Elections to Hartlepool Borough Council in the ceremonial county of County Durham in England were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1] The results saw the Labour Party lose two seats to the Liberal Democrats and one seat to the Conservative Party.[2] Overall turnout in the election was 26.1%.[3]
Following the election the then council leader, Roy Waller, was challenged as leader of the Labour group on the council by Russell Hart. Hart defeated Waller 16 to 14 in a vote by Labour party councillors at the groups annual meeting and Hart thus became leader of the council.[4]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Labour 30
- Liberal Democrat 10
- Conservative 6
- Independent 1[5]
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 10 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 58.8 | 42.3 | 7,640 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 23.5 | 33.8 | 6,112 | ||
Conservative | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 11.8 | 19.4 | 3,506 | ||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 710 | ||
ITCOM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 102 |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Ward | 450 | 49.0 | ||
Labour | Victor Burton | 368 | 40.0 | ||
Conservative | Catharina Burrell | 101 | 11.0 | ||
Majority | 82 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 919 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sheila Griffin | 466 | 61.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Bower | 296 | 38.8 | ||
Majority | 170 | 22.4 | |||
Turnout | 762 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Shaw | 463 | 51.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Reuben Atkinson | 444 | 49.0 | ||
Majority | 19 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 907 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Arthur Preece | 842 | 65.1 | ||
Labour | George English | 363 | 28.1 | ||
Conservative | David Holmes | 89 | 6.9 | ||
Majority | 479 | 37.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,294 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Rogers | 704 | 52.0 | ||
Labour | Anthony Coverdale | 465 | 34.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Bruce | 185 | 13.7 | ||
Majority | 239 | ||||
Turnout | 1,354 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Goosey | 277 | 46.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Rayner | 203 | 34.2 | ||
Conservative | Daphne Morris | 114 | 19.2 | ||
Majority | 74 | 12.4 | |||
Turnout | 594 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Edna Wright | 721 | 62.3 | ||
Labour | John Price | 323 | 27.9 | ||
Conservative | Nicholaas Young | 113 | 9.8 | ||
Majority | 398 | 34.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,157 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Moss Boddy | 419 | 56.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | William Roberts | 185 | 25.0 | ||
Conservative | Lee Burrell | 137 | 18.5 | ||
Majority | 234 | 31.5 | |||
Turnout | 741 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Watson | 433 | 67.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robert McPartlin | 210 | 32.7 | ||
Majority | 223 | 44.6 | |||
Turnout | 643 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Coward | 710 | 45.9 | ||
Labour | Alison Lilley | 646 | 41.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Snowdon | 191 | 12.3 | ||
Majority | 64 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,547 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Clark | 591 | 47.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Herbert | 331 | 26.5 | ||
Conservative | Josephine Reay | 325 | 26.1 | ||
Majority | 280 | 20.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,247 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hart | 724 | 67.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Howard Smith | 271 | 25.2 | ||
Conservative | Sharon Jeffries | 79 | 7.4 | ||
Majority | 453 | 42.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,074 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Marshall | 813 | 55.1 | ||
Labour | Alice Savage | 560 | 38.0 | ||
ITCOM | Mary Power | 102 | 6.9 | ||
Majority | 253 | 17.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,475 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Catherine Hill | 546 | |||
Labour | Michael Turner | 522 | |||
Conservative | Gerald Hartley | 457 | |||
Conservative | Stanley Fortune | 347 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Cain | 298 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Youngson | 268 | |||
Turnout | 2,438 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lillian Sutheran | 469 | 55.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Snowdon | 237 | 27.8 | ||
Conservative | Jessie Young | 82 | 9.6 | ||
Independent | Gerald Parker | 65 | 7.6 | ||
Majority | 232 | 27.2 | |||
Turnout | 853 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Clouth | 551 | 51.7 | ||
Conservative | Simeon Reay | 248 | 23.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Whitham | 167 | 15.7 | ||
Independent | Edward Powell | 99 | 9.3 | ||
Majority | 303 | 28.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,065 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Britain votes: Local Council Election Results". The Independent. 7 May 1999. p. 12.
- ^ Shaefer, Neil (8 May 1999). "Tory comeback leaves Labour to lick wounds". The Northern Echo. p. 6.
- ^ "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ^ "Hart in as council leader". The Northern Echo. 20 May 1999. p. 6.
- ^ "Hartlepool". BBC Online. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
- ^ "Local Councils: Results round-up". The Times. 7 May 1999. p. 4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Local Government Elections Hartlepool". The Northern Echo. 8 May 1999. p. 6.