1999 West Oxfordshire District Council election

The 1999 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

West Oxfordshire local election result 1999^[3]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	+5	50.0	38.4	4,782	-0.6%
Liberal Democrats	4	+1	25.0	27.6	3,432	-1.3%
Independent	3	-3	18.8	15.5	1,926	+9.1%
Labour	1	-3	6.3	17.8	2,217	-7.6%
Green	0	0	0	0.7	81	+0.5%

Ward results

Carterton North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Mason	548	54.4	+4.9
	Labour	John Rowe	311	30.9	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Harold	148	14.7	-0.2
Majority			237	23.5	-7.4
Turnout			1,007	21.0	+0.3

Carterton South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Windell Walcott	627	73.0	+23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Madden	232	27.0	-2.8
Majority			395	46.0	+26.5
Turnout			859	28.8	+6.5

Chadlington^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Stacey	225	47.4
	Independent	Christopher Lyden	144	30.3
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Tatton	106	22.3
Majority			81	17.1
Turnout			475	45.1

Chipping North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Hannis	625	47.0	+47.0
	Labour	Georgina Burrows	432	32.5	-28.1
	Independent	Richard Soper	204	15.3	+15.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Davies	68	5.1	+5.1
Majority			193	14.5
Turnout			1,329	30.2	+3.6

Clanfield and Shilton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Neale	unopposed

Coombe and Stonesfield^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Derrick Millard	670	72.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Epps	258	27.8
Majority			412	44.4
Turnout			928	53.6

Ducklington^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Hayward	255	58.8
	Labour	Sheila Cuss	126	29.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Copestake	53	12.2
Majority			129	29.7
Turnout			434	34.3

Enstone^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Elizabeth Higgs	212	46.1
	Conservative	Sandra Rasch	126	27.4
	Labour	Stephen Hague	98	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Walton	24	5.3
Majority			86	18.7
Turnout			460	36.5

Eynsham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Rossiter	777	71.5	+11.0
	Conservative	David Dawes	228	21.0	-0.4
	Green	Mark Stevenson	81	7.5	+7.5
Majority			549	50.6	+11.5
Turnout			1,086	29.5	-1.0

Filkins and Langford^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Seale	344	74.0	-0.3
	Labour	Raymond Gibbons	121	26.0	+0.3
Majority			223	48.0	-0.7
Turnout			465	47.8	+6.1

Finstock and Leafield^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Jauncey	328	57.3
	Conservative	Rodney Rose	173	30.2
	Independent	David Gore	71	12.4
Majority			155	27.1
Turnout			572	47.0

Hailey^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Kellow	426	75.4
	Labour	William Tumbridge	91	16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm West	48	8.5
Majority			335	59.3
Turnout			565	37.4

Witney East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Holborough	706	58.3
	Conservative	Martin Chapman	506	41.7
Majority			200	16.5
Turnout			1,212	32.0

Witney North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Workman	403	49.4	+15.1
	Conservative	Clive Knowles	289	35.4	-0.8
	Labour	John Ryall	124	15.2	-14.3
Majority			114	14.0
Turnout			816	33.9	+8.7

Witney South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ross McFarlane	627	48.3	-5.8
	Labour	Raymond Harris	482	37.1	-8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Olive Minett	190	14.6	+14.6
Majority			145	11.2	+3.0
Turnout			1,299	24.6	+0.7

Witney West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edward Cooper	432	46.4
	Conservative	Andrew Creery	408	43.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Willis	91	9.8
Majority			24	2.6
Turnout			931	30.5

By-elections between 1999 and 2000

Carterton South by-election 30 September 1999^[4]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	341	46.3	-26.7
	Liberal Democrats	310	42.1	+15.1
	Labour	86	11.7	+11.7
Majority		31	4.2	-41.8
Turnout		737	24.4	-4.4
	Conservative hold	Swing

References

^ "How the nations voted". The Times. NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
^ "Britain votes: Local Council Election Results". The Independent. NewsBank. 7 May 1999.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "West Oxfordshire District Council Election Results 1998 - 2010" (PDF). West Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
^ "Local Authority Byelection Results - September 1999". Local Authority Byelection Results. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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Election result

Ward results

By-elections between 1999 and 2000

References