Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1999
Elections to Hartlepool Borough Council in the ceremonial county of County Durham in England 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.[1] The results saw the Labour party lose two seats to the Liberal Democrats and one seat to the Conservative party.[2] Overall turnout in the election was 26.1%.[3]
Following the election the then council leader, Roy Waller, was challenged as leader of the Labour group on the council by Russell Hart. Hart defeated Waller 16 to 14 in a vote by Labour party councillors at the groups annual meeting and Hart thus became leader of the council.[4]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Hartlepool Local Election Result 1999[6] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
10 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
58.8 |
42.3 |
7,640 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
4 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
23.5 |
33.8 |
6,112 |
|
|
Conservative |
2 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
11.8 |
19.4 |
3,506 |
|
|
Independent |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.9 |
3.9 |
710 |
|
|
ITCOM |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.6 |
102 |
|
Ward results
Brinkburn[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Ward |
450 |
49.0 |
|
|
Labour |
Victor Burton |
368 |
40.0 |
|
|
Conservative |
Catharina Burrell |
101 |
11.0 |
|
Majority |
82 |
9.0 |
|
Turnout |
919 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Brus[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Sheila Griffin |
466 |
61.2 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Alan Bower |
296 |
38.8 |
|
Majority |
170 |
22.4 |
|
Turnout |
762 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Dyke House[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Jane Shaw |
463 |
51.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Reuben Atkinson |
444 |
49.0 |
|
Majority |
19 |
2.0 |
|
Turnout |
907 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Fens[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Arthur Preece |
842 |
65.1 |
|
|
Labour |
George English |
363 |
28.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
David Holmes |
89 |
6.9 |
|
Majority |
479 |
37.0 |
|
Turnout |
1,294 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Hart[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Edna Wright |
721 |
62.3 |
|
|
Labour |
John Price |
323 |
27.9 |
|
|
Conservative |
Nicholaas Young |
113 |
9.8 |
|
Majority |
398 |
34.4 |
|
Turnout |
1,157 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Owton[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Margaret Watson |
433 |
67.3 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Robert McPartlin |
210 |
32.7 |
|
Majority |
223 |
44.6 |
|
Turnout |
643 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Rift House[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Kenneth Clark |
591 |
47.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Raymond Herbert |
331 |
26.5 |
|
|
Conservative |
Josephine Reay |
325 |
26.1 |
|
Majority |
280 |
20.9 |
|
Turnout |
1,247 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
St Hilda[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Marshall |
813 |
55.1 |
|
|
Labour |
Alice Savage |
560 |
38.0 |
|
|
ITCOM |
Mary Power |
102 |
6.9 |
|
Majority |
253 |
17.1 |
|
Turnout |
1,475 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Seaton (2)[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Catherine Hill |
546 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Michael Turner |
522 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Gerald Hartley |
457 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Stanley Fortune |
347 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Margaret Cain |
298 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Youngson |
268 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,438 |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Stranton[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Lillian Sutheran |
469 |
55.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christopher Snowdon |
237 |
27.8 |
|
|
Conservative |
Jessie Young |
82 |
9.6 |
|
|
Independent |
Gerald Parker |
65 |
7.6 |
|
Majority |
232 |
27.2 |
|
Turnout |
853 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Throston[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Harry Clouth |
551 |
51.7 |
|
|
Conservative |
Simeon Reay |
248 |
23.3 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Whitham |
167 |
15.7 |
|
|
Independent |
Edward Powell |
99 |
9.3 |
|
Majority |
303 |
28.4 |
|
Turnout |
1,065 |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
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