1999 Fenland District Council election

The 1999 Fenland District Council election took place on 6 May 1999, to elect 40 members of the Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[1]


1999 Fenland District Council election
← 1995 6 May 1999 2003 →
All 40 seats to Fenland District Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election ? seats, ?% ? seats, ?% ? seats, ?%
  Fourth party
  Blank
Party Independent
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

Ward results

(*Sitting councillor)

Benwick & Doddington[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G Harper 638 79.8
Labour P Waterfield 161 20.2
Majority 477
Turnout
Chatteris East [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A Melton* 451 74.1
Labour 158 25.9
Majority 293
Turnout
Chatteris North [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P Murphy* 198 56.4
Labour G Osbourn 56 16.0
Independent C Greenwood 55 15.7
Liberal Democrats J Wilson 42 12.0
Majority 142
Turnout
Chatteris South [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats F Newell* 216 65.5
Conservative L Ashley 114 34.5
Majority 102
Turnout
Chatteris West [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A German* 350 65.5
Independent P Dickerson 184 34.5
Majority 166
Turnout
Elm. (2 seats)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M Cotterell* 538 58.9
Conservative E Green* 465 -
Labour R Symonds 230 25.2
Ind. Conservative R Pinnock 145 15.9
Turnout
Leverington (2 seats)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M Humphrey* 554 62.6
Conservative P Webb 473 -
Labour B Diggle 331 37.4
Labour A Humphreys* 282
Turnout
Manea [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H Fox 298 71.8
Labour P Osborne 57 13.7
Independent S Wilson 42 10.1
Independent Labour C Bennett 18 4.3
Majority 241
Turnout
March East (3 seat)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D Cameron 849 47.1
Labour B Wales 775 -
Conservative B Keane* 729 40.4
Conservative M French 656
Conservative A Gooch 622
Labour M Field* 611
Independent Labour Ms C Bennett* 226 12.5
Majority
Turnout
March North (3 seats)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ms P Brewin* 491 30.8
Labour I Manning 477 30.0
Conservative J West 472 29.6
Labour J Heslop 466
Conservative W Boulton 455
Labour P Osbourne 388
Independent Labour M Manning* 152 9.5
Independent Labour Ms C Bennett* 128
Turnout
Newton & Tydd [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
March West (3 seats)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C Owen 877 61.2
Conservative P Skoulding 779 -
Conservative Ms J French 755 -
Labour B Howlett 557 38.8
Labour Ms E Agley 433
Labour C Osbourne 415
Turnout
Wisbech North (3 seats)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S Cawthorne 316 44.1
Labour J Diggle* 304 -
Labour Ms A Gilliat 258 -
Liberal Democrats K Brennan* 242 33.8
Liberal Democrats Ms G Dedman 179
Conservative R Barnwell 158 22.1
Turnout
Wisbech South West (3 seats)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ms E A Carlisle* 848 49.3
Conservative P Humphrey 767 -
Conservative Ms J Tuck 703 -
Labour S Massey 27.9
Independent J White 392 22.8
Majority
Turnout
Outwell & Upwell[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P West* unopposed
Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C Bellamy 719 46.1
Independent P Barnes 533 34.2
Conservative B Britain 525
Liberal Democrats S Wilson 160 10.3
Labour Ms I Henson 147 9.4
Turnout
Whittlesey Bassenhally [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C Rodziewicz 448 47.2
Labour D Lewis* 406 42.8
Liberal Democrats M Larholt 95 10.0
Majority 42
Turnout
Whittlesey Central [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P Gray* 282 68.1
Labour R Penton 84 20.3
Liberal Democrats Ms J larshot 48 11.6
Majority 198
Turnout
Whittlesey East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S Garratt 448 68.5
Labour A Wilson 206 31.5
Majority 242
Turnout
Whittlesey Kingsmoor[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R Hibbert* 211 58.4
Conservative J Watson 150 41.6
Majority 61
Turnout
Whittlesy South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ms P Potts*
Liberal Democrats S Watkins 357 39.3
Whittlesey West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R Speechley* 512 67.5
Labour Ms M Hart 247 32.5
Majority
Turnout
Wisbech East (2 seats} ([2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J Barker* 635 56.8
Conservative A Green 607 -
Labour Ann Purt 322 28.8
Independent E Dopson 161 14.4
Turnout
Majority
[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Majority
Turnout
Wimblington[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent P Jolley* 472 62.3
Conservative T McGuinness 286 37.7
Majority 186
Turnout

Election result

One seat was vacant at the time of the election.[3]

Fenland Local Election Result 1999[3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 28 +13 71.8
  Labour 7 -8 17.9
  Independent 3 -1 7.7
  Liberal Democrats 1 -1 2.6
  Others 0 -3 0

References

  1. ^ "Fenland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "1995 results" (PDF). www.electionscentre.co.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "How the nations voted". The Times. 8 May 1999. p. 48.