1999_Southampton_City_Council_election

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

Election result

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]

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References

  1. "Southampton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  2. "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent. 8 May 1999. p. 12.
  3. "Tory rule make a comeback". Southern Daily Echo. 7 May 1999. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  4. "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  5. "Election: City Council Elections May 1999 - 6th May 1999". Southampton City Council. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  6. "Local Councils: Results round-up". The Times. 7 May 1999. p. 4.
  7. David Cromwell Why Are We the Good Guys? Alresford, Hants: Zero Books, 2012, p.29

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