Fareham Council election, 1999

The 1999 Fareham Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives take control of the council after winning 9 seats.^[3]

Fareham Local Election Result 1999^[4]^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	9			+7	64.3	45.8	11,144	+3.7%
	Liberal Democrat	4			-4	28.6	34.2	8,312	+1.6%
	Labour	1			-2	7.1	20.0	4,874	+0.2%
	Others	0			-1	0	0	0	-

Ward results

Fareham East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eleanor Murrary	657	44.3	-9.4
	Conservative	David Kemp	560	37.8	+6.1
	Labour	Timothy Brewer	266	17.9	+3.3
Majority			97	6.5	-15.5
Turnout			1,483	27.9	-1.4

Fareham North^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Bryant	865	50.5	+9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Burr	673	39.3	-4.4
	Labour	Mary McFarlane	175	10.2	-4.6
Majority			192	11.2
Turnout			1,713	35.9	+3.5

Fareham North-West^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bryant	624	42.7	+7.6
	Labour	Angela Carr	530	36.3	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Iles	308	21.1	-9.4
Majority			94	6.4	+5.7
Turnout			1,462	25.9	+3.1

Fareham South^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Neill	514	50.9	-5.1
	Conservative	Dennis Steadman	315	31.2	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Chaloner	180	17.8	+0.2
Majority			199	19.7	-9.9
Turnout			1,009	21.2	-0.7

Fareham West^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Pritchard	1,007	50.2	-3.0
	Conservative	Charles Tierney	738	36.8	+2.9
	Labour	Wilfred Phillips	262	13.1	+0.2
Majority			269	13.4	-6.0
Turnout			2,007	36.7	-0.1

Hill Head^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Knight	1,207	48.7	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Megan Chapman	1,076	43.4	+4.3
	Labour	Anthony Randall	195	7.9	-5.7
Majority			131	5.3	-2.8
Turnout			2,478	40.2	+3.3

Locks Heath^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Godrich	1,360	48.0	+18.4
	Liberal Democrat	David Savage	938	33.1	-4.8
	Labour	Tracey Malizis	536	18.9	-4.4
Majority			422	14.9
Turnout			2,834	25.8	-0.6

Portchester Central^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Joan Eastman	768	52.7	-1.1
	Labour	Leslie Ricketts	390	26.8	+0.8
	Conservative	Susan Walker	299	20.5	+0.3
Majority			378	25.9	-2.0
Turnout			1,457	32.3	+1.1

Portchester East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Ellis	542	40.0	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Rudwick	465	34.3	+6.0
	Labour	Brenda Pleasants	349	25.7	-4.6
Majority			77	5.7	-5.4
Turnout			1,356	33.9	+2.0

Portchester West^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marian Ellerton	791	47.7	-4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Lionel Yeates	540	32.6	+5.3
	Labour	Debra Cusack	327	19.7	-1.0
Majority			251	15.1	-9.6
Turnout			1,658	28.8	-0.3

Sarisbury^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilson	1,339	73.2	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Williamson	246	13.4	+5.5
	Labour	Nicholas Knight	245	13.4	+2.9
Majority			1,093	59.7	-3.9
Turnout			1,830	26.4	-9.7

Stubbington^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dorrine Burton-Jenkins	1,144	65.3	+13.2
	Conservative	Christopher Terry	448	25.6	-10.0
	Labour	Michael Taylor	159	9.1	-3.2
Majority			696	39.7	+23.2
Turnout			1,751	33.5	-4.0

Titchfield^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Devonshire	830	58.0	+13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Hughes	310	21.6	+21.6
	Labour	Francis Allison	292	20.4	+1.0
Majority			520	36.3	+27.2
Turnout			1,432	25.4	-2.9

Warsash^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Bounds	1,226	65.9	+7.5
	Labour	Graham Holden	634	34.1	+19.3
Majority			592	31.8	-9.3
Turnout			1,860	27.7	-2.1

References

^ "Fareham". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/constituency/98.stm. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
^ "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent. 1999-05-08. p. 12.
^ "Tory Rule makes a comeback". Southern Daily Echo. 1999-05-07. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/archive/1999/05/07/Hampshire+Archive/5635190.Tory_Rule_makes_a_comeback/. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Election of borough councillors : 6 May 1999". Fareham Borough Council. http://www.fareham.gov.uk/crs/elections/SNO-060608-results%201999.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
^ "How the nations voted". The Times. 1999-05-08. p. 48.

Preceded by Fareham Council election, 1998	Fareham local elections	Succeeded by Fareham Council election, 2000