1999 West Somerset District Council election

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Map of the results of the 1999 West Somerset District council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and seats with no candidates in white. West Somerset UK local election 1999 map.svg
Map of the results of the 1999 West Somerset District council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and seats with no candidates in white.

The 1999 West Somerset District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1995. [1] The council stayed under no overall control. [1]

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Election result

West Somerset local election result 1999 [2] [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1548.444.07,220+21.3%
  Independent 825.813.32,178-6.6%
  Labour 516.125.64,197-6.9%
  Liberal Democrats 13.216.32,675-5.8%
  Green 000.9142+0.9%
 No candidate26.5N/AN/AN/A

3 independent, 2 Conservative and 1 Labour candidates were unopposed at the election. [2] A further 2 seats had no candidates standing for them.

Ward results

Alcombe East (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jamie Anderson203
Conservative Nicolas Messarra197
Labour Lesley Culverhouse159
Labour Thomas Welch136
Liberal Democrats Hazel Bowden38
Liberal Democrats Rene Kinzett38
Turnout 77124.3
Alcombe West (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ivor Gibbon421
Labour Simon Stokes411
Conservative Terry Venner271
Conservative John Walker247
Turnout 1,35039.2
Aville Vale [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent George Burnellunopposed
Brompton Ralph and Haddon [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Geoffrey Day22783.8
Labour David Burchell4416.2
Majority18367.5
Turnout 27138.6
Carhampton and Withycombe [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Humber49584.2
Conservative Marion Stuart9315.8
Majority40268.4
Turnout 58857.3
Crowcombe and Stogumber [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vivian Brewer37972.6
Independent Thomas Cave-Browne-Cave14327.4
Majority23645.2
Turnout 52258.0
Dulverton and Brushford [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Steven Pugsleyunopposed
Dunster [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Anne Cave-Brown-Cave16450.6
Conservative Martin Bale16049.4
Majority41.2
Turnout 32446.9
Minehead North (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Lawrence581
Conservative Ann Foxhuntley526
Conservative Keith Parkes521
Labour David Ross400
Labour John McGee370
Labour Elizabeth Wightman323
Turnout 2,72139.4
Minehead South (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Hill628
Conservative Ernest Taylor597
Conservative Jean Walker577
Liberal Democrats Martyn Snell497
Liberal Democrats Susan Jenkins332
Labour Peter Slade326
Liberal Democrats Pamela Dewis313
Labour Marcus Kravis313
Labour John Dore263
Turnout 3,84653.2
Old Cleeve (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Nethercott438
Conservative Pamela Driver350
Liberal Democrats Gabriella Bevan184
Green Almuth Groos142
Turnout 1,11439.7
Porlock and District (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Palmer618
Conservative Jennifer David531
Liberal Democrats Marilynn Russell409
Turnout 1,55836.6
Quantock Vale (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Ayreunopposed
Labour Keith Turpinunopposed
Quarme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Frederick Rawleunopposed
Watchet (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Banks479
Conservative Jennifer Hill460
Independent Sally De Renzy-Martin395
Liberal Democrats Anthony Bowden369
Independent John Richards319
Turnout 2,02235.9
West Quantock [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara Childunopposed
Williton (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Hugh Davies492
Labour Edwin May352
Conservative Jean Tillotson281
Labour Ian Aldridge200
Turnout 1,32541.5

By-elections between 1999 and 2003

Williton

Williton By-election 9 December 1999 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 21964.6+39.6
Labour 12035.4+4.1
Majority9929.2
Turnout 33917.1-24.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Aville Vale

Aville Vale By-election 13 July 2000 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 32766.1
Independent 16833.9
Majority15932.2
Turnout 49553.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "West Somerset District Council - May 1999". West Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
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