1999 Fenland District Council election

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The 1999 Fenland District Council election took place on 6 May 1999, to elect 40 members of the Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. [1]

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1999 Fenland District Council election
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 19956 May 1999 2003  

All 40 seats to Fenland District Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election ? seats, ?% ? seats, ?% ? seats, ?%

 Fourth party
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Party Independent

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Ward results

(*Sitting councillor)

Benwick & Doddington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G Harper 638 79.8
Labour P Waterfield16120.2
Majority477
Turnout
Chatteris East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A Melton* 451 74.1
Labour 15825.9
Majority293
Turnout
Chatteris North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative P Murphy* 198 56.4
Labour G Osbourn5616.0
Independent C Greenwood5515.7
Liberal Democrats J Wilson4212.0
Majority142
Turnout
Chatteris South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats F Newell* 216 65.5
Conservative L Ashley11434.5
Majority102
Turnout
Chatteris West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A German* 350 65.5
Independent P Dickerson18434.5
Majority166
Turnout
Elm. (2 seats) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M Cotterell* 538 58.9
Conservative E Green* 465 -
Labour R Symonds23025.2
Ind. Conservative R Pinnock14515.9
Turnout
Leverington (2 seats) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M Humphrey* 554 62.6
Conservative P Webb 473 -
Labour B Diggle33137.4
Labour A Humphreys*282
Turnout
Manea [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H Fox 298 71.8
Labour P Osborne5713.7
Independent S Wilson4210.1
Independent Labour C Bennett184.3
Majority241
Turnout
March East (3 seat) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D Cameron 849 47.1
Labour B Wales 775 -
Conservative B Keane* 729 40.4
Conservative M French656
Conservative A Gooch622
Labour M Field*611
Independent Labour Ms C Bennett*22612.5
Majority
Turnout
March North (3 seats) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ms P Brewin* 491 30.8
Labour I Manning 477 30.0
Conservative J West 472 29.6
Labour J Heslop466
Conservative W Boulton455
Labour P Osbourne388
Independent Labour M Manning*1529.5
Independent Labour Ms C Bennett*128
Turnout
Newton & Tydd [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
March West (3 seats) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C Owen 877 61.2
Conservative P Skoulding 779 -
Conservative Ms J French 755 -
Labour B Howlett55738.8
Labour Ms E Agley433
Labour C Osbourne415
Turnout
Wisbech North (3 seats) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S Cawthorne 316 44.1
Labour J Diggle* 304 -
Labour Ms A Gilliat 258 -
Liberal Democrats K Brennan*24233.8
Liberal Democrats Ms G Dedman179
Conservative R Barnwell15822.1
Turnout
Wisbech South West (3 seats) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ms E A Carlisle* 848 49.3
Conservative P Humphrey 767 -
Conservative Ms J Tuck 703 -
Labour S Massey27.9
Independent J White39222.8
Majority
Turnout
Outwell & Upwell [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative P West* unopposed
Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C Bellamy 719 46.1
Independent P Barnes 533 34.2
Conservative B Britain525
Liberal Democrats S Wilson16010.3
Labour Ms I Henson1479.4
Turnout
Whittlesey Bassenhally [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C Rodziewicz 448 47.2
Labour D Lewis*40642.8
Liberal Democrats M Larholt9510.0
Majority42
Turnout
Whittlesey Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative P Gray* 282 68.1
Labour R Penton8420.3
Liberal Democrats Ms J larshot4811.6
Majority198
Turnout
Whittlesey East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S Garratt 448 68.5
Labour A Wilson20631.5
Majority242
Turnout
Whittlesey Kingsmoor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R Hibbert* 211 58.4
Conservative J Watson15041.6
Majority61
Turnout
Whittlesy South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ms P Potts*
Liberal Democrats S Watkins35739.3
Whittlesey West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R Speechley* 512 67.5
Labour Ms M Hart24732.5
Majority
Turnout
Wisbech East (2 seats} ( [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J Barker* 635 56.8
Conservative A Green 607 -
Labour Ann Purt32228.8
Independent E Dopson16114.4
Turnout
Majority
[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Majority
Turnout
Wimblington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent P Jolley* 472 62.3
Conservative T McGuinness28637.7
Majority186
Turnout

Election result

One seat was vacant at the time of the election. [3]

Fenland Local Election Result 1999 [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 28+1371.8
  Labour 7-817.9
  Independent 3-17.7
  Liberal Democrats 1-12.6
 Others0-30

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References

  1. "Fenland". BBC News Online . Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "1995 results" (PDF). www.electionscentre.co.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 "How the nations voted". The Times . 8 May 1999. p. 48.