The 1999 Cheltenham Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
[edit]The results saw the Conservatives become the largest party after gaining 9 seats from the Liberal Democrats, therefore depriving the Liberal Democrats of control of the council.[3]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 9 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 56.3 | 48.7 | 15,929 | +8.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 25.0 | 29.8 | 9,753 | -9.0% | |
PAB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 8.2 | 2,690 | -1.9% | |
Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 12.8 | 4,191 | +2.6% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 121 | +0.1% |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Simons | 764 | 37.3 | −3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Jordan* | 663 | 32.4 | +1.4 | |
PAB | Sally Stringer | 381 | 18.6 | +0.0 | |
Labour | Samantha Bailey | 239 | 11.7 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 101 | 4.9 | −4.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,047 | 30.7 | +0.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Curl | 1,992 | 66.7 | +11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Worth* | 703 | 23.5 | −21.0 | |
Labour | Frank Bench | 293 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
Majority | 1,289 | 43.1 | +32.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,988 | 47.9 | +6.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Chaplin | 1,488 | 49.5 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Gray* | 894 | 29.7 | −11.8 | |
PAB | Alan Stone | 422 | 14.0 | +3.1 | |
Labour | David Addison | 202 | 6.7 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 594 | 19.8 | +18.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,006 | 44.8 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jacqueline Fletcher | 1,518 | 54.2 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | Eric Baylis | 1,366 | 48.8 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Hedley Thompson | 1,332 | 47.6 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Read* | 1,072 | 38.3 | −4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Stuart-Smith | 927 | 33.1 | −10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Williams | 880 | 31.4 | −11.8 | |
Labour | Christopher Bailey | 361 | 12.9 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Eileen Bailey | 330 | 11.8 | −0.2 | |
Turnout | 7,786 | 36.5 | +3.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Banyard* | 794 | 53.0 | −6.9 | |
Conservative | Penelope Hall | 426 | 28.5 | +7.4 | |
Labour | Clive Harriss | 277 | 18.5 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 368 | 24.6 | −14.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,497 | 21.2 | +0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barbara Driver | 1,123 | 67.0 | +15.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Harvey* | 333 | 19.9 | −17.8 | |
Labour | Stephen Baxter | 220 | 13.1 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 790 | 47.1 | +33.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,676 | 28.2 | +0.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christine Ryder | 1,685 | 62.1 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Whalley | 445 | 16.4 | −15.8 | |
PAB | Stephen Rudge | 302 | 11.1 | +11.1 | |
Labour | Martin Burford | 283 | 10.4 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 1,240 | 45.7 | +20.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,715 | 41.6 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Gearing | 1,327 | 61.2 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Pictor | 615 | 28.3 | −8.8 | |
Labour | Diana Hale | 228 | 10.5 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 712 | 32.8 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,170 | 38.7 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Hale* | 1,002 | 49.3 | +24.0 | |
Conservative | Gary Bowden | 617 | 30.3 | +15.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francis King | 415 | 20.4 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 385 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,034 | 35.8 | −2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAB | Lesley Silvester | 1,310 | 64.7 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | John Walker | 545 | 26.9 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Lawrence | 169 | 8.3 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 765 | 37.8 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,024 | 33.6 | +1.8 | ||
PAB hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Whales* | 526 | 48.7 | −13.5 | |
Conservative | James Stevenson | 304 | 28.2 | +10.0 | |
Labour | Andre Curtis | 249 | 23.1 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 222 | 20.6 | −22.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,079 | 21.8 | +0.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew McKinlay* | 651 | 40.9 | −7.0 | |
Conservative | Susan Godwin | 641 | 40.3 | +1.9 | |
Labour | William Fawcett | 179 | 11.2 | −2.5 | |
Green | Keith Bessant | 121 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.6 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,592 | 26.6 | +4.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Carol Hawkins* | 607 | 40.4 | −13.2 | |
Conservative | Roger Marchant | 568 | 37.8 | +13.5 | |
Labour | Robert Irons | 328 | 21.8 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 39 | 2.6 | −26.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,503 | 25.5 | +5.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAB | Joanna McVeagh | 275 | 48.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Susan Snape | 233 | 41.1 | +29.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Garth Barnes | 59 | 10.4 | −38.9 | |
Majority | 42 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 567 | 40.1 | |||
PAB gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Cheltenham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ "Britain votes: Local Council Election Results". The Independent. 7 May 1999. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ "At-a-glance guide to how the councils stand". Birmingham Post. 8 May 1999. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Borough council elections 6th May, 1999" (PDF). Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ "Local Councils: Results round-up". The Times. 7 May 1999. p. 4.