Tamworth Council election, 1999
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Elections to Tamworth Council 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.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Labour 27
- Conservative 2
- Independent 1
[edit] Election result
| Tamworth Local Election Result 1999 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Labour | 9 | -1 | 81.8 | 59.5 | 8,845 | ||||
| Conservative | 1 | +1 | 9.1 | 31.1 | 4,630 | ||||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 9.1 | 4.1 | 604 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 794 | ||||
[edit] Ward results
| Amington | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Tucker | 839 | 57.4 | ||
| Conservative | Evelyn Rowe | 622 | 42.6 | ||
| Majority | 217 | 14.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,461 | 22 | |||
| Belgrave | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stuart Tonks | 814 | 70.4 | ||
| Conservative | John Lees | 343 | 29.6 | ||
| Majority | 471 | 40.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,157 | 21 | |||
| Bolehall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Philip Dix | 968 | 75.7 | ||
| Conservative | Valerie Beale | 310 | 24.3 | ||
| Majority | 658 | 51.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,278 | 24 | |||
| Castle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ian Trenfield | 1,204 | 68.0 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Lees | 368 | 20.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Jennifer Pinkett | 199 | 11.2 | ||
| Majority | 836 | 47.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,771 | 29 | |||
| Glascote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stephen Holland | 582 | 59.2 | ||
| Conservative | Brian Beale | 160 | 16.3 | ||
| Independent | Christopher Cooke | 139 | 14.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Andrew Lee-Brown | 102 | 10.4 | ||
| Majority | 422 | 42.9 | |||
| Turnout | 983 | 18 | |||
| Mercian | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gerald Latham | 841 | 54.6 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew James | 508 | 33.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Geoffrey Blake | 190 | 12.3 | ||
| Majority | 333 | 21.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,539 | 32.4 | |||
| Spital | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ronald Cook | 952 | 51.5 | ||
| Labour | William Fuller | 751 | 40.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Jennifer Blake | 146 | 7.9 | ||
| Majority | 201 | 10.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,849 | 39 | |||
| Stonydelph | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Margaret Clarke | 465 | 48.7 | ||
| Labour | Dennis Powick | 362 | 37.9 | ||
| Conservative | James O'Grady | 128 | 13.4 | ||
| Majority | 103 | 10.8 | |||
| Turnout | 955 | 16 | |||
| Trinity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Foster | 771 | 55.3 | ||
| Conservative | Kenneth Gant | 467 | 33.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Roger Jones | 157 | 11.3 | ||
| Majority | 304 | 21.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,395 | 26 | |||
| Wilnecote (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Joan Jenkins | 883 | |||
| Labour | Alan Smith | 830 | |||
| Conservative | Raymond Booth | 387 | |||
| Conservative | Linda O'Grady | 385 | |||
| Turnout | 2,485 | 22 | |||
[edit] References
| Preceded by Tamworth Council election, 1998 |
Tamworth local elections | Succeeded by Tamworth Council election, 2000 |
