1999 Pendle Borough Council election

1999 UK local government election

Main article: Pendle Borough Council elections

The 1999 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

Before the election the Liberal Democrats ran the council with 30 councillors, compared to 17 Labour, 3 Conservatives and 1 independent. 17 seats were being contested in the election, with the Liberal Democrats defending 12 and Labour 5. 4 sitting councillors stood down at the election, 2 each from the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties.

The only candidate not from the 3 main parties was Peter Hartley, who stood as an independent green in Vivary Bridge ward, but during the campaign it was reported that he was actually living in Sheffield and standing as a candidate there as well.

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats lose their majority on the council after 4 years in control. The Liberal Democrats lost 4 seats to the Conservatives and a further 3 to the Labour party, meaning that the Liberal Democrats fell to 23 seats, Labour rose to 20, the Conservatives to 7 and there remained 1 independent. The Liberal Democrats said the other two parties had worked together to target Liberal Democrat held seats, but this was denied by the Conservative and Labour parties.

The Labour gains came in the wards of Craven, Vivary Bridge and Whitefield, while the Conservatives took the seats of Barrowford, Earby, Foulridge and Reedley. All 4 Conservatives gains were by women, meaning the Conservative group leader Roy Clarkson then had 6 female Conservative councillors in his council group. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats only narrowly held a further 2 seats after recounts, Edwina Sargeant holding Waterside by 9 votes and Ian Gilhespy retaining Horsfield by a single vote.

Following the election the parties were unable to agree on who should run the council. As a result, the council meeting after the election had no nominations for leader of the council. The Liberal Democrats voted down an attempt by Labour to take minority control and instead the councillors voted to rotate the chairmanship of the main committees over the next 12 months between the 3 parties.

Pendle local election result 1999
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	8	3	0	+3	47.1	40.7	9,060	+2.1%
Liberal Democrats	5	0	7	-7	29.4	38.2	8,520	-3.4%
Conservative	4	4	0	+4	23.5	21.0	4,672	+1.2%
An Independent Green Candidate	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	29	+0.1%

Ward results

Barrowford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Crossley	595	38.6	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Carrins	509	33.1	−12.1
	Labour	Anthony Hargreaves	436	28.3	+2.6
Majority			86	5.6
Turnout			1,540	32.4	−1.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Boulsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Robertson	649	54.6	−5.6
	Conservative	Richard Wood	286	24.1	+7.1
	Labour	David Foat	254	21.4	−1.5
Majority			363	30.5	−6.8
Turnout			1,189	28.1	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bradley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Hartley	940	51.1	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Munir	815	44.3	+4.8
	Conservative	Janet Riley	85	4.6	−6.5
Majority			125	6.8	−3.1
Turnout			1,840	51.1	+9.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Brierfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sajjad Karim	578	38.2	+28.0
	Labour	Anthony Martin	562	37.1	−17.6
	Conservative	Zita Lord	373	24.7	−10.3
Majority			16	1.1
Turnout			1,513	46.7	+11.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Clover Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Waite	681	69.0	+10.9
	Conservative	Frank Chadwick	223	22.6	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	David French	83	8.4	−14.7
Majority			458	46.4	+11.4
Turnout			987	28.6	−1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Coates
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Bell	674	53.8	−3.4
	Labour	John Edwards	434	34.7	+5.8
	Conservative	Morris Horsfield	144	11.5	−2.4
Majority			240	18.2	−10.0
Turnout			1,252	32.5	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Craven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Neal	549	45.8	+17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Whipp	469	39.1	−15.5
	Conservative	Mark Langtree	180	15.0	−1.5
Majority			80	6.7
Turnout			1,198	29.9	+1.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Earby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Carroll	778	42.7	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Haigh	756	41.5	−2.2
	Labour	Jean Skinner	289	15.9	−0.9
Majority			22	1.2
Turnout			1,823	42.3	+4.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Foulridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carol Belshaw	247	51.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Moss	166	34.8
	Labour	Martin Wilson	64	13.4
Majority			81	17.0
Turnout			477	42.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Horsfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gilhespy	449	43.0	−10.3
	Labour	David Johns	448	42.9	−3.8
	Conservative	Smith Benson	147	14.1	+14.1
Majority			1	0.1	−6.5
Turnout			1,044	30.9	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Azhar Ali	614	61.9	−10.1
	Conservative	Michael Landriau	279	28.1	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	William Masih	99	10.0	+10.0
Majority			335	33.8	−10.1
Turnout			992	27.8	+6.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Reedley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tonia Barton	655	50.5	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Buck	459	35.4	+15.8
	Labour	Mohammed Razaq	183	14.1	−9.2
Majority			196	15.1	−18.7
Turnout			1,297	35.8	+2.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Southfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheena Dunn	587	56.4	−18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Le-Page	236	22.7	+22.7
	Conservative	Peter Wildman	218	20.9	−4.7
Majority			351	33.7	−15.2
Turnout			1,041	32.2	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Vivary Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Hunting	721	50.1	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Beck	555	38.6	−8.7
	Conservative	Geoffrey Riley	133	9.2	+1.6
	An Independent Green Candidate	Peter Hartley	29	2.0	+2.0
Majority			166	11.5
Turnout			1,438	34.3	+4.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Walverden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Robinson	707	51.3	+18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Collett	534	38.7	−13.4
	Conservative	Ann Tattersall	138	10.0	−4.9
Majority			173	12.5
Turnout			1,379	46.7	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Waterside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edwina Sargeant	579	47.0	+3.4
	Labour	Ian Tweedie	570	46.3	−3.1
	Conservative	Adrian Mitchell	82	6.7	−0.3
Majority			9	0.7
Turnout			1,231	38.4	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Ansar	1,021	50.0	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ghulam Rasool	910	44.6	−7.1
	Conservative	Frank Hook	109	5.3	+0.3
Majority			111	5.4
Turnout			2,040	66.0	+6.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

