Cheltenham Borough Council election, 1999

The 1999 Cheltenham Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Conservative 18
Liberal Democrat 17
People Against Bureaucracy 5
Labour 1^[2]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives become the largest party after gaining 9 seats from the Liberal Democrats, therefore depriving the Liberal Democrats of control of the council.^[3]

Cheltenham Local Election Result 1999^[4]^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	9	0	+9	56.3	48.7	15,929	+8.1%
	Liberal Democrat	4	0	9	-9	25.0	29.8	9,753	-9.0%
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	2	0	0	0	12.5	8.2	2,690	-1.9%
	Labour	1	0	0	0	6.3	12.8	4,191	+2.6%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	121	+0.1%

Ward results

All Saints^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Simons	764	37.3	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Jordan	663	32.4	+1.4
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	Sally Stringer	381	18.6	+0.0
	Labour	Samantha Bailey	239	11.7	+1.7
Majority			101	4.9	-4.5
Turnout			2,047	30.7	+0.5

Charlton Kings^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barry Curl	1,992	66.7	+11.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Worth	703	23.5	-21.0
	Labour	Frank Bench	293	9.8	+9.8
Majority			1,289	43.1	+32.1
Turnout			2,988	47.9	+6.7

College^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian Chaplin	1,488	49.5	+6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Gray	894	29.7	-11.8
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	Alan Stone	422	14.0	+3.1
	Labour	David Addison	202	6.7	+2.4
Majority			594	19.8	+18.0
Turnout			3,006	44.8	+0.7

Hatherley & the Reddings (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jacqueline Fletcher	1,518
	Conservative	Eric Baylis	1,366
	Conservative	Hedley Thompson	1,332
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Read	1,072
	Liberal Democrat	James Stuart-Smith	927
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Williams	880
	Labour	Christopher Bailey	361
	Labour	Eileen Bailey	330
Turnout			7,786	36.5	+3.8

Hesters Way^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	David Banyard	794	53.0	-6.9
	Conservative	Penelope Hall	426	28.5	+7.4
	Labour	Clive Harriss	277	18.5	-0.4
Majority			368	24.6	-14.2
Turnout			1,497	21.2	+0.9

Lansdown^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barbara Driver	1,123	67.0	+15.4
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Harvey	333	19.9	-17.8
	Labour	Stephen Baxter	220	13.1	+2.3
Majority			790	47.1	+33.2
Turnout			1,676	28.2	+0.2

Leckhampton with Up Hatherley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christine Ryder	1,685	62.1	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Whalley	445	16.4	-15.8
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	Stephen Rudge	302	11.1	+11.1
	Labour	Martin Burford	283	10.4	+0.5
Majority			1,240	45.7	+20.0
Turnout			2,715	41.6	+3.5

Park^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gerald Gearing	1,327	61.2	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Pictor	615	28.3	-8.8
	Labour	Diana Hale	228	10.5	+10.5
Majority			712	32.8	+7.0
Turnout			2,170	38.7	+0.1

Pittville^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Martin Hale	1,002	49.3	+24.0
	Conservative	Gary Bowden	617	30.3	+15.9
	Liberal Democrat	Francis King	415	20.4	-6.5
Majority			385	18.9
Turnout			2,034	35.8	-2.3

Prestbury^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	Lesley Silvester	1,310	64.7	+4.8
	Conservative	John Walker	545	26.9	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Lawrence	169	8.3	-2.2
Majority			765	37.8	+4.1
Turnout			2,024	33.6	+1.8

St Marks^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Whales	526	48.7	-13.5
	Conservative	James Stevenson	304	28.2	+10.0
	Labour	Andre Curtis	249	23.1	+3.5
Majority			222	20.6	-22.0
Turnout			1,079	21.8	+0.6

St Pauls^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew McKinlay	651	40.9	-7.0
	Conservative	Susan Godwin	641	40.3	+1.9
	Labour	William Fawcett	179	11.2	-2.5
	Green	Keith Bessant	121	7.6	+7.6
Majority			10	0.6	-8.9
Turnout			1,592	26.6	+4.3

St Peters^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Hawkins	607	40.4	-13.2
	Conservative	Roger Marchant	568	37.8	+13.5
	Labour	Robert Irons	328	21.8	-0.3
Majority			39	2.6	-26.7
Turnout			1,503	25.5	+5.1

Swindon^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	Joanna McVeagh	275	48.5
	Conservative	Susan Snape	233	41.1
	Liberal Democrat	Garth Barnes	59	10.4
Majority			42	7.4
Turnout			567	40.1

References

↑ "Cheltenham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
↑ "Britain votes: Local Council Election Results". The Independent. 1999-05-07. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
↑ "At-a-glance guide to how the councils stand.". Birmingham Post. 1999-05-08. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Borough council elections 6th May, 1999" (PDF). Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
↑ "Local Councils: Results round-up". The Times. 1999-05-07. p. 4.

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