South Gloucestershire Council election, 1999

The 1999 South Gloucestershire Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of South Gloucestershire unitary authority in England. All 70 seats in the council were up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[1]

Election result

South Gloucestershire Council election, 1999[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Liberal Democrat 37 7 0 +7 52.9 35.5 48,570
  Labour 25 0 5 −5 35.7 35.4 48,313
  Conservative 8 0 0 ±0 11.4 27.9 38,173
  Independent 0 0 1 −1 0 1.1 1,452
  Green 0 0 0 ±0 0 0.1 158

Ward results

In wards that are represented by more than one councillor, electors were given more than one vote each, hence the voter turnout may not match the number of votes cast.

Almondsbury (1 seat) [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sheila Cook 741 56.1
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Maytham 490 37.1
Labour Patrick Lillis 89 6.7
Turnout 1,320
Alveston (1 seat) [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Gary Fox 708 64.8
Conservative Leona Jackson 385 35.2
Turnout 1,093
Bitton (1 seat) [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Michael Thomas 487 42.0
Conservative Roger Kinsman 428 36.9
Labour Patricia Apps 245 21.1
Turnout 1,160
Boyd Valley (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Marilyn Palmer 903 18.6
Conservative Sandra Grant 901 18.6
Labour Andrew Witts 852 17.5
Conservative Christopher White 812 16.7
Liberal Democrat Omar Beg 739 15.2
Labour Jonathan Easterbrook 649 13.4
Turnout 2,428
Bradley Stoke Baileys Court (1 seat) [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Michael Collins 430 58.0
Conservative Maria Edey 184 24.8
Labour Eric Gordon 127 17.1
Turnout 741
Bradley Stoke Bowsland (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Julian Barge 788 34.1
Liberal Democrat Jonathon Williams 710 30.7
Conservative Anthony Low 223 9.6
Conservative Rosemary Low 219 9.5
Labour Diane Hutchinson 203 8.8
Labour Patricia Putterill 169 7.3
Turnout 1,156
Bradley Stoke Sherbourne (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Diane Adams 343 33.6
Liberal Democrat Arthur Adams 328 32.1
Conservative Justin Howells 196 19.2
Labour Nigel Peaple 154 15.1
Turnout 510
Charfield (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Edgar Gadsby 608 71.4
Conservative John Buxton 244 28.6
Turnout 852
Chipping Sobury (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Linda Boon 1,053 22.6
Liberal Democrat Sheila Mead 1,038 22.3
Conservative Paul Tily 991 21.3
Conservative Martyn Radnedge 818 17.5
Independent Gerald Philp 372 8.0
Labour Sheena Lomas 210 4.5
Labour Frederick Simpson 179 3.8
Turnout 2,330
Cotswold Edge (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Susan Hope 721 52.2
Conservative Roland Starling 601 43.5
Labour Brian Edge 59 4.3
Turnout 1,381
Dodington (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Kay Crowe 790 32.1
Liberal Democrat Anthony Davis 741 30.1
Labour Roland Clements 254 10.3
Conservative Adam Loveridge 239 9.7
Labour Charles Pfeil 225 9.2
Conservative David Loveridge 212 8.6
Turnout 1,231
Downend (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Cullimore 1,542 16.1
Conservative David Upjohn 1,483 15.5
Conservative Ian Smith 1,479 15.5
Labour Moyra Evans 1,228 12.8
Labour Julie Snelling 1,209 12.6
Labour Jonathan Seagrave 1,161 12.1
Liberal Democrat Lindsey Brady 528 5.5
Liberal Democrat Alan Knight 486 5.1
Liberal Democrat Kathleen Wrigley 444 4.8
Turnout 4,780
Filton (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Hutchinson 1,343 20.3
Labour Terance Pomroy 1,260 19.1
Labour Stanley Sim 1,257 19.0
Conservative Brian Freeguard 657 10.0
Conservative Anthony Bryant 633 9.6
Conservative Ann Kenyon 592 9.0
Liberal Democrat Amanda Hicks 298 4.5
Liberal Democrat Donald Pearce 287 4.3
Liberal Democrat Garnett Shaw 278 4.2
Turnout 2,202
Frampton Cotterell (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Patricia Hockey 1,261 31.8
Liberal Democrat Winston Hockey 1,176 29.6
Conservative Dennis Manfield 488 12.3
Conservative Dennis Broome 475 11.9
Labour George Keel 308 7.8
Labour Terance Trollope 260 6.6
Turnout 1,984
Hanham (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leslie Bishop 1,188 14.0
Labour Colin Cradock 1,182 13.9
Labour Norma Cradock 1,162 13.7
Conservative Keith Hobbs 913 10.8
Conservative John Lewis 891 10.5
Conservative Meryl Morgan 847 10.0
Liberal Democrat Reginald Payne 801 9.5
Liberal Democrat Terence Bridgeman 787 9.3
Liberal Democrat Jeffrey Dando 700 8.3
Turnout 2,824
Kings Chase (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Deanna Macrae 1,436 24.2
Labour Terence Walker 1,420 24.0
Labour James Macrae 1,378 23.2
Conservative Heather Goddard 431 7.3
Conservative Cyril Haddy 389 6.6
Liberal Democrat Edward Cregg 350 5.9
Liberal Democrat James Corrigan 288 4.9
Liberal Democrat Michael Hilborne 232 3.9
Turnout 1,975
Ladden Brook (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Jean Capstick 565 51.4
Conservative Lance Free 309 28.1
Labour Elaine McCarthy 226 20.5
Turnout 1,100
Longwell Green (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Calway 1,164 26.8
Conservative Michael Armstrong 1,110 25.6
Labour Brenda Bishop 565 13.0
Liberal Democrat Rosamund Vincent 526 12.1
