1999_Oldham_Council_election

1999 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

1999 UK local government election

The 1999 Oldham Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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"Oldham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

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"How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent. 8 May 1999. p. 12.

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"Oldham MBC Local Election Results 6th May 1999". Oldham Metropolitan Borough. Archived from the original on 15 June 2000. Retrieved 10 April 2010.

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"Local Councils: Results round-up". The Times. 7 May 1999. p. 4.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Liberal Democrats	11	3	0	+3	55.0	42.5	21,899
Labour	8	0	3	-3	40.0	38.0	19,545
Conservative	1	1	0	+1	5.0	18.3	9,438
SLD	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	466
Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	124
Independent Labour	0	0	1	-1	0	0	0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Azam	1,148	53.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bronwyn Thackeray	688	32.3
	Conservative	Sam Hill	293	13.8
Majority			460	21.6
Turnout			2,129	30.0	+6.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sid Jacobs	1,100	51.1
	Conservative	Edward Bennett	564	26.2
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Mercer	490	22.7
Majority			536	24.9
Turnout			2,154	26.0	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Sutcliffe	1,130	45.3
	Conservative	John Curran	959	38.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Stanton	405	16.2
Majority			171	6.9
Turnout			2,494	32.0	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jones	1,149	62.5
	Conservative	Marie Curran	392	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Renold	296	16.1
Majority			757	41.2
Turnout			1,837	25.0	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

1999_Oldham_Council_election

1999 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

Election result

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Dean	1,746	60.2
	SLD	Gias Choudry	466	16.1
	Conservative	Keith Whitehead	442	15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Fazal Rahim	248	8.5
Majority			1,280	44.1
Turnout			2,902	38.1	-4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Wingate	1,627	59.7
	Conservative	David Dunning	575	21.1
	Labour	Rita Hewitt	522	19.2
Majority			1,052	38.6
Turnout			2,724	31.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Heyes	1,189	65.7
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Glover	622	34.3
Majority			567	31.3
Turnout			1,811	22.1	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Lyon	1,250	74.9
	Liberal Democrats	Derrick Mather	419	25.1
Majority			831	49.8
Turnout			1,669	22.7	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Joynes	1,206	50.6
	Labour	Shirley Buckley	1,178	49.4
Majority			28	1.2
Turnout			2,384	37.3	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Clayton	1,347	52.2
	Labour	Hugh McDonald	1,022	39.6
	Conservative	Laurence Helstrip	213	8.2
Majority			325	12.6
Turnout			2,582	36.0	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Kelly	1,067	43.4
	Conservative	Barbara Jackson	765	31.1
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Evans	625	25.4
Majority			302	12.3
Turnout			2,457	29.2	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Hilyer	1,354	47.4
	Labour	Steven Green	778	27.2
	Conservative	Joe Farquhar	727	25.4
Majority			576	20.1
Turnout			2,859	35.4	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian McInnes	2,158	48.8
	Conservative	John Hudson	1,561	35.3
	Labour	Harold Neild	701	15.9
Majority			597	13.5
Turnout			4,420	43.0	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Heffernan	1,404	45.7
	Conservative	Neil Allsopp	873	28.4
	Labour	Jack Schofield	796	25.9
Majority			531	17.3
Turnout			3,073	34.6	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shaw^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Sykes	1,590	71.1
	Labour	Ray Mallinson	379	16.9
	Conservative	David Atherton	267	11.9
Majority			1,211	54.2
Turnout			2,236	28.1	-2.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St James^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Stanton	1,448	79.7
	Labour	Abdul Shah	280	15.4
	Conservative	Eileen Hulme	88	4.8
Majority			1,168	64.3
Turnout			1,816	30.5	-1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Mary's^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Sharif	1,668	51.5
	Labour	Qumar Zaman	1,186	36.7
	Conservative	Graham Drinkwater	382	11.8
Majority			482	14.9
Turnout			3,236	45.8	+12.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Shyne	1,060	37.8
	Labour	Shaob Akhtar	965	34.4
	Liberal Democrats	John McCann	777	27.7
Majority			95	3.4
Turnout			2,802	36.4	+5.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Anchor	1,985	70.9
	Labour	Bernard Fletcher	663	23.7
	Conservative	Charles Boon	153	5.5
Majority			1,322	47.2
Turnout			2,801	30.8	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Pendlebury	1,542	50.0
	Labour	Ateeque Ur-Rehman	1,296	42.0
	Socialist Labour	Jannet Parvez	124	4.0
	Conservative	Raymond Walmsley	124	4.0
Majority			246	8.0
Turnout			3,086	44.3	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing