1999 Huntingdonshire District Council election

The 1999 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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Election result

Huntingdonshire local election result 1999^[3]^[4]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	13	5	2	+3	68.4	47.4	11,005	-4.0%
Liberal Democrats	5	2	2	0	26.3	27.9	6,470	-1.0%
Independent	1	0	0	0	5.3	5.6	1,291	+2.3%
Labour	0	0	3	-3	0	19.0	4,408	+2.6%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	50	+0.2%

Ward results

Earith^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Eddy	493	53.6
	Liberal Democrats	Owen McLaughlin	335	36.5
	Labour	Valerie Brooker	91	9.9
Majority			158	17.2
Turnout			919	29.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ellington^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Baker	484	52.1
	Conservative	John Lancaster	414	44.6
	Labour	Ruth Pugh	31	3.3
Majority			70	7.5
Turnout			929	54.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Fenstanton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Rainer	481	56.3
	Conservative	Susan Campbell	319	37.4
	Labour	Graham Hitchings	54	6.3
Majority			162	19.0
Turnout			854	40.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Gransden^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Gregory	537	73.7
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Blackburn	135	18.5
	Labour	Sandra Wilcox	57	7.8
Majority			402	55.1
Turnout			729	36.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntingdon North^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lawrence Simpson	1,143	56.8	-7.6
	Labour	Robert Lomax	870	43.2	+7.6
Majority			273	13.6	-15.3
Turnout			2,013	29.6	+2.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Huntingdon West^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Sanderson	830	47.5	-1.8
	Labour	George Beevor	661	37.8	-4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Wyatt	206	11.8	+3.1
	UKIP	Derek Norman	50	2.9	+2.9
Majority			169	9.7	+2.3
Turnout			1,747	25.6	+0.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Needingworth^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Brant	383	46.1
	Independent	Eileen Gray	372	44.8
	Labour	Carole Hitchings	76	9.1
Majority			11	1.3
Turnout			831	42.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ramsey^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phillip Swales	666	56.3	-8.0
	Independent	Raymond Powell	231	19.5	+19.5
	Labour	Raymond Atkins	144	12.2	-6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Wheatley	142	12.0	-4.8
Majority			435	36.8	-8.5
Turnout			1,183	20.8	-1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Somersham^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Hulme	522	49.4
	Conservative	Harriett Skeggs	464	43.9
	Labour	William Hollyer	70	6.6
Majority			58	5.5
Turnout			1,056	37.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Ives South^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Preeva Newbon	1,089	48.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Souter	987	44.3
	Labour	John Watson	153	6.9
Majority			102	4.6
Turnout			2,229	44.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Neots Eaton Ford^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Duncan Simmonds	604	47.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Colbert	562	44.2
	Labour	Peter Boyce	106	8.3
Majority			42	3.3
Turnout			1,272	32.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St. Neots Eaton Socon^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Giles	909	59.8
	Conservative	Rodney Farrar	482	31.7
	Labour	David Nicholls	129	8.5
Majority			427	28.1
Turnout			1,520	28.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Neots Eynesbury (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Adams	559
	Conservative	Andrew Hansard	537
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Webb	393
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Eaton	380
	Labour	Janet Boston	351
	Labour	Patricia Nicholls	343
Turnout			2,563	23.2	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St. Neots Priory Park^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Shorten	670	52.9	+1.1
	Conservative	Robert Law	455	35.9	-0.9
	Labour	William O'Connor	141	11.1	-0.4
Majority			215	17.0	+2.0
Turnout			1,266	31.8	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Staughton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Archibald "Hugh" Duberly	688	63.9
	Conservative	William Sinclair	205	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Howlett	110	10.2
	Labour	David Brown	74	6.9
Majority			483	44.8
Turnout			1,077	52.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Stilton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Doris Crossman	736	65.7
	Labour	Robert Fairhead	385	34.3
Majority			351	31.3
Turnout			1,121	37.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upwood and The Raveleys^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Florence Densham	268	55.7
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Buckley	154	32.0
	Labour	Graeme Watkins	59	12.3
Majority			114	23.7
Turnout			481	36.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yaxley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Watt	821	57.3
	Labour	Kevin Goddard	613	42.7
Majority			208	14.5
Turnout			1,434	29.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

By-elections between 1999 and 2000

Huntingdon North by-election 3 June 1999^[5]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	679	70.7	+13.9
	Labour	281	29.3	-13.9
Majority		398	41.5	+27.9
Turnout		960	14.0	-15.6
	Conservative hold	Swing

References

^ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
^ "Local Council Election Results". The Independent. NewsBank. 7 May 1999.
^ "How the nations voted". The Times. NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2014.

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