Elections to Allerdale Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1995 increasing the number of seats by 3. The Labour party kept overall control of the council. The election for Moorclose ward was postponed until the 1 July meaning 3 seats were vacant, see Allerdale local elections for the results.
| Allerdale Local Election Result 1999 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | ||
| Labour | 33 | -3 | 56.6 | 52.1 | 18,239 | |||||
| Conservative | 8 | +2 | 15.1 | 20.1 | 7,047 | |||||
| Liberal Democrat | 7 | +3 | 13.2 | 15.5 | 5,431 | |||||
| Independent | 5 | -2 | 15.1 | 11.7 | 4,090 | |||||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 173 | |||||
11 Labour and 1 Liberal Democrat candidates were uncontested.
| All Saints Cockermouth (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mary Graham | 756 | |||
| Labour | Alan Smith | 658 | |||
| Conservative | Samuel Standage | 610 | |||
| Conservative | Philip Butterworth | 594 | |||
| Labour | John Millar | 547 | |||
| Conservative | David Taylor | 545 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Mark Hayton | 273 | |||
| Turnout | 3,983 | ||||
| Aspatria (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gerald Sewell | 444 | |||
| Independent | Dorothy Tinnion | 425 | |||
| Labour | John Vincent | 335 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Jackson | 226 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Gordon Hanning | 167 | |||
| Turnout | 1,597 | ||||
| Boltons | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Joseph Mumberson | 280 | 45.5 | ||
| Conservative | Kathleen Brandwood | 248 | 40.3 | ||
| Labour | Peter Garner | 87 | 14.1 | ||
| Majority | 32 | 5.2 | |||
| Turnout | 615 | 41 | |||
| Broughton St Bridgets (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Keith Sproat | 670 | |||
| Labour | James Askew | 580 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Beatrice Thorpe | 347 | |||
| Independent | Christopher Harris | 330 | |||
| Turnout | 1,927 | ||||
| Christchurch Cockermouth (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Christine Jackson | 529 | |||
| Conservative | Leslie Lytollis | 474 | |||
| Labour | Laurence Mansfield | 361 | |||
| Labour | Christine Smith | 325 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Margaret Burgess | 141 | |||
| Turnout | 1,830 | ||||
| Clifton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Maureen Rourke | 258 | 51.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Bertha Wright | 248 | 49.0 | ||
| Majority | 10 | 2.0 | |||
| Turnout | 506 | 41 | |||
| Crummock | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Joseph Milburn | 556 | 87.0 | ||
| Labour | William Whalley | 83 | 13.0 | ||
| Majority | 473 | 74.0 | |||
| Turnout | 639 | 50 | |||
| Dalton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Janice Steel | 305 | 71.4 | ||
| Labour | Nicholas Hardy | 122 | 28.6 | ||
| Majority | 183 | 42.8 | |||
| Turnout | 427 | 33 | |||
| Derwent Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Timothy Heslop | 383 | 79.1 | ||
| Labour | Edward Routledge | 101 | 20.9 | ||
| Majority | 282 | 58.2 | |||
| Turnout | 484 | 35 | |||
| Ellen (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Colhoun | uncontested | |||
| Labour | David Thomas | uncontested | |||
| Ellenborough Maryport (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Vincent Mulgrew | uncontested | |||
| Labour | Martin Wood | uncontested | |||
| Ewanrigg Maryport (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Carneen McCarron-Holmes | uncontested | |||
| Labour | Patricia McCracken | uncontested | |||
| Flimby | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Peter Kendall | uncontested | |||
| Harrington Workington (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Allan Caine | 692 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Ian Francis | 547 | |||
| Labour | Barbara Weir | 398 | |||
| Labour | James Osborn | 318 | |||
| Turnout | 1,955 | ||||
| Holme | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Janice Wood | uncontested | |||
| Keswick (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Barraclough | 1,113 | |||
| Independent | Mavis Clark | 1,094 | |||
| Labour | Pamela Edwards | 533 | |||
| Conservative | William Healy | 478 | |||
| UKIP | Peter Baden | 173 | |||
| Turnout | 3,391 | ||||
| Marsh | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jennifer Gallagher | 375 | 86.6 | ||
| Labour | Michael Gartland | 58 | 13.4 | ||
| Majority | 318 | 73.2 | |||
| Turnout | 433 | 31 | |||
| Moss Bay Workington (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Joan McKeown | 629 | |||
| Labour | Lillian Baldry | 627 | |||
| Labour | Joseph Robertson | 555 | |||
| Independent | John Bracken | 339 | |||
| Turnout | 2,150 | ||||
| Netherhall Maryport (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Angela Kendall | uncontested | |||
| Labour | Kevin Smith | uncontested | |||
| Seaton (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mark Fryer | 670 | |||
| Labour | James Musgrave | 668 | |||
| Labour | Cecilia Tibble | 604 | |||
| Independent | Trevor Fee | 503 | |||
| Turnout | 2,445 | ||||
| Silloth (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | William Jefferson | 671 | |||
| Labour | Margaret Snaith | 528 | |||
| Labour | Nicholas Findley | 289 | |||
| Turnout | 1,488 | ||||
| Solway | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Peter Deneberg | uncontested | |||
| St Johns Workington (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Robertson | 709 | |||
| Labour | Daniel Dempsey | 704 | |||
| Labour | Derek Fagan | 675 | |||
| Conservative | John Heathcote | 672 | |||
| Conservative | William Hewitt | 573 | |||
| Conservative | Simon Collins | 547 | |||
| Turnout | 3,880 | ||||
| St Michaels Workington (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jack Fryer | 945 | |||
| Labour | Alan Barry | 932 | |||
| Labour | Ivor Humes | 890 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | John Strong | 269 | |||
| Turnout | 3,036 | ||||
| Stainburn Workington | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Richard Jones | 293 | 64.4 | ||
| Labour | Philip Tibble | 162 | 35.6 | ||
| Majority | 131 | 28.8 | |||
| Turnout | 455 | 33 | |||
| Wampool | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Anne Holmes | uncontested | |||
| Warnell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Agnes Martin | 378 | 70.8 | ||
| Labour | Peter Krebs | 156 | 29.2 | ||
| Majority | 222 | 41.6 | |||
| Turnout | 534 | 33 | |||
| Waver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | John Huntington | 330 | 77.3 | ||
| Labour | Isabella Walton | 97 | 22.7 | ||
| Majority | 233 | 54.6 | |||
| Turnout | 427 | 30 | |||
| Wharrels | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Robert Hobbs | 240 | 50.2 | ||
| Labour | Derek Holmes | 120 | 25.1 | ||
| Independent | William Powley | 118 | 24.7 | ||
| Majority | 120 | 25.1 | |||
| Turnout | 478 | 37 | |||
| Wigton (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gwendoline Steer | 655 | |||
| Labour | Jack Graham | 568 | |||
| Labour | John Crouch | 555 | |||
| Labour | Kenneth Bell | 522 | |||
| Turnout | 2,300 | ||||
| Preceded by Allerdale Council election, 1995 |
Allerdale local elections | Succeeded by Allerdale Council election, 2003 |