Misplaced Pages

1999 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from 1999 Gateshead Council election) 1999 UK local government election

Elections to Gateshead Council in Tyne and Wear, England were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. The results saw the Liberal Democrats gain 2 seats from Labour but Labour gained one seat in Blaydon. Overall turnout was 26.4%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Gateshead Local Election Result 1999
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 16 1 2 -1 72.7 56.8
  Liberal Democrats 6 +1 27.3 36.3
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 0 5.4
  Others 0 0 0 0 0 1.3

References

  1. "Gateshead". BBC News. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  2. Shaefer, Neil (8 May 1999). "Tory comeback leaves Labour to lick wounds". The Northern Echo. p. 6.
  3. Unwin, Bruce (8 May 1999). "Little change as Labour keeps firm grip on reins". The Northern Echo. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Labour bracing itself for backlash". The Journal. 16 April 2003. p. 14.
  5. ^ "Results from elections in England, Scotland and Wales". Financial Times. London. 8 May 1999. p. 11.
Preceded by
1998 Gateshead Council election
Gateshead local elections Succeeded by
2000 Gateshead Council election
Tyne and Wear Council elections in Tyne and Wear
Gateshead
Newcastle
North Tyneside
South Tyneside
Sunderland
Mayor of the North East
Tyne and Wear CC
North of Tyne mayor
(1998 ←) United Kingdom 1999 United Kingdom local elections (→ 2000)
Metropolitan boroughs
Unitary authorities
District councils
(England)
Welsh councils
Scottish councils
National Assembly and Parliament elections
Categories: