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The 1999 Reading Borough Council election was held on 6 May 1999, at the same time as other local elections across Britain. Sixteen of the 45 seats on Reading Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council (15 seats) plus a by-election in Abbey ward, where Labour's Jane Griffiths had resigned her seat on the council.
Labour gained one seat in Abbey ward which had been held by Mohammad Iqbal, who had been elected as a Labour councillor in 1997 but expelled from the party later that year.[1] He had continued to hold his council seat since then as an independent councillor, but did not stand for re-election in 1999. Apart from that change, no other seats changed party in 1999.
Results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 13 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 81.3% | 48.7% | 14,094 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3% | 27.4% | 7,945 | -2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5% | 22.5% | 6,532 | -1.9 | |
Green | 0 | 0% | 1.4% | 397 | +0.6 |
Ward results
[edit]The results in each ward were as follows:[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Durkin | 932 | 61.1 | ||
Conservative | Richard Willis | 387 | 25.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Wood | 201 | 13.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,511 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | June Orton | 987 | 65.6 | ||
Conservative | Paul Swaddle | 325 | 21.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Warrell | 192 | 12.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,504 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Jones | 925 | 67.6 | ||
Conservative | Dharam Ahuja | 309 | 22.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Cook | 135 | 9.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,369 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kathryn Peak | 1,236 | 45.2 | ||
Conservative | Robert Wilson | 1,154 | 42.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robin Bentham | 342 | 12.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,732 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wilf Wild | 659 | 59.0 | ||
Conservative | Philip Gibbs | 255 | 22.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Heydeman | 146 | 13.1 | ||
Green | Richard Bradbury | 57 | 5.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,117 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Trish Thomas | 764 | 67.5 | ||
Conservative | Simon O'Sullivan | 222 | 19.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Colman | 146 | 12.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,132 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sandy Scaife | 952 | 44.9 | ||
Conservative | Ruth Bennett | 689 | 32.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dennis Morgan | 432 | 20.4 | ||
Green | John Gooch | 48 | 2.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,121 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart White | 1,225 | 58.0 | ||
Conservative | Emma Warman | 683 | 32.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Harris | 203 | 9.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,111 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Jones | 971 | 67.8 | ||
Conservative | Alexandra Mowczan | 249 | 17.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Scott | 213 | 14.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,433 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Borgars | 1,063 | 61.5 | ||
Conservative | Vinod Sharma | 302 | 17.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | George Hamish Hew Preston Hamish Preston |
244 | 14.1 | ||
Green | Mary Westley | 119 | 6.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,728 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Bob Green | 1,608 | 61.6 | ||
Conservative | Edward Brazil | 746 | 28.6 | ||
Labour | Keith Uden | 257 | 9.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,611 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liz Winfield-Chislett | 900 | 49.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Reilly | 450 | 24.6 | ||
Conservative | Abdul Loyes | 345 | 18.9 | ||
Green | Elisabeth Brelstaff | 133 | 7.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,828 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Askar Sheibani | 1,177 | 67.8 | ||
Conservative | Charlotte Hawkins | 413 | 23.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Myra Morley Myra Morley |
147 | 8.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,737 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeanette Skeats | 1,320 | 48.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Annette Hendry | 939 | 34.2 | ||
Labour | Christine Grieve | 486 | 17.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,745 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Dick Ferriday | 1,030 | 47.9 | ||
Labour | Catherine Wilton | 738 | 34.3 | ||
Conservative | Iona Morris | 344 | 16.0 | ||
Green | Judith Green | 40 | 1.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,152 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lawrence Silverman | 831 | 73.1 | ||
Conservative | Paul Atkinson | 202 | 17.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Max Thomas Heydeman Tom Heydeman |
104 | 9.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,137 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Councillor asked to quit by Labour". Evening Post. Reading. 28 November 1997. p. 1. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Voter apathy spoils Labour's party as Tory comeback flops". Evening Post. Reading. 7 May 1999. p. 7. Retrieved 22 April 2022.