"Pendle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
"How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent. 8 May 1999. p. 12.
^ "Pendle Council election candidates". Lancashire Telegraph. 10 April 1999. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
"Green Pete the Poet up the poll twice". Lancashire Telegraph. 16 April 1999. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
"Local elections: Overall Liberal control lost in Pendle on night of upsets". Lancashire Telegraph. 7 May 1999. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
^ "Polls only a slight tonic for the Blues". Lancashire Telegraph. 7 May 1999. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
^ "Elections: Girl power as Roy's angels oust liberals". Lancashire Telegraph. 7 May 1999. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
"Pre-election pact claim is denied". Lancashire Telegraph. 12 May 1999. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
^ "Pendle: A council without a leader". Lancashire Telegraph. 21 May 1999. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
^ "Election results". Pendle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
"How the nations voted". The Times. 8 May 1999. p. 48.

v t e Council elections in Lancashire
Lancashire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Blackburn with Darwen	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Blackpool	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Burnley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chorley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fylde	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Hyndburn	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Lancaster	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Pendle	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Preston	1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Ribble Valley	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Rossendale	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
South Ribble	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
West Lancashire	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Wyre	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e (1998 ←) 1999 United Kingdom local elections (→ 2000)
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
Unitary authorities	Bath and North East Somerset Blackburn with Darwen Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Hull Leicester Luton Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Slough South Gloucestershire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
District councils (England)	Adur Allerdale Alnwick Amber Valley Arun Ashfield Ashford Aylesbury Vale Babergh Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bedford Berwick-upon-Tweed Blaby Blyth Valley Bolsover Boston Braintree Breckland Brentwood Bridgnorth Broadland Bromsgrove Broxbourne Broxtowe Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Canterbury Caradon Carlisle Carrick Castle Morpeth Castle Point Charnwood Chelmsford Cheltenham Cherwell Chesterfield Chester-le-Street Chester Chichester Chiltern Chorley Christchurch Colchester Congleton Copeland Corby Cotswold Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Dacorum Dartford Daventry Derbyshire Dales Derwentside Dover Durham Easington East Cambridgeshire East Devon East Dorset East Hampshire East Hertfordshire East Lindsey East Northamptonshire East Staffordshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Eden Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Epsom and Ewell Erewash Exeter Fareham Fenland Forest Heath Forest of Dean Fylde Gedling Gloucester Gosport Gravesham Great Yarmouth Guildford Hambleton Harborough Harlow Harrogate Hart Hastings Havant Hertsmere High Peak Hinckley and Bosworth Horsham Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Kennet Kerrier Kettering King's Lynn and West Norfolk Lancaster Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Maldon Mansfield Melton Mendip Mid Bedfordshire Mid Devon Mid Suffolk Mid Sussex Mole Valley New Forest Newark and Sherwood Newcastle-under-Lyme North Cornwall North Devon North Dorset North East Derbyshire North Hertfordshire North Kesteven North Norfolk North Shropshire North Warwickshire North West Leicestershire North Wiltshire Northampton Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oadby and Wigston Oswestry Oxford Pendle Penwith Preston Purbeck Redditch Reigate and Banstead Restormel Ribble Valley Richmondshire Rochford Rossendale Rother Rugby Runnymede Rushcliffe Rushmoor Ryedale Salisbury Scarborough Sedgefield Sedgemoor Selby Sevenoaks Shepway Shrewsbury and Atcham Spelthorne South Bedfordshire South Bucks South Cambridgeshire South Derbyshire South Hams South Holland South Lakeland South Kesteven South Norfolk South Northamptonshire South Oxfordshire South Ribble South Shropshire South Somerset South Staffordshire St Albans St Edmundsbury Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stevenage Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Suffolk Coastal Surrey Heath Swale Tamworth Tandridge Taunton Deane Teesdale Teignbridge Tendring Test Valley Tewkesbury Thanet Three Rivers Tonbridge and Malling Torridge Tunbridge Wells Tynedale Uttlesford Vale of White Horse Vale Royal Wansbeck Warwick Watford Waveney Waverley Wealden Wear Valley Wellingborough Welwyn Hatfield West Devon West Dorset West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire West Somerset West Wiltshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing Wychavon Wycombe Wyre Wyre Forest
Welsh councils	Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Isle of Anglesey Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath Port Talbot Newport Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taf Swansea Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham
Scottish councils	Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute Clackmannanshire Dumfries and Galloway Dundee East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh Falkirk Fife Glasgow Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Moray Na h-Eileanan Siar North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Orkney Perth and Kinross Renfrewshire Scottish Borders Shetland South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian
National Assembly and Parliament elections	Scotland Wales
See also: European Parliament election

Categories: