West Somerset District Council election, 1999

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Map of the results of the 1999 West Somerset District council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and seats with no candidates in white. West Somerset UK local election 1999 map.svg
Map of the results of the 1999 West Somerset District council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and seats with no candidates in white.

The 1999 West Somerset District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1995. [1] The council stayed under no overall control. [1]

West Somerset Non-metropolitan district in England

West Somerset was a local government district in the English county of Somerset. The council covered a largely rural area, with a population of 34,900 in an area of 740 square kilometres (290 sq mi); it is the least populous non-unitary district in England. According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics in 2009, the population of West Somerset has the oldest average age in the United Kingdom at 52. The largest centres of population are the coastal towns of Minehead and Watchet (4,400).

Non-metropolitan district Type of local government district in England

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a two-tier arrangement.

Somerset County of England

Somerset is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west. It is bounded to the north and west by the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel, its coastline facing southeastern Wales. Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the River Avon. Somerset's county town is Taunton.

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Election result

West Somerset local election result 1999 [2] [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 15 48.4 44.0 7,220 +21.3%
  Independent 8 25.8 13.3 2,178 -6.6%
  Labour 5 16.1 25.6 4,197 -6.9%
  Liberal Democrat 1 3.2 16.3 2,675 -5.8%
  Green 0 0 0.9 142 +0.9%
  No candidate 2 6.5 N/A N/A N/A

3 independent, 2 Conservative and 1 Labour candidates were unopposed at the election. [2] A further 2 seats had no candidates standing for them.

Ward results

Alcombe East (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jamie Anderson 203
Conservative Nicolas Messarra 197
Labour Lesley Culverhouse 159
Labour Thomas Welch 136
Liberal Democrat Hazel Bowden 38
Liberal Democrat Rene Kinzett 38
Turnout 771 24.3
Alcombe West (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ivor Gibbon 421
Labour Simon Stokes 411
Conservative Terry Venner 271
Conservative John Walker 247
Turnout 1,350 39.2
Aville Vale [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent George Burnell unopposed
Brompton Ralph and Haddon [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Geoffrey Day 227 83.8
Labour David Burchell 44 16.2
Majority 183 67.5
Turnout 271 38.6
Carhampton and Withycombe [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Peter Humber 495 84.2
Conservative Marion Stuart 93 15.8
Majority 402 68.4
Turnout 588 57.3
Crowcombe and Stogumber [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Vivian Brewer 379 72.6
Independent Thomas Cave-Browne-Cave 143 27.4
Majority 236 45.2
Turnout 522 58.0
Dulverton and Brushford [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Steven Pugsley unopposed
Dunster [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Anne Cave-Brown-Cave 164 50.6
Conservative Martin Bale 160 49.4
Majority 4 1.2
Turnout 324 46.9
Minehead North (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christine Lawrence 581
Conservative Ann Foxhuntley 526
Conservative Keith Parkes 521
Labour David Ross 400
Labour John McGee 370
Labour Elizabeth Wightman 323
Turnout 2,721 39.4
Minehead South (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Colin Hill 628
Conservative Ernest Taylor 597
Conservative Jean Walker 577
Liberal Democrat Martyn Snell 497
Liberal Democrat Susan Jenkins 332
Labour Peter Slade 326
Liberal Democrat Pamela Dewis 313
Labour Marcus Kravis 313
Labour John Dore 263
Turnout 3,846 53.2
Old Cleeve (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent John Nethercott 438
Conservative Pamela Driver 350
Liberal Democrat Gabriella Bevan 184
Green Almuth Groos 142
Turnout 1,114 39.7
Porlock and District (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Angela Palmer 618
Conservative Jennifer David 531
Liberal Democrat Marilynn Russell 409
Turnout 1,558 36.6
Quantock Vale (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Terence Ayre unopposed
Labour Keith Turpin unopposed
Quarme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Frederick Rawle unopposed
Watchet (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Banks 479
Conservative Jennifer Hill 460
Independent Sally De Renzy-Martin 395
Liberal Democrat Anthony Bowden 369
Independent John Richards 319
Turnout 2,022 35.9
West Quantock [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Barbara Child unopposed
Williton (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Hugh Davies 492
Labour Edwin May 352
Conservative Jean Tillotson 281
Labour Ian Aldridge 200
Turnout 1,325 41.5

By-elections between 1999 and 2003

Williton

Williton By-election 9 December 1999 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative 219 64.6 +39.6
Labour 120 35.4 +4.1
Majority 99 29.2
Turnout 339 17.1 -24.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Aville Vale

Aville Vale By-election 13 July 2000 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative 327 66.1
Independent 168 33.9
Majority 159 32.2
Turnout 495 53.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "West Somerset". BBC News Online . Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "West Somerset District Council - May 1999". West Somerset Council. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Local Authority Byelection Results" . Retrieved 27 November 2011.
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