Labour Roland Wright 522 12.0
Liberal Democrat Michael Rawlings 457 10.5
Turnout 2,172
Oldland Common (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Alan Greenfield 1,229 33.1
Liberal Democrat Marc Scawen 1,028 27.7
Labour Ann Coales 615 16.6
Labour Malcolm Bridge 607 16.3
Conservative Jonathan Calway 235 6.3
Turnout 1,857
Parkwall (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arnold Lovell 972 29.5
Labour June Lovell 969 29.4
Conservative David Porter 376 11.4
Conservative John Scammell 358 10.9
Liberal Democrat Maureen Golding 319 9.7
Liberal Democrat Julain Lord 302 9.2
Turnout 1,648
Patchway (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Gray 934
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Dando 864
Labour Evelyn Orpen 786
Labour Muriel Richardson 702
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Graupner 676
Independent Charles Horton 639
Liberal Democrat Majorie Graupner 626
Independent Jean Horton 441
Conservative Lesley Kent 290
Turnout 5,958
Pilning and Severn Beach (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Peter Tyzack 514 66.1
Conservative Mark Roberts 264 33.9
Turnout 778
Rodway (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Casper Springer 1,546
Labour Mark Dean 1,544
Labour Donald Brownlie 1,518
Conservative Martin Bisp 720
Conservative Colin Hunt 702
Conservative Peter Williams 702
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Wadner 333
Liberal Democrat John Martin 312
Liberal Democrat Joan Reeves 311
Turnout 7,688
Severn (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Anthony Williams 884 55.6
Conservative Sheila Bedford 707 44.4
Turnout 1,591
Siston (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Josephine Byron 1,078
Liberal Democrat Mark Poarch 1,044
Labour Olive Maggs 1,007
Liberal Democrat Christopher Martyn 994
Labour John Kenvin 989
Labour Patricia Rooney 951
Conservative John Burns 939
Conservative Valerie Lee 901
Conservative Anthony Fry 807
Turnout 8,710
Staple Hill (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shirley Potts 1,394
Labour Geoffrey King 1,301
Conservative Roger Long 373
Conservative Robert Lavis 324
Liberal Democrat Derek Nethercote 176
Liberal Democrat Ernest Verso 166
Turnout 3,734
Stoke Gifford (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Gallivan 991
Labour Nicholas Sloper 970
Labour John Wakeham 926
Conservative Janet Platten 659
Liberal Democrat Barry Adams 656
Conservative Michael Platten 638
Liberal Democrat Richard Parkinson 347
Liberal Democrat Alan Monaghan 337
Turnout 5,524
Thornbury North (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Clare Fardell 839
Liberal Democrat Neil Halsall 731
Conservative Pamela Rickards 619
Conservative Janet Buxton 598
Labour William Gill 335
Labour Brian Watkins 233
Green Alan Pinder 158
Turnout 3,513
Thornbury South (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Margaret Tyrrell 1,355
Liberal Democrat Jeanette Ward 1,185
Labour Terence Press 663
Conservative Heather Langston 477
Conservative Douglas Daniels 453
Labour Gary Pepworth 421
Turnout 4,554
Westerleigh (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Alan Bracey 798 67.2
Conservative Linda Winter 310 26.1
Labour Michael Bell 80 6.7
Turnout 1,188
Winterbourne (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Peter Heaney 1,519
Liberal Democrat Andrew Cox 1,443
Conservative Allan Higgs 1,278
Conservative Roger Northam 1,262
Liberal Democrat Robert Reed 1,262
Conservative Michael May 1,172
Labour John Lloyd 376
Labour Hazel Becker 368
Labour Susan Bean 344
Turnout 9,024
Woodstock (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raymond Holmes 1,540
Labour Sidney Hunt 1,500
Labour Roger Coales 1,474
Conservative Derrick Hooper 563
Conservative Wendy Keats 534
Liberal Democrat Valerie Bridgeman 490
Liberal Democrat Julie Greenfield 413
Liberal Democrat Susan Rickerby 412
Turnout 6,926
Yale Central (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Susan Walker 916
Liberal Democrat Ruth Davis 855
Labour Michael Chivers 301
Labour John Sims 271
Conservative Sonia Johnson 249
Conservative Eugenia Caple 243
Turnout 2,835
Yale North (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Alan Lawrance 1,055
Liberal Democrat Michael Robbins 1,028
Labour Edwin Adams 255
Conservative Ann Burcher 247
Conservative Philip Scott 243
Labour Philip Sutton 233
Turnout 3,061
Yale West (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat William Hargreaves 872
Liberal Democrat Michael Drew 860
Labour Robert McGurk 369
Labour Robert Lomas 308
Conservative Francis Coombes 179
Conservative Alan Taylor 154
Turnout 2,742

References

  1. ^ "South Gloucestershire". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/constituency/224.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 
  2. ^ "How the nations voted". The Times. 1999-05-08. p. 48. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai "District election results 2003". South Gloucestershire Council. http://www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/69556F14-C965-4EAE-8DA7-EAAE8446AA63/0/CEX030045.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 
Preceded by
South Gloucestershire Council election, 1995		 South Gloucestershire local elections Succeeded by
South Gloucestershire Council election, 2003