Banyard 398
Labour Peter Ryan 374
Labour Brenda Mills 316
Conservative Sally Jupp 258
Conservative Josephine Parry 248
Turnout 2,968 22.0
Gainsborough South-West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Leslie Rainsforth 566
Liberal Democrat Trevor Young 529
Labour Ian Mills 213
Labour Wendy Lawrence 167
Conservative Alan Beverley 104
Conservative John Otter 95
Turnout 1,674 26.8
Hemswell
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat William Gabbott 310 52.9
Conservative Stephen Beer 276 47.1
Majority 34 5.8
Turnout 586 34.8
Kelsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Charles Strange 541 68.6
Independent Ian Watson-Smith 139 17.6
Labour Michael Tierney 109 13.8
Majority 402 51.0
Turnout 789 42.4
Lea
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Keith Whaley unopposed
Market Rasen (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Neil Taylor 652
Liberal Democrat Gary Fenwick 616
Conservative Jonathan Gibbons 560
Independent Carol Bullen 299
Turnout 2,127 33.8
Middle Rasen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Adrian Rosser 492 73.1
Conservative Owen Bierley 181 26.9
Majority 311 46.2
Turnout 673 36.1
Nettleham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Alfred Frith 821
Liberal Democrat Raymond Sellars 705
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Leaning 632
Conservative Margaret Davidson 523
Turnout 2,681 43.2
Saxilby (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Catherine Dobson 469
Conservative Delyse Silverstone 435
Labour Graham Wainwright 389
Liberal Democrat Denise Braund 389
Turnout 1,682 31.9
Scampton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Peter Heath 434 70.6
Conservative Martin Macpherson-Lawley 181 29.4
Majority 253 51.2
Turnout 615 34.7
Scotter (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christopher Underwood-Frost 596
Conservative William Parry 587
Liberal Democrat Marion Rainsforth 504
Liberal Democrat Margaret Gabbott 443
Turnout 2,130 34.3
Stow
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Reginald Shore 458 64.8
Conservative Benjamin Green 249 35.2
Majority 209 29.6
Turnout 707 42.9
Sudbrooke
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Stuart Curtis 452 61.7
Liberal Democrat Catherine Rylatt 280 38.3
Majority 172 23.4
Turnout 732 40.0
Thonock
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Maurice French 375 65.6
Conservative William Morgan 197 34.4
Majority 178 21.2
Turnout 572 30.4
Torksey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Stuart Haywood unopposed
Waddingham & Spital
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Edward Green 409 62.2
Liberal Democrat Andrew Heathorn 249 37.8
Majority 160 24.4
Turnout 658 39.4
Welton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Malcolm Parish 715
Conservative Charles Ireland 586
Liberal Democrat Roger Hiscox 568
Labour Robin Renshaw 191
Labour Sally Scott 150
Turnout 2,210 38.2
Wold View
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Bernard Theobald 261 41.4
Liberal Democrat John Connolly 248 39.3
Labour John Tolliday 122 19.3
Majority 13 2.1
Turnout 631 35.4
Yarborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Indian 375 51.7
Conservative Jennifer Burt 350 48.3
Majority 25 3.4
Turnout 725 37.0

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