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. The council stayed under no overall control.
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | 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 Democrats | 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. A further 2 seats had no candidates standing for them.
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jamie Anderson | 203 | |||
Conservative | Nicolas Messarra | 197 | |||
Labour | Lesley Culverhouse | 159 | |||
Labour | Thomas Welch | 136 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Hazel Bowden | 38 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rene Kinzett | 38 | |||
Turnout | 771 | 24.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivor Gibbon | 421 | |||
Labour | Simon Stokes | 411 | |||
Conservative | Terry Venner | 271 | |||
Conservative | John Walker | 247 | |||
Turnout | 1,350 | 39.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Burnell | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Geoffrey Day | 227 | 83.8 | ||
Labour | David Burchell | 44 | 16.2 | ||
Majority | 183 | 67.5 | |||
Turnout | 271 | 38.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Humber | 495 | 84.2 | ||
Conservative | Marion Stuart | 93 | 15.8 | ||
Majority | 402 | 68.4 | |||
Turnout | 588 | 57.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Vivian Brewer | 379 | 72.6 | ||
Independent | Thomas Cave-Browne-Cave | 143 | 27.4 | ||
Majority | 236 | 45.2 | |||
Turnout | 522 | 58.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Steven Pugsley | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Anne Cave-Brown-Cave | 164 | 50.6 | ||
Conservative | Martin Bale | 160 | 49.4 | ||
Majority | 4 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 324 | 46.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Hill | 628 | |||
Conservative | Ernest Taylor | 597 | |||
Conservative | Jean Walker | 577 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Martyn Snell | 497 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Jenkins | 332 | |||
Labour | Peter Slade | 326 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Dewis | 313 | |||
Labour | Marcus Kravis | 313 | |||
Labour | John Dore | 263 | |||
Turnout | 3,846 | 53.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Nethercott | 438 | |||
Conservative | Pamela Driver | 350 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gabriella Bevan | 184 | |||
Green | Almuth Groos | 142 | |||
Turnout | 1,114 | 39.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Palmer | 618 | |||
Conservative | Jennifer David | 531 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Marilynn Russell | 409 | |||
Turnout | 1,558 | 36.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Ayre | unopposed | |||
Labour | Keith Turpin | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Frederick Rawle | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Banks | 479 | |||
Conservative | Jennifer Hill | 460 | |||
Independent | Sally De Renzy-Martin | 395 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Bowden | 369 | |||
Independent | John Richards | 319 | |||
Turnout | 2,022 | 35.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barbara Child | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 327 | 66.1 | |||
Independent | 168 | 33.9 | |||
Majority | 159 | 32.2 | |||
Turnout | 495 | 53.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
References
- ^ "West Somerset". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ "West Somerset District Council - May 1999". West Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
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