1999 Maidstone Borough Council election

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

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 26.2%. [3]

Maidstone Local Election Result 1999 [4] [5] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 610+133.337.27,726
  Liberal Democrats 600033.332.46,740
  Labour 501-127.826.05,409
  Independent 10005.63.5735
  Green 000000.9184

Ward results

Allington [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Robertson1,22072.9
Conservative Angela Stainton-James23714.2
Labour Richard Coates21713.0
Majority98358.7
Turnout 1,67429.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bearsted [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gladys Haskett1,07767.1
Labour Jeanne Gibson26816.7
Liberal Democrats Sheila Chittenden26116.3
Majority80950.4
Turnout 1,60632.2
Conservative hold Swing
Bridge [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Berriman55137.0
Liberal Democrats Sarah Gould46030.9
Conservative Brian Moss42028.2
Green Stephen Muggeridge594.0
Majority916.1
Turnout 1,49022.8
Labour hold Swing
East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Donal MacGrory81952.8
Conservative Susan Dishman50432.5
Labour Karen Forbes22914.8
Majority31520.3
Turnout 1,55225.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Harrietsham and Lenham [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Sams76246.2
Conservative Robert Waugh62838.1
Liberal Democrats Derek Haselup20212.2
Independent Leslie Parris583.5
Majority1348.1
Turnout 1,65038.8
Labour hold Swing
Heath [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Hooper66550.8
Labour Anne Logan31524.0
Conservative Malcolm Parker30923.6
Green Ian McDonald211.6
Majority35026.7
Turnout 1,31022.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
High Street [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Frances Wilson48343.5
Labour Leonard Burfield35932.3
Conservative Valerie Parker22720.5
Green Sheila Kennedy413.7
Majority12411.2
Turnout 1,11024.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hollingbourne [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tracey Warner31659.4
Liberal Democrats John Cobbett18434.6
Labour Stephen Gibson326.0
Majority13224.8
Turnout 53245.1
Conservative hold Swing
Langley [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Frederick Winckless67777.2
Conservative Roy Streeter12213.9
Labour Ernest Small788.9
Majority55563.3
Turnout 87728.2
Independent hold Swing
Leeds [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Parvin48476.3
Labour Elizabeth Stevens15023.7
Majority33452.7
Turnout 63433.8
Conservative hold Swing
Loose [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hugh Laing28956.2
Conservative Angharad Davies17734.4
Labour Susan Burfield489.3
Majority11221.8
Turnout 51427.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
North [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tony Harwood84457.1
Conservative Derek Nicholson43429.4
Labour Rosemary Long16611.2
Green James Shalice342.3
Majority41027.7
Turnout 1,47825.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Park Wood [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Taylor52761.9
Conservative Simon Parvin18021.2
Liberal Democrats Shona Stevens11513.5
Green David Currer293.4
Majority34740.8
Turnout 85118.0
Labour hold Swing
Shepway East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wendy Marlow40455.0
Conservative Peter Veal17223.4
Liberal Democrats Rodney Sterry15821.5
Majority23231.6
Turnout 73416.6
Labour hold Swing
Shepway West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Skinner53265.0
Conservative Claire Watts28735.0
Majority24529.9
Turnout 81919.2
Labour hold Swing
South [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theresa Stirk76643.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Williams67338.0
Labour Linda Wylie33018.7
Majority935.3
Turnout 1,76926.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Staplehurst [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Hotson71561.4
Labour Michael Casserley23920.5
Liberal Democrats Patricia Gerrish21018.0
Majority47640.9
Turnout 1,16426.0
Conservative hold Swing
Yalding [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roderick Nelson-Gracie67165.1
Labour Edith Davis20219.6
Liberal Democrats Graham Edy15715.2
Majority46945.5
Turnout 1,03033.9
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Maidstone". BBC News Online . Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". The Independent . 8 May 1999. p. 12.
  3. ↑ "Results of Maidstone Borough Council Elections Thursday 6 May 1999 Political composition". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 January 2002. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Results of Maidstone Borough Council Elections Thursday 6 May 1999 Wards: Allington to Leeds". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 24 January 2002. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Results of Maidstone Borough Council Elections Thursday 6 May 1999 Wards: Loose to Yalding". Maidstone Borough Council. Retrieved 3 March 2011.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "How the nations voted". The Times . 8 May 1999. p. 48.
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