1999_Southampton_City_Council_election
1999 Southampton City Council election
1999 UK local government election
The 1999 Southampton Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, 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
- Labour 27
- Liberal Democrat 14
- Conservative 4[2]
The results saw the Labour party stay in control of the council after holding all but one of the seats they had been defending.[3] The only change came in St Lukes ward where Conservative Conor Burns gained the seat from Labour.[3] Overall turnout in the election was 26.4%.[4]
More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 8 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 53.3 | 40.2 | 17,630 | -4.1% | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 29.2 | 12,798 | +0.0% | |
Conservative | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 13.3 | 23.6 | 10,357 | +1.5% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1,754 | +1.8% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 840 | +1.0% | |
Independent Ratepayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 312 | +0.7% | |
Residents Action | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 119 | +0.3% | |
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 44 | +0.1% | |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Derek Burke | 1,157 | 47.9 | -7.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew Browning | 399 | 16.5 | -3.0 | |
Independent | Mohammad Aslam | 339 | 14.0 | +14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Impey | 248 | 10.3 | +0.2 | |
Residents Action | Lorraine Barter | 119 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Independent | Kim Rose | 111 | 4.6 | -6.5 | |
Socialist Alternative | David Rawlinson | 44 | 1.8 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 758 | 31.4 | -4.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,417 | 19.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alec Samuels | 1,544 | 52.7 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Benjamin Steinberg | 907 | 30.9 | -7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Terence Holden-Brown | 481 | 16.4 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 637 | 21.7 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,932 | 24.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kevin Masters | 1,332 | 53.8 | -7.4 | |
Conservative | Royston Smith | 770 | 31.1 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Norman Kingswell | 373 | 15.1 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 562 | 22.7 | -13.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,475 | 27.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Beckett | 1,861 | 50.5 | +3.6 | |
Independent | Peter Baillie | 1,031 | 28.0 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Michael Drain | 498 | 13.5 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | Brynley Williams | 294 | 8.0 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 830 | 22.5 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,684 | 31.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Peter Galton | 1,558 | 45.9 | -2.1 | |
Labour | Ceren Davis | 1,498 | 44.2 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Marie Heracleous | 336 | 9.9 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 60 | 1.8 | -5.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,392 | 29.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Harris | 1,309 | 51.6 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | Jeremy Moulton | 694 | 27.4 | -0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Lawrence | 343 | 13.5 | -0.9 | |
Green | John Spottiswoode | 191 | 7.5 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 615 | 24.2 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,537 | 24.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dennis Harryman | 1,357 | 43.5 | -8.1 | |
Conservative | John Hartwell | 1,350 | 43.3 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Mintoff | 333 | 10.7 | +2.2 | |
Green | Andrew Shaw | 78 | 2.5 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.2 | -17.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,118 | 31.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | George Melrose | 1,433 | 54.1 | -2.7 | |
Labour | Derek Parsons | 845 | 31.9 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Edward Daunt | 371 | 14.0 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 588 | 22.2 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,649 | 26.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Norah Goss | 1,579 | 46.6 | -7.9 | |
Labour | Matthew Stevens | 1,166 | 34.4 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | Graham Cotton | 331 | 9.8 | -0.3 | |
Independent Ratepayer | Graham Cotton | 312 | 9.2 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 413 | 12.2 | -6.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,388 | 31.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jill Baston | 1,721 | 55.8 | -2.0 | |
Labour | Jayne Laysan | 723 | 23.5 | -5.2 | |
Conservative | Michael Ball | 436 | 14.1 | +0.6 | |
Green | Adam Boardman | 203 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
Majority | 998 | 32.4 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,083 | 28.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Russell | 1,422 | 63.7 | -3.7 | |
Conservative | Julian Isaacson | 422 | 18.9 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Blake | 389 | 17.4 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,000 | 44.8 | -6.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,233 | 21.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Kearns | 1,404 | 44.3 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Brian Parnell | 1,191 | 37.6 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Neely | 429 | 13.5 | -4.2 | |
Green | Peter Davis | 143 | 4.5 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 213 | 6.7 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,167 | 32.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Susan Blatchford | 1,795 | 58.0 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | Marlene Unwin | 884 | 28.6 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Allan Nelson | 416 | 13.4 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 911 | 29.4 | -2.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,095 | 26.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Conor Burns | 944 | 33.0 | +5.8 | |
Labour | John Truscott | 850 | 29.7 | -16.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Calvin Horner | 566 | 19.8 | +3.5 | |
Independent | Sukhdev Sihota Singh | 273 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
Green | David Cromwell[7] | 225 | 7.9 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 94 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,858 | 24.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Julian Price | 1,367 | 48.4 | -9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Simpson | 1,068 | 37.8 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Christos Harling-Melas | 391 | 13.8 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 299 | 10.6 | -17.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,826 | 24.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Southampton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent. 8 May 1999. p. 12.
- "Tory rule make a comeback". Southern Daily Echo. 7 May 1999. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- "Election: City Council Elections May 1999 - 6th May 1999". Southampton City Council. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- David Cromwell Why Are We the Good Guys? Alresford, Hants: Zero Books, 2012, p.29