Arun District Council election, 1999
The 1999 Arun District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Arun District Council in West Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council.[1]
Election result
Arun Local Election Result 1999[2] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
36 |
|
|
+6 |
64.3 |
50.3 |
35,876 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
10 |
|
|
-4 |
17.9 |
27.5 |
19,591 |
|
|
Labour |
8 |
|
|
-2 |
14.3 |
18.1 |
12,900 |
|
|
Independent |
2 |
|
|
0 |
3.6 |
4.1 |
2,953 |
|
Ward results
Aldingbourne[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Richard Wilby |
642 |
66.7 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
George Fletcher |
321 |
33.3 |
|
Majority |
321 |
33.3 |
|
Turnout |
963 |
34.9 |
|
Aldwick East (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Gillian Brown |
1,127 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Robin Brown |
1,127 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Gerard Maloret |
311 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Joan Maloret |
289 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Christopher Rodway |
202 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Mary Vick |
195 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,251 |
37.4 |
|
Aldwick West (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Richard Dickinson |
1,000 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Brian Dodd |
995 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Jacqueline Maconachie |
916 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anthony Thorpe |
290 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Patricia Elliott |
288 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Carol Turner |
275 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Bernadette Jones |
252 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Brian Picton |
237 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Colin White |
228 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,481 |
31.2 |
|
Arundel (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
William Redman |
933 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Clive Gardner |
790 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ivan Olney |
543 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,266 |
43.0 |
|
Barnham (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Jean Goad |
1,193 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Matthews |
951 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
David Hodgson |
935 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Martin Porsch |
842 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Julia Robson |
721 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Goss |
649 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Jill Etienne |
370 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Peter Found |
363 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Philippa Holliday |
340 |
|
|
Turnout |
6,364 |
33.4 |
|
Bersted (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Simon McDougall |
618 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Paul Beckerosn |
578 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Martin Lury |
549 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Patrick Hastings |
474 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
John Potter |
446 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Tiggy Ayoub |
413 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Robert Shields |
370 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,448 |
23.8 |
|
East Preston and Kingston (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Rankin |
1,380 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Dennis Wilde |
1,362 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Ronald Sands |
1,268 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Susan Graves |
524 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Leonard Lee |
506 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,040 |
36.4 |
|
Felpham East (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Susan Kelly |
733 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Michael Harvey |
561 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
David Crabtree |
555 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
William Robinson |
203 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Alison McIsaac |
202 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Scott Cowie |
196 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christopher Oliver |
151 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,601 |
33.8 |
|
Felpham West (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Alan Stainton |
632 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Elaine Stainton |
545 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Mary Harvey |
515 |
|
|
|
Independent |
George Stride |
497 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sylvia Orwell |
142 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Mark Searle |
132 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Melanie Webb |
96 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Walter Vanner |
80 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,639 |
38.8 |
|
Ferring (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Rosemary Cooper |
1,224 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
David Hill |
1,205 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Ceiriog-Hughes |
300 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Penelope Kane |
286 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,015 |
40.4 |
|
Findon[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Stephen Brookman |
449 |
67.9 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Margaret Monroe |
212 |
32.1 |
|
Majority |
237 |
35.8 |
|
Turnout |
661 |
46.0 |
|
Hotham (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Edwin Gyde |
490 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Michael May |
479 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Pauline Nash |
349 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Roslyn Kissell |
348 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jeanette Warr |
321 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Edward Walsh |
318 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,305 |
27.0 |
|
Littlehampton Beach (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
James Walsh |
607 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Richard Bower |
456 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Richard James |
454 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Philippa Bower |
440 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Andrew Hawkes |
299 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Edward Nattrass |
221 |
|
|
|
Labour |
William Taylor |
219 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,696 |
32.9 |
|
Littlehampton Central (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Nigel Peters |
576 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Dyball |
526 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Alan Butcher |
510 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Barbara Roberts |
391 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Mark Foster |
372 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,375 |
30.7 |
|
Littlehampton Ham (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Michael Northeast |
472 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Anthony Squires |
465 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Alfred Roberts |
178 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Linda Rudd |
171 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Paul Graydon |
163 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,449 |
28.0 |
|
Littlehampton River[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Mark Butler |
350 |
46.9 |
|
|
Conservative |
Anthony Williamson |
206 |
27.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Nicholas Wiltshire |
190 |
25.5 |
|
Majority |
144 |
19.3 |
|
Turnout |
746 |
31.8 |
|
Littlehampton Wick (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
George O'Neill |
685 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Andrew Northeast |
681 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
John Forster |
412 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Wedderburn |
247 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Alan Escolme |
184 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,209 |
30.8 |
|
Marine (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Douglas Maconachie |
566 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Kenneth Scutt |
524 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sylvia Olliver |
512 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Jeremy Tomlinson |
259 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Thomas Wise |
212 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,073 |
29.1 |
|
Middleton-on-Sea (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Barbara Oakley |
971 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Paul Wotherspoon |
922 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Priscilla Matcham |
256 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Robert Ling |
222 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christine Beckerson |
209 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Frank Coe |
184 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Colin Mansfield |
148 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,912 |
33.9 |
|
Orchard (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Catherine Morrish |
454 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Francis Oppler |
390 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ian McIsaac |
373 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Gail Walker |
356 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Doris May |
154 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,727 |
28.7 |
|
Pagham (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Anita Hall |
869 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Leonard Brown |
849 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Ashvinkumar Patel |
777 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Sean Whelan |
332 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Simon Holland |
315 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Michael Jones |
297 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Guy Beesley |
256 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sara Allen |
252 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Paul Wells |
225 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,172 |
31.5 |
|
Pevensey (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Roger Nash |
539 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Jan Cosgrove |
479 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jennifer Gillibrand |
315 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Robert Gillibrand |
300 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Luke Parker |
244 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,877 |
27.9 |
|
Rustington East (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Derek Whittaker |
1,057 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Frances Drazny |
1,017 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Allan Turner |
466 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
George Young |
433 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,967 |
37.0 |
|
Rustington North (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Val Capon |
624 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Richards |
578 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Alan Gammon |
484 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Dee Giles |
479 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,165 |
33.9 |
|
Rustington South (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Thomas Harrison |
699 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Harold Parris |
665 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Gladston |
510 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Graham Trickett |
437 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,311 |
38.8 |
|
Walberton[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Norman Dingemans |
705 |
73.7 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Kevin Welling |
252 |
26.3 |
|
Majority |
453 |
47.4 |
|
Turnout |
957 |
43.0 |
|
References