1999 Oxford City Council election

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Elections to Oxford City Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the councils seats were up for election. The Labour party kept its overall majority on the council. [1] The number of Councillors for each party after the election were Labour 28, Liberal Democrat 16 and Green 7. Overall turnout was 29.2%

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Election result

Oxford Local Election Result 1999
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 805-544.436.311,184
  Liberal Democrats 720+238.928.28,687
  Green 330+316.717.25,286
  Conservative 0000017.15,261
  Independent 000001.0307
  Liberal 000000.384

Ward results

Blackbird Leys
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Atherton Stockford78373.3
Conservative David Timson1009.4
Green Patricia Dickson958.9
Liberal Democrats Alexander Macfie908.4
Majority68363.9
Turnout 1,06813.6
Labour hold Swing
Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Emily Maynard42837.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Hopkins31027.1
Conservative Richard Atkinson21919.2
Labour Terry Johnson18516.2
Majority11810.4
Turnout 1,14218.4
Green gain from Labour Swing
Cherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Struthers75137.5
Conservative Simon Mort68134.0
Labour Peter Johnson39319.6
Green Malcolm Lee1778.8
Majority703.5
Turnout 2,00238.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Elise Benjamin90748.4
Labour Patrick Stannard76140.6
Conservative Thomas Garner1095.8
Liberal Democrats Pieter-Paul Barker975.2
Majority1467.8
Turnout 1,87431.4
Green gain from Labour Swing
Headington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jane Wyatt710
Labour Leslie Town687
Liberal Democrats Mark Whittaker669
Labour Mary Sareva641
Conservative Prudence Dailey415
Conservative Georgina Shomroni367
Green Stella Hudson99
Green Mark Lynas86
Turnout 3,67429.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Iffley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carole Roberts76351.6
Conservative Paul Hernandez35624.1
Green Patrick Lingwood18812.7
Liberal Democrats David Rundle17311.7
Majority40727.5
Turnout 1,48025.3
Labour hold Swing
Littlemore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Buckingham66162.5
Conservative Christopher Connolly17916.9
Liberal Democrats Vicky Potter10910.3
Green Joanna Lavender10810.2
Majority48245.6
Turnout 1,05720.5
Labour hold Swing
Marston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Christian65247.2
Conservative Richard Wylie38427.8
Green Katherine Wedell17612.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Fuller17012.3
Majority26819.4
Turnout 1,38228.1
Labour hold Swing
North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Davy79549.9
Labour Mary Roe28417.8
Conservative Jason Tomes25415.9
Green Sophie Andrews18511.6
Independent John Rose754.7
Majority51132.1
Turnout 1,59327.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Old Marston & Risinghurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Coats90950.8
Labour Eamon Wadley49927.9
Conservative Duncan Hatfield31417.6
Green Pritam Singh673.7
Majority41022.9
Turnout 1,78935.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Quarry
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats George Kershaw92742.9
Labour Gillian Sanders82138.0
Conservative Stamford Marthews31214.5
Green Donald Smith994.6
Majority1064.9
Turnout 2,15935.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St. Clement's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Robert Sykes82443.6
Labour Susan Snelders57630.5
Independent David Leake23212.3
Conservative Robert Dukes1457.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Stone1136.0
Majority24813.1
Turnout 1,89024.9
Green gain from Labour Swing
South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Price1,00742.9
Green Deborah Glass94940.4
Conservative Neil Edmond23510.0
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Gill1576.7
Majority582.5
Turnout 2,34838.0
Labour hold Swing
Temple Cowley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Cockayne88951.5
Labour Cherry Mosteshar61035.3
Conservative James French1468.5
Green Lilia Patterson814.7
Majority27916.2
Turnout 1,72633.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Cook85440.7
Liberal Democrats Catherine Hilliard62629.8
Green Ceri Fielding42320.2
Conservative Kevin Jones1959.3
Majority22810.9
Turnout 2,09835.5
Labour hold Swing
Wolvercote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Campbell1,03645.6
Conservative Graham Jones66129.1
Labour Sarah Escritt31213.7
Green Michael Buck26311.6
Majority37516.5
Turnout 2,27241.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wood Farm
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Pope69555.4
Conservative Yun Wong18915.1
Liberal Democrats Antony Brett15612.4
Green David Dalton13110.4
Liberal Roger Jenking846.7
Majority50640.3
Turnout 1,25522.4
Labour hold Swing

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